Vice President J.D. Vance went into the vipers’ pit on Tuesday, spending most of the 11 a.m. hour with the liberal ladies of ABC’s The View and subjected himself to their nasty nagging. They couldn’t hide their crazy as polite questions quickly gave way to repeated bouts of crosstalk, interruptions, snide comments, as well as screaming and shouting. Not all of it at Vance, but among each other too. Presented below are some of the wilder moments of the whole event. While Vance was trying to answer a question from pretend independent co-host Sara Haines about immigration, where she demanded he help her try to explain the Trump administration to her kids, fake Republican co-host Ana Navarro interrupted so she could pile on with an unsupported conspiracy theory that ICE was torturing and starving kids in a detention center. “You talk about moral tradeoffs that result in favoring a strict migration policy without dehumanizing anyone,” she chided. “But listen, over 50 people have died in ICE custody. There are thousands of children, 6,200, that are being held in places like Dilly Detention Center that people that have visited -- I don't know if you have -- talk about the subhuman, infrahuman conditions, the lack of clean water, the lack of medical attention, lack of education.”   Haines then whines to Vance about having to explain to her kids why illegal immigrants are being deported. Navarro then pounces and spews lies that children are being tortured, starved, and made ill in one ICE facility. Vance calls out the media's lies. pic.twitter.com/vc7kYateTs — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 16, 2026   As Navarro continued to ramble, co-host Joy Behar had to step and tell her to let Vance respond (Click “expand”): NAVARRO: I would urge you as a Christian and as a father to visit those detention centers where the children are being held, and make sure that the conditions are up to the values that we hold in this country. JOY BEHAR: Let him answer. [Applause] VANCE: You have thrown a lot at me and I see we have 30 seconds left here, but let me say - NAVARRO: You are the vice president. You can go long. During the interview, Navarro was a near-constant problem for moderator Whoopi Goldberg. As they were approaching a commercial break and Vance was wrapping up a response to a question from Goldberg and co-host Sunny Hostin about race (because of course it was), Navarro tried to squeeze in a question about Michelle Obama. This caused Goldberg to clap her hands vigorously and scream to God to get Navarro shut up: VANCE: I’m telling you, we celebrate black history. We celebrate all American history in this administration. You guys might be skeptical of this, but I promise you it’s true. NAVARRO: Can I ask you about a specific piece of black history? GOLDBERG: He’s gotta - I gotta - NAVARRO: Do you think the attack on Michelle Obama - GOLDBERG: I have to go to break! [Claps her hands] ANA, GOD PLEASE! NAVARRO: - should have been condemned by the White House? GOLDBERG: We have more with Vice President J.D. Vance when we come back. “Don't do that!” Goldberg scolded Navarro, in possibly a hot mic moment.   Vance's presence on the show has The View cast is so unhinged that they're attacking each other now. JD looks like he's having a grand ol' time. pic.twitter.com/oxEnEahoOs — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 16, 2026   The question from Goldberg and Hostin that Vance was trying to answer was one based on another conspiracy theory that suggested the Trump administration was trying to erase black history and black people from society (Click “expand”): GOLDBERG: There's so many. You know, where they’re taking down the actual history that happened in this country. Slavery happened. All kinds of stuff happened. And it seems that it has been very easy for this administration to remove that and also to denigrate black folks who have worked their behinds off to get this American dream. How - I mean, you know better! [Applause] VANCE: Let me - So, Sunny, that was actually very helpful intervention because I think the story you are talking about is where allegedly the administration is holding back the appointments of people based on skin color. HOSTIN: I’m talking about a host of things. I’m talking about black history getting erased from public spaces. Black voter districts are being dismantled. Black leaders are being sidelined from our ranks. Where do Americans of color fit in this vision?! Because it doesn't seem like we fit! VANCE: I think, Sunny, my view - As Vance was trying to answer, Navarro interrupted again with