NBC News reports: The suspect, whom the FBI identified as Jeffrey Dorsey, 60, of Dayton, left a nearly 90-second expletive-laden voicemail on the main line of a lawmaker’s Washington, D.C., office last month, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court Tuesday. Court documents did not name the member of Congress, but a House Republican aide confirmed it was …

The Washington Post reports: The lawmakers say in the complaint that they each “attempted to obtain information about conditions at a DHS [Department of Homeland Security] facility used to detain or otherwise house noncitizens … by visiting a facility in person, or by giving DHS notice of imminent plans to do so, for the purpose of conducting realtime oversight of …

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump looked as though he was on the verge of falling asleep as a key member of his administration helped him launch a new health-tracking system at the White House. In somewhat bemusing scenes, the 79-year-old president’s eyes kept drooping as he tried to listen to his own Medicare administrator, Dr. Mehmet Oz, talk …

The Associated Press reports: A Florida man convicted of killing his wife and two children with a machete in 1994 is set for execution Thursday, which would be the ninth death sentence carried out in 2025 to set a new state record for a single year. A 10th execution is scheduled for Aug. 19 and an 11th on Aug. 28. …

ProPublica reports: The Trump administration has halted litigation aimed at stopping civil rights abuses of prisoners in Louisiana and mentally ill people living in South Carolina group homes. The Biden administration filed lawsuits against the two states in December after Department of Justice investigations concluded that they had failed to fix violations despite years of warnings. Louisiana’s prison system has …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump said early Thursday it would be “very hard” to reach a trade deal with Canada after the country said it planned to recognize a Palestinian state — throwing talks with Ottawa into question one day before higher U.S. tariffs are set to come into force. “Wow! Canada has just announced that it is …

ABC News reports: Twenty-five people aboard a Delta Air Lines flight, headed from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, were hospitalized after the flight encountered “significant” turbulence Wednesday, the airline said. Delta Air Lines Flight 56, with 275 passengers and 13 crew members on board, diverted to Minneapolis-St. Paul and landed safely shortly before 8 p.m. local time. The flight was …

The New York Times reports: In the blood sport of New York City real estate, where comity can be hard to come by, the developers of some of the city’s most prized parcels appeared to be in agreement about one thing when they met in private this week. Zohran Mamdani had to be taken down. “Our goal is anybody but …

The Richmonder reports: On July 18, the Acquisition Logistics Company received a contract worth a reported $1.26 billion from the federal government for the construction and operation of an immigrant detention center in El Paso County, Texas at the Fort Bliss Army base. That contract alone would make the Acquisition Logistics Company one of Richmond’s largest businesses, but it’s not …

The Huffington Post reports: Senate Republicans voted Wednesday to confirm Joe Kent, a conspiracy theorist with alarming ties to white nationalists and far-right groups, to lead the National Counterterrorism Center. Kent was confirmed, 52-44. Every Republican but one, Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, voted for him.Every Democrat present opposed him. A former CIA paramilitary officer and twice-failed congressional candidate …

The New York Times reports: A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred the Trump administration from imposing penalties on two law professors over their involvement with the International Criminal Court, finding that the threat violated their First Amendment rights. In a 22-page opinion, Judge Jesse M. Furman of the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York concluded …

Mediaite reports: Alan Dershowitz said he is suing a Martha’s Vineyard food vendor who refused to serve the former Harvard Law professor pierogi because of his politics. Dershowitz, a former Democrat who represented President Donald Trump in the first impeachment trial, has frequently lamented his pariah status on Martha’s Vineyard, the posh vacation spot for the wealthy and often liberal. …

404 Media reports: Spotify is requiring users in the UK to verify they’re over 18 to view “certain age restricted content,” and users are reporting seeing a popup on Spotify to verify their ages following the enactment of the UK’s Online Safety Act last week, which forced platforms to verify the ages of everyone who tries to access certain kinds …

“Scott Adams — I haven’t mentioned him in a while, he made a great insight. Trump realizes that if a problem doesn’t go away, you simply monetize it. So, if we can’t stop this war, a war that we’re sending arms to, well, let’s get paid. You know, global trade, often times not that fair to us, let’s throw a …

The Daily Beast reports: A fervent Trump supporter who said that he was casting his 2024 vote to fight child trafficking is now being charged with 10 counts of possessing child pornography. Scott Soucek of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, was arrested on July 24 and accused of accessing hundreds of child pornography images through a file-sharing system. Soucek isn’t just a …

Variety reports: FCC Chairman Brendan Carr informed Comcast on Tuesday that he has launched an investigation into the company’s relations with its NBC affiliates, days after President Trump called for the network to be held “accountable” for favoring the Democratic Party and threatened to revoke broadcast licenses. In a letter to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, Carr argued that the national …

“Why would one ‘Republican,’ Senator Josh Hawley from the Great State of Missouri, join with all of the Democrats to block a Review, sponsored by Senator Rick Scott, and with the support of almost all other Republicans, of Nancy Pelosi’s Stock Trading over the last 25 years. The information was inappropriately released just minutes before the Vote — Very much …

CBS News reports: Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri joined Democrats Wednesday to advance legislation that would ban members of Congress from buying, selling or owning individual stocks. “I practice what I preach,” Hawley said in an awkward exchange with fellow Republicans on the panel. “I don’t have individual stocks, I don’t trade in stocks. I’m not a billionaire, unlike …

CTV News reports: Canada plans to recognize the state of Palestine at the next session of the United Nations General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Wednesday. Carney made the comments on Parliament Hill, alongside Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, following a meeting of his cabinet to discuss the state of trade negotiations with the U.S. and the …

Breitbart reports: Dr. Stella Immanuel, a Texas physician known for treating thousands of COVID-19 patients with hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, joined fellow physicians Dr. Simone Gold, Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, and other experts in front of the United States Supreme Court to demand accountability from those who mandated vaccines and censored opposing voices. The demonstration fell on the fifth anniversary of …