Adding insult to injury after an embarrassing exit from the World Cup this week, the United States Men’s National Team will be forced to share half of the earnings from their run with their counterparts on the Women’s National Team.
The men’s team secured $16 million in prize money from FIFA after their run to the World Cup’s round of 16. Despite not playing a single minute of soccer, members of the women’s team will <a href="https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49301582/us-men-women-get-equal-split-16m-world-cup-prize">take home</a> just as much money as the men’s team thanks to an “equal pay” agreement put in place by U.S. Soccer back in 2022. 
After U.S. Soccer takes 20% of the prize money, the rest will be distributed evenly between the 26 members on each of the rosters of the men’s and the women’s teams, meaning each player will be paid about $246,000. The money won’t be paid out to the women’s team until they qualify for the 2027 Women’s World Cup. 
“So you&#8217;re telling me the men go out and earn while the women stay at home,” Daily Wire host Ben Shapiro said in reaction to the news. 
The “equal pay” agreement was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-a-huge-win-megan-rapinoe-brags-after-u-s-womens-soccer-team-settles-pay-discrimination-lawsuit-for-24-million">put in place</a> in 2022 after years of complaints by the women’s soccer team, which became known for antics including refusal to respect the National Anthem and stunts targeting President Donald Trump. 
That agreement came after a lawsuit from players on the women&#8217;s team alleging pay discrimination by the U.S. Soccer Federation. To settle the suit, U.S. Soccer agreed that prize money from the World Cup would be divided evenly among players on both rosters. 
Historically, the men’s World Cup competition has generated billions of dollars more in revenue than the women’s World Cup. The 2026 World Cup is expected to bring in over $13 billion in revenue, while the last women’s World Cup in 2023 generated roughly $580 million. 
Though the Women’s National Team has had more relative on-the-field success than the men’s team, its on- and off-the-field antics have brought criticism. Several members of the U.S. women’s national soccer team knelt during the national anthem at several matches in 2020 and early 2021, while longtime team captain Megan Rapinoe had previously done so while representing the U.S. in the 2016 Olympics.
In 2019, Megan Rapinoe <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megan-rapinoe-slammed-after-ignoring-national-amanda-prestigiacomo">described</a> herself as a “walking protest when it comes to the Trump administration.”
“So it’s kind of a good ‘F you’ to any sort of inequality or bad sentiments that the [Trump] administration might have towards people who don’t look exactly like him,” she said in one interview.

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The note investigators say reveals that 23-year-old Tyler Robinson confessed to the assassination of Charlie Kirk was inadvertently broadcast live in court on Thursday. 
Lance Twiggs, the trans-identifying former boyfriend of Robinson, told investigators that he received a text after Kirk was shot at Utah Valley University telling him to look under his keyboard. Under the keyboard was a handwritten confession note, Twiggs said. 
“If you are reading this per my text, then I am so sorry. I left the house this morning on a mission and sent an auto-text. I’m likely dead or facing a lengthy prison sentence,” Robinson allegedly wrote in the note. “I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I took it. I don’t know if I will/have succeeded, but I had hoped to make it home to you.&#8221;
“I wish we could have lived in a world where this was not necessary,” the note added. “Please try and find joy in this life. I love you always, Tyler.”
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Images of the note had been prohibited from being broadcast before the trial officially began, Judge Tony Graf previously said. On Thursday during the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/thats-so-criminal-ep-23?elementPosition=1&amp;row=2&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+Episodes&amp;rowType=Horizontal+Show+Episodes+Carousel">preliminary hearing</a>, Graf stepped in and asked Utah County Attorney&#8217;s Office prosecutor Ryan McBride if the note was being broadcast after it appeared on the camera feed from the courtroom, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/07/09/us-news/redacted-heartfelt-letter-from-tyler-robinson-to-trans-lover-accidentally-shown-in-court/">reported</a>. 
“Let me stop you, Mr. McBride. I’m not sure, is this being broadcast?” Graf said.
“Let’s take that down,” McBride answered back.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/thats-so-criminal-ep-23?elementPosition=1&amp;row=2&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+Episodes&amp;rowType=Horizontal+Show+Episodes+Carousel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WATCH: Tyler Robinson Preliminary Hearing</a>
Other evidence prosecutors revealed Thursday included a recorded interview with Twiggs where he said that Robinson confessed to the killing. 
