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At a press conference this afternoon, a reporter asked President Donald Trump if he is concerned about inflation rates after new data showed the consumer price index at a three-year high of 4.2 percent.

“I love the inflation,” Trump said. In Februrary, before the US began bombing Iran, inflation was at 2.4 percent. Trump predicted that inflation will “come down like a rock” once the war is over.

Q: Are you concerned about the latest inflation numbers that came out this morning?TRUMP: No, I love it. I love the inflation. You know why? Because as soon as this war is over — do you know we've been taking out millions of barrels of oil? You know who doesn't know? Iran until right now.

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-10T16:08:03.927Z

Meanwhile, Trump suggested that the US has been ferrying oil out of the Strait of Hormuz. “We’ve been taking out millions of barrels of oil,” Trump said. “Every night…now I’m going to tell you because they just figured it out. It was very hard for me, I wanted to say it so badly, but I didn’t want to ruin it. But millions of barrels of oil has come out, and that’s why it’s at 85, $90 a barrel instead of 250.”

About an hour later, he reiterated this point via social media post: “Last month, I directed our Great U.S. Military to execute a secret mission to support Oil Tankers and other Commercial Ships through the Strait of Hormuz.”

When the war is over, “You will see oil drop to where it was before,” Trump said at today’s press conference.

It’s not clear when that will happen, though: today, Trump also vowed to continue attacking Iran. “We’re going to be attacking them…very hard,” he said. Almost 3,500 Iranians have been killed in the US and Israel’s war on the country since February 28.

Inflation continues to rise, according to a new Bureau of Labor Statistics report, due in no small part to President Donald Trump’s chaotic and unpopular war with Iran—but the orange dictator doesn’t seem bothered. In fact, Trump seems over the moon about it. During an Oval Office press conference on Wednesday, when asked about the terrible inflation numbers, Trump responded by saying, “I love it.”…

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A cartoon by Drew Sheneman. Related | Americans don’t want a data center in their backyard…

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North Koreans hackers posing as remote IT workers and recruiters remain a major threat to U.S., European, and Asian companies, accounting for about half of all attacks over the past 12 months.

Wing is expanding into seven more U.S. cities through its partnership with Walmart.

Delaney Hall has been many things: a jail, a halfway house, a rehabilitation facility. For the past year, however, it’s been something more fraught: an ICE detention center and the site of ongoing clashes between federal law enforcement and protesters. Reporters aren’t allowed in, health inspections are rare, and congressional oversight has been obstructed—as my recent interview with Rep. LaMonica McIver revealed. She’s now a year into a battle against criminal charges stemming from her attempt to inspect the facility.

So much of what we know about the inner workings of Delaney Hall comes from the letters that detainees have smuggled out with allegations of wormy food, denied medical care, and unsafe working conditions. In December 2025, 41-year-old Jean Wilson Brutus, died inside.

With Delaney Hall now thrust into the national spotlight, there’s still so much we don’t know. That’s why I wanted to talk to two reporters who have been watching this closely.

I sat down with journalist Amanda Moore and my colleague Sophie Hurwitz, both of whom have reported from outside Delaney Hall for Mother Jones.

I asked them how this place became a flashpoint, what protesters and detainees are demanding, and who is ultimately to blame.

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Republican operatives are growing increasingly desperate in the Senate race in Texas, where they’re pushing false, offensive, and contradictory attacks against James Talarico—who they fear could become the first Texas Democrat to win a Senate race in more than 30 years. The latest comes from a Trump-aligned super PAC, which is running a gross and deceptive AI-generated deepfake ad in which…

