Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt moved this week to stop abortion giant Planned Parenthood from receiving hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars every year.
Stitt signed an <a href="https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/governor/documents/2025-07-16%20EO%20OHCA.pdf">executive order</a> on Thursday directing the state Medicaid program to not distribute funds to groups that promote abortion or are affiliated with abortion providers. Planned Parenthood of the Great Plains currently receives around $550,000 through SoonerCare every year, Stitt told The Daily Wire. 
“We don&#8217;t want to give to these organizations that are promoting values that are anti-family and anti-what Oklahoma values are,” the governor said. “And so we&#8217;re going to deploy our funds to the hospitals, the doctors, that are actually taking care of families and mothers here in the state of Oklahoma.”
The executive order cited South Carolina&#8217;s recent victory at the Supreme Court in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, which cleared the way for other states to yank Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood. 
Stitt told The Daily Wire that he believed the healthcare money should be going toward doctors and hospitals, not “political organizations” like Planned Parenthood. 
While abortion is officially banned in Oklahoma, Planned Parenthood of the Great Plains still operates multiple facilities throughout the state. On its <a href="https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-great-plains/ppgp-health-centers/ppgp-in-oklahoma">website</a> for Oklahoma, it says that it offers “gender affirming care” and advertises that it still does surgical and chemical abortions in nearby Kansas. 
“If you&#8217;re a Medicaid patient, if you&#8217;re someone who needs care, those dollars are still going to be spent in the state,” Stitt said. “We&#8217;re going to take care of women, children, families, in the State of Oklahoma, and we&#8217;re not going to do it through a political organization like Planned Parenthood.”
The order directs all state agencies to cut funding through grants, contracts, state-administered federal funds, or any other way organizations that promote abortion receive taxpayer dollars. It also directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, which oversees the Medicaid program, to devise standards to exclude entities that promote abortion from being credentialed by SoonerCare. The guidance will stipulate that participants must be in line with the state&#8217;s public policy, including the protection of unborn life. 
“We want to make sure that these providers are following the laws and the will of the legislature, which is therefore the will of the people in the state of Oklahoma,” Stitt said. 
Congress recently passed legislation cutting off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, but a federal judge has put that law on hold for the moment.

Oklahoma Town Of Barnsdall Hit By Deadly Tornado

Red State Moves To Slash Medicaid Funding For Planned Parenthood

Abortion

Kevin Stitt

Oklahoma

Planned Parenthood

Fewer jobs were added to the economy in July than expected as the unemployment rate remained largely unchanged, according to a report released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
The monthly jobs <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm">report</a> found that 73,000 jobs were added to the American economy in July, lower than the 100,000 that the Dow Jones had projected. The health care and social assistance industries saw job growth while federal government employment continued to decline. 
The industries of mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction, construction, manufacturing, wholesale trade, retail trade, transportation and warehousing, information, and finance all saw marginal changes, the report said. 
“Both the unemployment rate, at 4.2 percent, and the number of unemployed people, at 7.2 million, changed little in July. The unemployment rate has remained in a narrow range of 4.0 percent to 4.2 percent since May 2024,” the Bureau of Labor Statistics found. 
The report also said that average hourly earnings for nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.3% in July. 
Major revisions were made to the job reports from May and June, with the July report noting that job growth had been overcounted by around 258,000. 
“Revisions for May and June were larger than normal,” the report said. “The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for May was revised down by 125,000, from +144,000 to +19,000, and the change for June was revised  down by 133,000, from +147,000 to +14,000.”
In a statement responding to the jobs report, Republican National Committee Communications Director Zach Parkinson pointed to lower gas prices and the stock market.
“The Trump economy is delivering real results for American workers and families,” Parkinson said. “Prices for gas and groceries are down, inflation has fallen, the economy has added half a million jobs since January, wage growth is at 4%, and the stock market just reached record highs.”
Shortly after the report was released, President Donald Trump again called for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to cut interest rates. 
“Too Little, Too Late. Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell is a disaster,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday. “DROP THE RATE! The good news is that Tariffs are bringing Billions of Dollars into the USA!”
The jobs report comes on the heels of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/americas-economy-keeps-roaring-3-gdp-growth-shatters-expectations">the news</a> showing that real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at 3% in the second quarter and amid a flurry of new actions by Trump on tariffs. A wave of new tariffs is set to go into effect on August 7, even as negotiations with Mexico and China, two of America’s biggest trading partners, remain ongoing.

