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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 23 1885 Former president Ulysses S. Grant dies On July 23, 1885, just after completing his memoirs, Civil War hero and former president Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer. The son of a tanner, Grant showed little enthusiasm for joining his father’s business, so the elder Grant enrolled his son at West Point in 1839. Though Grant later admitted in his memoirs […] read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1960s 1967 Detroit Riots of 1967 begin 1980s 1984 Miss America resigns over nude photos African History 1952 Military seizes power in Egypt Arts & Entertainment 1988 Guns N’ Roses make popular breakthrough with “Sweet Child O’ Mine” 2011 Amy Winehouse is found dead in her London apartment 1999 Woodstock ’99 begins 1982 Actor and two children killed on “Twilight Zone” set Crime 1923 John Dillinger joins the Navy in an attempt to avoid prosecution 1918 Nebraska serial killer poisons her first victim Sports 1996 U.S. women take home gymnastics gold U.S. Presidents 1973 President Nixon refuses to hand over tapes World War I 1914 Austria-Hungary issues ultimatum to Serbia

The expression "within the veil" is used in the following OT passages: Ex 26:33 And thou shalt put the veil on the posts, and thou shalt carry in thither *within the veil* the ark of the testimony; and the veil shall make a separation for you between the holy and the holy of holies. Le 16:2 And the Lord said to Moses, Speak to Aaron thy brother, and let him not come in at all times into the holy place *within the veil* before the propitiatory, which is upon the ark of the testimony, and he shall not die; for I will appear in a cloud on the propitiatory. Le 16:12 And he shall take his censer full of coals of fire off the altar, which is before the Lord; and he shall fill his hands with fine compound incense, and shall bring it *within the veil.* Le 16:15 ¶ and he shall kill the goat for the sin-offering that is for the people, before the Lord; and he shall bring in of its blood *within the veil,* and shall do with its blood as he did with the blood of the calf, and shall sprinkle its blood on the mercy-seat, in front of the mercy-seat. It is also used here: Heb 6:19 Which [hope] we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that *within the veil;* The following verse says: 20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, [even] Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Hebrews 6:19,20 plainly state that Jesus entered into the Most Holy Place when he ascended. That is where *within the veil* is located.

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⚡️Dems demand reckoning House Democrats are demanding a reckoning after the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spent over $500,000 backing a candidate in Arizona who is on track to lose her primary. Why it matters: Frustrated lawmakers aren't laying the blame directly at House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' feet. But dissatisfaction with the House Democratic campaign arm is growing after three failed attempts to intervene in Democratic primaries this cycle. 🚨 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), a top DCCC dues payer, said the party should be "rationing our resources to win general elections," calling for "a conversation about ... what the involvement in primaries looks like." "That's $100,000 that I put in," Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) said of her dues, arguing that the DCCC "shouldn't be spending this money" on primaries. 🚗 Driving the news: Former Arizona state Rep. Amish Shah led former TV journalist Marlene Galán-Woods in the Democratic primary in Arizona's 1st District by roughly seven percentage points as of this evening. With 87% of the votes reporting, Galán-Woods "still has a chance," but "I would much rather be Shah than her," one House Democrat who has followed the race closely told us. The DCCC ran a $514,000 joint ad buy with the Galán-Woods campaign after endorsing her as part of its "Red to Blue" program in June, according to AdImpact. 🌎 Zoom out: This latest hit for the DCCC comes after it fell short in California's 22nd District, where progressive activist Randy Villegas won in an upset over more moderate state Assembly member Jasmeet Bains in June. Later that month, DCCC-endorsed state Sen. Joe Baldacci lost to progressive rival Matt Dunlap in Maine's 2nd District. The DCCC ran roughly $250,000 in joint ad buys with Bains and Baldacci, according to AdImpact and other ad data we viewed. 📢 What they're saying: "Can you imagine if we'd put that $800,000 in the general election so we can win in November?" asked Ramirez, adding, "I would recommend that we just don't engage in primaries." "I personally don't think we should be investing against Democrats when we've got a big battleground," Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.), who represents swing-district House Democrats in leadership, told us. The other side: "We move on to the general. We're going to win that general election, and we're going to win the majority; that's an incredibly important district to do it," Rep. Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.), a co-chair of the DCCC's frontline program, told us. — Andrew Solender

