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World & Nation
Iran Desperate for Cash as Sanctions Bite
The Trump administration believes its renewed maximum-pressure economic
campaign against Iran could inflict more lasting damage on Tehran than
military strikes, even as U.S. officials acknowledge sanctions and a
naval blockade may take longer to force Iran back to the negotiating
table.
According to Axios, U.S. intelligence and open-source reporting
indicate Iran is facing mounting economic turmoil, including gasoline
shortages despite being one of the world's largest oil producers.
"The Iranians want to stop being bombed and they want money," a senior administration official was quoted in the report.
US lawmakers seek national security probe of Chinese chip giant CXMT after blockbuster IPO: ‘Ticking time bomb’
Top US lawmakers want the Trump administration to launch a formal
national security probe into Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT on
suspicions that Beijing orchestrated the company’s blockbuster IPO to
prop up a key military asset, The Post has learned.
Shares for the China-based chipmaker, also known as ChangXin Memory
Technologies, skyrocketed 466% in Shanghai trading on Monday — raising
$8.6 billion and instantly making the firm the most valuable on a China
mainland exchange with a market capitalization of nearly $500 billion.
Beijing’s historic windfall — which sent shares of US chipmakers
tumbling on competition fears on Monday — is setting off alarm bells in
Washington, with a bipartisan group of at least a half-dozen members of
Congress expected to send letters to the Trump administration in the
coming days, sources close to the situation told The Post.
Biden pardon won't shield Fauci if he lies to Congress, Comer says
House Republicans are calling for accountability ahead of Dr Anthony Fauci's Senate hearing Wednesday
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., is warning Dr.
Anthony Fauci that his presidential pardon has limits ahead of the
former public health official's high-profile day on Capitol Hill.
Fauci is set to testify before a GOP-led Senate panel on Wednesday,
days after hundreds of pages of his COVID-19 pandemic-era diary entries
were made public.
"We now know why President Biden gave a blanket pardon to Dr. Fauci.
While obsessing about his own fame, Dr. Fauci wasn't truthful with the
American people about the origins of COVID and advised schools to be
closed," Comer told Fox News Digital.
Fauci was among several recipients of controversial "preemptive
pardons" by former President Joe Biden made during the final hours of
the Democratic administration.
Senate Advances Clayton for Top Spy Post
The U.S. Senate on Monday advanced the nomination of U.S. Attorney for
the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump's
pick to be the top U.S. spy, and he is expected to be approved within
days despite a tense confirmation hearing.
If approved as director of national intelligence, Clayton would fill a
role vacated in June when Tulsi Gabbard stepped down after a tenure
marked by clashes with congressional Democrats, who accused her of
advancing Trump's political agenda and promoting debunked election
claims.
The vote was 51-43 in favor of advancing Clayton's nomination for the
job overseeing the nation's 18 intelligence agencies. The vote was
along party lines, with Trump's Republicans backing his nominee and
members of the Democrat caucus voting no.
Russia exposes NATO weapons gap as top commander warns ‘the math is not in favor of the West’
Adm Pierre Vandier said the alliance needs cheaper mass-produced defenses alongside advanced interceptors like Patriots
Days after NATO allies committed tens of billions of dollars to new air
and missile defenses, the alliance’s top transformation commander
warned that the West must fundamentally redesign its weapons and
industrial base to withstand attacks at the scale now being
demonstrated in Ukraine and the Middle East.
"Today, the math is not in favor of the West," Adm. Pierre Vandier,
NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT), told Fox News
Digital in an exclusive interview following the alliance’s summit in
Ankara, Turkey, in early July.
The summit produced commitments to acquire 900 Patriot missiles and
invest more than $40 billion in counter-drone capabilities throughout
five years.
But Vandier argued that simply buying more of the West’s existing weapons will not solve the underlying problem.
Brave Iranian prisoners sew lips shut in hunger strike as executions surge
Prisoners in Iran’s largest jail have sewn their lips shut in defiance
of the regime as hundreds take part in a hunger strike over the surge
in executions.
Harrowing footage from inside the Ghezel Hesar jail captured the hunger
strike, now in its 16th day, with several prisoners using needles and
thread to stitch each other’s lips together to refuse food no matter
what, The Guardian reported.
The dramatic act was sparked after six men were sentenced to death on
drug charges and transferred to solitary confinement on July 13 — with
the regime speeding up executions as some 1,500 people wait on death
row inside the prison.
Gavin Newsom’s ex-mistress drops bombshell essay on affair that nearly destroyed the governor
The spicy affair that once rattled the Bay Area came back to light
Tuesday as Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former mistress described their fling in
explosive detail.
Newsom’s former San Francisco City Hall aide Ruby Rippey told the story of her earthshaking affair with him to Vanity Fair.
The scandal, when publicly revealed, nearly caused Newsom’s downfall early in his political career.
Newsom famously confessed the ordeal to the public in a stunning press
conference. At the time of the affair, Rippey was married to Newsom’s
close friend and top aide Alex Tourk, and Newsom had yet to finalize
his divorce from Kimberly Guilfoyle, now the U.S. Ambassador to Greece.