Road workers excavate after oil spill on Long Island

Fewer Jobs Than Expected Added In July As Unemployment Holds Steady

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Donald Trump

Economy

Jobs

Politics

President Donald Trump signed an executive order late Thursday evening, raising the tariff on Canadian imports to 35% effective at midnight, while granting Mexico another 90 days to negotiate a trade deal with the United States.
The actions come as the August 1 deadline arrived for countries with trade deficits with the United States to reach new trade agreements, but Trump said they won&#8217;t take effect until August 7 for most nations. In a Truth Social post, Trump praised ongoing talks with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, while he ripped Canada for failing to crack down on drug trafficking. Trump also said that he would not raise tariffs on Mexico beyond current levels for 90 days.
“I have just concluded a telephone conversation with the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, which was very successful in that, more and more, we are getting to know and understand each other. The complexities of a Deal with Mexico are somewhat different than other Nations because of both the problems, and assets, of the Border,” Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday night. “We have agreed to extend, for a 90 Day period, the exact same Deal as we had for the last short period of time.”
The current deal hits Mexico, America&#8217;s top trading partner, with a 25% tariff imposed because of fentanyl trafficking over the southern U.S. border, a 25% tariff on vehicles, and a 50% tariff on steel, aluminum, and copper. 
“Additionally, Mexico has agreed to immediately terminate its Non Tariff Trade Barriers, of which there were many. We will be talking to Mexico over the next 90 Days with the goal of signing a Trade Deal somewhere within the 90 Day period of time, or longer,” Trump added. “There will be continued cooperation on the Border as it relates to all aspects of Security, including Drugs, Drug Distribution, and Illegal Immigration into the United States.”
Trump said that Vice President JD Vance, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and other top administration officials were all present for the call with Mexico. 
In Trump&#8217;s <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/amendment-to-duties-to-address-the-flow-of-illicit-drugs-across-our-northern-border-9350/">executive order</a>, Trump justified raising the tariff on Canadian goods, citing the country&#8217;s “failure to devote satisfactory resources to arrest, seize, detain, or otherwise intercept drug trafficking organizations, other drug or human traffickers, criminals at large, and illicit drugs.” 
That announcement came after Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-warns-canada-backing-palestinian-state-could-damage-u-s-trade-deal?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Warns+Canada%3A+Backing+Palestinian+State+Could+Damage+U.S.+Trade+Deal">said</a> that it would be difficult to make a trade deal with Canada if it moved forward with a plan from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to recognize a Palestinian state. 
“Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine. That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them. Oh’ Canada!!!” Trump said. 
More than a dozen countries are facing tariffs ranging from 19% to 41% when they take effect on August 7. All countries across the board will pay a baseline 10% tariff under the White House plan. Separate negotiations with China, another one of America&#8217;s largest trading partners, are ongoing.