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They are angry at Redmond and will have their revenge. Nightmare Eclipse, the prolific bug hunter and possibly disgruntled ex-Microsoft employee, disclosed another zero-day vulnerability just hours after Redmond issued a record-breaking number of CVEs and fixes for June Patch Tuesday. The latest zero-day, RoguePlanet, targets Microsoft Defender and works against fully patched Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems, according to the researcher, who also released proof-of-concept exploit code for the security flaw. Assuming the attacker can win a race condition, this bug allows local privilege escalation and leads to SYSTEM-level control over an affected machine. Nightmare Eclipse (aka Chaotic Eclipse) is a disgruntled bug hunter with a deep understanding of Windows and an even deeper grudge against Microsoft. They claim to be an ex-employee, and accuse Redmond of ignoring vulnerability reports and refusing to communicate with them. "When I actively asked you to communicate with me, you refused, humiliated me and made sure to insult me in front of people," they wrote in an earlier blog post that also promised a “bone shattering” drop on July 14. "You defame me in public with your CVE-2026-45585 advisory even though you literally deleted the Microsoft account I used to report bugs to you with and I got zero pennies from doing so and I still happily did like an idiot," the post continued. Possibly as an outlet for this anger, and reportedly in response to Redmond's lack of action, Nightmare began releasing their findings to the public. RoguePlanet marks the seventh Microsoft zero-day that they found and disclosed - accompanied by either a PoC exploit or technical details - before Redmond issued a fix. Microsoft's initial response to those disclosures was widely interpreted as a threat of legal action, prompting massive outrage from the broader infosec community before Redmond sought to calm the backlash by stating it had "no intention to pursue action against individuals conducting or publishing security research." As of Tuesday, the previous six zero-days all have patches. Three of them, RedSun, UnDefend, and BlueHammer, came under attack soon after Nightmare published working exploit code for each and before Microsoft released security updates to address the flaws. The other three, YellowKey, GreenPlasma, and MiniPlasma, all have been fixed as of June’s Patch Tuesday. YellowKey (aka CVE-2026-45585) is a security feature bypass bug in Windows BitLocker. An attacker with physical access to the vulnerable system could bypass the BitLocker Device Encryption feature and gain access to the device's encrypted data. GreenPlasma (aka CVE-2026-45586) and MiniPlasma (aka CVE-2020-17103) are both privilege escalation flaws in the Collaborative Translation Framework (CTFMON) and the Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver that can be abused by an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally and gain SYSTEM access. When asked about RoguePlanet, a Microsoft spokesperson told The Register that the Windows giant is “aware of the reported vulnerability and is actively investigating the validity and potential applicability of these claims." The spokesperson continued: "Microsoft is committed to investigating security issues and updating impacted products to protect customers as soon as possible. Importantly, we support coordinated vulnerability disclosure, an industry standard that protects customers and supports the research community by ensuring their findings are thoroughly investigated and addressed before being made public." Soon after Nightmare published a PoC for RoguePlanet, the ThreatLocker threat intelligence team validated the exploit code and said that they were “actively assessing impact, affected systems, and additional mitigations,” promising to share more findings “as they become available.” Tharros Labs senior vulnerability analyst and long-time respected security sleuth Will Dormann said he tested the exploit code, too. “It's reportedly not 100% reliable, but it worked on the first attempt for me,” Dormann wrote. Nightmare, for their part, rolled back the promise of a “bone shattering” drop on July 14. “(Un)fortunately I will be unable to mass disclose zerodays in July 14th, RoguePlanet took way more time than expected and truly drained me,” the researcher said on Tuesday. “I might take a break but I can't say for sure what I will be doing for next month, maybe it's nothing, maybe it's smtg. But the big thing is not happening. I did not intend to spread a mass panic with that post and I apologize for doing so.”®

⚡ Quick Take

• Amazon is not making Prime Video the streaming home of Project Hail Mary. Instead it’s sending Ryland Grace and Rocky to MGM+.
• MGM+ is a streaming service that many fewer people have, so this news will certainly be disappointing to some.
• MGM+ does not come with a Prime Video subscription and must be purchased separately in order to stream Project Hail Mary.
• The cost is $7.99 a month or $61.99 a year. A free trial is available for those who want to watch Project Hail Mary but do not want to pay.

Chris Miller and Phil Lord’s Project Hail Mary was a smash hit with critics and audiences alike. The film earned rave reviews and cleaned up at the box office. Now Amazon is hoping it will help build its subscriber base for its other streaming service, because Project Hail Mary is not going to stream on Prime Video. Instead, Project Hail Mary is heading exclusively to stream on MGM+, a totally separate Amazon streaming site.

