💔🙏 Two speeches underscored the day.
Donald Trump railed at the world’s leaders, sneering that their countries were going to hell. Jimmy Kimmel returned from suspension, praised figures in both parties, spoke about his faith, highlighted Erika Kirk’s public forgiveness, while his voice cracked as he teared up. Side by side, Trump’s rage shrinks against simple grace.
Corruption becomes normalized as we become numb to his gaslighting and propaganda. Refuse that.
Adelita Grijalva’s landslide in an Arizona House race is proof people are still fighting back. Stepping into the seat her late father once held, she not only shrank the GOP majority. She also set up a vote to compel release of the Epstein files.
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The FBI re-arrests the ABC10 shooting suspect after finding a handwritten note threatening Kash Patel, Dan Bongino, and Pam Bondi.
Today’s GovBrief News
The IRS will end paper tax refunds by a Sept. 30 deadline mandated by Trump, leaving millions of unbanked and elderly citizens without a clear waiver process.
Trump urged NATO allies to shoot down Russian planes violating their airspace and then immediately equivocated on a U.S. commitment to back them up.
Secret Service dismantled a SIM farm near the U.N. General Assembly that was actively threatening officials and capable of disabling cell towers.
A statue depicting Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands and skipping appears on the National Mall, contradicting the president’s denials of their relationship.
House Speaker Mike Johnson persuaded Trump to cancel a shutdown meeting with Democrats, fearing the president would cut a deal unfavorable to the GOP.
U.N. officials countered Trump’s claims of operational failures by revealing his own team caused the escalator and teleprompter malfunctions during his speech.
A Justice Dept. official suggested a criminal probe into the FBI agent who sued Alex Jones just three days after the official was photographed with Jones.
Broadcast giants Nexstar and Sinclair block Jimmy Kimmel’s return on ABC stations in a quarter of the U.S.
Ryan Routh tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen immediately after a jury found him guilty of attempting to assassinate Trump.
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