The Trump Administration announced opposition to a United Nations (UN) proposal to institute a tax on shipping industries to reduce carbon emissions. The announcement also included a threat to countries that support the proposal.
In a joint <a href="https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/08/joint-statement-on-protecting-american-consumers-and-shipping-industries-by-defeating-the-international-maritime-organizations-net-zero-framework-aka-global-carbon-tax/">statement</a> by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, the administration condemned the &#8220;Net-Zero Framework&#8221; <a href="https://www.imo.org/en/mediacentre/pressbriefings/pages/imo-approves-netzero-regulations.aspx">approved</a> by a committee of the UN&#8217;s International Maritime Organization (IMO) in April.
The proposed amendment aims at setting a new standard of carbon emissions for ships as well as instituting a &#8220;global pricing mechanism&#8221; for all emissions. It will officially be voted on in October and, if passed, will go into effect in 2027.
The proposed framework will enforce the IMO&#8217;s new standards by applying a punitive fee on ships emitting above thresholds while financially rewarding those whose emissions fall within the standards. 
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The statement released by the Trump administration condemned this proposed amendment, arguing that it will &#8220;directly [drive] up costs for American consumers.&#8221;
&#8220;Whatever its stated goals, the proposed framework is effectively a global carbon tax on Americans levied by an unaccountable UN organization,&#8221; the statement released by the Trump administration reads. &#8220;Under this framework, ships will have to pay fees for failing to meet unattainable fuel standards and emissions targets. These fees will drive up energy and transportation and leisure cruise costs.&#8221;
&#8220;The Trump Administration unequivocally rejects this proposal before the IMO and will not tolerate any action that increases costs for our citizens, energy providers, shipping companies and their customers, or tourists,&#8221; the statement says.
The secretaries concluded by stating that the U.S. expects the other IMO members to agree to oppose the amendment, or the U.S. will &#8220;not hesitate to retaliate or explore remedies for our citizens should this endeavor fail.&#8221;
In a <a href="https://x.com/howardlutnick/status/1955417944634052631">post</a> rebuking the proposed international carbon tax, Secretary of Commerce Lutnick said, &#8220;America is setting the terms on how our products are going to market. We have every right to refuse their &#8216;net-zero framework,&#8217; which would be a tax on every shipment of American goods.&#8221;
&#8220;International bureaucrats can take their [woke] climate nonsense elsewhere,&#8221; Lutnick concluded. 
This move to lessen the United Nations&#8217; involvement in U.S. energy production and regulation comes as part of a larger push by the Trump administration to &#8220;unleash American energy&#8221; by purging the energy sector of foreign influence and beginning massive deregulation attempts.
Notably, on his first day in office, President Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-signs-numerous-executive-orders-undoing-biden-era-policies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">withdrew</a> the United States from the Paris Climate Accords, which he said would save the country over a trillion dollars. The Paris Climate Accords set an increasing standard for member countries to reach and encouraged developed nations like the United States to pay for less developed nations to adopt more climate-sensitive measures.
Domestically, Trump&#8217;s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/epa-announces-plan-to-throw-out-obama-era-climate-restrictions?author=Sam+Korkus&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=EPA+Announces+Plan+To+Throw+Out+Obama-Era+Climate+Restrictions">moving</a> to undo Obama-era climate restrictions to deregulate the automotive and other manufacturing industries. If this deregulation goes into effect, it would remove an estimated $1 trillion of hidden taxes on American businesses and families, according to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.

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An illegal alien in South Dakota was arrested while allegedly transporting roughly $12 million in methamphetamine, which is the largest single seizure of the illicit drug in the state&#8217;s history, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/08/11/us-news/south-dakota-cops-seize-12m-of-crystal-meth-from-illegal-migrant/">reported</a>.
South Dakota Republican Governor Larry Rhoden announced the seizure in a press release Monday, which he said was part of the state&#8217;s Operation: Prairie Thunder – an expansive <a href="https://news.sd.gov/news?id=news_kb_article_view&amp;sys_id=0705be0d478b2250237fbd51026d43eb">campaign</a> announced late July aimed at interdicting drugs, investigating gang activity, holding parole absconders accountable, and deterring lawlessness.
The unidentified foreign national, 42, was pulled over by South Dakota Highway Patrol Officers during a traffic stop when a service dog alerted the officers to possible narcotics. His vehicle was searched by officers before he was subsequently arrested and charged with two felonies and a misdemeanor related to the manufacturing, possession, and distribution of narcotics and drug paraphernalia. 
Governor Rhoden issued a <a href="https://news.sd.gov/news?id=news_kb_article_view&amp;sys_id=7d6b772d1bdfa2106cbca93be54bcb05">statement</a> about the massive drug bust, which totaled roughly 207 pounds of crystal meth. Rhoden boasted about the performance of his administration and of state law enforcement officers.
&#8220;We are taking action to protect the people of South Dakota from criminals and drug traffickers. Our Highway Patrol showed incredible professionalism in achieving this record drug bust,&#8221; Rhoden said. &#8220;I promised that my administration would keep South Dakota strong, safe, and free – and we will continue to deliver on that promise through Operation: Prairie Thunder.&#8221;
Operation: Prairie Thunder is particularly focused on apprehending illegal aliens in compliance with federal law enforcement officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and is in direct opposition to sanctuary city policies prevalent in blue cities.
