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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
“Nothing Could Be Less Catholic” — Trump Is Suing the Church to Remove Shrine for Border Wall
Rep. Veronica Escobar’s Mount Cristo Rey Protection Act would halt the federal seizure of 14 acres of diocesan land beneath a 29-foot statue of Jesus. A week after she filed it, not one colleague has signed on.
https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/nothing-could-be-less-catholic-trump

Southwest Airlines flight attendant Lorenzo Thompson arrested at work by ICE for allegedly overstaying visa since 2021
https://people.com/southwest-flight-attendant-arrested-by-ice-agents-while-at-work-12026684

Trump’s Deadly, Cruel Immigration Policy May Be a Political Failure As Well. As backlash to President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda grows, some lawmakers are reconsidering votes that expanded immigrant detention and ICE power.
https://www.vera.org/news/the-political-consensus-behind-harsh-immigration-policies-is-starting-to-crack

People Keep Dying in ICE Custody. 13 Democrats Back a Bill to Abolish the Agency. At least 53 people have died in ICE custody since President Donald Trump’s return to office.
https://truthout.org/articles/people-keep-dying-in-ice-custody-13-dems-back-a-bill-to-abolish-the-agency/

A family separated at the border is torn apart again. Years after being split up and reunited, a family gets caught in Trump’s immigration dragnet.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/separated-at-the-border-torn-apart-again/

11 people indicted in smuggling deaths of 7 migrants in rail cargo container in Texas. A federal indictment was unsealed Friday against 11 people in the smuggling deaths of seven migrants, including a 14-year-old boy, who were hiding inside a sweltering rail cargo container in Texas in May.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/11-people-indicted-in-smuggling-deaths-of-7-migrants-in-rail-cargo-container-in-texas

Mexican man killed in Florida ICE ‘encounter’ was on vacation in US with tourist visa, latest reports reveal
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/22/man-killed-ice-florida-tourist-visa

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
New Trump Tariffs Expected to Cost Americans $100 Billion a Year
https://www.progressivepolicy.org/trumps-new-tariffs-likely-illegal-will-cost-americans-100-billion-a-year/

Trump Slapped 50% Tariffs on Nearly 500 Canadian Products, and Canada Answered by Keeping American Alcohol Banned. Trump just hit nearly 500 Canadian products with 50% tariffs, accusing Canada of “discrimination” against American booze. Canada’s answer: U.S. alcohol stays off the shelves, and the premiers running the ban say folding now would only invite more.
https://thoughtcatalog.com/jeremy-london/2026/07/trump-slapped-50-tariffs-on-nearly-500-canadian-products-and-canada-answered-by-keeping-american-alcohol-banned/

President Donald Trump said his administration will open a formal investigation into the European Union’s trade practices, threatening new tariffs over billions of dollars in fines leveled against U.S. tech companies.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-eu-trade-tech-fine-google-2e125ac0d3c1ac7a96c9194a372ba47e

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
‘Stunning Admission’: Trump Admin Targeted Democrats by Canceling Clean Energy Grants. “It is despicable that the administration is taking away funding from states that did not vote for Trump,” said US Sen. Dick Durbin.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-administration-grant-cancellations

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller announces resumption of cattle importation from Mexico. “I want to thank Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins for responding to my call to reopen our border to importing cattle.”
https://www.kcbd.com/2026/07/25/texas-ag-commissioner-sid-miller-announces-resumption-cattle-importation-mexico/

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Todd Blanche implicated during testimony from a member of Epstein’s inner circle: Todd Blanche says he can’t meet directly with Epstein victims. “I’m prohibited from meeting directly with them” said the acting attorney general.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/07/15/congress/blanche-on-epstein-victims-00998681

WATCH: Trump Reacts as Wall St. Journal Receives Award at WHCD for Its Coverage of Trump’s Ties to Epstein — Over Which He is Suing
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/24/politics/video/wsj-reporter-digivid

Alan Ritchson goes off on Donald Trump over the Epstein files, says he should ‘go to jail’: ‘Move out of the way.’ While Trump has repeatedly claimed he is exonerated from the Epstein case, no court has officially ruled as such. Meanwhile, the POTUS is mentioned thousands of times in the Epstein files, and in March, the DOJ released previously withheld documents containing unproven accusations of sexual assault against Trump, following pressure from Dems.
https://deadline.com/2026/07/white-house-responds-alan-ritchson-trump-go-to-jail-epstein-1237003095/

# Gov / Politics / US
Congress is trying to repeal the 17th amendment!
https://www.heritage.org/the-constitution/commentary/some-conservatives-want-repeal-the-17th-amendment-heres-why-theyre
Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Trump warns China & Russia that interfering in Iran war ‘would be very bad for them’ after ‘helping target US soldiers’
https://www.the-sun.com/news/16744354/trump-warns-china-russia-iran-deal/

Kristi Noem Diverted Funding Approved for National Security Risks Involving China to Sporting Events
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kristi-noems-secret-china-cash-switch-revealed/

Ambassador Mike Huckabee sounds alarm: Iran’s missile capabilities now threaten cities across Europe!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/ambassador-mike-huckabee-sounds-alarm-164648999.html

Trump Called Himself the ‘King of Debt.’ Now Bank of America Says the U.S. Will Spend $2 Trillion More Than It Brings In This Year
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/trump-called-himself-king-debt-142114962.html

U.S. House passes bill requiring photo ID for federal elections
https://share.newsbreak.com/j3nbv84z

MAGA freaks out as Fox News interviews Pete Buttigieg: ‘Why aren’t you defending Trump?’ MAGA social media users were livid over the conversation and made it known — even attacking Smith for the sit-down.
https://www.rawstory.com/pete-buttigieg-maga/

The State’s War on the Left Didn’t Begin With Trump — But He’s Escalating It. Trump’s war on the left blends “war on terror” language with Cold War McCarthyism.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-states-war-on-the-left-didnt-begin-with-trump-but-hes-escalating-it/

Mike Johnson appears to break with Trump on Iran, says new military authorization not in ‘order right now’
https://knewz.com/mike-johnson-appears-break-trump-iran-says-new-military-authorization-not-order-right-now/

Fetterman Casts Deciding Vote Against Resolution to Rein In Trump’s War on Iran. The vote came just hours after the House voted to pass its own war powers resolution, 214 to 208.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/14/fetterman-casts-deciding-vote-trumps-power-to-attack-iran-still-unlimited/90075353007/

Trump Ramps Up McCarthyist Assault on Free Expression: Critics, civil liberties organizations, and legal scholars have increasingly characterized the trajectory of the second Donald Trump administration as advancing a neo-McCarthyist or authoritarian approach to political dissent, public discourse, and constitutional norms.
https://www.thefp.com/p/trump-administration-free-speech-attack

Slamming Trump’s Cuba Report as ‘McCarthyite Attack’ on Free Speech, Dems Vow to Fight Back
“We stand firmly against this report and other efforts by the Trump administration to weaponize the federal government against dissent, which is a patriotic tradition.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/cuba-trump-threat

OOPS! Trump Humiliated by Federal Judge Over Assault on Free Speech. The president’s DOJ attack dogs faced a brutal scolding in court.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-humiliated-by-federal-judge-over-assault-on-free-speech/

As Trump Ignores War Powers Votes, Groups Urge Congress to Sue to End Illegal Iran Assault. “Congress has already directed the removal of US armed forces under the War Powers Act, and the president must comply.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/war-powers-resolution-lawsuit

Watchdog wants Jack Smith team clearances pulled over alleged security lapses. The group raises the question of whether the same Justice Department officials who prosecuted Trump for mishandling classified information may have committed similar security lapses themselves, going to the heart of whether the law was applied evenhandedly.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/watchdogs/watchdog-wants-smith-team-clearances-pulled-over-alleged-security-lapses

Trump warns Putin, Xi against selling weapons to Iran – while saying he believed assurances from Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin that they were not yet doing so.
https://thedefensepost.com/2026/07/25/trump-warns-russia-china-iran/

Trump to meet Netanyahu at White House as Iran war escalates. Visit will be Netanyahu’s seventh to White House, underscoring US commitment amid war with Iran, genocide in Gaza.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/24/netanyahu-to-meet-trump-at-white-house-next-week-amid-iran-war-escalation

# Global News
A ship linked to China’s military sailed from Baltimore. That should worry US workers: On its face, nothing about this is remarkable — but the vessel’s arrival in New Orleans should outrage every American who cares about workers’ rights and national security. That’s because this is not an American ship.
https://thehill.com/opinion/5986709-trump-jones-act-waiver-threatens-maritime-industry/

Chinese Asphalt Tanker Makes Second U.S. Coastwise Voyage Under Jones Act Waiver. Vessel tracking data reviewed by gCaptain shows the Chinese-flagged asphalt tanker JIN ZHOU WAN recently arrived in Baltimore carrying asphalt from New Jersey under the ongoing Jones Act waiver program.
https://gcaptain.com/chinese-asphalt-tanker-makes-second-u-s-coastwise-voyage-under-jones-act-waiver/
Jones Act: The term Jones Act most commonly refers to a foundational United States federal law regulating maritime commerce, officially known as the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (named after Senator Wesley L. Jones).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
The ABA Defends the Profession, They were wrong.
In an early victory for President Donald Trump’s protection racket, the leaders of nine prestigious Biglaw firms collectively paid almost $1 billion and sacrificed their professional integrity to secure peace with his administration – or so they thought.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/capitulate-to-trump-and-lose
American Bar Association (ABA)
https://www.americanbar.org/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Democrats urge IRS watchdog to find out why a top attorney who clashed with Trump admin left his high-ranking job
https://www.aol.com/articles/democrats-urge-irs-watchdog-why-203715000.html

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
High-Frequency Traders Say They Have “No Choice” But to Pay Trump $100,000 a Month for Early Access to His Posts. Senators Warner, Warren, and Schumer flagged potential emoluments clause violations, calling the arrangement unprecedented self-dealing by a sitting president who profits from his own communications.
https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/07/24/high-frequency-traders-say-they-have-no-choice-but-to-pay-trump-100000-a-month-for-early-access-to-his-posts/

Press Freedom Groups Warn ‘No Newsroom in America Is Safe’ After House GOP Subpoenas Left-Wing Outlet. “BreakThrough News is not the first, nor will it be the last, to come under official attack,” said one press freedom advocate.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/house-gop-subpoena-left-wing-news

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Senior Pentagon director Brandon Newsom placed on administrative leave after calling Trump a “narcissist” and vowing to reverse his policies
https://www.newsweek.com/senior-pentagon-official-suspended-bashing-trump-on-hidden-camera-brandon-newsom-12232247

Fired military officials claim they were ousted by Pete Hegseth for questioning orders. Ex-officers accuse defense secretary of being ‘intimidated by people who have real warfighting background’ and ‘call him on his bulls***
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-officers-fired-orders-b3020785.html

Calls for Independent Probe Into Reported US Bombing of Ecuadorian Boats Grow After Murder of Investigator. “How far does the ‘war on drugs’ go?” said a former Ecuadorian official. “Who is held accountable for the lives of Ecuadorian fishermen?”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-ecuador

U.S. Army Is Buying Older PAC-2 Patriot Missiles For The First Time In Decades. PAC-2 GEM-T missiles are not generally as capable as their PAC-3 counterparts, but the Army needs all the Patriots it can get.
https://www.twz.com/land/u-s-army-is-buying-older-pac-2-patriot-missiles-for-the-first-time-in-decades

Progressives Urge Senate to Reject Israel Military Integration in NDAA Passed by House. “We need to now fight to strip this amendment in the conference between the House and the Senate,” said Rep. Ro Khanna.
https://centerforpoliticalawareness.com/in-the-news/progressives-urge-senate-to-reject-israel-military-integration-in-ndaa-passed-by-house/

US-Israel Defense Integration on Horizon as House Keeps Section 219 in NDAA. The House passed the NDAA with Section 219 intact, advancing expanded U.S.-Israel defense cooperation despite bipartisan opposition.
https://www.military.com/us-israel-defense-integration-horizon-house-keeps-section-219-ndaa

Trump ‘Planning for Wider War’ in Iran—With Possible Ground Invasion—as US Bombing Escalates. Strikes on more sensitive targets across the Persian Gulf risk setting off a spiral as neither side backs down. “We may be approaching the most significant escalation in the US-Iran confrontation since February,” warned one analyst.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-threatens-new-iran-escalation-risks-repeating-old-mistakes-2026-07-16/

# Military / Global
Iran claimed new drone strikes Friday against U.S. military facilities in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait, as explosions were heard near a military base hosting U.S. forces in northern Iraq and video showed dramatic drone interceptions.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-hormuz-middle-east/

Kuwait, Bahrain launched direct strikes on Iran: Bahrain and Kuwait quietly sent fighter jets to strike military targets inside Iran earlier this month, the first known direct attacks by the two Gulf nations against Tehran.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/24/world-news/bahrain-kuwait-struck-iran-following-missle-and-drone-attacks-in-sign-of-widening-war-report/

# Nuclear
Is Trump letting Saudi Arabia get a nuke? Seeing Trump and nuclear in a sentence makes me nervous. What does this deal actually say? No, President Trump is not letting Saudi Arabia acquire a nuclear weapon, but his administration has signed a highly controversial civilian nuclear energy agreement that critics warn could unintentionally pave the way for one
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/us/politics/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal.html

# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / Secret Service
US Secret Service Agent Investigated. The Secret Service stated the agent is the subject of both an administrative investigation and a potential criminal inquiry regarding the compromise of operational and information security
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/23/secret-service-agent-vance-investigation

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics / Internet
Texas Republicans are turning on Greg Abbott over billionaires’ AI land grab. The backlash to energy-guzzling server warehouses that power artificial intelligence is shaping statewide campaigns from Arizona to New York
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/texas-ai-data-centers-rural-backlash-hinojosa-abbott-b3020184.html

# Veterans / VA
USDOT campaign calls on military veterans to serve their countries again, this time as truck drivers. On July 24, USDOT announced the Freedom Haulers campaign, an interagency effort to bring more veterans into the trucking industry as the White House pushes to remove immigrant truck drivers from U.S. roadways in the wake of several high-profile crashes.
https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/trump-administration-launches-new-interagency-campaign-led-secretary-duffy-recruiting

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# Indigenous
Navajo Nation declares widespread Medicaid scam in Arizona a public health state of emergency. A multi-billion dollar Medicaid fraud scheme involving fake sober living homes in Arizona has left an estimated 2,000 Native Americans dead or missing. According to a class-action lawsuit filed by victims’ families, the state of Arizona failed to act on warnings as early as 2019, allowing fraudulent providers to exploit a loophole in the state’s Medicaid program to steal an estimated $8 billion to $12 billion. Whistleblowers and attorneys sounding the alarm that the nightmare is still ongoing.
https://www.wtnh.com/news/health/navajo-nation-declares-widespread-medicaid-scam-in-arizona-a-public-health-state-of-emergency/

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Nun detained by ICE while walking to Mass speaks out: Many of us ‘followed every rule.’ She remains under a final order of removal but is barred from deportation to Nigeria and must report to ICE on July 28. Ugboaja serves as a eucharistic minister at Our Lady of Sorrows Church and works as a registered nurse at South Texas Health System’s McAllen Medical Center.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/07/23/texas-nun-leticia-ugboaja-ice-detention/91030305007/