“[He] didn’t go into detail. I just asked him in person if what he said was true the night before and he said it was, starting crying a little bit, and he says he wishes he hadn’t done it,” Twiggs said. 
Robinson also confessed to the killing in text messages to Twiggs, according to investigators. 
“Shouldn’t be long until I can come home, but I gotta grab my rifle still. to be honest I had hoped to keep this secret till I died of old age. I am sorry to involve you,” Robinson allegedly wrote.
“You werent the one who did it right????” Twiggs asked.
“I am, I’m sorry,” Robinson allegedly replied. 
On Friday, lawyers for Robinson are expected to present one more witness from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) before the case wraps for the day. After that, Graf told lawyers on both sides to craft legal briefs on whether enough evidence has been produced to bring Robinson to trial. Oral arguments on those briefs will be on September 1.

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With the suspension of Graham Platner’s campaign for Senate, all eyes have turned to the Maine Democratic Party and who it could select to replace the scandal-plagued candidate. 
Platner said Wednesday that he had decided to suspend his campaign in the wake of rape accusations from a former girlfriend he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-video-shows-disgraced-graham-platner-doing-house-chores-after-campaign-imploded?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=What+Graham+Platner+Did+After+Suspending+His+Campaign+Caught+On+Video">categorically denied</a>. His announcement came after days of feuding with Maine Democrats over how the party would replace him if he dropped out of the race.
A nominating convention is planned in the coming days, but few details are available. Democrats have until July 27 to select a new candidate to replace Platner, assuming he formally withdraws from the race by July 13. 
Candidates are already throwing their hats into the ring, including former state Senate President Troy Jackson. Jackson is backed by the leftist organization “Our Revolution,” a group founded by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). He previously ran for governor and was <a href="https://x.com/DSA_Maine/status/2074374354209579100">endorsed</a> by the Maine chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. 
“There is a powerful movement of working class people in the state of Maine, and millions more across America who are ready to send a progressive fighter to the Senate. I’ve been fighting for that movement my whole life — and I’m sure as hell not backing down now, when this fight is needed most,” Jackson <a href="https://x.com/TroyJackson207/status/2075020899397292237">said</a> Wednesday. “I’m in.”
The leftist group Progressive Victory <a href="https://x.com/ProgressiveVic/status/2074660153995988994">briefly posted</a> an attack on Jackson, claiming he once threw a bottle at a woman during his time in the state legislature. That post was deleted, and Progressive Victory apologized by saying it had not vetted the allegations. 
Another candidate who jumped into the race on Thursday is Nirav Shah, who previously <a href="https://pdsoros.org/fellows/nirav-shah/">worked</a> for the Cambodian government in the country’s health ministry before running the Illinois Department of Public Health and serving as the top Centers for Disease Control official for Maine. 
“I will fight for Medicare for All because nobody in the wealthiest country on earth should go bankrupt over a medical bill,” he said in a video announcing his campaign. “I will fight to make billionaires and the biggest corporations finally pay their fair share. I will fight to rein in ICE and end the targeting of our immigrant neighbors. And I will fight to end Trump’s reckless foreign wars.”
Dan Kleban, the co-founder of Maine Beer Company and a major Democratic <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=Dan+Kleban">donor</a>, announced a run for the seat Wednesday evening — his second attempt after a short-lived first primary bid that fizzled out barely a month in.
“I’m glad that Graham Platner has ended his campaign. For too long, this race has not been about Susan Collins’ repeated failures to do what’s right for Maine. We need to get back to that,” he said. “Mainers deserve a senator who will fight for them against the DC establishment while also doing what’s right. I plan to be that senator.”
Jordan Wood, a leftist activist who was once the chief of staff for former California Rep. Katie Porter, said Thursday morning that he was also running to replace Platner. 
“I have been told that I am too progressive, that I am too young, that a gay man can&#8217;t win,&#8221; he said. &#8220;These cynics are wrong. They have been wrong all of our lives. They remain wrong today. I&#8217;m asking for your support to take back control of our party, and our country.&#8221;
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who attempted to kick President Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot, is also considering a run for the seat. Bellows issued a ruling in December 2023 finding Trump’s primary petition to be “invalid” because of claims he violated the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause related to the January 6 riot.  

