Two weeks after the latest ceasefire collapsed, Donald Trump‘s handling of the Iran war continues to face broad public skepticism, pushing down his approval rating and leaving Americans with little hope it will end soon.

Only 32 percent of voters approve of the President’s handling of the war with Iran, and 49 percent believe he was wrong to launch military action that’s resulted in the deaths of 17 US troops, with over 100 injured, a Daily Mail/JL Partners poll shows.

Trump’s approval rating stands at 44 percent, slightly down from 47 percent in mid-June after a peace deal framework was announced.

The sit-down sent shockwaves around the world when it was aired on March 7, 2021, after the Duchess of Sussex claimed there had been ‘concerns’ within the Palace about the colour of their son Archie, while accusing The Firm of ‘perpetuating falsehoods about us’.

She highlighted the ‘sad irony’ of being ‘silent’ during her time as a royal, considering ‘I’ve always been outspoken about women’s rights‘, when Oprah asked Meghan: ‘Were you silent or were you silenced?’

‘The latter,’ the duchess replied, explaining how ‘everyone in my world was given a very clear directive, from the moment the world knew Harry and I were dating, to say “No comment”‘.

Five years later, Oprah told Vanity Fair she asked Meghan that because ‘I wanted to be clear’.

‘I wanted to be clear because…was she silenced? Were people telling her not to talk? That’s why I said that,’ the billionaire media mogul explained.

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The Democratic Party’s money problems have been an open secret for months. Federal Election Commission filings from around six months ago showed the Democratic National Committee entering the final stretch of last year with barely $12 million in its campaign account and nearly $16 million in debt, most of it stemming from a loan the committee took out the previous month. Donations had slumped just as the party needed them most.

Since then, the political environment has arguably been extremely beneficial for Democrats, with President Donald Trump’s low approval ratings, the war with Iran, and high gas prices. Any one of those should have been enough to give the party the momentum necessary to get them out of their financial slump. Now, instead of turning the financial picture around, the DNC appears to be doing something stranger: hiding it.

According to a report from Axios, DNC officials required senior leadership to sign non-disclosure agreements before a private meeting on the party’s finances, a departure from the committee’s usual practice. Two people familiar with the conversations said the DNC requested the NDAs ahead of the recent finance meeting. The DNC asked its officers, high-ranking members of chair Ken Martin’s own team, to sign the agreements, the kind of people who typically never sign confidentiality paperwork before sitting down to talk numbers.

The senior officers’ meeting took place on June 25, five days before the Supreme Court handed down a ruling that upended the rules governing how parties fund their candidates. The timing alone tells its own story about how the DNC is managing its message heading into a midterm cycle it can’t afford to fumble.

Martin has spent months fending off a quiet but persistent crisis of confidence among Democratic donors, operatives, and even members of his own committee, all of them watching the Republican National Committee build a fundraising advantage heading into the Nov. 3 midterms that keeps getting harder to explain away. The numbers through the end of May make the gap plain. The DNC held just under $15 million on hand against $18 million in debt, while the RNC sat on $125 million with no debt at all.

The DNC declined to comment on why it required only its officers to sign confidentiality agreements before the finance meeting, and they’re trying to pass it off as inconsequential. Chris Lowe, the committee’s national finance co-chair, claimed that requiring officers and board-meeting attendees to sign NDAs is standard practice in the corporate world. Lowe added that senior DNC staff already operate under confidentiality agreements and argued it would be poor practice to discuss finance and political strategy at the highest levels without them in place.

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Joe Biden opened the border and stuck you with the  hospital bill.

Now Chip Roy wants to know exactly how much it cost you.

And  hospitals that refuse to answer will lose their federal  healthcare funding entirely.

Washington Has Been Running a Cover-Up

For decades, American taxpayers have paid the bill for illegal alien healthcare – and Washington made sure you never knew how much it was.

No national data.

No federal reporting requirements.

Just crowded emergency rooms, exploding healthcare costs, and your insurance premiums going up every year while politicians told you illegal immigration was essentially free.

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Pete Hegseth cleaned house at the military academies.

Now a West Point Ranger is telling Congress it wasn’t enough.

And his blueprint just mapped out exactly how Democrats get it all back.

Donald Trump is preparing to unleash a fresh wave of tariffs on dozens of countries within days, brushing aside warnings from his own advisers that a renewed trade war could rattle the economy ahead of the midterms.

The President hammered Canada with a 50 percent levy on a sweep of goods on Monday, days after slapping 25 percent duties on Brazilian imports.

Now officials have drawn up options for Trump to hit dozens more nations as his blanket 10 percent global tariff is set to lapse on Friday, the Financial Times reports

Senior officials have privately urged the President to keep the peace with trading partners and honor the deals Washington cut in 2025 to bring their rates down, according to the FT.

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Former aides claim the 2024 Democratic presidential candidate could be a contender for the 2028 nomination

Multiple Democratic aides and strategists suggested Monday that former Vice President Kamala Harris is the “fairly obvious” frontrunner for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination.

New York Magazine’s Intelligencer spoke to several Harris aides regarding her potential chances if she chooses to enter the race after her defeat in the 2024 presidential election.

Despite her loss, some anonymous Democratic supporters believe, according to the report, that Harris has the upper hand over other party candidates based on her name recognition and recent public appearances.

“She walks in as the front-runner. It is fairly obvious she is followed wherever she goes,” one former aide said. “And I don’t want to upset any narratives that any of the other candidates are pushing, but she comes in with 99% name ID and everyone else is going to have to raise money and buy it.”

“She is looking for where the wave is going and is determined to ride it,” another supporter said. “Her mindset is that I should have won, and I am going to do it my way because my way would have won, and it was all these consultants that were telling me to take this position or that position, and it was their fault.”

Though some were concerned that Harris could be bogged down by her past support for the Biden administration and controversial viewpoints, others suggested that voters will be more forgiving of the former vice president after the second Trump administration.

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A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Monday denied former Joe Biden’s emergency motion for an injunction pending appeal that sought to block the Justice Department from releasing redacted transcripts and audio recordings of his private conversations with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer.

The 2-1 order, in Heritage Foundation and Mike Howell v. United States Department of Justice, was signed by Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan (Obama appointee) and Judge Gregory Katsas (Trump appointee). Judge Florence Pan (Biden appointee) dissented and would have granted the injunction.

The materials at issue are hours of recordings and transcripts from 2016 and 2017 sessions in which Biden spoke with Zwonitzer while preparing his memoir Promise Me, Dad.

Special Counsel Robert Hur obtained the recordings during his investigation into Biden’s unauthorized retention and disclosure of classified documents.

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Salisbury, Md. — Wicomico County is celebrating another significant achievement in its long-term dredge management strategy as the Department of Public Works (DPW) has successfully completed Phase II of the County’s dredge material recovery and relocation program—delivering the project on time and on budget.

The milestone represents another major step in ensuring the continued maintenance and economic viability of the Port of Salisbury while advancing Wicomico County’s long-term vision for responsible dredge management and future beneficial reuse opportunities.
Following the successful completion of Phase I in November 2025, which included the recovery and relocation of more than 100,000 cubic yards of stored dredge material from the Sharp’s Point Dredge Management Facility, DPW continued building momentum. After prescribed burns and enhanced aerial survey work conducted in the spring of 2026 provided a clearer path for future maintenance dredging operations, the department launched Phase II under an accelerated schedule.

