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Election Day in Colombia the first round of the Presidential Election...Wikipedia
(News Analysis)
In Newark, New Jersey a curfew for a half-mile radius around a controversial ICE detention facility.
New Jersey State Police have clashed with demonstrators after they replaced federal agents outside Delaney Hall.
The state police deploying after New Jersey's Democrat Governor Mikie Sherrill and other leading New Jersey Democrats appeared at the protest site seeking to calm tensions.
ICE agents were in conflict with small groups of militant protesters.
There was extensive coverage of those clashes on conservative media outlets like Fox News.
The origin of the violent protests not clear at this point but the demonstration is linked to a hunger strike protest inside the federal immigration detention facility...ABC 7 New York (Video Embed)
US POLITICS A STORY LEAKED OUT ABOUT THE DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE FOR US SENATE IN MAINE GRAHAM PLATNER.
THE STORY BEING SPREAD IS THAT PLATNER'S WIFE SPOKE AMY GERTNER OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MESSAGES BEING ON HIS PHONE EARLY IN THEIR MARRIAGE.
SHE FIRST PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION AS PART OF AN INTERNAL PROCESS INSIDE PLATNER'S CAMPAIGN TO FIND OUT POTENTIAL ISSUES THAT COULD HARM HIS CANDIDACY...THE HILL USA
A Ukrainian drone hitting a turbine hall inside a Russian nuclear power plant.
No equipment damage reported at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant but a hole was created in the wall of the turbine hall...Tass Russia
THE NUCLEAR-POWERED US AIRCRAFT CARRIER "GERALD R. FORD" IS BEING TAPPED TO PROVIDE POWER TO THE US NAVAL STATION IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
AN INITIAL TEST IS PLANNED FOR LATER THIS YEAR WITH THE GOAL BEING TO AT LEAST PARTIALLY POWER THE BASE.
USE OF THE WARSHIP'S NUCLEAR REACTOR TO HELP POWER THE MILITARY BASE DESCRIBED AS:
"executing a multipronged strategy to ensure the delivery of firm, baseload power to our installations for energy resilience and mission assurance"...
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's characterization of China's defense posture. Hegseth speaking at the "Shangri-La" security summit in Singapore.
His speech this year toned down when speaking about China and Taiwan in the aftermath of US President Donald Trump's recent trip to China.
Last year at the same conference Hegseth said China "seeks to be a hegemonic power in Asia"...NPR USA
IRAN ATTACKED A US MILITARY BASE IN KUWAIT WITH FIVE WOUNDED.
THE MISSILE ATTACK RETALIATION FOR RECENT US ATTACKS ON IRANIAN MISSILE SITES AROUND THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
A US MQ-9 DRONE DESTROYED ANOTHER DAMAGED IN THE ATTACK...Daily Mail UK-MSN
A media outlet owned by Pro-Israel US billionaire political donor Miriam Adelson reporting oil and liquefied natural gas tankers being allowed by the US to continue journeys to India, China and other places after traversing the Strait of Hormuz.
"Israel Hayom (Israel Today)" reporting the tankers journeys through Iranian controlled waters in some cases were accompanied by payments to Iran then the vessels received a military escort from the US Navy.
Many of the vessels linked to Qatar in the news report citing three sources...Times of Israel...
THE MESSAGE FROM IRAN THIS WEEKEND IS THAT IT'S MILITARY IS IN CONTROL OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
A STATEMENT SAYING THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS (IRGC) NAVY CONTROLS ALL TRAFFIC 'WITH FULL AUTHORITY'...PRESS TV IRAN
The messaging from the White House on an Iran War deal this weekend is that President Trump seeks amendments.
It is said that it will take time for Iran to respond to Mr. Trump's proposed changes...Barak Ravid Axios "X"...
Trump telling his daughter-in-law Lara Trump on her Fox News show that "We're getting what we want very slowly" in regards to Iran describing the Iranians as 'tough negotiators'...Israel National News (Video Embed)
US President Donald Trump weighed in at 238 pounds 14 pounds heavier than 13 months ago. His Body Mass Index is 29.7 placing him in the "overweight" range.
That's part of the information contained in the medical report released late Friday night following the President's recent medical checkup.
While proclaiming Mr. Trump to be in 'excellent health' physician Sean Barbabella is recommending more exercise and weight loss...AOL.com
Political controversy in Washington over the July 4th concert planned for The Mall. Some acts pulling out with President Trump hinting at an event where he will headline with a speech...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IN GAZA MORE ISRAELI ATTACKS TWO KILLED OTHERS WOUNDED.
