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By Andrew Mark Miller  Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz faced backlash from conservatives on social media after denouncing Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling on transgender athletes in women’s sports by calling it "cruel." "As the Supreme Court says states can be cruel to trans kids, my message is clear: Here in Minnesota, we stand with and value our trans neighbors and youth," Walz posted on X as the Supreme Court was ruling in favor of West Virginia and Idaho against trans athletes who sued to gain access to girls' sports. Walz’s comment was immediately blasted on social media by conservatives, many of whom are from Minnesota. "What’s cruel is making a teenage girl, already uncomfortable in her own skin, change in a locker room next to a naked boy," Minnesota Republican state Sen. Julia Coleman posted on X . "What’s cruel is letting our girls get the s--- kicked out of them by biological males on the field and lose out on scholarships a...

Trump had asked on Truth Social if anyone was interested in running against the 'weak-minded' congresswoman By Leo Briceno Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., clinched her Republican primary after running unopposed to represent Colorado's 4th Congressional District on Tuesday evening, setting herself up to pursue a fourth term. Despite notable clashes with House GOP leadership and President Donald Trump , Boebert emerged from her primary largely unscathed, separating herself from the three other Republicans who voted with Democrats to advance the Epstein Files Transparency Act. If reelected in the state’s Nov. 3 general election, she will be the only one remaining next Congress among fellow GOP rebels Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.; and Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. Greene, a once-outspoken backer of the president, resigned her seat at the beginning of the year when the two split on foreign aid, government transparency and federal spending. Alt...

By Amanda Macias As the Trump administration weighs implementing tariffs on Mexican beer , a new report argues the move would hurt the very American workers it is intended to protect by squeezing one of the U.S. beer market's most profitable segments. The report, authored by Unleash Prosperity co-founder Stephen Moore and economist David Ozgo, comes as the Trump administration continues to expand its tariff agenda, which officials say is aimed at re-shoring manufacturing, reducing trade deficits and strengthening American industry. "There probably are some products for which tariffs are appropriate — products where there might be national security implications," Ozgo told Fox News Digital. "But obviously, beer is not one of those products." While Mexican beer is brewed south of the border, Ozgo said most of the jobs it supports, like distribution, wholesaling and retailing, are in the United States. The brewer of Modelo claimed the No. 1 spot i...

By Shirit Avitan Cohen The Board of Peace will launch a pilot program in the coming weeks to manage humanitarian shelters in areas of the Gaza Strip that are not under Hamas control, Israel Hayom has learned. The first area to which civilians with no weapons or affiliation with Hamas will be directed is Tel Sultan, near Rafah. Multinational forces under the Board of Peace's management will also arrive in the area and will be based at a facility built for them at Camp Amitai, near the Strip. They are expected to be equipped with nonlethal weapons to maintain order in the humanitarian zones, while the Israel Defense Forces will continue to hold its positions and deepen its grip on areas beyond the yellow line. Medical aid and food will be sent into the humanitarian shelters in an effort to loosen Hamas' hold on the population, piece by piece, across parts of the Strip. Gazans evacuate amid widespread destruction in the Gaza Strip. ...

By Jacob Wheeler President Donald Trump on Wednesday expressed excitement for the first flight of the new Air Force One, calling the Qatari-gifted jet “the greatest commercial plane ever built.” Trump spoke to reporters on the tarmac before departing to North Dakota for the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. “So, this will be the first flight of what I think is maybe the greatest commercial plane ever built,” Trump said. “I think you know, to be honest with you, I’m excited about the first flight. It’s something nobody’s ever seen anything like it, even you people with all your experience and all of your talents, you will never see anything like this.”  MAIDEN VOYAGE 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 https://t.co/b1RBlnbrFt pic.twitter.com/Xbqm2NHXwV — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 1, 2026 A video posted by the White House’s Rapid Response X account captured the commander-in-chief climbing the stairs of the Boeing 747-8, pausing to pump his fist befor...

TRUMP SAID TO TELLS AIDES DEADLINE FOR DEAL IS MOVEABLE White House official says deconfliction channel including IRGC, US military has been used by both sides; Tehran’s chief negotiator: Iran prioritizes diplomacy but is ready for war By ToI Staff and Agencies US President Donald Trump has in recent days considered options for a return to full-scale war in Iran, but decided to instead focus on diplomatic efforts, the Wall Street Journal reported . Trump has additionally told aides that it would not be a problem if a nuclear deal is not reached by the 60-day deadline on August 18, the newspaper said. According to the late Tuesday report, which cited US officials, Trump held talks in the past few days with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine on whether the US should quit negotiations for a deal and instead carry out strikes. Unnamed individuals described fresh attacks on the Iranian regime to the Journal as p...

By ELIZABETH WEIBEL President Donald Trump trolled the Supreme Court, congratulating Chinese dictator Xi Jinping and China on the court’s ruling rejecting Trump’s reform of birthright citizenship in the United States. “I would like to congratulate President Xi, and the Great Country of China, on their massive Birthright Citizenship WIN!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. Trump’s post comes after the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against Trump’s executive order making changes to birthright citizenship, stating that it “violates the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.” Breitbart News’s Neil Munro reported that while the vote was 6-3, Justice Brett Kavanaugh stated that “Trump and other politicians can change the rule via legislation”: The decision was 6 to 3 against Trump, but Justice Brett Kavanaugh argued that Trump and other politicians can change the rule via legislation. “Citizenship, then and now,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority, “was the right ...

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