National and international media news & headlines compiled by CLG

Gabbard claims Obama’s goal with Russia narrative was to ‘subvert’ the will of the American people –Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard refers evidence to DOJ, says accountability is ‘critical’ for preserving American democracy | 19 July 2025 | Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard appeared on Hannity Friday night where she asserted that former President Barack Obama’s goal with the Russia collusion narrative was to “subvert the American people’s will” in the 2016 presidential election. Gabbard declassified the report on the Obama administration’s Russia hoax on Friday, revealing “overwhelming evidence” that demonstrates how, after President Donald Trump won the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton, then-President Barack Obama and his national security team laid the groundwork for what would be the years-long Trump–Russia collusion probe… The intelligence leader told Hannity that she would be referring the documents to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for further investigation, noting that accountability is “critical” to ensure Americans still have faith in our republic.

Declassified: Obama Admin Manufactured Intelligence to Push Fake Trump-Russia Collusion Narrative | 19 July 2025 | The Obama administration’s top officials committed a “treasonous conspiracy” by manufacturing and politicizing intelligence to create the false narrative that led to the years-long Trump-Russia collusion probe, according to newly declassified documents released by Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard. Announcing that “Americans will finally learn the truth” about shady actions taken by senior officials in former President Barack Obama’s National Security Council (NSC), Gabbard dropped condemnatory documents that showed how they laid the groundwork for “what was essentially a years-long coup” against President Donald Trump… Despite the intelligence community’s consensus that Russia “lacked the intent and capability to hack U.S. elections” prior to Trump’s 2016 win over Hillary Clinton, Gabbard said Obama’s officials changed their tune soon after the president won, ignoring the evidence.

DNI Gabbard releases ‘overwhelming evidence’ of Obama coup plot against Trump –Declassified documents show top Obama-era officials overruled intelligence findings to manufacture ‘Russiagate’ narrative – Gabbard | 18 July 2025 | Former President Barack Obama’s administration deliberately manipulated intelligence to frame Russia for interfering in the 2016 presidential election, according to newly declassified documents released on Friday by America’s Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Gabbard unveiled more than 100 pages of emails, memos, and internal communications, which she described as “overwhelming evidence” of a coordinated effort by senior Obama-era officials to politicize intelligence and launch the multi-year Trump-Russia collusion investigation. She dubbed it “a treasonous conspiracy to subvert the will of the American people.” The scandal severely damaged relations between Moscow and Washington, leading to sanctions, asset seizures, and a breakdown in normal diplomacy.

Secret Service failed to discipline agent at the heart of security breakdown in Trump assassination attempt, report finds | 13 July 2025 | The U.S. Secret Service failed to discipline the agent at the heart of the security failures that allowed a gunman to take eight shots at President Trump during the July 13, 2024, campaign rally, according to a condemnatory new Senate report. That agent was allegedly warned by local cops about would-be assassin Thomas Crooks 25 minutes before Trump was shot — but did not relay that info to the agents on the ground in Butler, Pennsylvania, the report found. The investigation into everything that went wrong at the rally — published on the anniversary of the attack — concluded that the Secret Service suffered “multiple, unacceptable failures.” The leaders at the center of the scandal have never being appropriately punished, said Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Israel bombs Gaza’s only Catholic church sheltering elderly and children –At least three people were killed and 10 others wounded, including a priest, in Israel’s attack on the church. | 17 July 2025 | Israeli forces have bombed Gaza’s only Catholic church, killing three people and wounding at least 10 others, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said, as the military continues its assault across the besieged enclave. At least one person is in critical condition as a result of Thursday’s strike on the Holy Family Church in Gaza City, the Patriarchate said in a statement. The church’s priest was also lightly wounded, it added. Among those killed were the parish’s 60-year-old janitor and an 84-year-old woman who was receiving psychosocial support inside a Caritas tent in the church compound, according to the Catholic charity Caritas Jerusalem.