President Trump Speaks At Making Health Technology Great Again Event

Trump Drops The Hammer On Canada, Pushes Mexico To Cut A Trade Deal In 90 Days

Canada

Executive

Mexico

Tariffs

trade

A Kentucky Republican running to replace Senator Mitch McConnell deleted multiple environmental-themed tweets just months before launching his campaign, a Daily Wire review found.
Businessman Nate Morris deleted a number of tweets promoting environmentalist concepts and celebrating “World Environment Day” in early 2025, just months before launching his Senate campaign. Morris, the CEO of Morris Industries, has <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/3466274/deleted-dei-posts-culture-war-kentucky-senate-gop-primary/">pledged</a> to fight diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment mandates if elected, saying his experience as a businessman showed him the need to “end this crap.” 
Morris is running an anti-establishment campaign to replace McConnell, accusing his opponents — Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) and former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) — of being the former Senate Majority Leader&#8217;s puppets. He has <a href="https://natemorris.com/">pledged</a> to support mass deportations, opposing amnesty, banning doctors from doing transgender procedures on kids, cutting federal funding to woke schools, opposing gun control, and backing President Donald Trump’s tariff policies. 
The deleted tweets included multiple posts promoting the concept of a circular economy, a movement <a href="https://www.epa.gov/circulareconomy/what-circular-economy">defined</a> by the Environmental Protection Agency as a model that “keeps materials and products in circulation for as long as possible” and “an important part of slowing climate change.” The concept, promoted by organizations like the <a href="https://www.weforum.org/stories/circular-economy/">World Economic Forum</a> and the <a href="https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/circular_economy_14_march.pdf">United Nations</a>, frequently comes alongside government regulations and mandates. 
“A Circular economy generates no waste. To get to that point, we will need to change minds and change habits. #EnvironemntalInnovation,” Morris wrote in a May 8, 2020, tweet that has now been deleted. 
<div class="image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-954845" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/May-8-2020-deleted-tweet.png" alt="" width="1462" height="1189" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/May-8-2020-deleted-tweet.png 1462w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/May-8-2020-deleted-tweet-300x244.png 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/May-8-2020-deleted-tweet-708x576.png 708w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/May-8-2020-deleted-tweet-768x625.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1462px) 100vw, 1462px" /></div>
On June 5, 2020, Morris shared an article called “A Future Without Waste,” writing: “Changing habits. Changing minds. Changing the world in small and difficult – yet impactful – steps. There can be no alternative. #WorldEnvironmentDay #EnvironmentalInnovation.”
Two other tweets from around the same time were deleted related to the “circular economy,” include one from June 29, 2020, where he wrote “we must do everything in our power to create a truly circular, free market economy and make the planet a better place for future generations” and another from July 10, 2020 sharing an <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/editor-can-circular-economy-help-reduce-waste">article</a> from National Geographic that said that a circular economy could “save the world.” 
“I’m glad to see [National Geographic] raising awareness about the critical need to move toward a [circular economy]. It is a realistic goal and we can make it happen through [American innovation],” he wrote. 
<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-954851" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/July-10-2020-deleted-tweet.png" alt="" width="1387" height="1182" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/July-10-2020-deleted-tweet.png 1387w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/July-10-2020-deleted-tweet-300x256.png 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/July-10-2020-deleted-tweet-676x576.png 676w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/July-10-2020-deleted-tweet-768x654.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1387px) 100vw, 1387px" />
The tweets were all deleted in early 2025, prior to the launching of the Senate campaign in June on Donald Trump Jr.&#8217;s &#8220;Triggered&#8221; podcast. 
In a statement to The Daily Wire, Trump Jr. vouched for Morris’s anti-ESG credentials. 
“Few people have been more outspoken against ESG and woke capital than me over the past five years, and I can say with total certainty that Nate is 100% aligned with us on supporting the parallel economy, combating ESG, and destroying woke capital once and for all,” he said.
“Nate hasn’t just talked the talk on these issues either — he actually put his money where his mouth is and invested in Vivek Ramaswamy’s anti-ESG investment fund.&#8221;
In July 2024, Morris Industries <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240725415339/en/Morris-Industries-Invests-in-Series-B-Round-of-Strive-Enterprises">invested</a> in Strive, an anti-woke wealth management venture backed by Ramaswamy.
In recent months, Morris Holdings removed renewable drinking water company Source Global from its list of select holdings on its website. Source Global includes major investors like BlackRock, Bill Gates, and Duke Energy. 
<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-954879" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/Screenshot-2025-07-30-at-3.25.50-PM.png" alt="" width="811" height="911" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/Screenshot-2025-07-30-at-3.25.50-PM.png 811w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/Screenshot-2025-07-30-at-3.25.50-PM-267x300.png 267w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/Screenshot-2025-07-30-at-3.25.50-PM-513x576.png 513w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/Screenshot-2025-07-30-at-3.25.50-PM-768x863.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 811px) 100vw, 811px" />
“Nate does not have a meaningful position in Source Global, which is why it no longer appears on the Morris Holdings website,” Morris campaign spokesman Conor McGuinness told The Daily Wire. “At no point has Nate ever advocated for government-mandated anything.&#8221;
Previously <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/3466274/deleted-dei-posts-culture-war-kentucky-senate-gop-primary/">deleted</a> blog posts from Morris’ time as CEO of Rubicon, a large recycling company, have come under scrutiny for their promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and Environmental Social and Governance (ESG). For example, in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250418092835/https:/www.rubicon.com/blog/elizabeth-montoya-board-of-directors/">one post</a> from September 2020, Morris praised a new board member of Rubicon for helping the company remain “at the forefront of the ESG movement.”
In another <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250312153932/https:/www.rubicon.com/blog/we-must-listen-we-must-lead/">deleted post</a> from June 1, 2020, Morris wrote that he was “feeling profound sadness and anger at the tragic events of recent weeks&#8221; in the wake of the death of George Floyd. 
“The protests we are seeing are a manifestation of the pain and anger that so many are feeling,” he wrote. “While it is important that we understand that pain and anger, it cannot bring back the lives that have been lost or undo the past injustices that have plagued our nation for generations. That pain and anger must fuel real, measurable, and decisive action to light a better path forward.”
Another <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250513063137/https:/www.rubicon.com/news/rubicon-global-joins-ceo-action-diversity-inclusion/">pos</a>t highlighted Morris’ decision to sign a DEI commitment, which included pledges “to have complex discussions about diversity and inclusion, to implement and expand upon unconscious bias education, and to share best and unsuccessful diversity and inclusion practices.”
“I was at Rubicon when it got its first round of funding in 2011 and returned a decade later when it was a more mature business. Nate was always known to be a conservative Republican and a Trump supporter; it was no secret, really,” Graham Salazar, former employee of Rubicon, told The Daily Wire.
“While he wasn’t overtly political at work, he did push back against progressive employees who wanted to bring more activism into the company culture. That kind of pressure was common in startups, and it was obvious he didn’t go along with it.”
Barr and Cameron, Morris&#8217;s main opponents, have accused the businessman of exaggerating his conservative credentials, criticizing him in particular over the Rubicon DEI pledge.