House Republicans adopt $95 billion package for the Iran war and Trump’s priorities WASHINGTON (AP) — The House adopted a Republican-only $95 billion budget proposal Wednesday, a long-shot effort to fund the Iran war and other White House priorities over objections from Democrats and a few GOP holdouts in a final push before the midterm elections. https://apnews.com/article/gop-95-billion-iran-war-trump-johnson-f9dea5ef800bfeb0e343256e841af38f? 😎 No-shutdown optimism Senators on both sides of the aisle are quietly hopeful about avoiding a third government shutdown this year. Why it matters: Time is short, patience is wearing thin and neither party wants to head into the campaign's final sprint under the cloud of a funding lapse. "People understand that it would be helpful to have a [continuing resolution] that extends beyond the election," Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) told us. "So it doesn't get all bound up in partisan discussions around the elections." "I just think everybody's trying to give ourselves room to find a bipartisan agreement, and we are not there yet," Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said. Asked whether the vibes were positive, Schatz replied: "Not negative." 💪 Republicans were even more optimistic about a bipartisan CR. "Perhaps we can get ours passed, and then when the House comes back the last week of August, they can pass it there," Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) said. "I don't think there's going to be much controversy there, unless the Democrats change their minds." State of play: The House passed a short-term spending bill late last night. Senate Majority Leader John Thune will essentially ignore it. For now. 🔮 The same fate likely awaits the budget resolution Speaker Mike Johnson narrowly pushed through this afternoon on a 216-214 vote. 🤔 The intrigue: House Republicans are still steaming over Thune's decision to declare, in advance, that he won't take up reconciliation until the government is funded. "He's the leader of the Senate. I think it's a mistake to hold up such an important piece of legislation," House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) told us. But his new Senate counterpart, Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), appears far more comfortable with Thune's timeline and sequencing. "With [Senate Appropriations Chair] Susan [Collins] apparently showing progress toward a CR — even talking about a defense supplemental in that agreement — that would, to a certain extent, negate having to do one," Johnson said, referring to a separate reconciliation package. 👀 What to watch: There's no guarantee a major news event won't derail bipartisan funding talks, just as Medicaid cuts and the ICE shootings did earlier this year. President Trump's escalation of the conflict with Iran is already complicating defense spending negotiations, with Democrats largely opposed and Republicans split over the scope of additional funding. Any effort to attach supplemental defense money tied to Iran to the CR could make the vote significantly more difficult. The bottom line: Thune slyly suggested he was prepared to use a reconciliation package to fund the government along party lines — if needed. He may not have to act on that threat if the bipartisan Senate progress continues. — Hans Nichols, Stef W. Kight and Kate Santaliz

🚲 1 fun thing: E-bike record ride Photo: Portland Bureau of Transportation Portland, Oregon, set a Guinness World Record this past weekend for the largest-ever group e-bike ride, Axios Portland's Kale Williams reports. 1,060 cyclists set off from Salmon Street Springs Fountain for a 2-mile loop around downtown. That's more than double the previous record, held by Seattle. Photos & video ...

🇺🇸 President Trump today attended the dignified transfer of four U.S. service members recently killed in the Middle East, his third such ceremony amid the Iran war. He told reporters that his message to grieving families will be: "We love you, we love your child." Get the latest. 🇮🇱 The White House and the Israeli Prime Minister's Office are discussing a potential Oval Office meeting between Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu next week. More from Barak Ravid.

🚗 Used EV prices spike Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios Used electric vehicles are actually rising in value amid surging demand for more affordable cars, Axios' Joann Muller reports from new Recurrent data. Prices are up more than 5% since January, with the biggest gains at the sub-$20,000 end of the market. 📈 By the numbers: A typical used 2023 Chevrolet Bolt cost less than $18,000 back in January. Now it's going for over $21,000. A 2021 Volkswagen ID.4, which could be had for less than $19,000 in January, now costs over $21,000. A 2022 Tesla Model 3 that cost around $23,750 earlier this year now runs nearly $27,000. The bottom line: Even with these higher prices, used EVs could spur adoption and help car buyers find affordable options. Go deeper.

