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Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon taken into custody at federal prison
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National, The Daily Caller

Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon taken into custody at federal prison

By KATELYNN RICHARDSON | The Daily Caller Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon reported to prison Monday and is now officially in custody, according to The Associated Press. Bannon will serve a four-month sentence for his conviction on contempt of Congress charges for ignoring a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee. The Supreme Court declined on Friday to postpone his sentence while he appeals the conviction. The Bureau of Prisons confirmed Monday that he is now in custody, according to the AP. He began his sentence at Federal Correctional Institute Danbury just before noon, ABC News reported. “I am proud to go to prison,” Bannon said before entering the prison, according to ABC News. “If this is what it takes the stand up to tyranny, if this way it takes the stand up to the ...
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Your mortgage payment may drop, if Federal Reserve starts lowering interest rates in September
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National, The Street

Your mortgage payment may drop, if Federal Reserve starts lowering interest rates in September

By Charley Blaine | The Street So, you are scouring websites and newspapers, trying to find that perfect house or condo. But you're worried about one thing.  Where will mortgage rates be when the sale closes? The short answer: Ask the Federal Reserve and Chairman Jerome Powell.  The betting, at least this past week, is the Fed may cut interest rates in September. A different answer is: Follow the 10-year Treasury yield mortgage rates available on the internet. Mortgage rates track Treasury yields.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE STREET
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Supreme Court rules ex-Presidents have substantial protection from prosecution
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Fox Business, National

Supreme Court rules ex-Presidents have substantial protection from prosecution

By Brooke Singman , Brianna Herlihy  | Fox News The Supreme Court ruled Monday in Trump v. United States that a former president has substantial immunity from prosecution for official acts committed while in office, but not for unofficial acts. In a 6-3 decision, the Court sent the matter back down to a lower court, as the justices did not apply the ruling to whether or not former President Trump is immune from prosecution regarding actions related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. "The President enjoys no immunity for his unofficial acts, and not everything the President does is official," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority.  "The President is not above the law. But Congress may not criminalize the President’s conduct in carrying...
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Troops may face inflated drug costs under Tricare, lawmakers say
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Air Force Times, National

Troops may face inflated drug costs under Tricare, lawmakers say

By Karen Jowers | Air Force Times A bipartisan group of 24 congressional lawmakers is questioning whether the Pentagon’s pharmacy contract may be driving up drug costs and limiting access to medication for Tricare beneficiaries, while overcharging independent pharmacies and taxpayers. The lawmakers are concerned that the Defense Health Agency has decided to retain Express Scripts as the sole pharmacy benefit manager for Tricare, the military insurance system serving 9.6 million troops, retirees and their families. In a letter sent Wednesday to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Lester Martinez-Lopez and DHA director Army Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland, the lawmakers questioned whether Express Scripts may be using anticompetitive tactics to overcharge Tricare. Express S...
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What is the 25th Amendment and could it be used to remove Joe Biden from office?
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Daily Mail, National

What is the 25th Amendment and could it be used to remove Joe Biden from office?

By ALEXA CIMINO | DailyMail Joe Biden's awkward performance in the presidential debate has triggered nationwide chatter about invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him from office. The President alarmed Democrats and Republicans alike as he frequently lost his train of thought, trailed off mid-sentence, and mixed up topics during the televised event. It has only added to the widespread concern about his cognitive decline, prompting calls for the 25th amendment to be successfully executed for the first time in US history.  Section 4 of the amendment allows for removal of a president who is deemed incapacitated by any kind of illness, injury, or mental impairment. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILYMAIL.COM
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Harsanyi: Biden just put on most disastrous debate performance in Presidential history
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Commentary, National, The Federalist

Harsanyi: Biden just put on most disastrous debate performance in Presidential history

By DAVID HARSANYI | The Federalist Sure, it might sound like hyperbole, but I can’t think of a more devastating presidential debate performance than the one Joe Biden had in his first meeting with Donald Trump. Indeed, even with abnormally low expectations, Biden tripped over them as if they were sandbags. After watching post-debate reaction, it’s safe to say no modern presidential debate has ever rattled a political party quite like this one. The scratchy and frail voice. The speedy mumbling — it was like watching a TV at 2x speed. The overall incoherence. The confused and angry stares. The jumbling of thoughts —“I was recently in, in, in, um, France for D-Day, and I spoke to — all about those heroes that died …” and so on — was relentless. It was difficult to wa...
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Biden, Trump spar over inflation, border, more in first presidential debate
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National, The Center Square

Biden, Trump spar over inflation, border, more in first presidential debate

By Casey Harper and Ireland Owens | The Center Square President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump grappled over inflation, illegal immigration, abortion and more during the first debate of this election cycle Thursday night in Atlanta. A Quinnipiac poll released the day before the debate shows Trump with a 49%-45% lead over Biden, showing Biden needed to turn the tide Thursday night. But throughout the debate, Biden showed moments of murmuring, blank stares, trailing off in his responses, or seeming to lose his train of thought. “I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence,” Trump said early in the debate. “I really don’t think he knows what he said either.” Questions have surrounded Biden, 81, for a growing number of stumbles and miscues in...
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Post-debate poll shows voters lost confidence in Biden; Democrats’ confidence in him plummets
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National, The Washington Times

Post-debate poll shows voters lost confidence in Biden; Democrats’ confidence in him plummets

By Jeff Mordock | The Washington Times The first post-debate poll amplified Democrats’ fears about President Biden’s reelection with 57% of registered voters saying they have “no real confidence” in his ability to lead the country after his halting, stumbling performance. Most striking, perhaps, was the percentage of registered Democratic debate watchers whose confidence in Mr. Biden to lead the country plummeted from 54% before the debate to just 39% after the debate at CNN headquarters in Atlanta.By contrast, 69% of registered Republicans said post-debate that they have a lot of confidence in former President Donald Trump to lead the nation, compared to 73% who held that opinion before the debate. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON TIMES
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Supreme Court sides with Jan. 6 defendant against obstruction charge
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National, The Washington Times

Supreme Court sides with Jan. 6 defendant against obstruction charge

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan | The Washington Times The Supreme Court ruled Friday for a Jan. 6 defendant challenging an obstruction charge used by federal prosecutors to ding people who entered the U.S. Capitol that day in 2021. The 6-3 ruling wasn’t ideologically divided, with Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson switching wings of the court to join colleagues in their respective decisions. A majority of the court ruled that federal prosecutors couldn’t use an obstruction charge against a Jan. 6 defendant without showing the individual impeded or destroyed a document or evidence used in an official proceeding. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON TIMES
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Not a toss-up: Polling guru Nate Silver gives Trump 66% chance of winning 2024 race
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National, The Washington Times

Not a toss-up: Polling guru Nate Silver gives Trump 66% chance of winning 2024 race

By Valerie Richardson | The Washington Times Election prognosticator Nate Silver is no fan of Donald Trump, but he predicts that the former president will win the November election against President Biden, and what’s more, it won’t be particularly close. In his first 2024 presidential election model, the political-statistics guru gave the presumptive Republican nominee a 65.7% chance of winning the Electoral College vote versus 33.7% for the Democrat Biden. “The model gives Trump a 66 percent chance of winning the Electoral College, and Biden a 34 percent chance,” Mr. Silver said Thursday on the Silver Bulletin, his Substack account. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON TIMES
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