NYTIMES (Mack Liederman) - Fauci Is Far From the First Person to Plead the Fifth Before Congress
The constitutional right against self-incrimination has been invoked on several occasions during high-profile — and contentious — hearings.
NYTIMES (Maggie Haberman and Ann E. Marimow) - Trump Signs Executive Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship and ‘Birth Tourism’
The orders come after the Supreme Court ruled June 30 that President Trump’s previous efforts to end birthright citizenship were unconstitutional.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Arson suspect in Spokane wildfire has confessed to setting dozens of others, records show
A 37-year-old Spokane man is facing formal arson charges after allegedly confessing to starting dozens of wildfires over a year-long period, culminating in a massive 3,200-acre blaze that has destroyed hundreds of structures so far.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - DOGE unable to substantiate much of its claimed savings: GAO report
DOGE's website reports $215 billion in total savings across all categories, including asset sales, workforce reductions and regulatory changes. That figure has not changed since Jan. 1. It is a fraction of the $2 trillion Elon Musk initially suggested.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Trump admin launches fraud dashboard to track investigations, as it touts successes
The Small Business Administration leads all other executive agencies in uncovered fraud at $122.9 billion, and $22.6 billion recovered since January 2025.
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Judge dismisses vandalism case against former Olympian but defers on whether it can be brought again
Judge Todd Edelman of the Superior Court in Washington approved the Justice Department's request to drop the vandalism charge against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn in a two-page order.
JUSTTHENEWS (Ashe Short) - Disgraced Cambridge professor appears to have stolen memoir title from old TV show
The same credentials, charity record, plagiarism and life story that Cambridge, Simon & Schuster -- and years of fawning press coverage -- were all accepted without checking. It all fell apart the moment one outside academic actually looked into it. The institutions' first instinct was to defend the man and attack the people asking questions, caling them conservative “activists” and racists.
JUSTTHENEWS (Greg Piper) - Return of the rubber stamp? First mRNA flu vaccine has far higher injury rate than standard jabs
Moderna's own research shows 5,000 novel jabs required to prevent one hospitalization over standard vaccine. "Pharma finished recapturing" FDA after exit of officials with higher standards, drug industry journalist says.
JUSTTHENEWS (Amanda Head) - Trump administration seeks to end problematic organ procurement program, placing a premium on life
HHS begins the decertification of Network for Hope, the federally designated organ procurement organization serving nearly 7 million people across Kentucky and parts of Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia. Multiple federal reviews documented persistent patient-safety failures.
JUSTTHENEWS (Steven Richards) - New evidence further undermines claim that 2020 election was ‘most secure’ in history
Declassified documents, other evidence, reveal that despite official assurances of a secure 2020 election, government agencies possessed intelligence regarding significant security vulnerabilities, foreign data breaches, and potential manipulation risks.