Axios reports: As smoke and debris swirled over the Syrian presidential palace, the chatter in the West Wing grew louder: Benjamin Netanyahu is out of control. “Bibi acted like a madman. He bombs everything all the time,” one White House official told Axios, referring to Netanyahu by his nickname. “This could undermine what Trump is trying to do.” A second …

The Catholic News Agency reports: A Catholic flight attendant who says United Airlines fired him after he endorsed Catholic teachings on marriage and gender identity while talking with a co-worker can proceed with his lawsuit against his union for not standing up for him, a federal judge has ruled. The flight attendant, Ruben Sanchez, of Anchorage, Alaska, claims the airline …

The Daily Beast reports: In the bitter fallout from the breakup of the year, President Donald Trump threatened to cancel government contracts held with Elon Musk and his SpaceX operations. Now that he’s in the “find out” stage, he’s discovering it’s not as easy as he thought. Trump administration staffers tasked with reviewing SpaceX’s government contracts believe that terminating them …

Military.com reports: The Department of Homeland Security is planning to house migrants at two new military installations as the Trump administration increasingly turns to the armed forces to bolster its aggressive immigration crackdown. Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, colloquially referred to as “Fort Dix,” in New Jersey and Camp Atterbury in Indiana, both relatively low-profile installations, have been identified as housing sites. …

NBC News reports: For 21 months of war, the only Catholic church in Gaza has served as a fragile refuge in the besieged enclave, where hundreds of Christian and Muslim families took shelter from the Israeli assault outside its stone walls. The Israeli shelling that blasted through that sanctuary on Thursday — killing three, including the church’s janitor, and wounding …

“My Poll Numbers within the Republican Party, and MAGA, have gone up, significantly, since the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax was exposed by the Radical Left Democrats and, just plain ‘troublemakers.’ They have hit 90%, 92%, 93%, and 95%, in various polls, and are all Republican Party records. The General Election numbers are my highest, EVER! People like Strong Borders, and all …

Politico reports: The Education Department will reject nearly a half-million applications from people seeking to make lower payments on their student loans, according to internal documents obtained by POLITICO. The agency will deny 460,000 federal student loan borrowers who selected the lowest monthly option for a payment plan based on their income. They make up about 31 percent of a …

The Hill reports: After President Trump was diagnosed with a chronic vein condition, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) suggested the president’s health condition could be a result of his efforts in “fighting the radicals.” “The pressure on somebody like President Trump right now, not just from outside entities … all over the world but also fighting the radicals in this country,” …

The Texas Tribune reports: More than two weeks after catastrophic July Fourth floods along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, authorities reported Saturday that nearly all of the people who had remained on the list of missing persons have been verified as safe. As recently as Monday, rescuers were still trying to find an estimated 101 people. But by Saturday, …

Fox Business reports: Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, revealed plans Saturday night to release Baby Grok, a kid-friendly version of the AI chatbot Grok. The former head of DOGE made the statement via X, writing, “We’re going to make Baby Grok @xAI, an app dedicated to kid-friendly content.” Baby Grok is reportedly a more kid-friendly version of the …

The New York Times reports: In 1992, when Mr. Trump hosted a party at Mar-a-Lago for young women in a so-called calendar girl competition, Mr. Epstein was the only other guest, according to George Houraney, a Florida-based businessman who arranged the event. Mr. Houraney recalled being surprised that Mr. Epstein was the only other person on the guest list. “I …

Newsweek reports: In a Truth Social post on Saturday afternoon, President Donald Trump urged Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, to cancel the Senate’s summer recess and its long weekend breaks to push through his nominee confirmations. Trump’s push reflects his continued strategy to reshape the federal judiciary, a defining feature of his first term, during which …

The Associated Press reports: Lin-Manuel Miranda plans to use the 10th anniversary Broadway performance of his award-winning cultural phenomenon “Hamilton” as a fundraiser for a coalition of nonprofits providing immigration services. The Aug. 6 performance of “Hamilton” at Broadway’s Richard Rodgers Theatre is expected to raise about $3 million for the Immigrants: We Get the Job Done Coalition, 14 nonprofits …

Politico Magazine reports: The hottest interview a politician can land these days is, obviously, on Joe Rogan’s podcast. But for James Talarico, it fell in his lap — and couldn’t come at a better time. The Democratic Texas state representative may not yet be a household name nationally but he is weighing a dark horse bid for the U.S. Senate, …

Mediaite reports: Border czar and former ICE chief Tom Homan said Democrats are “encouraging” violent attacks on federal law enforcement in a furious response to a clip of New York Democrat Rep. Jerry Nadler that went viral over the weekend. Correspondent Johnny Belisario conducted the street and hallway interviews for Jesse Watters Primetime and asked Nadler whether he condemns those …

The Hill reports: “What we cannot have is President Trump forgetting that he was elected to govern the U.S. he was elected not to be the emperor of the world,” Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. “It would be much better to establish a negotiation first, and then to reach a possible agreement.” Last week, …

ProPublica reports: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to overhaul an obscure but vital program that underpins the nation’s childhood immunization system. Depending on what he does, the results could be catastrophic. In his crosshairs is the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, a system designed to provide fair and quick payouts for people who suffer rare but serious side effects from shots …

Military.com reports: The Trump administration has chosen a Marine officer to replace the first woman to lead the U.S. Naval Academy, trading out one history-making officer for another, well short of the typical three-year tenure for the position. Lt. Gen. Michael Borgschulte, who currently oversees the Marine Corps’ personnel directorate, has been nominated to replace Vice Adm. Yvette Davids as …

The Hill reports: President Trump on Saturday said even if his administration releases all of the grand jury testimony in the case related to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, it will not be enough to satisfy the “troublemakers and radical left lunatics.” The Justice Department (DOJ) filed two nearly identical motions to the U.S. District Court for …

NBC News reports: In 2021, the New York Post ran an online trailer of an upcoming documentary about Jeffrey Epstein that was produced by former Trump adviser Steve Bannon. In the video, Bannon is on camera questioning Epstein about “all of the depravity you’ve done against young women,” among other things. But that documentary never came out. Now, Jeffrey Epstein’s …