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Politico Europe reports: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov appeared to be wearing a sweater with the letters “CCCP” — Russian for USSR — upon his arrival in Alaska. Lavrov will be part of the Kremlin’s delegation when Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump meet later on Friday in a hotly anticipated summit to discuss the war in …

Rolling Stone reports: A new directive signed last week by President Donald Trump gives the Pentagon authorization to use military force against Latin American drug cartels designated as terrorist organizations, according to administration sources. A U.S. official familiar with the matter confirmed to Rolling Stone certain details regarding the Trump-signed directive, which was first reported by The New York Times. …

From the Family Research Council’s website: A group of 80 pastors — Baptists, Lutherans, Pentecostals, Presbyterians, and more — are taking a stand against Kroger. The coalition of clergy sent a letter to interim Kroger CEO Ronald Sargent with an ultimatum: Drop the LGBT agenda or face a boycott. On the company’s website, it plainly states, “We proudly stand with …

Goldsboro’s CBS affiliate reports: According to officials, 30-year-old Shelton Kelsey Burkart was charged with 5 counts of second degree sexual exploitation of a minor and 5 counts of third degree sexual exploitation of a minor after the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation seized his electronic devices at his church. NC SBI said Burkart was the pastor at Zion Global …

The Washington Post reports: D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb has sued President Donald Trump over his executive actions asserting control over the D.C. police department and attempting to install an emergency police commissioner, one of the most extraordinary exertions of federal power in the city’s half-century of home rule. The lawsuit came hours after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered …

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: President Trump knows the public is skeptical about his tariffs, which is why Administration officials are anxious to convince voters someone somewhere else in the world will pay for them instead of American households. Inflation data released Thursday tell a different story. The producer-price index (PPI) in July rose 0.9% in the month …

The New York Times reports: SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite internet company, has received billions of dollars in federal contracts over its more than two-decade existence. But SpaceX has most likely paid little to no federal income taxes since its founding in 2002 and has privately told investors that it may never have to pay any, according to internal …

“CA media: After the vulgar behavior today at a live event, you have a duty to not cover these rallies live if Gonzalez is involved. You have a duty to your viewers…and an FCC license to keep. I am looking forward to Nov 4 when California voters hand Gavin Newsom a humiliating defeat by rejecting his corrupt and dishonest redistricting …

The BBC reports: Trump’s short post on social media a few minutes ago – “HIGH STAKES!!!” – raises expectations and the sense of drama. The US president will land at a Cold War-era American air-base in Anchorage, followed shortly afterwards by President Putin. Stepping foot on US soil, beyond UN meetings, for the first time in two decades, Putin in …

Mediaite reports: Sara Gonzales, a host at Glenn Beck’s conservative network BlazeTV, was manhandled out of a town hall on Thursday after she called Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) a “fake ghetto hoodrat” and “a spoiled rich kid from Missouri.” As Gonzales was shouted down by other members of the audience, a woman pushed against her and snapped, “Get your ass …