Measles smashes 2025 levels Data: Johns Hopkins; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals The number of reported U.S. measles cases this year has already surpassed last year's final total, Axios' Tina Reed writes from the latest Johns Hopkins University data. 2,295 cases have been reported so far in 2026, a 35-year record. 2,286 cases were reported across all of 2025. 💉 Measles is rebounding in areas with low vaccine coverage, threatening the country's elimination status. 95% of reported cases are among people who are unvaccinated, or whose vaccination status is unknown. While overall vaccination rates are still relatively high, public health officials say they must remain above 95% to maintain herd immunity. William Moss, a professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, tells The Washington Post: "The fact that we've reached this total this early in the year is really a reflection of those large outbreaks earlier in the year, particularly in South Carolina and Utah." "It's very frustrating. This is a reflection that we have been unable to stop measles virus transmission in this country." (Gift link.) 🤧 Measles symptoms often include a cough, high fever and conjunctivitis, plus a telltale rash. It can escalate into severe ear infections, pneumonia and encephalitis (inflammation of the brain that can lead to permanent brain damage and even death). On average, measles kills 1–3 of every 1,000 infected children. The rebound comes as a number of key public health positions — including CDC director and surgeon general — remain vacant, and after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. initially downplayed the virus' threat. He's since said that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is the most effective way to prevent measles spread, while noting that vaccination is a personal choice. Go deeper. ps:Just imagine we had Measles beaten and this administration just undid all the good that previous ones had done!!

France recorded 5,700 more deaths than usual during its historic June heat wave PARIS (AP) — France recorded at least 5,700 more deaths than usual during a historic heat wave last month, the public health agency said Wednesday, sharply increasing its estimates of the feared toll from record-shattering temperatures. https://apnews.com/article/france-heatwave-extra-deaths-health-agency-dff2ed624e0cdad02f836d30ae3e878f?

US military carries out strikes on Iran as both sides threaten civilian infrastructure DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military announced Wednesday that it was conducting a 12th night of strikes against Iran as both sides increasingly targeted civilian infrastructure. https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-hormuz-strait-war-july-22-2026-42ff3de8d135ad72ff3ba4d94cc0921d?

