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#10 Illegal Migrant Who Shot Texas Cop Was Set to Be Deported, but Judge Gave Him Second Chance to Stay in US - Jennie Taer for The New York Post, and News 4 San Antonio on X
An illegal migrant from Venezuela who shot and injured a cop in San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday was set to be deported after entering the US last year — but an immigration judge gave him a second chance to stay in the country, a Homeland Security source told The Post. Alleged cop shooter Jorge Chacon-Gutierrez, 25, crossed the southern border in November 2023 with a group of nearly 600 migrants, according to the source. At the time, border agents were processing him for “expedited removal,” but he argued he had a fear of persecution in Venezuela so he went before an asylum officer, who rejected his claim and continued to process him for removal...
#9 Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Absentee Voting Procedure in Battleground Wisconsin - Todd Richmond for Associated Press, and Peter Bernegger on X
A Wisconsin judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday that challenged absentee voting procedures, preventing administrative headaches for local election clerks and hundreds of thousands of voters in the politically volatile swing state ahead of fall elections. The ruling stems from a lawsuit Thomas Oldenberg, a voter from Amberg, Wisconsin, filed in February. Oldenberg argued that the state Elections Commission hasn’t been following a state law that requires voters who electronically request absentee ballots to place a physical copy of the request in the ballot return envelope. Absentee ballots without the request copy shouldn’t count, he maintained...
#8 Judge Dismisses RNC Lawsuit to Block Mississippi From Counting Late Ballots - Kaelan Deese for The Washington Examiner, and Kyle Cheney on X
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the Republican National Committee aiming to prevent Mississippi from counting absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days later. U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. ruled that Mississippi’s procedure aligns with federal law and does not conflict with the elections clause, the electors clause, or election-day statutes. This decision follows a similar recent ruling in Nevada, where a judge rejected claims that counting such absentee ballots was unconstitutional...
#7 Lawsuit: Google Shut Down Accounts of 76-Year-Old Pro-life Activist With No Warning - Lucas Nolan for Breitbart, and The America One News on X
A 76-year-old pro-life activist from Florida has filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging the tech giant violated state law by abruptly shutting down her account without warning or allowing her to save her data. The Daily Mail reports that Trudy Perez-Poveda, a long-time Google account holder since 2012, has taken legal action against the company in Duval County Circuit Court, seeking to reverse the ban on her account. This lawsuit is believed to be the first of its kind in Florida following a Supreme Court decision that lifted an injunction blocking the state’s de-platforming law...#6 5,800 IRS Employees And Contractors Owe Nearly $50 Million In Unpaid Taxes: Treasury IG - Tyler Durden Zero Hedge, and SL on X
At least 5,800 IRS employees and contractors owe almost $50 million in overdue taxes and more than half of them haven’t been required to agree to a payment plan, according to the Department of the Treasury’s Inspector-General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). In a report made available to The Epoch Times, TIGTA said auditors found 3,414, or 4 percent, of the 85,359 employees at the IRS have unpaid taxes. Of those with payment plans, $9 million remains unpaid, while $12 million is owed by employees without a payment plan...
#5 US Military ‘Not Prepared’ To Fight In A Major War, Congressional Panel Warns - Jake Smith for The Daily Caller, and Supersonic Redhead, and Sleepy Bean on X
The U.S. military is no longer “prepared” to fight in a major war, according to a new study conducted by a congressional panel. Though the threats the U.S. is facing are “the most serious and most challenging” it has seen in almost a century, the U.S. defense base is not equipped to meet the moment, according to a report from the Commission on the National Defense Strategy published on Monday. Among the biggest problems outlined in the report are a troubled Pentagon and a failure by the federal government to properly address threats emanating from adversaries like China and Russia...
#4 American Flags Should Be Born in the USA Now, Too, Congress Says - Patrick Whittle for AP News, and Sherrod Brown on X
Congress has passed a proposal to require the federal government to purchase only American flags that have been completely manufactured in the U.S. The U.S. imports millions of American flags from overseas, mostly from China, and the sponsors of the proposal said it’s time for American flags to originate in the country they represent. Supporters of the proposal, led by Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, said the change is more than just symbolic — they believe it will support American jobs and manufacturers while preserving the nation’s most recognized banner...
#3 Facebook Admits ‘Mistake’ in Censoring Iconic Trump Assassination Attempt Photo: ‘This Was an Error' - Lindsay Kornick for Fox Business and Chuck Callesto, and James X
Facebook wrongly called the popular image of Donald Trump pumping his fist in the air after an assassination attempt against him an "altered photo," a spokesperson admitted Monday. Users across X shared reports that their Facebook accounts were labeling the image as "altered", explaining "Independent fact-checkers reviewed a similar photo and said it was altered in a way that could mislead people." Meta Public Affairs Director Dani Lever later explained on X it was done in error as the systems were meant to detect a separate version of the image...
#2 Trump Agrees to Be Interviewed as Part of an Investigation Into His Assassination Attempt, FBI Says - Eric Tucker for AP News, Kyle Becker and Emerald Robinson on X
Former President Donald Trump has agreed to be interviewed by the FBI as part of an investigation into his attempted assassination in Pennsylvania earlier this month, a special agent said on Monday in disclosing how the gunman prior to the shooting had researched mass attacks and explosive devices. The expected interview with the 2024 Republican presidential nominee is part of the FBI’s standard protocol to speak with victims during the course of its criminal investigations. The FBI said on Friday that Trump was struck in the ear by a bullet or a fragment of one during the July 13 assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania...
#1 US National Debt Hits a New Record: $35 Trillion - Eric Revell for Fox Business, Ron Desantis on X and News Nation and Business Insider on Youtube
The U.S. national debt surpassed $35 trillion for the first time in the nation's history on Monday as the federal government continues to accumulate debt at a record-setting pace. New data from the Treasury Department released Monday afternoon showed that the gross national debt hit $35,001,278,179,208.67. The milestone comes just months after the U.S. eclipsed the $34 trillion threshold in early January 2024, while the $33 trillion mark was reached in September 2023. By comparison, the national debt hovered around $907 billion just four decades ago...And Now for Something Special 
Adorable Black-footed Cat Gaia Whose Species is World's Deadliest Feline - Daily Mail Reporter and 24x7 Newsroom on YouTube
Gaia's big eyes and fluffy exterior disguise that she is in fact the world's most lethal wild cat. New footage released by the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City shows Gaia posing on a log in her enclosure, showing off her black stripes and tiny toes. Another clip posted to the zoo's popular Instagram account shows the three-pound cat looking around curiously, and twitching her ears. 'So cute and fluffy and soooo deadly' one Gaia fan wrote under the video....
