Biggs, Petersen lead GOP governor, AG primaries
Posted By: sunset, 7/22/2026 2:53:17 AM
Congressman Andy Biggs emerged as one of the big winners Tuesday night as Arizona Republicans chose nominees to face Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes in November. While Republicans have controlled the Legislature for decades, the Democrats’ hold on the offices of governor and attorney general has served as a check on their policy agenda. Hobbs has vetoed hundreds of Republican-backed bills since taking office in 2023, while Mayes has pushed back on a number of GOP legislative and federal priorities. Hobbs and Mayes both ran unopposed in the Democratic primaries. The winners of the general election will serve four-year terms in office.
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Congressman Andy Biggs emerged as one of the big winners Tuesday night as Arizona Republicans chose nominees to face Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes in November.
While Republicans have controlled the Legislature for decades, the Democrats’ hold on the offices of governor and attorney general has served as a check on their policy agenda.
Hobbs has vetoed hundreds of Republican-backed bills since taking office in 2023, while Mayes has pushed back on a number of GOP legislative and federal priorities. Hobbs and Mayes both ran unopposed in the Democratic primaries. The winners of the general election will serve four-year terms in office.
The Trump administration has accused UC San Diego's medical school of illegally discriminating against White and Asian applicants in favor of admitting less qualified Black and Hispanic students, putting nearly $1 billion in federal funding at risk.
The findings stem from a months-long Justice Department Civil Rights Division investigation launched in March and come as the Trump administration intensifies its effort to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
For more than a decade, the state of Alaska has been trying to permanently forfeit Ken Jouppi’s $95,000 airplane after he transported a passenger carrying a six-pack of beer. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether it can. For decades, Ken flew his Cessna across the Alaskan wilderness, shuttling the locals. Then, in 2012, state troopers found some Budweiser tucked in a passenger’s luggage. Ken and the passenger were charged with misdemeanors, fined $1,500 and sentenced to three days in jail. But that wasn’t enough for Alaska. For the past 14 years, the state has fought to take Ken’s plane too, as additional punishment for a passenger’s beer.
A federal appeals court on Friday struck down New Jersey's ban on semiautomatic rifles and magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds, prompting the National Rifle Association (NRA) to call the decision a "historic victory" in a case the gun-rights organization has litigated since 2018. In a sweeping en banc ruling, the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that New Jersey's assault-firearm and large-capacity magazine restrictions violate the Second Amendment. The court expanded a lower court's ruling by declaring the state's so-called "assault-firearm" ban unconstitutional as it applied to the full class of semiautomatic rifles, not just the AR-15
The Trump administration took the fight over who controls U.S. attorney appointments to a whole new level, firing a Seattle-based prosecutor less than an hour after he was picked for the job without the blessing of the administration. "District court judges can appoint a temporary U.S. Attorney, and POTUS can fire them," acting Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote Wednesday on X, calling out a U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington state panel for elevating Judge Roger Rogoff to be the top federal prosecutor in Seattle. The quick dismissal came after all 17 active and senior federal judges in the deep-blue district appointed Rogoff to the vacancy.
A former high-ranking Iranian regime official caught living in Canada has asked a federal judge to halt his deportation, documents obtained by Global News show. Seyed Salman Samani, who was until recently Iran’s deputy interior minister, claimed in an appeal to the Federal Court that expelling him would violate his rights. In a court application filed in Toronto, Samani said that on June 19 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada had denied his request to defer his removal back to Iran. Samani is one of almost three dozen alleged senior members of Iran’s repressive regime who have been found in Canada.
Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi arrived in Washington on July 13 for a long-anticipated visit. The new prime minister is seeking to increase ties with the United States.
Iraq is at another crossroads today as the Iraqi leader seeks to rein in Iranian-backed militias while also managing the withdrawal of US forces stationed in Iraq as part of the war against ISIS.
The US had withdrawn from Iraq in 2011 but returned in 2014 to help it fight the terror organization. The US also has an important presence in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
The United States has launched a government-wide campaign aimed at limiting the ability of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate or take action against American officials and military personnel.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, through the US State Department, announced the initiative on Monday, which includes plans for diplomatic pressure, possible sanctions and travel restrictions targeting ICC personnel and organisations linked to the court. The campaign, the Department added, will include efforts to persuade other countries to reject the ICC’s authority over American personnel, particularly nations that cooperate with the US military and law enforcement agencies or benefit from US security assistance.
