The Megyn Kelly Show - SCOTUS Sides With Bayer on Roundup, DHS Secy Clashes With Dems, TX Giraffe Missing: AM Update 6/26

Episode Date: June 26, 2026

The Supreme Court sides with Bayer in a major Roundup ruling that could derail thousands of cancer-warning lawsuits and is drawing sharp criticism from MAHA activists - MAHA activist Vani Hari weighs in. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin clashes with House Democrats while detailing the administration’s efforts to locate unaccompanied migrant children the federal government lost track of under President Biden. Denmark’s center-left government considers a nationwide ban on broadcasting the Islamic call to prayer as it continues pursuing some of Europe’s toughest immigration policies. A giraffe named Gracie remains on the loose in the Texas Hill Country as helicopters, drones and local authorities join the search and her owner offers a $5,000 reward.   Cozy Earth: Visit https://www.CozyEarth.com & Use code MEGYN for up to 20% off   Supersure Insurance: Upgrade your business insurance to a year-round SuperAgency at https://Supersure.com/Megyn Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Friday, June 26th, 20206, and this is your AM update. The U.S. Supreme Court siding with Bayer in a major ruling over cancer warning labels on Roundup weed killer. Do not interrupt. Don't you point your finger at me. I will point my finger at you. Don't you be a hypocrite then. DHS Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen clashing with Democrats during a contentious congressional hearing. Denmark's left-wing government considering a national ban on the Islamic call. to prayer as it continues defying Europe's political playbook on immigration. I chuckled when I got the first call because it's my first missing giraffe case.

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday siding with German pharmaceutical company Bayer in a major legal battle closely watched by the Maha community over cancer warning labels on popular weed killer Roundup. Roundup invented in the 1970s by agrochemical company Monsanto using glyphosate as its key active ingredient. The EPA approving glyphosate-based pesticides for sale in 1974 and repeatedly determining the products do not require a cancer-worn. morning. Bayer, later acquiring Monsanto in 2018. In 2015, the World Health Organization's cancer research arm, classifying glyphosate as, quote, probably carcinogenic, citing evidence in animals and limited data in humans. That finding, helping to trigger thousands of lawsuits from Roundup users diagnosed with cancer, even as the EPA continued to maintain that glyphosate

did not pose a cancer risk in humans. The case before the high court, Monsanto Company v. Dernel, beginning with a 2019 lawsuit filed in Missouri State Court by John Dernel, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after using Roundup for about 20 years. Dernel alleging Monsanto, now bare, failed to warn consumers about the weed killer's potential cancer risks. Monsanto argued its label was federally approved. A jury siding with Dernel on that claim, awarding $1.25 million in damages. The Missouri Court of Appeals, upholding the verdict last year, finding the federal OK on Roundup's label, did not shield Bayer from a state failure to warn claim. After the Missouri Supreme Court declined to hear the case, Bear appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to decide whether federal law governing pesticide labels bars lawsuits seeking cancer warnings the EPA has not required.

The Trump administration siding with Bayer in the case, arguing federal law. preempted Dernel's claim. The position coming after President Trump in February invoked the Defense Production Act to boost domestic production of glyphosate-based herbicides, describing them as critical to maintaining America's agricultural advantage and ensuring food safety, a move that infuriated Maha moms nationwide. More on that in a minute. In a 7-2 decision, the High Court finding federal law does preempt state failure to warn lawsuits over Roundup. Justice Brett Kavanaugh writing for the majority that under the federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act,

or FIFRA, states cannot impose labeling or packaging requirements that differ from federal standards. Because Dernel's lawsuit would effectively require Bayer to add a cancer warning, absent from the EPA-approved label, the majority finding it conflicts with FIFRA's requirement for nationally uniform pesticide labeling. Justice Kavanaugh writing, quote, All told in accordance with EPA's view that glyphosate is not likely to cause cancer in humans, EPA has not required glyphosate-based pesticides like Roundup to include a cancer warning on their labels.