Trump suffering from chronic condition after lower leg swelling sparks concern, White House reveals | 17 July 2025 | President Trump has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a blood circulation issue, after noticing “mild swelling in his lower legs,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed Thursday. Leavitt made the surprise disclosure while addressing conjecture about recent bruising on Trump’s hands, which she said was assessed to be “minor soft tissue irritation from frequent handshaking and the use of aspirin” as a preventative heart-health measure. “In the effort of transparency, the president wanted me to share a note from his physician with all of you today,” Leavitt said… She added: “Importantly, there was no evidence of deep vein thrombosis or arterial disease…An echocardiogram was also performed and confirmed normal cardiac structure and function, no signs of heart failure, renal impairment or systemic illness were identified additionally.”

Victims of LA County sheriff training facility explosion ID’d as 3 deputies assigned to elite unit | 19 July 2025 | Three Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies were killed in a blast at a compound that houses the agency’s arson and explosive unit on Friday morning. The explosion at the Biscailuz Center Academy Training facility in East Los Angeles resulted in the department’s worst loss of life in a single event since 1857. The officers were identified as Detective Joshua Kelley-Eklund, Detective Victor Lemus and Detective William Osborn, all of whom were assigned to the Special Enforcement Bureau’s Arson Explosives Detail. The fallen members — whose elite unit responds to 1,000 calls yearly — were longtime veterans who had been on the job for 19, 22 and 33 years, respectively. It’s unclear what sparked the deadly blast, though investigators are preliminarily looking at a possible training accident, a person briefed on the matter told the Associated Press.

Two worshippers shot dead as gunman brings carnage to church after wounding cop at Kentucky’s Blue Grass Airport | 14 July 2025 | Two churchgoers have been killed and a state trooper seriously wounded in two shootouts during a gunman’s rampage. A morning of terror began when the shooter opened fire outside Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, about 10.40am on Sunday. The trooper was shot when he pulled over the gunman on Terminal Drive after the car was pinged by a license plate reader on a nearby traffic camera. The shooter then carjacked another vehicle and fled 16 miles to Richmond Road Baptist Church, where he was cornered by pursuing cops, police said. Lexington Police Chief Lawrence Weathers said the gunman, who may have a connection to the congregation, fired on worshippers inside the Baptist church. Three Lexington Police Department officers opened fire on the gunman and killed him, Chief Weathers said.

Trump sues Wall Street Journal for 10B after lewd Epstein letter report | 19 July 2025 | President Trump sued the publisher of The Wall Street Journal for 10 billion over an allegedly “fake” and “defamatory” article that claimed he sent a lewd letter, with the drawn outline of a naked woman, to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday. News Corp, its chair emeritus Rupert Murdoch and chief executive Robert Thomson; Dow Jones, the Journal’s publisher; and the reporters who authored the report were named as defendants in the suit filed Friday in federal court in the Southern District of Florida. The suit, which seeks 10 billion in damages, stated “no authentic letter or drawing exists” showing Trump, 79, using “salacious language” to wish Epstein a happy 50th birthday in 2003.

DOJ Files Motion to Unseal Grand Jury Testimonies in Epstein Case | 18 July 2025 | The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion to have grand jury testimonies relating to convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein unsealed, according to multiple reports. In a motion filed in the United States District Court — Southern District of New York, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche called for the court “to release grand jury transcripts associated with” the indictment referring to Epstein. “At the direction of the Attorney General, the Department of Justice hereby moves the Court to release grand jury transcripts associated with the above referenced indictment,” the court document says. In another motion filed in the U.S. District Court — Southern District of New York, Blanche also called for the court to release grand jury transcripts relating to an indictment regarding Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Calif. Dem. Rep. Ro Khanna’s bid to force release of Epstein files falls flat in House | 15 July 2025 | California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna’s bid to force the release of the Justice Department’s files on notorious predator Jeffrey Epstein fell flat in the House on Monday. Khanna sought to capitalize on the raging MAGA revolt over Epstein by tacking on an amendment to pending legislation on cryptocurrency and national defense that would have required the files to be disclosed to the public. The rep vowed to keep fighting after his defeat. “We won’t stop until the files are released. This may have been our first attempt, but the public will not be gas-lit. We will keep fighting for transparency,” Khanna said.