Governor Rhoden said at the launch of the operation that &#8220;Our work alongside ICE boils down to this: Highway Patrol will support ICE with arrests. The National Guard will support ICE with processing and administrative functions. And [the Department of Corrections] will support ICE with transportation, identifying illegal immigrants in our prisons, and getting them paroled to ICE custody.&#8221;
The illegal immigrant, whose nationality is unidentified, is &#8220;now in immigration proceedings,&#8221; according to the press release. 
This comes on the heels of President Donald Trump&#8217;s push for more accountability for the trafficking of dangerous narcotics into the country by declaring a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-declares-national-emergency-to-increase-our-competitive-edge-protect-our-sovereignty-and-strengthen-our-national-and-economic-security/">national emergency</a> at the northern border and continuing to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-wall-supplies-sold-off-by-biden-to-be-returned-to-trump-admin?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Border+Wall+Supplies+Sold+Off+By+Biden+To+Be+Returned+To+Trump+Admin">build and reinforce</a> the southern border wall.
At the same time as the Trump administration pushes for more accountability for drug traffickers, it is also focusing its energy on combating sanctuary city policies in blue cities across the country.
Unlike South Dakota&#8217;s Operation: Prairie Thunder, which complies with federal officials, New York City&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-guns-for-nyc-in-lawsuit-over-sanctuary-city-status?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Guns+For+NYC+In+Lawsuit+Over+Sanctuary+City+Status">sanctuary city</a> policies are facing a challenge from the Justice Department.
In a lawsuit filed late last month, the DOJ alleges that parts of New York&#8217;s law &#8220;impair federal detention of removable aliens, including dangerous criminals, contrary to federal law,&#8221; which is contrary to the supremacy clause of the Constitution.
New York City is the latest in a string of major American cities that have been hit with lawsuits over sanctuary city policies. After the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/l-a-mayor-declares-victory-as-troops-move-out-but-pete-hegseth-has-last-word?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=L.A.+Mayor+Declares+Victory+As+Troops+Move+Out%2C+But+Pete+Hegseth+Has+Last+Word">destructive riots</a> in Los Angeles, the Trump administration sued the city. In February, the administration filed a lawsuit against Chicago, which has since been <a href="https://apnews.com/article/illinois-chicago-sanctuary-law-trump-administration-6a2bef0fad3a50f045adc8be11f222e1">dismissed</a> on the basis of lack of standing by the federal government.

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A group of ex-national security officials is protesting the Trump administration&#8217;s recent removal of high-level intelligence officers as &#8220;a purge.&#8221;
In an <a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-170534145">open letter</a> published Saturday, the group, which calls itself &#8220;The Steady State,&#8221; condemned the Trump administration&#8217;s decision to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-fires-former-acting-fbi-director-who-stonewalled-admin-over-j6">fire three FBI officials</a>: former Acting Director Brian Driscoll and Special Agents Walter Giardina and Michael Feinberg. The signatories said the removal of these agents appeared &#8220;part of a broader campaign to dismantle the FBI&#8217;s long-standing independence and recast it as a tool of political loyalty.&#8221;
The letter continued by denouncing the move as &#8220;a purge&#8221; of officials whose views expressed &#8220;perceived personal disloyalty to former President Donald Trump.&#8221;
<a href="https://thesteadystate.org/about-us/">The Steady State</a> is a group of hundreds of former intelligence, defense policy, diplomacy, law enforcement, and Congressional workers that claims to be nonpartisan, although recent statements by the group&#8217;s Executive Director, Steven Cash, show an anti-Trump lean.
Speaking about the recent revelations about the Trump-Russia collusion allegations, Cash said in an <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/former-prosecutor-questions-legitimacy-of-bondis-russia-probe">interview</a> that, &#8220;A lot of documents have been released, but it doesn&#8217;t appear to be anything there that makes sense.&#8221; Cash continued by calling the renewal of the Trump administration&#8217;s efforts to uncover the truth about the Russiagate conspiracy evidence of  &#8220;a democracy sliding into an autocracy.&#8221;
Critics have called the removal of Driscoll, Giardina, and Feinberg politically motivated. Although no official reason has been released, analysts have pointed out that these officials may have acted against the commands of the Commander in Chief, among other things.
According to MSNBC&#8217;s Ken Dilanian, Driscoll&#8217;s ouster was directly related to his <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/2/brian-driscoll-acting-fbi-director-thin-ice-refusi/">refusal to carry out an order</a> from then Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove to compile a list of all agents involved in investigating cases related to January 6th.
Similarly, analysts have connected Giardina&#8217;s firing to his involvement in the investigation of former Trump trade official Peter Navarro, who Trump often <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-taps-china-hawk-peter-navarro-as-senior-counselor-for-trade-manufacturing?author=Ryan+Saavedra&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Taps+China+Hawk+Peter+Navarro+As+Senior+Counselor+For+Trade%2C+Manufacturing">said</a> was &#8220;treated horribly by the Deep State.&#8221;
Feinberg retired, he <a href="https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawfare-daily--michael-feinberg-on-leaving-the-fbi">claimed</a>, at the threat of the Trump administration, which was probing his relationship with Peter Strzok, the lead FBI agent who investigated President Trump&#8217;s connection with Russia before <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/theres-nothing-to-this-but-we-have-to-run-it-to-the-ground-anti-trump-fbi-agent-strzok-said-durham">revelations</a> of extreme anti-Trump rhetoric with subordinates.
The current director of the FBI, Kash Patel, wrote a letter to Giardina explaining his firing.
