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On July 13, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1821, Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (died 1877) was born. In 1973, Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee. In 1979, Daniel Díaz, Argentinian footballer was born. In 1997, Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (born 1968) passed away. In 2000, Jan Karski, Polish-American activist and academic (born 1914) passed away. In 2003, French DGSE personnel abort an operation to rescue Íngrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia, causing a political scandal when details are leaked to the press. In 2012, Richard D. Zanuck, American film producer (born 1934) passed away. In 2020, Grant Imahara, American electrical engineer, roboticist, and television host (born 1970) passed away. In 2024, Thomas Matthew Crooks, American student, known for attempting to assassinate former US President Donald Trump (born 2003) passed away. In 2024, President of the United States Donald Trump is injured in an assassination attempt while speaking at an election campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

New Mexico Epstein Investigators CATCH Trump DOJ in the ACT!!

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New Mexico’s Attorney General is accusing the Justice Department of actively hindering his criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch. In a letter publicly released to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, AG Raúl Torrez says his office has sent five requests for federal cooperation over more than 130 days, warning the DOJ’s failure to act is causing “irreparable harm” to the investigation. Dina Doll breaks reports. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news. Get a FREE TRIAL of SnapStream by clicking here: https://go.snapstream.com/affiliate/meidastouch/meidasnews?utm_campaign=4490308-affiliate2025&utm_content=customerpartner Support the MeidasTouch Network: https://patreon.com/meidastouch Add the MeidasTouch Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-meidastouch-podcast/id1510240831 Buy MeidasTouch Merch: https://store.meidastouch.com Follow MeidasTouch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Facebook: https://facebook.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Instagram: https://instagram.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@meidastouch

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emptywheel

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· Jul 13, 2026

Trump Fired Pam Bondi the Day After DOJ Agreed to Share Epstein Files with New Mexico

In advance of Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing this week, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez has demanded DOJ provide files for his investigation of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes in New Mexico. The post Trump Fired Pam Bondi the Day After DOJ Agreed to Share Epstein Files with New Mexico appeared first on emptywheel.

Townhall

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· Jan 1, 2001

LIVE: Rubio Trashes Tim Walz's Illegal Pardon, Newsom Caught Like Deer in Headlights

LIVE: Rubio Trashes Tim Walz's Illegal Pardon, Newsom Caught Like Deer in Headlights

The Daily Beast

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· Jul 12, 2026

DOJ Accidentally Owns Itself With Epstein Files Blunder

Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty ImagesAn embarrassing social media blunder briefly made it appear as if the Justice Department was admitting to impeding the only active criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.The apparent self-own came after journalist and lawyer Aaron Parnas posted on X that “The Trump Administration is impeding the only active criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.” DOJ Rapid Response replied with two words: “We are.”Read more at The Daily Beast.

Drudge Report

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· Jul 9, 2026

Sheriff slams feds: Bunch of Bullies!

Sheriff slams feds: Bunch of Bullies! (First column, 7th story, link) Related stories:Mexico Threatens Legal Action Against ICE Over Shooting of Illegal Alien in Texas...The Critically Panned Vigilante Movie That Found an Audience via Musk... Drudge Report Feed needs your support! Become a Patron

Hot Air

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· Jul 10, 2026

NEW: Rubio and DHS Deported Child Molester Walz Tried to Keep In US

NEW: Rubio and DHS Deported Child Molester Walz Tried to Keep In US

Le Parisien

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· Jun 30, 2026

Affaire Epstein : retour sur un scandale tentaculaire

Affaire Epstein : retour sur un scandale tentaculaire

Breitbart News

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· Jul 2, 2026

Trans Suspect in Mass Shooting Plot FOILED by Law Enforcement

Las Vegas and Henderson Police, along with the FBI, coordinated to catch a transgender individual who was allegedly planning on shooting up a casino. #shorts

BILD

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BILD exklusiv - Sexuelle Belästigungen bei der Bundespolizei!

Bericht enthüllt Übergriffe und miese Arbeitsbedingungen.

Public Notice

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· Jun 26, 2026

Trump's lawless witch hunt of Tim Walz crashes and burns

It's a remarkable setback for the DOJ.