Backlash As Texas ICE Agents Allegedly Shove U.S. Citizen Filming Arrest at Sam’s Club Gas Station: ‘Only Dumb Fools Approve of This.’ A confrontation outside a Sam’s Club gas station in Texas is drawing widespread attention after a bystander claimed ICE agents shoved him while he was filming the arrest of a woman.
https://thenerdstash.com/backlash-as-texas-ice-agents-allegedly-shove-u-s-citizen-filming-arrest-at-sams-club-gas-station-only-dumb-fools-approve-of-this/

Trump crafts win-win for taxpayers as new immigration fees will self-fund stricter enforcement
The new fees, including a $100 charge to apply for asylum and annual penalties for pending cases, also become a self-funding hammer to enforce stricter borders and deter abuse in a system that President Donald Trump has long derided as broken.
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/trump-crafts-win-win-taxpayers-new-immigration-fees-kick-self-fund-stricter

The Trump administration is recruiting debt collectors to force some immigrants to pay fines or self-deport. A 1996 law allowing fines for some immigrants was rarely used — until Donald Trump’s second term began.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/06/20/money-dhs-immigrant-fines

New recruits, less training, fewer background checks. Is it any wonder that the White House’s deportation campaign is racking up fatalities?
https://thedispatch.com/article/ice-immigration-enforcement-shootings-tactics/

A federal judge in Texas has blocked federal immigration officials from deporting a witness to the fatal shooting of a Houston man earlier this month. The newly released, handwritten statements by two men who saw Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s shooting say he never threatened ICE agents.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2026/07/22/557686/texas-houston-ice-shooting-witnesses-statements/

Why do ICE agents have so much trouble pulling people over without getting anybody killed? The short answer: No one who can stop agents from getting people killed wants to.
https://documentedny.com/2026/07/24/ice-agents-fatal-vehicle-stops/

ICE agents surveil mall parking lots to arrest immigrants on Long Island, analysis finds: Agents are reportedly running license plates on local shoppers in order to track down individuals and drive up arrests.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJXLz-2bOCI

# Children / Youth / Childcare
“If I have to go to jail, I’ll go to jail, because what we’re all doing here is not working.” An investigation into child sexual abuse among parishioners of the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church has revealed multiple generations of child molestation. An investigation into child sexual abuse among parishioners of the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church has revealed multiple generations of child molestation.
https://www.propublica.org/article/old-apostolic-lutheran-church-child-sexual-assault-cycle-abuse

# Drugs / Trafficking / DEA / Gangs / Cartels
Texas DPS K-9 tracks suspected MS-13 gang member nearly 5 miles in Uvalde County. Texas DPS says a police dog helped track and apprehend an alleged MS-13 gang member after a nearly five-mile search in Uvalde County.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1RCChSBcZI

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Trump imposes double-digit tariffs on dozens of countries as his 10% levies are set to expire Friday
https://www.audacy.com/kxnt/news/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-forced-labor-4ea091eeee3fa1bfbe55af3f482e6bc1-1563

New U.S. tariffs on 60 economies take effect Friday, in the latest recourse by President Donald Trump’s Administration to impose alternative taxes on imported goods after the Supreme Court struck down most of his aggressive ones earlier this year.
https://time.com/article/2026/07/24/trump-tariffs-forced-labor-explainer/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Unemployment under Trump explodes to worse than Great Recession and COVID in grim record. The category includes everyone age 16 or older who is not working — this includes retirees, students, and people who have stopped looking for a job. About 5.3 million Americans, about 5% of the total, are no longer searching for work because they’re discouraged with the job market.
https://www.aol.com/articles/unemployment-under-trump-explodes-worse-213120000.html

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
Feds OK mine plan that would crater sacred tribal land. Feds won’t pay the American public a single cent in royalties. The finished mine will leave a crater more than 1,000 feet deep and up to two miles wide.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/feds-ok-mine-plan-that-would-crater-sacred-tribal-land/

USDA distributing loans to Oregon, Nevada sawmills to expand timber production. Sawmills in Oregon and Nevada will be receiving $80 million in federally guaranteed loans to increase American timber production
https://www.rd.usda.gov/newsroom/news-release/usda-announces-50-million-investment-expand-timber-production-and-enhance-forest-health-nevada

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
FBI rushed to gather ‘salacious’ Trump-Epstein dirt as it denied having client list. FBI agents scrambled to draw up a list of the most “salacious” Jeffrey Epstein-related allegations against President Donald Trump — just days after it announced the pedophile had left no client list.
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-and-epstein-2677263603/

# Gov / Politics / US
Ben Folds On Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover: “I Could Not Trust That Artists I Booked … Would Be Safe From Retribution.” Folds, who was one of the witnesses at a congressional hearing Tuesday, spoke to his decision to resign as artistic advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra.
Everything this President touches, dies…
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/ben-folds-on-trump-kennedy-center-takeover-1236653505/

ICE killed a man in Houston and residents want answers. But Trump’s gerrymander may take away their voice in Congress. Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D) immediately questioned the immigration agency’s account of the incident and demanded an independent investigation.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/ice-killed-a-man-in-houston-and-residents-want-answers-but-trumps-gerrymander-may-take-away-their-voice-in-congress/

Trump DOJ, allies seize on New Jersey registration error to fuel anti-voting agenda, seizes on New Jersey election error to boost misleading fraud claims. Republicans have latched on to the announcement after Trump’s lie-laden speech, but experts say DHS’s data is ‘designed to create a false argument’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/23/new-jersey-noncitizen-republicans-election-fraud

Schumer Says Trump Turned the White House Into a Money Machine, Promises New Ethics Law. Senate Democratic leadership launched a high-profile anti-corruption initiative accusing President Donald Trump and his family of converting the presidency and the White House into a mechanism for personal enrichment and “eye-popping profits.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5977714-schumer-anti-corruption-initiative/

Democratic Rep. Crow: ‘Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East.’ Rep. Jason Crow, who served three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, says of the Iran war, “we are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/21/politics/video/ac360-rep-jason-crow

Democrats prepare to resist Saudi nuclear deal. The Trump administration has yet to formally notify Congress of its nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia, but Democrats are already laying the groundwork for an attempt to block it.
https://www.semafor.com/article/07/22/2026/democrats-prepare-to-resist-saudi-nuclear-deal

Privacy Fears Grow As Trump Administration Seeks Medicare & Medical Records Of Federal Workers & Families. The Trump administration is quietly seeking unprecedented access to medical records for millions of federal workers and retirees, and their families.
https://kffhealthnews.org/health-industry/trump-opm-federal-workers-medical-records-privacy/

US House passes war powers resolution directing Trump to end Iran conflict. Resolution, which follows similar one in June, is largely symbolic, as Democrats have few levers to force compliance. Four Republicans joined in.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/23/house-trump-war-powers-resolution-iran

“Remove Trump from Office Now,” Sen. Ed Markey Says After White House Threatens to Hit “One Bridge or Power Plant” per Iranian Strike
https://share.newsbreak.com/j3cvxmt9

‘Scumbags!’: Trump’s ‘expletive’-riddled temper tantrum leaked to WSJ. Trump called Iranian leaders “scumbags” and lunatics” and was heard “unleashing a series of expletives,” the Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday night. “Trump is increasingly frustrated that a conflict he once thought would be over in a matter of weeks has dragged on with no end in sight,” the Wall Street Journal reported.
https://www.rawstory.com/trumps-temper-tantrums/

Cocky Trump is leaving a criminal paper trail — and his immunity’s running out. Just when we think Donald Trump has exhausted the ways a person can transform the presidency into an ongoing fundraising scheme, we’re given fresh new evidence that he’s barely scratched the surface.
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-2677262706/

Trump Keeps Pushing the Bounds of Presidential Immunity. In their attempt to delay Trump’s sentencing in New York, legal scholars say his lawyers go further than the Supreme Court did on a president’s powers.
https://www.notus.org/courts/trump-presidential-immunity-sentencing-hush-money-new-york

Trump appointees confirmed by the Senate are exiting their jobs in record numbers, report find. The Partnership for Public Service also reported that the president is making a historically low number of nominations.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/07/trump-appointees-confirmed-senate-are-exiting-their-jobs-record-numbers-report-finds/414971/?oref=ge-author-river

What a bullet does to a body. What federal deregulation of guns will do to a nation. I know what a gunshot wound does to a windpipe because it happened to mine. So when I say that a new round of federal deregulation could cost lives, I am not speaking from a policy brief. I am describing what I have lived through and what I now spend my days trying to repair.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm9ONjR1Gac
Why Is It Easier to Buy Bullets Than Cold Medicine? Ammunition isn’t regulated like guns. But it used to be. Advocates and lawmakers say it’s a missed opportunity.
https://www.thetrace.org/2023/01/bullet-ammunition-regulation-guns/

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
A police officer in Madison, Wisconsin fatally shot a man in the street on Wednesday. Video appears to show a cop firing into Corey Ruiz’s head after other officers wrestled Ruiz to the ground at a busy intersection.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/22/us/madison-wisconsin-officer-shooting-kills-man

Horrifying moment Arizona man bursts into flames immediately after cop tasered him. A United States Fish and Wildlife Service officer deployed a Taser at a gas station on the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation on July 16, sparking a fire that left a man with first- and second-degree burns and nerve damage, according to the man and cell phone video of part of the confrontation.
https://www.azfamily.com/2026/07/24/officer-using-taser-arizona-gas-station-sparks-fire-injuring-man/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
About 180,000 seniors will lose their UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plan in 2027 as the insurer exits 109 counties
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-10-01/unitedhealth-to-exit-medicare-advantage-plans-in-16-us-counties

The Beautiful Law Many Americans Celebrated Just Made Social Security’s Problem $170 Billion Worse. A popular tax cut could shift the cost to future retirees.
https://financebuzz.com/beautiful-law-social-security-problem-worse

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Trump’s actions signal a move toward institutionalizing people with disabilities, advocates warn. A new fight over institutionalizing patients. Congressional Democrats want to know more about a Trump administration memorandum that would make it easier for the government to keep people with mental illness institutionalized.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trumps-actions-signal-a-move-toward-institutionalizing-people-with-disabilities-advocates-warn

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics / Internet
“This is not suicide. This is surrender.” — ChatGPT, to 29-year-old Christian Faith Madison, who subsequently committed suicide. Public Horrified as OpenAI Pushes “Child After Child Into the Grave.” “It is unconscionable that ‘ChatGPT-assisted suicide’ is becoming a recurring cause of death.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/public-horrified-openai-pushes-child-124941593.html

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
ICE’s long, hot, cruel summer: Federal immigration agents are now detaining concerned family members who come to federal immigration jails to rescue young immigrant children who have been separated from their parents
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2026/07/21/557610/texas-immigrant-children-sponsor-ice-detention-orr-shelters/

Senators demand ICE answers and body cameras after 2 fatal shootings in Maine and Houston: A group of nearly 40 Democratic senators, led by independent Sen. Angus King of Maine, called on federal immigration officials to try to justify ICE’s recruitment policies, better explain how ICE agents conduct vehicle pursuits, and expedite the distribution and use of body cameras to agents
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2026/07/21/557599/ice-shooting-houston-maine-senators-body-cameras/

Immigration detention was sold as both a matter of public safety and an economic engine benefiting local communities. “If we recognize the arbitrariness of imprison­ing people because of where they are from or where they have moved, we begin to see through the illusion of the camp.”
https://www.texasobserver.org/excerpt-how-to-close-a-camp/?utm_source=TMP-Newsletter&utm_campaign=71da54eda5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_07_23_10_42&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5e02cdad9d-71da54eda5-486092373

Rep. Al Green accuses Trump administration of possible cover-up in deadly ICE shooting in Texas
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/rep-al-green-accuses-trump-145500600.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Trump’s $10 Billion Media Lawsuit Turns Toward His Own Business Empire as Judge Allows BBC to Examine Finances of More Than 400 Companies
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/21/trum-bbc-lawsuit-finances

President Donald Trump is facing growing pressure from lawmakers in both parties to explain what happened to billions of dollars generated from Venezuelan oil sales
https://newrepublic.com/post/213359/trump-billions-venezuelan-oil-revenue-missing

Assistant Treasury Secretary Kenneth Kies reportedly fired after warning that the Trump admin was breaking the law. Top Treasury Tax Official Ousted After Clashes With White House Over IRS Audits
Kenneth Kies warned that political officials risked breaching a law that limits who can influence tax enforcement
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/top-treasury-tax-official-ousted-after-clashes-with-white-house-over-irs-audits-60d5b1df

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
Big tech pitches AI for teacher burnout. Educators call it a Band-Aid. From frequent burnout, increased workload and student behavioral problems, America asks a lot of its teachers. It’s little surprise the nation is grappling with a massive educational labor crisis. More than 400,000 teaching positions across the country are either vacant or filled with underqualified staff
https://san.com/cc/big-tech-pitches-ai-for-teacher-burnout-educators-call-it-a-band-aid/

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
‘The court has to intervene now’: Indigenous groups and conservationists condemn SpaceX’s South Texas land swap. “Federal officials are racing to fork over America’s public lands to one of wealthiest corporations on Earth before the courts can even weigh in.”
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/the-court-has-to-intervene-now-indigenous-groups-and-conservationists-condemn-spacexs-south-texas-land-swap

Earthquake Slams U.S. State for the Fifth Time in Three Days. Residents in and around Yerington, Nevada, experienced a noticeable jolt on the morning of July 22 when a 3.6 magnitude earthquake struck the region
https://www.yardbarker.com/general_sports/articles/earthquake_slams_us_state_for_the_fifth_time_in_three_days/s1_17355_44089899

Did you feel it? Magnitude 5.0 earthquake in Texas Panhandle wakes some Oklahomans. A magnitude 5.0 earthquake in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday morning was felt by residents in western Oklahoma.
https://www.koco.com/article/earthquake-texas-panhandle-felt-oklahoma/73244282

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Tennessee among 41 states at risk of losing federal SNAP funds, new data shows. Dozens of states are going to have to start forking over more money to fund SNAP (or end up cutting food assistance) if they don’t get their error rates in check.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5981659-41-states-at-risk-of-losing-federal-snap-funds-new-data-shows-what-to-know/

4 easy and creative ways to repurpose food waste. Try these tips the next time you’re going through your fridge.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/bronze-chariot-ceremonial-rituals-spain/

‘Grotesque’: 1.5 Million Kids Have Lost Food Aid Under GOP Budget Law. “The damage from the SNAP cuts could worsen quickly as some states are considering ending their SNAP programs entirely as soon as October 2027,” warned one expert.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/children-lose-snap-benefits

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Model scout and suspected Epstein ‘pimp’ Daniel Siad dead at home after appearing over 2,000 times in investigative records. Under investigation in France, Daniel Siad, 69, was one of several French men accused of helping the convicted sex offender to traffic and abuse women.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/22/french-model-recruiter-with-close-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein-found-dead

# Gov / Politics / US
Trump is reportedly considering yet ANOTHER WAR — and it’s not where you might think. Trump Prepares to Attack Eighth Country of His Second Term. The other affected countries are Yemen, Somalia, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, and Venezuela.
https://newrepublic.com/post/213374/donald-trump-prepares-attack-eighth-country-mali

