The Texas legislature kicked off a special session Monday with redistricting high on the agenda. President Trump is pressing Texas lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional map to create as many as five additional Republican-leaning U.S. House districts that could help the GOP maintain congressional control in the midterms.
The Texas legislature kicked off a special session Monday with redistricting high on the agenda. President Trump is pressing Texas lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional map to create as many as five additional Republican-leaning U.S. House districts that could help the GOP maintain congressional control in the midterms.
President Trump called Thursday night for the unsealing of grand jury testimony related to Jeffrey Epstein, directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to push for its release in court. It came after dismissing the Epstein story for two weeks and calling on his supporters to stop talking about the issue.
Black-box voice recordings from the cockpit of Air India Flight 171, which crashed and killed 260 people on June 12, indicate that Captain Sumeet Sabharwal likely turned off the switches controlling fuel to the plane's engines
President Trump ramped up attacks on his own supporters Wednesday over their continued focus on the Jeffrey Epstein case. He says they are playing in Democratic hands.
After the War in Gaza Documentary
Mosheh Oinoinoi and Rova Media travel to Israel in this compelling exploration of what lies ahead for Gaza and its people.
Speed Read
Monday, July 21
🚨NATION
Trump shares AI video of Obama being arrested (MO NEWS)
FAA investigating SkyWest jet’s near miss with B-52 bomber over North Dakota (CNBC)
Trump administration and Harvard spar in court over massive funding freeze (NBC)
Number of missing in Texas floods drops from nearly 100 to 3 in hard-hit county (ABC)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
Japan’s long-dominant party suffers election defeat by right-wing populist party that began on YouTube (CNN)
A Bangladesh Air Force training jet crashes into a school in Dhaka and kills at least 20 (NPR)
Israeli forces push into parts of a central Gaza city that the war had largely spared (AP) UK, Canada and 23 other countries say the war in Gaza ‘must end now’ (AP)
Scale of Russia-Ukraine drone strikes builds ahead of possible ceasefire talks (ABC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
Beef prices are the new egg prices. They’re soaring (CNN)
Jeep maker Stellantis warns of a shock $2.7 billion loss as tariffs bite (CNBC)
Over 5.2 million pools sold across the U.S. and Canada are under recall after reports of nine deaths (AP)
Starbucks reveals Pumpkin Spice Latte will return to US menus Aug. 26, along with fall menu (CBS)
Astronomer CEO Andy Byron resigns after viral Coldplay ‘kiss cam’ controversy (CNBC) The controversy sparked over $7 million in prediction markets bets on his ouster (CNBC)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Featured Interview
One-on-one with Secretary of State Antony Blinken & White House National Securty Council Spokesman Admiral John Kirby
As the Israel-Hamas war continues, Mo News heads to Washington to interview two key national security leaders about the conflict, the US role and other top chanllenges for the US.