2022 Concordia Lexington Summit – Reception

Republican Senate Candidate Deleted Environmentalist Tweets Before Launching Campaign

Climate Change

Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

Donald Trump Jr.

Kentucky

Senate

President Donald Trump said overnight that it would be difficult to make a trade deal with Canada if it moved forward with plans to recognize a Palestinian state. 
Trump made the comments after Canada declared that it would join France and the United Kingdom in pushing for the affirmation of Palestinian statehood. The announcement came two days before Canada could be slapped with a 35% tariff if it does not reach a trade agreement with the United States before Trump&#8217;s Friday deadline. 
“Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine. That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them. Oh’ Canada!!!” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114945962278773358">posted</a> on Truth Social around midnight. 
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney released a <a href="https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2025/07/30/statement-prime-minister-carney-canadas-recognition-palestinian-state">statement</a> on Wednesday that said: &#8220;Canada intends to recognize the State of Palestine at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2025.&#8221; 
“We reiterate that Hamas must immediately release all hostages taken in the horrific terrorist attack of October 7; that Hamas must disarm; and that Hamas must play no role in the future governance of Palestine,&#8221; Carney said. “Canada will always steadfastly support Israel’s existence as an independent state in the Middle East living in peace and security. Any path to lasting peace for Israel also requires a viable and stable Palestinian state, and one that recognizes Israel’s inalienable right to security and peace.”
On Tuesday, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-warns-against-rewarding-hamas-with-palestinian-statehood-bluntly-rejects-two-state-solution">dismissed</a> the idea of recognizing a Palestinian state, declaring that doing so would be equivalent to &#8220;rewarding&#8221; the Hamas terrorist group.
“Well, you could make the case that you’re rewarding people, that you’re rewarding Hamas if you do that,” Trump replied. “And I don’t think they should be rewarded. So I’m not in that camp, to be honest. We’ll let you know where we are, but I am not in that camp, because if you do that, you really are rewarding Hamas, and I’m not about to do that.”
Earlier this week, the Trump administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-administration-boycotts-un-publicity-stunt-conference-on-palestinian-statehood">said it boycotted</a> a United Nations conference promoting the two-state solution, calling the event a “publicity stunt” and an “insult.”
Trump has been using tariffs to apply pressure on countries he believes are acting in ways contrary to American interests. On Wednesday, he said that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-slaps-india-with-25-tariff-unspecified-penalty-for-dealing-with-russia?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Slaps+India+With+25%25+Tariff%2C+Unspecified+‘Penalty’+For+Dealing+With+Russia">he would</a> hit India with a 25% tariff and an additional unspecified “penalty” for continuing to buy oil and military equipment from Russia amid its war with Ukraine. His administration has made similar threats against China for its purchase of sanctioned Russian oil.

US-CANADA-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY-TRUMP-CARNEY

Trump Warns Canada: Backing Palestinian State Could Damage U.S. Trade Deal

Israel

Palestinian

John Thomas Scopes On Trial

A Century Ago, The ‘Scopes Monkey Trial’ Shook The Nation. The Stakes Are Just As High Today.

