Ballroom construction to move forward
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts froze a lower court decision that would have halted construction on the White House ballroom, temporarily allowing the work to continue. The stay, issued on Friday, will remain in place until SCOTUS takes further action. President Donald Trump had asked the Court to intervene last week, and he wrote on Truth Social that he was “grateful for the decision.” Earlier this month, a divided federal appeals court decided that Congress, not the president, has “full constitutional control over federal property” and its funding for development. The lower court that issued the injunction did not include the bunker, medical facilities, and other features underground. Joshua Fisher, the White House official overseeing the project, has said that even if the court ordered the building taken down, “there would be no way to do so.”

Report reveals media exaggerated Gaza conditions
In contrast to the Leftmedia’s constant hype about a “famine” and starving children in Gaza, a UNICEF report revealed that there is “no widespread acute malnutrition at population level.” In fact, the July 22 report showed that Gaza has one of the lowest rates of child malnutrition in the whole region — 12% of children there experience stunted growth from poor nutrition, which is less than half of the region’s 26% rate. Researchers also found that 4% of children under the age of five are now actually struggling with excess weight. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a UN affiliate, declared a famine in parts of Gaza a year ago, so many are wondering how such a massive swing is possible. Humanitarian agencies cannot answer that question, though some organizations are still fundraising on the “famine” claim.

California’s terrible tire regulation
California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom’s energy regulators recently passed a new rule that will force residents to spend significantly more on vehicle tires. The new regulation effectively bans 70% of current tires on the market by 2033. The rationale for the new rule, which will require lower rolling resistance, is that it will supposedly help reduce CO₂ emissions — but the trade-off is more expensive tires with less traction in wet conditions. In other words, California regulators are choosing environmentalism over both safety and cost efficiency. Furthermore, low-resistance tires tend to wear out faster, producing higher rates of tire particulate pollution. Tire wear is a bigger issue with electric vehicles, producing non-exhaust air pollution; thus, it seems that this regulation will ironically increase air pollution.

Gay Republican advocates dump trans
Ross Hemminger, the leader of the Log Cabin Republicans, founded in 1977 and the largest right-wing homosexual advocacy organization, recently announced that the group is dropping all transgender advocacy. Hemminger explained that while the group welcomed “transgender rights” to the group’s agenda in 2015 “out of a belief that all adults should be allowed to pursue their own happiness, free of government interference, as long as it did not impede on the inalienable rights of others,” that is no longer true today. “The transgender movement has ceased focusing on adults at all,” Hemminger said, and is instead pushing its “radical gender ideology” onto children and into women’s spaces. Thus, the group is officially dropping the “T.” He added, “We are an LGB advocacy organization. … The new era of gender identity politics is not the movement we supported and fought for.”

Texas judge denies Anthony’s retrial appeal
Karmelo Anthony was convicted of murdering Anthony Metcalf in June, and on Saturday, Judge Michael Chitty rejected the appellate team’s request for a new trial. The appeal relied on alleged trial errors and a secret agreement between the prosecution and the defense that was apparently violated. District Judge John Roach did enforce unusually strict courtroom rules and gave an interview days after the trial concluded, leading to his removal from the case. After a failure in court and on appeal, Anthony’s legal team can now seek to appeal the earlier appeal. The situation is unlikely to change, and Karmelo Anthony will almost certainly face the 35 years in prison to which he has been sentenced.

ICE detains father of sailor aboard USS Lincoln
Detaining noncitizens without leave to remain in the U.S. is the duty of Immigration and Customs Enforcement; however, detaining the father of an active-duty sailor is probably beyond the pale. Joshua Aviles, a sailor aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, the aircraft carrier rotating back home after being in the news in recent weeks, sounded off over his father’s detention by ICE despite his work permit. At the time of detention, Aviles’s father was awaiting approval of his green card. “We are simply enforcing the laws passed by Congress,” ICE responded. “This Administration does not pick and choose which laws to enforce.” ICE does have a duty to enforce immigration law, but noncitizens who send their sons to fight for the U.S. have more claim than most to special treatment.

Enes Kanter Freedom booted from WNBA game
Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom attended and was ejected from a WNBA game last night between the Indiana Fever and the Chicago Sky. Freedom reached out to the Sky beforehand, saying he didn’t want to cause drama. At the game, he cheered for Sophie Cunningham and wore a shirt defining what a woman is. Natasha Cloud, a Sky guard, took offense, shouting curse words and saying, “She’s not gonna sleep with you.” Freedom stood up and responded that he was only there to protect women. Security then escorted Freedom out, and he later said that he left because he “didn’t want to make their job even tougher.” After the game, Sky head coach Tyler Marsh defended Cloud. This incident comes after Freedom declared for the 2027 WNBA draft to highlight the issue of sports integrity.

Hasan Piker mocks Charlie Kirk
Radical leftist political commentator Hasan Piker is currently on a live tour for his podcast. In San Francisco this weekend, he led the cheering audience in singing a song associated with mocking Charlie Kirk, his supporters, and their faith. Piker is known for wearing a jacket inspired by Chinese Communist Mao Zedong and has hosted several influential DSA politicians on his podcast, including Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Piker has also faced backlash for claiming America deserved the 9/11 attacks. Turning Point USA responded with a Bible verse condemning Piker’s mockery: “Whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished” (Proverbs 17:5). Even other Democrats have denounced Piker’s radical socialism and antisemitic comments.

Fentanyl deaths plummet
Another positive side effect of President Trump’s border crackdown has been the dramatic decrease in fentanyl-related deaths over the past year. According to the CDC, America suffered 48,913 synthetic opioid-related deaths in 2024. In 2025, that number was reduced to 38,084, a 22% decrease. It was also a 14% decrease in total drug overdose deaths. The administration has attributed this to crackdowns on illegal drug shipping to the U.S. The White House has pointed to the prosecutions of nearly 8,000 defendants to show the rate at which they have effectively kneecapped much of the American illegal drug trade. This represents a major victory and some of the biggest improvements since the War on Drugs began in the 1970s.

Trump wants to eliminate ABA
The White House has moved to eliminate the American Bar Association’s accreditation of law schools. The ABA validates all reputable American law schools, and successful accreditation helps schools get their federal grant funding. The ABA has faced criticism for engaging in discriminatory DEI practices. The ABA has also notably overrated Obama- and Biden-appointed judges and underrated Trump appointees. Assistant Secretary of Education David Barker was quoted as saying, “We have said many times that accreditation, in general, operates like a cartel. … When there’s no competition, accreditors feel free to inject their own political preferences, their own ideologies into the work that they do.” Since nearly all of the country’s lawyers who have passed the bar come from ABA-accredited schools, it makes sense that the organization can inject destructive political policy with little backlash.

Headlines

• “Economic D-Day” on Iran puts trading partners in crosshairs (Fox Business)

• Trump says he will cut price of ground beef by 25% with deal to import foreign meat (Not the Bee)

• Freedom 250 Grand Prix wows fans, drivers (Washington Times)

• Pentagon fires longtime leaders from Stars and Stripes for alleged insubordination (NY Post)

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