12PM ET 06/25/2026 Newscast

Summary

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Fox News Hourly Update: 12PM ET – June 25, 2026

Episode Overview

This episode delivers a fast-paced roundup of breaking news headlines, Supreme Court decisions, international humanitarian updates, key economic numbers, and a major sports trade—reflecting Fox News Radio’s signature brisk, fact-driven style. Hosted by Lisa Brady with segments from Fox correspondents and guest analysts.

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Supreme Court Rulings: Immigration and Gun Rights

Major Theme: The Supreme Court issued several significant rulings, particularly impacting immigration policies and gun rights.

Key Discussion Points:

• Immigration Policy Decisions ([00:02]–[00:31])

  • The Court sided with the Trump administration, clearing the way to revive an Obama-era policy that limits the number of migrants seeking asylum at the US-Mexico border each day.
    • The crucial argument: arriving at the border is not equivalent to arriving in the US, thereby affecting requirements for asylum screening.
  • Ruling allows the federal government to end temporary legal protections (Temporary Protected Status, TPS) for Haitian and Syrian refugees.
    • Marco Rubio ([00:31]): “Essentially it says that the current administration, now that could be a Biden administration, it could be any administration, a Trump administration, that they have the power to make a decision about when to end temporary protected status.”

• TPS Program Details

  • The TPS program currently covers over a million people from 17 countries ([00:43]).

• Gun Law Ruling ([00:43]–[01:01])

  • The court struck down a Hawaii statute requiring concealed carry holders to get special permission for taking firearms into public places.
  • Justice Samuel Alito ([01:01]): “The law severely restricts the daily activities of individuals who already satisfied the state's rigorous requirements for a concealed carry permit. The state argued the statute balanced gun rights and property rights.”
  • Decision described as a 6:3 conservative majority.

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Corporate Legal: Roundup Lawsuit Protection

Key Discussion Point:

• Roundup Weed Killer Court Ruling ([01:18]–[01:38])
  • Supreme Court rules that federal regulations—saying a cancer link is “unlikely”—protect the manufacturer (Roundup) from thousands of state lawsuits alleging failure to warn about cancer risk.

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International Aid: Response to Venezuela Earthquakes

Key Discussion Points:

• US Assistance to Venezuela ([01:38]–[01:48])
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio (now in the Cabinet role) confirms deployment of US search and rescue teams from Virginia and Los Angeles to Venezuela after two powerful earthquakes.
    • Notable Quote ([01:38]): “Search and rescue teams are currently deploying… to join that desperate hunt for survivors there.”
  • Earthquake Impact: Both quakes measured over magnitude 7, with at least 164 fatalities and hundreds injured ([01:48]).

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Criminal Justice: Harvey Weinstein Case Dropped

Key Discussion Points:

• Weinstein Trial Update ([02:14]–[02:49])
  • Prosecutors drop a fourth New York rape charge against Harvey Weinstein after the accuser declines to testify again.
  • Weinstein, 74 and wheelchair-bound, hears the news in court.
  • He continues to deny all charges, but remains incarcerated on convictions in New York and California.
  • The specific rape case saw an overturned conviction plus two hung juries.

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Economic Update: Inflation and Growth

Key Discussion Points:

• Inflation Hits New Highs ([02:49]–[03:20])
  • Kevin Warsh ([02:49]): “Inflation, measured by the PCE price index, rose 0.4% last month, matching the April reading… for the year ending in April it rose by a stronger 4.1%.”
  • Core PCE (excl. food and energy): Up 3.4% year-over-year, the largest jump since October 2023.
  • Fed Chair Kevin Warsh signals policymakers are closely tracking inflation; expectation of easing due to lower oil prices.
  • Jenny Kosola ([03:20]): On the brighter side, Q1 US GDP grew at 2.1% (final Commerce Department estimate) and the Dow spiked 361 points.

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Sports Update: LaMelo Ball Trade

Key Discussion Points:

• NBA Blockbuster ([03:35]–[04:09])
  • Rising NBA star LaMelo Ball is traded from Charlotte Hornets to Minnesota Timberwolves, ending a six-season stint in Charlotte.
  • ESPN reports the Hornets receive Nas Reed, an unprotected 2033 first-round pick, three second-round picks, and a swap of three first-round selections.
  • Sports Analyst Quote ([03:35]): “The most productive offspring of LaVar Ball’s big baller brand… LaMelo Ball… at age 19, he became the youngest player in NBA history at the time to record a triple double… Rookie of the Year for the Charlotte Hornets… The youngest of the Ball brothers is moving on from Charlotte.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Marco Rubio on TPS Ruling ([00:31]): “Essentially it says… any administration… has the power to make a decision about when to end temporary protected status.”
• Justice Alito on Gun Law ([01:01]): “The law severely restricts the daily activities of individuals who already satisfied the state's rigorous requirements for a concealed carry permit.”
• Marco Rubio on Venezuela Aid ([01:38]): “Search and rescue teams are currently deploying from Virginia and Los Angeles to join that desperate hunt for survivors there.”
• Kevin Warsh on Inflation ([02:49]): “Inflation, measured by the PCE price index, rose 0.4% last month… 4.1% for the year…”
• Sports Analyst on LaMelo Ball ([03:35]): “The most productive offspring of LaVar Ball’s big baller brand… LaMelo Ball… is moving on from Charlotte.”

