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Wednesday on MS NOW’s “On the Line,”  Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) said the Trump administration was about “making America hate again.” Host Alicia Menendez said, “Just hours after yesterday’s birthright citizenship ruling came down, the Trump Justice Department directed prosecutors to target, quote, birth tourists or foreign nationals who arrive in the United States pregnant and give birth here. They are not satisfied by what they got yesterday from the Supreme Court. They are not going to stop simply because the, the Supreme Court says that birthright is, in fact, constitutional. What would what the Justice Department is suggesting actually look…

Islamabad said its forces intercepted and shot down four drones in ⁠the southern resource-rich province of Balochistan Afghanistan has carried out drone strikes inside Pakistan, just days after Islamabad launched border attacks that left 28 dead in the country. The Afghan Defense Ministry claimed to have struck an Islamic State facility in Pakistan’s border province of Balochistan and in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Pakistan’s military, however, said the drones were spotted immediately and neutralized. According to local authorities, however, two people were injured in a drone attack near a government school in Saranan, Reuters reported. Afghanistan’s air force has limited attack…

Communist China stands as a model of societal, political and economic rectitude that should be emulated by developing countries everywhere, President Xi Jinping boasted Wednesday. Now in his 14th year of unchallenged power, an ebullient Xi applauded China as having achieved in a few decades under the iron fist of Communist dictatorship what it took centuries for rich democratic countries to do. “We advocate the building of a community with a shared future for humanity, providing Chinese wisdom, Chinese solutions and Chinese strength for addressing major issues facing humanity,” AP reports he said at an event marking the 105th anniversary…

Wednesday on FBN’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) criticized his House Republican colleagues, who forced a shutdown of the chamber floor over an unwillingness to add the so-called SAVE America Act to a defense policy bill. Lawler was dismissive of the tactic and said the effort would fall short in the U.S. Senate. “Congressman, good to see you,” host Maria Bartiromo said. “Thank you so much for being here. So, what happened yesterday? What can you tell us about that failed rule vote and the early departure?” Lawler replied, “Well, Maria, Anna Paulina Luna and a number of…

The controversial legislation is now returning to the Senate floor before a possible final vote in the lower chamber France’s lower chamber of parliament has approved a controversial assisted dying bill that would allow some seriously ill adults to request a lethal injection. The legislation has been backed by French President Emmanuel Macron but has met strong opposition from conservative parties and the Catholic clergy.The National Assembly, which is dominated by left-leaning and progressive parties, approved the text on Tuesday by 295 votes to 232, with 35 abstentions. La France Insoumise, Socialists, Greens, and Communists largely backed it, while the…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at ports of entry in Texas have seized more than 9,000 pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of more than $80 million in just four incidents during the month of June. The thwarted cartel smuggling attempts occurred in Laredo, El Paso, and Pharr, Texas. In two interdictions on the Juneteenth holiday, officers seized more than $72.3 million in methamphetamine as smugglers attempted to push through two south Texas ports of entry. The larger of the two seizures occurred on June 19 at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, when a CBP officer…

The U.S. manufacturing sector continued to expand in June, and the price increases that have squeezed manufacturers for much of the past two years began to ease significantly, according to a pair of surveys released Wednesday. The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index registered 53.3 in June, down from 54.0 in May but marking a sixth consecutive month of expansion. A separate gauge from S&P Global came in with a reading of 53.9, extending an 11-month run of expansion. Readings above 50 in both surveys indicate expansion. Economists watch the indexes for early signs of turns in the economy because…

Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Rabb, the Democrat nominee for Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District, denounced the Declaration of Independence, capitalism, billionaires, and what he called “American exceptionalism.” Rabb made the remarks during the “America at 250 — Trump Fascism, Historical Erasure, and the Battle Over Truth” panel, held June 26 at People’s Plaza on Independence Mall in Philadelphia. Rabb is running unopposed in Pennsylvania’s heavily Democrat 3rd Congressional District and is widely expected to win election to Congress in November. During the discussion, Rabb argued that the Declaration of Independence did not deliver freedom to everyone and instead helped preserve the power…

The Eurobarometer survey seems custom-designed to deliver the answers Brussels wants The European Union’s in-house pollsters have concluded that their citizens overwhelmingly support the decisions made in Brussels, and want more of what the EU is giving them. It doesn’t take much digging to discover that someone is cooking the books.The topline results from the latest Eurobarometer survey paint a rosy picture of life in the EU. 75% of respondents see the EU “as a place of stability in a troubled world,” they value its “contribution to protecting peace and strengthening security,” and “vast majorities of Europeans” want deeper integration…

Darren Woods, Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs of Qatar and President and CEO of QatarEnergy, and Wael Sawan, CEO of Shell, attend the opening plenary panel session of the 21st International Conference & Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG2026) at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) in Doha, Qatar, on February 2, 2026. (Photo by Noushad Thekkayil/NurPhoto via Getty Images)NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe new Shell LNG Outlook 2026 published on June 30 carries a clear message: The world’s current energy realities dictate that reliable energy infrastructure and steady policy matter more…