THESE DEADLY ATTACKS THE LATEST SINCE A US-BACKED CEASEFIRE WAS PROCLAIMED LAST OCTOBER.
MORE ATTACKS BY ISRAELI NATIONALIST SETTLERS ON PALESTINIANS REPORTED THIS WEEKEND IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA (THE WEST BANK)...NEWS AGENCIES-AL JAZEERA QATAR
Israel increasing security measures including closing of schools on its northern border. This as Israel increasing its military activity against Hezbollah in Lebnon.
Hezbollah retaliating with attacks on Israeli forces inside Lebanon and in northern Israel...Times of Israel
A METEOR EXPLODED OFF THE COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH A LOUD BOOM HEARD OVER THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.
THE BLAST EQUALING 300 TONS OF TNT AT AN ALTITUDE OF 40 MILES. A FIREBALL WAS ALSO SEEN IN THE SKY AROUND THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION...CBS NEWS USA
The US Ambassador to Turkey and Special Representative for Syria Tom Barrack officially leaving his Syria role.
But US Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying Mr. Barrack will continue to play a leading role on policy in both Syria and Iraq which is now split between Pro-US and Pro-Iran factions.\
Ambassador Barrack, a billionaire real estate investor and confidant of President Trump, was also socially connected to Jeffrey Epstein.
The Sunday News Summary starts to post at Midnight Eastern US Time. Newsdump Alerts later in this post.
SUPPORTING FREE REPUBLIC IS BETTER THAN AGRUING OVER POSTS ON FREE REPUBLIC
THE DEPTH OF THE LEFT SHOULD NOT BE UNDERESTIMATED
I have come to believe in the depth of the Left and its ability to exploit any situation like 9/11 for example to take away freedom using government agencies to spy on Americans.
Donald J. Trump supports that stuff and Thomas Massie doesn't by the way.
In 2016 the FBI informants more than 15 of them were at the Oregon Standoff protest to stir things up try to turn Ammon Bundy's peaceful protest into 'domestic terrorism'.
Thank God an Oregon jury of Left and Right teamed up for the "Not Guilty" verdicts on the 'leaders' of that protest.
January 6th what about J6 another fed operation worth revealing but considering how the Epstein Files got so redacted you think the FBI will ever admit the full extent of their involvement there?
Leftists get the same treatment by the way the feds spied on MLK, the KKK and the list goes on still the same today the spectacle in northern New Jersey right now has fed undercovers in it IMHO.
But deep inside education, the courts, health care etc. indoctrinated left-wing zealots exist.
So, with all that in mind let's keep the "Conservative Discussion" continuing on Free Republic.
I signed up to talk Constitution and Conservatism in the 1970's listening to those radio preachers and commentators on Red Lion radio here in Pennsylvania.
In more recent times I heard the "Less Government" message so well presented by Thomas Massie and Rand Paul and despised ultimately by Leftists who seem to have influenced the minds of people in high places.
Now to the music and back in the 1970's I used to react viscerally to popular music heck even The Carpenters could upset me.
I've grown up a lot since then coming out of the childish shell I erected around myself.
The "Best Man" at my wedding loved the music of The Carpenters so here goes a classic featuring the vocals of Karen Carpenter...
"TOP OF THE WORLD"-CARPENTERS
"DON'T SLEEP IN THE SUBWAY"-PETULA CLARK (DUTCH TV 1967)
"LOVE, PEACE, JOY"-2ND CHAPTER OF ACTS
I VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP EVERY TIME THEN SAW HIM TURN MUSHY ON THOSE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES...
On Friday I offered a social media post to Congresswoman Nancy Mace who's had some rough experiences in her life and her share of sexual abuse mistreatment including pornographic images of her on an ex-fiance's phone, sexual assault etc.
She's seeking to become Governor of South Carolina but after her support for release of the Epstein Files President Trump turning against Nancy Mace endorsing another candidate for Governor of South Carolina in the upcoming primary...
THIS WEEK NORWAY BECAME THE NINTH NATION JOINING A FRENCH-LED NUCLEAR DETERRNCE PLAN.