&#8220;This document provides official notice that you are being summarily dismissed from your position at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and removed from the federal service, under my authority as the FBI Director, effective immediately,&#8221; Patel <a href="https://www-foxnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.foxnews.com/politics/ex-government-officials-pen-letter-blasting-kash-patels-fbi-purge.amp?amp_gsa=1&amp;amp_js_v=a9&amp;usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&amp;aoh=17548793731452&amp;csi=0&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp;ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fpolitics%2Fex-government-officials-pen-letter-blasting-kash-patels-fbi-purge">wrote</a>. &#8220;You have exercised poor judgment and a lack of impartiality in carrying out duties, leading to the political weaponization of the government.&#8221;
The Steady State&#8217;s letter also singled out Patel and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino, who they claim are &#8220;unqualified political loyalists.&#8221;
Referring to Bongino and Patel&#8217;s appointments, The Steady State said, &#8220;The aim, it seems, is to transform the FBI from a respected, constitutionally grounded investigative service into a personal enforcement arm of a political figure.&#8221;

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Two groups, one linked to former Democrat Texas State Representative Robert &#8220;Beto&#8221; O&#8217;Rourke and another funded by George Soros, are supporting the truant Democratic lawmakers as Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott and other GOP members <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/abbott-moves-to-oust-democrat-who-led-texas-walkout-stunt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">redouble</a> their efforts to push through a new congressional map.
The more than 50 Texas House Democrats who fled the state Sunday are facing a mounting fine of $500 for every day they miss the special session, on top of the cost of travel on a private CommuteAir plane, food, and lodging in Democratic strongholds like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-bad-look-even-chuck-todd-gets-irony-of-texas-dems-fleeing-to-illinois-to-protest-redistricting">Illinois</a>.
For many of the absent Democrats, their $7,200 salary is not enough to cover the penalty and expenses. As a result, O&#8217;Rourke&#8217;s PAC &#8220;Powered by People&#8221; is footing many of those bills, The Texas Tribune <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/05/texas-democrats-quorum-break-beto-orourke-illinois-funding/">reported</a>. 
O&#8217;Rourke&#8217;s PAC, which is worth roughly $3.5 million, began setting aside cash from the moment that it came out that Texas Republicans were meeting to discuss a possible mid-decade redistricting effort. Currently, 100% of the donations to O&#8217;Rourke&#8217;s PAC go toward paying off those bills.
The failed Democratic presidential, gubernatorial, and senatorial candidate <a href="https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article311582235.html">travelled</a> to a few other states in recent months, hoping to build up support for an anti-Trump movement and gather donations for his PAC. 
At a rally in Kansas City, O&#8217;Rourke said, &#8220;In the last six months, since he was sworn into office, the current president of the United States … has sought at every turn to dismantle this democracy.&#8221; O&#8217;Rourke continued by warning that the MAGA movement &#8220;[would] go on steroids after the 2026 election if we fail to stop them now.&#8221;
O&#8217;Rourke&#8217;s group is not the only local Democratic committee hoping to maintain the decamping lawmakers. Texas Majority PAC, a group heavily funded by Democratic megadonor George Soros, is coordinating a national fundraising campaign to fund the cause, two people with knowledge of the internal dynamics told The Texas Tribune.
The Texas Majority PAC recently launched a new initiative called &#8220;Blue Texas,&#8221; which aims to transfer seats from Texas GOP members to Democratic candidates through volunteer efforts and fresh, new candidates, The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dems-backed-by-soros-launch-huge-new-initiative-to-turn-texas-blue?author=Hank+Berrien&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Dems+Backed+By+Soros+Launch+Huge+New+Initiative+To+Turn+Texas+Blue">reported</a>. Funding the absconding of these Democratic lawmakers appears to be in line with that mission. 
These efforts by Soros and O&#8217;Rourke come as Abbott and other GOP members continue to issue threats against the absent lawmakers, trying to get a few to return to meet the quorum requirements of 100 representatives. Since more than 50 of the state&#8217;s 150 representatives are absent, the vote cannot continue.
In a lawsuit aimed at forcing the representatives to return to the vote, or face possible arrest, Abbott wrote, &#8220;What is at stake here? Nothing less than the future of Texas. If a small fraction of recalcitrant lawmakers choose to run out the clock today, they can do so for any, and every, Regular or Special Session, potentially bankrupting the State in an attempt to get their way.&#8221;
The suit added that, &#8220;If representatives are free not to show up whenever they choose, then Texans simply do not have a representative government. In fact, they don&#8217;t have a functioning government at all. This Court should make clear that a legislator who does not wish to perform his duties will be stripped of them.&#8221;
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) also asked for the FBI&#8217;s assistance in locating &#8220;the out-of-state Texas legislators who are potentially acting in violation of the law&#8221; in a Tuesday letter, citing potential bribery charges, the outlet reported.
President Trump weighed in on Tuesday, saying that Republicans &#8220;are entitled to five more seats.&#8221; 
​​&#8221;We have an opportunity in Texas to pick up five seats. We have a really good governor, and we have good people in Texas. And I won Texas,&#8221; Trump told CNBC. &#8220;I got the highest vote in the history of Texas, as you probably know, and we are entitled to five more seats.&#8221;

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President Donald Trump clarified details about the new trade deals with the European Union (EU) and China in an interview on Tuesday, including floating the possibility of 35% tariffs on EU goods and stating that he intends to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Goods from the EU <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-art-of-the-trade-deal-here-are-the-countries-that-have-reached-agreements-with-america">initially</a> faced 30% tariffs under Trump&#8217;s Liberation Day tariff plan, but – after reaching an agreement in late July – an agreement was made for 15% on exports such as vehicles and medicine, among other products.