her own crazy claim that, “since October of last year there's been something like 6,668 refugees allowed in the country. All but three were white South Africans.” “I'm very skeptical of that number because we have a lot of different immigration pathways in the United States of America,” Vance said before pivoting back to Goldberg. At one point, Goldberg had to shout through crosstalk to ask Vance an equally ridiculous question: “No, no! Let me do my follow-up! Let me do my follow-up! Because you were talking about people. What did black people do to this administration that has allowed it to really stigmatize folks of color?” When Vance was finally able to respond, he accurately pointed out that she essentially accused the administration being “anti-minority or anti-black,” Goldberg snapped at him and declared: “NO, I didn't say that! (…) Don't start any stuff with me man.”   Claiming the administration is trying to erase black history and black people, Whoopi says to Vance: "What did black people do to this administration that has allowed it to really stigmatize folks of color? And you know how hard it is. You have folks of color in your family."… pic.twitter.com/yCWvuadQ0i — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 16, 2026   For Hostin’s part, she accused Vance of “separating families” with ICE arrests, as if normal arrests didn’t do the same thing. In response to Hostin pushing the conspiracy theory that the administration was “using children as bait” to arrest illegal immigrants, Vance tried to note that the Biden administration had lost over 300,000 migrant children, but Hostin wasn’t having it (Click “expand”): VANCE: So, you talk about the children. Here’s what I’d say: do we know that during the last administration we had tens of thousands of children who were sex trafficked by the cartels, who were brought into our country in profoundly dangerous and predatory conditions -- HOSTIN: Talk about this administration! There was actually a nice moment at the end of the show. As Behar tried to monopolize the last “10 seconds” of the show with another accusatory question, faux conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin interrupted and gifted Vance a View-branded onesie for the baby he and Second Lady Usha Vance were expecting.   With Behar trying to monopolize the last 10 seconds with her nasty follow-up, they close out the interview with Farah Griffin presents Vance with a View-branded onesie for he's child on the way. Whoopi looks exhausted. pic.twitter.com/wcjiuIN7g5 — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 16, 2026   “Thank you. I appreciate that. We will put this on. We’ll send you guys the photo,” Vance said with a chuckle, amused by the gift. By the end of the show, Goldberg looked exhausted. Since The View was so highly curated to only allow one political opinion, it's not often that Goldberg had to do her job and actually moderate. The rest of the cast were certainly testing her. The relevant portions of the transcript are below. Click "expand" to read: ABC’s The View June 16, 2026 11:35:31 a.m. Eastern (…) [Vice President J.D. Vance beginning to answer a question from co-host Sara Haines] ANA NAVARRO: And you actually say in the book - You talk about this. You talk about this struggle in the book. VP J.D. VANCE: I do. Of course. NAVARRO: You talk about moral tradeoffs that result in favoring a strict migration policy without dehumanizing anyone. But listen, over 50 people have died in ICE custody. There are thousands of children, 6,200, that are being held in places like Dilly Detention Center that people that have visited -- I don't know if you have -- talk about the subhuman, infrahuman conditions, the lack of clean water, the lack of medical attention, lack of education. I would urge you as a Christian and as a father to visit those detention centers where the children are being held, and make sure that the conditions are up to the values that we hold in this country. JOY BEHAR: Let him answer. [Applause] VANCE: You have thrown a lot at me and I see we have 30 seconds left here, but let me say - NAVARRO: You are the vice president. You can go long. VANCE: I’d like to pick up on this theme because I think it’s really important. We do have to strike a balance, of course, between enforcing our laws. We don't want to dehumanize people. That is the balance. Look, law enforcement - What I’d say about this: law enforcement is always inherently not a very pretty process. Especially when you dealing sometimes with violent people, with people who are resisting arrest. Some of the people that I