Saudi Arabia opens new front in Iran war
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Saudi Arabia has opened a new front in the Iran war after bombing Sana’a airport in Yemen. The strike on Monday damaged the runway and prevented an Iranian airliner from landing in the Yemeni capital, which is controlled by the Houthis, a pro-Tehran proxy militia. The airport bombing was claimed by the internationally recognised Yemeni government, which is heavily backed by Riyadh. However, the Yemeni administration lacks a functioning air force and a Houthi spokesman accused Saudi Arabia of conducting the attack. Two US officials told Axios that Donald Trump gave Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia his support for the military action.
A conflict that was on cold storage for years has flared up again after Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen accused each other of launching attacks over the weekend. It has brought renewed attention to the role of Pakistan, which last year signed a mutual defence pact with Saudi Arabia, and since expanded its military footprint in the Kingdom. It has led to speculation about whether Pakistan will join Riyadh in fighting the Houthis. On Sunday, the Houthis accused Saudi Arabia of bombing Yemen's airport. The attack, which is believed to have Donald Trump's backing, was an attempt to prevent an Iranian flight from landing at the Sanaa airport,
Republicans were lining up — or at least publicly voicing their interest — on Sunday to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina as Gov. Henry McMaster weighs an interim appointment and Republicans look to a special election for a new nominee for the November ballot. Rep. Ralph Norman is expected to make an announcement Tuesday. “Yes!!” he texted NOTUS when asked to confirm his intentions. He is not seeking reelection to the House. Rep. Nancy Mace also hinted at a run. Mace will go into the field with a poll starting Monday. McMaster can appoint an interim replacement for Graham to serve until January,
Russia Relaunches World’s Largest Heavily
Armed Surface Warship, 28,000 Ton Admiral Nakhimov 12 replies
Armed Surface Warship, 28,000 Ton Admiral Nakhimov 12 replies
Russia’s nuclear-powered Kirov-class battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov, is entering the final stretch of its return to operational service.
It is currently undergoing sea trials following a decade-long overhaul at the Sevmash Shipyard, and represents the most extensive modernization program ever attempted on a Russian combat ship. Once fully operational, the revamped vessel is set to become the centerpiece of Russia’s Northern Fleet, boasting upgraded combat systems, advanced sensors, and next-generation missile arrays designed to project power for decades to come. The Kirov class remains the heaviest class of surface combatants in service anywhere in the world.
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A software error in New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle System led to about four hundred non-citizens voting several years ago, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill announced on Tuesday.
The error, which occurred under Governor Phil Murphy, added about 6,600 individuals to voter rolls even though they had indicated that they were not citizens. Sherrill’s announcement comes as Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin alleged that New Jersey had tens of thousands of non-citizens on its voter rolls last week.
Disgruntled St. Paul apartment tenant
executed 3 over parking garage contract
dispute, charges say 20 replies
executed 3 over parking garage contract
dispute, charges say 20 replies
A 30-year-old St. Paul, Minnesota, man is accused of executing three people inside a leasing office Monday over a parking garage contract dispute.
According to charges filed in Ramsey County, officers were called to the apartment complex on the 1500 block of St. Paul Avenue shortly after 4 p.m. after several people reported gunshots and screams. One caller said two people appeared to be critically wounded inside the apartment leasing office.
When officers arrived, they found three victims fatally shot.
US and Iran dig in over the Strait of
Hormuz, showing the limits of intensifying airstrikes 14 replies
Hormuz, showing the limits of intensifying airstrikes 14 replies
The U.S. and Iran are back to bombing every day in a bid to control the Strait of Hormuz. And neither is backing down, showing the limitations of President Donald Trump’s reliance on escalating airstrikes to bend Tehran to his will.
While the Trump administration says it is open to diplomacy, Iran so far has refused to loosen its grip over the crucial oil shipping corridor in the Persian Gulf. It is raising questions about the strategy for the next phase of the conflict as intensifying attacks have collapsed an interim ceasefire deal, left additional American troops dead and sent U.S. gasoline prices back up —
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on Sunday said his country is moving toward not holding a presidential election next year, appearing to maintain his shared control over the country with his co-president and wife, Rosario Murillo.