Knewz

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· Jul 7, 2026

Wisconsin teen faces felony charges after dispute over Frappes allegedly led to chaotic shooting at McDonald’s

Authorities are still actively searching for a Wisconsin teen who allegedly flung a gun at the face of McDonald’s employees and created a ruckus over a couple of frappes. 18-year-old Jahzir Collins is wanted and charged with four felony counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety as a party to a crime, one count of reckless...

KHMO – 1070 AM – Quincy

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· Jun 26, 2026

One of FBI Chicago’s Original Most Wanted Just Captured

One of FBI Chicago’s Original Most Wanted Just Captured

Twitchy

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· Jun 22, 2026

Lance Twiggs, Tyler Robinson’s Trans Partner, Now in TX and Seeking Witness Protection After Kirk Murder

Lance Twiggs, Tyler Robinson’s Trans Partner, Now in TX and Seeking Witness Protection After Kirk Murder

DNyuz

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· Jun 23, 2026

Ex U.S. ambassador says Mexico’s former president feared Sinaloa boss would expose corrupt officials

MEXICO CITY — A new memoir by an ex-U.S. ambassador in Mexico — who wrote that former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador feared that a drug kingpin arrested by the FBI would “spill the beans” on corrupt Mexican officials — has ignited a media firestorm in Mexico. In his book, Ken Salazar, the former U.S. envoy to []

Just the news

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· Jun 22, 2026

Judge blocks DOJ subpoenas for Tim Walz

Walz was a leading opponent of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surge in Minneapolis, Minn., earlier this year and has been at the epicenter of a public welfare fraud scandal.

KSAT San Antonio

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· Jul 9, 2026

Cases involving violent extremists targeting kids online rose 300% in San Antonio in 2 years, FBI says

A federal court case involving a San Antonio teen has exposed a growing and dangerous problem in South Texas and around the nation.

RedState

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· Jul 1, 2026

New: Walz's 'Cruel' SCOTUS Rant on Trans Athletes Explodes in His Face

New: Walz's 'Cruel' SCOTUS Rant on Trans Athletes Explodes in His Face

Inside Higher Ed

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· Jun 22, 2026

House Dems Expand Epstein Investigation to Bard, Harvard

House Dems Expand Epstein Investigation to Bard, Harvard sara.custer@in Mon, 06/22/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Sara Custer

Politizoom

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· Jul 10, 2026

Federal Judge And A Huge Smackdown To The Administration

Oh, my stars and garters! The federal judges are really getting “fed” up with all the antics and bullshizzle coming out of Trump and the administration. Of course, you already know about the DoJ getting flattened. Often. And Todd Blanche is part of the DoJ. He’s making bigger mistakes than Pam Blondi did. This is

Tampa Free Press

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· Jul 7, 2026

Feds Demand Virginia Hold Twice-Deported Suspect Linked To 1990s Crime Log

Federal immigration authorities are demanding that local officials in northern Virginia block the release of an undocumented immigrant facing charges of rape and kidnapping, pointing to a criminal record spanning nearly three decades. Juan Arevalo Mendez was arrested on June 30 in Prince William County, Virginia. Local police charged him with strong-arm rape and adult [] Feds Demand Virginia Hold Twice-Deported Suspect Linked To 1990s Crime Log

Libero Quotidiano

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· Jun 24, 2026

"Point break", la maestra di adrenalina Kathryn Bigelow qui è al suo meglio

POINT BREAK Sky Cinema Action, ore 21. Con Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey. Regia di Kathryn Bigelow. Produzione USA 1991. Durata : 2 ore LA TRAMA Un agente dell'FBI dà la caccia a una banda di rapinatori di banche della Florida che colpisce usando maschere dei presidenti USA. Riesce presto ad individuare i malviventi in un gruppo di maniaci surfisti. S'infiltra tra loro e li prende in trappola. Tranne il capo che l'agente raggiungerà dall'altra parte del mondo. PERCHÈ VEDERLO Perchè Kathryn Bigelow, maestra nel dispensare adrenalina cinematografica, è qui al suo meglio. Grandi sequenze d'azione. E un finale che lascia l'amaro in bocca.

