July 2024

Unbiased headline news – Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle faced sharp criticism from both Republicans and Democrats in her initial testimony regarding the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Lawmakers were outraged at her refusal to answer questions concerning security failures at the Butler, Pennsylvania rally. Cheatle informed the House Oversight Committee that the attack represented the “most significant operational failure” for the Secret Service in decades and repeatedly emphasized her full responsibility for the security lapses. — CrowdStrike announced this week that a “significant number” of the millions of computers that crashed on Friday, causing global disruptions, are back online as customers and regulators await a detailed explanation of the issue. A defective software update sent by CrowdStrike to its clients disrupted airlines, banks, hospitals, and other critical services on Friday, affecting around 8.5 million machines running Microsoft’s Windows operating system. The repair process has often required IT crews to manually delete files on affected machines. — Three homes were destroyed after one of many dangerous wildfires in the West swept into a Southern California neighborhood during a scorching heat wave. The homes were consumed when the fire broke out Sunday afternoon in a hilly area of Riverside, a city approximately 60 miles east of Los Angeles. Four other structures were damaged, according to Riverside Deputy Fire Chief Steve McKinster. The cause of the fire, which had burned just under a square mile, remains under investigation. — The Israeli military ordered the evacuation of a crowded area in the Gaza Strip designated as a humanitarian zone, stating plans for an operation against Hamas militants there. The order prompted a new exodus of Palestinians, many of whom had recently taken refuge there. Thousands of Palestinians, carrying backpacks and accompanied by children, walked along dusty roads under the scorching sun. Many have been displaced multiple times in search of safety during Israel’s air and ground campaign. — Rescue teams found a man reported missing more than two weeks ago in the Red River Gorge, a wilderness area with steep cliffs and jagged terrain in eastern Kentucky. The rescue team described it as “truly a miracle” that the hiker survived so long without food or water. Searchers found 48-year-old Scott A. Hern near a cliff line after hearing someone calling for help, according to the Wolfe County Search and Rescue Team. Hern had been hiking in the area to look for waterfalls, his family informed searchers. — A Baltimore man was arrested for the recent shooting of a 12-year-old girl who was found dead on the first floor of an east Baltimore rowhome. The shooting occurred last Friday night. Police quickly identified Omar Passmore, 28, as a suspect. Passmore had a child with the victim’s mother, according to charging documents. Police believe he was the only person inside the house with the victim, 12-year-old Breaunna Cormley, when she was killed. — U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints that some Ram pickup trucks and Jeep Wagoneer SUVs can lose power, shift into park, and apply the emergency brake. The investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration covers approximately 150,000 vehicles made by Stellantis from the 2022 model year. All have the company’s 5.7-liter Hemi e-Torque mild hybrid system, which can allow the vehicle to power itself. The agency states that the system converts captured energy from braking to power some electrical components. — The best state to retire in the U.S. is also one of the smallest, according to a new ranking. Based on its high marks for affordability, access to high-quality health care, overall well-being, and other categories, Delaware, known as the “First State,” earned the top spot in Bankrate’s annual ranking of the best states to retire in the U.S. In 2023, the state ranked No. 2, behind Iowa. Bankrate ranked states based on their scores across five key metrics: affordability, overall well-being, access to health care, weather, and crime.

Republicans are panicking and are totally freaking out over Kamala Harris stepping up. They’re worried because they have nothing on her. They can’t fight back. Harris is raising huge amounts of money and Donald Trump cannot debate her. The tables are turning and Republicans are scared.