Academia

ACLU

American History

Bible

Charles Darwin

Christianity

Education

Religion

Science

Tennessee

President Donald Trump said Wednesday morning that India would be hit with a 25% tariff starting August 1 and an additional “penalty” for buying military equipment and energy from Russia. 
Trump made the announcement in a post on Truth Social that criticized India’s business with Russia amid the war in Ukraine. In recent days, Trump has been increasing pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the fighting and come to the negotiating table. 
“Remember, while India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively little business with them because their Tariffs are far too high, among the highest in the World, and they have the most strenuous and obnoxious non-monetary Trade Barriers of any Country,” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114942106248731470">wrote</a>. 
“Also, they have always bought a vast majority of their military equipment from Russia, and are Russia’s largest buyer of ENERGY, along with China, at a time when everyone wants Russia to STOP THE KILLING IN UKRAINE — ALL THINGS NOT GOOD! INDIA WILL THEREFORE BE PAYING A TARIFF OF 25%, PLUS A PENALTY FOR THE ABOVE, STARTING ON AUGUST FIRST,” he added. 
In a later post, he <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114942113260599578">wrote</a>, &#8220;WE HAVE A MASSIVE TRADE DEFICIT WITH INDIA!!!”
According to the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the U.S. <a href="https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/south-central-asia/india">exported</a> around $41.8 billion in goods to India in 2024 while importing $87.4 billion, equalling a $45.7 billion trade deficit. The &#8220;Liberation Day&#8221; tariffs for India were initially set at 26%.
Trump has yet to reveal what further &#8220;penalty&#8221; India could face. 
The Trump administration has previously<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bessent-warns-china-on-russian-oil-purchases-that-could-bring-100-tariffs?author=Reuters&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Bessent+Warns+China+On+Russian+Oil+Purchases+That+Could+Bring+100%25+Tariffs"> threatened</a> to use a similar tactic against China and other countries for purchasing sanctioned Russian oil. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that the continued purchase of Russian oil could lead to massive tariffs. 
“The Chinese take their sovereignty very seriously. We don’t want to impede on their sovereignty, so they’d like to pay a 100% tariff,” Bessent said.
Trump has become increasingly outspoken with his frustration with Putin and the ongoing war. Earlier this week, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-shortens-initial-50-day-deadline-for-putin-to-reach-peace-deal-with-ukraine?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Shortens+Initial+50-Day+Deadline+For+Putin+To+Reach+Peace+Deal+With+Ukraine">shortened</a> the 50-day deadline he had set for Putin to make a peace deal with Ukraine. That came after the administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-shortens-initial-50-day-deadline-for-putin-to-reach-peace-deal-with-ukraine?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Shortens+Initial+50-Day+Deadline+For+Putin+To+Reach+Peace+Deal+With+Ukraine">moved</a> to resume weapons shipments to Ukraine earlier this month after a brief pause. 
“We thought we had that settled numerous times, and then President Putin goes out and starts launching rockets into some city, like Kyiv, and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or whatever. You have bodies lying all over the street,” Trump said. “And I said, ‘That’s not the way to do it.&#8217;”

Trump Hails Deepening India Ties With an Eye to Countering China

Trump Slaps India With 25% Tariff, Unspecified ‘Penalty’ For Dealing With Russia

India

Russia

Ukraine-Russia War

Vladimir Putin

The Senate on Tuesday narrowly voted to confirm a Justice Department official who previously defended President Donald Trump during his criminal trials to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Overcoming vigorous Democrat opposition, the Republican-led Senate confirmed acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove to the lifetime judicial position in a 50-49 vote. Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski (AK) and Susan Collins (ME) joined Democrats in voting against his appointment. 
“Congratulations to our dear friend Emil Bove on his confirmation to serve on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals! This is a GREAT day for our country,” Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1950363578646544696">said</a> on X. “I cannot thank Emil enough for his tireless work and support at [the Justice Department]. He will be missed — and he will be an outstanding judge.”
Bove previously worked as Trump’s lawyer when the Biden administration prosecuted him over his alleged mishandling of classified documents and alleged election interference in the 2020 election. Bove also worked with Trump on the New York hush money case, where Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records but given an unconditional discharge. Before working for Trump, Bove was a federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, working on drug and terrorism cases.
In the weeks after Trump nominated him to the judgeship, Democrats have pointed to numerous complaints against Bove from whistleblowers claiming that he instructed Justice Department officials to ignore judicial orders. Democrats were also critical of Bove’s role in the firing of some of the Justice Department lawyers who led the January 6 prosecutions and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-orders-charges-to-be-dismissed-against-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-on-certain-conditions">dismissal</a> of the federal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. 
Ahead of the confirmation vote, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/grassley-exhaustive-efforts-to-vet-emil-boves-nomination-prove-hes-fit-for-the-job">defended</a> Bove, accusing Democrats of trying to “weaponize” the whistleblower process. 
“He has a strong legal background and has served his country honorably. I believe he will be a diligent, capable, and fair jurist,&#8221; Grassley said. “It’s no surprise to anyone who’s followed this nomination that I have serious concerns with how my Democratic colleagues have conducted themselves. The vicious rhetoric, unfair accusations and abuse directed at Mr. Bove by some on this Committee has crossed the line.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://apnews.com/article/emil-bove-confirmation-whistleblowers-trump-republicans-democrats-71f92822cb2e8d57387748c2451fa724">claimed</a> that the confirmation was a “dark day” for the country. 
“It’s unfathomable that just over four years after the insurrection at the Capitol, when rioters smashed windows, ransacked offices, desecrated this chamber, Senate Republicans are willingly putting someone on the bench who shielded these rioters from facing justice, who said their prosecution was a grave national injustice,” he said.

