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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Border Battle: When Wiping Your Phone Is a Crime. Away from headlines about inflation or the Iran war, a federal courtroom in Georgia has quietly become ground zero for what could be a far-reaching legal fight over federal border searches and the rights of American citizens to resist them.
https://www.newsweek.com/cbp-phone-searches-us-citizens-rights-man-charged-device-wiping-12251645
# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
This MAGA influencer runs a charity to teach kids civics. Much of the money goes to him instead. Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG was spending that money on its stated mission.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nick-adams-state-flag-charity-civics-state-department
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Blackout fears erupt as 17 US states are placed under power emergency. The move allows backup plants that are normally switched off to generate extra electricity if surging demand threatens to overwhelm the grid.
https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-16008547/blackout-fears-power-emergency-heat-wave.html
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
As USDA relocation deadlines near, employees say questions remain unanswered. Employees say they still lack key details about exemptions, moving costs and next steps as USDA continues issuing relocation notices.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/07/usda-relocation-deadlines-near-employees-say-questions-remain-unanswered/415013/
# General News
Heritage Foundation exec arrested on drug possession charge after accidentally bringing pistol ammo into Senate office building. Chris Wingate, 45, of Alexandria, Virginia, was stopped after an X-ray screening revealed pistol magazine, affadavit says
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/heritage-foundation-executive-arrest-senate-b3021616.html
Trump DOJ’s Own Witness Said Reflecting Pool Had ‘Substantial Preexisting Damage’ Before Alleged Vandal Touched It. Lawyers for David Hearn, the former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool, argued the DOJ’s own witness helped their case.
https://newrepublic.com/post/213604/doj-witness-reflecting-pool-vandalism-case
Vultures Circling the Rubble: US Troops and Businesses Descend on Venezuela. After the June earthquakes, U.S. and Israeli troops have arrived in Venezuela, but economic and political interests, not humanitarian recovery, appear to be driving their presence.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/vultures-circling-the-rubble-us-troops-and-businesses-descend-on-venezuela/
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Judge Orders Trump Justice Department To Prove Its Redactions Of Jeffrey Epstein Files Are Legal
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5941665-doj-epstein-files-lawsuit/
The U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday it was prohibited by law from releasing unredacted files on Jeffrey Epstein requested by New Mexico, escalating a feud with state officials investigating the late sex offender.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-justice-dept-says-it-cannot-provide-unredacted-epstein-files-new-mexico-probe-2026-07-15/
# Gov / Politics / US
“Barbarians are inside the gate”: Mike Johnson reacts after DSA co-chair admits the group wants to ‘abolish’ the Senate, borders and defund the Pentagon
https://www.denvergazette.com/2026/07/27/dsa-co-chair-reaffirms-calls-to-abolish-the-senate-ice-and-borders-in-interview/
Trump ‘failed to demonstrate any error’ after judge shut down order directing ‘unprecedented levels of involvement’ in how states run elections
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trump-failed-to-demonstrate-any-error-after-judge-shut-down-order-directing-unprecedented-levels-of-involvement-in-how-states-run-elections-appeals-court/
Congressional committee issues subpoenas to organizations tied to China-linked Dem megadonor.
The latest subpoenas raise the question of whether U.S. tax law, which grants tax exemptions and shields charitable donor identities. can be used to route foreign money into domestic political activity.