This week, DPW completed the recovery and relocation of an additional 110,000 cubic yards of dredge material to County-owned property immediately adjacent to the Roads Division and Solid Waste campus. The effort was made possible through close coordination with the County’s contractor, neighboring municipalities, and state and federal regulatory agencies.

“This is another example of Wicomico County taking a proactive approach to infrastructure and long-term planning,” said County Executive Julie Giordano. “Our Department of Public Works has demonstrated exceptional leadership and collaboration to ensure this project was completed efficiently and responsibly. By preparing the Sharp’s Point Dredge Management Facility for future dredging operations, we are protecting a critical economic asset while positioning our County for future opportunities.”

“The completion of Phase II marks a significant achievement for Wicomico County’s long-term dredge management strategy,” said Adam Corry, Deputy Director of Public Works. “This project required extensive planning, coordination, and collaboration with our contractor, neighboring municipalities, and regulatory agencies. By completing this work on time and within budget, we have successfully prepared the Sharp’s Point Dredge Management Facility for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ upcoming maintenance dredging while also strategically positioning dredge material for future beneficial reuse projects. It is a testament to the dedication of our team and the County’s commitment to thoughtful infrastructure planning.”

The completion of Phase II secures the County’s primary objective of creating more than 370,000 cubic yards of available capacity at the Sharp’s Point Dredge Management Facility, ensuring the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has the space necessary to conduct scheduled maintenance dredging operations this season. The project also strategically positions dredge material closer to future beneficial reuse projects, reducing transportation costs and improving logistical efficiency.

The County’s enhanced focus on dredge management over the past two years has established a sustainable framework for maintaining navigation channels while creating opportunities for future environmental and infrastructure projects. Through strategic planning, innovative partnerships, and disciplined project management, Wicomico County continues to make measurable progress toward protecting the region’s maritime infrastructure and supporting future economic growth.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new program requiring annual testosterone screening for all U.S. service members over 30, with testosterone replacement therapy available to those diagnosed as deficient. Hegseth framed the initiative as a combat-readiness measure, not a performance-enhancement scheme, and Democrats immediately tried to turn it into a culture-war talking point.

Hegseth posted a video to X on Wednesday under the headline “The High-T Department of War,” laying out the program’s rationale in direct terms. Troops aged 30 and older will undergo testosterone testing as part of their existing periodic  health assessments. Service members under 30 can volunteer for the screening. Treatment, for those who qualify, remains entirely optional.

The policy sits at the intersection of military medicine and  political theater. On the substance, testosterone deficiency affects roughly 5.6 percent of men between 30 and 79 and can cause muscle loss, fatigue, weight gain, depression, cardiovascular disease, and osteoporosis, as The Hill has reported. On the politics, the announcement drew instant fire from congressional Democrats who compared it, without apparent irony, to “gender-affirming care.”

Hegseth’s case: warfighter health, not enhancement

Hegseth built his argument around a simple premise: the Pentagon invests billions in hardware but has neglected the biological foundation of the people who operate it.

“While we invest heavily in our weapon systems, platforms and gear, our most decisive tactical advantage will always be the individual warfighter.”

He tied the initiative directly to long-term force readiness, noting that testosterone levels naturally decline with age, a fact backed by mainstream endocrinology. The screening, he said, is about catching deficiencies early rather than waiting for symptoms to degrade performance.

“This initiative, it’s not about artificial enhancement; it’s about restoring and optimizing your natural capabilities, protecting your longevity, ensuring you have the biological foundation required to sustain and fight.”

That distinction matters. Testosterone replacement therapy for clinically diagnosed deficiency is a standard medical treatment prescribed by civilian physicians every day. Hegseth positioned the military program as extending the same standard of care to troops who might otherwise go undiagnosed.

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Vice President JD Vance sat down with podcaster Joe Rogan and delivered the bluntest public case yet against regime change in Iran, warning that toppling Tehran’s government would send 94 million desperate people streaming toward Europe and the United States, and hand  terrorist networks exactly the kind of failed-state chaos they need to rebuild.

The interview, published Wednesday on Fox News, also saw Vance take direct aim at hawkish Republicans he accused of trying to sabotage the administration’s diplomatic negotiations with Iran, and of deliberately lying about the terms of a memorandum of understanding that would channel $300 billion in Gulf-state investment into Iran.

The vice president did not name the hawks in question. He did not pull the punch, either.

Vance lays out the regime-change trap

Vance framed the argument in terms no foreign-policy realist could miss: the United States has run the regime-change experiment before, and the results are on the record. He pointed to Libya and Syria as twin case studies in what happens when Washington removes a government without a plan for what comes next.

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IRS leak was ‘attack on our constitutional democracy,’ with aim ‘to influence an election through illegal activity’

A federal appeals court is affirming a five-year prison sentence for Charles Littlejohn, a consultant to the IRS who leaked President Trump’s tax return information to the New York Times and tax information about thousands of the richest Americans including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffett to ProPublica.

The 16-page opinion by a three-judge panel—Justin Walker, Neomi Rao, and Judith Rogers—found that the sentence was reasonable. It offers a scathing narrative of Littlejohn’s behavior. At this writing, the decision hasn’t been reported in either the New York Times or ProPublica, which describes itself as “a nonprofit, investigative newsroom that exposes corruption.”

“In 2017, Charles Littlejohn obtained a job as a consultant to the Internal Revenue Service so that he could steal and leak the tax returns of President Donald Trump,” the opinion says. “Two years into his elaborate scheme, in 2019, Littlejohn gave President Trump’s tax return and return information to a reporter for the New York Times. He then helped the reporter analyze the data and leaked more tax returns and return information to supplement his original leak. Finally, just weeks before the 2020 presidential election, the New York Times began publishing articles based on what Littlejohn had stolen,” the opinion says.

It continues, “he used his ‘skills to systematically violate the privacy of thousands of innocent people’ by stealing the tax returns and return information of about 600 entities and about 7,600 of the wealthiest Americans. He then leaked what he stole to ProPublica, which used data regarding at least 152 of his victims in about 50 articles,” the opinion says. A company I owned was among those affected.

“As a result of Littlejohn’s crime, his victims lost business. They were disparaged countless times. And their families were physically threatened,” the opinion says. “To this day, ProPublica is sitting on the private, as-yet unpublished data of other taxpayers stolen by Littlejohn. But those taxpayers continue to fear that ProPublica will publish their data in the future.”

Littlejohn pleaded guilty in 2023 to one count of unlawfully disclosing tax information. Prosecutors asked for, and got, the maximum five-year prison sentence, a $5,000 fine, a $100 special assessment and three years of supervised release despite the guilty plea. That prompted Littlejohn’s appeal.

The appeals panel found, “his crime was politically motivated, at least in part because one of his motives was to change tax policy by (in Littlejohn’s words) showing ‘just how easy it was for the wealthiest among us to avoid paying into our system.’”

It also found, “his crime was an attack on a sitting president because he wanted to inform voters about (in his words) ‘the tax returns of the sitting president before they decided on how they were going to vote.’”