Another candidate <a href="https://www.wmtw.com/article/valli-geiger-graham-platner-supporting-her-senate-race-maine/71871349">reportedly</a> encouraged by Platner to run is Democrat state Rep. Valli Geiger, the former mayor of Rockland.

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Despite claims that he never pushed to defund the police, leftist darling Abdul El-Sayed once said that “we do need to defund the police” and argued that funds used for law enforcement should go to public libraries instead. 
El-Sayed, running for the Democratic Senate nomination in Michigan, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20251116082605/https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/15/abdul-el-sayed-distances-himself-from-past-defund-the-police-rhetoric/87276996007/">argues</a> that he “never, never, called for defunding” the police. That claim contrasts with anti-police positions he took during the summer of 2020 as riots broke out over the death of convicted felon George Floyd in Minneapolis. 
“I believe that we do need to defund the police in so far as defunding the police is disinvesting in the means of incarcerating someone or killing them on the streets, and investing more in the means of educating and empowering engaging communities, with the means of being able to take on systemic poverty that we&#8217;ve allowed systematic racism to allow a fester in too many communities,” El-Sayed said in a June 23, 2020 MichMash Politics <a href="https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/michmash-politics-1990214/episodes/abdul-el-sayed-discusses-racis-100146585">interview</a> first <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/politics/kfile-abdul-el-sayed-michigan-senate-defund-police-fact-check">flagged</a> by CNN. 
That comment came after he suggested that he generally did not use the term “defund the police” but advocated for the policies pushed by the movement. 
“Rather than investing in a force of people who respond with guns and put people in jails, what if we were to take on systematic poverty by investing in the means of uprooting that poverty itself?” he said. “What if we were to invest in social services? If we were to invest in public schools? What if we were to invest in public libraries?”
El-Sayed is facing off against Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) in the competitive Democratic primary race to replace outgoing Senator Gary Peters. The winner of the primary will likely go on to run against Republican Mike Rogers. 
Facing scrutiny over his previous police rhetoric, El-Sayed is now trying to distance himself from the defund the police movement. That contradicts what he told MichMash back in June 2020. 
“I want a refund on the taxpayer dollars that I pay to police who use that to buy war material, to wage war in our streets, and I want to refund public health and public libraries and public schools,” El-Sayed said. 
Later in the same interview, he argued that people imprisoned are the real victims of crime because of “over-policing” and failure to combat poverty. 
“The fact of the matter is every single person winds up in jail, or worse, dead, at the hands of a police officer, has been failed by our system, either directly because of our over-policing, or indirectly because we have failed to invest in the things that uproot poverty in communities across the country,” he said.
The Daily Wire reached out to El-Sayed, the former public health director for Detroit, to explain his stance on defunding the police. 
“Abdul worked closely with law enforcement as Director of Health, Human, and Veterans services for Wayne County. As hands-on experience always allows, his perspective has become more nuanced,” campaign spokeswoman Roxie Richner told The Daily Wire. “One simple word has never been enough to fully explain the reforms we need for a challenge as complex as our criminal legal system.”
Richner added that El-Sayed believes &#8220;we need to improve law enforcement recruitment, retention, and retirement funding so that law enforcement officers come from the communities they serve.” El-Sayed also supports “community violence intervention” policies and the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, Richner said. The act would weaken legal protections for police officers. 
That response was similar to the comment given to CNN for an <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/politics/kfile-abdul-el-sayed-michigan-senate-defund-police-fact-check">article</a> highlighting El-Sayed’s history of anti-police rhetoric. The outlet noted that El-Sayed had deleted at least a dozen posts pushing defund the police policies. 
“Most major US cities spend WAY TOO MUCH on police departments to police poverty &amp; WAY TOO LITTLE on public schools, health departments, recreation departments, &amp; housing to eliminate poverty. Fixing that is what the #Defund movement is about,” he wrote in one post from June 2020 that he later deleted. 
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El-Sayed, who claims that Floyd was the victim of an “assassination” and was “lynched,” suggested during a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idJzgpT200c&amp;t=1s">seminar</a> hosted by the University of Michigan that police officers should not be armed. 
“So we have to ask ourselves, do police departments really need tanks and weapons of war and the material that’s coming back as hand-me-downs from the military abroad? Do police really need to use guns? Do we need as much of a police force?” he asked. 