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/congressional-committee-issues-subpoenas-organizations-tied-china-linked-dem
Trump warns Iran ‘strong military action’ will be used if negotiations fail. Washington and Tehran issue conflicting messages over the status of talks to end Middle East crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/27/trump-warns-return-strong-military-action-iran-diplomacy-fails
Thune pours cold water on canceling recess to pass SAVE America Act. Trump on Monday called for Thune to cancel recess to pass the bill, but Thune said nothing had changed.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/4664980/thune-pours-cold-water-trump-call-axe-august-recess-save-america-act/
Ex-Trump official was forced to take over meeting from ‘disturbingly rambling’ president. “Amazing interaction with POTUS. … I led the discussions since the POTUS kept referring to me. It was a disturbingly rambling discussion since he kept talking about TV ratings, and HC [Hydroxychloroquine], and influenza and virtually everything else as I was trying to keep him on track (with the help of the VP).”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-erratic-2677280224/
Armed guards descend on USPS as Trump’s war on mail-in voting ratchets up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X-JBNyBDVc
‘Mystery’ group caught ‘meddling’ in Dem election amid wave of GOP interference: report. FEC filings confirm GOP meddling in Dem primaries. Two shadowy groups, Lead Left and Real Change, received all their funds from a super PAC that also supports Republicans.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/21/fec-republican-meddling-democratic-primaries-00969281
GOP senators burned by Trump ready to blow up White House priority as clock ticks: Two outgoing GOP senators previously burned by President Donald Trump are threatening to sink a White House priority as a critical committee vote nears Thursday
https://www.rawstory.com/todd-blanche-2677280150/
DHS admission suggests sham emergency will justify ICE arrests at midterm polls. ICE won’t rule out making arrests at polling places during the November midterm elections in the event of “an active public safety threat,” the Department of Homeland Security admitted to Raw Story.
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/ice-2677262539/
Dire warning as Trump confidant switches sides on key issue: ‘This could be his undoing’: There’s something ominous in the air after one of President Donald Trump’s confidants apparently switched sides in Ukraine’s war against Russia.
https://www.rawstory.com/ukraine-russia-war-2677273273/?link_source=ta_thread_link&taid=6a66988258ece70001d177a4&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=threads.net
McConnell’s office shares latest health update and photo. A new update from Sen. McConnell’s office says the senator is not well enough to return to work, but is in rehabilitation care.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/27/mitch-mcconnell-health-update-photo/91063827007/
The administration’s undeclared war on Mexico. “Because the threat of military intervention is so dramatic, not enough attention has been paid to a type of intervention that is already taking place, one that could pave the way for strikes. The United States is intensifying its hunt for narcos within the Mexican government. Is this all prelude to an attack?
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/07/mexico-informants-fbi-attack-sheinbaum/688019/?utm_source=TMP-Newsletter&utm_campaign=527fcefc58-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_07_28_10_45&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5e02cdad9d-527fcefc58-486092373
Trump’s Strikes in the Caribbean Are a Dangerous, Illegal Abuse of Wartime Power—It Won’t Stop There.
The Trump administration’s deadly strikes in the Caribbean bypass Congress and put us on a dangerous pathway to wider abuses.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/trumps-strikes-in-the-caribbean-are-a-dangerous-illegal-abuse-of-wartime-power-it-wont-stop-there/
Trump’s Own DEA Wrecks His Victory Claim on “Drug Boat” Strikes: , President Trump told the media that his deadly extrajudicial strikes on alleged “drug boats” in the Caribbean had maritime drug flow “down 97 percent.” New reporting from The Washington Post shows that was a lie. After over 60 strikes, more than 200 people are dead with no trial, and the Drug Enforcement Administration has confirmed that the flow of cocaine into the U.S. has not been impeded at all.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-own-dea-shatters-victory-130344026.html
Trump Says US Has Taken “Billions and Billions” From Venezuela and Iran Is Next. He said that Congress should approve legislation to allow Venezuela’s funds to be rerouted to the US military.
https://newrepublic.com/post/213566/trump-hoarding-billions-venezuelan-oil
Trump suffers ‘hypomanic episode’ with classic signs of psychiatric sickness: experts
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-hypomanic/
# Global News
BBC Scores Blow Against Trump As Judge in Defamation Case Orders President to Turn Over Years of Financial Docs: U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett ruled that because Trump was claiming damages to his businesses, the BBC had the right to demand access to documents and information about said businesses. Lett issued a nine-page written order spelling out what documents Trump would have to disclose to the BBC and setting deadlines for that document production.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/bbc-scores-blow-against-trump-232326901.html
Iran denies Trump peace talks as new strikes continue. Peace talks face new doubt as Iran denies negotitions
https://san.com/cc/iran-denies-trump-peace-talks-as-new-strikes-continue-washington-honors-graham/
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Does Your Sheriff Think He’s More Powerful Than the President? Richard Mack has built a ‘Constitutional sheriff’ movement to resist state and federal authority on guns, COVID-19 and now election results. A new survey shows just how many sheriffs agree with him.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/10/18/does-your-sheriff-think-he-s-more-powerful-than-the-president
Can law enforcement catch up to AI scams? It’s gotten so bad that the FBI now includes AI stats in its annual internet crime report.