Trump <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1952733095259472349">explained</a> on CNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Squawk Box&#8221; that EU exports would be slapped with 35% tariffs if the Union did not follow through with the terms of the agreement. Critics have objected to the trade deal, which they say lacked the &#8220;teeth&#8221; to enforce the agreement.
Included in the trade agreement, the European Union committed to purchasing $750 billion worth of energy from the United States and investing an additional $600 billion in the U.S. economy. Trump added that &#8220;They gave me $600 billion and that&#8217;s a gift. … They gave us $600 billion that we can invest in anything we want.&#8221;
Trump also floated plans to re-shore <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/05/trump-says-pharma-tariffs-could-eventually-reach-up-to-250percent.html">pharmaceutical</a> manufacturing from countries like China and Ireland to the United States by increasing tariff rates to 250% over a few years, which is one of the most dramatic moves to address the lack of domestic production of necessary medicines. 
Trump&#8217;s deal with the EU is still in the final stages of completion. On Tuesday, the EU announced that it would be suspending its retaliatory tariffs in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/e-u-to-suspend-retaliatory-tariff-on-u-s-for-six-months-as-massive-trade-deal-is-finalized?author=Reuters&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=E.U.+To+Suspend+Retaliatory+Tariff+On+U.S.+For+Six+Months+As+Massive+Trade+Deal+Is+Finalized">statement</a>.
A spokesperson said, &#8220;The EU continues to work with the U.S. to finalize a Joint Statement, as agreed on 27 July. … With these objectives in mind, the Commission will take the necessary steps to suspend by 6 months the EU&#8217;s countermeasures against the U.S., which were due to enter into force on 7 August.&#8221;
The president also clarified his plans to meet with Chinese President Xi. He said he intends to meet with Xi only after China and the US agree on the terms of a trade deal.
&#8220;I&#8217;ll end up having a meeting before the end of the year, most likely, if we make a deal,&#8221; Trump said in the interview. &#8220;But we&#8217;re getting very close to a deal. We&#8217;re getting along with China very well.&#8221;
Many questions arose about Trump&#8217;s plans to finalize the deal with China after multiple news outlets <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-xi-aides-discussed-autumn-us-china-leaders-meeting-sources-say-2025-07-20/">reported</a> that Trump was pushing for a meeting with Xi. Trump insisted on TruthSocial and in interviews that he had no plans to reach out to Xi for a meeting because, as he said, &#8220;China is very reliant on the United States.&#8221;
Although Trump continues to move around the deadlines for other countries to reach a trade deal, consumer sentiment continues to increase, according to a report by the University of Michigan, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/consumer-confidence-climbs-as-trump-pushes-ahead-with-tariffs?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Consumer+Confidence+Climbs+As+Trump+Pushes+Ahead+With+Tariffs">reported</a>.
&#8220;Perceptions of this month&#8217;s economic developments were similar across the political spectrum; Republicans, Independents, and Democrats all saw some minor increases in sentiment this month,&#8221; the University of Michigan stated.
Trump&#8217;s tariff rollout, which lays a baseline of 10% on all countries with a trade deficit with the U.S. and a varying percentage on others that have struck a deal, will go into effect on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-drops-new-tariff-plan-on-eve-of-trumps-trade-deadline?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=White+House+Drops+New+Tariff+Plan+On+Eve+Of+Trump%E2%80%99s+Trade+Deadline">August 7</a>.

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Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says that the Democratic Party&#8217;s leftward drift is an opportunity for Republicans to push free enterprise.
&#8220;The key answer right now is is it about socialism or capitalism.&#8221; Ramaswamy said in a Monday <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376537282112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> on Fox &amp; Friends. &#8220;That&#8217;s the choice. It&#8217;s a fork in the road for the future of the country.&#8221;
Ramaswamy, who announced his run for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ohio-ag-drops-out-of-governors-race-giving-vivek-ramaswamy-clear-path-to-gop-nomination" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ohio governor</a> in February, has been waging a war of public perception against New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a self-described Democratic Socialist.
The biotech engineer and entrepreneur has often juxtaposed his campaign with Mamdani&#8217;s. &#8220;Vivek Super PAC — Victors, not Victims&#8221; even bought an <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/13/us-news/times-square-ad-takes-aim-at-radical-socialist-mamdani-urges-nyers-to-flee-to-ohio/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advertisement</a> in Times Square featuring Mamdani that sported the tagline, &#8220;Ready to flee NYC? Move to Ohio!&#8221;
Ramaswamy was not the only one to recognize the significance of Mamdani&#8217;s possible victory in New York City.
&#8220;The fate of D.S.A. and honestly, I think, the progressive movement in New York, is tied to Zohran&#8217;s administration, and we&#8217;re aware of that,&#8221; Grace Mausser, co-chairwoman of the New York City Democratic Socialists of America, said in an interview <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/nyregion/mamdani-socialists-dsa.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">with</a> The New York Times. &#8220;So the No. 1 goal for D.S.A., and I hope a coherent left as we move forward, is to make that administration successful.&#8221;
Ramaswamy&#8217;s move to brand himself as a freedom protector in the face of self-proclaimed Democratic Socialists comes as many <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/young-progressives-look-zohran-mamdani-aoc-future-democratic-party-one-key-caveat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">young New York Democrats</a> have been calling for more progressive candidates, such as Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
&#8220;There&#8217;s a deep fissure in the Democratic Party where a lot of their base is, unfortunately, is in electing socialism over capitalism,&#8221; Ramaswamy said.
