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Sen. John Cornyn said Monday he will not support Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general absent a written modification to the settlement agreement President Donald Trump entered into with his own administration. Opposition from the Texas Republican could sink Blanche’s nomination in a highly anticipated Judiciary Committee vote scheduled for Thursday. While Cornyn said he is in talks with Blanche and others at the Justice Department, he has not secured changes he has demanded to the settlement agreement between Trump and the IRS. Those include formally rescinding a proposed $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” and restricting the scope of tax audit…

The Israeli prime minister has rejected the New York mayor’s calls for his arrest over the war in Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani of “fomenting hate” following the mayor’s call for his arrest in relation to the war in Gaza.The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in November 2024 over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the enclave, including “starvation as a method of warfare” and “other inhumane acts.” Mamdani, who has described Israel’s military campaign as genocide and…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was questioned on Monday about a growing campaign by families of September 11 victims seeking to keep him away from the upcoming 25th anniversary commemorations at Ground Zero. The radical Democrat’s expected appearance has drawn controversy due to his long record of associations with figures who have minimized the deadliest terror attack on American soil. The confrontation came during a press conference where Mamdani announced a 30 percent discount at five new municipal grocery stores, when a reporter asked him directly about the effort by survivors and relatives to exclude him from the solemn…

The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas obtained indictments against 11 individuals for their alleged roles in the deaths of seven illegal aliens who were locked inside a rail car earlier this year. Six of the migrants were found dead inside the rail car near Laredo, Texas, in May. The seventh was found dead near train tracks in San Antonio. A federal grand jury in Del Rio, Texas, handed down the multi-count indictments against 11 defendants for their alleged roles in a human smuggling operation that led to the deaths of seven illegal aliens, according to a statement…

With a pause in U.S. attacks stretching into a fourth day on Monday, Iran has shifted its aggression toward Saudi Arabia, and especially at sabotaging Saudi efforts to shift their oil exports from the Strait of Hormuz into the Red Sea. The Saudi defense ministry said on Monday that it intercepted multiple drones launched by Iran against oil facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia and the national capital of Riyadh. Defense ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki said the “terrorist” attacks were launched from Iraqi territory by “Iranian-backed terrorist militias” over the course of several hours on Monday morning. Maliki said…

President Donald Trump’s super PAC is set to begin spending its $400 million war chest in August, targeting House and Senate races to strengthen Republican incumbents and force Democrats onto the defensive, according to a report published Monday. The Trump-aligned super PAC, MAGA Inc., has sat on the stockpile without making a major expenditure on the party’s candidates so far this cycle. Journalist Jake Traylor posted the spending timeline Monday, citing a Republican operative, while MS NOW also reported the money would start flowing next month. James Blair, Trump’s former White House political director and now a coordinator of his midterm…

Police arrested a 15-year-old in connection with the mass shooting at the Bite of Seattle food festival at the Seattle Center in Washington state on Sunday evening. Three people were killed: A 19-year-old man, a 44-year-old man and a 56-year-old woman. Four people were wounded: A 2-year-old boy, a 23-year-old man, a 39-year-old woman and a 40-year-old woman,” according to Fox News. The four wounded victims were treated for their injuries and discharged from the hospital. Police are still looking for a second suspect, however; investigators are still working to determine if one of the deceased victims may have been…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in remarks to Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures this weekend that he is planning to visit New York City in September to attend the United Nations General Assembly, as he has traditionally done, despite Mayor Zohran Mamdani claiming the leader is “not welcome” in the city. Mamdani published a video on social media last week in which he announced he would be breaking a promise he made during the mayoral campaign that he would attempt to arrest Netanyahu for alleged “war crimes,” citing a total lack of legal authority to arrest a presiding head of a…

Elder care companies are hiring Americans at higher wages because President Donald Trump ended President Joe Biden’s amnesty-like Temporary Protected Status (TPS) giveaway for 350,000 Haitian migrants. Elder care “providers are taking steps to lessen the efforts, including increasing wages and benefits packages to attract more workers, as well as training workers from other fields so they can join the senior living workforce,” said a July 26 report in the trade news site McKnight Senior Living. “You have to figure out new ways… [because] the other answer is you just close down,” Rob Liebreich, the CEO of Goodwin Living, told the…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will meet with lawmakers in Washington to discuss American leadership on artificial intelligence, the company said Monday. A spokesperson for the chipmaker said Huang would hold talks with both Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill to talk about latest developments with the technology. “Jensen is in DC to meet with leaders on both sides of the aisle to discuss American leadership in AI, including leading in open source,” the spokesperson said. Huang also plans to highlight NVIDIA’s pledge to produce up to $500 billion worth of AI infrastructure in the U.S., the spokesperson added. Huang is…