have been told by the media were completely peaceful, have never violated any laws, you look actually look into the record and find out that those people were actually being violent or they did have a criminal record. They had a sex traffic conviction. SUNNY HOSTIN: The majority people don’t have criminal records, the majority of people that ICE is rounding up and taking out of their homes from their families, they are separating families, they’re using children as bait, the majority are not criminals! [Applause] VANCE: But can I respond to that? Guys, let me just say this. Okay. So, you talk about the children. Here’s what I’d say: do we know that during the last administration we had tens of thousands of children who were sex trafficked by the cartels, who were brought into our country in profoundly dangerous and predatory conditions -- HOSTIN: Talk about this administration! VANCE: But here’s the point, unless you enforce the border, you invite that conduct. You think that our immigration policies are inhuman based on the reporting of one person with a political bias. What I'm telling you is that it's inhumane - NAVARRO (interrupting): It’s not one person. VANCE: - to allow cartels to sex traffic people across our border. [Crosstalk] NAVARRO: And you guys have done a great job of closing the border. WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Please hold on. VANCE: I appreciate that. (…) 11:44:14 a.m. Eastern [Loud crosstalk as Vance finishes an answer to a question from Goldberg] GOLDBERG: No, no! Let me do my follow-up! Let me do my follow-up! Because you were talking about people. What did black people do to this administration that has allowed it to really stigmatize folks of color? And you know how hard it is. You have folks of color in your family. VANCE: Sure. GOLDBERG: So, when you see things -- the Emmitt Till stuff coming down or them doing all kinds of removal of information of black heroes, how do you -- how does that sit with you? VANCE: What exactly are you talking about, Whoopi because you just - GOLDBERG: I’m talking about - [Audience reacts negatively] VANCE: Emmitt Till was the kid - GOLDBERG: I can tell you -- VANCE: No, no. I want to know what she's -- I want to respond to your actual point. GOLDBERG: In a lot of the - um HOSITN: Museums? GOLDBERG: Museums - [Crosstalk] GOLDBERG: There's so many. You know, where they’re taking down the actual history that happened in this country. Slavery happened. All kinds of stuff happened. And it seems that it has been very easy for this administration to remove that and also to denigrate black folks who have worked their behinds off to get this American dream. How - I mean, you know better! [Applause] VANCE: Let me - So, Sunny, that was actually very helpful intervention because I think the story you are talking about is where allegedly the administration is holding back the appointments of people based on skin color. HOSTIN: I’m talking about a host of things. I’m talking about black history getting erased from public spaces. Black voter districts are being dismantled. Black leaders are being sidelined from our ranks. Where do Americans of color fit in this vision?! Because it doesn't seem like we fit! VANCE: I think, Sunny, my view - [Applause] NAVARRO: And if I may, since October of last year there's been something like 6,668 refugees allowed in the country. All but three were white South Africans. HOSTIN: South Africans. VANCE: So, first of all, I'm very skeptical of that number because we have a lot of different immigration pathways in the United States of America. But let me just address Whoopi's point. Look, first of all, you asked the question; and maybe you don’t believe this coming from me, but I think everybody is welcome in our political coalition. Frankly, even if you didn't vote for us, everybody is welcome in our country so long as you are an American citizen, with the duties and the legal obligation and rights to be here. GOLDBERG: Right. VANCE: But let me just give you an example. Okay, so you say we’re anti-minority or anti-black -- GOLDBERG: NO, I didn't say that! I asked. See. VANCE: Okay, fine. Fair. Fair. GOLDBERG: Don't start any stuff with me man. Don't get me in trouble. [Applause] Don’t start that stuff with me. VANCE: I misinterpreted your question. GOLDBERG: That’s all right. VANCE: But let me answer your actual question there. What I'm saying, I think -- Okay, look at Washington, D.C. One of the most Democratic and one of the blackest - by share of population - blackest cities in the United States of America, has seen a radical decrease