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On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Story Is,” Rep. Kevin Mullin (D-CA) responded to a question on how to end the Iran war by saying that “I wish I had the answer to that. The reality is, we have to end this war. And when my party, the House Democrats, take control of the House and have the gavels and restore our Article I powers of the purse and can actually bring some accountability and look to bring this war to an end, that will certainly be helpful.” Host Elex Michaelson asked, “Based off of where we are right now,…

Consumer sentiment rallied in July as gasoline prices tumbled and inflation indexes turned negative. The University of Michigan’s final July sentiment index rose to 55.2 this month, according to data released Friday. That was better than expected and an increase from the preliminary estimate of 54.4. In June, the index fell to 49.5. Gas prices fell sharply in June and July after soaring as Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial bottleneck for oil from the Persian Gulf. Falling gas prices pulled down the consumer price index for June, leading to a negative month-to-month reading. “Consumer sentiment confirmed its…

There is a “direct line” from Anthony Fauci’s shutdown of schools during the coronavirus pandemic to inner city violence, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily. Speaking to host Mike Slater the day after Fauci’s appearance before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs – which featured Fauci pleading the Fifth over 100 times – Moreno said, “I believe that a lot of the inner city violence that we see today in a lot of our major cities has a direct line to what this guy did closing schools.” He pointed to studies…

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise is zeroing in on one of House Republicans’ biggest contests — a purple district in Nebraska — when he starts his recess campaign sprint. Scalise will travel to Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District in the Omaha area for an event with Republican Brinker Harding in the coming days, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter granted anonymity to share plans not yet made public. Republicans are digging in to defend the seat, which Kamala Harris won in the 2024 presidential race and is among Democrats’ best pick up opportunities this fall as they…

Local authorities on the island of Ceuta have begged Madrid for military reinforcements to handle the surge Thousands of north African migrants have broken into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta from Morocco. Regional authorities have pleaded with Spain’s socialist government to send in the military, but Madrid has refused.Groups of migrants began swimming around the border fence separating Ceuta from Morocco earlier this week, but the trickle became a surge on Thursday when a large group overwhelmed border guards and broke through the fence.The head of Ceuta’s regional government estimated that up to 2,000 people had arrived by midday on…

The Democratic National Committee has had a no good, very bad year. That, of course, does not bode well for the 2028 presidential election cycle, and powerful Democrat donors have noticed. According to Politico, the DNC’s embarrassing missteps under Chair Ken Martin have donors griping and looking for alternatives. One donor, for instance, described the DNC as “sort of floundering right now.” And that might have been the most generous assessment Politico received from more than half a dozen donors, donor advisors, and bundlers — those who collect many individual donations — nearly all of whom spoke anonymously. “Nobody wants…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has publicly rejected a media report suggesting the EV giant is preparing to divest its Chinese operations to facilitate a potential merger with SpaceX. The tech tycoon called the report “fake news.” The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday evening that Tesla executives had been instructed to develop plans for either selling or spinning off the company’s China operations. According to the report, this move would aim to reduce regulatory roadblocks associated with combining Tesla with SpaceX, a megamerger that has been rumored since SpaceX went public. Tesla’s extensive Chinese operations include a significant electric vehicle manufacturing…

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” host Larry Kudlow argued that negotiations with Iran aren’t working and the “options now are really more battlefield, major combat, not diplomacy.” And the right path is “resumption or a return to major combat operations, a tightening of economic screws” along with covert operations to try to change the regime. Kudlow began by saying, “Iran must be hit on all fronts now, including covert action for regime change.” He added, “I think it’s fair to say right now, negotiations are going nowhere, absolutely nowhere. President Trump is doing what no other…

AI startup Anthropic claims that its Claude AI models hacked the systems of three separate organizations during cybersecurity evaluations. CNBC reports that Anthropic announced it has identified three separate incidents in which its Claude AI models accessed the internet during evaluation exercises and successfully breached the real systems of three different organizations. The company made the discovery during what it described as a large-scale retrospective review of its cybersecurity evaluations, which was initiated following a similar security incident disclosed by OpenAI the previous week. The revelation comes amid mounting concerns within the technology sector about the rapidly advancing cyber capabilities of…

Multiple New York City store clerks have allegedly been allowing customers to use Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards to buy a drug, Kratom, that is not covered under the government’s food stamp program, according to O’Keefe Media Group (OMG). The outlet’s James O’Keefe investigated the issue and recorded store workers swiping what were reportedly EBT cards for customers who bought Kratom, OMG reported Wednesday. OMG said Kratom is “commonly sold as powder, capsules, or liquid extracts. Federal regulations strictly limit SNAP and EBT benefits to eligible food items. Under 7 CFR 278 and 7 U.S. Code 2012, retailers are prohibited…