Capitol Hill

• OMG: Maine Dem Troy Jackson Is Second Cousins With Longtime Partner, Report Says
Adam Schiff Says Quiet Part Out Loud About Communists Taking Over Dem Party
• Trump to Host Cabinet Meeting at Camp David
• Schumer All But Begs John Fetterman Not to Leave the Democratic Party
• Trump Reveals What He’ll Do About Biden's Autopen Pardon for Fauci
• The Trump Effect: Homicide Rate Plummets to Lows Not Seen in 100 Years
• U.S. Intelligence Chiefs Support Trump’s Claim of Chinese Election Interference
• Judge Turns Down State’s Request to Block Medicaid Work Requirements
• Elon Musk Has Big Plans to Boost Republicans in the Midterms

ECONOMY

• Trump Launches Program to Replace Illegals With Vets in Trucking Industry
• U.S. Economic Growth Slows to 1.5% Despite Strong Consumer Spending and Business Investment

• Meta Shares Crater as Q2 Profit Declines
• Fed’s Preferred Inflation Gauge Finds Prices Across the U.S. Eased Last Month
• Telehealth Giant Hims & Hers Sued By FTC for Sharing Customer Data with Meta, Snap for Advertising
• Cracker Barrel’s Ousted CEO Walks Away With Millions — Plus Private Security
• ABC Accuses FCC of Trying to Intimidate Network Over Coverage
• Jersey Mike’s Shares Fall in Hyped NYSE Debut
• Federal Reserve Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged Amid Elevated Uncertainty

SWAMP WATCH

• Activist Judge Hands Trump’s DOJ Another Defeat in NJ Election Fight
• Why the Fifth Amendment Won’t Save Fauci From Himself

• Smithsonian Executive Raked in Over $4,400,000 Salary — and Pushed Secret Agenda for Years
• 1st Circuit Court Overturns Rogue Judges’ Attempt to Evade Supreme Court’s Migrant Ruling
• Justice Department Uncovers $350 Million In Alleged Fraud Across the Southeastern U.S.
• Dem Secretary of State Facing Legal Scrutiny for Allegedly Funding Extremists at SPLC
• California Politicians Raided By FBI Over Chinese Influence
• Fauci’s Own Words Come Back to Haunt Him
• If Socialist Policies Aren’t Enough, Now Mamdani Wants to Hand Out Reparations

NATIONAL SECURITY & GLOBAL AFFAIRS

• Trump Admin Drops Brutal Reality Check on Spain’s Pro-Mass Migration Leaders Amid Their Crisis
• Trump Uses Special “Alien Terrorist” Court to Remove Illegal
• U.S. Military Conducts Successful Test of “Hammer of the Gods” Space-Age Technology
• Death Toll from Earthquake in Japan Rises as Searchers Battle Punishing Heat
• Over 1,500 People Dead from Fastest-Growing Ebola Outbreak in Congo
• El Salvador Proposes Creation of “Central American Union,” Similar to EU
• Trump Resumes Strikes on Iran as Expert Warns Regime Is Growing More Dangerous
• France Gives Go-ahead for 84,000 to Return Home After Wildfire
• Report Reveals U.S. Has Used Two-Thirds of Its Patriot Missile Interceptors Since Start of Iran War

SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

• How Michael J. Fox and Alex P. Keaton Changed “Young Washington” Writer’s Life
• Is Adam Carolla More Trustworthy than Legacy Media Outlets?
• Eagles’ Vic Fangio Mocks Fauci During Training Camp Press Conference
• FARCE: Stephen Colbert Wins Anti-Censorship Award
• WNBA Co-Owner Accused of Cursing at Teen Fans Supporting Sophie Cunningham
• Bears Legend Goes off on Possible Move Out of Chicago: “Drives Me Crazy”
• Police Say Tony Romo Had Open Alcohol Bottle in Vehicle During OWI Arrest
• Singer Noah Kahan “Deeply Appalled and Angry” After Trump White House Uses His Song
• “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” – Tom Holland’s Heart Carries MCU Sequel

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• AI Companies Buy and Destroy Millions of Used Books for Training Data
• U.S. Navy Orders 23,000-Ton Nuclear-Armed Submarines in Major Fleet Modernization Push
• FTC Sues Hims & Hers over Alleged Sharing of Customer Data with Meta and SNAP
• Space Station Study Finds Long-Term Microgravity Changes in the Human Brain
• Scientists Develop Shark-Spotting Robot Ahead of 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
• Russia’s Floating Nuclear Power Plant Clears Global Safety Review
• MIT Surveys Experts on AI’s Biggest Potential Risks to Humanity
• U.S. Navy Tomahawk Missile Submarine Retires After Four Decades of Service
• Mark Zuckerberg Calls for Broad Access to AI Superintelligence

HEALTH, FITNESS & MORE

• RFK Jr. Launches New Healthy Cooking Show Focused on Nutrition
• Study Links Long COVID Symptoms to Measurable Damage in Brain’s Dopamine System
• Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy Shows Promise for Veterans with Severe PTSD
• The 5 Hidden Brain Disorders That Your Walk May Reveal
• Smelling Chocolate May Boost Your Workout
• Your Eyes May Reveal Early Signs of Disease Elsewhere in the Body
• The 3-Exercise Arm Workout to Build Bigger Biceps
• New Study Questions Health Claims Behind Prebiotic Sodas
• Higher Aerobic Fitness Linked to Lower Heart Rates During Stress

OPINION

• Kurt Schlichter: The Democrats Are the Republicans’ Secret Weapon
• Jay Rogers: The Tapes Don’t Lie, Even If Joe Biden Did
• Auguste Meyrat: How Clarkson’s Farm Explains Crazy Politics and Future of Farming
• Ann Coulter: The Princess Diaries of Anthony Fauci
• Christian Toto: Hollywood Would Rather You Forget Its Fangirling for Anthony Fauci
• Joshua Monnington: Barack Obama Fathered Today’s Marxist Democrat Party
• Larry Elder: “Reacher” Actor and the Stench of a Double Standard
• Jonathan Turley: Fauci Took the Fifth, but His Diary May Have Already Answered for Him
• John Stossel: The Case for Capitalism