👋 Good morning! Happy Hump Day. In today's edition: What we'll remember about the World Cup, Triple Crown watch, million-dollar hardwood, why we love baseball, Lewandowski's debut, and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy. Let's sports...   🚨 ICYMI HEADLINES ⚽️ Record viewership: 39 million people watched the World Cup Final on Fox, making it the most-watched soccer telecast in American history. Nearly 24 million more watched on Peacock and Telemundo, bringing the total U.S. viewership to almost 63 million — more than every NFL game last season except the Super Bowl. 🏀 LeBron update: It's been more than three weeks since LeBron James told the Lakers that his 24th NBA season will take place elsewhere, but his decision may not be as imminent as some believed. "We're not going to be rushed," says agent Rich Paul. 📺 ESPN layoffs: Karl Ravech, one of ESPN's most recognizable anchors who's been with the network since 1993, was laid off on Tuesday as part of the company's latest cuts. NFL insider Tom Pelissero was also among the prominent names let go from NFL Network, acquired by ESPN earlier this year. 🏀 All-Summer League: Warriors forward Yaxel Lendeborg was named Summer League MVP and headlined the All-Summer League First Team. Joining him were Cameron Boozer (Grizzlies), Caleb Wilson (Bulls), Brayden Burries (Bucks) and Meleek Thomas (Cavaliers). ⚾️ 474 feet: Fernando Tatis Jr., blasted a 474-foot moonshot in the Padres' 8-3 win over the Braves, the longest home run hit by any player this season. Tatis is heating up, hitting three HR in his last four games after hitting just five in his first 96 games.   ⚽️ UNTIL NEXT TIME THE LASTING LEGACY OF THE 2026 WORLD CUP (Hayden Hodge/Yahoo Sports) The 2026 World Cup is gone, but those five magical weeks across the U.S., Canada and Mexico won't soon be forgotten. Here are some of the moments, players and elements of the tournament we'll be discussing for years, even decades, to come, courtesy of Yahoo Sports' Jay Busbee. 🇦🇷 Messi That's really all we need to say, one name. If this World Cup was Lionel Messi's final run on the worldwide stage, what a run it was. There are players who rise to meet the moment, and then there are players who define the moment. Messi stands above them all. 🌎 Expansion worked You can say that FIFA's naked desire for planeloads of extra revenue is the reason behind the World Cup's expansion, and you'd be right. But that doesn't mean it didn't work, as so many of those added slots went to beloved Cinderellas like Cape Verde and DR Congo, who provided some of the best stories of the tournament. 💵 Pricey tickets Here's the problem with sticker shock: If someone else is willing to pay it, that means they weren't quite so shocked. You have to concede: FIFA correctly read the state of the World Cup ticket market. And if you want to attend a future World Cup match, you should've started saving 10 years ago. High ticket prices are here to stay. (Maja Hitij /FIFA via Getty Images) 🟥 The red card that wasn't For the good of the World Cup as a whole, it's probably best that the USMNT lost to Belgium immediately after FIFA "suspended" Folarin Balogun's red card. Yes, the original penalty was unnecessarily harsh, but the idea of a bureaucratic autocracy arbitrarily fudging its own rules set an ugly precedent the USMNT might regret in World Cups to come. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England's collapse This one will linger for years in the minds of the Three Lions faithful, who watched their beloved side come five regulation minutes from a spot in the World Cup Final before Argentina's magic flipped the script. Add this one to the ever-growing list of England agonies that we'll roll out and recount every World Cup from here on out. 🇫🇷 France's surrender The other semifinal will stick with us, too, mainly due to the fact that the overwhelming tournament favorite suddenly forgot how to score. Les Bleus stormed all the way to the semis with a combination of brilliance and brutality, looking like a champion-in-waiting until, suddenly, they weren't. The sting of their dramatic reversal of fortune won't soon dissipate. (Steph Chambers/FIFA via Getty Images) 🇺🇸 American journeys If we learned nothing else from this World Cup, let's please learn this: we've got one hell of a great country here, even if we need to hear it from visiting international tourists. The visitors to America discovered so much more to love about this nation; and, if you were paying attention, America discovered so much to love about the rest of the world. 