Donald Trump at the Republican Convention: “Rich people from Beverly Hills, generally speaking, don’t smell so good.”
Donald Trump takes shot at Nancy Pelosi at Republican Convention in CA, then asks: “How’s her husband doing, btw?”
Asked what he has in his “back pocket” following failed funding vote, Speaker Kevin McCarthy says: “Nothing…I’m broke.”
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY): One person to blame for any government shutdown “and that’s Matt Gaetz,” he’s “a charlatan.”
Sen. Maj. Leader Schumer on Speaker McCarthy losing a "radical CR proposal" by a "unexpectedly large & decisive margin."
Outgoing chairman of the JCS Gen. Mark Milley at his retirement ceremony: “We don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator.”
House Minority Leader Jeffries: "The only path forward" for funding the government is McCarthy teaming up with Dems.
232-198: House defeats Speaker McCarthy's bill to keep government open, as 21 Republicans rebel.
Influencers be gone: A Vermont town known for its autumn foliage is shutting down a key access road to nonresidents.
An 84-year-old Reagan-appointed federal judge in Texas struck down SB12, the state’s new restrictive anti-drag law.
Alabama authorities release body cam footage of incident involving officers Tasing a high school band director 3 times.
A Trump-appointed federal judge blocked a Texas state law that banned some books and set up a complicated rating system.
Huge news in the cannabis space: Senate Banking just passed the SAFER Act by a 14-9 vote. It now goes to full chamber.
Rupert Murdoch is stepping down from his chairman role at Fox and News Corporation. His son Lachlan takes over his role.
Sources told CNBC that a deal between the WGA and AMPTP is close and there's hope of a deal coming together today.
Day 141: The WGA and AMPTP will sit down today for their first formal face-to-face negotiations in a month.
On the Hill today: Schumer's much-hyped closed-door AI regulation forum, including Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and more.
One man and one woman have been arrested after using an excavator to dig a giant hole through the Great Wall of China.
India just became the 4th nation to land a spacecraft on the moon — it joins the United States, Russia, and China.
Piers Morgan on Elon Musk's dropping Twitter for X: "I like it, I never liked that little damn bird anyway."
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