Ramaswamy pointed out that Mamdani is not a one-off example of popular, young Democratic Socialists. Soon after Mamdani&#8217;s sweeping victory in New York&#8217;s Democratic primary in July, Minnesota State Senator Omar Fateh (D) announced that he was running for <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/24/politics/democratic-socialists-minneapolis-fateh-frey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Minneapolis mayor</a> with a platform featuring many socialist ideas.
Fateh, 35, <a href="https://www.fatehformayor.com/vision" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plans</a> to introduce rent stabilization in Minneapolis if elected mayor, as well as strengthen the city&#8217;s sanctuary city policies and reduce police involvement in the community.
&#8220;My advice to Republicans across the country is this is our chance to actually offer an alternative vision– to make the case why free enterprise, why capitalism, is the best system known to the history of man,&#8221; Ramaswamy said.
&#8220;This is a special opportunity for us as Republicans to really show not just what we&#8217;re against, but what do we actually stand for,&#8221; Ramaswamy added.
Ramaswamy plans to hold a town hall Monday evening in response to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-pretty-disgusting-cincinnati-police-union-head-bashes-victim-shaming-after-mob-attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">violent fight</a> that occurred in Cincinnati in July, where he will likely touch on the rise of Democratic Socialists like Mamdani.

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The State Department on Thursday unveiled sanctions on the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization as major American allies announced plans to recognize a state of &#8220;Palestine&#8221; in the coming months.
&#8220;It is in our national security interests to impose consequences and hold the PLO and PA accountable for not complying with their commitments and undermining the prospects for peace,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/07/sanctioning-officials-of-the-palestinian-authority-and-members-of-the-palestine-liberation-organization/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcement</a> read.
The announcement cited the two groups&#8217; noncompliance with legislation aimed at developing a concrete plan towards peace and away from terrorism.
The State Department also said the groups violated agreements through attempts to &#8220;internationalize its conflict with Israel&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/international-criminal-court-did-not-rule-israel-committed-genocide-judge-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">by petitioning</a> the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice.
Most notably, the State Department found that the two groups continued to support terrorism by the &#8220;incitement and glorification of violence,&#8221; as well as providing money to terrorists and their families.
This move may complicate further votes in the UN General Assembly by restricting the ability of officials with the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Liberation Organization from obtaining visas to travel to New York to attend the assembly, where many Western powers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-kingdom-threatens-to-recognize-state-of-palestine-if-israel-doesnt-agree-to-ceasefire">announced</a> they plan on recognizing Palestinian sovereignty in September.
French President Emmanuel Macron <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/macron-announces-plans-to-recognize-palestine-as-hamas-upends-ceasefire-talks?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Macron+Announces+Plans+To+Recognize+%E2%80%98Palestine%E2%80%99+As+Hamas+Upends+Ceasefire+Talks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> his rationale behind recognizing a state of Palestine, saying it was &#8220;essential to build the State of Palestine, ensure its viability, and enable it, by accepting its demilitarization and fully recognizing Israel, to contribute to the security of all in the Middle East.&#8221;
State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-administration-boycotts-un-publicity-stunt-conference-on-palestinian-statehood?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Administration+Boycotts+UN+%E2%80%98Publicity+Stunt%E2%80%99+Conference+On+Palestinian+Statehood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to Macron, saying, &#8220;As Secretary Rubio has made clear, this effort is a slap in the face to the victims of October 7th and a reward for terrorism. It keeps hostages trapped in tunnels.&#8221;
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney put out a <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=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Warns+Canada%3A+Backing+Palestinian+State+Could+Damage+U.S.+Trade+Deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> Thursday concurring with the other countries that plan to recognize an independent Palestinian state in September. So far, a majority of the G20 countries have announced recognition or plan to come in September.
&#8220;We reiterate that Hamas must immediately release all hostages taken in the horrific terrorist attack of October 7,&#8221; Carney said in the statement. &#8220;That that Hamas must disarm; and that Hamas must play no role in the future governance of Palestine.&#8221;
&#8220;Canada will always steadfastly support Israel&#8217;s existence as an independent state in the Middle East living in peace and security,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Any path to lasting peace for Israel also requires a viable and stable Palestinian state, and one that recognizes Israel&#8217;s inalienable right to security and peace.&#8221;
President Donald Trump has continued to denounce calls for recognition of a Palestinian state, pointing out that doing so.
&#8220;Well, you could make the case that you&#8217;re rewarding people, that you&#8217;re rewarding Hamas if you do that,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;And I don&#8217;t think they should be rewarded. So I&#8217;m not in that camp, to be honest. We&#8217;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&#8217;m not about to do that.&#8221;
Special Envoy Steve Witkoff &#8220;will be traveling into Gaza to inspect the current distribution sites and secure a plan to deliver more food and meet with local Gazans to hear firsthand about this dire situation on the ground,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a Thursday media briefing.

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a letter to University of California at Los Angeles&#8217;s (UCLA) president Tuesday, laying out an extensive list of the University&#8217;s alleged failures at combating antisemitism. This comes closely following a major <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ucla-will-pay-6-million-to-settle-antisemitic-discrimination-complaints">settlement</a> that had the University shelling out $6 million for allowing blatant antisemitism, including a &#8220;Jew exclusion zone.&#8221;
This move by the Trump administration comes after attacks against prestigious schools for DEI initiatives and well-documented antisemitism. Recently, President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-university-retreats-as-trump-scores-historic-220m-settlement">announced</a> a massive $200 million settlement with Columbia University for its failure to properly handle anti-Israel protests.