Unbiased headline news – World leaders are reacting to President Biden’s decision not to seek reelection, discussing their relationships with him and offering thoughts on his choice. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, “I respect President Biden’s decision and look forward to working together during the remainder of his presidency.” Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala also highlighted the difficulty of the president’s decision, stating, “It is undoubtedly the decision of a statesman who has served his country for decades.” — Vice President Kamala Harris announced her intention to “earn and win” the Democratic presidential nomination after President Biden endorsed her, following his decision to bow out of the 2024 presidential race. “I am honored to have the president’s endorsement, and my intention is to earn and win this nomination,” she stated. “Over the past year, I have traveled across the country, talking with Americans about the clear choice in this momentous election.” Harris also praised Mr. Biden for his public service career. — Russia reported scrambling fighter jets to intercept two U.S. military long-range bomber aircraft approaching the Russian border over the Barents Sea in the Arctic. “The crews of the Russian fighters identified the aerial target as a pair of U.S. Air Force B-52H strategic bombers,” Moscow’s defense ministry wrote on Telegram, specifying that MiG-29 and MiG-31 fighters were scrambled. Russia has increased military operations in the Arctic, including advanced hypersonic missile tests. — The Israeli military intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, hours after Israeli warplanes struck several Houthi targets in the Arabian Peninsula country. The Israeli airstrikes, in response to a deadly Houthi drone strike on Tel Aviv, marked the first time Israel has responded to repeated Houthi attacks during its nine-month war against Hamas. The violence threatens to open a new front as Israel battles Iranian proxies across the region. — Nine people were shot, three fatally, when multiple gunmen opened fire early Sunday at a party in Philadelphia, authorities said. The mass shooting occurred around 2 a.m. on the 1200 block of North Alden Street in the Carroll Park neighborhood of West Philadelphia, where a party attended by more than 100 people was taking place, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. — Half of the deaths attributed to the storm in Harris County, where Houston is located, were heat-related, according to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. Lara Anton, spokesperson for the Texas Department of State Health Services, which uses death certificate data to identify storm-related deaths, estimated that even a preliminary count may not be available until the end of July. — A woman was stabbed inside a terminal at Miami International Airport late Saturday, sending her to the hospital in critical condition and prompting a service disruption, police and airport officials said. An adult male suspect was arrested at the scene, the Miami-Dade Police Department reported. The woman was attacked around 11:30 p.m. in the upper level of Terminal J, in the international arrivals hall, police said. The “situation was swiftly contained,” airport officials stated. — Pope Francis expressed hope that the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games will provide an opportunity for countries at war to respect an ancient Greek tradition and establish a truce during the Games. “According to ancient tradition, may the Olympics be an opportunity to establish a truce in wars, demonstrating a sincere will for peace,” Francis said during his Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square. The Pope emphasized that sport also has “a great social power, capable of peacefully uniting people from different cultures.”

President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. The decision comes after escalating pressure from Biden’s Democratic allies to step aside following the June 27 debate, in which the 81-year-old president trailed off, often gave nonsensical answers and failed to call out the former president’s many falsehoods. Biden said he would speak to the nation about his decision in more detail at some point later in the week. The president thanked Vice President Kamala Harris for being an “extraordinary partner,” a possible indication that he will back her as the Democratic candidate for the election.

Unbiased headline news – Thomas Matthew Crooks’s high school stated it has “no record” of him attempting to join the school’s rifle team, despite his involvement in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Jameson Myers, a former classmate and member of Bethel Park High School’s varsity rifle team, claimed the gunman tried out for the team in freshman year but did not make the junior varsity roster and did not try out again. The Pennsylvania school countered this claim in an online fact sheet. — At least 13 people died in three Israeli airstrikes on refugee camps in central Gaza overnight into Saturday, as cease-fire talks in Cairo showed progress, according to Palestinian health officials. Among those killed in the Nuseirat and Bureij Refugee Camps were three children and one woman, said Palestinian ambulance teams, who transported the bodies to Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital. AP journalists at the hospital counted 13 corpses. — Sheila Jackson Lee, the longtime U.S. representative from Texas, has passed away, her family announced in a statement. The congresswoman died at 74 after a brief cancer battle. “With incredible grief for our loss yet deep gratitude for the life she shared with us, we announce the passing of United States Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of the 18th Congressional District of Texas,” her family stated. — Louisiana’s new law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms will not be enforced or endorsed publicly until November 15th, according to a recent court filing in the ongoing legal dispute. Both parties agreed that the Ten Commandments would not be posted in any public school classrooms, and defendants, including Louisiana’s State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and schools will not publicly proceed with the law’s implementation until November. — A federal judge on Friday refused to dismiss criminal charges against former Representative George Santos for alleged schemes that led to his political downfall. The judge rejected Santos’ motion to dismiss certain fraud charges, stating he did not meet the legal standards. The New York Republican, who represented parts of Queens and Nassau County, pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of defrauding donors, lying to Congress, and misusing campaign funds. — Two infants required medical attention for smoke inhalation as a fast-moving brush fire in Southern California spread over 250 acres, officials reported. The brush fire started in the San Gabriel Mountains in northern Los Angeles County near East Fork and Glendora Mountain roads after 3:00 p.m. local time, according to Angeles National Forest officials, who named the blaze the Fork Fire. Two infants needed medical attention after being exposed to smoke during their escape. — A postal worker was fatally shot in front of a residence in Chicago on Friday, officials reported. The gunman approached and fired multiple times before fleeing in a vehicle, police said. The 48-year-old victim sustained “multiple gunshot wounds” and was taken to a hospital, where she died. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service Chicago Division is offering up to $250,000 for information leading to the suspect’s arrest and conviction. — A plane attempting an emergency landing at an airport in northeastern Ohio crashed, killing all three people on board, authorities said. The Federal Aviation Administration reported Saturday that the twin-engine Beechcraft 60 crashed near Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Ohio around 6:45 p.m. Friday. The Ohio State Highway Patrol in Trumbull County, notified shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday, confirmed the crash killed the pilot and two passengers.

This is the takedown of the year. Leaves audience gasping! Bill O’Reilly thought he was prepared for Jon Stewart. He even brought notes. Jon Stewart asked Bill O’Reilly one question and it was all over. The audience could not stop laughing. A must watch video!