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Welcome to The Gateway Pundit’s Week-in-Review with Elijah Schaffer, where he covers the top 5 stories throughout the last 24 hours.   ARTICLE 1: Sperry: Secret Meeting Opens Document Floodgates on Trump-Russia Hoax   ARTICLE 2: Whoops: David Hogg’s First PAC-Backed Primary Candidate Goes Down in Flames  ➤ MyPillow: MyPillow is offering two limited-time sales: a closeout on percale bedsheets in any size or color for $25, with eleven colors available until sold out, and a free introductory 3-pack of REV7, a sugar-free, caffeine-free energy drink with Cognizin and Go BHB for clean, sustained energy without crashes. Order at MyPillow.com with…

Controversial New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani may not only be socialism’s great new hope; he may also  be motivating a new coalition of Muslims seeking more influence in American politics, according to ABC. That appears to be the conclusion of an ABC report that looked into the donations the Mamdani campaign received as it took on former governor Andrew Cuomo in last month’s Democratic primary. According to ABC’s Zohreen Shah: Six days before polls closed in the New York City mayoral primary and hours after former Mayor Michael Bloomberg injected an extra $5 million into former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s…

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Friday he may dissent from the Federal Open Market Committee if policymakers opt to keep interest rates unchanged at the end of this month, reaffirming his call for a quarter-point cut in light of what he described as an “on the edge” labor market. “It’s important not to dissent regularly,” Waller said in a Bloomberg Television interview. “But officials should take the step if you make it very clear you think at this moment in time this is an important thing to do.” He added: “I dissented on the balance sheet slowdown earlier this…

Puerto Rico’s Republican Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón signed legislation this week banning sex change drugs and surgeries for individuals under 21 years old. The law was approved on Wednesday and will go into effect in October. It carries criminal penalties, punishing health care professionals who violate the law with a $50,000 fine per violation and a determinate prison sentence of 15 years, The Hill reported. Charged doctors would also be stripped of their licenses and permits and be permanently banned from practicing in the U.S. territory.  “Minors, having not yet reached the necessary emotional, cognitive, and physical maturity, are particularly vulnerable to…

The FBI has joined an investigation after the deadly blast took the lives of several deputies in East Los Angeles A powerful explosion rocked the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) training facility early Friday morning, killing at least three deputies, Fox News reported, citing department sources. The blast occurred at around 7:30am at the Biscailuz Training Center in East Los Angeles, prompting an immediate evacuation of the facility and a multi-agency emergency response.The Los Angeles County Fire Department confirmed to Fox News that ambulances had been dispatched to the scene for injuries related to a possible explosion. The FBI’s Los Angeles…

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that Coca-Cola has agreed to produce its classic soda using real cane sugar, and is moving production to the United States. American consumers will finally be able to purchase an equivalent to the imported Mexican version, which many consumers go out of their way to acquire. The announcement came via Truth Social, where Trump revealed his discussions with company executives. Trump wrote of his ongoing discussions with Coca-Cola’s leadership to advocate for removing high-fructose corn syrup. “I have been speaking to Coca-Cola about using REAL Cane Sugar in Coke in the United States, and…

Researchers have found that while AI chatbots like ChatGPT can detect metaphors in political speech with moderate success, they often misinterpret figurative language in Donald Trump’s speeches and lack the nuanced understanding that humans possess. PsyPost reports that a recent study published in Frontiers in Psychology has shed light on the capabilities and limitations of AI systems when it comes to understanding metaphors in political contexts. The researchers used President Donald Trump’s speeches as a testing ground for ChatGPT-4, a large language model (LLM) trained to understand and generate human language. The study analyzed four of Trump’s speeches from mid-2024…

American consumer confidence improved more than expected in early July, climbing to its highest level in five months as inflation expectations fell sharply and retail spending showed renewed strength. The University of Michigan’s preliminary consumer sentiment index rose to 61.8, beating the 61.5 forecast and up from 60.7 in June. It marks the second consecutive monthly increase and suggests that Americans are growing more optimistic as price pressures ease and economic momentum picks up. One-year inflation expectations fell to 4.4 percent, down from 5.0 percent in June and a recent peak of 6.6 percent in May. Five-year expectations dropped to…

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is asking Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for information on Microsoft’s use of Chinese engineers to maintain Pentagon cloud computing systems, warning that the practice may expose “our nation’s most sensitive data to a foreign adversary.” “In light of recent and concerning reports about Microsoft using engineers in China to maintain DoD systems, I’ve asked @SecDef to look into the matter,” Cotton said in a Friday X post, sharing a letter he sent to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “We must guard against all threats within our military’s supply chain,” the senator added. In his letter, Cotton wrote that his concerns stem…

The US president has chronic venous insufficiency and shakes many hands, his doctor has said The White House has released a memo from President Donald Trump’s physician explaining recent visible changes in his limbs, which some observers had taken as indicators of a serious health condition.In a memo issued Thursday, Dr. Sean P. Barbabella said Trump has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a condition he described as “benign” and common among people over the age of 70.Trump, 79, was recently seen with swelling in his legs, which Dr. Barbabella attributed to the condition. Chronic venous insufficiency is typically age-related…