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Texas flooding kills more than 80 as search continues for dozens of people
The death toll from the devastating floods across central Texas surpassed 80 as dozens of people remain missing. In Kerr County, at least 40 children and 28 adults died, according to officials.
Texas in shock after fatal flood kills ...

At least 82 people were killed in central Texas in flash flooding that began early on the morning of the Fourth of July.

Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, said it’s mourning the loss of 27 campers and counselors. As of this morning, ten campers and one counselor were remain missing.

The National Weather service issued multiple Flash Flood Warnings on Monday for counties in central Texas.

Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said Monday that 75 bodies, “including 48 adults and 27 children,” have been recovered as of 8:30 a.m. this morning in Kerr County in central Texas.




'Massive conspiracy': Ex-DNC insider says party went to great lengths to hide Biden's mental decline

Senate GOP slams Democrats for skipping ...

One year after the disastrous debate performance that forced former President Joe Biden to ultimately suspend his re-election campaign, questions remain about the oft-alleged "cover-up" of his cognitive decline.

In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Lindy Li, a former Democratic National Committee (DNC) fundraiser and National Finance Committee member, detailed her front-row seat to the careful coordination by Biden's inner circle to conceal how the octogenarian's age impacted his presidency.

Biden Cabinet members' testimonies to the House Oversight Committee and journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson in their book, "Original Sin," have raised more questions about what exactly happened during Biden's tenure.

"I was banned from the Biden White House for telling the truth when it mattered," Li told Fox News Digital. "I actually took a risk. Jake Tapper wrote a book and decided to tell the truth and have his Eureka moment after it was safe, after Biden had gone to pasture. There was nothing on the line for him."

Biden advisers pushed early Trump debate to reach ‘widest audience possible,’ leaked memo reveals



Trump to Terminate Deportation Protection for Some Hondurans, Nicaraguans
Trump Administration Ends Temporary ...

The Department of Homeland Security will terminate deportation protections for thousands of Hondurans and Nicaraguans in the U.S., according to U.S. government notices posted on Monday, part of a broad effort by President Donald Trump to strip legal status from migrants.

The terminations, effective Sep. 6, would end Temporary Protected Status for an estimated 72,000 Hondurans and 4,000 Nicaraguans who have had access to the legal status since 1999, according to a pair of notices posted online on Monday.

Trump, a Republican, has sought to end temporary legal status for hundreds of thousands of migrants in the U.S., including some who have lived and worked there legally for decades. The Trump administration argues that deportation protections were overused in the past and that many immigrants no longer merit protections.



Gabbard Reveals ‘New Intel’ on Trump’s Iran Strikes

Trump brushes off US intel reports on ...

CNN and The New York Times have drawn criticism after questioning the effectiveness of U.S. strikes on Iran, citing low-confidence assessments. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has countered, stating that confirmed intelligence shows the nuclear sites were destroyed and media reports rely on incomplete data. President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have called the strikes a major success, claiming they obliterated Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

Gabbard added, “The propaganda media has deployed their usual tactic: selectively release portions of illegally leaked classified intelligence assessments.”

CIA Director John Ratcliffe backed Gabbard, citing credible intelligence showing major damage to Iran’s nuclear program that could take years to rebuild. CNN and the Times reported the Fordow facility was hit but stated that damage may be quickly repaired.



Top Democrats admit 'failure,' fecklessness on border in scathing NY Times report

Fetterman Breaks with Democrats on ...

Some leading Democrats are acknowledging that their party has failed when it comes to border security and messaging, according to a new report on Sunday from the New York Times.

"When you have the most Latino district in the country outside of Puerto Rico vote for Trump, that should be a wake-up call for the Democratic Party," said Representative Vicente Gonzalez of Texas.

The report highlighted that Gonzalez witnessed President Donald Trump "win every county in his district along the border with Mexico." Gonzalez's 34th district in Texas has swung dramatically from voting heavily Democratic in recent presidential elections to going in favor of Trump in 2024.

"This is a Democratic district that’s been blue for over a century," Gonzalez said.



Iran Could Get Bombed Again

Trump Says He Would Bomb Iran Again If ...