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ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Moore today toured the progress being made on the Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild with members of the Maryland congressional delegation and other congressional leaders to highlight the critical importance of the bridge both to the State and to the entire nation. The governor was joined by Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Chair of the House Appropriations Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee Representative Steve Womack (R-AR-03), as well as Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Representative Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07), Representative Johnny Olszewski (D-MD-02), Representative Steny Hoyer (D-MD-05)Representative Glenn Ivey (D-MD-04), and Former Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD).

“The Francis Scott Key Bridge was a vital economic engine and our commitment to rebuilding it is crucial to the continued prosperity of our nation,” said Gov. Moore. “Together with our federal and regional partners, we will rebuild this bridge as quickly, safely, and cost efficiently as possible to ensure that this vital corridor bounces back stronger for generations to come.”

The governor’s engagements today reflect the State’s ongoing commitment to restore the Francis Scott Key Bridge as the integral link between communities throughout the region and Maryland’s economy.

“I am grateful to Governor Moore and his administration for their transparency about the rebuilding of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and for inviting me to tour the site in-person today,” said Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV). “As Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, I look forward to continuing to partner with Governor Moore and the U.S. Department of Transportation to ensure that congressional funding is used effectively to reopen this critical pathway for people and goods across the region.”

“Proper oversight of the American taxpayer dollars being used to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge is a responsibility I do not take lightly,” said Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee Representative Steve Womack (R-AR-03). “This bridge is a vital artery for the movement of people and goods, and its success unlocks the full potential of commerce along our Eastern seaboard. As Chair of the House Appropriations Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee, I am committed to working with President Trump, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and Maryland Governor Wes Moore to ensure this project receives the necessary resources for a safe and efficient rebuild that will prevent a future catastrophe.”

“We’ve always known Team Maryland will fight to rebuild our Francis Scott Key Bridge, and we won’t rest until it’s done. We won’t rest because we’re doing it for all of Maryland: the six Marylanders that lost their lives that day, the brave Marylanders that dove into the frigid water during the rescue operation, and the strong Marylanders whose businesses and livelihoods were impacted by the collapse,” said Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD). “We’re also doing it for our regional and national economy and everyone who depends upon the Port of Baltimore, which supports our national agriculture and auto industries among many others. It is so exciting to see construction actively underway today. This project highlights what strong federal partnership can accomplish as we remain focused on ensuring taxpayer dollars are spent responsibly while delivering a safe, sustainable bridge.”

“The rebuilding of the Francis Scott Key Bridge represents what can be accomplished when leaders at every level of government come together with a shared purpose,” said Representative Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07). “I am thankful for Governor Moore’s partnership and the unwavering commitment of our federal delegation to restore this critical transportation corridor as safely and as quickly as possible. This project is about restoring economic opportunity, strengthening our supply chain, and reaffirming our commitment to the workers, families, businesses, and communities that depend on the Port of Baltimore. Together, we are delivering on our promise to rebuild stronger than before.”

“Today’s tour underscored what we’ve known from the beginning: rebuilding the Key Bridge is not just a Maryland priority — it’s a national and bipartisan imperative,” said Representative Johnny Olszewski (D-MD-02). “We have to keep the momentum going and do everything possible to rebuild it as quickly, safely and cost-effectively as we can.”

“From day one, Team Maryland has worked together closely to ensure that the Key Bridge is rebuilt as safely, quickly, and cost-effectively as possible,” said Representative Steny Hoyer (D-MD-05). “I thank Governor Moore and my colleagues for their efforts to ensure proper Congressional oversight for this critical project for Maryland and the nation.”

“The progress being made on the Francis Scott Key Bridge is a testament to what can be accomplished when federal, state, and local partners work together,” said Representative Glenn Ivey (D-MD-04). “As Congress continues to support this effort, we have a responsibility to work with Governor Moore to ensure taxpayer dollars are invested wisely and that this project moves forward safely, efficiently, and without delay. I look forward to continuing our partnership to rebuild this bridge and restore the critical connection that supports Maryland families, businesses, the Port of Baltimore, and our nation’s economy.”

“Thanks to Governor Moore’s leadership, Maryland is working around the clock to rebuild the Key Bridge,” said Maryland Transportation Secretary Katie Thomson. “We appreciated the opportunity to show our congressional partners the significant progress our teams are making as we continue to work together on this nationally significant project.”

“It was a pleasure to show our federal partners the ongoing construction of the bridge as we serve as good stewards of both federal funding and the settlement secured by the State through Attorney General Anthony Brown,” said Maryland Transportation Authority Executive Director Bruce Gartner. “The tour highlighted the tremendous scale of work underway across the Key Bridge Rebuild project, and our crews are making strong progress as we work to safely and efficiently reconnect our communities.”

The Francis Scott Key Bridge was a vital economic and transportation artery for the region, connecting thousands of Maryland commuters and commercial vehicles daily. Its critical function supported the Port of Baltimore, which generates an annual economic impact of more than $70 billion and links more than 273,000 jobs to its activities.

Immediately following the collapse of the bridge, state, local, and federal partners worked tirelessly to advance recovery operations. In only 78 days, the Unified Command removed more than 50,000 tons of debris from the Patapsco River to restore the Fort McHenry Federal Channel, welcoming back global shipping businesses and cruises and getting Marylanders back to work.

The recovery mission included the distribution of more than $42 million in emergency funding from State agencies to keep impacted businesses open and support affected workers in surrounding communities. The rapid response to the crisis—driven by more than 1,500 people from federal, state, and local agencies—allowed the rebuilding to start quickly, while jumpstarting the Port of Baltimore’s recovery.

Pre-construction activities for the rebuild began in January 2025, including detailed engineering tests that provided vital data points to inform design and construction decisions. The project’s test pile program—a critical process to ensure a sound foundation design—began in the fall of 2025 and reached completion ahead of schedule last month. January of this year marked the beginning of platform construction, which will allow supplies, construction personnel, and equipment to reach the pier sites more efficiently to accelerate the construction process.

It wrote on Instagram that the family ordered multiple dishes and appeared to enjoy a leisurely meal before carrying out their premeditated escape in stages.

The restaurant, which shared footage of the incident, alleged that staff only realized what had happened after the group had already left the premises, leaving servers scrambling to work out what had gone wrong.

In the clip, a man wearing a white vest is seen leading the group’s exit, handing another woman in the group car keys as she slips away before pulling up in the getaway car outside.

Moments later, he quickly follows behind with a young boy in tow.

The clip shows the rest of the group remaining at the table, eagerly helping themselves to the extensive spread before another woman and a young girl make their move towards the exit.

A family of seven were apparently caught on surveillance footage eating $300 worth of food before leaving without paying at @ The Diner in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday

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A new report from the State Financial Officers Foundation and Open the Books uncovered nearly 90 alleged fraud schemes involving roughly $225 million across American schools since 2019.

The report alleges that school districts have been embezzling funds, creating fake invoices and then pocketing the money, lying about student enrollment numbers to collect more aid, bid-rigging and receiving kickbacks.

The SFOF and Open the Books reviewed the U.S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General’s semiannual report to Congress between 2019 and 2026 — finding that fraud has taken place in 24 states and Puerto Rico.

“All fraud is harmful, but defrauding education dollars meant to help kids learn and succeed is especially hideous. The findings in this report should alarm every family, teacher, and civic leader, especially since they only scratch the surface of the problem,” SFOF CEO OJ Oleka said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Indiana schools received $44 million more funding from the state than they should have by inflating their enrollment numbers between 2016 and 2018, according to the report. Indiana Virtual School and Indiana Virtual Pathways Academy faced fraud schemes from four individuals within the educational institution including the founders, a director of one school, the superintendents, and an operations manager.