As U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-finds-university-california-los-angeles-violation-federal-civil-rights">press release</a>, &#8220;Our investigation into the University of California system has found concerning evidence of systemic anti-Semitism at UCLA that demands severe accountability from the institution.&#8221;
She added that, &#8220;This disgusting breach of civil rights against students will not stand: DOJ will force UCLA to pay a heavy price for putting Jewish Americans at risk and continue our ongoing investigations into other campuses in the UC system.&#8221;
The 10-page <a href="https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1409416/dl?inline">letter</a> sent to UCLA President Dr. Michael V. Drake lists quite a few instances of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/anti-semitism">antisemitism</a> on the school&#8217;s campus since the Hamas terror attack on Israel on October 7th, 2023, which set off countless anti-Israel protests on college campuses.
According to the letter, the DOJ alleges that UCLA failed to address illegal violent encampments on school property that occurred in April 2024. Due to these encampments, a few Jewish students were assaulted– including <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecD39KFX6oU">one student</a> who was knocked unconscious and hospitalized.
The letter says that, &#8220;The encampment was in clear violation of a number of existing content-neutral time, place, and manner rules issued by UCLA and the greater UC System regarding the use of campus spaces for expressive activities.&#8221;
Among the other instances of antisemitism that the DOJ recorded was at least 11 separate complaints alleging that demonstrators were discriminating against students because they were Jewish. Students reported being told that, &#8220;Hitler missed one,&#8221; while at other times they were being coerced to denounce Zionism.
The letter cites the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment and Title XI, which &#8220;require that when a school is made aware of alleged harassment, it must respond reasonably by taking timely and appropriate action to investigate or otherwise determine what occurred.&#8221;
This lengthy note to UCLA&#8217;s president is not a formal complaint or lawsuit. However, it does give UCLA a deadline of September 2nd to reach a resolution with the DOJ – at the threat of a possible lawsuit – in order to &#8220;ensure that the hostile environment is eliminated and reasonable steps are taken to prevent its recurrence.&#8221;
U.S. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon commented about the rampant antisemitism pervasive in the nearly 50,000 student school.
&#8220;UCLA failed to take timely and appropriate action in response to credible claims of harm and hostility on its campus&#8221; Dhillon said. &#8220;Its inaction constitutes a clear violation of our federal civil rights laws, and the Justice Department will hold UCLA accountable to their legal obligations so that all students can have equal protection under the law.&#8221;
A UCLA spokesman said that the school &#8220;has addressed and will continue to address the issues raised in yesterday&#8217;s Department of Justice notice,&#8221; and that the school has &#8220;cooperated fully with the Department of Justice’s investigation and are reviewing its findings closely.

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced at a press conference Tuesday that the agency would begin rolling back Obama-era policies that have allowed the federal government to heavily regulate vehicle emissions and more.
The new rule reverses the &#8220;Endangerment Finding,&#8221; a 2009 decision that classified gases like methane and carbon dioxide as detrimental to the environment and people&#8217;s health. Based on that rule, the EPA was able to justify regulating emissions standards across all industries under the Clean Air Act.
&#8220;This has been referred to as basically driving a dagger into the heart of the climate change religion,&#8221; Zeldin <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/epa-chief-zeldin-delivers-dagger-to-the-heart-of-obamas-climate-change-agenda-on-ruthless-podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a podcast appearance Monday.
The rule &#8220;Would repeal all resulting greenhouse gas emissions regulations for motor vehicles and engines, thereby reinstating consumer choice and giving Americans the ability to purchase a safe and affordable car for their family while decreasing the cost of living on all products that trucks deliver,&#8221; the EPA said in a <a href="https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-releases-proposal-rescind-obama-era-endangerment-finding-regulations-paved-way" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>.
Zeldin says the move will slash unnecessary spending for individual businesses and eliminate the contentious <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-is-slashing-fuel-efficiency-standards-claims-it-will-make-cars-affordable-again?author=Hank+Berrien&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Is+Slashing+Fuel+Efficiency+Standards%2C+Claims+It+Will+%E2%80%98Make+Cars+Affordable+Again%E2%80%99" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Electric Vehicle mandates</a>. He also plans on opening a line of communication for public comment on the effects of emission regulations.
&#8220;If finalized, rescinding the Endangerment Finding and resulting regulations would end $1 trillion or more in hidden taxes on American businesses and families,&#8221; Zeldin said.
Jeff Clark, the acting administrator of the Office of Management and Budget, similarly touted the economic benefits of this proposed rule in a Tuesday morning <a href="https://x.com/JeffClarkUS/status/1950161513949302990" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a>. Clark said that an estimated national savings from this decreased regulation ranges from $1.7 to $8.2 trillion from 2027 to 2055.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who appeared with Zeldin to make the announcement, praised President Trump for &#8220;returning to free and open dialogue around climate and energy policy, driving the focus back to following the data.&#8221;
&#8220;Today&#8217;s announcement is a monumental step toward returning to commonsense policies that expand access to affordable, reliable, secure energy and improve quality of life for all Americans,&#8221; Wright added.
This regulatory change will not be without legal challenge. The <a href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/549/497/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">landmark</a> 2007 Supreme Court case, Massachusetts v. EPA, determined that the Clean Air Act sufficiently allowed for the federal government to regulate emissions if it determined that climate change or pollutants pose a harm to the American public.