in violent crimes and sexual assaults and murders. We have tried to take the crime issue seriously in part because we believe everybody, whether you are black or white or rich or poor, deserves to live in a safe neighborhood. GOLDBERG: But why was - why does the crime - where does the crime step in? This is not about crime. This is about -- HOSTIN: 300,000 black women lost their jobs! [Crosstalk] GOLDBERG: This is about human rights, sir. VANCE: What you are saying is, we have to do more on the economy. HOSTIN: And black history has been erased from public spaces! VANCE: Black history is not erased from public spaces. HOSTIN: That is true. VANCE: That is not right. [Crosstalk] VANCE: I’m telling you, we celebrate black history. We celebrate all American history in this administration. You guys might be skeptical of this, but I promise you it’s true. NAVARRO: Can I ask you about a specific piece of black history? GOLDBERG: He’s gotta - I gotta - NAVARRO: Do you think the attack on Michelle Obama - GOLDBERG: I have to go to break! [Claps her hands] ANA, GOD PLEASE! NAVARRO: - should have been condemned by the White House? GOLDBERG: We have more with Vice President J.D. Vance when we come back. Don't do that! (…) 11:53:49 a.m. Eastern VANCE: I do think -- in a subtle sometimes, sometimes in a more profound way, I think our country has become more anti-family and more anti-child. It's harder to travel. It’s harder to go to restaurants. [Crosstalk] BEHAR: All right, we only have 10 seconds, do you want - ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Mr. Vice President, we know you grandchild is - or your CHILD is arriving. VANCE: No grand babies yet. FARAH GRIFFIN: Not yet. We’re very excited for you and Usha, and we wanted to give you a View onesie. VANCE: Thank you. I appreciate that. We will put this on. We’ll send you guys the photo. GOLDBERG: His new book Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith is available now. Scan the QR code on your screen to purchase a copy. And we will be right back. VANCE: Thank you, guys.

On Tuesday’s CNN This Morning, after California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a possible federal investigation into his wife, Jennifer Siebel-Newsom, and her charities, host Audie Cornish framed the case as Trump's retribution. But when Concerned Women for America President Penny Nance attempted to share details of the investigation, Cornish shut her down. Cornish portrayed the case through a lens of retribution with a graphic of investigations, past, ongoing, or potential, into foes of the President paired with her words: I wish I could show you, you know, an indictment or some investigatory question, but I will show you the number of people the administration has investigated that various people in the cabinet have deemed kind of enemies. Um, whether that is Jim Comey or Lisa Cook or whoever. Comey posts "86 47" memes and he's "kind of" an enemy? Cornish said the statement was a warning and a message to the media that his family could be on a list of possible investigations.  Nance then said Newsom was probably “loving this” before she noted the investigation’s origins under the Biden-era DOJ and detailed the possible Jennifer Newsom misdoings: But the timing is really good for Gavin Newsom to announce it right now. And the issue is $3.7 million that went into the coffers of the Rep project, which is a Jennifer Newsom project. By the way, I -- full disclosure, served on a on a board with her --” Cornish stopped Nance because she could not confirm any of the investigation, even though it was her segment that triggered the topic of a Newsom investigation: “But, do you mind pausing because we don't have confirmation and I do not know if this is true right now, because we literally are not hearing anything, I don't want to be talking about Newsom's wife as though she has committed crimes when we have not heard this.” Can you imagine a CNN anchor shutting down talk about a Trump investigation?  The Sacramento Bee noted in their report on the story that a federal source said “there were several investigations into the Newsoms that had been ongoing for roughly one year, “which “originated out of whistleblower complaints submitted to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento.”  