On the June 9, 2026 edition of Rob Schmitt Tonight, Rob Schmitt takes a closer look at the headlines shaping the political landscape and the national conversation. Featured guests include Senator Eric Schmitt, Jon Levine, Sholdon Daniels, Bruce Blakeman and Rep. Chip Roy.
Alabama Sen. Katie Britt joined “National Report” to discuss the ongoing tensions with Iran, the critical need to hold the regime accountable, and why America must stand strong against global state sponsors of terrorism.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright will face questions from the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology on Wednesday morning about President Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget request and priorities for the department. The hearing also comes as tensions with Iran and in the Strait of Hormuz continue to escalate. The effective closure of the waterway, a key transporter of the global oil supply, has caused gas and energy costs to soar. Wright in recent days has sought to ease fears that prices will skyrocket more, though most Americans in recent polling say they believe the opposite. The White House budget requests $53.9 billion in discretionary budget authority for the Energy Department, a nearly 10 percent increase from 2026.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins on will testify Wednesday morning before the Senate Agriculture Committee on oversight of the agency and President Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget request. The hearing comes as the Trump administration is facing a resurgence of the screwworm, a parasitic fly that had been eliminated in the U.S. since the 1960s. Rollins has placed much of the blame for its comeback on lax immigration policies during former President Biden's administration. She is also likely to face questions around the rising cost of fertilizer and energy prices amid the conflict in Iran. President Trump earlier this month sought to ease affordability concerns tied to the war during remarks to farmers in…
His comments come in the wake of Iran shooting down a U.S. Apache helicopter and an American response.
Xi said that his visit to North Korea has "successfully concluded," and the relationship between the two countries has reached a "new historical stage."
There was unrest in Belfast and elsewhere after video of a brutal stabbing circulated online, amplified by far-right activists.
Cars and a bus were set on fire and families were driven from their homes as the stabbing attack caused tensions to spill onto the streets.
The death of the officer appeared to add to a string of targeted assassinations of high-profile opponents of Ukraine inside Russia.