“I have been briefed on the tragic shooting that took place in Manhattan, a place that I know and love. I trust our Law Enforcement Agencies to get to the bottom of why this crazed lunatic committed such a senseless act of violence. My heart is with the families of the four people who were killed, including the NYPD Officer, …

Ars Technica reports: The FCC’s approval of CBS owner Paramount’s $8 billion merger with Skydance came with a condition to install an ombudsman, which FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has described as a “bias monitor.” It appears that the bias monitor will make sure the news company’s reporting meets standards demanded by Trump. The Carr FCC claims there is precedent for …

NOTUS reports: After President Donald Trump said on Monday that children are starving in Gaza, Republican senators started to show some daylight between themselves and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, siding with Trump and acknowledging the starvation. Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Israel’s closest allies in Congress, blamed Hamas for “it being the way it is,” but acknowledged there was …

Semafor reports: New York City’s Democratic primary voters overwhelmingly believe that Israel is “committing genocide” in Gaza and that the United States should stop arming the Jewish state, according to new polling from a pro-Palestinian group and shared first with Semafor. Asked if the city should “enforce the arrest warrant” against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which Democratic mayoral nominee …

Open Secrets reports: President Donald Trump’s White House press secretary has a money problem that won’t go away. As spring turned to summer, Karoline Leavitt’s 2022 congressional campaign committee failed to pay off a penny of the $326,370.50 it owes across more than 100 creditors, according to a new disclosure filed with the Federal Election Commission. Karoline for Congress raised …

The Daily Beast reports: Attorney General Pam Bondi is going after a federal judge who spoke out against President Donald Trump. Bondi announced Monday that she has lodged a misconduct complaint against District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg, citing “improper public comments” he made about Trump and the administration. The Justice Department’s complaint demands an investigation into Boasberg and calls …

“I remember the first time I met Randy Fine when he was a candidate before he barely won Florida’s deep red 6th district seat, as we were being told he might actually lose the seat because the strong Trump district couldn’t relate to him and didn’t like him. He was telling me that he and his wife were looking forward …

Mediaite reports: Pro-Trump activist Charlie Kirk faced intense criticism over a social media post reacting to the fatal shooting in a midtown Manhattan office building that left four dead, including an NYPD officer. The alleged gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after turning his rifle on himself. In a series of incendiary posts to social media platform X, formerly …

“Witnesses said the shooter screamed FREE PALESTINE. [This never happened.] Now the media is running to cover up another act of Islamic terrorism by the FREE PALESTINE crowd. October 8th was a missed opportunity to establish moral clarity on a global scale. Now we are all paying the price. “So let me get this straight. A Free Palestine low IQ …

“As NYC reels from an apparent Anti- ISRAEL, anti-Jew TERROR ATTACK that Killed a Police Officer, The would be ‘mayor’ ZORAN Mamdani is Vacationing in UGANDA, AFRICA. (Incidentally one of the most Anti-LGBT countries in the World. What’s up with that Zoran?” – Newsmax host Greg Kelly, who last week declared that “patriot” Jeffrey Epstein was secretly an undercover agent …

The Hill reports: In the immediate hours after at least four people were fatally shot, including an off-duty police officer, after a man carrying a long gun opened fire in Manhattan, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle began taking familiar sides in the gun control debate. On Fox News, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) suggested that gun control laws would …

Axios reports: The trade deal between the U.S. and the European Union could hit the pharmaceutical industry with billions in new costs and ultimately drive up prices and limit access. Drugmakers have been heavily reliant on foreign countries’ manufacturing and raw materials, most of it duty-free. Those free-trade policies are on the way out as the U.S. prepares to impose …

Via press release: Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) initiated a directed investigation into Duke University and the Duke Law Journal for allegedly violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI). This investigation is based on recent reporting alleging that Duke University (Duke) discriminates on the bases of race, color, and/or …

The Associated Press reports: A man stalked through a Manhattan office tower firing a rifle Monday, killing four people, including a New York City police officer, and wounding a fifth before taking his own life, officials said. The shooting took place at a skyscraper that is home to the headquarters of both the NFL and Blackstone, one of the world’s …

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 …