He added that the &#8220;defund the police&#8221; movement was about getting the government to move away from &#8220;racist ideologies&#8221; that led police to &#8220;invest in war material&#8221; for law enforcement.
During his time pushing anti-police rhetoric, El-Sayed was heavily <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/michigan-senate-candidate-abdul-el-sayed-helped-lead-anti-police-group-as-it-organized-detroit-protest-turned-deadly-riot/">involved</a> in a group called Michigan United which compared police officers to &#8220;slave catchers&#8221; and helped organize a protest that turned into a riot, the Washington Free Beacon reported.

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President Donald Trump said it would be “very hard” for Democrats to replace Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner as he faces calls to drop out after being accused of rape. 
“So he won the primary,” Trump <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHhlrvRwGt8">told</a> reporters on Air Force One while traveling back from a NATO summit in Turkey. “It’s very hard for them to do.”
Platner suspended his campaign on Wednesday after a former girlfriend named Jenny Racicot accused Platner of entering her home without permission while heavily intoxicated in 2021 and sexually assaulting her. Platner has denied the allegations. 
“It’s really a question of whether or not you believe the woman. A lot of people say big falsehoods,” Trump said. “He’s in a bind, he’s in a bind. But should they be able to do it? Well, I guess he’s going to lose. I’d imagine he’s going to lose.”
Trump also questioned why Platner did not face more pressure last month after another one of his former girlfriends came forward to the New York Times and alleged that Platner treated her abusively, both physically and emotionally. That accuser, Lyndsey Fifield, was active in conservative politics. 
“It’s very interesting when the Republican woman came out with the same charge, nobody believed her, when this woman came out, everybody believed her,” Trump said. 
Fifield alleged that Platner once twisted her arm behind her back, shoved her into a bedroom, and held the door shut, telling her to stay there until she was “calm.” Fifield said she eventually fell asleep and left the next morning. She later <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/graham-platner-abuse-accuser-says-new-york-times-twisted-her-story-in-gift-to-dems">accused</a> the Times of watering down its story highlighting her experience dating Platner. 
Platner continued to deny all accusations of physical abuse in his <a href="https://x.com/grahamformaine/status/2075009677495058687?s=46">announcement</a> suspending his campaign. 
“I have faced some very serious allegations, and I just want to make it clear, this is all false,” he added. “The things that have been claimed did not happen. It’s not real.”
Maine Democrats have already set in motion the process to replace Platner on the ballot before the July 13 deadline. They are expected to hold a nominating convention in the coming days. In recent days, Platner and the Democratic Party have traded shots about how the replacement process would work. 
“We will announce the full timeline, details for how the nomination process will move forward, information about how to participate, and requirements for candidates soon,” the party said. “We will keep the public informed throughout the process — transparency is of the utmost importance.”

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The FBI is hunting for a Somali-born man suspected of stealing millions of dollars in funds meant for children in need.
FBI Director Kash Patel said Wednesday that Fahad Mohamed Nur was added to the bureau&#8217;s list of “Most Wanted Fraudsters.” Nur, a naturalized American citizen born in Somalia, was charged in September 2022 for stealing $5 million from the Federal Child Nutrition Program.
“After the outstanding early success of the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudster List, already arresting TWO subjects within weeks with apprehensions out of Somalia and Philippines, today the [FBI] is announcing another addition,” Patel <a href="https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/2074820494319067311" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “We have already seen over $13 billion in fraud uncovered on behalf of hardworking Americans — and there is more to come.”
A $150,000 reward is <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/most-wanted-fraudsters/fahad-mohamed-nur" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offered</a> for information that leads to Nur’s capture and conviction. The FBI said it believes he may be hiding out in Somalia. He is charged with multiple counts of money laundering, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Nur ran a Minneapolis-based business called The Produce that purported to supply meals to children in need that received millions of dollars in federal nutrition funds, according to the indictment against him. The business was sponsored by Feeding Our Future, the infamous entity behind the largest COVID-era scam.
Federal prosecutors say that Nur submitted fake meal counts, rosters, and invoices to obtain federal funds. The funds given to Nur and his co-defendants “substantially” exceeded the amount of money that should have been allocated for the meals they actually provided, according to the indictment.
Prosecutors said that by the time Nur distributed any meals in September 2021, he had already received $3.5 million in food payments.