🇳🇴 Erling Haaland The Norwegian giant wasn't exactly an unknown when this World Cup began, but he quickly vaulted himself into the Messi-Mbappé conversation with his uncanny ability to score pretty much at will. He'll be around World Cups for a while, but this was the one where he began what could be a legendary journey. 🇪🇸 Spain's dominance A World Cup defined by high-scoring stars was won instead by its most complete team. In the end, La Roja's death by a thousand passes survived La Albiceleste's Messi-led disappearing act. What a way to end a fantastic World Cup… and start the countdown to 2030.   ⚾️ AIR YORDAN TRIPLE CROWN WATCH (Maria Lysaker/Getty Images) Just one MLB hitter has won the Triple Crown since 1967. Can Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez become the second? Where it stands: Alvarez — who's had 15 hits and 4 HR during his current eight-game hitting streak — leads the American League in all three categories roughly two-thirds of the way through the season. He seeks to join Miguel Cabrera (2012) as the only other player to win the Triple Crown since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967. AVG: .326 (second place: Rays DH Yandy Díaz, .312) HR: 33 (Rays 3B Junior Caminero, 29) RBI: 75 (Yankees 1B Ben Rice, 68) Zoom out: Despite never having finished a season as the league leader in any of those stats, Alvarez is about as likely a candidate you'll find to join this exclusive club. The 2019 Rookie of the Year has never hit fewer than 30 HR in a full season, and he's one of just three active players with a career batting average of .300 or better. The lefty suffered a frustrating setback last season when a broken hand limited him to just 48 games, but the AL MVP frontrunner has played all but two games this year and has never looked better, barreling the ball more often than any other player in the league. Even more exclusive club? Just 13 players in the modern era (since 1901) have won the AL or NL Triple Crown, but only five of them* have led the entire majors in all three categories. Well, Alvarez is currently tied for the MLB lead in HR, one back in the RBI column and just six points off the lead in batting average. *MLB-wide Triple Crown winners: Ty Cobb (1909), Rogers Hornsby (1925), Lou Gehrig (1934), Ted Williams (1942), Mickey Mantle (1956)   💰 CENTER COURT PRICEY HARDWOOD MJ stands at center court during a game in 1998. (Andrew D. Bernstein/ NBAE/ Getty Images) Sotheby's sold four pieces of sports memorabilia on Monday for over $1 million each, bringing total sales for its Summer Sports Week to $26 million as collectors continue flocking to blue-chip assets representing pivotal moments from superstar careers. The most unique piece? A section of Bulls hardwood — signed by Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen — that sat at center court during Chicago's three-peat from 1996 to 1998. The price tag? A cool $1,792,000. Finally, my basement is complete. Want to learn about the rest of Sotheby's seven-figure sales? We'll dive deeper in today's edition of Yahoo Sports Biz, which hits inboxes in a few hours.   📚 GO DEEPER GOOD READS (Taylor Wilhelm/Yahoo Sports) ⚽️ Kari Anderson: Way-too-early 2027 Women's World Cup preview Sad that the 2026 World Cup is over? Disappointed that the USMNT didn't make it further? No sweat — we're less than one year out from the real American contenders taking the field. Here's a little taste of what's to come when the 2027 Women's World Cup kicks off in Brazil next June. (Bruno Rouby/Yahoo Sports) ⚾️ Russell Dorsey: Top 25 MLB trade candidates MLB's trade deadline is less than two weeks away (Aug. 3), and with a majority of teams still sniffing at least a wild card spot, there could be plenty of action as clubs prepare for the stretch run. So let's rank the top 25 players who could be moved, starting with the two-time reigning AL Cy Young. (Josh Heim/Yahoo Sports) 🏀 Cassandra Negley: WNBA All-Star weekend could be overshadowed by laundry list of contentious issues This weekend's All-Star festivities should be a joyous celebration of the WNBA's 30th season. Instead, mere months after those contentious but ultimately fruitful CBA negotiations, the league is buckling under the weight of so many issues it's difficult to keep track.   ⚾️ READ AND REACT BASEBALL'S UNIQUE APPEAL How can you not be romantic about baseball? (Luke Hales/Getty Images) Yesterday's newsletter included a section about Twins All-Star Joe Ryan allowing an MLB record-tying six home runs, which inspired a response from a reader that was too good not to share. Jeff T. (Greenfield, MA) writes: What happened with Joe Ryan last night is a perfect illustration of why baseball appeals so much to someone like me. It is by far the least-predictable sport. SGA would never have a game where he plays 32 minutes and scores two points and turns it over 15 times. Impossible. Josh Allen will never, ever, go 4-37 passing with 9 picks. Again, impossible. But Joe Ryan on Monday happened. Cooperstown-bound sluggers can go 0-4 with 4 Ks and look, for one game anyway, like they don't even belong in the majors. Sometimes you can even pull a stunt like Bob Brenly, who once, when he was with the Giants, committed four errors IN ONE INNING, accounting for four runs against his team, but somehow balanced the ledger by going 3-5 with four runs batted in and two homers, including a walk-off shot in the 9th. "This man deserves Comeback Player of the Year for this game alone." — Giants Manager Roger Craig Read and react: If something we write inspires you, jogs a memory or otherwise elicits a reaction, don't hesitate to hit reply. We might just share your response in a future edition.   📺 VIEWING GUIDE WATCHLIST: WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images) ⚽️ MLS After a brief return last week before the World Cup Final, MLS is back for good tonight as all 30 teams take the field to kick off the second half of the season in earnest. Debut to watch: Polish legend Robert Lewandowski makes his highly anticipated MLS debut tonight (7:30pm ET, Apple) for the Chicago Fire, visiting an Inter Miami side that will be without Lionel Messi as he takes a well-deserved post-World Cup break. Lewandowski, 37, scored 567 goals across the last 16 seasons for Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Barcelona. More to watch: ⚾️ MLB: Tigers at Cubs (8pm, ESPN) … Third-year hurler Keider Montero (3.22 ERA, 0.98 WHIP) has been one of Detroit's most valuable players, moving from starter to long reliever and now back to starter again. 🏀 WNBA: Sun at Fever (8pm, USA); Wings at Fire (10pm, USA) … Final day of games before the All-Star break. 🚴 Tour de France: Stage 17 (7:20am, Peacock) … Belgium's Remco Evenepoel won his second straight stage on Tuesday, picking up 28 seconds on Tadej Pogačar, whose lead is now 4'32" with five stages left. Got plans tonight? Gametime is the best place to score last-minute tickets to the events in your city.   ⚾ EXCLUSIVE CLUB MLB TRIVIA Arenado stands on second base after his 2,000th hit. (Norm Hall/Getty Images) Nolan Arenado, the newest member of the 2,000-hit club, is just the sixth player in MLB history with at least 2,000 hits, 350 home runs and 10 Gold Gloves. Question: Can you name the other five? Hint: Mariners CF, Giants CF, Phillies 3B, Reds C, Tigers RF Answer at the bottom.   🏈 DRAFT ORDER YAHOO FANTASY x CAMEO With the NFL season less than 50 days away, it's time to start thinking about fantasy drafts. The good news for you? Yahoo Sports and Cameo are teaming up to make it easy for fans to get a celebrity to announce their fantasy football league's draft order. How it works: Beginning this season, fans can book personalized videos from Cameo directly within the Yahoo Fantasy experience, where a Cameo button is featured on the home screen and draft tab of the Yahoo Fantasy app, and in the game home on the Yahoo Fantasy website. When you tap on the button, you'll be able to book a celebrity on Cameo to announce or pick your league's draft order. Once the personalized video is ready, it will be available for every league member to watch on the Yahoo Fantasy app and website.   Trivia answer: Ken Griffey Jr., Willie Mays, Mike Schmidt, Johnny Bench, Al Kaline