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The Texas Public Utility Commission on Thursday unanimously approved rules that will require large computational loads, like data centers and crypto-mining facilities, within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas footprint to stay stable and connected to the grid through disruptions.

Modern computational loads, Kenteel Engineering said in a June blog, are “engineered to protect extremely sensitive and expensive equipment,” and during a voltage dip are programmed to disconnect or enter momentary cessation.

However, this presents a reliability problem, Kenteel Engineering said, as when “several hundred — or several thousand — megawatts of computational load all detect the same sag and drop simultaneously, the grid experiences a sudden, large loss of demand.”

“As LCLs increase on the ERCOT System, similar events would be expected to increase in magnitude and frequency, leading to frequency instability and other reliability problems absent frequency and voltage ride-through requirements,” the Texas PUC rules state.

The rules don’t immediately penalize facilities that fail to ride through a qualifying event, Kenteel Engineering noted, but instead put them “on the clock” to investigate and report the root cause within 90 days of ERCOT’s request, “develop a corrective plan within 90 days of completing that investigation, and implement the approved plan within 180 days unless ERCOT grants more time.”

“Overriding all of that, if ERCOT judges that continued operation poses an imminent risk to local or system reliability, it can order the [large electric load] — and keep it disconnected — until the Customer demonstrates compliance to ERCOT’s satisfaction,” Kenteel Engineering said.

In comments, the Data Center Coalition argued that the PUC lacks the statutory authority to “impose the binding and ongoing operational requirements contained in [the rules] directly on retail customers — a category of entity that the Legislature deliberately excluded from ERCOT’s authority.”

Texas Industrial Energy Consumers made similar comments, writing, “Unlike Market Participants who must agree to comply with and be bound by all ERCOT Protocols as a condition of participating in the wholesale market, pure retail loads have made no such commitment and have no such obligation.”

TIEC also argued that ERCOT lacks the expertise to “develop reasonable operational requirements for complex, costly manufacturing equipment. It is completely inappropriate to give ERCOT the ability to directly regulate businesses who are not participating in the wholesale market and are not otherwise regulated entities.”

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As Republicans expose fraud in the tens of billions in Medicaid and other welfare programs, Democrats’ response is to . . . duck.

They made it glaringly obvious last week as Sen. Rand Paul chaired a Senate Homeland Security Committee meeting: Nearly all the panel’s Dem members were total no-shows; only Sen. Gary Peters attended at all, and only long enough to ask a few questions before heading for the door.

The hearing actually covered two very different fraud topics:

• Independent journalist Nick Shirley reviewed his welfare-fraud discoveries, including blatant abuses of Medicaid by New York adult day cares.

• Undercover-video specialist James O’Keefe testified about his recordings uncovering voter bribery on LA’s Skid Row.

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Here is a BRILLIANT video created by American Nightmare on X.

The video collage includes dozens of Democrats claiming the 2016 election was stolen – many blame this on Russia, Russia, Russia.

They all knew it was a lie but pushed this wicked narrative anyway.

America suffered for years as Democrats and the fake news pushed this nonsense on the American people.

Notice that these are the same liars that downplayed the 2020 election fraud.

These are the same liars that are sooo worried about the truth coming out that they refused to air President Trump’s speech on their channels.

What horrible people.

As seen first at The War Room.

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A blue-haired socialist activist who goes by the name “Doomsday” just got absolutely obliterated on camera by financial content creator Caleb Hammer.

The 25-year-old from South Dakota, who identifies as a member of the “queer community” and says her name was given to her by her “chosen family,” sits there spewing the usual leftist talking points about how Americans are forced to work multiple jobs just to survive under evil capitalism.

There’s just one problem: she works in corporate finance while claiming to hate the system that pays her.

According to the episode, “Doomsday” works in corporate finance connected to stadiums, earns approximately $60,000 annually, lives in a converted ambulance, and was carrying significant consumer debt while advocating against capitalism.

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President Donald Trump dropped a major bombshell on Truth Social Sunday night, revealing that the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has been caught publishing fraudulent, biased, and misleading “scientific” manuals on climate change that federal judges relied upon to greenlight massive climate cases.

For years, everyday Americans have been forced to sit back and watch as radical left-wing activists, rogue activist judges, and entrenched bureaucrats used junk science to destroy energy independence, cripple domestic manufacturing, and force the fraudulent “Green New Scam” down our throats.

These bogus manuals, Trump announced, have created huge losses across our country. He is now ordering Federal Suspension and Debarment Officials to review the conduct. Taxpayers will no longer fund this climate fraud, and judges will no longer be allowed to treat political propaganda as science.

Trump wrote:

“The National Academy of Sciences has historically published analytical Scientific Manuals expressly for our Federal Judiciary. Of course, the Academy has been run by Radical Left Dumocrats who, it turns out, published fraudulent, biased, and misleading Manuals on Climate Change.

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President Trump brought up the MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN 2020 coordinated election fraud scheme – buried by Biden admin – during his address to the country on Thursday.

This massive ballot registration scandal was first reported by The Gateway Pundit in August 2023 thanks to Michigan activists who tipped us off to this massive voter registration scandal.

The Gateway Pundit showed that a left-wing outfit named GBI Strategies, that was funded by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign, was attempting to fraudulently register up to 10,000 voters in a city with only 30,000 eligible voters.

The report on systemic voter fraud in the 2020 election has never been refuted or debunked; it was simply ignored and suppressed by legacy media. The blithe answer from Michigan’s corrupt far-left Attorney General is that they ‘referred it to the FBI.‘

There’s an increasingly open and unapologetic brand of racism coming out of South Africa targeting white people, and it’s being espoused by prominent cultural figures.

In February 2025, South African rapper, music producer, and commentator Nota Baloyi made an appearance on “The Hustler’s Corner Podcast” with host DJ Sbu. The duo discussed a number of topics, including rapper Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show performance and other rappers like Ye and Drake.

Just over the halfway mark of the episode, Baloyi went into a bizarre racist and pseudoscientific rant about the inferiority of the white race.

“The problem that South Africans have right now is that we don’t understand white people. White people are [an] inferior species to us. We are Homo sapiens. They’ve got Neanderthal blood in them.

“This is the science, and this is not science that was done by black people. It was done by them,” he told Sbu.

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A 29-year-old Turkish migrant living in Germany refused to sit next to a woman on a flight because of Sharia law, then punched or slapped the female flight attendant who dared to confront him.

According to BILD, the suspect was arrested after the June 1 flight landed in Düsseldorf.

Police say witnesses told investigators the man refused to remain in his assigned seat because it was next to a woman, claiming his actions were based on Sharia law.

When a female flight attendant approached him in an effort to defuse the situation, the passenger allegedly punched or slapped her in the face, according to police.

German Federal Police took the suspect into custody immediately after the aircraft landed. Authorities say he later admitted to assaulting the flight attendant during questioning.

The incident reportedly escalated further during police questioning when the suspect allegedly insulted officers in Turkish, apparently unaware that one of the federal officers understood the language. He now faces charges related to both the alleged assault and insulting law enforcement officers.

