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After a federal judge in Los Angeles barred 'roving patrols' by immigration agents in seven California counties, the Trump administration asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to resume operations that lawyers for the state have argued are unconstitutional. LA Times
VOA VIEW: The 9th Circuit is liberal, but the judge was wrong.
Rep. Ro Khanna sought to capitalize on the raging MAGA revolt over notorious wealthy pedophile Epstein. New York Post
VOA VIEW: He is an idiolt.
About 1,000 users complained they were unable to access their X accounts on Tuesday, according to DownDetector.com. New York Post
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A crew of recently hired cops the city claims were wrongly hired have histories of arrests, drug use, prostitution, and a huge number of driving violations, according to a court filing. Many of the cops were initially canned because background checks turned up a history of poor decision making, or, in some cases, multiple arrests. New York Post
VOA VIEW: They should be ousted.
Trump will champion more than a dozen corporate pledges topping $1 billion that were compiled by Sen. Dave McCormick. New York Post
In court filings and dismissal letters, the Justice Department’s political leadership claims sweeping authority to fire career law enforcement officials without cause. New York Times
The three-judge panel has allowed the case to languish in a kind of legal limbo, catching the eye of some legal experts. New York Times
VOA VIEW: Liberal stupidity.
Beijing will now require government licenses for any effort to transfer abroad the technologies crucial for producing inexpensive electric cars. New York Times
VOA VIEW: China is playing games.
In Syria, Israel launched rare attacks on forces of the new government, while in Lebanon it took aim at the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. New York Times
VOA VIEW: Israel is ready and able to protect and defend.
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President Donald Trump has called for Senator Adam Schiff to be “brought to justice” for alleged mortgage fraud. OANN
VOA VIEW: He should if true.
The U.S. government announced a newly inked deal, worth up to $200 million, to begin utilizing Grok, Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot -- representing a push to modernize the Defense Department. OANN
Disneyland will have its 70th anniversary soon. To mark the occasion, a show is premiering at the park featuring the first animatronic figure of Walt Disney. Washington Times
Jewish organizations are pushing back after the nation's largest teachers' union voted to cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: The NEA should be boycotted.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired her top ethics lawyer, booting the man responsible for advising her on how to follow government rules. Washington Times
Sen. Rand Paul this week vowed to refile a criminal referral against Anthony Fauci with the Justice Department after it was revealed Dr. Fauci's pardon from former President Joseph R. Biden was issued through a late-night autopen. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: It will be interesting.
The Pentagon withdrew many of its officials from their speaking engagements at the Aspen Security Forum this week, citing a clear difference in values between the conference and the administration. Washington Times
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Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia sued Monday to restore nearly $7 billion in education funding paused by the Department of Education, accusing the Trump administration of thwarting the will of Congress and causing "chaos" in state educational programs. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: The states will lose.
Recovery operations in Texas resume on Tuesday after being put on hold amid new flash flooding concerns. Parts of Kerr County were hit with more rainfall less than two weeks after the same region was devastated with intense and deadly flooding. It forced volunteers searching for the bodies of those missing from the Fourth of July floods to evacuate to higher ground. CBS
A number of political leaders and big names from the tech and AI industries are expected to be there. CBS
A man who fatally shot a man and woman outside a Florida bar as part of an attempted revenge killing is scheduled to be executed. It would be the 26th execution in the U.S. this year, surpassing last year's total. CBS
Fresh tomatoes from Mexico — which supplies about 70% of the U.S. tomato market — will face a 17.09% duty. CBS
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The Consumer Price Index in June rose 2.7% on an annual basis, in line with economists' predictions. CBS
Trump in a Truth Social post called it "great deal, for everybody," and said it followed direct dealings with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto. CNBC
Target is trying to bounce back from lower store traffic, inventory issues and customer backlash. CNBC
VOA VIEW: Target made some bad merchandising mistakes.
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Meta on Monday said it has removed about 10 million Facebook profiles for impersonating large content producers so far in 2025, in an effort to reduce spam. CNBC
Student loan borrowers enrolled in the interest-free SAVE forbearance will soon see their debt begin to grow again, the Trump administration says. CNBC
A teen girl in Florida is okay after she was attacked by a 10-foot-alligator, according to the Walton County Sheriff's Office. FOX News
Two Chinese nationals living illegally in the US were arrested by agents from ICE and HSI for allegedly conning elderly victims out of thousands. FOX News
VOA VIEW: They should be severally punished.
Progressive lawmaker sparks controversy by condemning ICE as 'thugs' after they apprehended an MS-13 member with fentanyl charges who was released despite an immigration detainer. FOX News
Hadeeqa Malik, who interned for NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, was captured on video calling protests 'jihad' at an anti-Israel demonstration. FOX News
VOA VIEW: Mamdani and his supporters are liberal idiots.
Kentucky investors sue three banks after Brian McClain's $100 million cattle Ponzi scheme was uncovered following his suicide, with only 10,000 of claimed 88,000 cattle found. FOX News
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested over 1,300 people in the Houston, Texas, area who have serious criminal convictions. FOX News
A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from stripping deportation protections from thousands of Afghans in the country. UPI
VOA VIEW: The judge went over his authority.
The Department of Defense has announced contracts with four leading artificial intelligence companies, including Elon Musk's xAI, a week after its Grok chatbot allegedly disseminated racist rhetoric online. UPI
Dozens of U.S. ice cream manufacturers are pledging to eliminate the use of artificial food colors from their ice cream products made with real milk by the end of 2027. UPI
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday formally announced he is running as an independent for New York City's mayor, less than one month after he lost to Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primary. UPI
The 50% tariffs proposed by Donald Trump could cut Brazil's gross domestic product by between 0.3 and 0.8 percentage points in 2025. UPI
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Democrats’ main fundraising committee is losing big donors and so cash-strapped that its officials have discussed borrowing money just to keep the lights on, with one source spilling to The Post that if things don’t turn around before the 2026 midterms, the party is “f–ked.” Only a fool will donate to the Dems - they are going nowhere.
“We are six months in and we’re drowning,” a source close to the Democratic National Committee told The Post about the current rate of contributions. “The RNC was so cash-heavy and hitting us day after day after day when Biden was president.” “We have no clear path or plan,” they added. “The midterms are going to come before we know it, and then we’re going to be really f–ked.” The DNC’s struggle to message against the Trump administration and rather public leadership infighting — including the recent departure of former DNC vice chair David Hogg — has also led some of its largest donors to taper off their contributions, the New York Times first reported.
This has dovetailed with high-profile donor defections, such as Pershing Square Capital Management CEO Bill Ackman, Jacob Helberg, and prominent former Democrats backing President Trump in the 2024 cycle. The DNC has previously taken out a line of credit before, including twice under Tom Perez, who led the party machine from 2017 to 2021. In response to the reported cash-borrowing discussions, DNC Chair Ken Martin told the Times, “That’s certainly not our plan right now,” adding, “I don’t know if we’ll have to at this point.”
A DNC spokesperson told The Post that the party apparatus doubled its fundraising for the first few months of 2025 relative to the first few months of 2017, during the wake of Democrats’ prior presidential loss. The spox also claimed that the DNC raked in more grassroots cash in the first three months of Martin’s term than any other national Democratic Party chair in its history. “It is incredible that [Martin] has not sought to bring all the factions of the party together. He assumed the chairmanship after being opposed by the Democratic leader of the House, the Democratic leader of the Senate, organized labor leaders and many of our country’s leading governors,” a DNC official told The Post.
