Fact & Spin

Join Scott Wallace and the team for our daily podcast that lets you discover the truth behind the day’s biggest news headlines! Visit our website at www.verity.news

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Episodes

16 minutes ago

Iran fires missiles at a U.S. base in Qatar, Spain secures an exemption from NATO’s 5% defense spending target, A Chinese super-embassy in London nears approval, 57 soldiers are rescued after being captured by civilians in Colombia, The U.K. moves to ban the Palestine Action group, 12 suspects are detained after over 100 are pricked with syringes at a French music festival, Over 150 million across the U.S. are placed under heat alerts, A hot air balloon accident kills eight in Brazil, The U.K. plans to DNA test all newborns to assess their risk of disease, Tesla launches its robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, and the Oklahoma City Thunder wins the NBA championship. 
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3 days ago

Iran-Europe talks don’t lead to a breakthrough, The U.N. reports record violence against children in war zones, Kenya sentences two men to 30 years in prison for a 2019 hotel attack, U.K. lawmakers vote in favor of an assisted dying bill, An appeals court allows Donald Trump to keep the National Guard in LA, The LA Dodgers claim they blocked federal agents from their stadium, A GOP senator proposes selling over 2 million acres of federal land, A new ICE policy limits Congressional access to facilities, Thousands are displaced as deadly floods impact southern Brazil, and a new study suggests that ChatGPT use may harm students' brain activity.
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4 days ago

Trump denies a report that he had approved plans to attack Iran, The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda sign a draft peace agreement, Thailand’s Shinawatra's faces calls to resign, The U.S. restarts its student visa process for foreigners, Nippon Steel completes its $14.1 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel, Karen Read is acquitted of murdering her police officer boyfriend in Massachusetts, Argentina lifts a ban on civilians owning semi-automatic weapons, The insolvency dates for U.S. Social Security and Medicare are moved up, Dozens of scientists predict that the 1.5°C warming limit could be breached by 2028, and two AI watchdogs publish a joint "OpenAI Files" report.
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5 days ago

Trump weighs a US strike on Iran nuclear sites, The US Supreme Court upholds a Tennessee ban on youth gender medicine, Canada and India agree to re-appoint high commissioners, Rheinmetall and Anduril partner on European autonomous weapons development, Trump extends the TikTok deadline for a third time, The FBI shares China election interference claims with Congress, Elon Musk's X sues New York over a content moderation law, UK lawmakers vote to decriminalize abortion, Australia lifts its blood donation ban for gay and bisexual men, and a study finds a blood test can detect cancer three years before diagnosis.
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6 days ago

Trump demands Iran’s “unconditional surrender,” New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is arrested by ICE, Uganda's president signs a law allowing military trials for civilians, Russian strikes on Kyiv kill at least 16, Social media surpasses TV as Americans’ top news source, A judge orders Trump to reverse his NIH grant cuts, The U.N. identifies five nations at risk of famine, A brain dead woman delivers her baby in Georgia after months of being on life support, Kenya’s deputy police chief steps aside amid a probe into the death of a government critic, and OpenAI wins a $200 million defense contract with the Pentagon.
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Tuesday Jun 17, 2025

Israeli strikes hit an Iranian state media outlet, A suspect accused of shooting four Minnesota lawmakers appears in federal court, The U.K. launches a national inquiry into grooming gangs, Trump orders ICE to expand deportations in Democratic cities, G7 leaders meet in Canada, A report claims global nuclear risk is growing, Anti-tourism protests sweep across southern Europe, The US Supreme Court agrees to hear a New Jersey pregnancy center appeal, The Trump Organization launches a mobile service and a $499 smartphone, and Blaise Metreweli becomes the UK’s first female MI6 chief.
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Saturday Jun 14, 2025

Iran strikes Israel following a second round of Israeli strikes, Nigeria grants a posthumous pardon to activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, A French court frees a New Caledonia independence leader, A report suggests that Israeli spyware was reportedly used to target European journalists, Sen. Alex Padilla is forcibly removed from a Kristi Noem press conference, Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges, A court of appeals allows Donald Trump to regain control of the National Guard in LA, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirms the U.S. has Panama and Greenland invasion plans, Credit Suisse reportedly ignored early warnings about its Greensill partnership, and scientists grow human hearts in pig embryos for 21 days.
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Friday Jun 13, 2025

Hundreds are killed after a London-bound Air India flight crashes, the UN’s nuclear watchdog declares Iran noncompliant for the first time in 20 years, the U.S. pulls nonessential personnel from its embassies across the Middle East, the Pentagon launches a review of the AUKUS submarine pact, global displacement hits a record 123.2 million, a Brazilian court rules that social media firms are liable for users’ content, the U.S. military is granted the authority to temporarily detain protesters in LA, the U.K.’s economy shrinks by 0.3%, Meta reportedly plans to invest $15 billion in Scale AI to purse ‘superintelligence,’ and images of the sun’s South Pole are revealed for the first time.
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Thursday Jun 12, 2025

the U.S. and China agree on a trade framework, Sudan accuses Libya's Haftar forces of a border attack, 32 officers are injured in the Ballymena riots in Northern Ireland, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk survives a confidence vote, at least 7 are dead in Colombia after bombings and gun attacks, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says a Palestinian state is no longer a policy goal, police make mass arrests after curfew during the LA demonstrations, Rep. LaMonica McIver is indicted on federal charges over an incident at an ICE facility, Donald Trump plans to phase out FEMA after hurricane season, and an Atari game from 1977 trounces ChatGPT in a chess square-off.
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Tuesday Jun 10, 2025

A school shooting in Austria leaves at least 11 dead, anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests spread across 25 U.S. cities, Poland reviews claims of ballot irregularities in its recent presidential election, Israel’s Netanyahu says there has been progress in Gaza talks, RFK Jr. fires the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel, the World Bank downgrades its global growth forecast for 2025 to 2.3%, the U.N. warns that socioeconomic barriers are behind a global ‘fertility crisis,’ Italy cuts ties with Israeli spyware firm Paragon, dozens of states sue to block the sale of genetic testing firm, 23andMe over privacy concerns, and Apple exposes limitations in AI models’ reasoning.
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