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Fauci Faces Florida Subpoena After Invoking the Fifth More Than 100 Times
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Wednesday followed through on his promise to investigate embattled Dr. Anthony Fauci after the former White House COVID czar repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment during a tense Senate hearing. Uthmeier issued an investigative subpoena to Fauci as part of his ongoing probe into awards, professional opportunities,…
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Declassified Docs Reveal Over 600k Voter Files Hacked; Prosecutors Declined Prosecution
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) More than 600,000 voter files in Arizona’s largest county were hacked before the 2020 elections, with prosecutors refusing to pursue charges, according to declassified documents released Thursday. The case stems from a 2020 Maricopa County voter registration site, where a suspected hacker exploited the county’s voter records by “illegally” extracting…
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Mamdani Critics Want to Bar Him from Sept. 11 Ceremonies
(Chris Wade, The Center Square) Nearly 80,000 people have signed an online petition calling for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to be barred from attending events next month marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Relatives of Sept. 11 victims recently launched a petition urging the National September 11 Memorial &…
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Minnesota Medicaid Fraud More than $1M Now Carries Prison Time
(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) Minnesota is increasing penalties for Medicaid fraud as state and federal officials continue prosecuting cases involving millions of dollars allegedly stolen from taxpayer-funded programs. The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission recently approved a higher classification for a new Medicaid fraud offense created under a recently passed law, moving theft of…
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CBS Suppressing Interview on Jeffrey Epstein, Senate Report Says
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Senate Finance Committee released a 67-page report Tuesday that details how big banks ignored millions of dollars in suspicious transactions made by deceased sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. The report also says that CBS News is suppressing an interview on the subject. Tucked away on page 62 of the report is…
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Senate Investigators Obtain a Copy of Fauci’s COVID-Era Phone
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., announced Wednesday night that his Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has obtained a copy of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s iPhone from when he oversaw the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Hopefully, this device will address many of the questions he refused to answer at last week’s hearing,”…
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Democrat AGs Planned to Sue Trump Nearly 7 Months Before He was Reelected
(Adam Herbets, TJ Martinell and Mark Stricherz, The Center Square) Nearly two dozen state attorneys general banded together as early as April 2024 to plot litigation against President Donald Trump long before he was reelected, according to a confidential document obtained by The Center Square. The document was signed approximately three months before President Joe…
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FBI Investigated Trump for Firing James Comey, New Files Show
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Newly declassified files show that the FBI opened a criminal investigation into the fringe theory that President Donald Trump may have acted as a Russian agent shortly after he fired then-FBI Director James Comey. The files, released by the White House on Wednesday, once again expose the aggressive steps the bureau took…
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Dem Lawmakers’ Catfight Erupts over DSA’s Primary Surge
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Two Democratic lawmakers engaged in a snarky back-and-forth on X over what is driving the electoral surge of socialists within the Democratic Party. Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., clashed over whether recent primary defeats of establishment Democrats were fueled by voters’ economic frustrations or by other issues. Goldman, who…
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What Is the PCE and Why Is It the Fed’s Favorite Inflation Gauge?
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) When we talk about inflation, we usually focus on the Consumer Price Index (CPI). However, the Federal Reserve’s “preferred” inflation measure is the Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) index. What’s the difference and why does the Fed prefer the PCE? The two price inflation measures rely on significantly different methodological…
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Central Bank Gold Buying Accelerated Again in June
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold buying accelerated again in June as central banks took advantage of the softer price environment to add to their reserves. According to the latest data compiled by the World Gold Council, central banks globally added a net 51 tonnes of gold to their reserves in May. That was…
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FBI Agent Stole Roughly $1 Million in Cryptocurrency
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A former FBI supervisory special agent has been arrested after admitting to the theft of roughly $1 million worth of cryptocurrency, according to court records. A criminal complaint filed Saturday says that the former agent, Patrick Yaroch, admitted to his crimes to another Justice Department employee late last month—saying that he…
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Blanche’s Attorney General Nomination, after Fund Rescission, Advances
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Todd Blanche’s nomination to be United States attorney general on Tuesday was advanced by a Senate committee. Lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee, in a 12-10 vote, advanced Blanche’s nomination to the Senate floor after an extended controversy over various aspects of his candidacy. Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom…
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Seattle Mayor Silent on Police Chief’s Lucrative Exit Package
(Randy Diamond, The Center Square) Although former Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes served only 18 months in office, he’s taking away a lucrative severance package worth around $700,000 as questions remain about his departure. The package is well in excess of his $370,000 yearly salary. While the package was first disclosed Friday night, Seattle Mayor…
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Man Charged with Setting Spokane’s Largest Wildfire was Contacted About 2 Other Blazes Last Year
(Headline USA) A man charged with intentionally setting a wildfire that’s destroyed hundreds of buildings in and around Washington state’s second-largest city was contacted by law enforcement about two fires last year, though he wasn’t charged in either, court documents show. Aaron F. Farinacci, of Spokane, was arrested Monday and booked on suspicion of first-degree…
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In-N-Out Worker Killed in Shooting at Newly Opened Idaho Restaurant Traveled to Open Stores
(Headline USA) One of the three people killed when a gunman opened fire at an In-N-Out Burger had traveled to Idaho to help expand the restaurant chain. Ashley Garibay was on a team tapped to train new employees, away from where she lived in Stockton, California. Her family said she loved her work and called…
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The U.S. Has Naturalized More People Than It Deported This Year
(José Niño, Headline USA) The U.S. government has handed out citizenship faster than it handed out deportation orders over the past year, according to publicly available statistics. The Twitter/X account AF Post drew a comparison between two immigration statistics this week that circulated widely, and federal records back up each one, even as the underlying…
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Man Who Was Monitoring Security at Trump Golf Arrested
(Headline USA) A man carrying ammunition and with a gun in his car was arrested Sunday at President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course after appearing to monitor security preparations two days ahead of Trump’s fundraiser there, authorities said Tuesday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Jeanine John Taele, 38, was taking photos and video…
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Kamala Snubs Biden When Asked About ‘Most Effective’ Presidents
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Kamala Harris may have further strained her relationship with the Biden family Tuesday after leaving Joe Biden off her list of the nation’s “most effective” presidents. The twice-failed presidential candidate appeared at the National Urban League’s annual conference, where the organization’s CEO, Marc Morial, asked her to “rank the top three most…
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Platner’s Replacement in Maine Accused of Incest
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Democratic party elites in Maine are facing more criticism over their sub-par vetting process amid reports that new Senate nominee Troy Jackson has sex with his cousin. https://t.co/FxTYcfn9w1 pic.twitter.com/pXQbs1UBTE — Magills (@magills_) July 30, 2026 After using a loophole in the primary process to swap out duly nominated Graham Platner, an…
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Leftist Activists Establish ‘Autonomous Zone’ in Madison
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Far-left activists with apparent ties to the Democratic Socialists of America recently established their own autonomous zone in Wisconsin’s capital city, Madison. Protestors are preparing for rain here on Willy and Baldwin Streets but show no signs of packing up following a statement from @SatyaForMadison last night. pic.twitter.com/8e4WRBGngW — Laura Schulte…
