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#1 US House Passes War Powers Resolution to Curb Trump’s Authority in Iran - Robert Tait for The Guardian, Reuters, rbg4lif, Imtiaz Abbasi, Steve McQueen, and ABC News on X
The US House of Representatives delivered a stunning rebuke to Donald Trump over his war on Iran on Wednesday, as representatives backed a move to force him to seek approval from Congress or withdraw US forces. The House voted 215 to 208 in favor of the war powers resolution, as four Republicans voted with Democrats. The dissident Republicans were Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Warren Davidson of Ohio, and Tom Barrett of Michigan. Wednesday’s vote came nearly two weeks after House Republicans canceled an earlier scheduled vote, on the grounds that they lacked the votes to defeat it...
#2 GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan Draws an Unusual Opponent in Alaska’s Primary — and He’s Not Happy About It - Becky Bohrer and Kevin Freking for U.S. News and World Report/AP, Breitbart News, The Washington Times, The Tonight Show, FOX 5 DC, and Will Shaw on X
Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is running for reelection in Alaska and faces a field of 15 competitors. One of them is Dan Sullivan. The senator told reporters in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday that he thinks the appearance on the state's primary ballot of another Republican with the same name is a dirty political trick coordinated by Democrats and the campaign of his chief rival for the seat, former Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola. He threatened a lawsuit to get to the bottom of it. “Everybody in Alaska knows I’m Dan Sullivan-R. So he’s trying to do that. Why?" the senator said of the other Dan Sullivan. “He’s not an R. He’s purposely trying to trick my constituents to rig the election for Peltola.” A spokesman for the Peltola campaign, Harry Child, said it “has no involvement with either Sullivan campaign." Jenny-Marie Stryker, executive director of the Alaska Democratic Party, said her organization “is in no way affiliated with either Dan Sullivan.”
#3 Crowd Ditches Black Crowes Concert After Singer Mocks Patriotic Americans - Christina Dugan Ramirez for Fox News, Gutfeld!, Chris, Far Out Magazine, G'mo/Kentucky Girl, and Route 66 on X
The Black Crowes are facing backlash after shutting down a patriotic chant mid-concert. During the band's show in Tampa, Florida, over the weekend, a screen reportedly displayed the Black Crowes' mascot dressed as Uncle Sam, prompting members of the crowd to break into "U.S.A." chants, according to TMZ. Robinson allegedly responded, "Thanks for the geography lesson," before adding, "I don't know what you have to be so proud of right now." The response drew boos from the crowd and prompted some concertgoers to walk out before the show ended. In videos circulating online, Robinson can be heard saying, "Some of us have real faith. For those of you f---ing booing us, some of us are not afraid. And we most assuredly are not f---ing ignorant."
#4 Flesh-Eating Screwworm Returns to U.S. After 60 Years, Threatening Cattle Herd - Elmira Aliieva for NBC News, Colin Chilson, John Ben Cawley/Gratefulheart360, Reuters/Johura Roze, Tastes Like Disco, and Ravensfell on X
A flesh-eating parasite that had been kept out of U.S. livestock for decades has been detected in Texas, threatening the nation’s cattle industry and food supply at a time when prices are already high. The case of New World screwworm was confirmed in a 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, near the U.S.-Mexico border, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said late Wednesday. The parasitic fly’s larvae feed exclusively on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals. While the fly is capable of infecting humans and pets, such cases are rare and pose little risk to the broader public, according to experts...#5 President Trump Says He Will Nominate Todd Blanche to Serve as Attorney General - npr/Associated Press, Julia Manchester/Dan Scavino, Angie, Candee Courtney, Charlie Kirk O.G. MAGA!, and Ulrich on X
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general, tapping his former personal lawyer who has aggressively pursued the Republican president's agenda while leading the Justice Department in an acting role. Trump said at a dinner at the White House that he plans to nominate Blanche formally on Thursday, according to a video of the event posted on social media by a White House aide."We are going to make him permanent attorney general," Trump said at the Rose Garden event...
