NEWSNATIONNOW (Josie Fischels) - Nolan Wells' friend speaks out, denies wrongdoing in death
Wells' family and their attorney, Ben Crump, have said a video showed Wells in a confrontation before he vanished.
DAILYCALLER (Leena Nasir) - ‘Crap Show’: Charles Barkley Says He Turned Down Swift-Kelce Wedding, Would Rather Golf
‘I thought it was gonna be a crap show’
Charles Barkley admitted he skipped the highly anticipated wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden, choosing a day on the golf course instead. The 63-year-old sports analyst appeared on the July 7 episode of “Unfiltered with Ricky Bo and Bill Colarulo,” and revealed that an invitation was extended to him, but he decided to sit this one out. Swift and Kelce were married on July 3. “I did get an invite, and I politely declined because I thought it was gonna be a crap show,” Barkley told the host. Charles Barkley DECLINED An Invite To Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Wedding Jason Miller/Getty Images pic.twitter.com/7fbNGbJDfY — Unfiltered With Ricky Bo & Bill Colarulo (@975Unfiltered) July 7, 2026 …Open
DAILYCALLER (Ashley Brasfield) - Abbott Investigates Hospital Over Mexico Billboards Promoting Birth Tourism Packages In Texas
‘Exploits the extraordinary hospitality’
Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered an investigation into a South Texas hospital over billboards in Mexico advertising birth tourism packages. Abbott directed the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) on Wednesday to investigate allegations that a Rio Grande Valley hospital promoted birth tourism packages to foreign nationals, according to a press release from Abbott’s Office. (RELATED: Supreme Court Shoots Down Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order) Abbott called birth tourism an illegal practice that “exploits the extraordinary hospitality” of Texas and the United States in a letter to state health officials. Texas will not permit the exploitation of its healthcare system or its citizenship laws.…Open
REDSTATE (Bob Hoge) - Duffy Unloads on 'Liberal Radical Leftists' As Yet Another Illegal Alien Trucker Crash Kills MA Trooper
REDSTATE (streiff) - Plot Twist! President Trump Declares Blockade of Iran Is Back on and That the US Controls Hormuz
NEWSCATS (Diana Zapata) - Europe Unites Behind Ukraine as New Missile Defense Coalition Sends Message to Putin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and EU leaders attend a meeting of ‘Coalition of the Willing’, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 24, 2026. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Published July [...]
NYTIMES (Shuaib Almosawa and Vivian Nereim) - Conflict Over Iranian Planes Imperils Yemen’s Fragile Peace
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen accused Saudi Arabia of striking an airport in the Yemeni capital, Sana. The escalation came after a dispute over an Iranian plane that carried Houthi officials to Tehran.
NYTIMES (Ana Swanson) - Trump Is Snapping Up Stakes in Private Companies. Could A.I. Be Next?
Some tech executives are nervous that recent scrutiny of artificial intelligence models could be a prelude to a demand by the Trump administration for an ownership stake.
AF (Pentagon News) - CSAF Letter to the Force on Standards
Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach released a letter to Airmen on standards.
BABYLONBEE (Babylon Bee) - Party Of Tolerance Holds Nationwide Parade Celebrating Death Of Political Enemy
U.S. — The party of love, peace, and tolerance held nationwide parades today to celebrate the death of a political enemy.