The Washington Free Beacon and a recent California Post opinion piece also noted possible alleged financial irregularities related to Siebel-Newsom charities. After CNN's Audie Cornish framed the investigation of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s wife as a case of retribution, panelist Penny Nance started to describe details of the investigation and it's Biden era orgins, until Cornish stopped her and shifted towards Newsom's presidential ambitions. pic.twitter.com/fXw7l6wFZy — Nick (@nspin310) June 16, 2026 The rest of the discussion based on the possible Newsom investigation focused on a future presidential run, as Democrat strategist Chuck Rocha said Newsom was positioning himself for a run and jokingly said he was surprised Newsom “hasn’t run away to another country saying ‘I’m going to go into exile until Donald Trump leaves me alone’ and tweet it out.” In a segment that was seemingly focused on an investigation into Newsom, Cornish was oddly hesitant to allow any possible details on an investigation and seemed more focused on a Newsom presidential run as she was enamored with his social media troll posting. The transcript is below. Click "expand": CNN This Morning June 16, 2026 6:46:09 AM Eastern (...) AUDIE CORNISH: Okay, weird. Sources tell CNN that Newsom is not the subject of an investigation, but that his wife, Jennifer Newsom, is part of a greater investigation into tax crimes.  So, the group chat is back. I wish I could show you, you know, an indictment or some investigatory question, but I will show you the number of people the administration has investigated that various people in the cabinet have deemed kind of enemies. Um, whether that is Jim Comey or Lisa Cook or whoever.  So, clearly Newsom is trying to say, “Hey, yeah, my friends and family, my wife could end up on this list as well. PENNY NANCE: He is loving this, by the way. It makes him more interesting. It brings him back into the news. He's having a great day today. But the truth is what - this started under Joe Biden. This whole investigation started.  But the timing is really good for Gavin Newsom to announce it right now. And the issue is $3.7 million that went into the coffers of the Rep Project, which is a Jennifer Newsom project. By the way, I - full disclosure, served on a on a board with her - CORNISH: But, do you mind pausing because we don't have confirmation and I do not know if this is true right now, because we literally are not hearing anything, I don't want to be talking about Newsom's wife as though she has committed crimes when we have not heard this. And I want to understand, though, why Newsom would come out ahead of an investigation to talk about it. CHUCK ROCHA: Presidential politics are about two things. It's about money and votes, and he's working on both right now. He wants to get out and try to make himself be a victim. We've seen politicians, some of which may be in the White House, always want to be the victim of press or whatever investigation may be happening. And Newsom is positioning himself politically to do that.  And as, Sabrina, a consultant, it's a chef's kiss, is what this is.  [Laughter from panel] A chef's kiss of getting ahead of it on camera with the flags behind him. I'm surprised he hasn't run away to another country saying, “I'm going to go into exile until Donald Trump leaves me alone” and tweet it out. CORNISH: Let's let people know. Back in May, Emerson College actually did do a poll looking at people's potential choices, Democratic nominee for president. And Newsom was not the first name on it. SABRINA RODRIGUEZ: I mean, there's no question that Newsom is amongst the top contenders. He does come up amongst the - CORNISH: I mean, I'm amongst the top contenders. [Laughter] That list is so long at this point. RODRIGUEZ: No, but he is certainly one of - he has established himself under Trump's second term as like one of the leading people trying to take him on. CORNISH: Yes. We’ll post a sample tweet so people can see. RODRIGUEZ: So, this furthers that national profile that he's tried to build. I mean, he has specifically, strategically, over the last year and a half, tried to take on President Trump consistently.  CORNISH: Redistricting. Yeah. RODRIGUEZ: Whether it's with redistricting, whether it was last year with the National Guard deployment in Los Angeles, he has at every turn tried to take on President Trump. And this does further that.  CORNISH: YEAH  RODRIGUEZ: And we do see it. I mean, he is already fundraising off of it and sending emails. So it's clearly a position. CORNISH: Right. And we just showed that tweet. Not because we think it's funny, but because to your point, Newsom likes to quote, unquote, do online battle with the Trump administration in the language they quote, unquote understand, so to speak, the language of memes and jokes. And he's been at the forefront of that. (...)

