Minnesota State

The Minnesota National Guard confirmed on Wednesday that Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), was demoted before his retirement, contrary to the governor’s claims that he retired as a command sergeant major. While Walz was temporarily promoted to command sergeant major, Army Lt....

Nat’l Guard confirms Harris’ VP was demoted

The New Republic

Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance seems perfectly happy to dish out criticism of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz over his military record, but he just can’t take it. Vance blew up at CNN anchor Brianna Keilar on Thursday, after she called Vance an “imperfect messenger” to criticize Walz over his military service. “At what point did military service become a liability?” Keilar asked rhetorically on CNN’s Inside Politics. “I also think that J.D. Vance as a messenger on this may be an imperfect messenger.”Vance served a single four-year enlistment in the public affairs section in the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing,...

J.D. Vance Melts Down Over Questions About His Military Record

Kamala Harris’s campaign has tweaked information about Tim Walz’s military record on its website after questions were raised about her running mate’s career with the US Army National Guard. The website switched language describing Walz as a “retired command sergeant major” to “rising to the rank of...

Harris campaign tweaks Walz’s military bio after Republican attacks

Mediaite

CNN correspondent Tom Foreman fact-checked Walz's claim that he carried weapons in war as "absolutely false" on Wednesday.
The post ‘That Is Absolutely False!’ CNN Correspondent Calls Out Gov. Tim Walz’s Claim He ‘Carried’ Weapons ‘In War’ first appeared on Mediaite.

‘That Is Absolutely False!’ CNN Correspondent Calls Out Gov. Tim Walz’s Claim He ‘Carried’ Weapons ‘In War’

The Army has announced overseas deployments to the Middle East, Europe and South Korea for three brigades later this year. A medley of forces will soon leave U.S. shores, replacing rotating units already at those locations, according to an Army press release. The 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain...

Army announces upcoming brigade overseas deployments

Monroe Township, NJ

An Ohio father read from the Bible, told his children he loved them, and called his own father – cryptically telling him that his eldest boy would be “the hardest one” – before he murdered his three young sons in a horror attack at the family home.

Ohio dad read from the Bible and told his three young sons they were the ‘best boys ever’. Then he killed them

Pennsylvania State

Bill Maher warned an audience at his comedy show Saturday night that the gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump “has done so much damage to the left,” as he said there’s nothing funny about the shooting. The comedian posted a clip of the show...

Bill Maher says Trump would-be assassin has done ‘so much damage to the left’

Podcaster Joe Rogan has promptly walked back what many listeners took to be an endorsement of independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr. He made the comments on Thursday's episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, explaining that he believed Kennedy's political inexperience made him less likely to lie to voters.

Joe Rogan insists he’s not endorsing RFK Jr amid MAGA uproar over podcaster’s praise for conspiracy theorist

Business Insider

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell must pay the attorney fees of a man who won his "Prove Mike Wrong" competition, a judge ordered.

Judge orders MyPillow mogul Mike Lindell to pay attorney fees to winner of 'Prove Mike Wrong' contest

Followers of Donald Trump are calling for a boycott of Dunkin’ Donuts after the chief executive of Rumble claimed that the coffee chain refused to advertise on the conservative video platform because its “right-wing culture”. Rumble has joined Elon Musk’s X in a lawsuit against a number...

MAGA fans call for boycott of Dunkin Donuts: ‘The Bud Lite treatment’

Fox News

CNN's Audie Cornish suggested on Tuesday that Harris chose Gov. Walz because Josh Shapiro might have been a "slap in the face" to the "activist wing" of the party.

CNN anchor admits Shapiro on Harris ticket would have been 'slap in the face' to Democrat 'activist wing'

Winchester, VA

Law & Crime

A man who vowed to light VP Kamala Harris on fire and "personally pluck out her eyes" reacted with surprise when investigators showed up at his door, a complaint alleges.
The post ‘I will personally pluck out her eyes’: Man who threatened to light Kamala Harris on fire is baffled feds were at his door ‘over a comment,’ complaint alleges first appeared on Law & Crime.

'I will personally pluck out her eyes': Man who threatened to light Kamala Harris on fire is baffled feds were at his door 'over a comment,' complaint alleges

Former President Donald Trump’s speaking style may reveal signs of cognitive decline, according to psychological experts. An analysis by STAT - a media organization focusing on health - found that Trump’s common pattern of speech called tangentiality – jumping from topic to topic with few if any connections in between – is just one of a number of incoherent speaking habits that appears to have worsened in the last few years.

Experts say Trump’s speaking style shows ‘potential indications of cognitive decline’

Georgia State

Military.com

Spc. Travis Pameni, 23, and Spc. Owen Elliot, 23, both died in noncombat-related incidents, according to Army officials.

2 Georgia Guardsmen Die in Noncombat-Related Incidents in Iraq

Utah State

Salt Lake City, UT

Utah has now ended its decade-long execution hiatus after an inmate was put to death for the murder of his ex-girlfriend’s mother. Taberon Dave Honie died by lethal injection early on Thursday morning at the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City. In his final words, the 48-year-old...

Utah carries out first execution since 2010 as inmate put to death for murder of ex-girlfriend’s mother

AUGUST 6, 2024 – Nearly 50 Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 213th Personnel Company were honored during a deployment ceremony Aug. 4 at the Keystone Conference Center. A company under the 728th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 213th Regional Support Group, these Soldiers are preparing to leave their...

Guard Soldiers Bound for Mideast Mission

Hamilton, OH

A suspect featured on “America’s Most Wanted” for a fatal shooting outside a bar in Ohio 20 years ago was arrested in Mexico where he had been working as a police officer. Antonio “El Diablo” Riano, 62, pleaded not guilty in Butler County Court on Monday to...

Murder suspect featured on America’s Most Wanted spent 20 years on the run. Turns out he was working as a cop

Fort Meade, MD

The Army’s home for intelligence and cyber operations will welcome its first female garrison commander in a change-of-command ceremony next week. Col. Yolanda Gore will be the 89th garrison commander of Fort Meade, Maryland, when she takes command from Col. Michael Sapp on Aug. 6. Gore recently served as...

Army’s second-largest post to have its first female commander

North Carolina State

Ventura County, CA

Back in 1977, three women were strangled and their bodies found dumped in California. For over four decades, no arrests were made and the case went cold. Now, police believe they have solved the mystery – and say that it was the work of a suspected serial killer already charged with murder across the country in North Carolina.

Three women were found strangled in California. Four decades later police arrest suspected serial killer

Donald Trump has tried out a number of nicknames as he tries to define Kamala Harris in the presidential race. There was “Laffin’ Kamala,” and there was “Lyin’ Kamala” but there has been none so confusing as simply “Kamabla.”. Because nobody knows what...

Trump keeps calling Harris ‘Kamabla’ but nobody seems to know the meaning behind it

NewsBreak

What JD Vance did in Iraq, as told by the friend who served with him

JD Vance sparked a firestorm this week when he accused fellow veteran and Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota governor Tim Walz, of abandoning his unit before...

What JD Vance did in Iraq, as told by the friend who served with him

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