Misappropriated funds went toward real estate, luxury vehicles, and travel. Nur moved nearly $700,000 of fraudulently obtained dollars into his bank account, took $78,000 in cash out, and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on real estate purchases and vehicles, according to prosecutors.
Nur reportedly fled the country after federal agents started serving search warrants in relation to their investigation of the Feeding Our Future scheme. In May 2026, Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock was sentenced to almost 42 years in prison for orchestrating the $250 million scam.
Led by Vice President JD Vance, the Trump administration has placed a renewed focus on tracking down fraudsters targeting welfare programs.
“If you defraud American taxpayers you will be found and brought to justice,” the White House Task Force on Fraud <a href="https://x.com/WHFraudTF/status/2074831393012494634" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Wednesday.
The focus on fraud comes as The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ohio-legislature-passes-medicaid-fraud-crackdown-after-daily-wire-expose?author=Luke+Rosiak&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Ohio+Legislature+Passes+Medicaid+Fraud+Crackdown+After+Daily+Wire+Exposé" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reporting</a> on the widespread abuse of the Medicaid home healthcare system in Ohio triggered federal and state investigations.

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A Democrat running for Congress in Nebraska is tied to a leftist organization that pushes for &#8220;universal sex education” and wants elementary school kids to learn about “gender identity” and “sexual orientation.” 
Denise Powell, running in the highly competitive race for Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, has been a board member for <a href="https://educateusaction.org/">EducateUS</a>, an activist organization critical of parental rights that wants to push so-called “progressive” sex education into classrooms across the country, including for kindergartners. Powell’s <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisepowell402/details/volunteering-experiences/">LinkedIn</a> and candidate <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2025/10071667.pdf">disclosure</a> form lists her as a board member of the organization, which says it is for people who want to “dance at the revolution.”
While Powell’s LinkedIn lists her as a current board member and treasurer of EducateUS, the organization currently does not list her on its <a href="https://educateusaction.org/who-we-are/our-team/">list</a> of board members. Tax forms show Powell was the <a href="https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/872385932/202520489349301302/full">treasurer</a> of the organization for the fiscal year ending in September 2024. A different treasurer is listed on the next available tax form. The Daily Wire reached out to Powell and EducateUS for clarification. 
Powell is running against Republican candidate Brinker Harding in the race to succeed outgoing GOP Rep. Don Bacon. She does not mention sex education in her <a href="https://deniseforcongress.org/priorities/">platform</a> which focuses on attacking President Donald Trump and not being beholden to special interest groups. She does highlight her support for abortion and calls to codify Roe v. Wade. 
The sex ed standards <a href="https://educateusaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/national_sex_ed_standards_november2025.pdf">pushed</a> by EducateUS include ensuring that 5th graders learn about “gender identity and expression” and “the basics of sexual orientation” and teaching high schoolers about “abortion access,” how racism impacts their views of sexuality, and proper condom use. 
“If you care about LGBTQ+ liberation, about ending gender-based violence, child abuse, and white supremacy, if you want to dance at the revolution, the fight for sex ed is for you,” EducateUS <a href="https://educateusaction.org/">says</a> on its website. 
The group says that it believes “universal sex education” can “change the world” and wants a “complete transformation” of K-12 public sex education. It <a href="https://educateusaction.org/what-we-do/?_gl=1*uz11lp*_ga*MTYyMjg3NTc3OS4xNzgzNDMzNzM3*_ga_VNYN0WPYD3*czE3ODM0MzM3MzYkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODM0MzM3MzYkajYwJGwwJGgw">says</a> it is working with “anti-racist, feminist, and pro-LGBTQ liberation organizing forces” because “our causes are one and the same at the root.”
EducateUS advocates for “trans rights” and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/educateusaction/posts/">called</a> the recent Supreme Court decision allowing states to keep gender-confused boys out of girls sports a “devastating” decision. The group also claims that polling shows that Americans want “trans inclusive sex ed” and calls for boycotting companies that don’t implement DEI policies. 
The group accuses conservatives of trying to “undermine” sex education. 
“But right-wing extremist organizations are pouring money into a campaign to undermine public school sex education. These are the same people that are trying to erase Black history from the curriculum, banning books they don’t like, and targeting the rights of trans students,” the organization <a href="https://educateusaction.org/voterpledge/">says</a>. “They’re willing to throw an entire generation under the bus in order to consolidate their own power.”
