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#1 Trump Lawsuit Against Murdoch and ‘Wall Street Journal’ Turns Personal - David Folkenflik for NPR, Common Sense/Green Fields, Anti-Opression, Juanita Broaddrick/Nick Sortor, and CMTSU on X
President Trump's defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and its powerful owner has taken a personal turn. In the legal filings — and on social media — Trump says he personally told media mogul Rupert Murdoch that the racy birthday greeting he had supposedly sent two decades earlier to the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein had been faked and did not exist. Murdoch's Journal reported it anyway, despite Trump's warning. Now, Trump is asking a federal judge in Miami to compel the man he once called "my very good friend Rupert Murdoch" to answer his lawyers' questions under oath within 15 days of the order. Trump's legal team acknowledges that the ink is barely dry on the lawsuit — there is no schedule of court deadlines yet — but argues that Murdoch is unlikely to testify in person whenever a trial occurs due to his advanced age and health issues...
#2 Ghislaine Maxwell Asks Us Supreme Court to Overturn Conviction - José Olivares for The Guardian, NewsNation, HOTSPOT, Acyn, WSFA 12 News, and Fearless 45 on X
Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker and associate of Jeffrey Epstein, has requested that the US Supreme Court overturn her conviction, saying she was unjustly prosecuted. In 2022, Maxwell was sentenced in Manhattan to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking and other related crimes. Her legal team, however, submitted a request to the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking to overturn the lower court’s decision, arguing that a prior plea deal that Epstein took protected Maxwell from prosecution...
#3 Trump Wraps up Golf-Filled Scotland Visit by Opening New Golf Course Bearing His Name - CBS News, RSBN, ayush jadhav, Global Headlines & Breaking News, FOX61, and New York-i on X
President Trump opened a new golf course bearing his name in Scotland on Tuesday, capping a five-day foreign trip designed around promoting his family's luxury properties and playing golf, and agreeing on a major trade deal framework with the EU. "Let's go. 1-2-3," Mr. Trump said before he cut the red ribbon. Mr. Trump and his sons, Eric and Donald Jr., were also set to play the first-ever round at the new Trump course in the village of Balmedie, on the northern coast of Scotland."This has been an unbelievable development," the president said before the ceremonial opening. He thanked his son Eric for his work on the project, saying it was "truly a labor of love for him."
#4 Cincinnati Mayoral Candidate, VP Vance’s Half-Brother, Slams City Leadership After Brutal Beatdown - Peter D'Abrosca for Fox News, American Heartland, JACKPHAT, NewsNation, jackwindsor/The Ohio Press Network, and Terrence Glass on X
A candidate for Cincinnati's mayorship slammed city leadership Monday afternoon after a viral downtown beatdown that has reverberated across the nation. "People don't even see the sense in calling 911 anymore," said Cory Bowman, who is also Vice President, JD Vance's half-brother, in addition to being a candidate for city mayor. Bowman placed second in a nonpartisan primary race in May. He will square off with incumbent Mayor Aftab Pureval in November. His thoughts on citizens seeing no sense in calling 911 came after Police Chief Teresa Theetge said in a press conference that only one person called police while the attack was ongoing...
#5 Republicans Across the Country Are Pushing Bills to Stop Government ‘Weather Modification' - Allan Smith and Matt Dixon for NBC News, Software Developer, Ann VandersteelTM, Micah Brohawn, Laura/Benjamin Fulford News, Carlos A Loya, and Lirpa Fae/MJTruthUltra on X
For years, outlandish theories about the U.S. government’s using airplanes to spray harmful chemicals over U.S. homes or powerful elites controlling the weather were relegated to the fringes of society.Not anymore. As the internet has provided rocket fuel for such claims, Republican lawmakers across the country are introducing, passing, and enacting laws to ban “weather modification” and environmental geoengineering and allude to the use of “chemtrails,” a longtime theory that planes are spreading chemical agents on an unsuspecting public. As more people are exposed to dangerous flooding, the GOP lawmakers have pointed to the fringe theories as potential explanations for extreme weather, pushing them further into the political mainstream. (Scientists have found evidence tying the increasing frequency of extreme weather to climate change.)
#6 America’s First Transcontinental Freight Railroad Is Planned After a Megamerger - Chris Isidore for CNN, Eugene, FreightWaves, Chris Ogilvie, KETV NewsWatch 7, and NOTRELOAD AI on X
Two of the largest US railroads, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, announced on Tuesday a plan to combine in a $72 billion deal that would create America’s first transcontinental freight railroad. The stock and cash deal would be the largest ever in a sector that has already massively consolidated in recent decades. The deal still needs regulatory approval and will serve as a major test for the Trump administration’s antitrust regulators, who have appeared more willing than the Biden administration to approve mergers in certain industries, even if they reduce significant market competitors. US freight railroads are crucial to America’s economy, carrying about 30% of the nation’s freight in terms of weight, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Trains transport autos, retail goods, food, and energy products, as well as raw materials and parts needed to run America’s factories...
#7 Trump CIA Chief: Brennan, Comey, and Hillary Clinton Could Face Indictment - Rebecca Beitsch for The Hill, WGNO-TV (ABC) New Orleans, WFLA News, George Orwell, Bob Barney, and Vote RED! on X
CIA Director John Ratcliffe said he made referrals to the Justice Department for former Obama administration officials following the release of intelligence information about the 2016 election. Ratcliffe said former CIA Director John Brennan, former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper, and former FBI Director James Comey could all face charges relating to what he called a “hoax” about the election. Current DNI Tulsi Gabbard released two sets of documents about the 2016 election last week...
#8 Cocaine Worth More Than $1 Million Seized at Texas Border, CPB Says - Jon Haworth for ABC News, Texas Border Business,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 77 pounds of cocaine worth more than $1 million at a port of entry in Texas, officials said. Officers at Hidalgo Port of Entry in Texas referred a vehicle, a 2020 Renault Oroch, for a secondary inspection on Saturday, according to a CBP statement on Monday. "A canine inspection resulted in an alert, and a nonintrusive imaging system scan revealed anomalies within the vehicle," officials said. "Upon closer physical examination, CBP officers discovered 30 packages containing a total of 34.90 kilograms (76.94 lbs.) of alleged cocaine hidden within the vehicle." Authorities said the narcotics had an estimated street value of $1,027,316...
#9 Thailand, Cambodia Reach Ceasefire Deal to End Conflict That Displaced 260K, Trump Says - Greg Norman for Fox News, Research News & Analysis, AFHGR/miguelifornia, The White House, Papa Hemingway, and Sukhi jeevan parashमोदी का परिवार on X
Thailand and Cambodia reached a ceasefire deal "through trade," President Donald Trump announced Monday, ending a burgeoning conflict that displaced 260,000 people. The declaration from Trump comes after he said over the weekend that he had spoken to the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand, urging a ceasefire, adding the U.S. would not get back to the "trading table" with the Southeast Asian countries until fighting stops. The fighting began Thursday after a land mine explosion along the border wounded five Thai soldiers. Both sides blamed each other for starting the clashes that have killed at least 35 people and displaced more than 260,000 people on both sides...