Sharia law has zero legal standing in Germany. Yet this migrant felt entitled to impose it mid-flight and then attack a woman who wouldn’t accommodate his demands.

The New York Times is at it again, pushing anonymous-sourced garbage designed to smear the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement and protect those who attack federal officers.

According to the Times, federal agents around the country were supposedly told in recent days that the FBI would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents, cases that “sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute DHS agents implicated in violent encounters.”

According to the news outlet:

If enacted, such a change would sharply limit law enforcement scrutiny of immigration agents, as the Trump administration draws mounting criticism over killings at the hands of federal officers. In the last two weeks, two fatal shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Texas and Maine have thrust the government’s tactics back into the spotlight.

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The FDNY has now confirmed what many suspected from the start: the massive fire that gutted the historic South Bushwick Reform Church in Brooklyn was intentionally set. The 1853 landmark, a Greek Revival structure that served generations of worshippers as both a house of faith and a community hub, is a total loss, and it will be completely torn down.

CBS New York reported the determination this week. Pastor James E. Steward II made clear the congregation never saw it coming.

“It was more than just a building. It’s lives and generations of lives that have been touched,” Steward said. “We have no known enemies.”

He added: “Now we understand it is intentional, which brings another layer of grief to myself, as well as the congregation and the community.” And: “Whoever is responsible for this ultimately has to answer to God.”

No arrests have been made. Investigators previously noted a person of interest seen fleeing the scene on video shortly before the June 19 blaze erupted. The three-alarm fire brought down the steeple and left the wooden structure irreparable in the eyes of city officials.

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A Massachusetts woman was sentenced earlier this week in federal court in Worcester for fraudulently receiving Social Security disability benefits for 10 years.

Michelle M. DiSalvo, 53, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to one day of prison deemed served, three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $100,080 in restitution.

In March 2026, DiSalvo pleaded guilty to one count of receipt of stolen government money or property; one count of Social Security fraud; and one count of false statements. DiSalvo was charged in February 2026.

In 2001, DiSalvo began receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA). Eligibility for SSI is based, in part, on the applicant having limited income and resources. In assessing a married individual’s eligibility for SSI, the income and resources of the applicant’s spouse are considered if they live together.

If an applicant is awarded SSI, they have a continuing obligation to notify SSA of any changes in their marital status, living arrangements, and household income and resources.

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The newest update from Cook Political Report is here, and it shows a clear pathway to victory for Republicans to maintain control of the House of Representatives as we head into the November midterm election season.

The July 16 report shows that Republicans are likely to come away with 212 seats, and have classified a further 18 as “tossups.” 14 of those tossup seats are either currently held by a Republican incumbent or are now open seats that were previously held by a Republican.

Both Democrats and Republicans are campaigning hard to control these seats, with some of the most heavily-watched House bouts appearing on the list. Notable races include Colorado’s 8th District held by Republican Gabe Evans, Wisconsin’s 3rd District held by Republican Derri

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The backlash against the AI data-center build-out – which we’ve been tracking since it was a smattering of county fights across 28 states – staged its first coordinated day of action on Saturday: 142 protests across 42 states, from Wasilla, Alaska to Naples, Florida, organized by Humans First, the nonprofit that Tea Party veteran Amy Kremer co-founded and chairs. The crowds spanned both sides of the aisle…uniting a MAGA stalwart in a ‘faith, family, freedom’ T-shirt in New Jersey, a first-time activist in Texas, and a left-leaning organizer in California’s Imperial Valley.

The fight looked like Kenilworth, New Jersey. Residents of the 8,500-person borough gathered outside the municipal court at mid-morning with drums, plastic horns, and sidewalk chalk to protest the $1.8 billion CoreWeave AI data center their planning board approved in May 2025 on the former Merck campus – a project that has since drawn more than 12,000 petition signatures against it, several thousand more names than the town has people. The woman in the “faith, family, freedom” T-shirt marched beside neighbors holding “Build community, not data centers” signs. When heavy rain arrived later in the day, they pulled on ponchos, shared umbrellas, and kept marching. One sign, caught by Business Insider’s photographer on the scene: “You think this is pressure? Wait ’til there’s no water pressure.”

Texas, the country’s hottest data-center market, hosted the most rallies – 18 – with Georgia at 11, California at eight, and Pennsylvania, Florida, and Indiana at seven apiece. In Imperial Valley, where a proposed facility could pull 260 million gallons a year from the Colorado River, Ivan DelSol, 54, told Reuters that around 50 people turned out in 100-degree heat. “It’s dystopian that you would use this much fresh water for AI,” he said. Organizers released no headcounts; turnout ran below expectations in some rural areas and in Atlanta, where about a dozen showed – most of them, a volunteer there said, driving in from the smaller Georgia towns where the biggest data centers are going up.

Kremer is a founding figure of the Tea Party movement who went on to found Women for Trump, and an organizer of the January 6, 2021 rally that preceded the Capitol riot (she neither planned nor took part in the riot itself). She has spent months calling data centers the defining fight of her lifetime, warning the technology could threaten humanity itself, and she is open about running the old playbook: grassroots pressure, town by town, aimed at both parties.

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Investigators trace Legionella bacteria to dozens of cooling towers, including the Guggenheim Museu

New York City health officials announced Saturday that a second person has died in connection with a growing Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on Manhattan’s Upper East Side as the number of confirmed infections continued to rise.

“We are heartbroken to learn that another New Yorker has lost their life to Legionnaires’ disease on the Upper East Side. Our deepest condolences are with their loved ones as they grieve,” New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Alister F. Martin said in a statement.

“While we mourn this loss, the data are also encouraging,” Martin continued. “Our aggressive strategy of testing, enforcement, and remediation appears to have stopped the source of exposure.”

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New York City residents collected $2.6 billion in welfare payments in 2025, and that was before Zohran Mamdani took office. Do you think that number will go up or down now that he is running the city?

The $2.6 billion figure represents a 71 percent increase in payments since 2022.

This is simply not sustainable. As the saying goes, something that can’t go on forever, won’t.

FOX News reports:

New Yorkers collected $2.6 billion in welfare cash payments last year, city data shows

New York City doled out more than $2.6 billion in cash assistance to city residents in 2025, a Fox News Digital review of city records showed.

The money reached a record 864,999 people, a 30-year high not matched since before former Mayor Rudy Giuliani instituted major welfare reform in the early 2000s.

The $2.6 billion figure represents a 71% increase from 2022’s $1.57 billion, data showed.

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It’s not often that we’re able to write words of praise for ABC News’ Jon Karl on the pages of RedState, but fair play to the co-host of the Sunday show This Week for actually holding a Democrat accountable for their lies.

Karl’s guest on this week’s show was Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and one of the topics discussed was voter ID and the SAVE America Act. Warner was there, of course, to rebut President Trump’s assertions during his Thursday night speech from the White House that American elections have been compromised – and will continue to be compromised – due to foreign influence. Influence, it could be argued, that’s been covered up by the Deep State. Put a pin in that, we’ll revisit it in a moment.

According to Warner, everything is hunky dory with our election system, and, hey, just look his home state of Virginia. The Old Dominion, claimed Warner, requires voters to present an ID in order to cast their ballot, so no one can say we Democrats don’t support this!