Trump vows to destroy a power plant or bridge for every ship Iran targets. Trump sent the new threat as he considers both a ceasefire and a significant military escalation. His key condition for a ceasefire is for Iran to stop its attacks on ships and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/22/trump-iran-bridges-power-plants-hormuz

$1.15T Pentagon funding authorization bill passes U.S. House. A $1.15 trillion annual defense funding bill finally passed the U.S. House Wednesday after weeks of delay.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_1eeabc69-1f20-49a7-be1b-de33f0688209.html

House Republican sends a criminal referral to the Justice Department for former special counsel Jack Smith. Rep. Jim Jordan accuses Smith of “seemingly” making false statements during congressional testimony last year.
https://judiciary.house.gov/media/in-the-news/jack-smith-hit-criminal-referral-gop-moves-testimony-fight-toward-prosecution

Tennessee’s no-camping law is the harshest in the nation, the only one that makes sleeping on county property a felony. Advocates for the unhoused argue that the law effectively criminalizes homelessness, as a felony record and the resulting prison time can make it significantly harder for individuals to eventually find stable housing and employment
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/tennessee-homeless-man-no-camping-law/

Officials Hid CCP Links to 2020 Election. “We have deliberately massaged our one pending [daily briefing to the president to avoid any direct links to the election,” writes one intelligence agent.
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/grassley-releases-bombshell-records-showing-fbi-headquarters-interfered-with-alleged-chinese-election-interference-probe-to-shield-christopher-wray-from-political-blowback

“The President’s War With Iran Is Such a Fiasco That He’s Now Back to Threatening to Commit War Crimes.” Warren Demands Congress End the War, Reject Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Budget Request. The request for defence spending is the largest in decades and accompanies cuts to domestic programmes
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/3/trump-seeks-historic-1-5-trillion-for-military-in-congress-budget-request

In New Video, Senator Murray Rejects Trump’s $1.5 Trillion War Funding Request, Outlines Better Ways to Spend Taxpayer Dollars to Help People
https://www.murray.senate.gov/in-new-video-senator-murray-rejects-trumps-1-5-trillion-war-funding-request-outlines-better-ways-to-spend-taxpayer-dollars-to-help-people/

Trump approves landmark nuclear energy deal with Saudi Arabia as Israel fears it could pave way for weapons. Deal could mean large profits for American companies but also raises concerns about nuclear proliferation in Middle East
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-approves-landmark-nuclear-deal-with-saudi-arabia-in-big-win-for-kingdom-2ed77584

Trump immunity in question after judge finds tweet ‘poured gasoline’ on Jan. 6 riot: Judge doubles down on immunizing Trump’s Jan. 6 tweet about Mike Pence’s ‘courage.’ Even if the tweet “poured gasoline on the fire,” that didn’t prevent it from being an “official act,” Judge Amit Mehta wrote.
https://www.ms.now/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/trump-jan-6-pence-tweet-judge

Gillibrand To Hegseth: ‘You’re Asking For Unlimited Money For Bombs When People Can’t Feed Their Families’
https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/watch-gillibrand-grills-hegseth-on-iran-war-lies-skyrocketing-costs/

Trump Called Democrats Communists 81 Times in Two Weeks. History Knows This Technique. How Orbán manufactured Hungary’s enemies, and Bolsonaro built a communist conspiracy, and why Trump is following the same script
https://theplanet.substack.com/p/trump-called-democrats-communists

House Republicans pass $95 billion budget blueprint; includes path to SAVE America Act
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5984069-house-approves-budget-reconciliation/
SAVE America Act: This bill requires individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote, and requires photo identification to vote, in federal elections.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7296
Six Things to Know About the SAVE America Act
1. Citizenship is already a requirement to vote, and instances of noncitizen voting are rare.
2. Many eligible citizens don’t have access to documentary proof of citizenship.
3. There are better ways to verify citizenship that put the responsibility on government, not voters.
4. The SAVE America Act could have unintended consequences for election officials and election admin.
5. The SAVE America Act’s photo ID requirements are more restrictive than any state law currently in place.
6. The SAVE America Act needs more time and resources to be implemented well.

# Global News
Pakistan warns of military action over Houthi threats to Saudi Arabia. Pakistan has threatened possible military action as tensions flare again between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/pakistan-warns-military-action-over-114835553.html

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
A First Amendment fight is brewing after Trump subpoenaed NYT reporters, and their families. Here’s why the Trump administration’s subpoenas against New York Times reporters are unprecedented.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/14/new-york-times-subpoenas-trump-media

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has once again escalated his attacks on the First Amendment. The agency kicked off early reviews of ABC’s broadcast-station licenses — abusing a standard license-renewal process to harass a network for airing criticism of Trump.
https://democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/media/press-releases/ec-democrats-launch-investigation-fcc-chairman-carrs-repeated-attacks-first

FCC Chairman Carr’s Threat to Pull ABC Broadcast Licenses Is an Unconstitutional Attack on Free Speech
https://www.freepress.net/news/fcc-chairman-carrs-threat-pull-abc-broadcast-licenses-unconstitutional-attack-free-speech

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
My Husband Was Just 37 When He Was Diagnosed With Parkinson’s. His Future Depends On What Congress Does Next. Despite legal challenges, on Aug. 21, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court, in NIH v. American Public Health Association, cleared the way for the administration to cut nearly $783 million in grants that fiscal year, about $2 billion counting future-year payments.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/parkinsons-research-funding-cuts-nih_n_6a5e918ce4b06bbe43f370c0?ncid=NEWSSTAND0001

Texas invested billions to fight cancer. Abbott’s H-1B visas restrictions may stall research, some warn. MD Anderson is a global leader in cancer research, tapping hundreds of foreign-born scientists. Now Gov. Greg Abbott’s restrictions on H-1B visas may limit the talent pool.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/22/texas-cancer-research-greg-abbott-h1b-visas-md-anderson/

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
U.S. forces conduct next round of strikes on Iranian military targets. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has carried out a significant escalation in military operations against Iran, conducting multiple consecutive nights of retaliatory strikes
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/22/iran-war-live-us-launches-new-attacks-hegseth-says-war-has-cost-37-5bn

Mark Kelly Says the U.S. Military “Does Not Need More Testosterone, It Needs Better Leadership” as He Slams Hegseth’s New Screening Policy: “The president should fire Pete Hegseth,” said Kelly, a former U.S. Navy captain. “He’s making awful decisions, is putting service members at risks that I would not have expected when I served that a secretary of Defense would make these sort of decisions, nor a president.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5981471-kelly-opposes-hegseth-testosterone-screenings/

# Social Services Programs / Social Security / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
A rare bipartisan breakthrough for Social Security. A Rare Bipartisan Push to Fix Social Security Emerges in the Senate as 2032 Funding Deadline and $500 Cut Threat Loom
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/rare-bipartisan-push-fix-social-223104956.html

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics / Internet
Why Flock Is in Serious Trouble After Its Massive Backlash. At least 53 cities have ended their contracts with the company so far. People are angry — and it’s working. Sometimes in business, the first to market isn’t ultimately the most successful.
https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-axon-alpr-surveillance-privacy

ChatGPT model went rogue, hacked another company. AI model being trained in the art of hacking slipped its digital jail cell, headed onto the open internet, broke into a database of AI models, and stole their secrets.
https://apnews.com/article/openai-gpt56-sol-hugging-face-63ab84fed5612af04d8a160d60f6def3

# Veterans / VA
VA Gives Veterans $1 Billion Boost–Here’s Who Benefits: “Record-breaking investments” will continue improvements in healthcare access and service, VA Secretary Doug Collins has promised. Projects span 49 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Manila, ranging from roof replacements and boiler upgrades to hospital renovations.
https://www.newsweek.com/va-veterans-1-billion-boost-medical-facilities-12222531

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Bill to make Trump border policy permanent advances out of committee to House floor. The Permanent Trump Secure Border Act would permanently impose limits on asylum and parole eligibility, increase penalties for visa overstays, and reform policies regarding family detention and unaccompanied migrant children.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_e8ec77a5-56b3-4b33-908f-f334be56fea6.html

We Went to a Yacht Party for the Most Pro-Deportation People in DC. The Mass Deportation Coalition is quite literally making waves in Washington. The boozy gala attracted conservatives who have served in Congress, the Justice Department and ICE, all of whom share a goal of deporting an unprecedented 1 million-plus people a year.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/07/17/mass-deportation-coalition-boat-yacht-party-potomac-river-01003405?utm_source=TMP-Newsletter&utm_campaign=6544997a36-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_07_22_10_47&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5e02cdad9d-6544997a36-486092373

The Trump administration’s new “public charge” rule is raising alarm among advocates. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it was rescinding a 2022 rule that defined who would be designated a “public charge,” itself something of a charged term, not only because it paints immigrants as potential economic burdens, but also because its definition has been debated in U.S. policy for over a century.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/what-does-trump-new-public-charge-rule-means-for-immigrants/

Harris County DA certifies 2 ICE shooting witnesses as victims of alleged violent crimes, documents show
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2026/07/china-has-planted-66-billion-trees-since-1978-to-hold-back-two-deserts-plans-34-billion-more-by-2050-and-the-wall-they-belong-to-is-still-only-two-thirds-built/

The Church Cannot Be Silent After ICE Killed Two Workers Headed to Their Jobs: Attacks on human dignity can never be normalized, say 2 US bishops after deadly ICE shootings
https://catholicreview.org/attacks-on-human-dignity-can-never-be-normalized-say-2-us-bishops-after-deadly-ice-shootings/

Why did ICE hire David Brouillette?  ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say. An Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood and never should have been given a badge and gun to patrol American streets, several of his close relatives told The Associated Press.
https://apnews.com/article/ice-david-brouillette-johan-guerrero-maine-shooting-dbc30d6d59e2a95fb470afc188e125c6

Trump’s Deportation Policing Force Is Killing People. It Was “Foreseeable In the Most Tragic Way.” The ACLU tracked 1,200 immigration enforcement incidents in a year and found a pattern of misconduct and rights violations.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/trumps-deportation-policing-force-is-killing-people-it-was-foreseeable-in-the-most-tragic-way/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Is Trump’s Canada tariff threat just a ruse: Trump Is Threatening to Bring Back One of His Most Hated Policies. The president is once again attacking our neighbor to the north. But is this just more bluster?
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/07/trump-canada-tariffs-taco.html

Treasury Reveals Fraud Finding: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that his department screened hundreds of millions of federal payments and blocked nearly $100 million that was being sent to deceased people. Scott Bessent says the Government Accountability Office estimates improper payments could reach $500B, or 1.66% of GDP
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/treasury-intercepts-99m-federal-payments-deceased-individuals-under-trump-fraud-order

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
The biggest threat to students isn’t curriculum or AI. It’s chronic absence. From public officials to parents, everyone seems to be worried about public education. Controversial curriculum, longer school years and learning loss have spurred countless campaigns to fix them. But one of the most damaging issues in our school system isn’t in the classroom. It’s when children aren’t in the classroom at all.
https://san.com/cc/the-biggest-threat-to-students-isnt-curriculum-or-ai-its-chronic-absence/

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
Tribes and environmental groups sue to block Trump’s gutting of the Endangered Species Act. The lawsuits target a rule that erases habitat destruction from the law’s definition of “harm.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/tribes-and-environmental-groups-sue-to-block-trumps-gutting-of-the-endangered-species-act/

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated federal law when it fired Mary Comans, the former chief financial officer of FEMA
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2026/07/femas-chief-financial-officer-was-unlawfully-fired-judge-rules/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Republicans Are Trying to Give Big Oil Immunity for Causing Climate Chaos. A new report further links fossil fuel emissions to extreme weather events. States are trying to make polluters pay.
https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-are-trying-to-give-big-oil-immunity-for-causing-climate-chaos/

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Two Democrat candidates take cash from Epstein-tied megadonor after slamming ‘Epstein class’
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/two-democrat-candidates-take-cash-epstein-linked-megadonor-after-slamming

House Democrats launch investigation into whether Jeffrey Epstein acted as a foreign agent. It’s perhaps a preview of House Democrats’ plans for next year if they take back the House majority in the November midterm elections.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/07/21/congress/raskin-epstein-foreign-contract-documents-01006123

# Gov / Politics / US
“Trump Just exposed Massive Election fraud on live TV — This Just Changed everything.” MAGA Media Lap Up Trump’s Election-Interference Exaggerations
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/maga-media-lap-up-trumps-election-interference-exaggerations/amp/

China Broadcasting Syndrome? U.S. media’s ties to Beijing questioned over Trump speech coverage. Trump is invoking foreign election interference to justify his own. The president no longer treats the people who defeated him as voters. He treats them as suspects
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/19/trump-foreign-election-interference

NJ governor forced to admit hundreds of foreigners voted in elections after Dems claimed no problem. More than 6,000 non-citizens were accidentally added to New Jersey’s voter rolls due to a software error at the state Motor Vehicles Commission
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/21/thousands-of-non-citizens-registered-to-vote-in-nj-due-to-software-error-governor-says-01006373

Sen. Shaheen to Hegseth: ‘Why are you asking the American people to absorb the cost of a war they don’t support?’ Hegseth said the remaining funds have already been set aside for other Trump administration priorities
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/5982642-pete-hegseth-donald-trump-iran-war-funding-uphill-battle/

Family demands that Trump administration be ‘held accountable’ for delivery driver’s death due to ‘dangerous executive order.’ Meza was on a moped and was hit and killed by a driver fleeing police. D.C. police charged the driver of the stolen car along with two of his passengers, but the charges were dropped the next day
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/family-executive-order-delivery-driver-death-park-police-chase/4132282/

Software vendor disputes NJ governor’s ‘glitch’ claim, says state approves foreigners on voter roll.
https://time.com/article/2026/07/21/new-jersey-non-citizen-voting-registration-error/

Pentagon Spokesman Parnell Amplifies Hegseth’s Vow to “Hunt Down and Kill” Anyone Who Targets Americans — Days After Two U.S. Service Members Are Killed in Jordan
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/president-trump-vows-revenge-on-iran-for-killing-u-s-service-members-266975813831

‘This Bill Is a Trojan Horse’: GOP Pushes Voter Suppression Under Cover of Insider Trading Ban. “Republicans are trying to pull a trick this week,” said US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gop-voter-suppression-bill

# Global News
China Has Planted over 66 Billion Trees Since 1978 to Block the Gobi Desert – Now They Are Growing 66% Faster Than Natural Forests
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2026/07/china-has-planted-66-billion-trees-since-1978-to-hold-back-two-deserts-plans-34-billion-more-by-2050-and-the-wall-they-belong-to-is-still-only-two-thirds-built/

House Committee Blocks Push to Strip Pentagon Bill of Israel Integration Measure. Pro-Israel lawmakers are seeking to integrate the US military with Israel’s while it’s still committing genocide.
https://truthout.org/articles/house-committee-blocks-push-to-strip-pentagon-bill-of-israel-integration-measure/