https://www.dynamisllp.com/knowledge/ai-fraud-enforcement-doj-defense-strategies-2025
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Federal Judges Criticize Trump’s Justice Department for “Unethical” Conduct. “Zero Evidence”: How Judges and Grand Juries Have Rejected the Trump Administration Efforts to Investigate and Prosecute
https://www.justsecurity.org/146665/courts-grand-juries-reject-trump-investigations/
ICC Chief Prosecutor Fired over sexual misconduct allegations
https://apnews.com/article/icc-court-prosecutor-karim-khan-united-nations-5a9490e98b74f3bf13f5eae26fb3c3d7
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
12 states that could be hit hardest by Social Security and Medicaid cuts. Social Security paid 70 million people in December 2025. Its retirement fund is projected to pay full benefits through late 2032, then cover 78%, leaving a 22% gap if Congress does nothing.
https://www.thequeenzone.com/12-states-that-could-be-hit-hardest-by-social-security-and-medicaid-cuts/
Presbyterian Health Plan is dropping most Medicare Advantage coverage for 2027, forcing 30,000 members to switch. Roughly 30,000 Medicare Advantage members in New Mexico face the loss of their Presbyterian Health Plan coverage heading into 2027
https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/presbyterian-drop-most-medicare-advantage-plans-citing-59m-loss
# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Fauci, vast majority of scientists he consulted didn’t believe ‘wet market’ COVID origin: ‘diary’: The release of over 1,100 pages of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s private diary entries and daily notes—made public by Senator Rand Paul—has reignited intense debate and political scrutiny regarding the early consensus and discussions surrounding the origins of COVID-19.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/us/politics/fauci-in-private-diary-reflected-on-covids-origins-and-his-own-fame.html
‘Feels like an earthquake’: Trump threatens elderly care after Supreme Court ruling. President Donald Trump is using powers enabled by a recent Supreme Court decision to force thousands out of jobs, and it’s the elderly who could face “dire consequences” of his actions.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-slashes-elderly-care/
Trump Administration’s Demand for Hospital Emergency Room Records Raises Alarm. “The whole thing is troubling,” said a health law expert who noted the risks to patient privacy.
https://newrepublic.com/post/213549/trump-admin-hospitals-emergency-room-records
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Senior official parts ways with the Pentagon after hidden camera footage shows him calling Donald Trump ‘a textbook narcissist’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/senior-pentagon-official-gets-placed-on-administrative-leave-after-hidden-camera-footage-shows-him-calling-donald-trump-a-textbook-narcissist/ar-AA28xxa2?item=flightsprg-tipsubsc-v1a?loadi
Trump Is Already Outpacing His First-Term Record Number of Airstrikes on Somalia. The Trump administration cut humanitarian aid to Somalia while continuing to pound it with military airstrikes.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-already-outpacing-his-first-term-record-number-of-airstrikes-on-somalia/
# Nuclear
The Worst Nuclear Deal in History. Trump has agreed to give Mohammed bin Salman all the ingredients for a nuclear bomb. Chaos will follow.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-worst-nuclear-deal-in-history/
# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / Secret Service
National Intelligence completes layoffs since Pulte taking office. “Since becoming Acting Director of National Intelligence, our team has been smartly, and carefully, reducing the size of [the office of the director of national intelligence (ODNI)], re-focusing ODNI on national security, the law, and the statute,” Pulte wrote
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5991559-odni-releases-election-threat-docs/
# Social Services Programs / Social Security / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Dem senators demand answers on SSA field office closures despite Bisignano’s vow. Just weeks after the Social Security commissioner falsely accused his predecessor of turning away members of the public, lawmakers say Bisignano has done just that.
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2026/07/dem-senators-demand-answers-ssa-field-office-closures/415034/
# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics / Internet
Texas Senate Looking Into Data Center Abatements. State lawmakers have expressed concerns about how the sales tax exemptions for data centers have skyrocketed to billions of dollars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8_cF8OUXZQ
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