Gaza’s Catastrophic Loss Across an area only about half the size of Manhattan, the Gaza Strip features hundreds of archaeological and heritage sites, ranging in date from prehistoric times to the British Mandate. Indeed, as one of the few harbors along the southern Levantine coast, Gaza was a center of commerce and exchange for thousands of years, remembered in the Bible and ancient sources as one of the leading Philistine cities and then, during the Roman period, as a critical commercial hub that connected the Roman East with the wider Mediterranean world. https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/cultural-heritage/gazas-catastrophic-loss/?

I agree and it seems like his administration not only wants to control crypto but also elections, etc.!! The reason I say this is because a billionaire heads every department in the U.S., what better way to buy up everything in the country??

Union objects to Trump administration move to privatize security at Tampa International Airport Officials with the union representing transportation security officers at more than 400 U.S. airports are criticizing the decision by the Trump administration and officials with Tampa International Airport to privatize security operations there next year. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/07/21/union-objects-to-trump-administration-move-to-privatize-security-at-tampa-international-airport/? ps:What's he afraid of? That those that voted for him won't protect him at his pathetic airport?????

Trump Shares Eyebrow-Raising Edit of Cringe World Cup Moment The presidential director’s cut leaves out a key moment. President Donald Trump has shared footage of his hijacking of Spain’s World Cup victory celebrations—with a very strategic edit. Trump, 80, spent last Sunday getting booed by fans at the World Cup final in New Jersey. His walk of shame across the MetLife Stadium saw the ambient crowd noise rise from 78 to 84 decibels once the booing kicked in, roughly the sound of a passing diesel truck. He then attempted to photobomb Spain as they assembled on the winner’s podium. After presenting a trophy to Spanish captain Rodri, Trump stayed on the stage as the team celebrated their victory, and loitered next to the players. At one point, his friend, FIFA boss Gianni Infantino, ran across the stage to move Trump out of the way as cameras attempted to capture the traditional money shot of the winning team celebrating. During a Tuesday self-soothing Truth Social posting spree, Trump shared a video clip of himself from Sunday walking to the winners’ podium, handing a trophy to Rodri and shaking hands with players. However, Trump’s 24-second Truth Social video of the celebrations crucially concludes before Infantino’s intervention. It also removes the awkward footage of the president still standing on the side of the stage as confetti cannons exploded, and instead ends just before the cameras zoomed in on the winning team, instead of him. Trump’s face-saving edit of his presidential stage invasion comes days after Spain’s official national team account shared photos and videos of the trophy lift—including a tight crop with the U.S. president not visible.The official FIFA account also posted a picture of Spain’s trophy lift that cropped the president out.The idea of removing Trump from the victory footage was floated in real time on Sunday when an Australian soccer commentator was heard on a hot mic saying, “They can edit him out of that,” as images of Trump still lingering next to the team aired globally. Trump putting himself and Infantino in his Truth Social feed comes on the same day as the U.S. president is pitching the FIFA president for a plum new job. Sources tell the New York Post Trump wants Infantino, 56, to be elected as the next secretary-general of the United Nations. Trump believes that Infantino “is respected by everyone around the world, and recognizes he has a special ability to bring people together,” a source close to the president told the Post. The U.N. General Assembly will elect a new secretary-general this year when António Guterres, who has served as U.N chief since 2017, steps down. Infantino created a “FIFA Peace Prize” that he presented to the president to placate him after he failed to secure the Nobel Peace Prize he had pined for. At the time, White House spokesman Davis Ingle said: “There is no one else in the world more deserving of FIFA’s first-ever Peace Prize than President Trump. Anyone who thinks otherwise clearly suffers from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.” The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-shares-eyebrow-raising-edit-of-cringe-world-cup-moment/? ps:What a hypocrite!!!!!

