Entertainment Weekly reports: After The View cohosts clocked Donald Trump’s potential jealousy meter amid the president’s recent criticism of Barack Obama, the White House issued an intimidating statement to Entertainment Weekly referencing the potential for the talk show to be “pulled off the air.” White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers tells EW in an email statement that “Joy Behar is an …

Rolling Stone reports: Less than a day after the creators of Comedy Central’s South Park reached a reportedly $1.5 billion deal with Paramount Plus, Matt Stone and Trey Parker dropped a bombshell episode to kick off Season 27 that depicts Donald Trump with a minuscule penis and in bed with Satan. The premiere episode arrives the week after CBS‘ abrupt …

Mediaite reports: Candace Owens doubled down on her claim that French First Lady Brigitte Macron was born a man on Wednesday after French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife filed a defamation lawsuit. “You are a very goofy man, Brigitte. But I’ve got to give it to you, you’ve definitely got balls,” she said. “Fire everyone around you who said …

Axios reports: Attorney General Pam Bondi notified President Trump months ago that he was named in the Jeffrey Epstein files, multiple outlets reported Wednesday. The Department of Justice called the reports false. The reports come as the Trump administration faces mounting accusations that the DOJ isn’t being transparent enough about its Epstein investigations. “This is a collection of falsehoods and …

The Daily Beast reports: A lawyer who has represented over 200 victims of Jeffrey Epstein says the existence of a book given to the sex offender for his 50th birthday is an “absolute fact.” Attorney Bradley Edwards says the 2003 birthday book, which allegedly contains a letter from Donald Trump, is in the possession of the Epstein estate in Florida. …

Via press release from the Justice Department: Today, the Department of Justice announced the formation of a Strike Force to assess the evidence publicized by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and investigate potential next legal steps which might stem from DNI Gabbard’s disclosures. This Department takes alleged weaponization of the intelligence community with the utmost seriousness. Upon the formation …

Mother Jones reports: In 2023, Peter Thiel, the billionaire tech titan and investor, issued a proclamation: He would not make political donations in 2024 to any candidate, including Donald Trump, whom he had backed in 2016. Now, after sitting out the 2024 election cycle, Thiel is back in the game. He has quietly donated more than $850,000 this year to …

The Associated Press reports: A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, affirming a lower-court decision that blocked its enforcement nationwide. The ruling from a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes after Trump’s plan was also blocked by a federal judge in …

CNBC reports: Uber announced a new feature Wednesday that pairs women drivers and riders, in its latest move to address safety on the ride-hailing platform. The new tool, which the platform will begin piloting next month in the U.S., allows women passengers to match with women drivers when booking or pre-booking rides, and create a preference in their app settings. …

ABC News reports: Columbia University has agreed to pay $200 million over the next three years to resolve claims it discriminated against Jewish students — an agreement the university said will restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants the Trump administration had terminated or paused earlier this year. “While Columbia does not admit to wrongdoing with this resolution …

Politico reports: Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley will run for Senate in North Carolina and will have the blessing of President Donald Trump after his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, opted not to seek the seat, two people familiar with the decision told POLITICO. Whatley’s entry into the race sets up the prospect of a highly-competitive and well-funded election in a …

Variety reports: Sacha Baron Cohen is shocking fans with his Men’s Fitness U.K. cover story, which includes photos of the muscular body transformation he underwent before filming scenes as Mephisto in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The “Borat” creator debuted as the infamous comic book villain in the Disney+ series “Ironheart” earlier this summer. “Some celebs use Ozempic and some use …

The Washington Post reports: Kari Lake, the Arizona Republican politician tasked with overseeing the Trump administration’s dismantling of Voice of America, has taken new steps to consolidate power at the agency. On Tuesday, Lake had Victor Morales — the acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, VOA’s parent agency — locked out of his email and electronic systems, …

Axios reports: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is standing in the way of Mike Waltz’s nomination as ambassador to the United Nations, dealing a serious setback to Trump’s former national security adviser, sources familiar with the matter tell Axios. Paul’s resistance to Waltz forced the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to delay an expected Wednesday vote on the nomination. The committee is …

“The Wall Street Journal and the Murdochs, as I have warned for years, are true enemies of this movement, true enemies of MAGA, true enemies of the United States, and particularly, true enemies of President Trump. “The other day, the half-baked story where they dropped it because Tulsi was releasing the first information on Friday to bigfoot the story with …

The Associated Press reports: Democrats on a subcommittee of the powerful House Committee on Oversight made a motion for the subpoena Wednesday afternoon, just hours before the House was scheduled to end its July work session and depart Washington for a monthlong break. Three Republicans on the panel voted with Democrats for the subpoena, sending it through on an 8-2 …

The New York Times reports: When the State Department secured the release of 10 Americans and permanent legal residents from a Venezuela prison last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed the action as part of an effort to safeguard the well-being of Americans unjustly held abroad. But one of the men released from the prison, an American-Venezuelan dual national …

An inconvenient flashback from 2018… TULSI GABBARD: “When you’re talking about these Russian troll farms that you mentioned, what is missing from all of the news coverage around this and all of the outrage about how this foreign country is trying to influence our elections, which is wrong and which the American people need to be aware of, where this …

The Hill reports: The Army spent around $30 million on the military parade to mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, which also fell on the day of President Trump’s 79th birthday. “I can confirm the total for the Army festival and parade cost approximately $30 million,” an Army spokesperson told The Hill on Wednesday. The initial cost of …

Just in via press release: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued a subpoena to Ghislaine Maxwell for a deposition to occur at Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee on August 11, 2025. The Department of Justice is cooperating and will help facilitate the deposition at the prison. Yesterday, Representative Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) made a motion …