Amazon MGM StudiosProject Hail Mary Will Stream on MGM+

Amazon MGM Studios has announced its big screen adaptation of Andy Weir’s sci-fi novel will make a much less popular streaming platform its home in both the U.S. and internationally. Project Hail Mary is going MGM+.

No, MGM+ Does Not Come Free with Your Prime Video Subscription

You don’t have to look it up; we can answer your obvious question right now: No, you do not get MGM+ even if you already pay for Prime Video. MGM+ is a separate “premium linear channel and streaming service” also owned and controlled by Amazon.

How Much Do You Have to Pay for MGM+ In Order to Stream Project Hail Mary?

Prime Video subscribers can add it to their account for $7.99 a month or $61.99 a year.

There Is a Free Trial, We Guess!

Obviously, the whole point of releasing one of the year’s most popular films exclusively on a lesser-known platform is to get people to subscribe. This is about driving new subscriptions, because why not! Fortunately, you can still watch Project Hail Mary at home without adding to your already out-of-control streaming costs. Amazon offers a seven-day free trial option, so you can try MGM+ before you have to pay for it.

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There are certainly plenty of other shows, movies, and documentaries worth checking out on the service. But if you only care about astrophage, then seven days is plenty of time to watch (and rewatch)Ryan Gosling hang out with the most amaze amaze amaze-ing alien. And you don’t have to wait long to do that. Project Hail Mary arrives at MGM+ on June 18, 2026.

And, of course, you can already purchase a digital copy on Prime Video. That’s the Amazon streaming service you already pay for, despite it not getting all of Amazon’s best movies.

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Former Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway shared her thoughts on Maine’s Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner to Fox News, and it was dripping with hypocrisy. “Is there a magic number in the scandelabra that would make you stop?” Conway asked. “Would it have to do with Nazis or putting upon women, perhaps underage women, but definitely women, not your wife of two years?

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High schoolers at Renaissance participated in a photojournalism project about their school.

LA SELVA BEACH >> When news first broke last month that Pajaro Valley Unified School District administrators planned to close Renaissance High School this summer and relocate students to Duncan Holbert Preschool, the outrage was swift.

Teachers, students and parents urged the board of trustees to reject the proposal at a May 20 meeting. Most meeting attendees spoke of the challenges in relocating disabled preschoolers with such short notice. The board rejected the plan for now, but multiple trustees said at the meeting that Renaissance should be considered for closure.

Amid money troubles and declining enrollment, district leaders have said PVUSD needs to close schools to help fix the budget. A committee of parents, teachers and union representatives was established to make recommendations about which schools to close — it meets regularly and is tasked with coming up with recommendations for school closures by November.

Renaissance High is a continuation school for students who failed many of their classes and now need to make up credits or were expelled from other schools, including for truancy. 

People think we’re a school for criminals, or people who want to disobey, even though it’s the complete opposite. It’s for people that really need these opportunities and don’t really get them in other schools.

—Acciri, rising senior at Renaissance High School

Ariel Stonebloom, a biology teacher at Renaissance, said there’s often a stigma around these students. But many of them have failed or ditched classes because of family responsibilities, including caregiving for a sick parent, babysitting their siblings or working to help their parents make ends meet.

In an effort to capture the student experience at one of the county’s most critical schools, Santa Cruz Local collaborated with two of Stonebloom’s classes last month on a photo essay. The goal: to show the school through students’ eyes so that district leaders, residents and others who care about PVUSD issues could better understand the importance of this unique learning environment.

On May 21, about two dozen students shared six disposable film cameras and responded to prompts like:

• Photograph one place on campus where you feel safe.
• Photograph a person, place or thing that challenged you.
• Photograph one thing you don’t want to forget.

From left, Janella, Maria and Ariel Stonebloom.

Students and teachers play volleyball during lunch break.

Electives teacher Jason Solis and rising senior Jairo.

