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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.
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
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."
Trump to Terminate Deportation Protection for Some Hondurans, Nicaraguans
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
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
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
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
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
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
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”?