HBO’s John Oliver declared on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight that he has little faith in the Trump administration’s World Cup visa vetting as he does in Trump’s ability to point out which side were the good guys in the Civil War. Oliver read from a BBC article while introducing a clip of Trump in the Oval Office, “But unfortunately, not everyone's been able to enjoy the wonders of America. ‘Fans from more than a quarter of the countries taking part in the World Cup are facing travel bans, tighter restrictions, or high visa rejection rates.’ When Trump was asked about that, his answer was pretty telling.” There were multiple bits of information in the BBC article that Oliver didn’t read that paint a more complicated picture. For one, the BBC highlighted Iraqi fan Abdulla Adnan’s quest to purchase tickets but conceded, “After the start of the US-Israel war with Iran, the US suspended routine consular services in Iraq due to concerns about security in the region. This means there is nowhere in the country where Adnan and other Iraqi fans can get visas, as they have to attend an in-person interview.”   John Oliver claims he doesn't trust the Trump administration to do World Cup visa vetting, "I'm not sure I trust Trump's judgment on who the right people are, any more than I trust his ability to look a Civil War reenactment and point at the good guys." He then promotes British… pic.twitter.com/2DpmYTRskN — Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) June 16, 2026   It also noted how for fiscal year 2025, 11 of 48 countries had a business and tourist visa rejection rate of over 40 percent when the average rejection rate is 34 percent. However, buried deep in the article, in the second-to-last paragraph, it notes fellow host Canada does not publish data by country or visa type, but its overall rejection rate is 54 percent and fans from Iran and Cabo Verde have no place to go to submit their biometric data to Canadian authorities. The BBC finally noted in the final paragraph that fellow host Mexico does not publish any data but requires in-person applications despite not having diplomatic a presence in eight World Cup countries, including Iraq. Nevertheless, in the clip, Trump was shown declaring, “We're working on it very closely to make sure that the right people come into our country.” Oliver retorted, “Oh, 'the right people.’ I'll be honest, I'm not sure I trust Trump's judgment on who the "right people" are, any more than I trust his ability to look at a Civil War reenactment and point at the good guys. And it's not just fans. Iraq's star player was held for almost seven hours and had his phone inspected before being allowed entry. Iran's national team had to relocate their training camp from the U.S. to Mexico in order to resolve potential visa issues, and a referee from Somalia was actually denied entry at Miami airport and forced to fly back home.” He then introduced another clip, “One reporter actually caught up with the head of the White House task force on the World Cup, Andrew Giuliani—yes relation—and pointed out the obvious pattern here.” That reporter was Sky News U.S. correspondent James Matthews, and he began pestering Giuliani, “Given the people having trouble accessing this tournament and their skin color. Is this shaping up as a racist World Cup?” Giuliani rejected the premise and asked for evidence. In response, Matthews recited, “Swiss striker Breel Embolo, Cameroon born, he had trouble getting into the country. Iraqi striker Aymen Hussein was detained for seven hours—” Embolo ran into problems not because he was born in Cameroon, but because he has been convicted of making threats against others. Still, those Matthews mentioned were eventually let in as Giuliani forced him to concede: GIULIANI: Are in the country? MATTHEWS: They're in the country. GIULIANI: They’re in the country. Exactly MATTHEWS: They were detained. After Giuliani finally got fed up enough to start leaving, Matthews tried again, “Was a Somalian referee not allowed into the country because Donald Trump has a problem with Somalia?” That referee was turned back due to alleged terrorism connections, but back in studio, Oliver reacted, “That's pretty damning, although I do kind of love the immediate whiplash of ‘Explain your question, your premise is false’ to ‘Oh, I understand the question now, excuse me I have to leave.’" That’s wildly unfair. Giuliani answered Matthews’s questions. It was only when Matthews decided to keep going with his premise that everything is racist that Giuliani realized he was wasting his time and left because Matthews didn’t want actual answers.  