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• New Details of Minnesota School Shooting Emerge
  
  Officials on Thursday released new details of the Annunciation Catholic School shooting, in which 23-year-old Robin Westman killed two children and injured 18 others, revealing more victims, large caches of ammunition, and writings described as filled with hate.
• Abrego Garcia's Lawyers Seek Gag Order on Bondi, Noem
  
  Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia filed a request Thursday asking a judge to impose a gag order on Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying their "barrage of prejudicial statements" threatens his right to a fair trial.
• Dr. Redfield to Newsmax: Spike Protein From COVID Vaccines Still a Problem
  
  Dr. Robert Redfield, head of the CDC during the first Trump administration, said mRNA COVID-19 vaccines were overprescribed and wrongly mandated, particularly for children and healthy adults under 65, and continue to pose risks because of how they work in the body.
• Noem: States Should Lead Long-Term Disaster Recovery
  
  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday criticized the inefficiency of federal disaster relief for the past 15 to 20 years, advocating reforms to prioritize immediate federal support and empower states to lead long-term recovery efforts.
• Holt, Shaffer to Newsmax: Modern Military Procurement Systems Can't Be 'Corrupt'
  
  Retired Air Force Brig. General Blaine Holt told Newsmax the modern military's procurement systems can't be "corrupt," as he suggested was the case when the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., led the charge in Congress to scrap production of the F-22 Raptor fighter jet.
• Dr. Drew to Newsmax: 'Disgusted' by Apparent Failure to Help Trans Murderer
  
  Dr. Drew Pinsky told Newsmax on Thursday that he believes the medical system failed the shooter who attacked a church service and left two children dead and more than a dozen injured in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
• Police: No Active Threat at Emporia State After Shooter Report
  
  Emporia, Kansas, police said no active threat has been identified at Emporia State University after reports of an active shooter at Newman Regional Health, WIBW reported.
• Philly Race-Based Doctor List Scrapped After Lawsuit
  
  A lawsuit challenging a Philadelphia-area "Black Doctors Directory" has ended in a settlement that opens the listing to physicians of all races and renames it the "Community Health and Wellness Directory," Broad + Liberty reported.
• DNC Speaker: Americans Don't Care About Carjackings, Migrant Crime
  
  In a presentation on crime at the DNC's summer meeting, Insha Rahman, vice president for advocacy and partnerships at the progressive Vera Institute of Justice, told the crowd that Americans don't care much about carjackings or crime committed by illegal immigrants.
• New Trial for 3 Memphis Ex-officers Convicted in Connection with the Beating Death of Tyre Nichols
  
  A judge ordered a new trial Thursday for three former Memphis police officers who were convicted of federal charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, after defense lawyers argued that another judge who presided over their trial was biased against the men.U.S. District...
• RFK Jr. to Med Schools: Add Nutrition Classes
  
  Health and Human Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he's giving U.S. medical schools less than two weeks to "immediately" add comprehensive nutrition classes to their curricula.
• Vance: Milwaukee, Chicago Should Invite D.C.-Style Federal Assist on Crime
  
  Vice President JD Vance promoted President Donald Trump's agenda Thursday, urging other cities like Chicago and Milwaukee to request federal assistance in tackling crime.
• White House: Possible D.C. School Shooting Averted
  
  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday that law enforcement in Washington arrested a juvenile overnight for "allegedly threatening violence towards a school," hours after the mass shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis that killed two children ...
• WH Taps Chicago Area Military Base for Immigration Support
  
  The Trump administration is asking a Chicago Navy base to house ICE and Customs and Border Protection agents for the month of September, reports The Wall Street Journal.
• Pulte: Fed's Cook Doesn't Refute Fraud Claim
  
  Lisa Cook did not refute any of the allegations of mortgage fraud in a lawsuit challenging her firing from the Federal Reserve board by President Donald Trump, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte said Thursday.
• Hackers Expose 4.4M in US via TransUnion Data Breach
  
  The consumer credit reporting giant TransUnion has confirmed a major data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 4.4 million Americans, including their Social Security numbers, raising new concerns about identity theft and financial fraud, the Daily Mail ...
• RFK Jr. Probing Transition Drugs After Deadly Shooting
  
  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is investigating medications used to support gender transitions and related surgeries and whether those drugs could have played a role in Wednesday's deadly church school shooting in Minneapolis.
• Judge Allows 9/11 Families' Case Against Saudis
  
  A federal judge in New York has cleared the way for families of Sept. 11, 2001, victims to move forward with their long-running lawsuit against Saudi Arabia, rejecting the kingdom's latest attempt to have the case dismissed.U.S. District Judge George B. Daniels issued the...
• Leavitt: Trump to Use Full US Power to Stop Drug Flow
  
  President Donald Trump is committed to using all methods at his disposal to stop the flow of drugs coming to the U.S. from countries such as Venezuela, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday.
• White House, Vance Push Back on Psaki's 'Prayer Not Enough' Comment
  
  Vice President JD Vance and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday pushed back against former White House press secretary Jen Psaki's call for "more than prayer" in the wake of the deadly Minneapolis Catholic school shooting.
• ICE Nabs 5 'Worst of the Worst' Illegal Aliens
  
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested five more illegal aliens , described by the Trump administration as "the worst of the worst" , in operations across the U.S. on Wednesday, Newsmax has learned, including those convicted of child sex crimes.
• Obama Warns of 'Dangerous Trends' in Militarization of Police
  
  Former President Barack Obama called the recent federalization of police a "dangerous" trend and warned of President Donald Trump placing the U.S. military in more cities across America.
• Former MLB Star Mark Teixeira Launches Texas Congressional Bid
  
  Former Major League Baseball player Mark Teixeira on Thursday officially launched his bid to succeed Texas GOP Rep. Chip Roy, who will not seek reelection, in the 2026 midterm elections.
• Illinois Health Halts Transition Service for Minors
  
  Advocate Health Care, which operates 11 hospitals and 200 other health care centers in Illinois, is cutting transition service for minors after the Trump administration threatened to cut funding, reports the Chicago Tribune.
• Stanford Student: I Was Recruited by Chinese Spy
  
  Stanford student Elsa Johnson says she was targeted by a suspected Chinese agent who tried to recruit her as a spy, offering money and free travel to China.

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