The group offers <a href="https://educateusaction.org/for-candidates/">free training</a> for candidates who “supports sex education, LGBTQ+ student rights, and inclusive, affirming schools for all students” and who are being attacked as a “groomer or indoctrinator.” The consulting gives candidates guidance on topics like “opposing book bans,” “stopping ‘parental rights’ overreach,” and “bathroom access.”
National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Zach Bannon said the ties to EducateUS were troubling. 
&#8220;Democrat Denise Powell’s record of pushing radical sex conversations on Nebraska children is disgusting and disqualifying,” he told The Daily Wire. “Dark-Money Denise continues to prove that she is out of touch with Nebraska values.” 
Powell’s candidate disclosure also <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2025/10071667.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com">revealed</a> that she has done consultant work for leftist dark money groups like the 1630 Fund and the New Venture Fund.

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Maine Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner denied accusations his team was trying to interfere with the process to potentially choose his replacement as he faces continued calls to drop out of the critical race over a rape allegation. 
Platner’s campaign disputed claims made by Maine Democratic Party Executive Director Devon Murphy-Anderson that the campaign was trying to “put their thumb on the scale” of what the process would look like to replace Platner. The calls for Platner to withdraw came after Jenny Racicot, his former girlfriend, came forward on Monday to accuse him of forcing himself on her after breaking into her home back in 2021 while deeply intoxicated. 
“The Platner campaign has reached out to the party to try and understand what this process would look like. At no point has the campaign tried to ‘put its finger on the scale.’ Over 150,000 Mainers voted for this movement, and over 15,000 Mainers volunteered their time and energy to it,” Platner’s campaign <a href="https://x.com/sahilkapur/status/2074678417006420067">told</a> NBC News. “While Graham wouldn&#8217;t want to be a part of the process, he would want to make sure the voters and volunteers make this decision — not the political establishment.”
That statement came after Murphy-Anderson released a <a href="https://x.com/MaineDems/status/2074653501771194683">video</a> attacking the Platner campaign. 
“The Maine Democratic Party has been working around the clock to develop a process to replace our U.S. Senate nominee that is open, inclusive, transparent and fair,” she said. “The integrity of this process is just as important as the outcome. And we are committed to ensuring that Democrats across our state can have confidence in both.”
“Unfortunately, Graham Platner&#8217;s team has repeatedly reached out to us in an attempt to put their thumb on the scale of what this process looks like,” she added. “ We have repeatedly reiterated to Graham Platner&#8217;s team that they have no role in determining our next Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, nor in determining what this process looks like.”
After Racicot came forward, Platner has rapidly lost support from prominent backers including leftist Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), democratic socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee also claimed it would not spend money on the race if Platner remained on the ballot. 
The deadline for Maine Democrats to replace Platner is July 13.

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The Smithsonian National Museum of American History pushes left-wing activism, featuring bizarre displays including chest binders, a crotch harness, and the diary of a gender-confused girl, according to a scathing White House report released Monday. 
The Trump administration’s Domestic Policy Council released a 162-page <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Smithsonian-Report-Saving-Americas-Story.pdf">report</a> concluding that the Smithsonian “fails in the basic task of illuminating our heritage” and instead promotes woke political causes. The report argues that the museum portrays the Founding Fathers primarily through the lens of slavery while marginalizing their broader influence on the nation&#8217;s founding.  
“Our central finding is not that the Museum has simply added overlooked stories, corrected perceived errors, or broadened its historical scope,” the report found. “Rather, it is that Museum leadership has explicitly adopted an ideological framework that no longer treats the American story as a shared national inheritance to be taught or celebrated, but as a political instrument to divide, dispirit, and discourage our citizens.”
Anthea Hartig, the director of the National Museum of American History, has previously <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxKVJ1pYcEw&amp;t=2484s">said</a> that she wants to use the museum to “advance social justice” and <a href="https://americanhistory.si.edu/press/releases/slaverys-shadow-george-floyd-and-american-legacies-anthea-m-hartig-elizabeth">wanted</a> to “work to reframe the traditional, celebratory narrative of U.S. history for visitors”
Hartig has also made derogatory statements about “whiteness,” claiming that she was propped up “by the cushions of whiteness and the pillows of the bourgeoisie.” 
