Month: July 2026

WATCH: Legal Expert Confirms Fauci Can Be Criminally Prosecuted if He Commits Perjury Before Rand Paul’s Committee Tomorrow, Biden’s Autopen Pardon Does Not Cover New Lies

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Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General and UC Berkeley law professor John Yoo appeared on Fox News on Tuesday to explain that any false statements by Dr. Anthony Fauci while under oath before Sen. Rand Paul’s committee on Wednesday will not be shielded by former President Joe Biden’s preemptive autopen pardon and could result in federal criminal charges.

Yoo explained, “He can’t claim that the pardon would cover any of his answers now. You can only be pardoned for lying to Congress from before the pardon. If he commits a lie before Congress now, he’ll be committing a federal crime and could be prosecuted.”

WATCH:

Fauci is scheduled to appear before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), which Paul chairs.

Paul has long called for Fauci’s prosecution.

This is not a voluntary appearance.

Paul subpoenaed Fauci after earlier efforts to secure testimony and records stalled.

The committee will examine Fauci’s role in the COVID-19 pandemic response, the origins of the virus, gain-of-function research funding, record-keeping practices, and discrepancies between his public statements and private writings.

Paul has made clear he intends to demand answers on the consequences of Fauci’s decisions for millions of Americans.

In recent posts, the Kentucky senator emphasized that “legacy media let Fauci control how Americans lived during COVID and never held him accountable. That will not be forgotten. Tomorrow I will demand real answers from Fauci.”

Paul has also released diary evidence showing Fauci privately knew early cases were not linked to the Huanan wet market even as he publicly pushed the natural-origin narrative.

In the final hours of his presidency in 2025, Biden issued a sweeping preemptive pardon to Fauci.

The pardon covered potential federal offenses tied to Fauci’s official duties.

Legal experts, including Yoo, have explained that a presidential pardon applies to past or completed acts. It cannot immunize future crimes.

Perjury before Congress is a federal offense under 18 U.S.C. § 1621.

Any material false statement Fauci makes under oath tomorrow constitutes a new crime committed after the pardon’s effective date. That opens the door to Department of Justice prosecution.

Diary Bombshell: Obama Personally Coached Fauci on Beaglegate, Deployed His Fixer, and Weaponized the Washington Post to Try and Crush White Coat Waste

Paul has repeatedly referred Fauci to the DOJ over earlier testimonies, most notably 2021 statements denying that NIH funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology via EcoHealth Alliance.

Those referrals did not result in charges under the prior administration.

The Kentucky senator has also accused Fauci of destroying or deleting official records, a claim backed by emails that contradict earlier sworn denials. This will likely be central to the questioning tomorrow.

The Gateway Pundit will be among the many keeping an eye out for false statements during the testimony and will provide updates as the situation unfolds.

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Victor Reacts: The USSR Tried This, A Lot of People Starved to Death. Now Mamdani Tries Again (VIDEO)

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This has been done before, and between 5 and 8 million people starved to death.

Soviet price controls are widely understood by historians to have contributed to mass starvation, like the 1932-1933 famine.

Now, the golden boy of the radical left, NYC Mayor Mamdani, is on a mission to bring Soviet price controls to the Big Apple.

The Gateway Pundit reported,

Radical Democratic Socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Monday that the city will open five city-owned, taxpayer-funded grocery stores, one in each borough, with prices on a core basket of items set at up to 30% below typical retail.

The plan, a centerpiece of Mamdani’s campaign, will use $70 million in capital funds. The city will own the land or space, cover construction, renovations, rent, and property taxes.

Core discounted items include all fresh produce, meat, and seafood, plus about 20 pantry staples, dairy, and refrigerated goods such as eggs, milk, bread, cheese, rice, and beans. Prices on that basket will be locked in monthly at 30% below typical retail with “no exceptions, no gimmicks.” Other products sell at market rates. Officials claim the average household could save about $90 a month or $1,000 a year, according to ABC7 NY.

Under the plan, New York City will provide grocery-ready sites, fund the initial construction, cover rent and property taxes and create a single government-approved brand for the stores.

Private grocery operators will be selected to handle staffing, inventory, merchandising and other daily operations, but City Hall will establish the pricing mandates, labor requirements and performance standards.

