Variety reports: Disney has released the first trailer for director James Cameron’s third “Avatar” movie, titled “Avatar: Fire and Ash.” It’s scheduled to hit theaters on December 19, 2025, three years after “Avatar: The Way of Water.” Just like “The Way of Water” introduced the aquatic Metkayina clan of Pandora, “Fire and Ash” will debut a new group called the …

New York City’s PIX11 reports: Law enforcement is responding to reports of an active shooter at a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan Monday evening, according to sources. Multiple people were reportedly shot on the 32nd floor of the building, sources say. The incident happened in the lobby of Blackstone, according to the Mayor’s office. There is an active shooter situation; the …

The Daily Beast reports: Republican Georgia Congressman Mike Collins launched a Senate bid this week, but the campaign kickoff included one cringeworthy misstep: his campaign misspelled Georgia in one of its videos. The Georgia businessman whose family owns a trucking company was first elected to the House to represent the state’s 10th district in 2022. In the post on July …

Airmail News reports: Tilman Fertitta, the U.S. ambassador to Italy, is yet to move into Villa Taverna. The sumptuous Roman villa—which over the centuries has hosted cardinals, future saints, royal courts, students, and even an army, and since 1933 has served as the residence of the most important diplomat in town—is rumored to have been deemed a dump uninhabitable by …

The New York Times reports: Harvard University has signaled a willingness to meet the Trump administration’s demand to spend as much as $500 million to end its dispute with the White House as talks between the two sides intensify, four people familiar with the negotiations said. According to one of the people, Harvard is reluctant to directly pay the federal …

Axios reports: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim Monday at vaccine makers’ federal liability protections. Kennedy, who has repeatedly pushed the debunked idea that vaccines cause autism and in the past was involved in litigation over patient injury claims, has argued in the past that the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) takes away manufacturers’ incentive to make vaccines …

ABC News reports: The Trump administration has accepted the “unconditional donation” of a luxury jet from Qatar, with no stipulation on what should happen to the aircraft after President Donald Trump leaves office, according to an agreement reviewed by ABC News. The cost of refurbishing the plane is classified, although lawmakers have speculated that it could cost as much as …

ERIC BOLLING: “I’d say Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Brennan, Comey, Clapper — send ’em all to Guantanamo Bay. Lock ’em all up.” RON JOHNSON: “It’s been referred and let’s hope they prosecute.” As has been reported here extensively, Johnson falls for and promotes every bit of QAnon batshittery out there, including that COVID vaccines cause AIDS. Here’s …

“Metadata from raw Epstein prison video shows approximately two minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of the two stitched together clips. The cut starts off at the missing minute. But here’s the thing, it’s like, these guys that are all involved in this are still, they’ve been around for a long time, and they have this mentality that …

The Daily Beast reports: United Airlines has resumed their ‘most hated’ policy of charging solo passengers more. Known as the ‘Single Tax Rule,’ an investigation by Thrifty Traveler found that United Airlines charged single passengers more than those traveling in groups by a price premium of at least 8 percent. The investigation searched for flights for one passenger, and compared …

The Hill reports: A second whistleblower has stepped forward with allegations that Justice Department (DOJ) official Emil Bove worked to defy court orders. Bove, the No. 3 official at President Trump’s DOJ, has been nominated for a lifetime appointment to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals and is awaiting a final vote in the Senate. He’s also been accused by …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump said Monday that he ended his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and threw the now-disgraced financier out of his private club in Florida after Epstein betrayed him more than once by hiring people who had worked for him. “He hired help and I said, ‘Don’t ever do that again,’” Trump said. “He stole people …

The New York Times reports: Lawyers for President Trump said on Monday that Rupert Murdoch, because of his advanced age, should be deposed within 15 days in the president’s $10 billion libel lawsuit against him and The Wall Street Journal over an article about the president’s connections with Jeffrey Epstein. In a filing in the U.S. District Court for the …

Oklahoma City’s CBS affiliate reports: The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed it was asked by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to review what happened inside State Superintendent Ryan Walters’ office during last week’s State Board of Education meeting. News 9 confirmed the request Monday morning. The inquiry follows allegations that inappropriate content appeared on a television …

Austin’s NBC affiliate reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton escalated a brewing conflict between Texas and New York’s abortion laws. On Monday, Paxton announced he filed legal action against New York Acting Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck for refusing to enforce a $100,000 penalty against Dr. Margaret Carpenter. In February, a Texas district court ruled in favor of the state …

The Washington Post reports: Federal employees can display religious items at work, pray in groups while not on duty and encourage co-workers to adopt their faith, according to guidance released Monday by the Office of Personnel Management, which manages the federal civilian workforce. In a memo titled “Protecting Religious Expression in the Federal Workplace,” OPM Director Scott Kupor said that …

The Arizona Republic reports: A 61-year-old Mesa pastor was accused of molesting a 16-year-old member of the church who was meeting with him to help her grieve the recent loss of her brother. Stanley Jay was arrested July 23 and ordered held on a $200,000 bond. The pastor’s wife sent an electronic message in late May to members of Worship …

Peter Montgomery reports at Right Wing Watch: Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts urged right-wing state legislators this month to “de-charter” liberal capital cities and replace them with “state municipal districts.” In a speech to a gathering of the American Legislative Exchange Council in Indianapolis, Roberts asserted, “We are in the second American Revolution,” which he explained by saying “we are renewing …

Politico reports: The clash between the Trump administration and the courts over who is leading the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey is already spilling into criminal cases. A defense attorney is trying to get charges against his client thrown out by arguing the Trump administration illegally maneuvered to keep Alina Habba as the state’s top federal prosecutor, despite the …

NPR reports: A coalition of 20 states and Washington, D.C. announced a new lawsuit Monday against the U.S. Department of Agriculture after the federal agency told states to turn over the detailed, personal information of food assistance applicants and their household members. The USDA has told states they have until July 30 to turn over data about all applicants to …