(VIDEO) Trump Addresses Assassination Concerns After Sending New Air Force One to Europe Instead of Flying Home on Plane – UPDATE: Press Told to Keep Window Shades on Air Force One Closed

UPDATE: The White House Press Pool was advised to keep the window shades on Air Force One closed while en route to the United States after taking off from Ankara, Turkey, at 8:43 pm local time.  It is still unclear if this is due to security concerns. The post (VIDEO) Trump Addresses Assassination Concerns After Sending New Air Force One to Europe Instead of Flying Home on Plane – UPDATE: Press Told to Keep Window Shades on Air Force One Closed appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Mike Johnson eyes controversial bill to appease MAGA 'in revolt': report

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will reportedly try to get his fractious caucus to agree on a controversial bill that would ban what he calls “birth tourism” when they return from a long legislative break.According to a report from Politico, Johnson is now exploring legislation that would rebuff pregnant women accused of entering the United States to legally gain citizenship for their children, thereby bypassing a recent Supreme Court ruling that reaffirmed birthright citizenship.The timing reveals desperation by the House leadership after Johnson reportedly betrayed the far right wing of his caucus and now wants to make amends, according to the report. According to Politico, "The speaker promised hard-liners last month that he would hold a vote before July 4 on legislation that would codify President Donald Trump’s border security priorities — in exchange for their support on a more narrow bill funding federal immigration enforcement activities."That never happened and, as Politico is reporting, "Those members now say Johnson has gone back on his word and, in revolt, they ground legislative business to a halt, forcing GOP leaders to send the House home early for the holiday recess.""House passage of a measure to crack down the practice would be largely symbolic, as it stands no chance of overcoming the Senate filibuster," according to Politico's reporting.The report notes that several GOP centrists are open to the "birth tourism" bill, according to people with knowledge of the talks. But the caucus remains deeply divided over immigration broadly, forcing Johnson to navigate competing factions with no clear path forward.

The Morning Briefing: I Keep Missing the 'Cease' Part of All These Ceasefires With Iran

NATO Tries to Keep Trump Onside | Balance of Power 7/7/2026

On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz discuss the NATO Summit in Ankara. On today's show, Atlantic Council Nonresident Senior Fellow Melinda Haring, Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis, Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Gulf Oil Chief Energy Advisor Tom Kloza. (Source: Bloomberg)

The View’s Joy Behar says Democrats should have acted sooner on Platner before more allegations surfaced

The hosts of The View agreed Tuesday that Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner needs to withdraw from the race, and should have done so before new sexual assault allegations were published. Platner “should have been thrown out with the Nazi tattoo and what have you. We all agree on that,” co-host Joy Behar said […]

Johnson Says He’ll Use Reconciliation to Pass Voter Suppression Bill

Rules on the reconciliation process stipulate that non-budgetary items cannot be included in such measures.

JUST IN: Top GOP Leaders, Including Thune, Say They’ve Spoken with McConnell Amid Rumors He is ‘Brain Dead’

Top GOP Senators on Tuesday came out and said they have spoken with Mitch McConnell amid rumors the Kentucky senator is "brain dead." McConnell was rushed to the hospital on June 14 and is “receiving excellent care” his spokesman said. The post JUST IN: Top GOP Leaders, Including Thune, Say They’ve Spoken with McConnell Amid Rumors He is ‘Brain Dead’ appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

The SAVE America Act is being buried, and Rep. Luna is blowing the whistle

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) says Republicans are squandering a golden opportunity to pass the SAVE Act and secure America's elections — even though they have enough power to do it.“We control the House, the Senate, and the White House,” Luna says to Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck. “And yet you have a group of four Republicans in the Senate, and really John Thune, who has every ability to enforce the talking filibuster and just doesn’t want to do it.”“If you’re going to continue the cycle of insanity, then you can’t complain about it,” she continues. “But that’s why I’m taking such a hard-line position on what I’m doing right now — with, by the way, other members of Congress.”“This is not just my fight. I mean, you have members of the Freedom Caucus, Representative Tim Burchett, Max Miller, all these members are saying, ‘Hey, hold up. We have the ability to, in the text of the National Defense Authorization Act, put the Save America Act,’” she says. “And yet, why are we not doing it?”Luna, who is a veteran, points out that voter ID and proof of citizenship have always been important to national defense and security — but the Democrats are pretending it’s not.“It is Chuck Schumer saying he wants to give citizenship to millions of illegal people here. It is the fact that it doesn’t matter if it’s one or one hundred or a thousand cases of voter fraud,” she says. “Why would you not want to secure that?”While the left will claim the “Trump machine” will steal the next election, Luna points out that voter ID would fix that too.“Even aside from that, even aside from party politics, black, white, Hispanic, Democrat, Republican, independent, men, women, we all want voter ID,” she continues. “Period.”Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.