Following the "Operation Midnight Hammer" strikes on Iran's nuclear sites, the Pentagon has revised its damage assessment, now estimating that Tehran's program has been set back by up to two years.

The strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities at Fordow, Isfahan, and Natanz were carried out by B-2A Spirit stealth bombers, backed up by submarine-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles.

The total combined payload of the GBU-57 bunker buster bombs and the Tomahawks amounted to 420,000 lbs. of precision munitions impacting those nuke sets. But how effective were they?

President Donald Trump remains supremely confident in the efficacy of the operation, proudly asserting that “The US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites were a perfect operation…It was very severe. There was obliteration." Mr. Trump’s Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Gen. Dan “Raizin’” Caine, share their Commander-in-Chief’s confidence.



Border Agents Kill Armed Man, 27, in Texas

Border Patrol Video of Killing Shows ...

Ryan Louis Mosqueda, 27, armed with a rifle and tactical gear was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents in McAllen, Texas.

"This morning, an individual opened fired at the entrance of the United States Border Patrol sector annex in McAllen, Texas," a representative of the Department of Homeland Security, Tricia McLaughlin, wrote Monday in a statement to Newsmax. "Both Border Patrol agents and local police helped neutralize the shooter. This is an ongoing investigation led by the FBI. More information will be shared as it becomes available."

Federal agents returned fire at Mosqueda, who had an assault rifle and was carrying a utility vest, McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez told reporters Monday morning.



Elon Musk Ridicules Trump Admin's Epstein Claims

Trump Musk feud explodes with claim ...

Elon Musk ridiculed news that the Trump administration's Justice Department and FBI found that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide and there was no evidence the disgraced financier kept a "client list."

When feuding with President Donald Trump early last month, Musk alleged the DOJ had not released the Epstein files because the president was named in them.

However, Axios reported Sunday night that the DOJ and FBI found Epstein committed suicide and there was no evidence showing he kept a "client list."



Israel Strikes Yemen's Houthi Rebels, Houthis Launch Missile at Israel

Yemen's Houthi Militia Says It Launched ...

Israel's military launched airstrikes early Monday targeting ports and facilities held by Yemen's Houthi rebels, with the rebels responding with missile fire targeting Israel.

The attacks came after an attack Sunday targeting a Liberian-flagged ship in the Red Sea that caught fire and took on water, later forcing its crew to abandon the vessel.

Suspicion for the attack on the Greek-owned bulk carrier Magic Seas immediately fell on the Houthis, particularly as a security firm said bomb-carrying drone boats appeared to hit the ship after it was targeted by small arms and rocket-propelled grenades. The rebels' media reported on the attack but did not claim it. It can take them days sometimes before they acknowledge an assault.




I lived Zohran Mamdani’s socialist dream, and I had to flee my homeland to survive it

Venezuelan political refugee warns same policies that destroyed his homeland are being championed in America's largest city

I was born and raised in a country where the government built public housing and converted private housing into communes; where the state managed grocery stores, controlled prices and expropriated the wealth of the "rich" in the name of social justice. Weapons were prohibited and "hate speech" — which is, any criticism of power — was punished by law.

I lived in the dream that a lot of New Yorkers want for their city. And I had to flee to survive. 

Growing up in Venezuela meant being raised among ruins and nostalgia — a country suspended in the memory of what it once was, all while enduring the wreckage of what it had become.



Pathetic Democrats are falling over themselves and in line with the dangerous Zohran Mamdani


Forgive us for finding real comedy in how Zohran Mamdani’s rise is making the Democratic establishment squirm.

Onetime “New Democrat” Bill Clinton, who won the White House by breaking with the party’s left, now has had to lead the parade of folks congratulating Mamdani on winning the Democratic primary — without actually endorsing him.

Oh, and there’s Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand popping up the other week to insist Mamdani denounce the phrase “Globalize the intifada” — only to soon feel compelled to turn tail and apologize to him for saying in a radio interview that the anti-Zionist supports “global jihad” and Hamas.

Added irony: Mamdani’s excuse for being OK with others’ use of “Globalize the intifada” is that he doesn’t want to be the “word police” — yet somehow it’s fine for his supporters to police Gillibrand’s use of “jihad”?