OTHER NATIONS INVOLVED ARE BELGIUM. DENMARK, GERMANY, GREECE, THE NETHERLANDS, POLAND, SWEDEN AND THE UK WHICH ALREADY POSSESSES NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
NATIONS INVOLVED IN THE SCHEME WILL HOST FRENCH NUCLEAR FORCES NAMELY THE FRENCH WARPLANES THAT CARRY NUCLEAR TIPPED MISSILES.
IN ANNOUNCING NORWAY'S PARTICIPATION, PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON SPEAKING OF THE PLAN ALLOWING FRANCE AND NORWAY TO:
"mount a swift and coordinated response when it is really needed"
THE AGREEMENT ALSO PROVIDING FOR COOPERATION ON HYBIRD WARFARE, MARITIME SECURITY, SPACE COOPERATION, CYBERWARFARE AND SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE.
IN THE END THE AGREEMENT SIGNIFIES THE CLOSING OF RANKS BY EUROPEAN NATIONS TO LEAD THE CONFLICT WITH RUSSIA CENTERED ON THE UKRAINE WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES IN THE BACKGROUND.
ONE CAN ARGUE THAT THE APPLYING OF PRESSURE ON RUSSIA THROUGH THE UKRAINE WAR IS DESIGNED TO SQUEEZE RUSSIA INTO ESCALATING ITS RETALIATION.
THE NOTION UNDERLYING THE US-EUROPEAN STRATEGY IN UKRAINE WOULD BE TO PROD RUSSIA TO POSSIBLY RESORT TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS...
Many of Emmanuel Macron's "Centrist" supporters in the 2022 Presidential Election are not ready to remain loyal in next year's election.
Only 35 percent still firmly in Macron's camp according to polling by the Jean-Jaures Foundation.
The data revealing 15 percent of those who supported Macron in 2022 have become disillusioned with 27 percent tempted to vote for the Right and 23 percent tempted by the Left.
Many drawn to the Right disturbed by the level of immigration saying France has too many immigrants.
Many drawn to the Left concerned about the environment and the need for environmental preservation...
On the streets of Paris this evening celebrations of the Paris St. Germain soccer (football) team victory in the Champions League final in Budapest becoming violent.
Police making hundreds of arrests with at least seven police officers hurt.
Incidents reported in other parts of France as well nationwide more than 400 arrests.
In Paris scenes of mayhem with riot police firing tear gas and charging into crowds...
IN ALASKA THREE LATVIAN CLIMBERS FELL TO THEIR DEATHS ON MOUNT MCKINLEY.
FOUR CLIMBERS FROM A SEVEN-MEMBER EXPEDITION WERE 2,100 FEET BELOW THE 20,310 FOOT SUMMIT OF THE MOUNTAIN ON WEDNESDAY WHEN THEY SUFFERED A FALL.
A SURVIVOR RESCUED FROM A BASIN AT THE 17,200 FOOT LEVEL AND TAKEN BY AIR AMBULANCE TO A HOSPITAL...REUTERS-MIAMI HERALD
The top US general in Latin America met Cuba's military leadership today.
General Francis Donovan meeting the top Cuban officers near the US military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The meeting described as a way to address security issues along the perimeter of the base.
It comes amid increasing US economic pressure on Cuba and the US indictment of former Defense Minister and President Raul Castro...Huff Post USA
TWO KILLED AND TWO WOUNDED IN A UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK ON A CAR IN RUSSIA'S BELGOROD REGION.
THE DRONE'S DETONATION TRIGGERED A FIRE...TASS RUSSIA
Three more killed in the latest US air attack on a boat linked to drug trafficking. The latest attack on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean...OSINTdefender "X"
PRESIDENT TRUMP TURNING AGAINST REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MACE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ENDORSING ONE OF HER OPPONENTS IN THE CONTEST FOR GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
MACE ONE OF A GROUP OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS WHO PUSHED FOR TOTAL RELEASE OF THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES AGAINST THE OPPOSITION OF MR. TRUMP.
TONIGHT CONGRESSWOMAN MACE RESPONDING EXPRESSING HER ADMIRATION FOR MR. TRUMP BUT ALSO STATING: "I WILL NOT CHANGE MY POSITIONS. I WILL NOT ABANDON MY PRINCIPLES"...Nancy Mace "X"
The messaging from the White House is that no 'final determination' has been made regarding any deal with Iran by President Trump.
Mr. Trump messaging some demands today prior to a White House meeting like Iran turning over enriched uranium.