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
“You shouldn’t be able to order the military to carry out extrajudicial executions of fishermen and/or low-level drug runners that violate both domestic and international law, and then simply return to your job as a weekend cable news host once the other party retakes the White House.” More on a call for Congress to create a cause of action that would allow people harmed by excessive federal law enforcement actions to more easily sue for damages
https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/suing-stephen-miller?utm_source=TMP-Newsletter&utm_campaign=6544997a36-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_07_22_10_47&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5e02cdad9d-6544997a36-486092373

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Federal prosecutor in Seattle sues Trump, Blanche for firing him an hour after he was sworn-in
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/21/fired-federal-prosecutor-seattle-sues-trump-01006943

‘Cannot stand’: Washington US attorney ‘purportedly fired’ by Trump says president does not have the authority to remove a judge-appointed top prosecutor
https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-us-attorneys-9665da79f7376cb16cc030b6251ab033

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Trump admin pauses $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California, Minnesota over suspected fraud
https://time.com/article/2026/07/22/medicaid-california-minnesota-fraud-newsom-walz-trump/

Mark Kelly Slams GOP Healthcare Cuts, Says Republicans Are ‘Gutting Healthcare Programs’ to Give ‘Handouts to Billionaires’
https://www.benzinga.com/news/health-care/26/07/60569401/mark-kelly-slams-gop-healthcare-cuts-says-republicans-are-gutting-healthcare-programs-to-give-handouts-to-billionaires

# Military / Global
US-Ecuador Military Partnership Brings Torture, Deadly Drone Strikes, and Disappearances. “US-Ecuador cooperation on security has been too opaque and too dangerous for Ecuadorians,” said a representative for Human Rights Watch.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/07/21/us/ecuador-abuses-proliferate-as-security-cooperation-deepens

# Other Interestimg Stuff
“It Was a Mix of Excitement and Disbelief”: When Scientists Sent Deep-Sea Rovers to Confirm a 1960s Theory, They Made a Surprising Discovery
https://thedebrief.org/it-was-a-mix-of-excitement-and-disbelief-when-scientists-sent-deep-sea-rovers-to-confirm-a-1960s-theory-they-made-a-surprising-discovery/

# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / Secret Service
Welcome to Your Friendly 21st-Century Panopticon: The debate over aggressive surveillance has historically centered on the state – government was the Big Brother in “1984,” reaching into and dominating every facet of human life. That’s understandable: It wields immense power. But technological breakthroughs are now reshaping fears about spying to include the guy recording his surroundings while sitting next to you in the coffee shop or the reclusive neighbor with the “smart” doorbell that watches you, unblinking, every time you leave the house.
https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2026-07-21/welcome-to-your-friendly-21st-century-panopticon

# Sports
ESPN lays off notable sports reporters in latest round of cuts
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/media/2026/07/21/espn-layoffs-karl-ravech-disney-ryan-clark/90992715007/

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics / Internet
Invisible drones? Yes: Invisible. Drones. New spinning drone hides in plain sight. ‘Phantom Twist’ harnesses motion blur to nearly vanish in flight. For years, researchers have tried to design invisible drones and robots using camouflage, transparent materials or light-bending optical systems. But the Northwestern team instead used a concept called “motion blur” — the same effect that makes fast-spinning fans and propellers seem to disappear.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2026/07/new-spinning-drone-hides-in-plain-sight

A growing political reckoning is coming for data centers, POLITICO Poll shows: A new POLITICO Poll found that Americans’ attitudes toward data centers have grown increasingly sour and politically polarized in the past six months. Americans’ attitudes toward data centers have grown increasingly sour and politically polarized in the past six months.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/21/poll-data-centers-democrats-moratorium-01001799

# Travel / Tourism / TSA
Trump says direct flights between US-Lebanon can resume for first time in over 40 years. US president tells Lebanese counterpart he hopes other countries will also allow direct travel to ‘this beautiful land,’ though it appears highly unlikely American carriers will want to fly there soon
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/21/trump-us-flights-lebanon

# Veterans / VA
‘Our veterans deserve better’: Inside the VA nursing shortage
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2026/07/20/our-veterans-deserve-better-inside-the-va-nursing-shortage/

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Trump Administration Slashes Visa Lengths for Students, Journalists. The rule changes focus on the “duration of status” system, which has allowed qualifying visa holders to stay in the US. The new rules impose time limits, stricter oversight and additional federal review requirements for extensions.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/20/trump-student-journalist-visa-rules-explained/90981081007/

ICE’s violence is “by design” under Trump. I spoke with former members of the agency. They said to expect even more conflict.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/former-ice-workers-trump-violence-by-design-renee-good/

Trump’s Order to Resume ICE Traffic Stops Means More Danger for the Public. Even his own immigration czar admits that permanently ending the stops would better protect ICE agents, their targets and the public.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/trumps-order-resume-ice-traffic-stops-means-more-danger-public?utm_source=TMP-Newsletter&utm_campaign=ee66c99cb4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_07_21_10_43&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5e02cdad9d-ee66c99cb4-486092373

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Trump announces 50% tariff on Canadian goods, including hockey sticks. President Trump slapped an additional 50 percent tariff on certain Canadian goods in response to what the administration said were “discriminatory” trade measures from Canada on Monday. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5979288-trump-imposes-canadian-tariffs/

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
Abbott: Flooding worse in Kerrville this year than in 2025. The historic rainfall in central and south Texas that continues to cause significant flooding is worse this year than it was during the historic July 4 flood last year, Gov. Greg Abbott said.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/20/texas-flood-kerr-county-homes-destroyed-greg-abbott/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
What does low water at the Hoover Dam mean for power in the American West? The water level at Lake Mead is less than 10 feet away from rendering most of the hydroelectric turbines at the Hoover Dam inoperable.
https://san.com/cc/what-does-low-water-at-the-hoover-dam-mean-for-power-in-the-american-west/

Energy Department removes more than 1,600 webpages from public website. The agency has taken down consumer energy resources without explaining why, the latest example of changes to public-facing federal information under the Trump administration.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/07/energy-department-removes-more-1600-webpages-public-website/414879/

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Shutting Down Federal Bee Labs Threatens the US Food System. The research centers are a key part of the unappreciated infrastructure that supports the health of pollinators and the nation’s food supply. America’s bees and beekeepers are losing a valuable ally just when they need its help most.
https://theconversation.com/shutting-down-federal-bee-labs-threatens-bees-beekeepers-and-the-us-food-system-283358

# Gov / Politics / US
Trump’s new ‘election integrity’ website is an error-filled mess. Hours before President Donald Trump delivered a primetime address brimming with debunked conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential vote, his Department of Justice (DOJ) unveiled a new website tracking state-by-state efforts to supposedly protect American elections.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trumps-doj-launched-a-new-election-integrity-website-its-riddled-with-errors/

As Trump Threatens Invasion, Admin Releases Report Vilifying Cuba and the Left. In the report, officials condemn the dissidence of left-wing figures like Hasan Piker and Zohran Mamdani.
https://truthout.org/articles/as-trump-threatens-invasion-admin-releases-report-vilifying-cuba-and-the-left/

Trump ‘Planning for Wider War’ in Iran—With Possible Ground Invasion—as US Bombing Escalates. “We may be approaching the most significant escalation in the US-Iran confrontation since February,” warned one analyst.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-planning-wider-war-iran

The war that Donald Trump started with Iran continues to spiral. After a ceasefire fell apart earlier this month, several U.S. service members were killed over the weekend—the first American fatalities in months—as Iranians continue to die in large numbers. Prospects for peace remain dim and the war is instead spreading, with violence spilling into the rest of the region.
https://theconversation.com/the-us-and-iran-are-back-at-war-and-with-one-main-sticking-point-theres-no-end-in-sight-287492

Assault, Misogyny, Verbal Threats: Records Detail New Allegations Against Rep. Max Miller. Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/assault-misogyny-verbal-threats-records-detail-new-allegations-against-rep-max-miller-bernie-moreno/

Last week, Donald Trump essentially told us what he will do this November. When reports start coming in that the Democrats are winning, he will send in the troops. He’ll point back to last week’s national address and tell the nation: “I told you so. I warned you. They rigged the election for the Democrats and now I have to stop it.”
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-prison/

‘What the hell are we doing?’ Trump endorsement leaves GOP seething in Senate seat battle: Donald Trump’s decision to leap into the conversation over who should be the Republican nominee for the Senate seat left open by Lindsey Graham’s death has the GOP leadership in South Carolina fuming.
https://www.rawstory.com/graham-trump-nomination/

Mitch McConnell’s silence ‘concerning’ to home state governor. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said he has received no communication from Senator Mitch McConnell or his office regarding the senator’s health status, calling the lack of an update “concerning.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/mitch-mcconnell-s-silence-concerning-to-home-state-governor/ar-AA28jo9o?cvid=6a5ebfbaa1644b3ca769f836adb4d1b3

Trump Has Just Weeks Left to Finish the Iran Conflict: “People call this a war, but it’s basically 40 days of actual bombing, tit for tat, followed by 100 days of negotiations interspliced with some tit-for-tat exchanges of missiles and drones. But for the most part, we have negotiated. “Now we know the strategy of both sides….”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/21/first-thing-trump-iran-injured-service-members

3,100 Data Centers. 142 Protests. 42 States. A former Tea Party leader says that pushback on data center buildouts will be a key issue not just in November’s midterm elections but also in the 2028 presidential race.
https://www.aol.com/articles/us-data-center-protests-national-100647000.html

America’s anti-data center movement went national on Saturday. Protesters across the US rallied against the hulking facilities as part of a nationwide demonstration organized by Humans First, a newly founded conservative nonprofit taking on what it calls “Big AI.”
https://www.businessinsider.com/anti-ai-data-center-nationwide-protest-photos-2026-7

We are facing the biggest test of our democracy since the Civil War. The real message to be drawn from Trump’s address to the nation is he will call into question the votes of every state and city that chooses a Democratic senator or representative in the 2026 midterm elections. He’ll push Republican governors and mayors not to certify the results. He’ll demand recounts and audits. We’ve been here before, but this time he’s even less restrained than he was in 2020 and is surrounded by people who will do his bidding.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-message-of-trumps-address

Trump Ignites Fire of Election Lies: Trump pushes debunked election lies, demands SAVE America Act in primetime speech
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-pushes-debunked-election-lies-demands-save-america-act-in-primetime-speech/

# Global News
Houthis Announce Maritime Embargo of Saudi Arabia as US Oil Reserves Fall to Lowest Level in 40 Years. “The Titanic is now hitting the iceberg and there are not enough lifeboats for the world economy,” said one observer.
https://asiatimes.com/2026/07/houthis-announce-maritime-embargo-of-saudi-arabia/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
An administration that may be committing war crimes wants a war crime tribunal to go away. The Trump administration has launched a sweeping diplomatic and economic campaign to dismantle and disable the International Criminal Court (ICC) to protect U.S. and allied officials from prosecution
https://lsj.com.au/articles/the-trump-administration-wants-to-dismantle-the-international-criminal-court-can-it/

Leadership exodus continues at Chicago’s US Attorney’s Office. The heads of all seven sections of the office’s criminal division have left within the past year, many in protest of what they consider heavy-handed or illegal political interference by Trump allies at the Justice Department.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/northern-district-illinois-us-attorneys-office-leadership-exodus-continues-andrew-boutros-donald-trump-administration/18575999/

Almost half of all Americans say Supreme Court is ruling on Trump’s agenda instead of the law, latest poll reveals. The apex judicial body finds itself polarizing. Nearly half say court decisions reflect President Trump’s policies and ideology more than law, Washington Post survey finds
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/more-than-half-of-americans-view-us-supreme-court-unfavorably-poll-shows/4002861

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
‘An Unmistakably Chilling Message’: Trump DOJ Subpoenaed Phone Records of Journalists’ Relatives. “Every American who values a free and independent press should see this for what it is: an abuse of power designed to silence scrutiny.”
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/doj-sought-phone-records-tied-to-relatives-of-new-york-times-reporters-53aa9321

The Bully’s Pulpit: Trump v. The First Amendment. The administration’s war on the First Amendment. The Justice Department faced scrutiny over aggressive tactics to uncover leaks and force journalists to testify, as seen in subpoenas targeting major outlets like the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnz2QOizDrw

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
OPM shrinks its workforce by a third, seeks further staffing cuts. The agency is giving employees in its healthcare and insurance division another shot at opting into the deferred resignation program.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/07/opm-shrinks-its-workforce-third-seeks-further-staffing-cuts/414895/
Office of Personnel Management
https://www.opm.gov/

U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, today launched The Reading Room, a new public-facing repository of records related to his ongoing investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and federally funded gain-of-function research.
https://www.paul.senate.gov/readingroom/

# NASA / NORAD / Space / Solar / SpaceX
Inside Japan’s super-close asteroid flyby. A last-minute proposal saw Hayabusa2 whizz within just 800 meters of a near-Earth asteroid.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/asteroid-comet-missions/scientists-told-them-no-its-too-dangerous-but-they-did-it-anyway-inside-japans-super-close-asteroid-flyby

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics / Internet
There’s a Gigantic Problem at the Heart of the AI Industry That Could Cause the Whole Thing to Collapse. Bad news for an industry pouring billions of dollars into the construction of enormous data centers across the country, despite having no clear path to profitability in the foreseeable future.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/problem-ai-industry-collapse-efficiency

AI Is More Likely to Cause a Labor Shortage. There are two big worries when it comes to the rapid advances in artificial intelligence. The first is that it will lead to robot overlords that will eradicate humanity. The second is that AI will eliminate many jobs. The more likely scenario is that it creates a labor shortage, or at least a dearth of skilled workers who can make the most of the new technology.
https://manhattan.institute/article/ai-is-more-likely-to-cause-a-labor-shortage-heres-why

# Veterans / VA
The U.S. Just Issued a Rare Worldwide Travel Warning for Americans Traveling Abroad—Here’s What to Know. The State Department is urging travelers to exercise increased caution worldwide amid escalating tensions and the potential for travel disruptions.
https://www.travelandleisure.com/usa-issues-rare-worldwide-travel-warning-12023312

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# Indigenous
# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
‘One-Way Ticket to Extinction’: Trump Admin Again Guts Endangered Species Act. “In the midst of an extinction crisis,” said one advocate, “the Trump administration is gutting protections to benefit industry interests.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-and-endangered-species-act

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
ICE’s use of unmarked cars and its agents’ practice of shooting into vehicles violates police policy and may be unlawful, policing experts say after reviewing video of the moments before Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s killing
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/15/texas-houston-ice-immigrant-shooting-video-footage/

Mullin is making his allegiance known following the recent ICE shootings. Mullin promised to deliver Trump a less headline-grabbing enforcement strategy, while meeting the White House’s arrest and deportation quotas.
https://www.news8000.com/news/politics/national-politics/markwayne-mullin-promised-a-quieter-dhs-then-came-the-shootings/article_0da02c9d-6414-5809-8d61-097bc0346cc2.html

ICE still making arrests at NYC immigration courts despite ban: Yes, ICE is continuing to make arrests at NYC immigration courts despite a federal ban, prompting the presiding judge to demand an explanation
https://courthousenews.com/ice-makes-arrests-at-nyc-immigration-court-despite-court-ban/