Jury Continues Deliberations In Trump Hush Money Trial

Republicans Push Past Democrat Obstruction To Confirm Trump-Aligned Judge

Chuck Grassley

Chuck Schumer

Congress

Department of Justice

Judges

Lisa Murkowski

Susan Collins

A new bill that would protect Americans&#8217; ability to opt out of biometric security checks at the airport is being challenged by the airline industry, which claims that it would slow down travel and jeopardize security.
The <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1691/text">bill</a>, the Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2025, would limit the ability of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to store and use the biometric data of Americans going through the airport. Lawmakers say the bill is necessary to protect privacy and standardize how biometric data is used by the federal government.
The bipartisan proposal, first introduced by Democrat Senator Jeff Merkley (OR), is backed by Republican Senators Roger Marshall (KS), John Kennedy (LA), and Steve Daines (MT). The bill is set to be heard before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Wednesday morning.
“Privacy is one of America’s most sacred liberties, and we must protect it,” Marshall said when the bill was introduced in May. “In no universe should the federal government collect biometric data from Americans without their full, informed consent. The Traveler Privacy Protection Act strengthens safeguards around this sensitive data and brings transparency for travelers.”
The legislation would require TSA to give travelers the option to have their identity verified without facial recognition technology, standardize practices toward those who opt out, and ensure that those who opt in do not have their data stored indefinitely.
On Monday, a coalition of groups including the U.S. Travel Association, Airlines for America, the American Association of Airport Executives, and the Airports Council International-North America, sent a <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/2025.07.28_S.1691-Letter-to-CST_FINAL.pdf">letter</a> to the Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz (R-TX) and ranking member Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) in opposition to the bill.
“Limiting the use of FRT thwarts ongoing efforts to modernize the travel experience as we prepare to welcome the world for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, America’s 250th birthday, and the 2028 Summer Olympics, and jeopardizes the Trump Administration’s recent success in modernizing airport screening with the implementation of One Stop Security, the enforcement of REAL ID, and the end of the ‘shoes off’ policy,” the groups wrote in a letter obtained by The Daily Wire.
The letter also argued that the legislation would bog down security processing and “weaken aviation security and immigration enforcement across the country.”
Over the last few weeks, the committee has been working to address concerns from both the TSA and the airline industry with the bill, and will introduce an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to deal with some of those concerns. The committee incorporated around 80% of the TSA’s technical assistance requests for the legislation, according to a source familiar with the matter.
That amendment bill has not yet been publicly released, though it was referenced in the airline industry&#8217;s letter leading to congressional concern that TSA is sharing drafts of legislation with the airline industry and using them to lobby against legislation.
“Now that senators are prepared to safeguard Americans’ privacy, TSA is getting their industry friends to carry water,” a senior GOP congressional aide told POLITICO.
The TSA did not respond to requests for comment from The Daily Wire.
While passengers are currently allowed to opt out of facial recognition, the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1691/text">draft</a> of the bill would guarantee that all passengers are given “the option to opt-in to the use of facial recognition or facial matching technology for identity verification at the screening location” and ensure that they will not be treated differently based on their choice.
The legislation would also ensure that data collected for testing purposes would be deleted within 90 days of collection.

Miami, Florida, Miami International Airport, security screening information, sign optional facial recognition personal ID identity verification technology TSA

Airline Industry Lobbies Against Bill That Would Restrict TSA Use Of Biometric Data

airport

National Security

U.S.