He continues, quote, therefore, as a matter of federal law, Monsanto legally must use a label without a cancer warning, unless and until EPA approves or requires a change. Justice Katanji Brown Jackson, authoring the dissent, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, a conservative in an unusual pairing, noting numerous state and federal courts have rejected Monsanto's preemption argument and accusing the majority of misunderstanding the law, leaving Dernel without a legal remedy for the harm he has suffered. The decision expected to affect thousands of pending lawsuits against Bayer,

which has already paid billions of dollars to settle similar failure to warn claims. Bear praising the ruling in a statement, quote, the ruling should result in the dismissal of current warning-based claims and bar future failure to warn claims. Bear adding that it will continue seeking final approval of a separate proposed $7.25 billion class action settlement aimed at resolving tens of thousands of existing roundup cases and potential future claims. We spoke to Maha activist Vani Hari, known as the Food Babe, about this ruling and the Trump administration's decision to support Bayer's position in the case. The Department of Justice went out of their way to recommend that the Supreme Court look at this case.

They did not have to do that. It's really disheartening to see that even a movement like the Maha movement where so many people were in support of and came to the voting booth. to vote for and had the hopes of really holding these companies accountable, reducing the amount of chemical exposure to the American diet. This is what we were hoping for. And instead, we got more of the same but worse. Because, again, the Trump administration did not need to make this recommendation to the Supreme Court. Hari calling this a defining moment for Congress. There's three things that need to happen.

The first thing that needs to happen is Congress must pass a bill to reverse this decision and make it law that pesticide companies are held liable for when they cause harm with their products. The second thing that needs to happen is during the EPA's upcoming Roundup Review, truthful warning labels must be required so consumers can make informed choices. So farmers can be warned that this product causes cancer. I think the third thing that needs to happen is the Senate must remove the provision from the farm bill that would delay any critical EPA review. Right now, there's a provision in the farm bill that would delay any pesticide reviews for up to five years. And so that's just going to continue another five years of mass poisoning of America. And we can't stand for that. Republican Congresswoman Anna Polina Luna of Florida announcing she will introduce legislation stripping

pesticide companies of liability protections for harm caused by their products. The Congresswoman writing on X, quote, these companies purposefully omit labeling information, knowing their products cause cancer and other health problems. It is time they are held accountable. Enough is enough. DHS Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen appearing yesterday before a House Appropriations Subcommittee for an oversight hearing on the Department of Homeland Security.

The hearing shifting between polite and heated, with Secretary Mullen at several points getting into fiery exchanges with Democrat members. Democrat Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, attempting to question the secretary about roughly 3,900 children separated from their families under the First Trump administration. The separations resulting from the admin's zero tolerance policy, which directed prosecutors to bring criminal cases against all adults caught crossing the border illegally, including those traveling with children. because minors cannot be held in federal criminal detention facilities. Prosecuting the adults meant separating them from the children in their custody. Secretary Mullen turning the focus to the Biden administration's handling of unaccompanied migrant children. Sir, again, it is my time.

3,900 children were separated from their family. 450,000 kids were lost through the Biden administration. You didn't say a word about it. Mr. Secretary, do not interrupt. Don't you point your finger at me. I will point my finger at you. Don't you be a hypocrite then? Did you be as upset about the 450,000 kids that were lost?

He didn't say a word about it. For four years, you never said a word. Mr. Secretary. Could you put him in his place for... You should be put in your place. A DHS Inspector General's audit, finding ICE transferred more than 448,000 minors to the Department of Health and Human Services

between fiscal years 2019 and 2023, 448,000. lacked an effective system for tracking their locations and immigration cases after their release. Secretary Mullen outlining his department's efforts to locate those kids and determine whether they are safe. When we stepped in here, we had 450,000 kids missing. Four hundred fifty thousand kids that were given to sponsors that weren't vetted. No home checks. No one was going by to see if they're where they're supposed to be, not even. even known that they're in their same state. I'm not saying all of them had recovered. Some of them were where they were supposed to be, but we've had some horrific cases where there's a ring of several adults that were keeping kids in an underground bunker in a dungeon. And the most

horrific things that I pray to God that you guys don't have to see because it permanently changes you. The stuff that these adults put kids as young as two to as old as 12 through, you can't make a horror story that bad. Secretary Mullen growing emotional as he reflected on the human toll of the previous administration's border policies and the work now facing his department. What frustrates me the most is that this was preventable. And no one can argue that. And we have perpetrators that are doing the most horrific things to kids.

And as a father to six and three beautiful girls, when you see this, this, there's evil in the world. There's evil in the world. And we fed it. The Biden administration fed it for four years and took the innocent. The innocents that's in our kids' eyes that we pray to God never has to deal with this. That innocent is permanently stolen. And we're trying to just restore some type of comfort to these young girls.