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Timestamps for Segments

• 00:02 — Supreme Court decisions on immigration
• 00:31 — Marco Rubio explains TPS ruling
• 00:43 — Discussion of the gun law ruling
• 01:18 — Roundup weed killer lawsuit protection
• 01:38 — US aid to Venezuela after earthquakes
• 01:48 — Earthquake casualties and injuries
• 02:14 — Harvey Weinstein rape trial dropped
• 02:49 — US inflation and economic growth updates
• 03:35 — NBA: LaMelo Ball trade to Timberwolves

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This episode briskly covers significant judicial, political, humanitarian, legal, economic, and sports developments, providing listeners with a concise yet comprehensive news update in classic Fox News style.

Transcript

[Lisa Brady]

A flurry of decisions from the US Supreme Court. Lisa Brady, FOX News. There are two rulings on immigration, both siding with the Trump administration. The justice is clearing the way to revive an Obama era policy once used to limit the number of migrants seeking asylum at the US Mexico border each day. Hinging on the argument arriving at the border is not the same as arriving in the US which requires allowing asylum screening under federal law. Another ruling allows the end of temporary legal protections for for Haitian and Syrian refugees.

[Marco Rubio]

Essentially it says that the current administration, now that could be a Biden administration, it could be any administration, a Trump administration, that they have the power to make a decision about when to end temporary protected status.

[Lisa Brady]

Fox's Shannon Bream. The TPS program currently protects more than a million people from 17 countries. The Supreme Court also striking down a state gun law ruling that Hawaii is violating the second Amendment by requiring concealed carry license holders to get special permission to bring a firearm into public spaces.

[Samuel Alito]

Samuel alito, writing for a 6:3 conservative majority, says the law severely restricts the daily activities of individuals who already satisfied the state's rigorous requirements for a concealed carry permit. The state argued the statute balanced gun rights and property rights.

[Lisa Brady]

Fox's Jared Halpern. And there's a victory for the maker of Roundup weed killer. The court ruling that federal regulations finding a cancer link is unlikely protect the company from thousands of lawsuits at the state, state level accusing it of failing to warn users the product could cause cancer. US Help on the way to Venezuela after back to back powerful earthquakes yesterday.

[Marco Rubio]

Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed this morning that search and rescue teams are currently deploying from Virginia and Los Angeles to join that desperate hunt for survivors there.

[Lisa Brady]

Fox's Dana Marie McNicoll those quakes both measuring more than magnitude 7, at least 164 known dead, hundreds injured. America is listening to FOX news.

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[Lisa Brady]

The imprisoned movie mogul Harvey Weinstein will not face a fourth trial on a New York rape charge after his accuser said she cannot endure testifying again. Prosecutors dropping the case today. Weinstein hearing the news in court in his wheelchair. The 74 year old Oscar win still denies all charges but remains will remain behind bars convicted of another sexual felony in New York and others in California. The rape case in New York was unresolved after an overturned conviction followed by two hung juries. Inflation hits a new three year high in the Fed's preferred gauge.

[Kevin Warsh]

Inflation, measured by the PCE price index, rose 0.4% last month, matching the April reading, though for the year ending in April it rose by a stronger 4.1%. Core PCE, excluding food and energy, rose 3.10of a percent and was up 3.4% on an annual basis, the largest increase since October of 2023. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh has said policymakers are watching inflation, though cooling crude oil prices are expected to result in inflation easing.

[Lisa Brady]

Fox's Jenny Kosola on the plus side, the US Economy growing more than expected in the first quarter at 2.1% in the Commerce Department's final estimate and the Dow hitting new highs right now up 361 a young NBA star is being traded to the T Wolves.

[Sports Analyst]

The most productive offspring of LaVar Ball's big baller brand of three basketball playing sons has been LaMelo Ball five years since. At age 19, he became the youngest player in NBA history at the time to record a triple double and went on to be named Rookie of the Year for the Charlotte Hornets, with whom he played six seasons. The youngest of the Ball brothers is moving on from Charlotte. ESPN reports the Hornets are trading LaMelo Ball to the Minnesota Timberwolves along with Josh Green in exchange for Nas Reed, an unprotected first round draft pick in 2033 and a trio of second round picks. The teams are also swapping three first round selections.

[Lisa Brady]

Fox's Jared Max, Elisa Brady, Fox News.