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Bill O'Reilly, here. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater.
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Thank you, Bill. It is Wednesday, June 24, 2026. Here's what's happening today in America. Supreme Court rules on hair. It's hot in Europe, warehouse still burning and War Power Resolution Act. It means nothing. It's all coming up, and Bill's gonna be here with your message of the day. But first, there's a lot of Supreme Court decisions to go and not a lot of time to release them, including the big birthright citizenship case. But yesterday, the court denied a Louisiana man the ability to sue state prison officials for damages after they forcibly shaved his head bald when he was in prison. This violated his religious rights as a devout Rastafarian. He hadn't cut his hair for 20 years. He said he felt he was raped by the officers as he was being tied down and his head shaved. The Supreme Court also made it easier for border agents to remove from the country green card holders who may have committed a crime involving, quote, moral turpitude. The court said that border agents do not bear the burden of having to prove by clear and convincing evidence that an immigrant seeking to re enter the country after a trip abroad committed a crime before denying them admission, but only need to show that there was reason to believe they had. This case after a Chinese citizen and US Green card holder went back to China, then tried to come back into America at JFK Airport. This is back in 2012, but he was denied reentry because he was facing charges in New Jersey for trademark counterfeiting. It is hot in Europe, almost 100 degrees in places Spain, France, England mostly. The BBC is reporting that over 40 people in France have drowned. It's just people trying to get relief from the heat and swimming in places, I guess they're not it's not safe to swim. They there's no air conditioning or not a lot of air conditioning in Europe. More people in Europe die from heat than Americans die from guns every year. A warehouse in Los Angeles is still burning. It's been burning for over a week now. It's a warehouse that stores frozen food. And because of the way the roof is designed and the cold storage shelving, crews have to battle the blaze from the outside. They can't get inside 85 million pounds of frozen food or once frozen food. There was ammonia in the building, but they say they pumped it out. But the smoke's been brutal in nearby neighborhoods. Air quality levels around 100 are okay. The air quality rating in nearby areas is 300. The Senate adopted a resolution instructing President Trump to end the war in Iran. It has no force of law at all. 50 to 48 vote. Four Republicans joined the Democrats, Rand Paul, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Bill Cassidy. Democrat John Fetterman joined the Republicans. It only passed because Mitch McConnell and Dave McCormick weren't there. McCormick was with Trump at a rally in his home state of Pennsylvania. I'm Mike Slater, the great Bill O'Reilly. He has your message of the day next.
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Hey, this is Mike Slater. I have a podcast called Politics by Faith. I would love for you to listen. We take the news of the day and we run it through the Bible. What does the Bible have to say about this? Because there's nothing new under the sun. You read the headlines. Everything's all crazy. World's coming to an end. It's all in the Bible. And after every episode, hopefully you leave with a proper perspective and a biblical piece. Please join us wherever you listen to podcasts and we also have a YouTube page as well. YouTube.com politicsbyfaith now, the O'Reilly Update brings
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you something you might not know. Seven years ago today, President Trump imposed severe sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Here's why. In 2015, the administration of Barack Obama signed a peace deal with the mullahs of Tehran. In exchange for assets and the easing of banking restrictions, the clerics agreed to nuclear inspections. Critics, including Donald Trump, claim the pact failed to eliminate Iran's atomic weapons program. In 2018, President Trump ended Mr. Obama's agreement. On June 24, 2019, the President imposed severe economic sanctions on Iran. Wrote the Commander in Chief, quote, I am taking these actions to confront the government of Iran and the Iranian backed proxies, unquote. Billions of Iranian dollars are immediately frozen in foreign banks. Leaders, including the Ayatollah himself, had their overseas assets seized. Oil exports were restricted. Oil exports were restricted. Dozens of Middle east ports closed to Iranian ships. But were those sanctions by Donald Trump successful? The measures impose extreme pressure on the Islamic Republic. The economy was thrust into a major recession, but the sanctions failed to achieve their steady goals. Instead of bringing Iran back to the negotiating table, Tehran retaliated by steadily exceeding the uranium enrichment limits set in 2015 under Obama, weapons inspectors were denied access. The diplomatic Spat culminated in February 2026 this year when the US and Israel launched military strikes against Iran. And here's something else you might not know today. No one knows the fate of Iran's nuclear ambitions. The new ayatollah recently agreed to a limited peace deal with the usa, but that agreement is already in doubt. Back in a moment.
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Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly update. I am Bill O'Reilly. For more news and honest analysis, please go to billoreilly.com no spin, just facts. And always looking out for you.
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