“During my tenure here as the Deputy Director of the FBI, I have repeatedly relayed to you that things are happening that might not be immediately visible, but they are happening. “The Director and I are committed to stamping out public corruption and the political weaponization of both law enforcement and intelligence operations. It is a priority for us. But …

“Wow, ‘Concast’s NBC is down in viewership almost 28% this year. Their programming is terrible, their management even worse. They are an arm of the Democrat Party, and should be held accountable for that. Likewise, Fake News ABC!!! MAGA. Networks aren’t allowed to be political pawns for the Democrat Party. It has become so outrageous that, in my opinion, their …

The Daily Mail reports: On a tour of the Nez Perce salmon hatchery in Idaho on Thursday, Robert K. Kennedy Jr let a parasitic sea vampire, also known as a lamprey, bite his arm until the creature left a “hickey” behind. The head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) posted about the blood-letting adventure on X, writing …

ProPublica reports: On Monday, the Department of Defense announced that it had awarded a massive new contract to build the nation’s largest migrant detention camp on the Fort Bliss military base, a facility that will play a key role in the Trump administration’s deportation plans. Unmentioned was that one of the subcontractors slated to work on the project, Disaster Management …

Chicago’s CBS affiliate reports: A landlord convicted of fatally stabbing a young Palestinian boy and attacking the boy’s mother in Plainfield Township, Illinois, in October 2023, has died in custody, authorities said Saturday. The Will County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to CBS News Chicago that Joseph Czuba, 73, died in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections on Thursday. Czuba …

“I’m looking at the large amount of money owed by the Democrats, after the Presidential Election, and the fact that they admit to paying, probably illegally, Eleven Million Dollars to singer Beyoncé [this is a lie] for an ENDORSEMENT (she never sang, not one note, and left the stage to a booing and angry audience! [this is a lie]), Three …

The New York Times reports: A man armed with a folding knife went on a stabbing spree at a Walmart near Traverse City, Mich., on Saturday afternoon, randomly targeting victims, the authorities said. At least 11 people were being treated for injuries at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, said Megan Brown, the chief communications officer for Munson Healthcare, which …

Variety reports: David Letterman unloaded on CBS and Skydance on Friday for cancelling “The Late Show,” which he launched 32 years ago, saying the network had mistreated his successor, Stephen Colbert. In an interview posted to his YouTube channel, Letterman said he does not buy the official explanation that the show was cancelled for financial reasons. “This is pure cowardice,” …

The Washington Post reports: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of polygraph tests to search for people leaking information to the news media was stopped at the direction of the White House after a senior adviser to Hegseth raised alarm to senior officials there about being targeted, U.S. officials and others familiar with the matter said. The adviser, Patrick Weaver, complained …

NPR reports: A California-based company with ties to billionaire investor and Trump ally Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in far western Kentucky. In an email sent to WKMS, General Matter said that the company intends to make a “historic investment in American nuclear infrastructure” by restoring a shuttered facility …

Albany’s ABC affiliate reports: A man once entrusted to run political parties has admitted to stealing campaign funds. NYS Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday that 49-year-old Jason McGuire, the former chairman of the Livingston County Conservative Party, pleaded guilty to pocketing $16,000 of the party’s funds from 2020 to 2021. Officials said he spent the stolen money on meals …

The Washington Post reports: National parks employees have raised the idea of removing books on slavery, Native Americans and George Washington from their gift shops as part of Trump officials’ efforts to scrub these popular sites of “corrosive ideology” that disparages Americans, according to internal records reviewed by The Washington Post. Agency employees were required to report items for review …

Semafor reports: Rep. Ronny Jackson met with White House officials in recent days about Texas politics — including the state’s 2026 Senate race — according to two people familiar with the meeting. The Republican congressman, a potential candidate for Texas’s already-ugly Senate GOP primary, discussed what he’s hearing about that race as well as the broader congressional map with White …

The Denver Westword reports: According to records obtained from the Windsor Police Department and confirmed by the Weld County District Attorney’s office, Tyler Boebert, 22, the eldest of controversial Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert’s four sons, was cited on Friday, July 11, and faces a misdemeanor charge of child abuse. Details about the circumstances that led to the criminal citation were …

“Justice is coming. A very real scandal surrounding a very fake hoax that makes Watergate, frankly, look like a walk in the park. Trump Russia collusion was a fantasy, a complete lie … fed to Democrats and, of course, perpetuated by the state-run legacy media mob by the most corrupt administration in modern history. Nearly a decade ago, the Obama …

The Washington Post reports: The U.S. government and Qatar are expected to finalize an agreement next week involving a jet for use as Air Force One, months after the Pentagon first said that such a deal was complete, multiple people familiar with the matter said. Finishing the agreement will allow the U.S. Air Force to begin renovating the plane for …

CBS News reports: Despite praise from organizations for how quickly they received FireAid benefit funds, claims that donations were not reaching fire victims circulated online and on social media. After seeing the claims, Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin) wrote a letter calling for the Department of Justice to investigate the rumors. The Los Angeles Times published an extensive investigation of FireAid …

NBC News reports: The former senior CIA officer who helped oversee the 2017 intelligence assessment on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election says Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and the White House are “lying” when they claim that it was an attempt to sabotage President Donald Trump. Susan Miller, a retired CIA officer who helped lead the team that …

Colorado Newsline reports: “Without my family, I’m nothing,” read the subject line of an email sent by then-state Rep. Gabe Evans to supporters on Sept. 10, 2023. The email announced Evans’ candidacy for Colorado’s toss-up 8th Congressional District, and it began with a story the Fort Lupton Republican has told countless times throughout his political career — the story of …

The Osceola Gazette reports: A man the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office says served as a youth pastor at a Kissimmee church, the eldest son of its lead pastor, is charged with sharing and storing child sexual abuse material. Ezequiel Rodriguez, 22, of St. Cloud was charged Thursday with ten second-degree felony counts of possession of photos or videos of sexual …