Iran is also messaging the notion of no final agreement with the US on a deal...Times of Israel
A WARNING OF DANGEROUS MILITARY ACTIVITY TONIGHT IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ OFF THE NORTH COAST OF OMAN.
IT COMES FROM UNITED KINGDOM MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS.
Bulgaria's new nationalist Prime Minister Ramen Rudev announcing his government will limit the stays of US military aircraft in Bulgaria.
This is in response to the refusal of the United States to give Bulgarians the right to visa-free travel.
The new Bulgarian policy on US military aircraft stays set to take effect at the end of June...The Hill USA
A federal judge in Miami announcing an inquiry into the 10-billion-dollar lawsuit by President Trump against Trump Administration Internal Revenue Service.
District Judge Kathleen Williams acting after 35 former federal judges wrote to her raising questions about a 1.8 billion dollar 'anti-weaponization' fund agreed to outside the courtroom as a settlement of the suit.
She noted what she called 'grievous allegations' made by the former judges.
Another federal judge in Virginia ruling directly to shut down the fund today
Democrats have attacked the fund seeing it as a means of funding political supporters of Mr. Trump and supporting people involved in the events of January 6th at the US Capitol...
A FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE RULING AGAINST PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S NAME BEING ADDED TO THE KENNEDY CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS.
THE JUDGE DECIDING THAT MR. TRUMP'S NAME NEEDS TO BE TAKEN DOWN IN TWO WEEKS.
THE RULING ALSO STATES THAT THE CENTER CANNOT BE CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS AS PLANNED BY THE BOARD CONTROLLED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
FOLLOWING THE RULING MR. TRUMP SAYING HE HAS NO INTEREST IN THE ACTIONS OF THE KENNEDY CENTER BOARD.
HE ALSO CRITICIZED THE JUDGE IN THE CASE AND DEMOCRATS SAYING HE WANTS THE KENNEDY CENTER UNDER THE CONTROL OF CONGRESS.
The "Wall Street Journal" reporting that the United Arab Emirates staged numerous air attacks on Iran in the early days of the Iran War before a ceasefire was proclaimed and even afterwards.
The UAE hit hard by Iran before the ceasefire and after as well.
It's been reported previously that Israel sent an air defense battery to the UAE during the conflict...OSINTdefender "X"
FIVE KILLED WHEN A BUS CRASHED INTO SIX VEHICLES ON INTERSTATE 95 NORTH OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA EARLY THIS MORNING.
34 INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT, THREE SERIOUSLY.
THE BUS, TRAVELLING FROM NEW YORK TO CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA FAILED TO SLOW DOWN FOR A WORK ZONE BEFORE STRIKING THE VEHICLES ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES...WWBT RICHMOND (VIDEO EMBED)
"China will laugh in its face"
The opinion of space experts in Europe following last night's launch pad explosion at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Base.
The "New Glenn Rocket" and its launch pad wiped out in the blast.
Both rocket and launch pad critical to the US effort to send astronauts back to the Moon by 2028.
(UPDATED WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN'S RESPONSE)
ROMANIA CONDEMNING THE CRASH OF A RUSSIAN DRONE ON ITS TERRITORY LAST NIGHT AS A SERIOUS VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW.
TWO WOUNDED WHEN THE DRONE CRASHED ONTO THE ROOF OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING.
OTHER EUROPEAN NATIONS AND OFFICIALS CONDEMNING RUSSIA OVER THE INCIDENT.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN SAYING 'RUSSIA'S WAR OF AGGRESSION HAS CROSSED YET ANOTHER LINE'...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar...
MEANWHILE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYING:
"this is most likely the case"
THAT A UKRAINIAN DRONE WENT OFF COURSE INTO ROMANIA...TASS RUSSIA
As of the middle of the day US President Donald Trump holding back on committing to a Memorandum of Understanding with Iran...
(THIS STORY UPDATED)
FORMER US ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI OFFERING TESTIMONY RELATED TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND THE EPSTEIN FILES TO THE HOUSE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED COMMITTEE TAKING HER TESTIMONY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITHOUT ANY FILMING.
A TRANSCRIPT WILL BE RELEASED LATER.
BONDI NOTING THAT REDACTIONS IN THE FILES SAID TO BE ILLEGAL UNDER THE LAW ORDERING THE FILES RELEASE WERE DELEGATED TO THEN DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE.
BLANCHE IS NOW THE ACTING US ATTORNEY GENERAL.