The report highlighted past <a href="https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/gay-history-beyond-stonewall/online/how-far-will-you-go">displays</a> that included a crotch harness accompanied by a description of clothing being used as “acts of resistance as well as self-identity” for the LGBTQ movement, a chest binder that belonged to a transgender-identifying skateboarder, and a diary page from a young girl who wrote that she prayed &#8220;every night for my penis to grow.&#8221; 
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In accordance with <a href="https://x.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>&#8216;s &#8220;Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History&#8221; order, a new report exposes how the Smithsonian turned the Nat&#8217;l Museum of American History into a vehicle for Radical Left propaganda and degeneracy.
Here are some of the worst examples.
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It also cites displays suggesting it was discriminatory to keep boys who identify as girls out of female sports and videos featuring drag queens.
According to the report, museum staff also pushed an &#8220;anti-racist&#8221; toolkit encouraging employees to “confront whiteness” by “making the case for inclusion.&#8221;
The report criticizes the museum&#8217;s treatment of the nation&#8217;s founders, arguing that visitors &#8220;will find no major exhibits dedicated to America&#8217;s Founding era,&#8221; George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, other Founding Fathers, the Continental Congress, the Pilgrims, the Puritans, or major moments of the American Revolution&#8230;  
“Instead, visitors will find Founders, such as Benjamin Franklin, introduced chiefly through their connection to slavery while their decisive roles in building the Republic and their anti-slavery efforts are minimized or ignored,” the report found.
A Smithsonian spokesman told The Daily Wire that it has ”served the American public with nonpartisan and independent scholarship, and we remain committed to doing so.&#8221;

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A federal infrastructure program used by the Biden administration to fund bike lanes and “advance equity” will go toward fixing America’s bridges, roads, and shipping ports, The Daily Wire has learned. 
The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it would be awarding $1.73 billion in infrastructure grants through the Department of Transportation to improve roads and bridges. Under Biden, the department focused on fighting “climate change,” pushing DEI, and funding bike lanes. 
“America is fortunate to have a Builder in the White House who knows America is only as great as our infrastructure,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told The Daily Wire. “That’s why this Department is investing in repairing critical roads and bridges that connect Americans to job opportunities, port infrastructure that bolsters our national security, and aviation and transit projects that move American families.”
The funding will be awarded through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) program.
Around 77% of the total grant funding ($1.3 billion) will be allocated to roads and bridges along critical transportation arteries, and another 7% will go toward beefing up the nation’s maritime infrastructure, the Department of Transportation told The Daily Wire. In contrast to Biden, when around 20% of funding went toward pedestrian-bike lane projects, no funds will go toward bike lanes. Just 2% of the funding under Biden went toward maritime projects, according to the Department of Transportation. 
“The impact of these dollars will be felt in communities nationwide for years to come,” Duffy added. 
During the Biden presidency, the BUILD program was renamed Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE), but the Trump administration changed the name back to BUILD.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg focused on pushing DEI and climate-related projects through the program. In November 2021, Buttigieg <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-secretary-transportation-buttigieg-announces-nearly-1-billion-grant-awards">declared</a> the program would focus on “equity” and combating “climate change.”
In 2023, the Biden administration <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-department-transportation-announces-availability-15-billion-raise-grants-made">said</a> it wanted grant applicants to “consider how their projects can address climate change, ensure racial equity, and remove barriers to opportunity.&#8221; That same year, Buttigieg <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/secretary-buttigieg-appoints-members-advisory-committee-transportation-equity-acte">reestablished</a> an Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity with the purpose of helping the department &#8220;institutionalize equity into Agency programs, policies, regulations, and activities.&#8221;
A <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/21/us-news/pete-buttigiegs-dot-spent-80-billion-on-dei-grants-delayed-air-traffic-control-upgrades-records-industry-insiders/">report</a> last year from the New York Post revealed that more than $80 billion was designated to DEI-related projects under Buttigieg’s four years as transportation secretary.
Shortly after taking office, Duffy <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-transportation-secretary-sean-duffy-takes-action-rescind-woke-dei-policies-and">moved</a> to implement the Trump administration&#8217;s policy of eliminating DEI from government programs and policies. He directed department officials to rescind any DEI or climate change-related policies.

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President Donald Trump took credit for Walmart cutting prices on summer staples like ground beef and corn on the cob as he continues to pitch his economic message ahead of the midterm elections. 
