The parents of Nolan Wells, who was found dead on Horn Island in Mississippi, will hold a funeral for the 18-year-old on Monday. Wells was with friends for the Fourth of July and did not return home.
Pete Musico and Paul Bellar were previously convicted of providing material support for an act of terrorism in the plot, alongside Joseph Morrison, whose conviction was overturned by a different appeals panel last month.
Meanwhile, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Tropical Storm Fausto strengthened Monday and was nearing hurricane status far out to sea from western Mexico.
Senate Republicans are warming to the idea of using a third reconciliation package to replenish the Pentagon's depleted weapons stocks. Why it matters: They still view reconciliation 3.0 as Plan B. - For now, though, they're willing to let House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) attempt the legislative equivalent of a triple axel: passing a rule, a short-term government funding bill and a budget resolution to unlock reconciliation. - "The tale of the tape is going to be what the House can do," Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) said. - "Can the House pass it? I don't think that's a done deal. It's not offset, so I think there's going to be some troubled water there." But Republican senators aren't slamming the door on Johnson's plan,…
President Trump is nearing a decisive fork in the Iran war, with U.S. and Israeli officials envisioning only two viable endgames: - Option 1: Pursue a new 10-day ceasefire aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz . - Option 2: Launch a massive joint military campaign with Israel to force Tehran's capitulation. Why it matters: Trump hasn't made a decision yet. But officials believe the next few days will determine which path prevails — with little room left for the grinding, open-ended conflict now paralyzing the Gulf. Driving the news: Qatar, Egypt, Pakistan and other regional mediators have presented the U.S. and Iran with a proposal for a 10-day ceasefire, two regional sources with direct knowledge of the effort told Axios. - The…
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- Tucker Carlson joined Senior Editor Andrew Day and Correspondent Harrison Berger on the latest episode of TAC Right Now - Carlson’s appearance on TAC Right Now was featured on Breaking Points - Executive Director Curt Mills was quoted in POLITICO’s article “Graham was America First’s most powerful counterweight. The movement sees an opening.” - Day appeared on the Glenn Loury Show to talk about Trump, Israel and Iran - Associate Editor Joseph Addington spoke at a panel on the Trump Administration’s Cuba policy hosted by Concerned Veterans for America - Mills was quoted by the Guardian on the Iran War’s potential impact on the midterm elections - Jewish Currents reported on Mills’s upcoming…Open
Trump is discussing plans to seek to have Congress pass a resolution to expunge both of his impeachments from his first term and his allies want to help him do so.