Other similar <a href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases-by-topic/climate-change-environment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rulings</a> have strengthened the EPA&#8217;s hold on emission standards for vehicles and businesses. The proposal will face a lengthy review process, including public comment, before it is finalized.
Zeldin hopes to slash red tape holding back businesses by redefining what the EPA can regulate.
&#8220;With regard to the endangerment finding, they&#8217;ll say carbon dioxide is a pollutant and that&#8217;s the end of it. They&#8217;ll never acknowledge any type of benefit or need for carbon dioxide,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s important to note, and they don&#8217;t, how important it is for the planet.&#8221;
Zeldin continued, saying that &#8220;We shouldn&#8217;t shy away from all of the innovation in the way that we tap into an energy supply here in the United States.&#8221;
He praised the EPA&#8217;s quick and decisive action in this move to commit to the massive deregulation.
&#8220;It&#8217;s one agency, in one year, doing more deregulation than the entire federal government across all agencies across entire presidencies when you look back in history. That&#8217;s how much of a mess it is that we inherited,&#8221; Zeldin said.

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Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach sent a letter Monday to Attorney General Pam Bondi calling for an investigation into a Chinese firm suspected of engaging in &#8220;climate lawfare.&#8221;
Kobach wrote to Bondi that Energy Foundation China&#8217;s &#8220;environmental lawfare poses a growing challenge for American industry and the American consumer because it drives up energy costs. … It also weakens our national security and places us at a strategic disadvantage with our adversaries in China.&#8221;
The Kansas attorney general recently testified before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ted-cruz-exposes-chinas-plot-to-undermine-american-energy-a-coordinated-assault" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hearing</a> on the same topic, alleging that Energy Foundation China — a San Francisco-based climate activist group with ties to the Chinese Communist Party — funnels money to American climate groups to drown American firms in climate-related lawsuits.
&#8220;It is evident that China&#8217;s asymmetric warfare against the United States extends to our nation&#8217;s courtrooms and state legislatures,&#8221; Kobach said in his <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/29618a0d-bcc1-b75b-d41b-439177ef3902/2025-06-25%20PM%20-%20Testimony%20-%20Kobach%20-%20updated.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> before the committee. &#8220;The CCP plainly has a strategy of driving the United States away from domestic energy sources and increasing U.S. dependence on sources that rely on a Chinese supply of solar panels, electric vehicle batteries, and other technologies.&#8221;
The committee hearing, &#8220;Enter The Dragon– China and the Left&#8217;s Lawfare Against American Energy Dominance,&#8221; focused on the ways the CCP may be interfering with the American energy sector, which was detailed in a <a href="https://statearmor.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/State-Armor-Who-is-Energy-Foundation-China-Report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> by State Armor, a research group aimed at exposing CCP activity in the United States.
While the CCP develops green technologies like solar panels and windmills, it advocates for climate legislation in America through Energy Foundation China, hoping to make America dependent on imported Chinese-produced technology, according to the report.
Subcommittee Chairman Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) also noted in the hearing that another group is reportedly training judges to sway in favor of those pursuing restrictive climate policies.
Cruz noted that the Climate Judiciary Project, which claims to be impartial and uninvolved in litigation, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/climate-justice-group-deep-ties-judges-experts-involved-litigation-claims-impartiality" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> trains and supports judges who preside over cases of climate litigation in ways that heavily influence their decisions in favor of the climate agenda.
Kobach wrote in his letter that, &#8220;The Senate hearing exposed that China&#8217;s ongoing asymmetric campaign against the United States extends to our nation&#8217;s courtrooms and state legislatures, and that the EFC plays a central role in that campaign.&#8221;
&#8220;This three-pronged strategy — foreign funding, mass litigation, and judicial indoctrination — is a full-spectrum assault on American energy independence,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;And while China drills and digs, we sue and shut down.&#8221;
&#8220;Every day, Communist China is waging a war on American energy to make us more reliant on technology that is built and controlled by the CCP,&#8221; State Armor founder and CEO Michael Lucci said in a statement to The Daily Wire. &#8220;As part of their strategy to control our energy grid and supply chains, they control non-profits and co-opt left-wing environmental groups to drive the CCP&#8217;s agenda through our own court systems and universities.&#8221;
Kobach concluded his letter to Bondi by calling for an investigation into Energy Foundation China&#8217;s deep-rooted connection to the CCP and its involvement in changing American climate legislation.
&#8220;I respectfully urge the Department of Justice to open an investigation into the actions of the EFC in America, including its ties to climate lawfare in the courts,&#8221; Kobach wrote. &#8220;It is important to learn the full extent of the CCP&#8217;s reach into the ongoing campaign of environmental lawfare in our state and federal courts.&#8221;
Lucci supported Kobach&#8217;s call for an investigation, adding that, &#8220;No sane country would allow its strategic adversary to severely damage its national security, control its energy supply chains, and insert kill switches into its energy grid, all driven through united front influence operations.&#8221;
&#8220;The evidence is clear,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;EFC should be permanently shut down.&#8221;

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A man, 41, was arrested in Glasgow, Scotland, after threatening to blow up an airplane with a bomb on Sunday while denouncing America and President Donald Trump. This occurred during Trump&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-secures-biggest-of-all-trade-deals-with-eu">visit</a> to Scotland over the weekend for golf and trade negotiations.