How This Fallen Teenage Soldier Puts Hegseth to Shame This is a real portrait of courage the Secretary of “War” can’t compare to. On July 17, two days shy of a year after she left her Texas home to begin basic training, Army Pvt. Isabella Gonzales was killed by an Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack in Jordan. “Such a young age,” former classmate Zuleyka Acosta told CBS News Texas. “I think people need to recognize that she’s still just a teenager.” The teenager from Carrollton was a year younger than Barron Trump, whose entire extended family had never spent a single day in uniform. Gonzales’ friends say she enlisted 49 days after graduating from Hebron High School with the hope of making people proud of her, and she had already accomplished that when she was killed on July 17. That was exactly 115 days after Trump’s March 24 declaration that, ”We’ve won this war.“ Also killed in the attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base was 25-year-old 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan of Hawaii and Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York, who had initially been listed as missing in action.Gonzales could not have imagined that her sacrifice, or that of her comrades, would be repeatedly cited during the U.S. Senate hearing on the Trump administration’s request for an additional $67 billion to fund a conflict of Donald Trump’s choosing that is said to have already cost $37.5 billion. Gen. Dan “Razin’” Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, honored the fallen three, along with 30-year-old Sgt. Michael Swinton, who was killed on July 19 during the controlled explosion of a downed Iranian drone in Iraq.“I ask all of us here in the Senate and across the American people to never forget our fallen and their families who continue to show us what courage, tenacity, grit, and commitment to the nation looks like,” Caine said.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was the focus of intense questioning by Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia. “On day 14 of this conflict, Mr. Secretary, day 14, nearly five months ago, you stated that Iran’s military had been, ‘destroyed,’ and “made combat-ineffective,’” Ossoff said. “Was that an accurate statement? “ “They didn’t have a navy any longer,” Hegseth replied. “It was completely sunk. Their missiles were buried underneath a lot of their underground facilities, and their defense industrial base has been almost completely destroyed.” Ossoff kept pressing. “Mr. Secretary, early in the conflict, day three, you said one of those core objectives was to ‘destroy the missile threat,’” Ossoff noted. “And, as you restated it on day five, to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s missiles and drones. Those were clearly and repeatedly stated core objectives of the campaign, which, four months ago, you declared had been completed victoriously with every single objective achieved. Were those objectives achieved four months ago?” Hegseth said, “No one ever stated that every single missile was gone. Ultimately, ‘combat-ineffective’ means they’re not able to dig them out of their UGFs [underground facilities]. …It doesn’t mean they don’t have underground facilities where they put missiles in them and hold onto them because they’re the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism. So we never expected they would stop having capabilities to shoot.” Hegeseth seemed to imagine he was making sense. “The question is, at scale, against an opponent like the United States of America, which, when toe to toe with them, Iran couldn’t,” he continued. Ossoff was not done. He reminded Hegseth that on day nine of the war he had “assured the American people that Iran would surrender. “Does that remain your prediction”? Ossoff asked. Hegseth resorted to what Trump always says when pressed about the war he started with the illusion that knocking out the regime in Iran would be as easy an “excursion” as deposing the Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. “Ultimately, Iran will never have a nuclear weapon to threaten the United States of America,” Hegseth said. “That has been the objective, and it remains so.” Ossoff kept at him. “So just to review, you will not answer whether your statement made on the 14th day of the war that Iran’s military had been ‘destroyed’ and ‘made combat-ineffective,’ was a truthful statement to the American people, as you sit here and ask for tens of billions more.” At one point, when his warfighter testosterone seemed to fail him in the face of persistent fact, Hegseth called out, “They can lob missiles!” as if that were really nothing in the face of American lethality. But what Iran was still able to lob killed Gonzales and the three other Americans whose flag-covered caskets will be carried from plane to tarmac at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Tuesday. That will bring the total of slain American service members in Trump’s war to 18. “The most important thing that I do is make sure that the president and the other leaders understand the risks and carefully consider the Dover test,” Caine said near the conclusion of the hearing. “And that is: are we willing to go to Dover, as we will tomorrow, to bring back the fallen?” A year and five days after she left Texas to begin basic training, Gonzales will come home, never to see 20. She is no less a hero because her country failed the Dover test with a war of choice. https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-this-fallen-teenage-soldier-puts-hegseth-to-shame/? ps:The most pathetic administration ever!!!!!

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NJ voter rolls About 6,600 non-citizens were accidentally added to New Jersey’s voter rolls and about 400 cast improper ballots in recent elections, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced Tuesday. Sherrill said this stemmed from a “serious” software glitch at the state Motor Vehicle Commission that began in 2023, before she took office. She added that even though these people indicated that they weren’t citizens while applying for a driver’s license, they were registered as voters “through no fault of their own.” Read more.

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Trump administration says it’s deferring $1B in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the new actions — which come after previously announced Medicaid funding deferrals in those states — are part of the administration's strategy to “stop the fraud before it happens.” Read more. Why this matters: It’s the latest in a series of punitive steps the Trump administration has linked to allegations of fraud in mostly Democratic-led states. The tactic is part of the administration’s sweeping campaign to show it’s cracking down and saving taxpayers money when rising healthcare costs and other economic stressors have made affordability a top voter concern in November’s midterm elections. But the federal government hasn't provided “data or explanation on how the deferral amount was calculated or what it was based on” to Minnesota, said John Connolly, the temporary commissioner and state Medicaid director for Minnesota’s Department of Human Services. California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom accused the administration of targeting it for political reasons. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Andy Biggs wins Republican nomination to challenge Democrat Katie Hobbs for Arizona governor Have progressives peaked? The next few weeks will be crucial in Democrats’ tug-of-war House passes temporary government funding bill months early to avoid election season shutdown 6,600 noncitizens registered to vote after error in New Jersey motor vehicle system, governor says Appeals court upholds White House adviser Peter Navarro’s contempt of Congress convictions The Gates Foundation met with Epstein about 30 times despite staff concerns, an external review says Appeals court rejects Biden’s bid to block release of recordings of ghostwriter interviews