6/12 AM Update: Trump Picks New DNI After Pulte Backlash, Dem Party Platner Panic, UFC WH Preview

AM Update for 6/12/26: President Donald Trump nominates Jay Clayton for Director of National Intelligence as a fight over temporary pick Bill Pulte derails a FISA surveillance vote hours before the deadline. Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner faces new pressure from inside his own party as damaging revelations raise questions about whether Democrats will try to force him off the ballot. Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter pleads guilty to shooting two state lawmakers and their spouses in a deadly June 2025 ambush targeting elected officials and their families. A last-minute lawsuit tries to stop UFC Freedom 250, the first-ever UFC event on the White House South Lawn, just days before fight night.

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