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GOP Sen. John Cornyn said Wednesday, less than 24 hours before a critical committee vote, that he is “not prepared” to support Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general as the two continue to tangle over the fate of a controversial DOJ-brokered settlement agreement involving President Donald Trump. Blanche did not appear for a planned morning meeting in Cornyn’s office, and the senator told reporters that time was running out for Blanche to meet his demand to formally modify the settlement Trump reached with the IRS earlier this year — a key ultimatum the Texas Republican set out after Blanche’s confirmation…

Screencap of Twitter/X video. Democrat Senator John Fetterman is not a fan of the DSA candidates who are invading his party in this election cycle. He was one of the loudest critics of Graham Platner in Maine and now he is calling out Michigan senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. El-Sayed came under fire this week for making a comment about Fetterman being an ‘ogre’ and seeing his head ‘on a pike.’ Fetterman reacted during an appearance on CNBC and called El-Sayed the ‘Pontiac Platner.’ The Hill reports: Fetterman dubs El-Sayed ‘Pontiac Platner’ in response to ‘ogre on a pike’ quip Sen.…

Politicians can point to a lower inflation report, but they cannot explain why Americans are standing in grocery aisles putting food back on the shelf. CNBC reports that consumers are spending less on groceries, forcing companies like PepsiCo, General Mills, Kraft Heinz, Campbell’s, and Conagra to slash prices and rely on promotions simply to move inventory. Millions have reached the point where every trip to the store has become an exercise in deciding what they can live without. The numbers tell a much darker story than the headlines. Americans now owe roughly $1.25 trillion in credit card debt, the highest level ever…

The French government has revealed that an estimated ninety per cent of so-called wildfires are the result of human activity, undermining the persistent media narrative that climate change is driving spontaneous fires ravaging the countryside. On Tuesday, French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said that 184 people have been arrested in connection with wildfires since the beginning of the summer. Those arrested are a combination of arsonists, criminals, and careless individuals, he said. According to the French Forest Observatory, around one in three (30 per cent) of wildfires are believed to have been set maliciously, Le Figaro reported. In total, the…

Monday on CNN’s “The Source,” political commentator Jeff Flake said Republicans should not support the SAVE America Act because it gives the federal government more control over elections. Host Boris Sanchez said, “The president is pushing Senate Republicans to stay in town through the August recess until they pass the SAVE Act.” He asked, “How do Republicans deal with this request from Trump to stay through this important time for them?” Flake said, “I don’t suppose they’ll be staying in town. It doesn’t have the votes, and he shouldn’t have the votes.” He continued, “Since when have Republicans, who have always…

The measure comes amid an intensifying rivalry between Beijing and Washington to dominate in advanced technology and AI Washington announced a ban on new foreign-made humanoid robot imports to the US on Tuesday, mainly targeting China, one of the world’s leading producers. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) cited “unacceptable risks” to US national security in explaining the move. Beijing has consistently dismissed similar US measures as politically motivated.It comes amid an intensifying race between Washington and Beijing to dominate AI and other advanced technologies. In recent years, the two countries have increasingly imposed a series of reciprocal restrictions on each…

Sam Altman’s company claims that its most powerful model can execute complex hacking operations on its own A cutting-edge AI model developed by OpenAI has managed to escape the confines of a lab test and break into a company’s database without any human instruction. It’s a nightmare scenario – or is that just what OpenAI wants you to believe? On July 16, OpenAI carried out an internal benchmark test on GPT‑5.6 Sol and another pre-release model that the company claims is “even more capable.” The models had their guardrails disabled and were put to work solving a series of cybersecurity…

Senator Rand Paul removes Dr. Fauci’s unruly attorney from hearing room after he repeatedly disrupted the hearing on Fauci’s monstrous actions during the COVID pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former NIAID director and face of America’s disastrous COVID response, finally appeared under subpoena Wednesday morning before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Fauci REFUSED to testify pleading the 5th Amendment out of the gate. The hearing, titled “Testimony of Anthony Fauci,” began at 8:30 a.m. ET on July 29 in Room SD-342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, according to the official committee notice. Committee Chairman Sen. Rand…

A recent case may mean that taxpayers filing Kwong-related protective claims won’t see penalty relief after all.gettyA recent U.S. Tax Court order is causing a stir, with some practitioners suggesting it could significantly limit taxpayers’ ability to recover penalties and interest assessed during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the fallout may not be quite that simple.In Bowen v. Commissioner, the court did not decide whether federal tax deadlines were automatically postponed during the COVID-19 disaster period. Instead, it assumed that they might have been—and ruled that the extension would not wipe out the accuracy-related penalties at issue.BackgroundThe taxpayers, Suzanne and Kenton…

DUBLIN (AP) — Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard died in a motorcycle crash in Dublin early Wednesday, his management said. He was 56. ATC Management told broadcaster RTE Hansard’s family was “deeply shocked and heartbroken” by his death. Irish police said a man in his 50s died in single vehicle motorcycle crash in Lucan on the outskirts of the Irish capital before 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The man, who they did not name, was treated at the scene but was pronounced dead a short time later. Hansard combined acting and a musical career. He played a member of a…