Here is a transcript for the June 14 show: HBO Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 6/14/2026 11:06 PM ET JOHN OLIVER: But unfortunately, not everyone's been able to enjoy the wonders of America. “Fans from more than a quarter of the countries taking part in the World Cup are facing travel bans, tighter restrictions, or high visa rejection rates.” When Trump was asked about that, his answer was pretty telling. REPORTER: Some people are afraid that it's going to be harder and harder to get visas to come from outside. Can you reassure them – DONALD TRUMP: We're working on it very closely to make sure that the right people come into our country. OLIVER: Oh, "the right people." I'll be honest, I'm not sure I trust Trump's judgment on who the "right people" are, any more than I trust his ability to look at a Civil War reenactment and point at the good guys. And it's not just fans. Iraq's star player was held for almost seven hours and had his phone inspected before being allowed entry. Iran's national team had to relocate their training camp from the U.S. to Mexico in order to resolve potential visa issues, and a referee from Somalia was actually denied entry at Miami airport and forced to fly back home. One reporter actually caught up with the head of the White House task force on the World Cup, Andrew Giuliani—yes relation—and pointed out the obvious pattern here. JAMES MATTHEWS: Given the people having trouble accessing this tournament and their skin color— ANDREW GIULIANI: How so? MATTHEWS: Is this shaping up as a racist World Cup? GIULIANI: First off, first off, explain your question because I think the premise is false. MATTHEWS: Swiss striker Breel Embolo, Cameroon born, he had trouble getting into the country. Iraqi striker Aymen Hussein was detained for seven hours— GIULIANI: Are in the country? MATTHEWS: They're in the country. GIULIANI: They’re in the country. Exactly MATTHEWS: They were detained. [jump cut] GIULIANI: Don't you think the most important thing about a tournament is making sure that those fans that come to the United States, all those Americans that are gonna enjoy this tournament, that they're safe and secure. That's what I ultimately think is important. We're going to continue to focus on that– [crosstalk] MATTHEWS: Was a Somalian referee not allowed into the country because Donald Trump has a problem with Somalia? OLIVER: That's pretty damning, although I do kind of love the immediate whiplash of "Explain your question, your premise is false" to "Oh, I understand the question now, excuse me I have to leave." 

Democrat California Governor Gavin Newsom claimed Monday that Republican President Donald Trump has directed the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate him and his wife – but, any investigations were actually prompted by whistleblower complaints in California and are the expansion of a DOJ probe initiated during the Biden Administration. “Today, my wife & I joined Donald Trump’s hit list. He has directed his Department of Justice to investigate us. They have not found a crime - they are simply trying to find one,” Gov. Newsom claimed in a social media post Monday, introducing a video of his accusations. The current alleged investigations into the governor’s wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, and others in his sphere, stem from a corruption probe involving former Newsom Chief of Staff Dana Williamson. “As part of an investigation that began in 2022, Williamson joins the two others who were charged in the ‘Conduit Scheme’ conspiracy in pleading guilty,” U.S. Attorney Eric Grant said in a May 14, 2026 press release announcing that Williamson had pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud. Even reports by leftist news organizations belie Newsom’s claims. “Newsom’s comments came a month after his former chief of staff, Dana Williamson, pleaded guilty to three federal felony counts in a case involving a scheme to steal campaign money from Xavier Becerra,” The Washington Post reported Monday: “But at the time of her arrest last year, Williamson’s attorney, McGregor Scott, said she had been approached by the FBI in 2024 — during the Biden administration — about assisting with an investigation involving Newsom.” Last November, Politico reported that “Dana Williamson, who was indicted on public corruption charges Wednesday, was interviewed by the FBI in November 2024, while still working as Newsom’s top aide.” “Newsom had known for a month that Williamson had been questioned by the FBI” before he placed her on leave, which led to her ultimate departure, according to Politico. “That investigation, which was launched by President Joe Biden’s Justice Department, has expanded to include other staff, the person familiar with the matter said,” the Associated Press reported Monday, noting that “political leadership in Washington was not involved” in the decision to initiate the current investigations: “A person familiar with the matter denied the existence of an investigation specifically targeting the governor, but said there are multiple federal probes into people around him, including one related to his wife’s taxes. “That probe began last year, and political leadership in Washington was not involved in the decision to open it, said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss ongoing investigations.” Likewise, KCRA-TV News in Sacramento reports that the current investigations were not launched at Pres. Trump’s direction: “A source close to the situation who spoke on the condition they remain anonymous told KCRA 3 there are multiple federal investigations involving people related to Gov. Newsom that began a year ago through the U.S. Attorney's office in Sacramento. “One is related to tax activity involving his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom's nonprofit organizations.” …. “The source said the investigations were launched because of complaints received by local and state investigators, not at the direction of President Trump or [U.S. Attorney General] Blanche.”