The left isn’t even pretending anymore. This is not red-scare hyperbole; they are openly socialist.

Place your bet: how long will it take for this to become yet another socialist disaster?

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US Central Command and Saudi Arabian Forces Conduct Strikes Against Iran-Backed Forces in Iraq in Response to ‘Surprise’ Attack on US Base

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Aerial view of three images showing boats navigating a waterway, with red circles highlighting their positions against an industrial background.

US Central Command on Tuesday evening announced joint US-Saudi strikes against Iran-backed forces in Iraq in response to a surprise attack on a US base.

Full statement from CENTCOM:

U.S. Central Command and the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces conducted precision strikes in Iraq, July 28, against Iran-aligned terrorists that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) directed to attack U.S. forces and Saudi energy infrastructure.

U.S. and Saudi fighter aircraft struck multiple terrorist logistics and weapons sites across eastern Iraq in a strong response to over 30 IRGC-directed aerial drone attacks in the last 72 hours.

The unwarranted attacks against U.S. forces were not successful.

From February through April 2026, there were more than 600 attempted attacks on U.S. citizens and facilities by Iran-aligned terrorist militias in Iraq.

The IRGC and its terrorist proxies must cease these attacks to avoid further U.S. military response.

Earlier Tuesday, Iran launched a missile strike on US forces in the Middle East on Tuesday in what US Central Command described as a “attempted surprise attack.”

All of the missiles were intercepted, CENTCOM says.

This comes after President Trump called off the nearly two-week-long bombing campaign against Iran to continue negotiations on Friday.

“At 5:45 p.m. ET today, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces launched multiple ballistic missiles from Iran in an attempted surprise attack on U.S. forces based in the Middle East. All Iranian missiles were successfully intercepted. U.S. forces remain vigilant and at a high state of readiness,” US Central Command announced in a statement.

18 US service members have been killed in action in the Middle East since the beginning of the war against Iran.

President Trump last Wednesday attended the dignified transfer of the four American patriots killed in action in the Middle East by Iranian drones.

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Far Left, Foreign Born Democrat Running for Senate in New Hampshire Appears to Support Gender Transition Surgery for Minors

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Screencap of YouTube video.

Karishma Manzur is a far left Democrat running for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire. Like many of the far left candidates running in this cycle, Manzur was not born in the United States. She was born in India and came here as a teenager.

On the issue, she is just like other leftists. She is anti-ICE, anti-Israel, anti-Trump, and claims she wants ‘big money’ out of politics.

She also apparently has no problem with gender transition surgery for minors.

The Washington Free Beacon reports:

‘Care for Their Mental Health’: Senate Hopeful in New Hampshire Backs Sex-Change Procedures for 12-Year-Olds, Has Dodged Deportation Orders

TrackAIPAC’s candidate for U.S. Senate from New Hampshire offered her full-throated support to the state’s transgender community—including backing medical gender treatments for children as young as 12 so that they can “transition” to the other sex, the Washington Free Beacon can report.

Karishma Manzur, a Ph.D. scientist who often touts her fondness for facts and evidence, made the comment last August during an appearance on the barely watched YouTube show #NHtok live, hosted by Arya Shams and Marissa Emanuele…

“The other day, I was talking to a father, and his child is, I think it was a 12-year-old or a 13-year-old child, and they are in the process of trying to figure out if they’re transitioning, etc.,” Manzur said. “And he said, you know, you cannot imagine, Karishma, how difficult it is just to raise a teenager.”

“The teenage years are just so difficult for a child and the parents and the family and the community,” Manzur went on. “Then, on top of it, there’s so much more complexity going on with a child who might be considering transitioning or exploring who they are, what their identity is. It is such a private moment. It is such a delicate moment.”

At no point during the conversation did Manzur ever suggest it might be inappropriate or unsafe to transition a 12-year-old. A majority of U.S. states have enacted laws and policies restricting gender-altering medical treatments for minors.

Two of her campaign events for July were explicitly anti-ICE.

This is from January.

The issue of trans surgeries for minors is another 90/10 issue. The public is against it but the left simply won’t let it go.