The Trump administration rolled out new guidance on Monday that makes it clear that federal workers are allowed to invite their co-workers to church and share their religious beliefs with them. 
The <a href="https://www.chcoc.gov/content/reasonable-accommodations-religious-purposes">memo</a> issued by Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor seeks to ensure the protection of religious liberty for federal workers. It provides examples of permitted religious expression in the workplace and specifies that such conversations must remain respectful and not be disruptive. 
“Federal employees should never have to choose between their faith and their career,” Kupor said. “This guidance ensures the federal workplace is not just compliant with the law but welcoming to Americans of all faiths. Under President Trumpʼs leadership, we are restoring constitutional freedoms and making government a place where people of faith are respected, not sidelined.”
The guidance says that federal workers may “engage in conversations regarding religious topics with fellow employees, including attempting to persuade others of the correctness of their own religious views, provided that such efforts are not harassing in nature.”
An example of this kind of religious expression would include one employee trying to persuade another to convert to their faith during a break. 
Federal employees are also free to direct their expressions of faith to members of the public at certain times. Examples given included “a park ranger leading a tour through a national park may join her tour group in prayer,” and “a doctor at a Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital may pray over his patient for her recovery.”
“An employee’s fundamental rights, as a private citizen, of personal religious expression are not limited by the venue or hearer, or merely because the employee is a government employee, and therefore may not be suppressed due to the religious nature of the expression,” the memo said. “However, when public employees make statements pursuant to their official duties, they are not speaking as citizens for First Amendment purposes, and the Constitution does not insulate their communications from employer discipline.”
The guidance also says that federal employees can display personal religious items like Bibles, artwork, jewelry, mezuzahs, and crosses at their workspace.
The Monday memo followed <a href="https://www.chcoc.gov/content/reasonable-accommodations-religious-purposes">guidance</a> from July 16 that allows for telework at certain times for religious reasons. The memo said that workers should be allowed to request to work remotely for purposes like the Sabbath or religious holidays, scheduled prayers, fasting, or other religious obligations. 
In February, Trump <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/12/2025-02635/establishment-of-the-white-house-faith-office">signed</a> an executive order establishing the White House Faith Office to promote religious liberty throughout his administration.

TOPSHOT-US-VOTE-POLITICS-TRUMP

New Trump Guidance Allows Federal Employees To Debate Religion With Co-Workers

First Amendment

Office of Personnel Management

Religious Liberty

Trump Administration

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that law enforcement believed that the gunman who shot and killed four people and injured another on Monday at a New York City office building might have been targeting the National Football League. 
Adams <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/29/nyregion/nyc-shooting-manhattan">said</a> that investigators “have reason to believe” that the gunman who attacked the 345 Park Avenue office tower in Manhattan was “focused on the NFL.” The NFL is headquartered in the building, and one of its employees was wounded during the incident. 
Adams said that the shooter had attempted to go to the floor where the NFL was located, but instead went to the 33rd floor, where Rudin, a property management company, is based. 
A three-page note was found in the wallet of the gunman, who died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, claiming that he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy. CTE is a degenerative brain condition often associated with football players caused by frequent head trauma. 
The Daily Wire is not publishing the gunman&#8217;s name due to a company policy against contributing to the unintentional glorification of mass shooters.
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a Monday press conference that the shooter, who played high school football, had a history of mental health issues. 
“Terry Long football gave me CTE and it caused me to drink a gallon of antifreeze,” the gunman wrote in a note, <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/29/us-news/nyc-gunman-shane-tamura-reportedly-found-with-note-hinting-at-possible-motive-for-park-ave-skyscraper-shooting-sources/">according</a> to the New York Post. Long was a former player for the Pittsburgh Steelers <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2307003">who</a> committed suicide by drinking antifreeze after a history of brain injuries. 
“You can’t go against the NFL, they’ll squash you,” the gunman  reportedly wrote, adding, “Study my brain please I’m sorry Tell Rick I’m sorry for everything.”
Alluding to the note, Adams said that “it appears as though he was going after the employees of the NFL.”
“We’re still going through the suicide note to zero in on the exact reason but at this time it appears as if it’s something attached to his belief he experienced CTE from the NFL,” he added. 
The NFL employee who was injured during the attack is currently in the hospital, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45848952/nfl-employee-seriously-injured-deadly-shooting-tower-housing-league-hq">said</a>. 
&#8220;As has been widely reported, a gunman committed an unspeakable act of violence in our building at 345 Park Avenue. One of our employees was seriously injured in this attack,&#8221; Goodell said. &#8220;He is currently in the hospital and in stable condition. NFL staff are at the hospital and we are supporting his family.
Two other victims killed in the attack have been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nypd-officer-among-two-victims-identified-in-deadly-nyc-mass-shooting">identified</a> as 36-year-old NYPD officer Didarul Islam and Blackstone executive Wesley LePatner.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he had been briefed on the shooting and offered his condolences. 
“I have been briefed on the tragic shooting that took place in Manhattan, a place that I know and love,” he posted on Truth Social. “I trust our Law Enforcement Agencies to get to the bottom of why this crazed lunatic committed such a senseless act of violence. My heart is with the families of the four people who were killed, including the NYPD Officer, who made the ultimate sacrifice. God Bless the New York Police Department, and God Bless New York!”