There’s just one thing, noted Karl. That’s simply not true.

Here’s the exchange:

After a year-long redistricting blitz, Republicans have moved on to phase two of their election strategy: securing Americans’ ballots. After the Supreme Court delivered a surprising blow to the GOP in June, allowing mail-in votes to be counted almost a week after Election Day, there’s an understandable concern that the upcoming midterms will be ripe for fraud. While conservatives are making a desperate push for the SAVE America Act to address some of that panic, that’s not the only play in the Right’s book.

President Trump, frustrated by the tight margins in the House and Senate that are bogging down these bills, has gotten creative with the problems plaguing our elections — issuing several executive orders and rules that would close the loopholes Democrats are using to undermine legitimate voters. Of course, the courts have put the brakes on some of the White House’s ideas, including one very interesting plan to involve the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).

Piggybacking on a March 31 EO, the administration instructed the USPS to oversee and streamline the states’ mail-in ballots, putting it in charge of “standard[izing] envelope design for mailed ballots” and helping states use “a unique barcode to track ballots, thus significantly reducing the chain-of-custody problem” that makes it easier to cheat. “The rule would also create, for the first time, a standardized, nationwide auditing mechanism for mail-in voting,” Alabama’s attorney general’s office points out.

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On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a temporary order allowing the Postal Service to move forward with a proposed rule requiring states to verify voter registration data before mailing federal election ballots. A three-judge panel, ruling per curiam, granted USPS’s request to stay a district court injunction that had blocked the rule earlier this month in a lawsuit brought by the NAACP.

The panel decided the challenge was premature since the rule remains in proposed form, and it found the measure unlikely to violate the 2021 agreement obligating USPS to prioritize timely delivery of election mail through 2028.

The D.C. Circuit granted a stay pending appeal, ruling that the appellants had met the “stringent requirements” required to pause the lower court’s order while the case proceeds. In its order, the court wrote that the appellants “have made a strong showing that they will likely succeed on two of their arguments.”

The rule traces back to Executive Order 14399, signed March 31, 2026, which directed federal agencies to compile and share state-by-state “citizenship lists” of eligible U.S. citizens using federal databases, to help states verify that only citizens vote in federal elections. It instructs the U.S. Postal Service to tighten rules and tracking for mail-in and absentee ballots, including rejecting ballots from people who are not on these federal-state eligibility lists or otherwise properly enrolled for mail voting. It also directs the Department of Justice to prioritize enforcement of federal election laws against officials who provide ballots to ineligible voters and to use the threat of withholding federal election funds to pressure states to comply with these new verification measures.

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CENTCOM Says US Forces Launch New Strike On Iran

CENTCOM said US forces struck Iranian missile and radar systems stationed along the Strait of Hormuz, further dismantling Tehran’s surveillance and strike capabilities while eroding its ability to control the maritime chokepoint.

“Today at 6 p.m. ET, U.S. forces began launching new airstrikes against Iran at the Commander in Chief’s direction,” CENTCOM wrote on X.

CENTCOM added, “The strikes are designed to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and swiftly punish Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces who launched attacks against American service members in Jordan last night.”

State Department Issues “Worldwide Caution”

Two death row inmates are scheduled to be put to death on the same day in Florida — the first double execution in the Sunshine State in over six decades.

Governor Ron DeSantis rescheduled the execution of former police officer and convicted child murderer James Duckett for 12 p.m. on July 28, exactly six hours before Dominick Anthony Occhicone Jr. is also set to be put to death, USA Today reported.

The 68-year-old former cop was set to be executed in March for murdering an 11-year-old girl in 1987, but he received a rare and temporary reprieve from the Florida Supreme Court, pending the results of new DNA testing.

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The US has launched a fresh wave of airstrikes on Iran in retaliation for the deaths of two American service members who were killed in a missile attack on an air base in Jordan.

Central Command vowed to ‘punish’ Tehran with a new barrage of strikes which began at 6pm EST on Saturday, marking the eighth consecutive night of attacks against Iran.

‘The strikes are designed to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and swiftly punish Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces who launched attacks against American service members in Jordan last night,’ CENTCOM said in a statement.

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It’s no secret that money is crucial in politics.

But with the midterm elections looming, the national Democratic Party is trying to keep a secret on how bad its money problems are, according to a new report.

And top officials are being asked to put it in writing.

Leaders of the Democratic National Committee have been asked to sign nondisclosure agreements to keep a lid on the party’s financial condition, the Beltway-centric news outlet Axios reported Thursday.

Paul Pelosi, the husband of Nancy Pelosi, has been charged in his hit-and-run crash over the Fourth of July weekend.

Allison Haley, the District Attorney of Napa County, filed charges against Pelosi Friday. He was hit with one count of misdemeanor hit-and-run driving and hit with one infraction for an unlawful turning movement.

Shocking photographs, obtained by The California Post, revealed the bashed-up Tesla that Pelosi allegedly slammed into before driving away.

Authorities said the 86-year-old husband of the former House Speaker struck the parked vehicle with his brown convertible before fleeing the scene on July 3. Napa County Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of the hit-and-run on the 6700 block of Yount Street in Yountville, around 2:30 p.m.

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Fox News has largely covered President Donald Trump’s war against Iran and his other recent actions in office favorably.

When it comes to election integrity, however, the otherwise conservative network appears to prefer radio silence.

Late Thursday and early Friday on the social media platform X, users noted that Fox News had shown a “strange” indifference to Trump’s election integrity speech, prompting one user to declare that the network had “joined the fake media.”

In a Thursday primetime address to the nation, Trump announced that a Department of Homeland Security investigation had identified at least 278,000 non-citizens registered to vote in federal elections across the country.

Moreover, that number represents only a partial count.

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All of us on the pro-Second Amendment side of things have sure been racking up the wins, most notably since the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision. The latest such win comes to us from the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, which has struck down a New Jersey “assault weapon” and “high-capacity magazine” ban as unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.

It’s a great win for liberty.

A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that New Jersey’s assault-weapons law barring possession of semiautomatic rifles like AR-15s and large ‌capacity magazines containing more than 10 rounds of ammunition is unconstitutional.

The ruling by the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals marked the first time a federal appeals court had ruled that a state’s assault weapons ban violated the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment, which ⁠guarantees the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense.

Not just for self-defense, but we’ll overlook that for now.

The National Rifle Association (NRA) was quick to weigh in.

In an email sent out Friday, the NRA’s Executive Director of the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action, John Commerford, writes:

Today marks a historic victory for the NRA, the Second Amendment, and law-abiding Americans. The Third Circuit has struck down these unconstitutional so-called assault weapons bans and magazine bans in New Jersey, affirming what we’ve always known: the right to keep and bear arms, including commonly-owned rifles and standard-capacity magazines, is fundamental and cannot be infringed by politicians who prioritize control over constitutional freedoms. This ruling protects the rights of millions of responsible gun owners in the Garden State and serves as another benchmark in our efforts to dismantle gun control across the country.

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Teachers Union President Randi Weingarten railed against Trump at the American Federation of Teachers national convention in Washington, DC, jumping up and down as she screamed. 

Per American Federation of Teachers:

Delivering her State of the Union address before thousands of educators, healthcare professionals and public employees at the AFT’s national convention in Washington, D.C., AFT President Randi Weingarten delivered a powerful message: “We will change the trajectory of this nation and secure a better future for all.”

