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Idaho firefighters were shot in a deadly wildfire ambush on Canfield Mountain near Coeur d'Alene, where a calculated trap claimed two heroes' lives. 

This report also examines Trump's military expansion, creating new zones along the southern border, the Gates Foundation stepping in after RFK cuts international vaccine funding to Gavi, and Kohberger's shocking plea deal accepting life sentences for the University of Idaho murders. 

Plus coverage of abortion ballot initiatives, housing challenges, dam protection, logging expansion, and 10 additional stories shaping Idaho's political and social landscape this last week.

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Timestamps

00:00 Intro

03:31 Trump Military Border Expansion

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/politics/us-is-creating-2-new-expanded-military-zones-along-border-with-mexico.html 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/hegseth-orders-3000-troops-to-u-s-southern-border-dead-serious 

04:57 Idaho Firefighters Killed in Tragic Ambush

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/us/idaho-shooting

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/us/wess-roley

https://www.dailywire.com/news/fire-fighters-ambushed-while-responding-to-idaho-fire-two-dead 

06:42 Gates Steps In After RFK Cuts Vaccine Funds

https://www.kivitv.com/health/gates-foundation-commits-1-6b-for-global-vaccine-effort-after-us-cuts-funding 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/25/rfk-vaccine-donations-gavi-00422705 

08:15 Kohberger Plea Deal Shocks Idaho

https://idahodispatch.com/kohberger-accepts-plea-deal-avoids-death-penalty/ 

https://www.kivitv.com/university-of-idaho-murders/bryan-kohberger-pleads-guilty-accepts-4-life-sentences 

10:17 The War on Idaho's Pro-Life Laws Begins

https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-government/2025-06-27/abortion-rights-idaho-initiative 

https://www.ag.idaho.gov/newsroom/idaho-supreme-court-upholds-majority-of-ags-ballot-titles-in-abortion-initiative-case/ 

12:02 Supreme Court Allows State to Block Planned Parenthood Funding

https://www.kivitv.com/news/local-news/supreme-court-allows-medicaid-cuts-planned-parenthood-voices-concerns 

13:35 Idaho Missing Teens: $5K Reward Offered

https://www.kivitv.com/news/local-news/national-nonprofit-offers-5k-reward-for-missing-idaho-teenagers 

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2025/06/new-details-released-on-missing-jefferson-county-teenagers/ 

15:13 ACLU Sues Idaho Over Immigration Law

https://idahocapitalsun.com/2025/06/27 

https://www.kivitv.com/news/local-news/aclu-of-idaho-files-a-lawsuit

https://www.acluidaho.org/en/press-releases

17:36 Idaho Tackles Housing Crisis Solutions

https://idahocapitalsun.com/2025/06/27

19:13 Trump Boosts Idaho Logging Jobs

https://cdapress.com/news/2025/jun/23

https://cdapress.com/news/2025/jun/25

21:09 Trump Saves Snake River Dams

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/06

https://www.idahofb.org/news-room

https://www.mountainstatespolicy.org

23:06 Broncos Seek New Ways to Fund Athletics

https://boisedev.com/news/members/bronco-athletics-revenue/ 

https://www.kivitv.com/news/local-news

24:59 Idaho Ski Areas Win Major Liability Case

https://bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2025/jun/26/idaho-supreme-court-overturns-ruling-in-ski-death-caseu/ 

26:23 Victor Perez Case Goes to Federal Court

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2025/06/grandfather-of-victor-perez-speaks-out-after-civil-suit-officially-filed/ 

27:41 Boise Galloway Law: Camping Ban Begins

https://idahonews.com/news/local/idaho-supreme-court-dismisses

29:16 Idaho's Micron Surges on Memory Chip Boom

https://investors.micron.com/news-releases

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data 

29:37 Closing