US-NEWS-NYC-SHOOTING-19-NY

Investigators ‘Have Reason To Believe’ NYC Mass Shooter Intended To Target NFL, Mayor Says

Cop-Killer

Crime

Eric Adams

Manhattan

Mass Shooting

New York

New York City

Roger Goodell

The police officer killed on Monday night in a mass shooting at a New York City office building has been identified as a 36-year-old immigrant with two children and a pregnant wife. 
The officer, Didarul Islam, and three others were fatally shot when a gunman opened fire at 345 Park Avenue in Manhattan. Another man was seriously injured. Islam was an immigrant from Bangladesh and had been with the NYPD for more than three years. 
“He was doing what he does best, and all members of the police department carry out, he was saving lives, he was protecting New Yorkers. He’s an immigrant from Bangladesh and he loved this city,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said. “He embodies what this city is all about, he’s a true blue New Yorker not only in the uniform he wore but in the spirit and energy of loving this city.” 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Police Officer Didarul Islam represented the very best of our department.
He was protecting New Yorkers from danger when his life was tragically cut short today.
We join in prayer during this time of incomprehensible pain. We will forever honor his legacy.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FidelisAdMortem?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FidelisAdMortem</a> <a href="https://t.co/vkBZetsz2N">pic.twitter.com/vkBZetsz2N</a>
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPDnews/status/1950029976520052804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The shooter, identified as a 27-year-old man from Las Vegas, was found dead on the 33rd floor of the building from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Daily Wire is not publishing his name due to a company policy against contributing to the unintentional glorification of mass shooters.
Wesley LePatner, the CEO of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, was also identified as one of the deceased, the company confirmed. Blackstone is an investment management company with several offices in the building. 
“Wesley was a beloved member of the Blackstone family and will be sorely missed,” the company said in a statement. “She was brilliant, passionate, warm, generous, and deeply respected within our firm and beyond. She embodied the best of Blackstone. Our prayers are with her husband, children and family. We are also saddened by the loss of the other innocent victims as well, including brave security personnel and NYPD.”
An employee of the NFL, which was also headquartered in the building, was seriously injured in the attack. 
&#8220;One of our employees was seriously injured in this attack. He is currently in the hospital and in stable condition,&#8221; NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45848952/nfl-employee-seriously-injured-deadly-shooting-tower-housing-league-hq">wrote</a> in a memo obtained by ESPN. &#8220;NFL staff are at the hospital and we are supporting his family. We believe that all of our employees are otherwise safe and accounted for, and the building has nearly been cleared.&#8221;
Multiple <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/29/us-news/nyc-gunman-shane-tamura-reportedly-found-with-note-hinting-at-possible-motive-for-park-ave-skyscraper-shooting-sources/">reports</a> indicate that the gunman left a note expressing grievances against the NFL, citing Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease often associated with repeated head injuries. Adams <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/29/nyregion/nyc-shooting-manhattan">said</a> in an interview on Tuesday morning that the shooter, who played football in high school, had intended to target the NFL offices, but mistakenly went to the wrong floor, which Rudin Management occupied. 
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said that the shooter arrived in Manhattan on Monday after spending multiple days driving across the country from Nevada. He then entered the office building armed with a rifle and opened fire on Officer Islam before shooting a woman hiding behind a pillar in the lobby. He then went to the elevator bank and shot a security guard before spraying gunfire throughout the entire lobby. He went to the elevators and allowed one woman to go past him before he went up to the 33rd floor, where he shot one other person before killing himself. 
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Monday that the FBI was aiding in the investigation.

4 Dead In Midtown Manhattan Shooting

NYPD Officer Among Two Victims Identified In Deadly NYC Mass Shooting

NYPD

Menu

Leif Le Mahieu