Florida Politics reports: Florida wildlife officials have signed off on a December black bear hunt — the state’s first in 10 years — despite public polling, protests and a pending legal challenge warning it’s unnecessary and inhumane. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted unanimously to approve rules for the state’s first black bear hunting season since 2015, …

The Daily Beast reports: Laura Loomer has spoken out for the first time since her bizarre deposition became public. “I was under oath,” she posted to X after the deposition went viral. “I couldn’t lie.” Loomer, 32, said last year that Harris—who was then the vice president—had an “infested snatch.” She also said that Greene had “Arby’s” in “her pants,” …

NOTUS reports: For the second time in two weeks, Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin has disclosed trades showing that he violated a federal conflicts of interest and financial transparency law. A NOTUS analysis of a financial document Mullin filed Tuesday with the U.S. Senate revealed the Oklahoma lawmaker was months late disclosing nearly three dozen stock and bond transactions by himself …

The New York Times reports: A federal appeals court panel cleared the way on Wednesday for the Trump administration to continue refusing to spend billions of dollars in foreign aid, finding that aid organizations that had sued to recover the money lacked the legal right to bring the challenge. The decision, which centered on President Trump’s authority to withhold funding …

ABC News reports: Coffee sold at Dollar General in 48 states, including Ohio, is being recalled due to the potential presence of glass, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Dollar General Corporation is recalling three lots of its eight-ounce Clover Valley Instant Coffee. According to the recall alert, the coffee was sold exclusively in Dollar General retail stores …

Gizmodo reports: Tesla is coming in hot in New York City and regulators, legislators and consumers are already pushing back. The electric car company’s latest foray into regulator wrestling comes via a hiring push for autopilot drivers in NYC, despite holding no permits for that service in the city. Given that Tesla has already spent years fighting federal probes, civil …

The Associated Press reports: Israel is in discussions with South Sudan about the possibility of resettling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the war-torn East African country, part of a wider effort by Israel to facilitate mass emigration from the territory left in ruins by its 22-month offensive against Hamas. Six people familiar with the matter confirmed the talks to …

The Guardian reports: Tighter border rules are putting European tourists off holidaying in the US, according to Europe’s biggest package trip operator. Tui’s chief executive, Sebastian Ebel, said there had been a “significant decline” in travel to the US, due to a multitude of factors including “the atmosphere, what you hear from border control”. He said European tourists were opting …

The Texas Tribune reports: As Texas moves to redraw its congressional map at the behest of President Donald Trump, the White House is pushing ahead on another proposal to safeguard GOP power in Washington that could have major implications for Texas. Last week, Trump said he had ordered the Commerce Department to start working on a new census that does …

“I would say I was about 98% involved. No, they all went through me. They came over Ric [Grenell] and Sergio [Gor] and everybody. I turned down plenty. They were too woke. I had a couple of wokesters. Uh, no. We have great people. This is very different than it used to be. Very different. These are great people. And, …

404 Media reports: A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) propaganda video that featured Jay-Z’s music was hit with a copyright takedown request on X, and appears to have been hit with copyright violations on both Instagram and Facebook as well. The video features footage of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents training and doing immigration raids set to Jay-Z’s 2003 …

Gallup Polling reports: The percentage of U.S. adults who say they consume alcohol has fallen to 54%, the lowest by one percentage point in Gallup’s nearly 90-year trend. This coincides with a growing belief among Americans that moderate alcohol consumption is bad for one’s health, now the majority view for the first time. From 1997 to 2023, at least 60% …

The Huffington Post reports: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. refused to blame vaccine misinformation for the recent shooting at the CDC in Atlanta, rejecting criticism about the role he’s played in sowing distrust in the life-saving shots. Law enforcement officials have made clear that the man attacked the CDC over his misgivings with the COVID vaccine, citing, in part, …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump said Wednesday there will be “very severe consequences” if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t agree to stop the Ukraine war after Friday’s summit. Trump was “very clear” in a virtual meeting Wednesday with European leaders that the U.S. wants to achieve a ceasefire at the upcoming U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska, French President Emmanuel …

Politico reports: The Trump administration’s claim that it is saving billions of dollars through DOGE-related cuts to federal contracts is drastically exaggerated, according to a new POLITICO analysis of public data and federal spending records. Through July, DOGE said it has saved taxpayers $52.8 billion by canceling contracts, but of the $32.7 billion in actual claimed contract savings that POLITICO …

The Hill reports: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering revoking the authorization of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children under 5 years old, the company confirmed Wednesday. The move would add another barrier for parents who want to vaccinate healthy children, as shots from Moderna and Novavax were approved for more limited populations. In May, Health and Human …

CBS News reports: President Trump is set to visit the Kennedy Center Wednesday where he’s expected to announce this year’s Kennedy Center honorees after working to overhaul the D.C. cultural institution in recent months. The Kennedy Center previewed the announcement Tuesday, writing in a post on X: “A country music icon, an Englishman, a New York City Rock band, a …

From the Family Research Council’s website: For decades, leftists and progressives have used terms like “dictator,” “fascist,” and “Nazi” to deride, smear, and cow their political opponents into submission — and, for decades, it worked. It is, perhaps, little surprise that President Donald Trump has been called a “dictator” after announcing his federal takeover of Washington, D.C. Rep. Eric Swalwell …

The New Jersey Advance reports: A Jersey City pastor who resigned in June has been charged with sexually assaulting two children while he was working as a youth pastor at an embattled Colorado church over two decades ago. Robert Anthony “Tony” Langston, 60, who served as lead pastor at Tapestry Church in Jersey City, is accused of assaulting two members …

The Associated Press reports: The group Stand Up Alaska has organized rallies on Thursday and Friday in the state, where sentiment toward Russia has cooled since Putin invaded Ukraine in 2022. The Anchorage Assembly voted unanimously to suspend its three-decade-long sister city relationship with Magadan, Russia, and the Juneau Assembly sent its sister city of Vladivostock a letter expressing concern. …