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Two Mexican Pastors Who Overstayed Their Religious Visas for Four Years Arrested by ICE at Texas Airport

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“ICE Conducts a Fugitive Operation Targeting Criminal Aliens Across Florida” by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Public Domain Mark

Two married Mexican pastors who entered the United States on religious visas that expired more than four years ago were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at McAllen airport last week as they tried to board a flight to a Billy Graham marriage conference in North Carolina.

Nepthali Zozaya Saucedo, 36, and his wife Cinthia Sarai Cardona Otero, 34, serve as assistant pastors at Comunidad Cristiana Emanuel Church in Edinburg, Texas.

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told Religion News Service that the couple entered the country legally on February 27, 2022. Their visas expired on July 7, 2022. They stayed anyway for four full years.

Overstaying a visa is generally a civil immigration violation rather than a federal criminal offense. It can nevertheless result in visa cancellation, removal proceedings, and multiyear restrictions on reentering the country.

The pastors were released through ICE’s Alternatives to Detention program. They must reportedly check in virtually with immigration authorities every month and appear in person at the ICE field office in Harlingen, Texas, within six months, according to the Washington Examiner.

Their immigration cases remain unresolved.

Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas publicly took credit for facilitating their release. The same congressman previously helped free a Nigerian Catholic nun, Sister Leticia Ugboaja (Sister Letty), who was arrested by ICE on June 28 while walking to Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in McAllen in her religious habit.

Cuellar complained that ICE is “going after religious people,” declaring, “I don’t think that’s a work of God. With all due respect, I think we got to have a little discretion here when people are in the process.”

Discretion for people who ignored the expiration date on their visas for four years? That is the Democrat playbook.

Supporters of the pastors, including some Assemblies of God figures, claimed the couple held valid R-1 religious worker visas. DHS rejected that narrative outright and stood by the overstay timeline.

This is not complicated. A visa is temporary permission. When it expires, you leave. Staying makes you deportable under federal law. Title and religious title do not create a permanent exemption from immigration statutes.

The airport arrests come as the Trump administration ramps up enforcement against foreign nationals who entered legally but refused to leave after their visas expired.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, ICE agents recently arrested an Ecuadorian national as she attempted to board a Southwest Airlines flight at Denver International Airport. DHS said her visa expired in January 2025.

The Gateway Pundit also reported that ICE arrested Southwest flight attendant Lorenzo “Enzo” Thompson while he was working at Nashville International Airport. DHS alleged that the Jamaican national remained in the United States after his authorized stay expired in October 2021.

The message from federal authorities is increasingly clear: Entering the country legally does not give foreign nationals permission to remain indefinitely.

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BREAKING: Acting DNI Bill Pulte Executes 5th Round of Deep State Terminations on His Way Out – Additional 30 Percent Staff Reduction!

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Professional headshot of a smiling man in a blue suit with a striped tie, set against a background of American flags.

Acting DNI Bill Pulte on Tuesday executed his 5th round of Deep State terminations on his way out.

The Senate on Monday evening cleared an important hurdle to confirm Jay Clayton as President Trump’s next Director of National Intelligence.

Meanwhile, Acting DNI Bill Pulte is still going full steam ahead with firings and announced an additional 30% staff reduction.

“Good News! In addition to the Historic DECLASSIFICATIONS (Transparency!) by the President, we are, this morning, Executing a 5th and Near Final Round of TERMINATIONS, an approximately 30% Staff Reduction from Weeks Ago,” Pulte said.

“The Intelligence Community must protect the American people, NOT the political whims of the bloated and corrupt elite class,” Pulte said on Tuesday.

On Sunday evening, Pulte announced his 4th round of Deep State firings.

“Since becoming Acting Director of National Intelligence, our team has been smartly, and carefully, reducing the size of ODNI, re-focusing ODNI on national security, the law, and the statute,” Pulte said.

“As of this evening, we just finished a 4th round of thoughtful, measured layoffs. Thank you!” Pulte said on X.

Last month Bill Pulte fired over 50 career Deep State intel officials.

CBS News previously reported that Pulte fired six political intelligence staffers and sent 45 others to their home agencies.

CNN reported that Pulte fired six political appointees chosen by Tulsi Gabbard.

Bill Pulte is also currently serving as the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

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JUST IN: Iran Launches Strikes at US Base in “Attempted Surprise Attack” After Trump Halted Strikes Against Iran

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Iranian missile launch with the national flag in the foreground, showcasing military capabilities and defense technology during a test or demonstration.