TwistedSifter

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· Jun 28, 2026

Woman Says Persistent Neighbor Wouldn’t Leave Her Alone, So She Gathered Evidence That Led to His Arrest

This guy deserves to be behind bars! The post Woman Says Persistent Neighbor Wouldn’t Leave Her Alone, So She Gathered Evidence That Led to His Arrest appeared first on TwistedSifter.

BNO News

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· Jul 1, 2026

TMZ disputes Reuters report that notes in Nancy Guthrie case are fake

TMZ is disputing a Reuters report that the FBI has determined ransom notes sent after the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie were fake, according to the outlet. Nancy Guthrie, 84, the mother of “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie, disappeared from her home in the Tucson, Arizona, area in early February. Authorities have said she was taken against [] The post TMZ disputes Reuters report that notes in Nancy Guthrie case are fake appeared first on BNO News.

NotiCel

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· Jun 26, 2026

Los federales arrestan hombre que hizo amenazas de muerte contra la comunidad LBGTQ

La Oficina de Campo de San Juan del Buró Federal de Investigaciones (FBI) anunció hoy el arresto de Robinson De La Cruz Hilario (DE LA CRUZ), tras una investigación que reveló repetidas amenazas en línea de violencia masiva dirigidas a la comunidad LGBTQ, así como la recepción y posesión de material ilegal de explotación infantil. [] The post Los federales arrestan hombre que hizo amenazas de muerte contra la comunidad LBGTQ first appeared on NotiCel - La verdad como es - Noticias de Puerto Rico - NOTICEL.

SB Nation

· Jul 3, 2026

Your Marquette At 2026 NBA Summer League Schedule!

Are we going to get to see more than just Chase Ross in action in California and Las Vegas?

LA NACION

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· Jul 7, 2026

Deportaron a migrante mexicana que ideó un sistema para alertar sobre las redadas del ICE en Illinois

Conoce el caso de la migrante mexicana deportada tras crear alertas contra redadas del ICE en Illinois y la reacción de su comunidad.

Off The Press

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· Jul 9, 2026

‘Unreasonable under any rule’

New Mexico says US Justice Department hindering probe of former Epstein ranch...Click to read more

OpsLens

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· Jul 3, 2026

OUTRAGEOUS! Dem governor pardons rapist of 10-year-old to save him from deportation * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

Source link Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn. WorldNetDaily reported some weeks ago already that Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat in Minnesota, had developed a new plan to protect illegal alien criminals

KTLA 5

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· Jul 1, 2026

Suspected sex traffickers arrested in Figueroa Corridor crackdown

#BreakingNews: Federal authorities arrested 10 people Wednesday, including the manager of a South Los Angeles motel, in the latest crackdown on an alleged human trafficking operation along the Figueroa Corridor, officials announced. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/ktla?sub_confirmation=1

URL Media

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· Jul 6, 2026

The Black Suburban Dream is Now Leading to a New Wave of Gentrification

When Caleb Roberts moved from Milwaukee to Texas, he knew the story of Black people in Dallas being pushed out for generations. In Milwaukee, he helped to stop a 1 [] The post The Black Suburban Dream is Now Leading to a New Wave of Gentrification appeared first on URL Media.

Fox News

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· Jun 22, 2026

Tim Walz’s jab at Trump over Reflecting Pool draws fraud scandal backlash: 'Sit this one out'

Gov. Tim Walz's viral jab at Trump over the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool cleanup drew conservative blowback pointing to Minnesota's fraud scandal.

Die Welt

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· Jun 26, 2026

„Instrument, um Opfer zum Schweigen zu bringen“ – Die Deals der Epstein-Freunde

Das US-Repräsentantenhaus treibt die Ermittlungen im Fall Jeffrey Epstein voran. Nun rückt ein Instrument in den Fokus, das die Vertrauten des Sexualstraftäters ins Visier nimmt. Sie wähnten sich in Sicherheit. Doch das muss nicht so bleiben.

Zeit

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· Jul 13, 2026

Polizeischüsse in Oldenburg: Gericht lässt Anklage gegen Polizisten im Fall Lorenz A. zu

Am Ostersonntag 2025 erschoss ein Polizist Lorenz A. von hinten, als dieser floh. Nun hat ein Gericht die Anklage gegen den Beamten zugelassen, es kommt zum Prozess.

