HUFFPOST - Trump’s Embarrassingly Bad Week: A Ceasefire Collapse, Air Force One Concerns And A Court Defeat
Trump has had a less-than-ideal week.
HUFFPOST - Trump Threatens Iran After Ali Khamenei's Funeral Saw Open Calls For His Killing
Trump added that the U.S. military would “completely decimate and destroy all areas of Iran - PRAISE BE TO ALLAH!”
NYTIMES (Andre Andreev) - Arsenal Legend Bob Wilson on the Loneliest Role in Soccer
For the Arsenal legend Bob Wilson, goalies must have “a desperate sense of courage.”
NEWSNATIONNOW (Finya Swai and The Hill) - Judge awards Hunter Biden $1.7M in defamation suit against ex-Overstock CEO
Byrne, a known denier of Biden’s victory over President Trump in the 2020 presidential election, accused the younger Biden of taking part in an $800 million bribery scheme involving Iran and failed to defend his claims in court.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Sophie Brams and The Hill) - Judge OKs DOJ request to toss remaining Proud Boys Jan. 6 convictions
District Judge Timothy Kelly granted the Justice Department’s (DOJ) motion to dismiss the convictions against Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola. He did so with prejudice, meaning those charges cannot be tried again.
STONEZONE (Roger Stone) - State Department Shuts Down Mamdani Official’s Planned Meeting with Iran’s UN Ambassador
Longtime left-wing activist Ana María Archila, Commissioner of New York City’s Mayor’s Office of International Affairs and former co-director of the progressive Working Families Party, scheduled a meeting with Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, amid ongoing hostilities in the Middle East, as first reported by City Journal and detailed by […] The post State Department Shuts Down Mamdani Official’s Planned Meeting with Iran’s UN Ambassador appeared first on StoneZone .
Longtime left-wing activist Ana María Archila, Commissioner of New York City’s Mayor’s Office of International Affairs and former co-director of the progressive Working Families Party, scheduled a meeting with Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, amid ongoing hostilities in the Middle East, as first reported by City Journal and detailed by the New York Post . The meeting was set for Tuesday morning, July 7, at the United Nations Headquarters complex in New York, alongside two other senior officials from Mayor Mamdani’s office, according to calendar invitations reviewed by City Journal and confirmed by sources. It was ultimately canceled after intervention by the U.S. State Department. …Open
NYTIMES (Devlin Barrett, Glenn Thrush and Maggie Haberman) - White House Directed Patel to Oversee Investigation Involving Times Reporting
The F.B.I. director spent about eight hours at the White House Friday focused on the effort, which led to the subpoenaing of several Times reporters who wrote about the security of Air Force One.
REDSTATE (Becca Lower) - Watch: Medicare Fraudsters Stealing Nearly $200M Through Seniors, Vulnerable Adults in NYC Care Homes
NEWSNATIONNOW (Sophie Brams and The Hill) - Senate Democrat expands probe into Kennedy Center spending
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) wrote in a July 9 letter to Executive Director Matt Floca that he had obtained whistleblower information alleging the Kennedy Center rushed a series of renovations last year in order to meet arbitrary deadlines set by President Trump.