Capitol Hill

• GOP Senator Hatch Plan to Stop States From Giving Driver’s Licenses to Illegals
Why Trump’s Common-Sense Mail-In Ballot Rule Isn’t Dead — Despite SCOTUS’ Betrayal
• House Passes Lindsey Graham’s Russia Sanctions Bill
• White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles Announces She’s Cancer Free
• This Dem Wants to Trade Americans for Illegals
• Feds Bust 3 in Alleged Multi-Million Dollar Homelessness Scheme
• James Talarico Thinks His Own Campaign Signs Are Racist
• 5 Alleged Russian Operatives Remain at Large After U.S. Foils DC Murder Plot
• El-Sayed Refuses to Return Donations from Groups Linked to Terrorism, Blames Scrutiny on Racism

ECONOMY

• Federal Reserve Hikes Interest Rates for First Time in Three Years
• Charles Gasparino: White House May Impose “Limited Safeguards” on AI to Prevent Apocalypse, Mass Extinction: Source

• Rate Hike Will Raise Borrowing Costs on Credit Cards
• Amazon Increased Minimum Hourly Pay by $20 for U.S. Workers, Announces New Benefit for Their Families
• Zuckerberg Agrees With Trump in Debate Over AI Safety
• Mortgage Demand Drops as Rate Nears 7 Percent
• OpenAI, Anthropic Employees Reportedly Concerned About AI Slowdown
• U.S. Retail Sales Exceed Market Estimates
• U.S. Retail Sales Soar as Consumers Show Surprising Strength

SWAMP WATCH

• James Talarico’s Lesbian Minister Just Outed Him
• Top Dem Donor Gives Kamala Harris the Brutal Reality Check She Needs

• Democrats Admit They Want to Bring Third-Worlders to America to Put Them on Welfare
• Nancy Mace Recommends What Many Are Too Polite to Suggest for Lindsay Clancy
• Dem Stronghold Facing “Red Tidal Wave” as Anger Over Woke Nonsense Reaches Boiling Point
• “60 Minutes” Opens to a 25-Year Ratings Low
• California Cops Are Using Flock Cameras to Spy on a Small Wisconsin Village
• Biden Admin Prevented Federal Law Enforcement from Aggressively Pursuing Terrorist Cartels
• Charlie Kirk’s Family Files Intent to Sue UVU Over “Stunning” Security Failures

NATIONAL SECURITY & GLOBAL AFFAIRS

• Bank of Canada Says U.S. Tariff Dispute Could Erode Confidence
• German Chancellor Merz: Free Speech Must Be Curbed — Because of the Rise of the AfD
• Vance Reveals Trump Will Break With Netanyahu When Needed
• FBI Captures Most Wanted “Cyber Fugitive” in Venezuela
• Houthis Say They Have Taken Down Saudi Fighter Jet Amid Escalating Conflict
• Treasury Secretary Bessent Says U.S. Open to AI Risk Talks With China
• Sudan Gold Mine Collapse Kills at Least 67, With Many More Missing
• China Launches Plan to Reverse Collapse in Birth Rates
• Japan Has Over 100,000 People Who Are at Least 100 Years Old, a Record

SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

• USA Today: Sydney Sweeney Faces Backlash Because She’s a “Registered Republican”
• Paramount to Leave California Amid Antitrust Battle & Stalled Warner Bros Merger
• The War on “Run Hide Fight: Infidels” Begins (As Expected)
• “American Idol” Ditching California for Atlanta in Another Blow to Hollywood Production
• AOC Blasts Robert Kraft for “Censoring” Macklemore From Criticizing Israel
• Paramount Takes John Lasseter’s Animated Film “Cosmic Motors” From Netflix to Cinemas
• Adam Silver Called Sophie Cunningham — The Topic: Who Replaces Cathy Engelbert
• An Oscar Winner Is in Talks to Play Tommy Lasorda
• Goo Goo Dolls Frontman John Rzeznik Rejects Pushing Politics — “I’m Not Going to Lecture You”

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• Mark Zuckerberg Backs Trump in AI Safety Debate
• Gov. Abbott Orders Crackdown on Texas AI Data Centers That Skip Mandated Water Surveys
• GOP Rep. Steube Says Fears Over AI Echo the Y2K Scare
• Nuclear Fuel Recycling Could Reduce U.S. Waste Storage Needs From 100,000 Years to Hundreds
• Dario Amodei’s Preferred AI Oversight Group Has Deep Connections to Anthropic
• Cold Beam of Exotic Atoms Could Put Einstein’s Theory of Gravity to the Test
• America’s F-15s and F-16s Are Getting a New Power Source
• Nvidia Boss Jensen Huang Agrees With President Trump on AI Doomer “Hoax”
• Far-Left Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff Calls for an International Treaty Governing AI

HEALTH, FITNESS & MORE

• RFK Jr. To Speak at Children’s Health Defense Event for First Time Since Joining Trump Admin
• Study: Exercise May Help Cancer Patients Live Longe
• CDC Report Finds Fatigue Is Common Among American Adults
• Melatonin Shows Potential for Easing Chronic Pain Comparable to Certain Drugs
• Even Light Drinking Could Affect Your Balance and Coordination as You Age
• Emotionally Smarter Women May Be More Likely to Work Out Hard
• Dolph Lundgren Beat Cancer and Is Still Going Strong at 68—Here’s His Secret
• Beyond Eating Less: How Tcm May Complement GLP-1 Treatment
• How Proper Romanian Deadlift Form Can Help Build Bigger Glutes and Hamstrings

OPINION

• Newt Gingrich: Republicans Can Win the 2026 Midterms — If They Follow the Plan
• Kurt Schlichter: Believe Them When They Tell You They Want You Dead
• John Stossel: Free AI
• Daniel McCarthy: Jobs, Manufacturing Are on the Ballot
• Shawn Fleetwood: Sports Media Find Arch Manning’s AI Humor More Offensive Than Players Beating Women
• Lisa Daftari: American Passengers Won’t Just Sit There — And We All Know Why
• Jon Schweppe: GOP Contempt for Trump Helping Married Families Is Political and Civilizational Suicide
• Tim Graham: “Free Speech” Isn’t the Same as Liberal Speech
• Kurt Schlichter: Democrats Will Only Pour Fuel on the Affordability Crisis Fire