The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump has praised the president of Liberia for speaking “such good English”, seemingly unaware that Liberia’s official language is, in fact, English. The awkward remark was made as the U.S. president hosted five African leaders on Wednesday for lunch at the White House to discuss potential economic opportunities. After inviting Liberian president Joseph Boakai to …

The Christian Post reports: Happy Home Baptist Church in Nakina, North Carolina, is now reeling after their recently hired pastor was arrested Saturday for allegedly grabbing the “private parts” of a 13-year-old middle school student. Their pastor, Devin Carroll, 22, was arrested and charged on Saturday with third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor under the age of 16, according …

The New York Times reports: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to revive an aggressive Florida immigration law that had been blocked by lower courts. The law would let state officials prosecute unauthorized migrants who enter the state. The court’s one-sentence order gave no reasons, which is typical when the justices act on emergency applications. There were no noted dissents. …

Gothamist reports: Immigrants being detained in federal holding rooms in Lower Manhattan have complained of being unable to bathe or change clothes, cramped conditions, sometimes being provided just one meal a day, and sleeping on concrete benches or the floor. Some immigrants staying at ICE holding rooms at 26 Federal Plaza also report stays lasting days at a time — …

Mediaite reports: Former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya posted a years-old photo of a note she claimed she’d received from a very kind flight attendant. In a tweet posted Tuesday, Tafoya said, “Thank you to the flight attendant who handed this to me in flight.” There was one problem with that note: Tafoya posted the exact same one over two …

Axios reports: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s office has postponed a meeting of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force scheduled for Thursday that was due to discuss healthy diet, physical activity and other steps to prevent cardiovascular disease, sources familiar told Axios. The expert panel makes recommendations for services that health insurers must cover fully under the Affordable Care …

NBC News reports: A 37-year-old Rhode Island man has been arrested and charged with threatening to shoot and kill Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Rhode Island. The man, Carl D. Montague, is accused of posting a “profanity-laced” message on social media on June 27 …

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports: Ohio Republicans added another hurdle for proponents of a measure to overturn Ohio’s dormant ban on same-sex marriage and expand anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ residents. In a party-line vote, Ohio Ballot Board divided the Ohio Equal Rights Amendment into two issues: one to overturn a 2004 vote that defined marriage as between one man and one …

NBC News reports: President Trump posted more letters to other countries, including the Philippines, Iraq and Moldova, outlining what the tariff rates on their goods will be if they don’t reach trade agreements with the U.S. by Aug. 1. The largest trading partner included in the batch of letters is the Philippines, with which the U.S. had a trade deficit …

“We are not immune from significant weather events ourselves. One of those weather events about a month ago was an EF3 tornado. When that tornado occurred, the weather forecast offices in Kansas and across the country lacked 24/7 coverage given the hiring freezes. Goodland, Kansas, which is on the Colorado line, the western part of our state, was short meteorologists …

“We are in a state of national mourning as we should be, and the Democrats, they’re so despicable. The Democrats are not lifting a finger to remember the well over 100 people that have died in Texas hill country. What you are not being told by the media anywhere is that the death toll likely would not have been as …

“I’m entering an amendment to strike $500 million more dollars for nuclear-armed Israel. Another amendment, $500 million for Taiwan. I’m entering an amendment that strikes that. We give them $300 million every year in the State Department. And they just got $2 billion, $2 billion with a B, in 2024 from the foreign aid supplemental under the Biden administration. “They …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is one step closer to confirmation. On Wednesday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted to advance the nomination of Susan Monarez, a former agency acting director who has held various health-related roles in the federal government for 20 years. Monarez advanced along …

404 Media reports: Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have gained access to a massive database of health and car insurance claims and are using it to track down people they want to deport, according to internal ICE material viewed by 404 Media. The database, which contains details on more than 1.8 billion insurance claims and 58 million medical …

The Associated Press reports: As commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick oversees the U.S. government’s vast efforts to monitor and predict the weather. The billionaire also ran a financial firm, which he recently left in the control of his adult sons, that stands to benefit if President Donald Trump’s administration follows through on a decade-long Republican effort to privatize government weather forecasting. …

The Washington Post reports: Linda Yaccarino, CEO of Elon Musk’s X, announced Wednesday that she is stepping down from the social media platform after two years in the position. Her departure comes a day after the platform’s artificial intelligence chatbot launched into an antisemitic tirade Tuesday and invoked Adolf Hitler. Yaccarino, who was hired by Musk after he bought the …

The Miami Herald reports: The calls from Alligator Alcatraz’s first detainees brought distressing news: Toilets that didn’t flush. Temperatures that went from freezing to sweltering. A hospital visit. Giant bugs. And little or no access to showers or toothbrushes, much less confidential calls with attorneys. The men, whose identities the Herald is withholding due to their families’ fears that the …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump’s administration sued the California Department of Education on Wednesday for allowing transgender girls to compete on girls sports teams, alleging the policy violates federal law. The move escalates an ongoing battle between the Republican administration in Washington and Democratic-led California over trans athletes competing in girls and women’s sports. The lawsuit filed by …

Newsweek reports: Audio of Trump speaking at a private meeting with fundraisers in 2024 about a conversation with Putin was broadcast by CNN. “The fact is that there were no telephone conversations then,” said Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Kremlin, state news agency Tass reported. “After all, we are talking, as far as I understand, about the period when Trump …

Pittsburgh’s NPR affiliate reports: With little discussion, Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed three bills intended to provide further safeguards to LGBTQ Pittsburghers. Councilor Barb Warwick introduced the bills at the end of June to extend more protections to the local queer community. The first bill prohibits the withholding or denial of “elective medical care which would normally be …