Students spent the one-hour class period roaming campus and popping in on their friends, favorite teachers and the best spots on campus to capture scenes in response to the prompts. Santa Cruz Local came back to Renaissance on June 2 to discuss the photos with students. Many of the seniors had already graduated, but several students reviewed the photos and wrote reflections.

During the class exercise, several students described liking Renaissance High more than their previous schools because of its small size. There were 92 students this past school year, and the school has a capacity of about 200 students. Students said that at Renaissance, students know all the teachers and teachers know all the students.

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“Here, we could communicate more. I feel like some teachers are my friends, and over there it’s just like strangers,” said Jairo, a rising senior who previously went to Watsonville High School, which he felt was “just too much” and “full of trash, gangsters, cars honking.”

Jairo described the above photo as “me and my favorite teacher” and wrote that he wants to “show people they can talk to their teacher like friends.”

Teacher Debbie Singleton’s sweatshirt. 

Social studies teacher Jennifer Puente. 

Emiliano takes a selfie with a teacher.

Rising senior Acciri also chose a photo of electives teacher Jason Solis to write about, and said he is “a very helpful teacher” and “an amazing flag football coach.”

She described the Renaissance community as helping her with social skills and giving her more opportunities for job training.

“It’s a very cool school, because it gives you many opportunities — it helps you with finding jobs,” she said. “I think many people should keep coming to the school because it’s really helpful and it has also helped me with talking with other people since everybody knows each other.”

Acciri debunked some stereotypes about Renaissance students: “People think we’re a school for criminals, or people who want to disobey, even though it’s the complete opposite. It’s for people that really need these opportunities and don’t really get them in other schools.”

She said other schools are so big, that the students that need the most support often won’t get it. 

“Many teachers don’t really pay attention to you, because it’s so many other people,” she said.

When asked what she looked forward to after high school, Acciri said she hoped to go to college, but if that doesn’t happen then “working, because I want to help my mom with the bills.”

Sitting with Acciri was Nancy. The two didn’t know each other before Renaissance, but are now friends. 

Nancy chose the photo of math teacher Pat Demera to write about. 

“During a whole year that I been in this school Pat has helped out many students. He’s always willing to help if you need help,” wrote Nancy, a rising senior. “If you don’t find me somewhere just go to his class, I’m always there,” she said.

Math teacher Pat Demera.

Hairo, who graduated this month, and biology teacher Ariel Stonebloom.

From left, Arturo, mental health clinician Matt Merill, Juan, Jairo, Isaiah and Nino. The school district laid off all 13 mental health clinicians in the district and Merrill worked his last day at Renaissance this month.

Juan wrote about the above photo, “I chose this photo because it shows friendship and represents safety and a place where people feel welcome.”

Of the 162 photos students took, many were of the natural spaces on campus, including the garden. 

Renaissance High is tucked away in La Selva Beach, a few blocks from the ocean on a rural road. Stonebloom said when new students arrive at Renaissance, many times they will take a couple weeks to adjust and then — they relax. 

“They actually come to school because they want to be here,” Stonebloom said. “Students that came because of credit deficiency because of ditching, will come to school consistently for the first time in their high school careers because they love it [at Renaissance].”

Maria sits near the field.

Nico walks on a path by the school’s field. Students showed a Santa Cruz Local reporter where to look for snakes in a spot where they go to sun and keep warm.

The entrance to the school’s garden.

In addition to teaching biology, Stonebloom stewards the garden. She said the garden is important to students, and it’s something that would likely not exist at another campus. Indeed, in both classes that did the photo project, students immediately suggested the garden as the first place to photograph.

Stonebloom said Renaissance is “quiet and nice and it’s an environment where they can be their whole selves in a way that is challenging in a traditional school environment.”

Several students, when asked why they liked Renaissance, said it was quiet.

“I really like nature,” Janette, a rising senior, wrote in Spanish about the above photo. “I want other people to know that this place is very pretty and calm, and the nature makes the school special.”

Alondra walks through the garden.

The garden is colorful and overgrown.

Corn and strawberries grow in the garden. ‘Each plant is full of memories,’ said Acciri.

Students in Ariel Stonebloom’s second period class.

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