Trump Picks New DNI After Pulte Backlash, Dem Party Platner Panic, UFC WH Preview: AM Update 6/12
6/12/202623 min
President 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 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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Megyn Kelly· Host0:28
[upbeat music] Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Friday, June 12th, 2026, and this is your AM Update.
Matt Gaetz· Soundbite0:37
Why they're willing to jeopardize the lives of millions of Americans to make a political point, because they have a, a disagreement about someone that the president has appointed for a short-term position? It is absurd.
Megyn Kelly· Host0:50
President Trump nominates a new director of national intelligence after his temporary pick throws the Congress into chaos.
Graham Platner· Soundbite0:58
People will make everything seem very concerning, uh, because that's what people do in politics.
Megyn Kelly· Host1:04
Fresh off winning the Democrat primary for US Senate in Maine, scandal-plagued Graham Platner finds his next fight may not be against Republican incumbent Susan Collins after all. We'll explain. Minnesota assassin Vance Belter pleading guilty, admitting to shooting two state lawmakers and their spouses. And a last-minute lawsuit tries to stop the historic UFC fight set to take place