Employee at Colorado ICE detention center arrested after allegedly shooting protester who was among a group of demonstrators protesting outside a detention facility in Aurora.
https://www.borderreport.com/border-report-tour/immigration/colorado-ice-facility-employee-arrested-accused-of-shooting-protester/

ICE arrests Chinese human rights lawyer who fled political persecution: Wu Shaoping, who fled China in 2019 and is still waiting on a decision for his asylum claim, was arrested in Pennsylvania last week
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/17/ice-arrests-human-rights-lawyer-wu-shaoping-fled-chinese-crackdown

FBI will no longer investigate ICE confrontations: ‘Fox Is Guarding the Hen House’: ICE Agents Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate Confrontations. The reported change would grant “pure impunity for ICE to do horrible things,” said one journalist.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-fbi

White House border czar Tom Homan confirmed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents carrying out traffic stops will have to record the stops. The mandate was announced following fatal shootings involving ICE agents in Texas and Maine during attempted traffic stops, which sparked public scrutiny and protests. According to Homan, the body cameras have already been purchased and are in the process of being deployed nationwide
https://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/amphtml/USA/2026/0719/ICE-body-cameras-vehicle-stops

Video shows a New Jersey man asking ICE to check his ID before detaining him, but agents refused and took him into custody anyway
https://attackofthefanboy.com/social-media/video-shows-a-new-jersey-man-asking-ice-to-check-his-id-before-detaining-him-but-agents-refused-and-took-him-into-custody-anyway/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Climate Crisis-Denying Trump Threatens Canada With New Tariffs Over Wildfire Smoke
“When wildfires hit America, Canada sends firefighters,” said one journalist. “When wildfires hit Canada, America sends tariffs.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/wildfires-in-canada

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
The Real Lesson Behind Texas’ New Bible Curriculum Requirements: Going forward, students will learn that life circumstances are beyond their power to change. They will learn that their place and the place of others in the economy and larger society should not be questioned.
https://www.texasobserver.org/sboe-bible-curriculum-requirements/

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
Antarctica sits above Earth’s strongest “gravity hole.” Now we know how it got that way. The strength of gravity varies over the Earth’s surface. And it is weakest beneath the frozen continent of Antarctica  after accounting for Earth’s rotation
https://news.ufl.edu/2026/02/antarctic-gravity-hole/

This US state has become an unexpected epicenter of the global extinction crisis. And it reveals a big problem with the nation’s approach to saving endangered species.
https://www.vox.com/climate/481481/alabama-wildlife-extinction-state-funding?utm_source=climate-desk&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=climate-desk-newsletter-07-19-2026

Not Milkweed: Plant This Bush With Berries And Flowers That Butterflies Love. The shrub is so valuable to North American butterfly populations that a dozen butterfly and moth species rely on it as a food source and life cycle plant. Birds eat the berries, too.
https://shopping.yahoo.com/home-garden/gardening/articles/not-milkweed-plant-bush-berries-184000603.html

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
On a Mission to Revive America’s Heirloom Grains: Passionate farmers, millers, and bakers across the U.S. are reviving pre-1950s heirloom and ancient grains to restore lost agricultural diversity, improve soil health, and bring complex, robust flavors back to our dinner tables. This movement champions regional grain economies over mass-produced commodity crops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iyj7UDbptk

Sebastopol Farmer Mai Nguyen’s Quest To Revive a Regional Grain Economy. Combining regenerative agriculture with social justice, local farmer Mai Nguyen aims to combat climate change and help revitalize global food cultures — one grain at a time.
https://www.sonomamag.com/sebastopol-farmer-mai-nguyens-quest-to-revive-a-regional-grain-economy/

Digital Price Tags Could Soon Be Against The Law. State legislators seek to regulate or outright ban digital price tags in order to prevent “surge pricing.”
https://www.newsbreak.com/coupons-in-the-news-2337435/3862819872147-digital-price-tags-could-soon-be-against-the-law

# General News
19 people injured in mass shootings in Tucson, Minneapolis. Mass shootings in entertainment districts in Tucson and Minneapolis injured a total of 19 people early on Sunday, authorities in each city said.
https://www.newsbreak.com/upi-news-510013/4779802169047-19-people-injured-in-mass-shootings-in-tucson-minneapolis\

# Gov / Politics / US
Trump Is Still Trapped In His Furious 2020 Delusions: This has become an obsession; a story he has repeated so many times that it has hardened into reality in his own mind. It is the worldview of a president who genuinely cannot appreciate reality.
https://michaelwolffnyc.substack.com/p/trump-is-still-trapped-in-his-furious

Trump essentially said loyalty to the Constitution is punishable by death. Those are dangerous words coming from the President of the United States, but I’m not going to be intimidated.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRaU4KMkszA/?hl=en

DHS Sec. Threatens to Jail State Officials Who Defy Trump’s Demands. Secretary Markwayne Mullin also threatened to defund states that don’t “scrub” their voter rolls.
https://newrepublic.com/post/213208/department-homeland-secretary-threatens-defund-states-voter-rolls

‘Ramblings Of A Mad King’: Gavin Newsom Nails Real Purpose Of Trump’s ‘Tin Foil’ Speech
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5975626-newsom-blasts-trump-election-speech/

Reason Magazine Comes Out Swinging Against Confirming Todd Blanche as AG: ‘Brazenly Corrupt’
https://www.mediaite.com/lawcrime/reason-magazine-comes-out-swinging-against-confirming-todd-blanche-as-ag-brazenly-corrupt/

“No Strategy and No End in Sight.” Rep. Ted Lieu demands Republicans help end Trump’s “unconstitutional” Iran war after two U.S. troops are killed in Jordan
https://share.newsbreak.com/j1zeg2nx

Elizabeth Warren Says Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Hands ‘$1 Trillion+’ in Tax Breaks to the Top 1%
https://www.benzinga.com/news/politics/26/07/60542422/elizabeth-warren-says-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-hands-1-trillion-in-tax-breaks-to-the-top-1

Maine’s Troy Jackson all but locks down Democratic nod for U.S. Senate seat: A majority of delegates have committed to voting for Troy Jackson to give him the Democratic nomination, replacing the beleaguered Graham Platner in Maine’s U.S. Senate race.
https://www.newsbreak.com/upi-news-510013/4779671250238-maine-s-troy-jackson-all-but-locks-down-democratic-nod-for-u-s-senate-seat

# Global News
Iran‘s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued a statement, declaring that revenge for the killing of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, must occur.  The elder Khamenei was killed in joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on February 28, 2026
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/11/iran-trump-revenge-assassination

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
‘Utterly lawless’: NYT report on new FBI directive stuns nation. Federal agents across the nation received instructions last week not to investigate confrontations with immigration agents
https://www.rawstory.com/fbi-ice-investigation/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
The Justice Department Is Pulling Back on Prosecuting Corporate Crime. Prosecutors declined to charge businesses in a number of recent cases—despite believing that senior employees were involved in wrongdoing
https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/the-justice-department-is-pulling-back-on-prosecuting-corporate-crime-dabf95a2

Worried about the war crimes you are likely committing? Try to abolish the court that may one day hold you accountable. “The highest compliment that can be paid to the International Criminal Court is that the Trump administration is terrified of it.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/213124/trump-rubio-international-criminal-court-scared

Why Washington Is Challenging the International Criminal Court: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is pressuring allies to reconsider their support for the International Criminal Court. The ensuing outrage makes little sense, argues William Brooks.
https://www.dw.com/en/why-the-us-is-going-after-the-international-criminal-court/a-78006596

The State Department’s Campaign Against the ICC Rests on a Misunderstanding of How the Court Actually Works
https://www.justsecurity.org/147878/state-departments-campaign-icc-misunderstanding/

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Senators to examine hospital price transparency legislation. A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers is set to examine a bill next week to require hospitals and insurance companies to display prices for provided services.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_e090c13c-d66a-4e9c-ba28-9ba8c2a8d38f.html

A Medicare Loophole: The most widely discussed “loophole” related to Medicare is the Hospital Observation Status, which can leave seniors with tens of thousands of dollars in surprise nursing home bills. CMS Shuts Down Massive Medicaid Tax Loophole, Saving Billions for Federal Taxpayers and Restoring the Federal-State Partnership
https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-shuts-down-massive-medicaid-tax-loophole-saving-billions-federal-taxpayers-restoring-federal

Retirees wait for the day they can sell their homes and cash in—but there’s a secret Medicare ‘trap’ that could stop them in their tracks
https://www.newsbreak.com/fortune-561435/4780413542116-retirees-wait-for-the-day-they-can-sell-their-homes-and-cash-in-but-there-s-a-secret-medicare-trap-that-could-stop-them-in-their-tracks

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Tyrin Johnson Is Dead. Memphis Is Occupied. This Is Militarized “Public Safety.” Tyrin Johnson’s killing is part of a larger militarization unfolding in Memphis, Tennessee, under Trump.
https://truthout.org/articles/tyrin-johnson-is-dead-memphis-is-occupied-this-is-militarized-public-safety/

Judges Paved the Way For the Federal Government’s Deadly Occupation of Memphis. The shooting death of Tyrin Johnson is the predictable consequence of the legal system letting Trump turn the American military against Americans.
https://ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics/tyrin-johnson-memphis-killing-judges/

‘We knew this would happen’: Lawmakers seek answers after fatal Guard shooting in Memphis. “This is the fourth instance since the Memphis Un-Safe Task Force has been in our community that an American citizen has been killed by someone who’s a part of that task force.”
https://wreg.com/memphis-safe-task-force/memphis-lawmakers-seek-answers-after-fatal-guard-shooting-downtown/

U.S. unleashes ninth straight night of attacks against Iran. The US has launched another wave of attacks against Iran, this time reportedly hitting targets in the northwestern city of Tabriz. DW has more.
https://www.dw.com/en/iran-war-us-conducts-strikes-for-9th-night-in-a-row/live-78030432

The National Guard occupation that has been brutalizing Memphis must stop. To walk through Memphis is to step into an eerie, simultaneous haunting, both visible and invisible. You see armed soldiers and federal agents everywhere in Memphis: an uncanny, disruptive presence woven into the mundane fabric of our daily lives.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/national-guard-occupation-brutalizing-memphis-224117477.html

U.S. Coast Guard monitors Chinese ships off Alaska coast. The U.S. Coast Guard is actively engaged in Arctic defense, monitoring and dealing with potential national security threats posed by Chinese ships. Last summer, the Coast Guard chased away Chinese vessels.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/coast_guard/2026-07-17/coast-guard-tracks-chinese-ships-bering-sea-22293821.html

Military voter files exposed deployment locations to America’s adversaries. Most of America’s bases are well-known and are mappable. However, a number of sites’ locations and the stationing of specific units are not known.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/military-voter-files-exposed-deployment-locations-americas-adversaries

# NASA / NORAD / Space / Solar / SpaceX
The Sun’s Magnetic Field Is Reversing: What It Means for Earth. The Sun’s magnetic field naturally reverses polarity every 11 years near the peak of its solar cycle. For Earth, this solar flip means no immediate danger but results in heightened space weather—leading to stronger geomagnetic storms and more frequent auroras visible in regions like Texas
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2018/10/aa32981-18/aa32981-18.html

# Social Services Programs / Social Security / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Six senators from both parties want to force a Social Security fix before the fund falls short in 2032. Six bipartisan senators introduced the PROMISE Act, which establishes a fast-track legislative process forcing Congress to debate and vote on reforms before the program’s primary trust fund is depleted. If left unaddressed, the 2032 shortfall would trigger automatic benefit cuts of roughly $450 a month for millions of retirees
https://www.crfb.org/press-releases/promise-act-jumpstarts-path-toward-saving-social-security

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics / Internet
Protests Break Out in 42 States. Opponents of the buildout of data centers held 142 protests across 42 states. Scattered zoning fights have hardened into a movement, and the grievance underneath is a utility bill.
https://thenextweb.com/news/data-centre-protests-go-national-backlash

# Veterans / VA
A House bill would finally let combat-injured military retirees collect both their pension and their disability pay. The primary vehicle enabling combat-injured military retirees to concurrently collect their full Department of Defense (DoD) pension and Veterans Affairs (VA) disability pay is the Major Richard Star Act
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-6hK0IhcwDM

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Amid ICE Killings and Surge in Arrests, Mullin Brags DHS ‘Turning Up the Heat on the Streets.’ ICE is already on track to arrest more people this month than any other month during the second Trump administration.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-turn-up-heat

Attorney for Witness to ICE Fatal Shooting Tells CNN Alleged Drugs in Vehicle Just ‘Crystalized Salt.’ The substance found inside a van tied to the case was actually salt used to make a homemade electrolyte drink for outdoor workers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/07/16/houston-ice-shooting-fbi-search-warrant-salt-lorenzo-salgado-araujo/90950118007/

A Venezuelan man was accused of trying to murder an ICE officer. Then bystander video surfaced
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-venezuelan-man-was-accused-of-trying-to-murder-an-ice-officer-then-bystander-video-surfaced/ar-AA28bduD

An ICE officer fired at an SUV fleeing a car stop in Pennsylvania. That’s not how it should happen, policing experts say
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MvpgdzYZIQ

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
Democratic-Socialist influence in NYC sparks scrutiny of public education
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/education/democratic-socialist-presence-nyc-sparks-public-education-scrutiny

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Pennsylvania data centers got backup diesel approval in heat wave, fueling ‘worse than coal’ fears
“These decisions need to be made before a community is locked into risk, not after.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/pennsylvania-data-centers-backup-generators/

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Taylor Farms Announces Recall of Lettuce Shipped to 27 States Over Cyclospora Risk. Taylor Farms does not specify where products were served or sold, as US braces for weeks more of outbreak
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/18/cyclospora-iceberg-lettuce-recall

America’s family farms are disappearing and the people who grow our food are feeling the pressure. Vanishing Farms: The Cost of Losing America’s Small Farmers. American farming has long symbolized independence, stability, and the ability to build generational wealth. The story of small farmers in the United States today tells a very different tale, often shaped by policies that often favor large scale operations over small ones.
https://www.changethechamber.org/news-research/vanishing-farms

# Food / Forageing
Plants, weeds and trees you can eat: 100+ Wild Edible Plants to Forage ~ Forager’s Bucket List. Edible wild plants include more than just the occasional harvest of wild blackberries and dandelion greens. Serious foragers seek out all manner of unique edible wild foods, from greens and herbs, to berries, roots, bark, pollen, mushrooms, and more.
https://practicalselfreliance.com/wild-edible-plants/

Many trees provide food beyond just their fruit. Depending on the species, you can eat the leaves, flowers, inner bark (cambium), seeds, or sap.
https://appalachianground.com/14-wild-trees-we-eat/

Edible tree fruits, nuts, and leaves. Should you eat anything foraged, we recommend the same caution as with fungi: be confident of the identification and fully aware of any preparation requirements and potential dangers.
https://trees.stanford.edu/Edible.htm

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Trump official busted on Epstein again after ‘forgotten photo archive’ unearthed: Last year, Lutnick claimed to have cut off all ties with Epstein in 2005, insisting that from that point on, he was “never in the room with [Epstein] socially, for business, or even philanthropy.”
https://www.rawstory.com/howard-lutnick-2677243140/

