AMERICANTHINKER - 'I hate Mackinac so much,' Michigan Senate candidate El-Sayed said
By Monica Showalter What else does he 'hate so much' about Michigan?
NYTIMES (Annie Karni) - A Democrat Sounds the Alarm on Christian Nationalism in Congress
Representative Jared Huffman of California, the only self-declared “humanist” in Congress, writes in a new book that the separation of church and state is in grave danger.
NYTIMES (Chelsia Rose Marcius and Bayliss Wagner) - Ocasio-Cortez Says She Is Freezing Her Eggs and Still Mulling a Presidential Run
In a TV interview, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez distanced herself from positions like “defund the police” and indicated she hasn’t ruled out a presidential or Senate run.
NYTIMES (Yeganeh Torbati) - Iran Taps Longtime I.R.G.C. Commander Mohsen Rezaei to Top Security Post
The appointment of Mohsen Rezaei as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council suggests that Iran’s old guard is consolidating power.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Harrison Berger) - Iran War Day 163: Trump Considering Walking Away, Per Report
State of the Union: The Iranians claim to be communicating with the U.S. through intermediaries. The post Iran War Day 163: Trump Considering Walking Away, Per Report appeared first on The American Conservative .
The Wall Street Journal on Sunday, citing U.S. officials, said that President Donald Trump would be willing to “extend the current ceasefire indefinitely” if Iran’s nuclear program can be “kept in check” and traffic resumes in the Strait of Hormuz. According to those officials, Trump had been “laying the groundwork” to declare victory if the Strait of Hormuz—which was free and open before the U.S. bombed Iran on February 28—can be reopened. They say that Trump would then be willing to walk away and declare victory even without a nuclear deal and would also probably lift the U.S. military blockade on Iranian ports. Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, published on…Open
NPR (Rebecca Rosman) - Netanyahu rejects Trump's Gaza Peace Plan, demands Hamas disarm first
Netanyahu's comments come just over a week after President Trump said his Board of Peace had reached a "historic" agreement with Hamas to give up its weapons.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Nolan Wells case: Digital evidence, 911 call and new investigative questions | Backscroll
A NewsNation compilation examining phone data, the enhanced distress call, social media evidence and the latest developments in the Nolan Wells investigation.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Trump's week: Major Iran strikes halted, fallout for Pirro, new birthright citizenship challenges
President Trump on Sunday, August 2, explained his decision to cancel a new round of major strikes on Iran last weekend, saying that U.S. allies in the Middle East and Iran itself had asked for an alternative to the aggression. Speaking with reporters the next day, Trump returned to the subject of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, criticizing the decision by District of Columbia U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to drop the case against Olympic canoeist David Hearn for allegedly vandalizing the pool. On Thursday, the president signed executive orders aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, expressing displeasure at the Supreme Court's reversal of an earlier action from his administration with similar goals. #Trump #WhiteHouse #Iran #Pirro…
AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Delta Flight 2204 evacuated by emergency slides after smoke forces landing on Atlanta taxiway
Roughly 200 passengers and crew aboard a Delta flight bound for Orlando evacuated down inflatable slides on a taxiway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after smoke filled the cockpit, and the FAA says it will investigate. Delta Flight 2204 had barely left the ground Saturday morning when the crew reported fumes in the flight deck, […] The post Delta Flight 2204 evacuated by emergency slides after smoke forces landing on Atlanta taxiway appeared first on American Almanac .
Roughly 200 passengers and crew aboard a Delta flight bound for Orlando evacuated down inflatable slides on a taxiway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after smoke filled the cockpit, and the FAA says it will investigate. Delta Flight 2204 had barely left the ground Saturday morning when the crew reported fumes in the flight deck, declared an emergency, and turned back toward Atlanta. The aircraft lifted off shortly before 7:30 a.m. and was back on the ground by about 8 a.m., landing not on a runway but on a taxiway at the nation's busiest airport. Within minutes, at least three inflatable evacuation slides deployed, and dozens of passengers clutching carry-on bags lined up along the pavement waiting for buses to ferry…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Sarah May) - New York City fires Haitian municipal workers after courts uphold TPS termination
Mayor Zohran Mamdani acknowledged that New York City dismissed dozens of Haitian employees who lost work authorization after federal courts cleared the Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status, a program the government itself defines as never meant to be permanent. Mamdani's office released a statement Friday confirming that the city reviewed the work authorization […] The post New York City fires Haitian municipal workers after courts uphold TPS termination appeared first on American Almanac .
Mayor Zohran Mamdani acknowledged that New York City dismissed dozens of Haitian employees who lost work authorization after federal courts cleared the Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status, a program the government itself defines as never meant to be permanent. Mamdani's office released a statement Friday confirming that the city reviewed the work authorization of Haitian TPS holders on its payroll and separated from those who could not show an alternative legal right to work. The mayor framed the move as compelled by federal law, not chosen by City Hall, a distinction that did little to soften the outcome for the workers who lost their jobs. The dismissals followed two court decisions that, together, removed…Open