Calling on delegates to harness “the power of the people,” Weingarten said unions remain one of the few forces capable of standing up to concentrated wealth and political power.

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A federal court has declined, for now, to block a U.S. Postal Service rule tied to President Donald Trump’s executive order on election administration, allowing the policy to remain in place while legal challenges continue.

The ruling clears the way for the USPS to move forward with rules that force states to submit their voter rolls for citizenship checks if they expect the Postal Service to deliver mail-in and absentee ballots for the November midterms.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, President Trump signed the landmark Executive Order “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections” on March 31, 2026.

The order directs the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and the USPS to work together to verify citizenship and prevent ineligible voters from receiving and casting mail ballots in federal elections.

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A total of 227,548 properties in the United States made foreclosure filings in the first six months of this year, a 21 percent increase from the same period last year, according to real estate analytics company ATTOM.

The first half foreclosure filings are also up by 28 percent from the same period two years back, ATTOM said in a July 16 report.

In states with a minimum of 500 foreclosure filings, Idaho registered the largest year-over-year increase: 59 percent. This was closely followed by Colorado with 57 percent, Georgia with 52 percent, and North Carolina with 47 percent.

Foreclosure is a legal process by which a mortgage lender repossesses a property after the borrower fails to make mortgage payments on time. Initially, the lender issues a notice of default once payments are missed for 90 days. If the borrower fails to settle the claim within 30 days, the lender can repossess the property and sell it off.

In the first half of the year, 0.16 percent of all housing units made a foreclosure filing, according to ATTOM.

Florida had the highest rate, with 0.27 percent of housing units making a filing. South Carolina was in the second spot with a 0.26 percent rate, followed by Indiana and Delaware, both with a rate of 0.25 percent.

“Foreclosure activity continued to increase in the first half of 2026, but the broader picture remains one of a market that is gradually returning to more typical patterns,” Rob Barber, CEO at ATTOM, said in a statement.

Foreclosure filings in a year’s first half hit their lowest level in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but have risen since. Prior to the pandemic, first-half filing numbers were higher than the 2026 figure for every single year between 2008 and 2019.

However, the filing increase in the first half of 2026 also suggests “that some homeowners may be facing greater financial strain than they were a year ago,” Barber said.

In a June 12 post, legal services company Nolo predicted foreclosure rates would gradually rise in the latter part of 2026.

The company cited factors such as high interest rates and reduced buyer demand as contributing to a growing housing crisis. Unless there is significant relief or intervention, the trend of rising foreclosures is likely to continue, it said.

High Mortgage Rates, Avoiding Foreclosure

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Senate Democrats shunned a Wednesday hearing called to hear testimony about allegations of fraud.

As noted in a post on X, the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing Wednesday without any Democrats attending.

In his prepared testimony, journalist Nick Shirley, who helped expose social services fraud in Minnesota, said fraud is being publicized because it is so pervasive and easy to find.

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The RNC called Rep Vasquez’s remarks ‘DEI-fueled racism’ as the congressman faces Marine veteran Greg Cunningham in November

A vulnerable Democrat seeking re-election in a battleground district repeatedly complained that outdoor recreation has long been dominated by White males and called for “equitable access” to those spaces, according to unearthed podcast appearances reviewed by Fox News Digital.

Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., who previously referred to New Mexico as “stolen land,” praised national conservation organizations during a June 2020 appearance on the “Mountain & Prairie” podcast for adopting what he described as more “equitable” policies aimed at expanding access to the outdoors for people of color.

“People of color are getting outdoors,” Vasquez said in remarks first reported by The Daily Wire. “There’s amazing organizations out there that are just promoting diversity amongst the outdoors and big national organizations that are slowly and finally starting to get it and actually promote policies that create more equitable access and opportunities.”

“Spaces that have been traditionally White will no longer be White,” Vasquez continued. “Secret spots will no longer be secret. And hunters and anglers and hikers and everybody in between will look different. And so, not only should you be OK with that, not only should you tolerate that, but you should embrace that.”

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The Department of Justice has sued to end Maryland’s law that allows illegal immigrants to get in-state tuition rates, saying it violates a federal law that limits states’ ability to grant that benefit to those in the country illegally.

Maryland’s law, enacted in 2011, allows illegal immigrants who graduated from a school in the state, who attend a state college and whose parents have been paying taxes in the state to pay the same rates as legal state residents.

Justice Department officials said that amounts to discrimination against U.S. citizens from other states — and it breaks a federal law to that effect.

“This is a simple matter of federal law: Colleges cannot provide benefits to illegal aliens that they do not provide to U.S. citizens,” said Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate.

The lawsuit also seeks to block Maryland’s policy of allowing illegal immigrants access to scholarships and financial assistance.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown denounced the lawsuit as an attack on the students.

“Today, the Department of Justice sued to take away an opportunity from Maryland students who grew up here, graduated from school here, and are working to pursue something more for themselves, their families, and the communities in which they live,” said Mr. Brown, a Democrat.

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Massachusetts awarded a contract to rebuild decaying Springfield courthouse to a firm tied to Rep Ayanna Pressley’s husband

A company where the husband of Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., is a partner was selected for a nearly $2 billion deal to build a new courthouse in Springfield, Massachusetts — a decision now being challenged in court by rejected bidders who allege conflicts of interest tainted the process.

Conan Harris, who has been married to the Massachusetts Democrat for more than a decade, is a partner with John Barros in CoJo Real Estate, which is part of the Liberty Junction team selected in early July for the 40-year courthouse lease, according to the lawsuit.

The plaintiffs allege Barros’ role as interim executive director of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) created a conflict of interest because several members of that agency’s board also serve on the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance, the state agency that selected Liberty Junction.

The lawsuit also described Harris as having “deep conflicts,” but its most detailed allegations center on Barros’ leadership role at the MCCA, another state agency.

A collection of Democrat candidates who are running to replace Graham Platner as the party’s U.S. Senate candidate in Maine held a debate on Thursday night which aired on News Center Maine.

One of the candidates is Ashley Webb, who was asked at one point about qualifications to run for a senate seat.

Webb responded by talking about writing music and books. Then, this person added a point about not lying or deceiving anyone.

This is real. Watch:

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President Trump walked into the East Room Thursday night and did the one thing his critics have insisted for years he could not do. He produced documents. Not rally-stage assertions, not dueling affidavits, but declassified intelligence assessments, FBI case files, and Department of Homeland Security findings, all posted for public download at whitehouse.gov.

For the better part of six years, every conversation about securing American elections has been strangled in the crib by two talking points. There is no evidence of a problem, and there is no path to fix it anyway. In the span of about 48 hours, both of those excuses died.

I will be talking about all of this in detail on today’s episode of The JD Rucker Show at noon Pacific.

The evidence half collapsed when the White House released files covering five areas of concern, from foreign acquisition of American voter data to buried fraud investigations to hundreds of thousands of noncitizens sitting on state voter rolls. The path half collapsed when the House Budget Committee advanced a budget resolution designed to carry the SAVE America Act through the Senate on a simple majority. The floor vote on that resolution could come as early as next week.

What remains between the American people and the election security they overwhelmingly demand is not a shortage of proof and not a procedural dead end. It is a handful of people in the United States Senate, and the question of whether they have the spine to act.