#6 Scott Bessent Goes Scorched Earth Against Sen. Ron Wyden Over Epstein Claims - Emily Goodin for New York Post, Eric Daugherty, FOX & Friends, Bloomberg, Deport, Deport, Deport!, and Mari/Catherine Herridge on X
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent came out firing at Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday, offering a cheeky response when asked about a widely reported altercation with a fellow member of the Trump administration. Bessent started his appearance before the panel by slamming Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the committee’s ranking member, over family ties to Jeffrey Epstein. “Senator Wyden has mendaciously slandered the Treasury building in an attempt to cover up his son having an investment meeting with Jeffrey Epstein to ask for funding,” Bessent charged in his opening statement, referring to an April 2016 gathering that Adam Wyden attended at the convicted sex offender’s Manhattan mansion at which he sought investment backing for his hedge fund, ACM Capital Management...
#7 Trump Appointee Leading $205BN US Agency Had Personal Ties to Epstein, Emails Show - Cate Brown for The Guardian, Timi_deeney, NDTV WORLD, Melania Truck, Lexus Luthor, and Ben Black on X
Ben Black, the head of a little-known government investment agency funded by billions of dollars from US taxpayers, had personal and business ties to Jeffrey Epstein, according to emails and business filings released by the Department of Justice. His father, Leon Black, had once been the disgraced financier’s highest-paying client – calling on the convicted sex offender for tax advice and to orchestrate payments to women, according to the New York Times and Bloomberg. A Guardian review of more than 5,000 records from Epstein’s private correspondence found that Ben Black invested in the same company as the financier in 2011 and that the two men had a relationship for several years afterward. Epstein told a friend that he attended Ben Black’s 30th birthday, advised him on the purchase of an $11.5m townhouse, and helped one woman compose messages to him. She wrote to Epstein to say that she and Black had kissed the following day...
#8 Conservatives Erupt After Al Green Melts Down During Viral Clash: ‘Unhinged Lunatic' - Leo Briceno for Fox News, AnarchyUnleashed, Drew Grimaldi, Chris, PJ Media, and firstjim on X
Rep. Al Green of Texas, a Democratic member of Congress known for his repeated attempts to impeach President Donald Trump, sparked backlash online after accusing Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin of racism. When Mullin began defending himself, Green cut him off. "Shut up," Green barked. The moment immediately drew condemnation online with the Republican National Committee's official X account, reposting a clip of the interaction, calling it "UNHINGED."
#9 Ohio State University Reaches $100 Million Settlement in Sex Abuse Lawsuits - Corky Siemaszko for NBC News, NewsRadio WHAM 1180, tippinsights, Jon Wertheim, The Penn State Realist, and fox8news on X
Ohio State University has agreed to pay $100 million in damages to 279 former students who said a campus doctor sexually assaulted them decades ago. Just one of the former students who were part of five active federal lawsuits against Ohio State did not sign on to the agreement, the university and the lawyers for the accusers said in a statement. Details of the settlement were being finalized, the joint statement said. It did not divulge the name of the holdout. The announcement appeared to be a significant step toward ending the eight-year legal battle in the Southern District of Ohio to get Ohio State to pay damages over allegations that it knew Dr. Richard Strauss was preying on students, the majority of whom were also athletes, but did nothing to stop him...#10 Nature Figured It Out Centuries Ago. Corporate America Spent Five Times the Electricity Getting it Wrong. - Tracy Beanz and Michelle Edwards for The HighWire, UncoverDC, Del Bigtree, MASS FORMATION PSYCHOSIS, and Trix on X
Del Bigtree’s recent trip to Italy, he witnessed something that instantly caught his attention. Farmers treating seeds with electricity before planting—no chemicals, no sprays, nothing synthetic—then watching those seeds outperform untreated ones planted side by side under identical conditions. Higher yields. Cleaner food. No inputs. “I had never heard of electrofarming before this trip,” he shared. Neither had most of us. What Del encountered has a name: electroculture. And it couldn’t be more different from what corporate researchers at American universities are calling by almost the same name. Because, while European farmers are quietly rediscovering an ancient practice that works with nature, scientists at Washington University and UC Riverside are busy building a version of “electro-agriculture” that requires genetically modified plants, dark warehouses, and roughly five times America’s entire annual electricity consumption. Two technologies. One word. Completely opposite philosophies, with one of them trying to sell us more of the same garbage they have been selling for decades...