# Gov / Politics / US

‘Couldn’t care less’: Trump finally weighs in on deadly Iran war flare up. Aside from his remarks to Brandt, Trump did not issue any public statements on Saturday in the wake of the deaths of the two U.S. service members, sparking outrage after reports suggested he spent Saturday at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2677244246/

Senator Ed Markey calls for Trump’s IMPEACHMENT — and urges Americans to prepare for civil disobedience if ICE shows up at the polls.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5973873-donald-trump-election-claims-ed-markey/

Trump-style nationalism surges across globe. Will France be next with Le Pen reprise?
Voters in country after country have grown weary of the same experiment: ballooning welfare states, open-border policies, identity-driven governance, and supranational rules that delivered stagnation, insecurity, and a quiet erosion of national sovereignty.
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/trump-style-nationalism-continues-its-sweep-french-do-over-le-pen

If the government was a company, it would’ve faced lawsuits for data breach of millions of voters. Trump announced Thursday that China has compromised more than 200 million voter registration entries across 18 states, but if the government were a company, they would have been subject to lawsuits or even bankruptcy for such a data breach
https://justthenews.com/government/security/if-government-was-company-it-wouldve-faced-lawsuits-data-breach-millions-voters

GOP Rep Ralph Norman enters race to replace late-Lindsey Graham as South Carolina senator. Congressman to run for seat despite Donald Trump backing Graham’s sister, Darline, should she choose to run
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/18/us-house-ralph-norman-south-carolina-lindsey-graham

Texas Republicans’ refusal to participate in debates follows broader trend in GOP politics. Both Gov. Greg Abbott and Republican Railroad Commission nominee Bo French either skipped or declined to participate in debates this week.
https://www.sacurrent.com/news/politics-and-elections/texas-republicans-refusal-to-participate-in-debates-follows-broader-trend-in-gop-politics/

Trump has tried to decouple from China, but ending U.S. reliance on the country would cost America nearly $14 trillion, EY warns. Economists warn the cost for Europe and the U.S. to decouple from the country would be astronomical, and in some ways, completely unrealistic.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/trump-tried-decouple-china-ending-155928119.html

Trump-Endorsed GOP Georgia Senate Nominee Mike Collins Faces Scrutiny Over Son-In-Law’s White Nationalist Ties. Mike Collins’ son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II, has shared antisemitic conspiracies and Nazi imagery online
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/senate-trump-mike-collins-white-nationalism

DHS Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time Over a Voter Database a Judge Already Blocked as Flawed. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin at a Friday press conference said election officials that don’t make changes based on “information they need to secure their elections” will be held accountable.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/17/dhs-secretary-vows-fines-and-even-prison-time-for-election-officials-that-dont-comply-01003116

Trump Counter terrorism Strategy Expands Administration’s War on Progressives. Right-wing forces are working to silence political opposition. New laws that effectively criminalize dissent reflect the right’s disgust for politically active citizens.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/anti-protest-laws-suppression-opposition-free-speech/

Trump becomes first president to order activation of never-used ‘alien terrorist removal court’ in classified move. The court has been dormant since it was created in 1996
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/18/trump-alien-terrorist-deportation-court-01004184

Donald Trump’s Latest Threat Has Americans Beside Themselves.
https://share.newsbreak.com/j1jxu3ay

Fear is spreading across the US as President Donald Trump begins a brutal new crackdown against those that oppose him and his mate.
https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/us-politics/going-to-go-through-hell-us-president-donald-trump-issues-chilling-new-threat/news-story/15d02df05fd008ff6964ecc048a0aab9

Trump is America’s biggest national security threat. The U.S. has rarely, if ever, been as vulnerable as it is today under President Trump. He has become our greatest national security threat.
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5963370-trump-national-security-threat/

Trump admin’s shocking move just branded humanitarians as ‘terror financiers’: An American far-left activist was arrested in Spain last week at the request of the Trump administration on money laundering charges, a case journalist Alissa Valdes-Rodriguez argued has disturbing implications for any American who’s ever volunteered or donated to a relief fund.
https://www.rawstory.com/fergie-chambers/

Trump’s eye-bulging meltdowns left biographer ‘afraid’: ‘This is craziness.’ Michael Wolff reveals why the president’s relentless fixation on the 2020 election may be more than political theater.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-loser-trump-melted-down-in-front-of-me-for-hours-wolff/

Trump admin accused of ‘war crime’ after strike leaves thousands without water: About 10,000 people in nearly two dozen villages in southern Iran were without drinking water while the region was under an excessive heat warning on Saturday, after the US struck a water desalination plant in the village of Bonji in one of its latest attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure.
https://www.rawstory.com/amp/iran-war-2677243108-2677243108

A Trump scandal finally has the teeth to put him in real danger: Trump’s failsafe plan to get away with everything, from 747s to Epstein obstruction, may have just stumbled. Badly. He may have crossed a line in his lawsuit settlement with DOJ and the IRS, because this one is biting back and it now has some teeth — but not for reasons you might expect.
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/todd-blanche-trump-2677215699/

Trump didn’t find voter fraud, he manufactured a crisis. In an address from the White House, the president sought to reveal proof for his baseless assertions of a 2020 vote marred by fraud. But once again, he came up empty. A White House official told us that after an exhaustive examination of “millions” of documents that had been collected, a team of investigators had found no evidence to support such claims.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/07/trump-election-fraud-speech/687950/

# Global News
Mexican President Sheinbaum says she will attend World Cup final Sunday after invitation from Trump. She added that she will be joined by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, a soccer fan who has already attended at least one match.
https://justthenews.com/government/mexican-president-sheinbaum-says-she-will-attend-world-cup-final-sunday-after-invitation

Lebanese President Heads to Washington to Advance Peace Framework With Israel. The Lebanese and US president are expected to discuss ceasefire, southern Lebanon, and Israel’s withdrawal.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/18/lebanons-aoun-to-meet-trump-in-washington-to-discuss-israel-talks

South Korea’s Far Right Is on the Rise, with MAGA Movement’s Backing. The retail tycoon who owns Starbucks Korea, a longtime friend of Donald Trump, is stoking the country’s far right.
https://truthout.org/articles/south-koreas-far-right-is-on-the-rise-with-the-maga-movements-backing/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
John Solomon REVEALS The Hidden Truths of the 2020 Election: China’s Data Breach and the Fight for Transparency
https://justthenews.com/podcasts/john-solomon-reports/john-solomon-reveals-hidden-truths-2020-election-chinas-data-breach?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter

# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp
Inside California’s Battle With the Marijuana Black Market
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/inside-californias-battle-with-the-marijuana-black-market-6046194

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
U.S. Coast Guard monitors Chinese ships off Alaska coast. Two Chinese research ships pushed north through American waters off Alaska this week, and for the first time this year, they didn’t just skirt past the edge of U.S. territory, they crossed directly through it.
https://defence-blog.com/chinese-spy-vessels-cross-u-s-waters-on-the-way-to-the-arctic/

US launches new air strikes to ‘punish’ Iran for overnight attack on American soldiers in Jordan. The strikes were designed to further degrade Iran’s ability to restrict the traffic of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command said.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-hormuz-strait-war-july-18-2026-5adfef67554652580963684d9a663af2

Trump and Hegseth Have Gone Off the Deep End. This Is The Truth About Hegseth’s Bizarre HRT Plan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZI2yqfnFJo

# Travel / Tourism / TSA
State Department issues worldwide caution travel advisory amid Middle East tensions. The U.S. State Department issued a global Worldwide Caution advising all Americans abroad to “exercise increased caution” due to heightened tensions and the potential for unforeseen escalation in the Middle East
https://www.newsweek.com/state-department-worldwide-travel-warning-iran-conflict-12214848

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Revealing the reality of conditions in ICE detention centers: Inhumane Detention Conditions Aren’t Uncommon, They’re Part of the Problem
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/inhumane-ice-detention-conditions-delaney-hall/

[Video] METRO bus may have captured video of deadly ICE encounter in Houston. Video recorded by a METRO bus may provide important evidence in the deadly shooting of Lorenzo Salgado during an encounter with federal immigration agents in Houston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVZZe2d1bcw

More Than 60 People Have Died in ICE Custody or Shootings Since Trump Took Office, 4 Times the Biden-Era Rate. The mortality rate of deaths in ICE custody is at its highest level in over a decade and has more than doubled since Trump’s second term began.
https://www.hrw.org/report/2026/06/25/dying-in-detention/rising-deaths-in-an-expanding-us-immigration-detention-system

Plainclothes ICE agents left man partially handcuffed at Las Vegas airport after being confronted by onlookers, video shows
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B27FNIQznAc

ICE Contractor Accused of Shooting Protesters and Fleeing. Booth was booked on suspicion of attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, attempted first-degree assault, felony menacing, and unlawful carrying of a concealed weapon.
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/employee-who-works-at-aurora-ice-processing-center-arrested-accused-of-shooting-and-injuring-colorado-protester/

Trump-appointed prosecutor inadvertently throws killer ICE agent under the bus. Some legal experts noticed that a specific passage of the statement appeared to directly indicate ICE officers lied about a critical detail.
https://www.rawstory.com/ice-2677241050/

# Drugs / Trafficking / DEA / Gangs / Cartels
12-Fold Rise in Kratom Poisonings. Kratom and related high-potency products like 7-OH have recently become widely available. Consumption of high potency kratom products can cause adverse reactions, resulting in reports to poison centers. This study examined trends in kratom-related poison reports over the last 11 years, finding dramatic increases.
https://www.recoveryanswers.org/research-post/kratom-related-poison-reports-increased-12-fold-2015-2025/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
U.S. companies have finally gotten $71 billion in tariff refunds, but they’re using it to offset inflation caused by the Iran war
https://tradersunion.com/news/market-voices/show/2712700-us-tariff-refunds-offset-inflation/

Wall Street erupts as Trump family plots brazen cash grab off president’s market-moving posts. Wall Street erupted in fury on Friday as it emerged Donald Trump’s social media company is planning to charge as much as $100,000 per month for early access to the president’s market-moving posts.
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15985941/trump-family-wall-street-cash-grab.html

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
Man exposes giant yellow pods with cameras stationed on Arizona road. Then he takes a second look: ‘explain to me and there’s a cable going in the backside.’  He felt intrigued and decided to investigate.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/social-media/man-exposes-giant-yellow-pods-with-cameras-stationed-on-arizona-road-then-he-takes-a-second-look-explain-to-me-and-theres-a-cable-going-in-the-backside/

US Forest Service workers kidnapped; hostage situation ends in arrests
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tykmti

Trump Guts Two National Monuments ‘At the Behest of Polluting Corporations Who Seek to Ravage Them.’
“Today’s proclamations are a slap to the face of public lands visitors across the country, as well as the local communities and tribes that have worked for years to protect these special places.”
https://www.americanprogress.org/press/trump-again-removes-protections-from-utah-national-monuments/

Defenders of Wildlife condemns the Trump administration’s egregious attempt to virtually eliminate Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, reducing the monuments’ boundaries by over 90%. This is the second attempt by the Trump administration to shrink these National Monuments.
https://defenders.org/newsroom/defenders-condemns-trump-administration-slashing-national-monuments

New Mexico environmentalist group on ‘high alert’ after Trump shrinks Utah national monuments: A New Mexico environmentalist group is sounding the alarm about what President Donald Trump’s decision to dramatically reduce the footprints of two national monuments in Utah could mean for several “beloved” national monuments in New Mexico.
https://sourcenm.com/briefs/new-mexico-environmentalist-group-on-high-alert-after-trumps-shrinks-utah-national-monuments/

Donald Trump Admin Narrows an Endangered Species Act Rule That Could Allow More Habitat Destruction: ‘Death sentence’: Trump administration to open habitats of endangered species to logging and mining
Habitat destruction strongest driver of species loss, with legislation keeping 99% of listed species from going extinct
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/10/epa-rollback-endangered-habitats-logging-mining

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Sen. Schiff Demands Federal Investigation Into Big Oil’s $94 Billion Profits, Blaming Trump’s Iran War for Gas Price Surge
https://www.newsbreak.com/combat-rated-361333999/4774742611786-sen-schiff-demands-federal-investigation-into-big-oil-s-94-billion-profits-blaming-trump-s-iran-war-for-gas-price-surge

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Dershowitz backs out of interview with House panel over Epstein: The committee is now looking to reschedule the planned meeting.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/07/17/congress/dershowitz-a-no-show-01002961

# Gov / Politics / US
White House in panic after Trump fails to deliver ‘really big news’ in primetime address. The White House was forced to do damage control following the president’s lackluster address to the nation on Thursday night
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/white-house-panic-after-trump-1942427\

Trump’s Primetime Speech Was a Dud. He Could Still Use it to Interfere in the Midterms. The allegations of foreign interference by China are intended to create a fake national emergency. Fact-checking Trump’s repeated election fraud claims in primetime address
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXmTWz5-ffQ

Trump’s Election Integrity Speech Lays Groundwork for Midterm Interference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dEadnAJTHs

Trump’s election fraud speech was a weirdly good sign for American democracy. Trump’s primetime speech accidentally exposed the limits of his campaign to undermine US elections.
https://www.vox.com/politics/495969/trump-speech-primetime-election-fraud-2020-july

The Real Meaning of Trump’s Election Denial Speech, It’s worse than you think. Trump is a politician who does not think in terms of policies, nor votes, nor coalitions. He thinks almost exclusively in story. One that he can tell, embellish, entertain with—and be the main character in. It’s not required that the story be believable, but that it can be easily followed.
https://michaelwolffnyc.substack.com/p/the-real-meaning-of-trumps-election

The Chilling Directive at the End of Trump’s Speech: Trump gave a speech packed with recycled 2020 grievances and zero new evidence. Buried at the end was a directive every voter should be paying attention to. Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias breaks down what Trump actually said, why his claims about Chinese hacking, “vulnerable” voting machines and noncitizen voting don’t hold up, and what he’s really setting up: a partisan purge of voter rolls before the midterms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XZmDOy-7Pc

Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump’s investment firms tied to $6.3 billion in Pentagon contracts
https://moneywise.com/news/top-stories/trump-sons-defense-startups-pentagon-contracts

California Lawmaker Says Trump Faces “25th Amendment or Prison” After Threatening to Revoke ABC and NBC Broadcast Licenses for Not Airing His Election Speech Live
https://share.newsbreak.com/j14w72y7

Treasury Official Fired After He Reportedly Warned White House Might Be Violating Law. Kenneth Kies warned that political officials risked breaching a law that limits who can influence tax enforcement
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/top-treasury-tax-official-ousted-after-clashes-with-white-house-over-irs-audits-60d5b1df

Trump’s CCP Election Interference Claims May Signal Shift in China Policy: As Trump spoke, a new landing page appeared on the White House website including links to some documents. But the documents did not go nearly as far in their conclusions as Trump suggested. A CNN analysis of the documents found they are newly declassified but mostly discuss vulnerabilities that have been known for years that officials have been trying to address.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/5973639-donald-trump-election-interference-claims-vs-white-house-docs/

China dismisses Trump election interference accusations as ‘entirely fabricated,’ threatens countermeasures
Beijing warns of ‘reciprocal countermeasures’ after Trump administration said it would shorten visas for Chinese journalists
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/china-dismisses-trump-election-interference-accusations-entirely-fabricated-threatens-countermeasures