Trump said Monday that the price cuts were made at his administration’s request and praised the retail giant as a “truly patriotic company.” The cuts come as Trump has battled lingering inflation, including elevated gas prices. 
“Great news! I have just been informed that one of the biggest, best, and smartest Retailers in America, Walmart, will be lowering prices, by a lot, at my Administration&#8217;s request to celebrate our great Country&#8217;s 250th birthday,” the president posted on Truth Social. 
“Walmart will, in particular, be dropping the price for a pound of ground beef by almost 15%, among many other products. This is a huge deal for the many millions of Americans who, smartly, shop at Walmart, which is a truly patriotic Company who loves the U.S.A.,” Trump added. 
Walmart announced after Trump’s statement that the price per pound of beef would be cut by around 12%, from $6.74 to $5.94. The cost of a 2.25 pound bag of red cherries would go to $5.63 from $11.18, and corn on the cob would be $0.25 each instead of $0.68.
Walmart announced that prices on ice cream, potato chips, disposable plates, and soda would also be dropping.
“From backyard barbecues and family vacations to pool days and neighborhood gatherings, the savings are designed to help customers and members make the most of the season while spending less on the products they need, want and love most,” Walmart said. 
Sam’s Club also announced cuts to meat products like chicken wings, hot dogs, ground beef, and pork ribs. 
Trump has pinned inflation on the historic jump in prices during the Biden years. The latest inflation report from May 2026 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inflation-passes-unfavorable-mark-for-first-time-since-2023">showed</a> prices rising 4.2% on the year, the largest jump since 2023. Those increases were largely driven by energy price increases driven by the war with Iran. Those prices have started to decline with the average price per gallon now under $4.00 nationally. 
“Just as I promised, Oil Prices are plummeting FAST, and Gas Prices at the pump are dropping too, just like egg and Prescription Drug prices which I am bringing down by historic levels,” Trump said. “Walmart is stepping up in a big and bold way, and other Retailers should follow the lead of these absolute Patriots.”

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A Christian pastor imprisoned for months reunited with his family after the Chinese Communist Party released him following pressure from President Donald Trump. 
Pastor Mingri “Ezra” Jin, the leader of one of the largest underground church networks in China, landed in the United States on the Fourth of July and was greeted by his family. Trump pushed Chinese President Xi Jinping to release Jin during his trip to China in May. 
&#8220;We truly witnessed a miracle and we are feeling so overwhelmed with joy. We thank God for this tremendous miracle,” Jin’s family said in a statement. “We also thank President Trump and his administration for their tremendous leadership.”
Jin and a number of other church leaders connected to Zion Church, an independent Protestant church, were rounded up and thrown into a detention center in southern China in October 2025. In January 2026, more Christians associated with Early Rain Covenant Church, an evangelical Presbyterian church, were targeted by the CCP. 
Jin was accused of disseminating illegal information online. 
Grace Jin Drexel, who has fought for months to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daughter-of-imprisoned-chinese-pastor-releases-tearful-christmas-message-to-father?utm_source=chatgpt.com">raise awareness</a> about her father’s case, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daughter-of-detained-pastor-warns-of-a-coming-wave-of-christian-persecution-in-communist-china">previously told</a> The Daily Wire her father became a Christian after the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre.
“When the country betrayed them in such a brutal way, it really was shocking, and they lost a sense of direction for my dad,” Grace said. “He then found the sense of purpose and direction in Christianity, and he turned to Christ, and he realized that was the firm foundation that he needed in order to build his life upon.”
In 2007, Jin started Zion after years of theological training in the United States. By 2018, the government had cracked down on Zion by closing its physical location and freezing the church’s assets. 
During his trip to China, Trump pressed Xi on the imprisonment of Jin and Hong Kong businessman Jimmy Lai. 
“I think he’s giving very serious consideration to the pastor,” Trump said after the trip. “He said he’s giving very serious consideration to that.” 
Lawmakers praised Trump for advocating for Jin’s release. 
“I am profoundly grateful that Pastor Ezra Jin has been released and reunited with his family. I especially thank President Trump for personally raising Pastor Jin’s case with CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping and for ensuring that U.S. diplomats remained committed in pressing for his freedom,” said Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the co-chair of Congressional-Executive Commission on China.

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