7/2: The Takeout with Major Garrett

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Air Force major arrested after calling for Trump impeachment on Capitol steps

An Air Force major was arrested on the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday after calling for President Trump and Vice President Vance’s impeachments. Peaceful demonstrations are permitted on Capitol grounds, but a protester must remain alongside a member of Congress to speak openly from the steps.  Originally, Air Force Maj. Jason Watson was accompanied…

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The country’s unemployment rate dropped slightly to 4.2% as US job growth also slowed for the monthSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailUS job growth slowed in June as employers added 57,000 new jobs – just about half of what economists had predicted – and the Bureau of Labor Statistics revised its figures from the past two months down by a total of 74,000.The country’s unemployment rate dropped slightly to 4.2%, but the number of unemployed people changed little, according to the latest data, as 720,000 people left the labor force. The bureau revised the unexpectedly high May figures from 172,000 new jobs to 129,000, and revised the April figures from 179,000 to 148,000. Continue reading...

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Air Force major cuffed in uniform on Capitol steps demanding Trump and Vance's removal

An active-duty Air Force major was arrested in uniform on the steps of the U.S. Capitol this week after he stood before cameras and demanded that President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance be impeached and removed from office.Jason Watson, a career officer, spoke at a news conference organized by the Removal Coalition, an activist group pushing Congress to impeach Trump. Rep. Al Green (D-TX), who has filed articles of impeachment against Trump more than once, escorted Watson to the House steps. When Green stepped away, Capitol Police ordered Watson to end the demonstration or face arrest. He refused, and officers took him in under a District statute covering crowding and obstructing.Watson argued that Trump's military strikes on Iran and Venezuela were "an unconstitutional usurpation of Congress' authority and a violation of the War Powers Clause." He said those actions "resulted in the deaths of 13 service members and injuries of hundreds more," and told the crowd the president and vice president "must be impeached, convicted and removed." He also called the administration's immigration tactics unconstitutional. The Senate recently voted to rein in Trump's Iran war powers in a bipartisan rebuke.Green, who was himself removed from the chamber and censured after protesting a Trump address, praised the major. “I was there to witness a major in the United States military bend the arc of the moral universe toward justice," he wrote on X.Service members face tighter limits than civilians. Military law bars officers from using contemptuous words toward the president, and Watson could face a court-martial. The Air Force secretary said commanders would hold personnel accountable "in accordance with military law and due process," and the service has opened an investigation.

Capitol Police Arrest Air Force Major During Impeachment Protest Against Trump

US Air Force Major Jason Watson cited “an unconstitutional usurpation of Congress’s authority” to justify his protest.

Russia launches major attack on Kyiv after Zelensky warning

Russia launched a barrage of drone and missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv overnight Thursday, killing more than a dozen civilians. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said 18 people were killed and injured more than 90 others in the latest round of attacks, according to The Associated Press. The strikes came after Ukrainian President…