Japan earthquake live updates: Several dead after mall explosion caused by 7.1 magnitude temblor, report says
Several people are dead and dozens unaccounted for Tuesday after a 7.1
magnitude earthquake rocked the city of Kumamoto, in southern Japan,
according to police and the country’s meteorological agency — sending a
shopping mall crumbling, causing a bridge to buckle, taking down part
of a 400-year-old castle, collapsing a paper factory’s chimney and
striking several homes.
At least 50 people are injured, just one hospital reported, and more
than 30 mall employees and paper factory workers can’t be reached, with
fears they’re dead after getting trapped under rubble, local news
outlet NHK reported.
Japan, which sits on the “Ring of Fire,” is one of the most
earthquake-prone countries in the world. Many tectonic plates converge
in the East Asian nation, causing almost constant tremors.
There is some slight discrepancy about the quake’s magnitude, with
Japan recording it as 7.1, but the US Geological Survey pinning it as
6.8.
New audio undercuts Dems who defended Biden, slammed Hur after classified docs report revealed memory loss
Democrats said Hur characterizing Biden as an 'elderly man with a poor memory' was gratuitous and politically motivated
After special counsel Robert Hur’s 2023 investigation and the
subsequent report into former President Joe Biden’s retention of
classified documents, Democrats rushed to defend the 46th president
from his characterization that Biden was an "elderly man with a poor
memory."
The left-wing's narrative surrounding Biden's mental cognition —
especially as he was running for re-election against President Donald
Trump — is now crumbling after audio tapes from the investigation were
revealed Monday night.
Prominent Democrats lined up to defend Biden when the initial report
was released in 2024, many using the same line that Hur's report was
"gratuitous." Then-Vice President Kamala Harris was chief among the
chorus of defenders, saying that the report was "inaccurate and
inappropriate."
Lindsey Graham’s funeral in Washington draws tributes from Trump, world leaders
Lindsey Graham, 71, died on July 11. Preliminary findings from the DC
medical examiner's office indicated the late senator from South
Carolina suffered an aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic
cardiovascular disease.
Graham's sister, Darline Graham, was sworn in to fulfill the remainder of her brother’s term.
Graham forged a congressional career spanning more than 30 years,
emerging as one of Capitol Hill's most recognizable Republicans and a
trusted advisor to President Donald Trump on national security,
judicial nominations and foreign policy.
Nancy Guthrie sheriff claims he’s ‘still positive’ kidnapping case will be solved after Savannah’s new plea
The Arizona sheriff leading the investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s
kidnapping vowed on Tuesday he’s “still positive” the case will be
solved – even after six months with few leads.
Nancy’s daughter, “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie issued a tearful
new plea to the abductors on Monday, asking for them to “do the right
thing.”
“We have so much DNA to sort through,” Chris Nanos, the Pima County Sheriff, told NBC.
“We have so much in terms of video evidence to look at. So I’m still positive that we’re going to resolve this case.”
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, who is leading the investigation into
Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping, said he’s ‘still positive’ the case will be
resolved.
Trump is starving the machine that creates America's socialist revolutionaries
Limiting the amount of money available
for grad students will help control the spiraling debt (and grievances)
of those seeking useless degrees
By Liz Peek
Socialism is metastasizing like a cancer throughout our country. Though
collectivism will inevitably fail, because it always does, it is
already causing significant damage to our nation’s political and social
fabric. It must be stopped.
It is not enough to defeat Socialism at the ballot box. The factories
producing this infection — the far-left faculties of our colleges and
universities — must be starved of taxpayer money. Thankfully, the Trump
White House has taken measures to start that process.
As of July 1, the Department of Education implemented new limits on
student loans. Instead of letting young people pile up unlimited
amounts of debt in pursuit of a degree of questionable value, the
government has now capped what students and their parents can borrow to
finance (primarily) graduate programs.
SEN TIM SCOTT: Lindsey Graham was a patriot, a statesman and my dear friend
South Carolina will never fill the hole in our state’s heart that is left by the passing of my dear friend, Lindsey Graham
By Sen. Tim Scott
America lost a true statesman in the passing of Lindsey Graham, and I
lost a good friend. Through his service in the military, the United
States Senate, and in his own personal life, Lindsey showed what it
means to be an upstanding man. He always led with faith, family, and
South Carolina first.
Lindsey came from humble beginnings. He was born into a working-class
family and suffered tragedy at an early age. When he was in his early
20s, his mother died of cancer, and just 15 months later, his father
died of a heart attack. In these trying times, Lindsey raised his
13-year-old sister and later adopted her so she could receive his
medical benefits.
It is that same sense of duty and sacrifice that led Lindsey Graham to
public service. He wanted to help people and make sure nobody felt
invisible. Through his office’s casework and his work on the Senate
floor, Lindsey fought to help those who couldn’t help themselves. No
matter where he was, Lindsey was always looking for people who felt
like they were not seen. That is the mark of a true statesman.
