HUFFPOST - Terrorism Trial Opens In Stabbing Of Salman Rushdie
Rushdie, now 79, was repeatedly slashed in front of a horrified audience at the Chautauqua Institution in 2022.
HUFFPOST - Trump Wants E. Jean Carroll To Return $5.6 Million Sexual Abuse Payout
President Donald Trump was found liable for sexually abusing the writer in the mid-1990s and for defaming her with his denials.
HUFFPOST - Dear Trump: Canadians Help Fight American Wildfires All The Time
The problem isn’t Canada. It’s climate change.
HUFFPOST - Trump Posts 2 World Cup Hype Reels — But There's 1 'Embarrassing' Moment They Don't Show
Critics reminded the White House exactly what “the entire world saw and laughed” about at the World Cup final.
HUFFPOST - Trump Claims Fallen U.S. Soldiers Voiced Support For Ongoing Iran War
“All of them said very strongly, ‘We can’t let, cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon,’” he said while disputing polls showing growing public opposition.
HUFFPOST - Wisconsin Police Officer Shoots, Kills Man On Street Near State Capitol In Madison
A white police officer shot and killed Tony Robinson, who was biracial, on the same street in 2015.
AXIOS (Joann Muller) - Tesla's push into AI and robotics is proving costly
Tesla's massive investments in humanoid robots , self-driving cars and AI chips are hurting profits, but the company says it'll all pay off down the line. Why it matters: CEO Elon Musk indicated he's "never been more optimistic about the future," but acknowledged the investments could lead to uneven results. Zoom in: Tesla revenue jumped on record vehicle deliveries in the second quarter, but the company saw a significant dip in operating profit because of its heavy spending on R&D. - Tesla plans to spend more than $25 billion on capital investments this year, and that spending rate will grow over the the next two or three years, CFO Vaibhav Taneja told investors and analysts on a call late Wednesday. - Additionally, Tesla plans to…
STONEZONE (Roger Stone) - On Marxist Sandinista Anniversary, Ortega Declares No More Elections in Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega has held Nicaragua under dictatorial control for nearly two decades. On July 19, 2026, the 80-year-old leader used a speech commemorating the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Sandinista Revolution, the Marxist uprising he helped lead with Cuban backing, to declare there will be no more elections, openly dropping any remaining pretense of democracy. […] The post On Marxist Sandinista Anniversary, Ortega Declares No More Elections in Nicaragua appeared first on StoneZone .
Daniel Ortega has held Nicaragua under dictatorial control for nearly two decades. On July 19, 2026, the 80-year-old leader used a speech commemorating the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Sandinista Revolution, the Marxist uprising he helped lead with Cuban backing, to declare there will be no more elections, openly dropping any remaining pretense of democracy. “There will be no more elections,” Ortega declared, railing against his longtime adversary, the United States. “Parties put in place by the Yankees, put in place by the Somoza regime, coming back to power, that story is over.” He repeated emphatically: “Never, never, never.” Ortega voiced strong solidarity with the regimes in Cuba and Venezuela, fiercely criticizing any…Open
STONEZONE (Roger Stone) - U.S. Treasury Stops $99M in Payments to the Dead with Trump-Backed Safeguards
WASHINGTON – The Department of Treasury and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service announced Tuesday it has successfully implemented a new government payment verification process that prevents federal payments from being issued to deceased individuals. The initiative is now fully underway and fulfills a key requirement of President Trump’s Executive Order 14249 and the Ending […] The post U.S. Treasury Stops $99M in Payments to the Dead with Trump-Backed Safeguards appeared first on StoneZone .
WASHINGTON – The Department of Treasury and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service announced Tuesday it has successfully implemented a new government payment verification process that prevents federal payments from being issued to deceased individuals. The initiative is now fully underway and fulfills a key requirement of President Trump’s Executive Order 14249 and the Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act, signed into law in February 2026. To date, the enhanced screening has reviewed more than 885 million payments which total to approximately $2.77 trillion. The system identified more than 4,900 payments associated with deceased payees, which equal nearly $99 million. Those payments were returned to the originating federal…Open
STRIPES (Alejandro Carrasquel) - Virginia-based firm to equip South Korean F-15Ks with advanced survivability system | Stars and Stripes
South Korea is upgrading its F-15K fighter fleet with the U.S. military’s most advanced electronic warfare system under a new contract.