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A U.S. bankruptcy court trustee is planning to shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars media platform and liquidate its assets to help pay the $1.5 billion in lawsuit judgments Jones owes for repeatedly calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax. Alex Jones expect Infowars to cease operating at some point because of the huge debt. “Today is a good day. Alex Jones has lost ownership of Infowars, the corrupt business he has used for years to attack the Connecticut families and so many others,” said Chris Mattei, an attorney for the families. “The Court authorized us to move immediately to collect against all Infowars assets, and we intend to do exactly that.”

The Israel Defense Forces reported Saturday that eight soldiers were killed in southern Gaza in the deadliest attack on Israeli forces in months. The soldiers were killed in an explosion, the army confirmed, without providing further details. The incident is likely to amplify calls for a cease-fire and increase Israeli public anger over ultra-Orthodox exemptions from military service. In January, 21 Israeli soldiers were killed in a single attack by Palestinian militants in Gaza. — The U.S. military launched a series of attacks targeting radar sites operated by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. This follows an incident where a merchant sailor went missing and his vessel caught fire due to the latest Houthi strike on shipping in the critical Red Sea corridor, authorities stated. These attacks mark the U.S. Navy’s most intense combat since World War II as it counters the Houthi campaign. — Seeking a resolution to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine was the focus as dozens of world leaders gathered for the first day of a major conference in Switzerland on Saturday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is using the peace conference to garner support for a 10-year plan he first proposed in 2022 to end hostilities between Ukraine and Russia. Notably, Russia and China do not have representatives at the Swiss conference. — Catherine, Princess of Wales, made her first public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer, attending Trooping the Colour, a military parade marking Britain’s King Charles III’s official birthday, on Saturday. Kate, dressed in a white dress and hat, rode in a carriage with her three children at the start of the annual celebration before watching the proceedings from a viewing point. Prince William participated in the parade on horseback. — A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ personal assets. The judge dismissed his company’s separate bankruptcy case, leaving the future of his Infowars media platform uncertain as he owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. Judge Christopher Lopez approved converting Jones’ proposed personal bankruptcy reorganization to a liquidation. — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a Southwest Airlines passenger flight that descended within several hundred feet of the ocean off Hawaii in April. Weather conditions on the island of Kauai caused pilots of Southwest flight 2786 on April 11th to abort a landing attempt at Lihue airport prior to the rapid descent towards the ocean, according to air traffic control audio reviewed by CBS News. The flight eventually returned to Honolulu, where it landed safely. — A Los Angeles County firefighter was killed and another was injured Friday while responding to a vehicle fire at a quarry in a desert community north of Los Angeles, authorities reported. An explosion occurred shortly after the firefighting crew arrived at the quarry in Littlerock around 2:10 p.m., killing a 19-year veteran firefighter based in the nearby city of Palmdale, L.A. County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone stated. — Emergency crews in Oregon rescued 28 people Friday after they were left hanging upside down for about half an hour on a ride at a century-old amusement park. Portland Fire and Rescue announced on the social platform X that firefighters collaborated with engineers at Oaks Park to manually lower the ride, though they had prepared for a high-angle ropes rescue if needed. All riders were evacuated and medically evaluated, with no injuries reported.

Marjorie Taylor Greene claims she does not ‘worship’ Donald Trump but her public statements show otherwise. She speaks of him as some kind of God. She becomes giddy when she talks about his but then she rages that she doesn’t worship him. It seems to be a love hate relationship with her cult leader.

Lady Gaga’s speech on the internet makes a 2nd round for the 2024 election by bashing Donald Trump for his threat to this country. Gaga warns what could happen if Trump gets elected as President. Gaga encourages all her fans to make sure to vote and make a difference to make sure Trump does not get elected.