If you have been a regular viewer of  Fox News's The Five, you may have noticed the tension which has been exhibited multiple times, between Greg Gutfeld and left wing panelist Jessica Tarlov, who have battled over Graham Platner, The SPLC, Israel's role in the start of the Iran war, Hasan Piker, and more. On Monday's show, Tarlov falsely accused Gutfeld of giving her less time to speak then the other panelists, and the two clashed over an insult aimed at Michelle Obama Sunday night at UFC Freedom 250. The topic was Trump's deal with Iran, and after Dana Perino spoke for 2:23, Emily Compagno for 1:40, and Jesse Watters for 2:45, it was Tarlov's turn, and Gutfeld, who was running the segment, stepped in, after she spoke for 2:22. TARLOV: This is a one-way or two-way agreement between the U.S. and Iran. You say how great the Gulf states are involved in this, JCPOA was all of Europe, the Chinese and the Russians were signed on to it. Right now we don't have any friends-- GUTFELD: : Of course they would sign on to it. TARLOV: What?  GUTFELD: Of course they would sign onto it, it wasn't America first. TARLOV: And the money question really matters. GUTFELD: We've got to go. TARLOV: I've spoken less than everybody else, don't....Let me finish! GUTFELD: Compared to who? TARLOV: Everybody else on the panel except maybe Dana. GUTFELD: You mean combined? That's a little weird. We all have our little time frames. I haven't talked as much as you. TARLOV: It's your block. Tarlov had a point, it was Gutfeld's job to run the segment and ask questions, but she was not shortchanged as she had claimed. Gutfeld then quickly looked to bring the temperature down.  GUTFELD: I'm just sitting here looking great.  And Tarlov followed his lead. TARLOV: When I asked you about robot dogs, or whatever, I only say like four words in the D block.  As Gutfeld laughed, it was apparent that Tarlov got the green light in her ear from the control room to continue, and she did for another 28 seconds which gave her a total of 2:52, to present her point of view, which was the most on the panel by 7 seconds. When she finished, Gutfeld continued his playfulness with her. GUTFELD: Anything else, you want to talk about anything else? Did you have a good weekend? TARLOV:  I was in Maine, it was beautiful.  GUTFELD: That's fantastic. Did you run into your old friend Platner? TARLOV: I did not. In the following segment on Sunday night's UFC event at the White House, Tarlov brought up what fighter Josh Hokit said about Michelle Obama to Joe Rogan, and Gutfeld was quick to point out her selective outrage. TARLOV: You gotta mention and I know we don't want to....Josh Hokit, steps up there and says Michelle Obama is a man....Joe Rogan, maybe he was paralyzed in the moment and didn't think, oh I should emphasize that Michelle Obama, a former first lady, since we're talking patriotism and paying our respects to the White House, and those who come before us, is not a man. GUTFELD: He's not running for Senate. TARLOV: The White House today won't even clean it up....Dana White is out there saying this is no good. Portnoy, Shane Gillis. Everybody knows that it is repulsive. And I presume that you know this as well. That shouldn't be -- GUTFELD: : How about Platner? TARLOV: : Why can't you say that the guy-- GUTFELD: : Because I'm merely pointing out, there's nobody on the left that has any credibility to ask us that question. I can -- TARLOV: Because we don't know what a woman is? Is that what you're trying-- GUTFELD: No, because you guys have kept silent on everything. Then Gutfeld pulled out the ammunition.  GUTFELD:  I seem to remember not long ago how often I heard that Melania Trump was an escort. From a lot of people that are now, oh, oh, oh, huffing and huffing. People who say that a black kid who stabs a white kid, that was just him defending himself. People faking Charlie Kirk getting stabbed in the neck thinking it's funny. People hoping for another Luigi Mangione, to take out Elon Musk or perhaps Trump or maybe both. Gutfeld summed up. GUTFELD: See we don't have to listen. In fact, we enjoy it when you're upset. That guy is a troll. He showed up at the weigh-in pretending he was drunk. ....You lost your credibility!  As usual, a great job by Gutfeld in pointing out the hypocrisy of Jessica Tarlov.