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 …

“They just attack, attack, attack, attack. All they care about is impeaching Donald J. Trump. They don’t care about whether your groceries go down. They don’t care about whether you get a raise. They don’t care about whether you have a job next year. Their obsession in government is letting illegal aliens into this country and attacking Donald J. Trump. …

CNN reports: Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, urged the Supreme Court on Monday to take up her pending appeal and overturn her sex-trafficking conviction, claiming she was covered by an agreement Epstein made with federal authorities that shielded her from prosecution. “This case is about what the government promised, not what Epstein did,” Maxwell’s attorneys told the …

The New York Times reports: Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Monday demanded all recordings and transcripts of the July 24 and 25 Justice Department interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime partner of Jeffrey Epstein who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking. In a letter to Deputy Attorney General …

The Associated Press reports: Authorities say police were involved in a shooting at a casino and resort in Reno, Nevada, on Monday, and multiple injuries were reported. A suspect is in custody. A spokesperson with the Washoe County Sheriff’s Department said an officer fired his weapon at the Grand Sierra Resort, but provided no further details. The Reno Police Department …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump on Monday said he will work with European allies to “set up food centers” in Gaza, disagreeing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s assessment that there is “no starvation” in the war-torn strip. “Based on television, … those children look very hungry,” Trump said. “But we’re giving a lot of money and a lot of …

The Hill reports: A House Republican’s bill would strip former President Kennedy’s name from the Washington institution created in the 35th commander in chief’s honor and instead have it known as the “Trump Center for the Performing Arts.” Dubbing the bill the Make Entertainment Great Again (MEGA) Act, Rep. Bob Onder said, “I cannot think of a more ubiquitous symbol …