Iran launched a missile strike on US forces in the Middle East on Tuesday in what US Central Command described as a “attempted surprise attack.”

All of the missiles were intercepted, CENTCOM says.

This comes after President Trump called off the nearly two-week-long bombing campaign against Iran to continue negotiations on Friday.

“At 5:45 p.m. ET today, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces launched multiple ballistic missiles from Iran in an attempted surprise attack on U.S. forces based in the Middle East. All Iranian missiles were successfully intercepted. U.S. forces remain vigilant and at a high state of readiness,” US Central Command announced in a statement.

US forces on Thursday completed a 13th consecutive night of attacks against Iranian military capabilities in and around the Strait of Hormuz since the fighting resumed earlier this month.

Video from CENTCOM shows the most recent attacks from the nearly two-week-long airstrike campaign.

WATCH:

Trump said on Monday, “We are in very deep talks with Iran. If they don’t work out, we will go back to very strong military action.”

Trump further said the attempt at diplomacy will have “not much time.” He added, “Either it goes fast or not at all.”

MORE:

US Pauses Iran Strikes as Negotiations Resume but Trump Says He’s Ready to “Go Back to Very Strong Military Action” – Talks Will Proceed “Fast or Not at All.”

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NEW: Senate Confirms Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence

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Professional headshot of a smiling man in a suit with a blue tie, featuring the American flag in the background.

The US Senate on Tuesday evening in a 51-47 vote confirmed Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence to replace Tulsi Gabbard.

Clayton was the former SEC Chairman and former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY).

President Trump congratulated Jay Clayton.

“Congratulations to the Great Jay Clayton on his confirmation by the United States Senate, to be the next Director of National Intelligence. Jay is outstanding in every way, and will do a spectacular job as Director! President DONALD J. TRUMP” Trump said.

Earlier Tuesday, outgoing Acting DNI Bill Pulte executed his 5th round of Deep State terminations.

“Good News! In addition to the Historic DECLASSIFICATIONS (Transparency!) by the President, we are, this morning, Executing a 5th and Near Final Round of TERMINATIONS, an approximately 30% Staff Reduction from Weeks Ago,” Pulte said.

“The Intelligence Community must protect the American people, NOT the political whims of the bloated and corrupt elite class,” Pulte said on Tuesday.

Last month, President Trump said is will appoint James M. McDonald as the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York to replace Jay Clayton.

James McDonald is a former clerk to Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts.

Full statement from President Trump:

I am pleased to announce my intent to appoint James M. McDonald as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. A native of the Great State of Oklahoma, Jamie is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, and served as Director of Enforcement at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission during my First Term.

Jamie is currently a Senior Partner at the Highly Respected Law Firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, a former Law Clerk to Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and a distinguished Graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, and Harvard College.

I am confident that Jamie will deliver strong results for our Country as the next United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, as he has the respect of, and will work fantastically with, our Law Enforcement Patriots, the Legal Community, and the Judicial Bench. Good luck Jamie.

I have no doubt about your future greatness! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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DEVELOPING: FAA Issues Nationwide Ground Stop For All American Airlines Flights Due to IT Issue

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday evening issued a nationwide ground stop for all American Airlines flights due to an IT issue.

American Airlines issued an apology to customers as they worked to resolve the issue.

Details about the IT issue are unclear.

“A technology issue briefly impacted connectivity for some of our systems on Tuesday evening. Systems are coming back online now and flights are departing again,” American Airlines said.

“We put a temporary ground stop in place while our teams worked to resolve the issue. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience,” American Airlines said.

Various IT issues have plagued airlines over the last few years.

Last year, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop for United Airlines flights at several airports due to a ‘technology issue.’

“The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday it issued a ground stop for United Airlines (UAL.O), flights at several U.S. airports while the company itself said its teams were working to resolve a tech outage as soon as possible,” Reuters reported.

‘Due to a technology issue, we are holding United mainline flights at their departure airports. We expect additional flight delays this evening as we work through this issue. Safety is our top priority, and we’ll work with our customers to get them to their destinations,’ United Airlines said in a statement to The Daily Mail.

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