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Operation Southern Spear latest price tag is up to $820 million

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The War Department has spent roughly $820 million during Operation Southern Spear, the U.S military’s mission to lethally target alleged drug smuggling vessels coming from Central and South America, which began nearly a year ago. U.S. Southern Command obligated $173.9 million for Operation Southern Spear during the second quarter of this year, a significant decrease […]

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Trump begs E. Jean Carroll to return her $5.8 million payday

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Trump begs E. Jean Carroll to return her $5.8 million payday

President Donald Trump launched urgent legal action to recover the $5.8 million in defamation judgment writer E. Jean Carroll won against him.Trump argued her decision to invest the funds in a retirement account rather than keep them in a court-controlled account makes the money "irretrievable." A 2023 jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in a 1996 department store dressing room and defaming her publicly, according to PBS.The Supreme Court declined Trump's appeal on June 29, and Carroll collected the full $5.8 million by July 14, according to court records, PBS reported. "Defendant has lost before a jury, the district court, a unanimous Second Circuit panel, the full Second Circuit, en banc, and the Supreme Court of the United States," Carroll's lawyers wrote.Trump's lawyers characterized Carroll's investment decision as a "bait-and-switch," claiming she misled the court by promising to place funds in a secure account before moving them to stock market investments. "President Trump faces irreparable harm," his lawyers added. Carroll's attorneys countered, arguing Trump's request is "procedurally improper" and represents his seventh appeal in two related cases. They also noted Judge Lewis Kaplan previously stated Trump "has been stalling this case for years."Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.

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White House eyes reopening oil refineries amid high gasoline prices

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White House eyes reopening oil refineries amid high gasoline prices

The Trump administration is looking to reopen closed oil refineries, including an embattled one in the Virgin Islands, amid high gasoline prices spurred by the Iran war. A White House official confirmed to The Hill in an email Thursday that the Trump administration “would like to see refineries across the country reopen, especially the St.…

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'Remarkable': CNN's Kaitlan Collins dumbfounded by GOP's latest 'gamble'

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'Remarkable': CNN's Kaitlan Collins dumbfounded by GOP's latest 'gamble'

The chaos around the nomination of Todd Blanche for President Donald Trump's attorney general left CNN's Kaitlan Collins struggling to follow.The situation is "remarkable," Collins told anchor Pamela Brown, "because just 24 hours ago, the president was telling reporters in the Oval Office that he did not think there were any issues with Todd Blanche's nomination, that he was going to sail through. And now, of course, the president is threatening to withdraw his nomination entirely should they not be able to come to an agreement with these two key Republican Senate holdouts."Further complicating things, said Collins, the two holdouts, Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and John Cornyn (R-TX), "are going to no longer be in the Senate because of President Trump and the role that he played in ousting them from their offices. And so we'll wait to see if the president actually follows through on that threat if they cannot come to an agreement."Blanche is now huddling with Cornyn and Tillis to try to come to an agreement."It's a dicey situation and a delicate one, because obviously, part of what's at the heart of this and that John Cornyn wants clarification on is what President Trump is benefiting from in this agreement, which is to shield him from retroactive IRS investigation after his tax returns were leaked, obviously, during his first term in office," said Collins.Ultimately, she added, this is "not just an easy threat for Trump to make.""He's saying he'll just renominate Todd Blanche at a later date, once Thom Tillis and John Cornyn are out of the Senate," said Collins. But "it is not guaranteed ... that those would be better conditions for this White House. It is a gamble, and the administration does know that." - YouTube www.youtube.com

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Elon Musk Plans at Least $100 Million in Midterm Spending to Help Republicans

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Elon Musk Plans at Least $100 Million in Midterm Spending to Help Republicans

Elon Musk, a year after a huge blowup with President Trump and the Republican Party, is said to be planning to spend in at least eight states to help them in November.

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The Houthis Could Drive Up Gas Prices Even Further

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The Houthis Could Drive Up Gas Prices Even Further

The Houthi rebels in Yemen have expanded their military campaign against Saudi Arabia, which could drive up gas prices even further than they already are. Houthi ballistic […]

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‘He should go to jail’: Senator insists that Fauci pay the price for COVID pandemic ‘perjury’

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‘He should go to jail’: Senator insists that Fauci pay the price for COVID pandemic ‘perjury’

'Has had contempt for Congress and contempt for the American people for decades'

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Trump pulling Blanche means he's expecting $100 million 'windfall': expert

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Trump pulling Blanche means he's expecting $100 million 'windfall': expert

President Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, acting attorney general Todd Blanche, had his nomination withdrawn on Thursday — and a legal expert argues this proves Trump plans on continuing an act of self-dealing that would net millions upon millions for Trump and his supporters.“Trump would rather pull Blanche’s nomination for AG than allow him to commit in writing that Trump’s IRS deal is off,” former US attorney Barb McQuade posted on X on Thursday. “The immunity Blanche granted to Trump from IRS audits is a windfall that some experts estimate is worth $100 million in taxpayer funds for Trump.”Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), a powerful senator and usual Trump supporter, had earlier asked Blanche if he had a copy of the settlement agreement regarding the $1.776 billion fund. The fund was settled between Trump and the IRS he controls, as negotiated by the Justice Department he also controls, based on his lawsuit blaming the IRS for leaking his tax returns, litigation scholars overwhelmingly agreed was frivolous. The agreement also promised to give the money to Trump supporters who claimed they were wronged by the government, while Trump himself would receive protection from future audits for himself and his family."This settlement agreement can be modified, may be modified only upon the written agreement of the parties,” the settlement agreement read, as recited by Blanche to Cornyn. “Has there been a written agreement of the parties to modify the settlement fund?"Blanche replied that because the fund was not going forward, there was no need to modify it."Well, so the settlement agreement remains as it was originally,” Cornyn said. “But I hear what you're saying is it — is the settlement agreement enforceable as a contract by the parties?"Blanche admitted that the settlement agreement remains an "enforceable document."Speaking to AlterNet about the fund in June, potential slush fund applicant Sam Nunberg elaborated on why he was considering applying.“I certainly think that the [former special counsel Robert] Mueller investigation, at a minimum, everyone who was either investigated or a witness should be compensated, because that investigation never should have been initiated,” Nunberg said.He added, “I don't necessarily fault the rank-and-file staff, but once they opened that investigation, it was really — any association with Donald J. Trump meant you were going to have to hire a white-collar attorney.” He also claimed that because of the investigations into Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign he was forced “to inform my clients, as a fiduciary duty, that I've been called into the investigation. Things like that. I thought it was extremely unfair. It was arbitrary. It didn't have to be started.”

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Hawley moves to close federal cash prize loopholes after Fauci 'got rich while millions of people died'

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Hawley moves to close federal cash prize loopholes after Fauci 'got rich while millions of people died'

Josh Hawley's new bill targets federal employees accepting cash prizes after accusing Anthony Fauci of using NIH staff to solicit over $1 million in awards.

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