A <a href="https://x.com/ImMeme0/status/1949488946473210095">video</a> was posted to X showing a man, who is reportedly an Indian national residing in the United Kingdom, standing up in a plane&#8217;s aisle, shouting, &#8220;I am going to bomb the plane! Death to America! Death to Trump! Allahu akbar!&#8221;
As the man shouts, a passenger approaches him and tackles him to the floor. Another video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZABpyJXcj0">reported</a> by The Sun shows the man being interrogated while pinned to the floor, stating that he &#8220;[wanted] to send a message to Trump,&#8221; who he knew was in Scotland.
EasyJet EZY609, which was flying from London Luton Airport to Glasgow, Scotland, was forced to make an emergency landing at a separate runway in Glasgow to account for the man&#8217;s threats, at which point the man was arrested.
Passengers on the plane recalled the stressful event in <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/36032786/wild-moment-easyjet-passengers-pin-down-man/">statements</a> to The Sun.
One passenger said, &#8220;I&#8217;ve never seen that before. The airline staff, they were all girls, they were really shaken up by it, but they were super professional.&#8221;
The passenger added, &#8220;Some of the passengers were crying because they were shaken up. It was just a bit surreal.&#8221;
The Scotland police released a <a href="https://www.scotland.police.uk/what-s-happening/news/2025/july/man-arrested-and-charged-following-disturbance-on-flight-to-glasgow/?utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=Orlo">statement</a> saying, &#8220;A 41-year-old man was arrested in connection and further enquiries are ongoing. … At this time we believe the incident was contained and that nobody else was involved.&#8221;
The statement mentioned that the videos available were being &#8220;assessed by counter terrorism officers.&#8221;
In a statement released by easyJet, a spokesperson confirmed that &#8220;Flight EZY609 from Luton to Glasgow this morning was met by police on arrival in Glasgow, where they boarded the aircraft and removed a passenger due to their behaviour onboard. … easyJet&#8217;s crew are trained to assess all situations and act quickly and appropriately to ensure that the safety of the flight and other customers is not compromised at any time.&#8221;
The witness said that the man &#8220;literally came out of the toilet shouting &#8216;Allahu Akbar&#8217; with his hands above his head,&#8221; noting that he did not see a cause of the outburst.
The man is set to face a court on Monday, where he will be officially charged.

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The UnitedHealth Group revealed Thursday that it is cooperating with a federal investigation over alleged Medicare fraud allegations. This comes after a long string of setbacks to the multinational corporation, including the murder of the CEO of one of its subsidiaries.
In May, the Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/unitedhealth-medicare-fraud-investigation-df80667f?mod=article_inline">reported</a> that UnitedHealth was reportedly under investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for possible Medicare fraud since. According to the WSJ, the DOJ alleged that UnitedHealth was encouraging its practitioners and insurers to add extra payments onto patients&#8217; records in order to receive more payments from the federal government through Medicare Advantage programs.
UnitedHealth originally denied those claims, <a href="https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/newsroom/2025/2025-05-14-response-may-14-wsj-article.html">saying</a> that &#8220;We have not been notified by the Department of Justice of the supposed criminal investigation reported,&#8221; and adding that the WSJ&#8217;s reporting was &#8220;deeply irresponsible.&#8221;
According to a new <a href="https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/newsroom/2025/2025-07-24-uhg-responds-to-doj-investigation.html">press release</a>, UnitedHealth acknowledged being the subject of a federal investigation over a month after the WSJ&#8217;s report.
&#8220;The Company has now begun complying with formal criminal and civil requests from the Department,&#8221; the statement reads. &#8220;The Company has full confidence in its practices and is committed to working cooperatively with the Department throughout this process.&#8221;
This investigation into UnitedHealth&#8217;s practices is one in a long line of blows to confidence in the company. Most notably, in December 2024, Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth&#8217;s insurance arm, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/luigi-mangiones-chilling-diaries-revealed-in-court-parasites-simply-had-it-coming?author=Nathan+Gay&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Luigi+Mangione%E2%80%99s+Chilling+Diaries+Revealed+In+Court%3A+%E2%80%98Parasites+Simply+Had+It+Coming%E2%80%99">gunned down</a> in New York City.
Luigi Mangione, the man arrested for Thompson&#8217;s murder, allegedly committed the murder for symbolic reasons — in order to affect change within the healthcare industry in America. A manifesto collected from his person revealed as much in June.
UnitedHealth is also facing a massive antitrust suit from around the time of Thompson&#8217;s murder over their planned merger with Amedisys, a hospice and home elderly care service. The DOJ is <a href="https://www.justice.gov/atr/case/us-and-plaintiff-states-v-unitedhealth-group-inc-and-amedisys-inc">suing</a> UnitedHealth in order to stop the merger between the two multi-billion dollar corporations.
In addition, UnitedHealth is currently under a different antitrust investigation for its coordination with Optum Health, the company&#8217;s employer of medical practitioners. The WSJ <a href="https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/unitedhealth-contacts-u-s-justice-amid-reports-of-medicare-billing-probe-8892033e?mod=hp_lead_pos2">reported</a> on an email from UnitedHealth to a former employee in March stating that &#8220;the government has asked us some questions regarding Optum&#8217;s coding practices.&#8221;
Since a massive <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-health-insurance-company-hit-with-cyberattack-from-suspected-nation-state-actor-crippling-pharmacies-ability-to-process-prescriptions">data breach</a> that affected a subsidiary of UnitedHealth early last year, on top of the murder of Thompson and these antitrust lawsuits, the company&#8217;s stock price has fallen significantly. UnitedHealth&#8217;s stock price has fallen by more than 3% following the recent news of cooperation with the federal government over Medicare fraud allegations.

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