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Today in the News & Politics category, "Knicks Fans Brand Elmo a Traitor & Trump Storms Out of "Meet the Press" Interview | The Daily Show" by The Daily Show (2.9M views) is leading YouTube trending. Today's top 10 spans 10 different creators.
THE PODIUM
★ Ranks 01 – 03

Remember He Mocked Biden? Karma Came Fast 😳 #Politics #TommyTuberville #News

Truck carrying fireworks explodes on Tennessee highway
HOT STREAK
★ Ranks 04 – 10- 04

Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ‘60 Minutes’ | The Interview
The Interview · 4 days agoCreatorDB175K subscribersTop 16.6% worldwide3.1% engagement1.9M - 05
penguinz0 · yesterdayCreatorDB18M subscribersTop 0.1% worldwide4.8% engagement✔ Verified💼 Brand deals2.0M - 06

RecklessBen BANNED from His Own Bricks & Minifigs Investigation
DeFranco News Clips · 2 days agoCreatorDB1.5M subscribersTop 2% worldwide5.4% engagement✔ Verified💼 Brand deals826K - 07

Racist Chat Gets Defended By Vance
NowThis Impact · 2 days agoCreatorDB5.0M subscribersTop 0.4% worldwide7.0% engagement✔ Verified326K - 08

Ex-Air Canada pilot flew with forged licence: police
The Globe and Mail · 2 days agoCreatorDB254K subscribersTop 12% worldwide2.4% engagement391K - 09

Epstein Moved $577M Two Days Before Death 😳
Shawn Ryan Show · yesterdayCreatorDB6.2M subscribersTop 0.3% worldwide3.5% engagement✔ Verified💼 Brand deals252K - 10
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TRUMP BOOED AND HECKLED OUT OF NYC AFTER NBC FINALS GAME 3

Marco Rubio Obliterates Sen

Cops Expose Dad's 40-Year Secret in Front of His Family

"What comes around goes around Mr. Chairman" - Rep. Keating has heated exchange in Rubio testimony

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Trump Threatens Late Night TV Again, Might Be Upset We Won a Peabody & His Suspicious Health Report

5 Real News Headlines vs 1 Fake Story


Trump walks out of ‘Meet the Press’ interview after Welker challenges fixed election claims

ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - June 8, 2026
News & Politics trending, analysed
As of Jun 11, 2026, “Knicks Fans Brand Elmo a Traitor & Trump Storms Out of "Meet the Press" Interview | The Daily Show” by The Daily Show is the #1 trending video in the News & Politics category, with 2.9M views. The top 20 have drawn 24M combined views across 20 different creators.
The largest creator on the board is Jimmy Kimmel Live (22M subscribers, top 0.1% of all YouTube channels worldwide, per CreatorDB). CreatorDB tracks 18 of the 20 creators on today’s board — 8 are verified — 6 actively run brand deals (33% of the tracked set). Worth a marketer’s attention: Idaho News on Demand is trending despite a smaller channel (38K subscribers) — the kind of early-momentum creator brands can reach before rates climb.
YouTube News & Politics Trending Today
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