July 7, 2026 - Gov Brief Today

What Happened Today – July 6, 2026

July 7, 2026 by George Bounacos

FBI surveillance still of a hooded, masked suspect carrying a bag along a dark Capitol Hill sidewalk on January 5, 2021, in the January 6 pipe bomb case

The hooded figure prosecutors say is Brian Cole Jr. carried pipe bombs through Capitol Hill on January 5, 2021, hours before the insurrection whose pardon he now claims. (FBI surveillance photo)

The office ICE created to investigate its own agents is instead investigating 131 Americans for criticizing the agency. David Streever is believed to be one of the 131. Two agents visited his Rochester home over an angry email and handed his wife a formal warning that he may have violated federal law. They later tracked … Read more