Ortega said at a government rally marking the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution’s takeover of the country that there “won’t be any more elections here for them to try to seize the government and seize power,” according to a translation of the rally from Reuters.
“The days when parties backed by the Yankees and the Somocistas would return to power are over –— never again,”
Game Over: Boy Trying to Play on Girls'
Soccer Team Quits After Female Players
Stand Their Ground 12 replies
Soccer Team Quits After Female Players
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Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., holding that states may reserve girls' and women's sports teams for biological females without violating Title IX or the Constitution, New Hampshire parents of transgender teenagers have dropped their lawsuits to allow their sons to play on the women's sports teams. One of the confused youth chose to stop playing on his soccer team because it was no longer fun. As our sister site Twitchy said, "That's as good as self-deporting."
Exactly.
Two transgender girls who were the first to challenge President Donald Trump’s executive order, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,”
Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul released new documents Monday that he said revealed the FBI stopped Customs and Border Patrol from searching and questioning Peter Daszak upon his return to the United States from China.
The latest documents come just over a week before former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci is set to testify in front his panel on whether he lied to Congress during the pandemic about whether his office had funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.
Fox Business correspondent Edward Lawrence recently reported on a big problem that the Biden administration left with the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).
He explained to Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner how the SPR was now at a 43-year low, noting how the Biden administration had drained 180 million barrels before the 2022 midterm elections. It was clearly for political reasons to help in the elections, not for the reason you're supposed to do it - for emergencies in the market supply. Then Biden never fully refilled it, Lawrence explained. But it gets worse than that. (X) The current Undersecretary of Energy, Kyle Haustveit,
Texas Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate James Talarico is trapped between two oncoming trains that are about to crash into each other. On the one hand, Talarico has been having fundraising success, mostly because he's done a great job of pretending to moderate his positions on transgenderism and aberrant Christian views, while claiming he now wants to secure the border. However, this moderation is not sitting well with his far Left progressive base.
Just last week, Talarico wrapped up a 750-mile bus tour from El Paso to the Rio Grande Valley, claiming he wanted to show up, listen and learn from the border communities.
Black NYC politician slams DSA as white
supremacists while growing Dem feud spills
onto social media 8 replies
supremacists while growing Dem feud spills
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A prominent black Big Apple politician compared Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s comrades in the Democratic Socialists of America to white supremacists as a bitter rift between Democrats spilled onto social media.
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards breathed new life into a longstanding complaint among minority lawmakers that the largely lily-white DSA ignores race in its crusade to grow its ranks and dismantle capitalism.
“White supremacy comes in all forms,” Richards posted on social media late Sunday.
The slap erupted from an debate online after a report in the New York Times that highlighted how the extreme left wing of the Democratic Party focuses on furthering the group’s agenda and largely has blinders —
Over the past week, the Iranian regime has demonstrated once again that its ambitions extend far beyond destroying Israel.
It is a war against the entire Middle East and, ultimately, against the United States and the West.
Tehran then launched missiles and drones not only against US assets but also against infrastructure in Arab countries across the Gulf, in addition to Jordan, presumably so they would pressure US President Donald J. Trump to call off US firepower and return instead to waste-of-time negotiations for a waste-of-time "deal" that Iran would not honor in the first place.
On Sunday, the cameras were on Spain’s Ferran Torres, as he scored the goal that delivered “La Roja” their second World Cup championship.
On Monday, the cameras were on him again, for a very different reason.
As the bus carrying the triumphant Spanish players slowly wove its way through Madrid’s packed streets, cameras from inside the top of the bus caught the wording of Torres’ red, backward-turned hat, which read: “Make Spain Great Again.”
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels declared a “maritime embargo” against Saudi Arabia on Monday, marking a sharp departure from the “stay on the sidelines” policy the Houthis have observed since the first round of U.S.-Iran hostilities last summer. This escalation threatens Red Sea shipping routes and an additional challenge to global energy supplies. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree announced the embargo in a televised statement, saying:
The Yemen armed forces affirm their complete readiness for all options and that any foolishness committed by the reckless Saudi enemy through a full-scale escalation, we will confront with a full-scale and harsh escalation by God's will and power.