Trump’s Chinese interference claims ‘reveal huge crisis facing American democracy’
The US president’s allegations are campaign rhetoric and not likely to affect ties with Beijing, according to a leading political scientist
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3361031/trumps-chinese-interference-claims-reveal-huge-crisis-facing-american-democracy

Dems unite to boycott hearing on emerging threat facing America: ‘Don’t want to know the truth.’ The Democratic side of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee dais was empty Wednesday as Republicans questioned witnesses at a hearing on “Exposing Fraud in America,” prompting GOP lawmakers to accuse the minority of ducking a politically uncomfortable issue
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-unite-boycott-hearing-emerging-threat-facing-america-dont-want-know-truth

MS NOW National Security Analyst Argues Trump And the ‘Intelligence Community Are Lying’ to the Public.  This argument stems from MSNBC/NBC News commentators and former intelligence officials criticizing President Donald Trump’s public address regarding the 2020 election
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4JCMIj9DKs

Sen. Murray Declares SAVE America Act Dead on Arrival — “It Belongs in the Trash With the Rest of Donald Trump’s Conspiracy Theories”
https://www.newsbreak.com/combat-rated-361333999/4775204730608-sen-murray-declares-save-america-act-dead-on-arrival-it-belongs-in-the-trash-with-the-rest-of-donald-trump-s-conspiracy-theories

‘Trump Is Trying to End Our Democracy’: Alarm as President Attacks Elections Ahead of Midterms
“He’s reviving conspiracy theories about mail voting, pushing voter suppression, and laying the groundwork for an unprecedented federal takeover of our elections.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-primetime-election-speech

‘Fascism Is Here’: Rubio, Miller Say More Terrorist Designations Coming for ‘Far-Left’ Groups. “If you’re not alarmed you’re not paying attention.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/stephen-miller-nspm-7

Trump’s GOP Is Ripping This Nation Apart. The Question Is: Why? The morality of today’s Republican Party has been laid bare. But it boggles the mind the depth of this destruction and cruelty.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/why-is-trump-ripping-nation-apart

Culture wars, political polarization and deepening inequality: the roots of Trumpism. He has adopted a neo-imperial view of the economy, treating the global order as a zero-sum contest of winners and losers. In this worldview, cooperation gives way to domination: what matters is power and the accumulation of wealth.
https://theconversation.com/culture-wars-political-polarization-and-deepening-inequality-the-roots-of-trumpism-255778

“It Is Time for Donald Trump to Be Removed From Office” — Armed Services Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith Cites Hormuz Toll Fiasco and Says “We Have to Question His Sanity”
https://www.newsbreak.com/combat-rated-361333999/4770646263377-it-is-time-for-donald-trump-to-be-removed-from-office-armed-services-ranking-member-rep-adam-smith-cites-hormuz-toll-fiasco-and-says-we-have-to-question-his-sanity

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Rubio Threatens to ‘Teach the ICC’—Which Prosecutes War Crimes—the ‘Full Meaning of American Resolve.’ “Is the secretary of state worried because he knows US personnel committed war crimes in Iran?”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/rubio-international-criminal-court

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Pentagon Wins Court Battle Over Journalist Escort Policy — “Reporters Do Not Have a First Amendment Right to Freely Roam the Halls of the Pentagon,”
https://share.newsbreak.com/j152gkjj

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
How Medical Upcoding Made People Look Sick, Increased Medicare Payments. By adding diagnoses to a patient’s risk analysis that no doctor had ever indicated, an insurance company can gain additional federal payments.
https://www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2024/10/31/watchdog-estimates-7-5-billion-medicare-advantage-overpayment-from-questionable-health-risk-assessments

Sickness scores surged for UnitedHealth Medicare Advantage patients: UnitedHealth Group has optimized its ability to increase Medicare Advantage members’ sickness scores and corresponding government payments by directly employing thousands of physicians at Optum and integrating sophisticated software tools into clinical workflows, according to a Dec. 29 investigation
https://www.beckerspayer.com/payer/sickness-scores-surged-for-unitedhealth-medicare-advantage-patients-wsj/

Walgreens is closing 1,200 stores, and seniors who fill prescriptions there may need a new pharmacy.  Drugstores that once snapped up prime retail space in towns and cities across the country are in retreat. They’ve been battered by shrinking prescription reimbursement, persistent theft, rising costs and consumers who have strayed to online retailers or competitors with better prices.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/walgreens-lays-plan-shutter-1-112239897.html

Drug Companies Raised Generic Prices 1,000%. Now 48 States Are Making Them Pay.  Generic drug manufacturer Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has agreed to a $29.6 million settlement for conspiring with other companies to fix generic drug prices and boost profits.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/price-fixing-conspiracy-costs-drugmaker-29m-multistate-settlement/

# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp
[Video] New state guidelines ban all THC except Delta-9, effects on shop owners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd3UUN8AlKk

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
US-Israeli Bombing Has Harmed Iran’s Wildlife, Farms, and Water Supply. Toxic pollution from the war on Iran will continue to devastate the country’s environment for years to come.
https://truthout.org/articles/us-israeli-bombing-has-harmed-irans-wildlife-farms-and-water-supply/

US Bombs Iran’s Civilian Infrastructure as Trump Threatens Power Plants, Bridges. Trump once again threatened this week to take out “all” of Iran’s power plants and bridges.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/07/15/jkth-j15.html

Fed-up sailors stranded in the Strait of Hormuz had explicit message for US forces: ‘F–k off’
https://share.newsbreak.com/j151d06s

How Section 219, the US-Israel Military Merger, Would Thwart American Democracy. The merger would connect the US and Israeli militaries in unprecedented ways and make it exceedingly difficult for any future president to unwind this partnership with a foreign government, no matter what public opinion says.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/us-israel-military-merger

# Other Interestimg Stuff
10 times satellite imagery found something buried beneath the ground that archaeologists had been searching for on foot for decades. Hidden beneath dense forests, remote deserts, and rugged landscapes, ancient ruins detected by satellite have revealed remarkable discoveries that continue to intrigue archaeologists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chZ0KcNIJTY

Archaeologists Found Something in Oregon That Could Rewrite Human Origins. Deep in Oregon, archaeologists uncovered something that may challenge what we thought we knew about early human history in North America. The discovery has sparked questions about ancient migration, lost civilizations, and whether humans arrived in the Americas much earlier than many people believed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6R6wuM4yRs

# Science / Research
The only research center for disabled parents is losing federal funding. Staff call it a “profound setback for disability rights and family equity.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/brandeis-hhs-omb-research-grant-parents-disabilities-funding/

# Transportation / Trucking
China Is Building A Monster Supply Ship For Its Carrier Groups. What looks to be the largest at-sea replenishment ship anywhere in the world is taking shape at a Chinese shipyard.
https://www.twz.com/sea/china-is-building-a-monster-supply-ship-for-its-carrier-groups#:~:text=The%20new%20ship’s%20large%20size,require%20blue%20water%20support%2C%20too

# Veterans / VA
Speaker Johnson suffers humiliating political defeat, yanks veterans benefits bill
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/speaker-johnson-suffers-humiliating-political-232613579.html

VA Unveils Plan to Cut Red Tape for Veterans’ Benefits:  The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced a proposal to cut the amount of paperwork and time it takes for Veterans to apply for VA benefits.
https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-proposal-would-cut-paperwork-for-veterans-and-survivors-applying-for-benefits/

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
After Killings, Homan Says There Will Be ‘More Bloodshed’ Unless Dems ‘Shut Their Mouth’ About ICE
https://www.commondreams.org/news/tom-homan-bloodshed

Lawmakers fear child deportations ramping up in Texas
https://www.borderreport.com/border-report-tour/immigration/lawmakers-fear-child-deportations-ramping-up-in-texas/

After Killings, Homan Says There Will Be ‘More Bloodshed’ Unless Dems ‘Shut Their Mouth’ About ICE. “They are blaming the opposition for people being killed by their police.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/tom-homan-bloodshed

Trump Under Fire for Diverting Disaster Relief Workers to Immigration Policing. Trump administration officials were notably absent from a House hearing on reforming FEMA this week.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-under-fire-for-diverting-disaster-relief-workers-to-immigration-policing/

Age of authoritarianism. Justice Department officials are threatening to withhold federal funding for rape kits, bulletproof vests for police officers, and ambulances for paramedics to drive in cities that have “sanctuary” policies that help their immigrant communities.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/07/16/us-cities-police-ambulance-funding-rape-kits-ice-doj/90903355007/

Lawless street executions. “The tragedies we’ve seen were foreseeable, and inevitable. The Trump administration has made clear that its goal isn’t just to deport dangerous people, but to terrorize immigrant communities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/opinion/ice-killing-maine-houston-guerrero-araujo.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yFA.2gUJ.p8Y8kCQGYKuZ&smid=re-nytopinion

One week, three deaths involving ICE. The three deadly encounters with ICE in the past week show that the agency’s use of violent force is not the exception, but the rule.  Arenas-Silva’s sister and immigrants’ rights groups in Georgia said in a press statement that ICE did not provide him with necessary medications during his time in detention for an unnamed condition he was dealing with
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/man-dies-georgia-ice-detention

Five-year-old held in Connecticut federal immigration custody separated from family for 118 days: Camila was permitted to see her mother for one hour each week while in detention, and spent the rest of her time in a foster home, or in a federally contracted building. On any given day this spring there were more than two dozen immigrant children detained without a parent or guardian in programs run by Connecticut nonprofits.
https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/immigration-ct-habeas-unaccompanied-minors-22093788.php?utm_source=social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=topics_testing&utm_content=reddit

Alabama family fights for release of 18-year-old son held in detention for months despite temporary status: Elder Chavez, a high school student, has been in detention for more than six months even though he has Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
https://www.al.com/news/2026/07/alabama-community-praying-for-release-of-18-year-old-ice-detainee-hes-in-hell.html

[Photo essay] Indiana, ICE and the Destruction of Immigrant Families: A series of black and white photos and audio clips illustrate how life has been upended for immigrants in Indiana, a state that has allied itself with Trump’s enforcement agenda. At the “Crossroads of America,” Trump’s detention policies have found one of their strongest allies.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/indiana-ice-and-the-destruction-of-immigrant-families/

# Chemicals
Ross Perot Jr.’s latest venture could change millions of lives. Ross Perot Jr. steps into the fight against forever chemicals as a powerful new ally. Willed into existence by Perot, Alliance’s growth has been shepherded by Hillwood’s president, Mike Berry. After 35 years, it’s clear their gamble on once-rural property has paid off.
https://www.alliancetexasmiz.com/news/alliance-35-years-later-how-ross-perot-jr-s-grand-vision-changed-fort-worth-forever/

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
EPA Proposal Could Limit Texans’ Say on Air Permits. The change would give states greater power on deciding how much notice and public input residents receive before such permits are approved or denied.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/16/texas-epa-rule-minor-pollution-permits-public-input-tceq-data-centers/

US Gov Report Details ‘Robust’ Ties Between Climate Crisis and Extreme Weather Events. “The next time your community is hit by a heatwave or flash flood, lay some blame with Big Oil. This report is yet another sign that we need to break away from this dangerous, polluting industry,” one scientist said.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/fossil-fuels-extreme-weather

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Trump’s Epstein file headache refuses to end as Republican senator issues ultimatum to Todd Blanche over AG vote
https://www.the-sun.com/news/16702091/trumps-epstein-file-headache-refuses-to-end-as-republican-senator-issues-ultimatum-to-todd-blanche-over-ag-vote/

Sparks fly as GOP’s top investigator breaks with Trump over Epstein files. Rep. James Comer (R-KY) admitted Thursday that he agrees with Vice President JD Vance’s comments that the Trump administration and Department of Justice’s rollout of the Epstein files has “been handled poorly,” according to reports.
https://www.rawstory.com/comer-2677234567/

Blanche to meet with Epstein survivors as Tillis stalls on confirmation support
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/07/16/congress/blanche-listens-to-tillis-01002573

Blanche’s botched meeting with Epstein survivor signals dark turn in confirmation: analyst
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoCa9OPK6q8

Epstein survivors speak against Blanche confirmation
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/epstein-survivors-speak-against-blanche-confirmation-266747973591

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace says standing up to the Trump admin on the Epstein files ‘may have ended my political career’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5967111-nancy-mace-donald-trump-influence-political-career/

# Gov / Politics / US
What Todd Blanche failed to learn from Watergate: Blanche has served the president slavishly. He personally interviewed Ghislane Maxwell who then got reassigned to a Club Fed; he guided the unlawfully incomplete release of the DOJ’s Epstein files; he spearheaded the effort to prosecute Trump’s perceived enemies; and he defended ICE agents publicly after they killed innocent Americans.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/todd-blanche-watergate

‘Fascism Is Here’: Rubio, Miller Say More Terrorist Designations Coming for ‘Far-Left’ Groups. “If you’re not alarmed you’re not paying attention.” Trump administration officials on Thursday hyped up plans to carry out mass political arrests and prosecutions of people whom it deemed far-left terrorists.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/stephen-miller-nspm-7

Elon Musk faces criminal charges as Wisconsin rules he violated election law with $1 million bribes to vote against ‘activist judges’
https://time.com/article/2026/07/15/elon-musk-wisconsin-election-law-supreme-court-million-dollar-giveaway/

[Video] Trump’s AG Nominee Says Trump ‘Can’t Be Audited’ for Tax Crimes. The agreement to spare the president from IRS scrutiny was a point of contention during Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/07/15/congress/blanche-says-trumps-immunity-deal-doesnt-apply-to-2b-in-2025-earnings-00999760

Senate passes Older Americans Act following bumpy road for legislation
https://www.mcknightshomecare.com/news/senate-reauthorizes-older-americans-act-following-bumpy-road-for-legislation/

‘Word salad answer!’ GOP senator chews out Trump official at explosive hearing
https://www.rawstory.com/thom-tillis-2677234252/

GOP infighting erupts as MAGA Republicans scream at each other behind closed doors
https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-2677234200/

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters becomes the 28th retiring member of the U.S. Congress to endorse a successor this year
https://news.ballotpedia.org/2026/07/15/u-s-sen-gary-peters-becomes-the-28th-retiring-member-of-the-u-s-congress-to-endorse-a-successor-this-year/

Trump’s revenge pick implodes as new poll ‘ringing alarm bells’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-paxton-poll/

Trump’s latest legal attacks on political protest are disturbing. Under the National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7) initiative, Trump has indicted 15 Minnesota activists in June for their involvement in organizing against ICE’s terror campaign, Operation Metro Surge. The charges paint civil disobedience as “domestic terrorism,” a broad and loosely-defined category intended to target political dissenters resisting the MAGA machine.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/political-violence-event-trump-marco-rubio

Trump drops election integrity bombshells, urges passage of SAVE America Act. The documents reportedly reveal that there was a concerted and conscientious effort by the IC not to tell the president (Trump at the time), Congress or the American people.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/save-act-and-election-power-grab

Declassified documents show ‘shadow government’ in action to suppress China threat to elections
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-congress-iran-blanche-doj-ice-2026-maine-senate-live-updates-rcna587765
You can review the administration’s stated evidence directly via the White House Election Integrity portal.
For independent, fact-checked analysis of the declassified documents, see CNN’s Transcript and Annotation
DW’s Analysis of the Claims.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/election-integrity/