The Hill

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· Jun 22, 2026

Dershowitz to sit for questioning in House Epstein probe

Alan Dershowitz, a former defense attorney for late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will appear before the House Oversight Committee on July 20 for a transcribed interview, according to two sources familiar with the planning. Dershowitz helped secure a controversial plea deal for Epstein in 2008, in which the disgraced financier agreed to plead guilty to...

Daily Dot

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· Jun 29, 2026

‘That Manager Was Awful’: A Father Says True Religion Called Eight Officers on His Teen Daughter Over Jeans She Didn’t Steal

A Virginia family had a receipt, but six to eight cops still showed up at Potomac Mills. Sign up to receive the Daily Dot’s Internet Insider newsletter for urgent news from the frontline of online. The post ‘That Manager Was Awful’: A Father Says True Religion Called Eight Officers on His Teen Daughter Over Jeans She Didn’t Steal appeared first on The Daily Dot.

Süddeutsche Zeitung

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· Jul 8, 2026

Wirecard-Prozess: „Ich fühle mich weiterhin sehr energetisch“

Im Wirecard-Prozess wird es persönlich: Ex-Konzernboss Markus Braun und seine Mitangeklagten berichten darüber, was Haft und Prozess mit ihnen gemacht haben – und was sie in Zukunft vorhaben.

El Financiero

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· Jul 6, 2026

¿Quién fue Samir Flores, el activista por el que protestaron contra Cuauhtémoc Blanco?

El activista Samir Flores también operaba una radio comunitaria. Fue secuestrado y asesinado al salir de su casa en 2019.

Us Weekly

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· Jul 2, 2026

TMZ's Harvey Levin Addresses Report Calling Nancy Guthrie Ransom Notes Fake

TMZ founder Harvey Levin is weighing in after a report emerged that three ransom notes sent to the website and other media outlets in connection with Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance were deemed fake by the FBI. Reuters reported on Tuesday, June 29, that the FBI has dismissed three notes, including two received by TMZ, in the []

National Republican Congressional Committee

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· Jun 22, 2026

Suozzi’s Open-Borders Agenda Let Rapist Roam Free

A criminal illegal immigrant was just arrested in Huntington for forcing a 16-year-old girl into an alleyway and raping her. Horrific incidents like these continue happening across Long Island, and families have radical Democrats like Tom Suozzi and Kathy Hochul to thank. Suozzi has a history of “kick[ing] ICE out of” Long Island, voting against billions in funding for border security and [] The post Suozzi’s Open-Borders Agenda Let Rapist Roam Free appeared first on NRCC.

ArcaMax

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· Jun 29, 2026

'He's not a serial killer,' defense attorney tells new Murdaugh judge, who shows her stuff

COLUMBIA, S.C. — “This guy’s no serial killer. He’s not Ted Bundy,” an animated defense attorney Dick Harpootlian told Judge Debra McCaslin during an hourlong pretrial hearing Monday morning at the Lexington County courthouse for accused...

Prensa Latina

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· Jun 27, 2026

Arresta el FBI a hombre en Puerto Rico con plan de tiroteo masivo

San Juan, 26 jun (Prensa Latina) El Buró Federal de Investigaciones (FBI) arrestó hoy en Puerto Rico a Robinson de La Cruz Hilario, quien presuntamente planificaba un ataque masivo contra la comunidad Lgbtq. Según el FBI en San Juan, el Servicio de Alguaciles de Estados Unidos recibió una pista remitida a través de su línea de denuncias por un informante anónimo. The post Arresta el FBI a hombre en Puerto Rico con plan de tiroteo masivo first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.

The New American

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· Jun 26, 2026

Judge Orders DOJ to Release More Epstein Files, Including Some With Trump in Them

A federal judge just ordered the Justice Department to release a number of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents the department is still concealing. The judge’s order is part of a lawsuit independent journalist and former MSNBC analyst Katie Phang filed against Acting U.S. Attorney Todd Blanche. Phang is suing because, by holding on to millions of ... The post Judge Orders DOJ to Release More Epstein Files, Including Some With Trump in Them appeared first on The New American.

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