Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche assured faith leaders during a call with Intercessors for America that the Justice Department plans to further restrict abortion access, calling a complete victory "permanent" and "soon." Specifically targeting mail-order abortion drugs, Blanche stated the administration is implementing policies to stop organizations from shipping abortion pills into states with abortion bans. Following reports on the call, the Department of Justice downplayed his comments, claiming they focused strictly on regulating mail-order abortion drugs rather than expanding federal control over states. The recording of the call has since been removed from YouTube. The controversy comes as the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12"10 to approve Blanche's nomination for permanent Attorney General, sending his confirmation to the full Senate.
AG nominee Todd Blanche tells faith leaders he will take action to restrict abortion drug access His remarks signal the Justice Department could target mail-order abortion pills, which activists have long sought to ban Read more
Karma intervened when MAGA hatemonger Scott LoBaido (61) suffered a cardiac arrest while needlessly trying to confront the successful and pacific NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) in Staten Island.
Scott LoBaido is not a good human being
New Mexico filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Justice and acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, on Wednesday for "stonewalling" its criminal investigation into the activities of the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein at a remote ranch in the state.
Donald Trump's administration has paid back $100bn (78bn) in "Liberation Day" tariff refunds to businesses through US customs officials. This represents roughly 60% of all tariff revenue collected by the government under the policy, according to a recent court filing from US Customs and Border Protection. Read more
Tom DeLay, the Texas Republican who was House majority leader from 2003 to 2005, said the Federal Communications Commission has no legal authority to repeal the National Television Ownership Rule. Despite DeLay's warning, the Trump FCC appears ready to eliminate the rule at its meeting this week.
The Federal Aviation Administration said a military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump on Tuesday was briefly too close to a passenger jet departing Reagan Washington National Airport but said the U.S. president was not in danger. The incident raises serious questions about why the passenger airplane was allowed to depart while Marine One was nearby, a time when commercial traffic is typically halted. Following a January 2025 crash between a military helicopter and a commercial jet that killed 67 people, the FAA barred mixed helicopter and jet traffic around the airport.
A group of Democratic lawmakers have asked the Pentagon's official watchdog to open an investigation after The Washington Post revealed that 15 companies with investment from President Donald Trump's sons have garnered $3.2 billion in federal contracts, investments, and loans " most coming after Trump took office for the second time.
What Makes the Asian Handicap Different: A Practical Guide to Smarter Football Analysis Read more
Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan's slugfest of a Democratic Senate primary, NBC News projects, clinching the nomination in a close race over Rep. Haley Stevens and establishing a Midwest beachhead for a progressive left on the march this midterm cycle. El-Sayed overcame a nearly $65 million onslaught of outside money and an establishment that had rallied around Stevens. Popular Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorsed Stevens late last month " a move seen as a last-ditch effort to stop a rising El-Sayed.
An attorney for Ohio Rep. Max Miller said he accidentally included a sensitive photo of the lawmaker's 2-year-old daughter in a trove of information Miller shared on social media as he denied domestic abuse allegations from his former wife and vowed to seek reelection. "To be clear, this was completely my fault," the lawyer, Aaron Minc, said in a statement reported by Mediaite. Emily Moreno's attorneys cited the image of the girl in a letter to Minc this week, alleging the photo "could be considered Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM)." The letter is part of a defamation lawsuit Miller launched against Moreno in May.
Israeli soldiers and civilian contractors are systematically removing potential proof of genocide from the Gaza Strip daily by the truckload, an apparent violation of an order issued by the World Court for Israel to preserve evidence of genocidal acts committed by the Israeli Death Forces (IDF) in the Palestinian exclave. The Lancet UK estimates that since 7 Oct 2023, over 75,000 Palestinians in Gaza were butchered by the American taxpayer-funded IDF to make way for detestable Jared Kushner's luxury beachside resort for Israeli oligarchs and lunatic Settlers.
Auschwitz is prohibited from being demolished as a grim reminder of the Holocaust.
"He said, Sissy, I didn't do this, but men don't beat rape charges. I'm going to die in jail,'" said Elizabeth Self, whose brother, Christopher Lee Franklin, 40, was awaiting an Aug. 19 jury trial on charges related to the alleged Jan. 17 rape of an ex-girlfriend in Stafford County, VA. Read more
Like in Kentucky this summer when AIPAC money overwhelmed Congressman Thomas Massie (R) in his Republican primary bid for re-election, former progressive Congresswoman Cori Bush (D) lost her primary race to the unscrupulous incumbent Congressman Wesley Bell (D) and AIPAC's war chest of millions of dollars. Former prosecutor Wesley Bell once worked for Republican Mark J Byrne.
Foreign interference in Missouri 1st CD primary race (pop. ~742,814).
On Sunday 2 Aug 2026, LASD deputies arrested Jeanine John Taele (38) at the Trumpf National Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verdes CA where Dummkopf Trumpf was hosting a fundraising dinner for the Republican National Committee. Plain clothes USSS agents reported a suspicious individual walking throughout the golf course grounds taking photographs and videos and appearing to monitor security-planning activities. After LASD deputies arrested Taele, investigators recovered a small arsenal: An illegally modified AR platform rifle, M1911 .45 caliber automatic pistol, body armor, high-capacity magazines, bulk pistol and rifle ammunition, multiple notebooks containing concerning statements, and two radio signal devices.
Map
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbot this week directed state authorities to audit all data centers in the state's queue before the facilities can be hooked up to the grid. Abbott's directive went out to the state public utility commission and its grid operator, ERCOT, requiring them to audit all data centers' electricity and water use before they can connect to the grid, The Hill reported. Any project that fails to comply with the requirements of the commission or ERCOT must be denied connection to the grid, Abbott's directive stated. To comply with the audit, data centers must provide information about whether they will provide their own power or utilize power from the grid, whether they are bringing and reusing their water, their estimated water consumption and anticipated water supply. They also have to provide information on any noise mitigation measures and information on who owns the facility.