DEMOCRATS NOTE MR. BLANCHE IS A FORMER PERSONAL LAWYER FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP.
BONDI REFUSING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT HER CONVERSATIONS WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP CONCERNING EPSTEIN OR THE FILES...(NEWS AGENCIES)...
Mexico's Chamber of Deputies approving a constitutional amendment to nullify elections in cases of foreign interference.
The vote 307-128 with one abstention.
Foreign interference defined as 'illicit financing, propaganda, the systematic dissemination of misinformation, digital manipulation and the intervention of foreign governments or agencies'.
Opposition lawmakers say the government overstated the problem in order to push through the amendment.
The Senate will also have to approve the amendment for it to become law...Reuters-Al Jazeera Qatar
THE PERSONAL SAVINGS RATE IN THE US REACHING ITS LOWEST LEVEL IN ALMOST FOUR YEARS.
THE 2.6 PERCENT RATE IN APRIL IS DOWN FROM 5.5 PERCENT IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR...THE HILL USA
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average 363.49 points or .72 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 55.15 points or .2 percent.
The price of oil closing in New York this evening at 87 dollars 76 cents a barrel down one dollar 14 cents or 1.28 percent...Marketwatch
THE EUROPEAN UNION TARGETING THE CHINESE COMPANY "JD.com".
IT'S RELATED TO A TAKEOVER BID BY THE CHINESE COMPANY OF THE GERMAN RETAIL COMPANY "CECONOMY".
THE CHINESE BID OF 2.2 BILLION EUROS (2.564 BILLION US DOLLARS) BROUGHT UNDER SUSPICION OVER THE NOTION THAT CHINA'S GOVERNENT SUBSIDIZED AND SUPPORTED THE TAKEOVER BID.
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROBE OF THE TAKEOVER COULD LAST UNTIL OCTOBER.
Israel cited as a perpetrator of sexual violence Russia also added to a list kept by the UN.
Israel is listed for using sexual violence against Palestinians, Russia listed for using sexual violence in the Ukraine War.
Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon breaking ties with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in retaliation...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
The United States will do 'everything possible' to bring former Cuban leader Raul Castro to the United States to face charges.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche telling Fox News the indictment of Castro was 'not for show'.
He faces charges of conspiring to kill Americans in the 1996 deadly shootdown of two planes carrying four Cuban exiles flying over waters between Florida and Cuba...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
At least 10 killed and more than 20 wounded in an Israeli attack in Gaza.
The attack late yesterday the most recent deadly attack since a ceasefire was proclaimed last October by US President Donald Trump.
The Hamas authorities in Gaza cite more than 3,000 ceasefire violations since then. When Israel acknowledges attacks in Gaza it speaks of assassinations of Hamas leadership and operatives...Al Jazeera Qatar
The US imposing sanctions on an Iranian organization set up to control maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
The US Treasury Department says that the "Persian Gulf Strait Authority" leads "an Iranian controlled scheme that flagrantly violates international law and US sanctions".
The US statement links the collection of tolls by the Iranian authority to financial support for Iran's military...Israel National News
IRAN ATTACKING A US AIRBASE IN KUWAIT IN RETALIATION FOR YESTERDAY'S US ATTACKS ON A MISSILE BASE IN SOUTHEASTERN IRAN.
IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTION GUARDS CORPS (IRGC) SAYING "THIS RESPONSE IS A SERIOUS WARNING TO THE ENEMY"...PRESS TV IRAN
16 killed in a fire at a girls school in Kenya with 79 others injured. The blaze broke out in a dormitory.
At 425 pm New York Time the price of oil 89 dollars 25 cents a barrel up 57 cents or .64 percent...Marketwatch
INDIA'S INTERIOR MINISTER AMIT SHAH ORDERING DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS NEAR THE BORDER WITH PAKISTAN.
THE DEMOLITION ORDER APPLIES TO BUILDINGS DEEMED 'ILLEGAL' WITHIN NINE MILES OF THE BORDER.
OTHER ACTIONS ORDERED TO DEAL WITH 'TRANS-BORDER CRIMES' INCLUDING DRUG DEALING AND WEPAONS SMUGGLING.
INDIA, WHICH FOUGHT A FOUR-DAY CONFLICT WITH PAKISTAN LAST YEAR, SAYS THE PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT IS INVOLVED IN THE ALLEGED CROSS-BORDER CRIMINAL ACTIVITY...AFP FRANCE-AL JAZEERA QATAR
Meeting President Trump at the White House yesterday Senator Flavio Bolsonaro Brazilian Presidential candidate.