The Pentagon is downplaying the arrival of four Russian Navy ships in Cuba on Wednesday. U.S. officials acknowledged that U.S. Navy ships “actively monitored” the Russian ships as they approached Havana. At the Pentagon press briefing, spokesperson Sabrina Singh downplayed the naval flotilla’s arrival, noting it has occurred multiple times over the years but confirmed that U.S. military assets had tracked the ships on their way to Cuba. — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that Hungary will not block NATO’s support for Ukraine in exchange for opting out of the support. Stoltenberg made the announcement at a press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. “I am glad that we have found a way to allow NATO Allies to agree while also accepting that Hungary will not participate,” Stoltenberg said. — The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Wednesday, with only one rate cut expected in 2024 as policymakers await more signs of cooling inflation. The central bank maintained the federal funds rate, or what banks charge each other for short-term loans, in a range of 5.25% to 5.5%. It has stayed at that level, the highest in 23 years, since July 2023. However, the Fed’s quarterly projections for future rate cuts are not set in stone. — The Port of Baltimore’s federal channel was safely reopened to its original dimensions of 700 feet wide by 500 feet deep without any major injuries, according to The White House. Work continues to remove debris outside the McHenry Federal Channel, and a safety zone will be maintained to protect workers. Deep draft vessels will require a single escort tug until the work is complete. The preliminary cost to rebuild the bridge is estimated at $1.7 billion to $1.9 billion, officials said. — Last year, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy declared a national epidemic of loneliness and social isolation across the country. He warned that about half of U.S. adults are experiencing significant levels of loneliness, affecting physical, mental, and societal health. To mark Loneliness Awareness Week from June 10 to June 16, Murthy spoke to ABC News stations nationwide about the causes and solutions for combating feelings of isolation. — Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, started hiding users’ “likes” from public view on Wednesday to protect privacy and reduce fears of retaliation for liking “edgy” content. “Now you’re able to like without worrying who might see it,” Haofei Wang, director of engineering at X, wrote last month in a post. “Public Likes are incentivizing the wrong behavior,” he added. X owner Elon Musk confirmed the change Tuesday, saying it is “important to allow people to like posts without getting attacked for doing so!” — The State Department has launched a beta program for passport renewal applications that will be open to the public, according to senior officials at the department. Officials stated that the program will begin by accepting a small number of online applications each day, gradually increasing to ensure the State Department “can track any issues that arise and address them quickly and continuously improve the experience for the American people.” — Orville Allen lived a lifetime of service, and at age 98, he had one last thing to give: his liver. Allen, a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War and a longtime educator in rural southeastern Missouri, is the oldest American to ever donate an organ, transplant organizations said. He died on May 29, and his liver was successfully transplanted to a 72-year-old woman, according to Mid-America Transplant.

Hamas communicated Tuesday that it had provided intermediaries with its response to the U.S.-backed proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, seeking certain “amendments” to the agreement. The reply seemed to fall short of an outright acceptance that the United States has been advocating for, but kept alive negotiations over an elusive halt to the eight-month conflict. The foreign ministries of Qatar and Egypt — who have been key mediators alongside the United States — acknowledged receiving Hamas’ response and stated that mediators were evaluating it. — Officials from the United States revealed that the country will send Ukraine an additional Patriot missile defense system. The officials confirmed that President Joe Biden has authorized the move. It would be the second Patriot system that the U.S. has provided to Ukraine, although the Pentagon has routinely supplied an undisclosed quantity of missiles for the system. Other allies, including Germany, have also furnished air defense systems as well as munitions for them. — Cautioning about the far-right Project 2025 agenda for a potential Donald Trump White House, a group of House Democrats has launched a task force to begin countering the proposal and prevent it from taking root if the Republican former president regains power. Democratic Rep. Jared Huffman of California is unveiling The Stop Project 2025 Task Force on Tuesday, the latest sign that congressional Democrats and outside groups are treating Trump’s campaign seriously in the expected rematch against Democratic President Joe Biden this fall. “The stakes just couldn’t be higher,” Huffman asserted. — President Joe Biden joined gun control advocates in advancing more initiatives to address gun violence and highlighted his administration’s stricter gun laws. Biden’s prescheduled remarks at the advocacy group Everytown’s Gun Safety University conference in Washington DC, came hours after his son Hunter was convicted on three felony counts in his federal gun trial in Delaware. The president did not mention his son or the case during his remarks Tuesday afternoon. — A federal judge struck down a 2023 Florida law that prohibited gender-affirming care for transgender minors and severely restricted such treatment for adults, ruling the statute unconstitutional. Senior Judge Robert Hinkle said the state overreached when it barred transgender minors from being prescribed puberty blockers and hormonal treatments with their parents’ consent. He also stopped the state from requiring that transgender adults only receive treatment from a doctor and not from a registered nurse or other qualified medical practitioner. — One person was fatally shot in connection with a bus hijacking that prompted a police chase through two Georgia counties on Tuesday, authorities said. Police responded to a report of gunfire on a Gwinnett County Transit bus and a “possible hostage situation,” the Atlanta Police Department said. There were 17 people on the bus at the time, including the bus driver, according to Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum. The suspect, a 39-year-old man from Stone Mountain — was taken into custody without further incident, police said. — A 24-year-old Texas man was charged with brazenly selling illegal guns and firearm parts while incarcerated in a Louisiana prison. The suspect, Hayden Espinosa of Corpus Christi, Texas, allegedly sold weapons and gun components to an undercover New York City police officer in a case Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg described on Tuesday as the “confluence of guns and extremism.” — Banana giant Chiquita Brands must pay $38.3 million to 16 family members of people killed during Colombia’s long civil war by a violent right-wing paramilitary group funded by the company, a federal jury in Florida decided. The verdict by a jury in West Palm Beach marks the first time the company has been found liable in any of multiple similar lawsuits pending elsewhere in U.S. courts, lawyers for the plaintiffs said. It also marks a rare finding that blames a private U.S. company for human rights abuses in other countries.