But let me explain to you. young boys too. Unfortunately, we're seeing a rise of young boys being trafficked. Earlier this month, the Secretary announcing the administration so far has tracked down 146,000 children who went missing during the Biden administration. Coming up, Denmark's left-wing government weighing a nationwide ban on the Islamic call to prayer in another break from Europe's usual approach to immigration and assimilate. and a giraffe vanishing into the Texas Hill country as helicopters, drones, and local authorities

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or near a mosque. Birdscoe making his position unmistakably clear, telling Danish news outlet Ritzaw, quote, the call to prayer should not be heard over Danish rooftops. It has no place in Denmark, and you shouldn't be in any doubt whether you've ended up in a suburb of Islamabad when you walk around Denmark. The minister adding that the signs of Islam are, quote, taking up too much of the public space. Denmark now home to just over six million people. The government does not formally track residents by religion, though international organization Minority Rights Group estimates roughly 280,000 Muslims live in the country, accounting for nearly 5% of its population. Outdoor calls to prayer are already effectively blocked in some communities through local noise restrictions.

Copenhagen's Grand Mosque, for example, does not broadcast the summons outside under an agreement with local authorities, according to the Telegraph. A national prohibition, however, has proven far more difficult. Birdscoe now becoming the third Danish immigration minister to explore a national ban following efforts launched by previous social democratic governments in 2020 and again in 2025. An initial review launched in 2020 was left unfinished and later shelved following Denmark's 2022 election. Birdsco's predecessor revived that work last year, but the government has yet to determine how a nationwide ban could be written without violating the constitutional right to worship, In a sharp break for much of Europe, Denmark's left-wing government making this just the latest

step in its hardline approach to immigration and assimilation. The Social Democrats shifting sharply on the issue during the 2015 migration crisis when more than a million people largely from the Middle East and Africa arrived in Europe, fueling a growing nationalist movement and helping make the anti-immigration Danish People's Party the country's second largest political force. Rather than seed the issue to the right, the social Democrats embracing tougher immigration policies while retaining an otherwise left-wing agenda. Denmark already banning full-face coverings like Burkhas in public places in 2018, with the government now pushing to extend that prohibition to schools and universities. The country also

becoming one of Europe's strongest advocates for processing asylum seekers outside the continent, with Parliament approving a legal framework, allowing applicants to be transferred to a third country while their claims are reviewed. Deep in the heart of the Texas Hill country, authorities are now two weeks into the search for an unusually conspicuous fugitive, the missing resident standing several feet taller than any member of the search party and answering to the name Gracie. The roughly four-year-old giraffe disappearing from Cedar Hollow Ranch in Lakey, a tiny city of about 700 people roughly 100 miles west of San Antonio. Gracie arriving at the privately owned

exotic animal breeding ranch in May. Ranch manager Vic Jones telling the New York Times, Gracie apparently found her way around a gate at the edge of the property, then wandered off into the surrounding hill country. The search proving far more difficult than spotting a giraffe would seem. Real County covered by enormous private ranches, steep canyons, and thick brush, with so few people spread across the area that Gracie could easily roam on to someone's property without being spotted, reports local outlet Cron. Rial County Sheriff Nathan Johnson, who is leading the search, talking to local station Ken's 5 on Wednesday about the effort. I chuckled when I got the first call because it's my first missing giraffe case. It's hired helicopters. They've flown it with drones.

We've got a lot of people in our county kind of keeping a watchful eye. Mountain lions. We have other animals. a lot of coyotes, and there are predators out there that could harm her, although she's a big animal. Despite those dangers, Jones telling Kron, he is not worried about Gracie's well-being, noting the surrounding land offers enough food and water to sustain her, with recent temperatures also remaining manageable. For anyone in the area who happens to spot a giraffe roaming through the brush, there are a few clues that it may be Gracie. She is a reticulated giraffe, a species He's recognizable by the clean lines surrounding their large brown patches,

and Gracie herself is distinguishable by her unusually rounded ears. Jones warning anyone who spots Gracie not to approach or chase her, the owner of the ranch now offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to Gracie's safe return. And that'll do it for your AM update. I'm Megan Kelly. Join me back here for the MK show. Live on Series XMs, the Megan Kelly Channel 11 at noon east, on YouTube.com slash Megan Kelly and on all podcast platforms.