Mr. Trump asking about his father former President Jair Bolsonaro jailed over a January 6th style incident in Brazil's capital city defined as a coup.
Trump met Brazil's incumbent President Lula da Silva at the White House earlier this month saying their meeting had gone 'very well'...Reuters-Miami Herald
In Aarhus, Denmark police investigating an attempted arson at a mosque.
Responding to a burglary call they found gasoline poured at various locations in the building along with gasoline containers and a lighter...Danmarks Radio Denmark (Translation Prompt)
THREE KILLED AND 20 WOUNDED IN AN ISRAELI ATTACK IN GAZA TONIGHT WITH ISRAELI SOURCES REPORTING A TARGETED ASSASSINATION OF A HAMAS MILITARY COMMANDER...TIMES OF ISRAEL
(UPDATED) TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON DECLARED THE WINNER OVER INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN SENATOR JOHN CORNYN IN THE PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION.
PAXTON WITH ALMOST 64 PERCENT OF THE VOTE.
HE WAS BOOSTED IN RECENT DAYS WITH THE ENDORSEMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP...NBC NEWS USA
A source telling insider journalist Barak Ravid that President Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this afternoon...Barak Ravid "X"
PRESIDENT TRUMP PUTTING OUT WORD TOMORROW'S IRAN-ECONOMY CABINET MEETING WILL BE AT THE WHITE HOUSE INSTEAD OF CAMP DAVID IN MARYLAND...OSINTdefender "X" (Trump Post Embed)...
MORE RELATED TO THIS LATER IN THE SUMMARY.
In Longview, Washington a deadly chemical implosion at a factory that produces packaging.
At least one fatality confirmed with others listed as missing.
THE OUSTED PRIME MINISTER OF SENEGAL OUSMANE SONKO APPOINTED SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT TODAY.
HIS 'PASTEF' PARTY CONTROLLING 130 OF THE 165 PARLIAMENTARY SEATS.
FOUR DAYS AGO SONKO WAS FIRED BY PRESIDENT BASSIROU DIOMAYE FAYE.
OPPOSITION LAMAKERS SUPPORTING THE PRESIDENT CALLING SONKO'S REINSTATEMENT TO PARLIAMENT AND HIS ELECTION AS SPEAKER AN 'INSTITUTIONAL COUP'...CHANNELS TELEVISION SOUTH AFRICA
Iran vows a decisive response to the US attacks on boats and missile batteries yesterday.
Iran saying the ceasefire violations demonstrate US 'ill-will' and 'bad faith'.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says a US MQ-9 drone was shot down with another drone and F-35 warplane forced to retreat...Press TV Iran
A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT BLOCKING A REPUBLICAN REDRAW OF ALABAMA'S CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAP.
IN THEIR RULING THE JUDGES SAY THE NEW MAP IS RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY AND A VIOLATION OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965.
THEY SAY THE RECENT US SUPREME COURT RULING NARROWING THE SCOPE OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT DOES NOT IMPACT THEIR RULING.
REPUBLICANS IN ALABAMA WILL APPEAL THE RULING TO THE SUPREME COURT...THE HILL USA
Israel says its military forces are operating deeper into Lebanon with ground forces crossing the Litani River in a northward direction.
Israeli forces on the offensive as Hezbollah responds to deadly Israeli attacks inside Lebanon with drone attacks that have killed and wounded Israeli soldiers...Israel National News
IN BELGIUM A TRAIN CRASHING INTO A SCHOOL MINIBUS FOUR KILLED AND FIVE INJURED.
THE BARRIER AT THE RAILROAD CROSSING WAS CLOSED WITH A RED LIGHT FLASHING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE BELGIAN RAIL OPERATOR SAID THERE WAS 'NO TIME TO BRAKE' WHEN THE TRAIN TRAVELING AT ABOUT 120 KILOMETERS PER HOUR (75 MILES PER HOUR) APPROACHED THE CROSSING.
South Korea's foreign ministry pressing for a through Israeli investigation into allegations of mistreatment involving two South Koreans.
They were detained by Israel for participating in the Gaza Humanitarian Flotilla.
The two activists say they were assaulted by Israeli security forces with one saying she lost some hearing in her left ear after being struck on that side of her face.