Texas Democrats ask for investigation into Ken Paxton voter registration. The complaint comes after The Texas Tribune and ProPublica found the Texas attorney general repeatedly voted while registered at an address where he appears to no longer live.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/16/democrats-ken-paxton-voter-fraud-complaint/

The Dangers of Florida’s New “Terrorist” Designations. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced on July 1 his intent to designate certain Muslim and anti-fascist groups, including U.S. groups, as “terrorist organizations.”
https://www.justsecurity.org/146537/dangers-florida-new-terrorist-designations/

‘Trump Is Trying to End Our Democracy’: Alarm Over ‘Insane’ Primetime Speech. “He’s reviving conspiracy theories about mail voting, pushing voter suppression, and laying the groundwork for an unprecedented federal takeover of our elections.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-primetime-election-speech

A year after State layoffs, ex-feds say U.S. is paying the price in Iran and Ebola crises. Democratic lawmakers at a Thursday press conference also touted a new bill that would exempt foreign service officers who were pushed out by the Trump administration from being required to take the Foreign Service Officer Test if they wish to rejoin.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/07/year-after-state-layoffs-exfeds-iran-ebola-crises/414822/

# Global News
Babies in Gaza Die Preventable Deaths Due to Medical Shortages Imposed by Israel. Mothers in Gaza are losing their newborns as hospitals struggle to function without adequate supplies and resources.
https://truthout.org/articles/babies-in-gaza-die-preventable-deaths-due-to-medical-shortages-imposed-by-israel/

Iran Threatens All Regional Infrastructure. The conflict between the United States and Iran has intensified, with fresh U.S. strikes targeting Iranian military sites and a vessel approaching Iranian waters as Washington steps up pressure in the Gulf. Iran has responded with missile and drone attacks targeting U.S. allies,
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/16/iran-threatens-persian-gulf-nations-infrastructure-us-continues/

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Daniel Erving: Mother Of Black Swimmer Who Suspiciously Drowned In Texas Lake Speaks Out After Evidence Tampering Arrests
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/months-teens-drowning-death-mother-says-two-arrests-only-provide-parti-rcna587610

FBI’s ‘Operation Summer Heat 2.0’ Sees Hundreds of Arrests, Drugs Seized, 120 Children Located
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/15/exclusive-fbis-operation-summer-heat-2-0-sees-hundreds-of-arrests-drugs-seized-120-children-located/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Roger Rogoff was sworn in as U.S. Attorney in Seattle at 7:40 on Wednesday morning. Fifty-four minutes later he was fired by Trump over email. When a reporter asked him about it, he said: “Greatest hour in my life.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5971187-donald-trump-roger-rogoff-washington-state-prosecutor-firing/

Even Republican judges don’t buy the DOJ’s voter roll arguments
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/most-of-trump-dojs-voter-roll-losses-have-come-from-gop-appointed-judges/

# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Washington hospice staff say private equity ‘joint venture’ brought rushed visits, false records. Hospice nurse Milli Palmer says her longtime nonprofit workplace changed rapidly after it entered a partnership with a private equity-backed company. Workers say the deal was followed by pressure to move faster, keep up despite limited staffing, and, in some cases, falsify records.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/washington-hospice-staff-private-equity-140500591.html

Mothers of Black babies are more likely to be flagged to police over alleged drug use during pregnancies, according to our new analysis of child welfare data from eight states.
https://san.com/cc/black-mothers-more-likely-to-be-flagged-to-police-over-alleged-pregnancy-drug-use-report/

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Iran war live: US launches sixth consecutive night of strikes against Iran
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/16/iran-war-live-sirens-in-bahrain-kuwait-us-disables-iranian-oil-tanker

US targets Iranian bridges and roads in IRGC stronghold of Bandar Abbas to choke off supply routes. The U.S. military is targeting bridges, railways, and roads in and around the strategic port city of Bandar Abbas to restrict supply lines to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
https://justthenews.com/world/middle-east/us-targets-iranian-bridges-and-roads-irgc-stronghold-bandar-abbas-choke-supply

# Military / Global
Kids Forced to Evacuate Hospital as US Ramps Up Attacks on Iran’s Civilian Areas. “This constitutes a cowardly war crime against the most innocent,” said a spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
https://truthout.org/articles/kids-forced-to-evacuate-hospital-as-us-ramps-up-attacks-on-irans-civilian-areas/

# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / Secret Service
You Know About Flock Cameras, Meet Nema Nodes: They Turn Streetlights Into A Surveillance Network. Standardized NEMA sockets let municipalities add cameras and air sensors to existing poles with no public vote or new hardware
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XoT63WWKh4

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics / Internet
This New Jersey town fought back against AI data centers — and it’s not alone
https://www.nj.com/news/2026/06/these-4-nj-towns-are-joining-the-rebellion-against-ai-data-centers.html

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Detainees at Texas ICE facility report frequent beatings and abuse.  A new report from human rights advocates says 90% of detainees interviewed at a sprawling ICE facility in Texas say they were either beaten by guards or witnessed others being beaten
https://apnews.com/article/ice-camp-detention-trump-homeland-security-dhs-immigration-deaths-abuse-30ec92636a5601b0071895efa871b990

Trump’s Immigration Agenda Is No Longer Just About the Border. Legal Immigration Is Being Rewritten:  The biggest immigration changes under President Donald Trump are no longer happening at the southern border. They’re happening inside U.S. embassies, visa offices and immigration agencies, where legal pathways that millions once relied on have become harder to navigate and far less predictable.
https://www.newsbreak.com/easy-everyday-recipes-380399510/4770563287267-trump-s-immigration-agenda-is-no-longer-just-about-the-border-legal-immigration-is-being-rewritten

Vehicle stops resume as an effective measure in fighting illegal immigration. Tuesday at the White House, a livid President Trump complained to advisers about the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to pause the type of vehicle stops by ICE agents that had led to two fatal shootings in the past two weeks.
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/16/trump-ice-shootings-vehicle-stops

Key GOP lawmaker seeks vote to restrict birthright citizenship as Trump weighs second SCOTUS appeal
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/hld-republicans-push-clarifying-legislation-supreme-court-birthright

‘A Human Rights Disaster’: Groups Demand Closure of Trump’s Largest Immigrant Detention Center. “The US government should shut it down, conduct independent investigations into all abuses and deaths in custody, and put an end to mass deportations and mandatory immigration detention.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/camp-east-montana-abuses

ICE Keeps Killing Immigrants in Cars It Claims Were “Weaponized” Against Agents
Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a father of a young daughter in Biddeford, Maine, is the second man ICE has killed in six days.
https://truthout.org/articles/ice-keeps-killing-immigrants-in-cars-it-claims-were-weaponized-against-agents/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencie
The national debt is over 100% of GDP and most of Congress is ignoring wishes to rein it in. It’s time to amend the Constitution.  If Washington continues to embrace its standard operating procedure, that figure is projected to climb to a stunning 175% of GDP over the next 30 years.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/national-debt-over-100-gdp-142640845.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump Assault on Iran Means More Pain Incoming for Working Families. “Families shouldn’t be paying the price for Trump’s reckless decisions,” said US Rep. Zoe Lofgren.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-war-restarts-oil

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
East Texas counties move to protect groundwater with new conservation district. More than a dozen East Texas counties are working to create a groundwater conservation district that would prevent over-pumping water
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/16/east-texas-groundwater-district/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Nation’s biggest public utility just doubled down on coal, gas, and nuclear. Tennessee Valley Authority follows Trump’s lead, shying away from solar and wind.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/tennessee-valley-authority-public-utility-coal-gas-nuclear-power/

Pipelines or power lines? Battle over Texas grid threatens reliability, raises prices and pollutants
Texas’ energy future hinges on a battle between pipelines and power lines, as competing industries lobby lawmakers to shape the grid, profits and reliability
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/columnists/tomlinson/article/texas-power-lines-pipelines-battle-22339220.php

Oil prices extended gains as escalating U.S.-Iran tensions and Iranian threats against regional energy shipping routes heightened fears of broader supply disruptions. Iran warned that regional energy exports could be disrupted beyond the Strait of Hormuz, raising concerns over additional maritime chokepoints. Markets are increasingly focused on the risk that the Bab el-Mandeb Strait could become another major disruption point for global oil shipments.
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices/Oil-Prices-Climb-for-Fourth-Day-as-Iran-Threatens-New-Energy-Chokepoints.html

Donald Trump announces US troops are no longer needed in Iraq. In the same breath, touts new oil partnerships. After 23 years, the U.S. military is exiting Iraq to make room for a new era of commercial alliances.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/donald-trump-announces-us-troops-are-no-longer-needed-in-iraq-in-the-same-breath-touts-new-oil-partnerships/

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Nearly 100-year-old Texas supermarket chain is closing its last store: Family-Run Texas Grocery Store Chain Closing After Nearly 100 Years: ‘More Than Just a Store.’ “While this chapter is coming to an end, our gratitude is endless,” M. Rivas wrote in a message on its website
https://people.com/texas-grocery-chain-m-rivas-closing-after-nearly-100-years-12009224

EPA dropped microplastics checks for Florida fish farm, then fired engineer who objected. The company was reportedly willing to do the testing.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/epa-microplastics-florida-fish-farm-firing-engineer/

Evidence Grows That Taco Bell Infected Massive Number of Customers With Explosive Diarrhea. Apocryphal tales of its meals causing the runs have plagued Taco Bell since time immemorial. But this latest parasitic outbreak is something else entirely.
https://futurism.com/health-medicine/evidence-grows-taco-bell-explosive-diarrhea

A Federal Judge Just Stepped In To Stop States From Controlling What SNAP Users Can Buy
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/22/judge-snap-junk-food-rules-maha-00970700

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Six Jeffrey Epstein survivors say his former longtime assistant Lesley Groff lied to Congress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8d6maDXwtM

The Epstein investigation is about to reach Obama’s inner circle. Kathryn Ruemmler is the latest prominent figure called before the House Oversight Committee as lawmakers investigate the network of powerful people connected with Epstein
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/kathryn-ruemmler-goldman-sachs-epstein-investigation-b3015188.html

# Gov / Politics / US
President Trump will announce that both of Georgia’s Democrat US Senators are “ILLEGITIMATE” due to election fraud, per @DC_Reporter. This comes after FBI and other federal agencies raided election offices in Georgia recently. EXPOSE IT ALL!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfeM0Nl2RlQ

Jared Kushner gets caught in a massive scandal as it’s revealed that Iran warned the U.S. that he was abusing his negotiating role to line his and his cronies’ pockets with $9 BILLION!
We suspected it, now we have the smoking gun…
https://www.commondreams.org/news/kushner-witkoff-profit-iran-war

New revelations raise questions whether Jack Smith lied to Congress about spying on lawmakers
https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/lawmakers-accuse-jack-smith-lying-congress-call-federal-probe

Senate GOP poised for largest turnover of the millennium due to Trump primaries, retirements
https://thefacts.com/opinion/byron-york-senate-seeing-historic-republican-turnover/article_f69af2b8-b5f3-4b45-8ca6-28644ed4f726.html

Knives are out after Trump unleashes stinging 6-word insult at congressman
https://www.nj.com/politics/2026/07/knives-are-out-after-trump-unleashes-stinging-6-word-insult-at-congressman.html

House Republicans resurrect Save America Act by adding it to spending bill. Effort is latest attempt to pass bill that seeks to ban mail-in ballots and imposes voter identification requirements
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/house-republicans-save-america-act-spending-bill

Neo-Nazi influencer linked to MAGA candidate chasing crucial Senate seat
https://www.rawstory.com/mike-collins-2677231162/

President Donald Trump slams the White House as ‘deplorable’ and ‘an embarrassment’ while launching latest construction project
https://time.com/article/2026/07/13/how-trump-is-changing-front-of-the-white-house-renovation-project/

If there is one constant in Donald Trump’s administration, it is this: To gain power, one must first submit to acts of public humiliation. If proving ultimate loyalty to a mob boss requires committing a serious crime on his behalf, those seeking to become “made men” in Trump’s orbit must first debase themselves in public. It is initiation by humiliation — a test not of competence, but of submission
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/cost-trump-crosshairs-public-humiliation-rcna195650

Trump Sued His Own Government. A Judge Says the $1.8 Billion Deal Was Never a Normal Legal Fight. President’s Lawsuit With I.R.S. Was Self-Dealing
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/13/us/trump-news

Warren Says Trump Threw a ‘Tantrum’ and Blocked a Housing Bill to ‘Rig the Elections.’
https://www.aol.com/articles/warren-says-trump-threw-tantrum-103000000.html

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
“Something Not Right in the Buttermilk”: Dr. Matthews Calls for Investigation Into Judge Curvey Allegations.
https://www.houstonstringer.com/2026/07/15/somethings-not-right-in-the-buttermilk-dr-matthews-calls-for-investigation-into-judge-curvey-allegations/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
The media has one job Thursday night: Tell the truth about Trump’s lies
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/16/republicans-brace-trump-speech-election-fraud-00999640

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
25 health systems dropping Medicare Advantage plans | 2026: Providers dropping plans often cite prior authorization denials and slow reimbursement; in other cases, insurers are terminating the contracts themselves.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/16-health-systems-dropping-medicare-advantage-plans-2026/

Johns Hopkins, UnitedHealthcare end contract negotiations after failing to reach agreement
The Baltimore-based system and the major insurer failed to resolve their contract spat despite months of negotiations, sending some 60,000 patients permanently out of network.
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/johns-hopkins-unitedhealthcare-contract-negotiations-fail/758596/

# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Health Care Workers Furious as NYC Replaces Nurses With AI. “We are outraged about these layoffs because these dedicated nurses are being replaced by AI.”
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nyc-replaces-nurses-with-ai

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
U.S. launches ‘second wave’ of Iran strikes after ceasefire collapses. The U.S. has sought to limit Iran’s ability to control the Strait of Hormuz after President Donald Trump announced the temporary ceasefire was “over” a week ago.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/15/us-launches-new-strikes-on-iran-hormuz-00998599

Pete Hegseth has blocked the promotion of several female Navy officers to admiral, resulting in the first all-male promotion slate in more than a decade
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/us/hegseth-blocks-navy-promotions.html

# Other Interestimg Stuff
Oceanography Says There Is a Layer of Water in the Pacific That Has Not Mixed With the Surface in Over a Thousand Years.  This ancient, stagnant layer, known as the “shadow zone,” harbors life forms uniquely adapted to its extreme and unchanging conditions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYPJupOpyJY

# Social Services Programs / Social Security / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Bipartisan bill would force vote before Social Security cuts hit: The Protecting Retirement Opportunities and Maintaining Income Security for Everyone, or PROMISE Act, would direct the Social Security Advisory Board to submit a base bill guaranteeing at least 50 years of solvency. Congress would then be forced to debate, amend and vote on it within 100 hours, bypassing the inaction that has left the retirement trust fund six years from depletion.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/bipartisan-bill-force-vote-social-204000593.html

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics / Internet
Georgia homeowners say they have been given an ultimatum: sell your home or the state will take it to build AI datacenters
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/georgia-homeowners-forced-power-ai-150527590.html

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