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Senator Thom Tillis (NC) on Thursday went ballistic in a long-winded rant against the SAVE America Act from the Senate floor.

The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the SAVE America Act as part of a National Security bill.

On Thursday the House Budget Committee advanced the SAVE and Protect America Act through the budget reconciliation process.

The House Budget Committee advanced a framework for a third reconciliation bill.

The reconciliation strategy is designed to allow the measure to pass the Senate with a simple majority rather than the traditional 60 votes required to overcome a filibuster, although Senate rules will ultimately determine which provisions qualify.

Tillis, a bitter Trump hater and RINO of all RINOs who announced he is not seeking reelection this year, vowed to block the bill as he went off on President Trump.

“If I see a reconciliation bill come from the House with another failed attempt to confuse this election, I will use every device I have available to slow down the wheels of government until people cop a clue and do the math,” Tillis said.

The New York Times spent three years printing classified secrets and calling it journalism.

He partnered with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to build something no defense secretary has ever had – and the people who have been talking to reporters are about to wish they hadn’t.

Effective immediately, the Pentagon’s Office of General Counsel has full authority to request and receive every record, every communication, every file across the entire Department of War tied to media leak investigations.

Every department component.

Every Pentagon employee.

They now have 48 hours to respond – completely – to any OGC request.

That’s not a policy adjustment.

That’s a dragnet.

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A new report said that the Federal Communications Commission is likely to decide that the ABC show “The View” should not be classified as a “bona fide” news show.

The action is expected by the end of August, according to Bloomberg.

The FCC is also expected to move its investigation of several Disney-owned ABC stations to the next level.

Citing sources it did not name, Bloomberg said the FCC will move the review to an agency hearing, which is one step closer to revoking the licenses.

The ABC stations include outlets in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston, San Francisco, Raleigh-Durham, and Fresno, California.

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Salisbury, MD – Wicomico County is pleased to announce that beginning Monday, July 20, the box office at the Wicomico Civic Center will relocate to its permanent location at the front entrance of the venue, marking another significant milestone in the facility’s ongoing renovation project.

Visitors are encouraged to continue using caution and following all posted wayfinding signage as the final phases of construction are completed. While work is still underway, this transition represents another exciting step toward the completion of the Civic Center’s transformation.

“The relocation of the box office is another visible sign that we are getting closer to unveiling a fully renovated facility that our community can be proud of,” said Wicomico County Executive Julie Giordano. “This project is about far more than updating a building. We are investing in a premier destination that will serve our residents for generations, attract new visitors to our county, and continue to strengthen our local economy.”

The renovation of the Wicomico Civic Center is designed to enhance the experience for everyone who visits the venue, with improved accessibility, upgraded amenities, and modernized spaces that better accommodate concerts, sporting events, trade shows, community gatherings, and family entertainment.

As one of the region’s premier event venues, the Civic Center plays a vital role in bringing people together while supporting local businesses through tourism and economic activity. The improvements will ensure the facility continues to serve as a centerpiece for entertainment, recreation, and community events throughout the Lower Eastern Shore.

Wicomico County appreciates the public’s patience throughout the construction process and looks forward to welcoming residents and visitors to enjoy the enhanced facility as the renovation project reaches completion.

For updates on upcoming events and facility information, please visit the Wicomico Civic Center website or follow Wicomico County Government on social media.

England World Cup winner Nobby Stiles died with a brain condition caused by repeatedly heading a football, a coroner has ruled.

Stiles, 78, a former Manchester United footballer and 1966 World Cup winner, died with severe dementia and had headed a football around 140,000 times during the course of his career, Stockport Coroner’s Court heard at the inquest into his death.

Expert analysis of his brain showed his severe dementia was as a result of Alzheimer’s disease but also the condition, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which has been associated with head trauma from heading a ball.

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The summer heat is on, but there is plenty of great fishing to be had throughout Maryland. Make sure your fishing license is up to date!

As a reminder, under new regulations the Chesapeake Bay striped bass fishery is open to harvest through July 31 and then closed the entire month of August, reopening Sept. 1.

This is a great time to pursue the multiple other species in Maryland waters – particularly blue catfish found in almost every tidal river, and the challenging Chesapeake Channa, or northern snakehead, which is very active in warm temperatures.

Read more about the week ahead!

Democratic National Committee leaders were asked to sign non-disclosure agreements before a private meeting on the party’s finances last month, while Chairman Ken Martin continues to face scrutiny over the party’s fundraising and financial position ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Axios, citing two people familiar with the discussions, reported on Thursday that the request marked a departure from past practice for DNC officers and reflected concerns about keeping internal financial discussions confidential.

The June 25 meeting came as Martin has faced criticism from some Democrat donors, strategists and DNC members over the committee’s fundraising efforts while Republicans maintain a significant financial advantage.

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International students previously could stay as long as their program lasted. The Trump administration is ending that 1978 policy.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday scrapped a long-standing policy that allowed international students to stay in the U.S. until they finish their program of study. The new rule will limit their stay in the country to just four years unless they receive an extension, as well as restrict students’ ability to change majors and institutions once they’ve arrived.

International education leaders and experts have argued that four years is not enough time for a significant number of students to complete their degrees; almost all Ph.D. programs are longer than four years, while the average undergraduate takes more than four years to complete their bachelor’s degree. Additionally, students pursuing optional practical training, the work authorization for F-1 students following their graduation, typically stay in the U.S. more than four years.

But the government has argued that the old policy known as duration of status allowed students to stay in the U.S. indefinitely without having to interact with immigration officials, leading to overstays and national security concerns. According to DHS, 2,100 international students who entered the country on an F-1 visa between 2000 and 2010 are still in the country with F-1 status.

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A newly released 799-page report titled “An Attack Upon U.S Critical Infrastructure” details the 2020 election corruption and beyond.

It provides a list of 18 prioritized and recommended election investigations, along with 8 search warrants. Entities named include Runbeck Election Services, Elections Group LLC, The Office of Georgia SOS, Tyler Technologies, Associated Press, and many others.

All assertions in the report are drawn from forensic analyses, sworn legislative testimony, court filings, IG investigations, vendor invoices, open-source intelligence, government communications obtained through litigation and FOIA, and more

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Legally entering and living in the United States, sometimes years at a time, is a privilege, not a right. That’s something that foreigners are learning isn’t taken lightly with President Trump back in the White House since Jan. 2025. And on Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security announced plans to crack down on those visitors who just refuse to leave.

For decades, foreign students have been admitted into the U.S. for an unspecified period, enabling thousands to abuse the system and become “forever students” by perpetually enrolling in courses to avoid leaving our nation.

By implementing clear, finite limits on these visas, the United States is reclaiming its ability to properly screen, vet, and monitor individuals within our borders.

The new limits on foreign visa holders would not affect only foreign students, though:

The Trump administration moved on Thursday to tighten the duration of visas for foreign students, cultural exchange visitors and journalists.

The new final rule from the Department of Homeland Security creates a fixed time period for F visas for international students, J visas that allow ‌visitors on cultural exchange programs to work in the U.S., and I visas for members of the media. Those visas are currently available for the duration of the program or employment in the U.S.

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Under the new regulations, the student and exchange visa periods would be no longer than four years. The visa for journalists – which c

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