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#1 CDC Director Susan Monarez Refuses to Be Fired as Other Officials Call It Quits - Alec Schemmel and Lorraine Taylor for Fox News, Nick Sortor, Died Suddenly, Publius, Alex Jones, Mark S. Zaid, Mario Nawfal, and Disgruntled Vet_ on X
Longtime government scientist Susan Monarez is refusing to leave her position as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced she had been removed from the role less than a month after she was sworn in. Attorneys Mark Zaid and Abbe Lowell said they are representing Monarez and claimed she "has neither resigned nor yet been fired." The attorneys released a statement on social media, claiming HHS and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are weaponizing public health for political gain and putting millions of American lives at risk.
#2 Trump Saying 600,000 Chinese Students Could Come to the US Draws MAGA Backlash - Adriana Gomez Licon and Didi Tang for AP News, SOCIETAL MEDIA, Rep. Eli Crane, Adam Johnson/Disclose tv, Sarah Palin, Laura Ingraham, and SAM FADDIS on X
President Donald Trump seemingly caught his loyal conservative base off guard and sparked backlash by saying he would allow 600,000 Chinese students into American universities. That would be a departure for the Trump administration after it added new vetting for student visas, moved to block foreign enrollment at Harvard, and expanded the grounds for terminating international students’ ability to study in the United States. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has singled out China, the second-highest source of international students in the U.S., saying in May that the State Department would revoke visas for students tied to the Chinese Communist Party and boost vetting of new applicants...
#3 Minneapolis Shooting Live Updates: 2 Dead and 6 in Critical Condition After Catholic School Attack - NBC News, Diablo Immortal, The C-Span Review/Washington Journal, NOYB/Jim Weezer Kelly, Colonelreb5791, and ThePersistence on X
Two children, aged 8 and 10, were killed and 17 other victims were injured when a shooter opened fire during a morning Mass at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.. Seventeen other people, including 14 children and three adult parishioners, were injured. Authorities said last night that one adult and five children remained in a critical condition in local hospitals. The shooter has been identified as Robin Westman, 23, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. Three firearms have been recovered, and police said they acted alone. FBI Director Kash Patel identified the shooter as male. Legal documents requesting a name change for Westman say she identified as female...#4 Putin, Kim Jong Un to Attend Chinese Parade in Show of Defiance to the West - Joe Cash and Ryan Woo, Michael Shoebridge, Zicutake USA Comment, Charles Burton, Sprinter Express, and Defense Intelligence on X
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un will attend a military parade in Beijing, marking the first public appearance of the two leaders alongside President Xi Jinping in a show of collective defiance amid Western pressure. No Western leaders will be among the 26 foreign heads of state and government attending the parade next week with the exception of Robert Fico, prime minister of Slovakia, a European Union member state, according to the Chinese foreign ministry on Thursday...#5 Trump Calls for George Soros and Son to Face Federal Charges - Gregory Svirnovskiy for Politico, Charlie Kirk, The General, ĐⱤØ₲Ø, Financial Times, and Shadow of Ezra on X
President Donald Trump is pressing for Democratic megadonor George Soros and his son, Alexander, to face federal racketeering charges, he said in a social media post Wednesday, the latest attempt from the president to leverage federal power against his political enemies. “George Soros, and his wonderful Radical Left son, should be charged with RICO because of their support of Violent Protests, and much more, all throughout the United States of America,” Trump wrote on Truth Social...
#6 Chip Giant Nvidia’s Sales Rise 56% in Boost for AI Boom - John Power for ALJAZEERA, Evan, Arthur MacWaters, The Kobeissi Letter, Kakashii and Tim Hughes on X
Chip giant Nvidia has set a new sales record, a sign that demand for artificial intelligence remains strong despite fears the technology may be overhyped. Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, on Wednesday reported revenue of $46.74bn for the three months that ended in July, a rise of 56 percent year-on-year. Profit for the quarter was $26.42bn, a yearly rise of 59 percent. Nvidia’s latest earnings report had been hotly anticipated as the tech giant is widely seen as a barometer of the AI boom, which has lifted the US stock market from all-time high to all-time high...
#7 Scientists Found a Hidden Switch in Your Brain That Could Reverse Memory Loss - Darren Orf for Popular Mechanics, Chris Drone, Mohamad Fawaz, Raffaele Di Giacomo, PhD, Analyze and Optimize, and JOwME on X
The brain may lie at the biological center of our lived experience, but the scientific underpinnings of the brain—specifically, how it forms subjective consciousness—remain mysterious. Sadly, one truth is well-known: As we age, so does our brain. Because this all-important organ, filled with 86 billion neurons, forms our experience, dysregulation within the brain has outsized impacts on someone’s quality of life. For years, scientists have tried to find ways to stave off these negative effects and make a person’s healthspan largely match their ever-increasing lifespan. In 2021, Stanford University investigated the debris-cleaning role of the myeloid cells within the brain, and three years later, a study from the University of Rochester on the broader glymphatic system (which interacts with myeloid cells) found ways to restart the flow of brain-cleaning fluids...
#8 America Is Not Ready for Influx of Hyper-Deadly New Narcan-Resistant Opioid From China, Top DEA Agent Warns - Jennie Taer for New York Post, ASecondChanceAround, Dee, Cato Institute, andrea van de Kleut, and Stephen Punwasi/Brattani on X
The US is “behind the curve” on fighting a deadly new synthetic narcotic that’s dramatically more lethal than fentanyl and resistant to Narcan, a top DEA agent warns. Just as authorities in the US and China increase efforts to tackle the scourge of fentanyl, the drug manufacturers, who are motivated by “greed,” shifted to start producing nitazenes — an even deadlier poison, said Drug Enforcement Administration Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Jonathan C. Pullen. The Trump administration has hit Mexico and China with sanctions and tariffs to force the foreign governments to act against illicit drug producers responsible for the poisonings of thousands of Americans each year...
#9 Bill Gates Met With Trump to Talk ‘Importance of US Global Health Programs and Health Research’ - Alex Nitzberg for Fox News, Alex Jones, Tom Renz, Camus, HustleBitch, and Florida's Voice/Free Wheeler on X
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates went to the White House on Tuesday for a meeting with the president, according to a Gates spokesperson. In a statement obtained by Fox News Digital, the spokesperson noted, "Bill met with the president to discuss the importance of U.S. global health programs and health research that is necessary to save lives, protect Americans’ health, and preserve U.S. leadership in the world." Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment on Wednesday. Prior to the president's inauguration for his second term, Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker asked the mega-wealthy figure whether he had met with Trump since Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential contest...
#10 FDA Approves Updated COVID-19 Vaccines for Limited Groups as US Cases Continue to Rise - CNN, The Boston Globe, Brian Staples, Jerry Dean Bowers, KAMC News, and Richard D Winfield on X
The US Food and Drug Administration approved updated Covid-19 vaccines Wednesday, but for a limited group: adults 65 and older, and younger people who are at higher risk from Covid-19. “FDA has now issued marketing authorization for those at higher risk: Moderna (6+ months), Pfizer (5+), and Novavax (12+). These vaccines are available for all patients who choose them after consulting with their doctors,” US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a post on X. The vaccines have been updated to target coronavirus strains circulating more recently...