Twice-deported Guatemalan rapist roams free after liberal county ignores ICE detainer | 17 July 2025 | The release of a twice-deported rapist in Virginia is putting renewed focus on the dangers posed by Democratic-led sanctuary policies that limit cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Guatemala national David Cabrera was collared by ICE last week after being set free by sanctuary-aligned jurisdiction Arlington County, which refused to honor a federal detainer and released him without notifying ICE. In a video obtained by Fox News, Cabrera is seen roaming a local street before ICE agents initiate his arrest. Cabrera entered the U.S. illegally in 2014 and was convicted of felony rape in 2015. He was sentenced to more than seven years in prison, although a portion of it was suspended.

Trump signs stablecoin law as crypto industry aims for mainstream adoption | 18 July 2025 | U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a law to create a regulatory regime for dollar-pegged cryptocurrencies known as stablecoins, a milestone that could pave the way for the digital assets to become an everyday way to move m-ney. The bill, dubbed the GENIUS Act, passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 308 to 122, with support from nearly half the Democratic members and most Republicans. It had earlier been approved by the Senate. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in a statement, said the new technology would buttress the dollar’s status as the global reserve currency, expand access to the dollar economy and boost demand for U.S. Treasuries, which back stablecoins.

Trump terminates federal funding for California’s 135B high-speed rail ‘boondoggle’: ‘TRAIN TO NOWHERE’ | 16 July 2025 | President Trump and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Wednesday that about 4 billion in unspent federal funding for California’s significantly delayed and over-budget high-speed rail project has been terminated. “To the Law abiding, Tax paying, Hardworking Citizens of the United States of America, I am thrilled to announce that I have officially freed you from funding California’s disastrously overpriced, ‘HIGH SPEED TRAIN TO NOWHERE,'” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “This boondoggle, led by the incompetent Governor of California, Gavin Newscum, has cost Taxpayers Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we have received NOTHING in return except Cost Overruns,” the president fumed, using his preferred nickname for Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom. “The Railroad we were promised still does not exist, and never will.”

Biden push for 10B electric mail delivery fleet flops with just 250 trucks built in two years | 16 July 2025 | A Biden regime plan to create a “green” fleet of postal vehicles has churned out a mere 250 electric mail trucks in just over two years — after shelling out taxpayer funds meant to build thousands — leaving Republicans raging at the multibillion-d-llar “boondoggle.” The nearly 10 billion project — which called for more than 35,000 battery-powered U.S. Postal Service (USPS) vehicles to be completed by September 2028 — was funded in part by 3 billion in funding from former President [sic] Joe Biden’s 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. As of this month, the project is well behind schedule despite taxpayers forking over 1.7 billion — prompting Capitol Hill Republicans to try to rescind the remaining nearly 1.3 billion earmarked from the IRA.

Arizona homeowner fined 100 repeatedly for giving out free water in heat amid clash with HOA | 12 July 2025 | Bottled up anger. An Arizona homeowner has been repeatedly fined 100 for handing out free cold water bottles to neighbors over the past year, forcing him to take drastic measures against his homeowners association. David Martin’s five years of kindly providing refreshing waters in his Goodyear, Ariz., driveway have caused tension between him and the HOA in the Canyon Trails community. Martin’s gesture dates back to 2020, when he’d share the cold water with anyone walking by his home, creating a feeling of togetherness and unity during the blistering hot summer months. Last year, a rift began to form when the [sociopaths of the] HOA and its management company, FS Residential, fined Martin 50 for storing the items in plain sight. Martin refused to pay the bill and was fined 100 for non-compliance three months in a row.

Florida man arrested for DUI on lawn mower along toll road – FHP | 18 July 2025 | A man faces charges after troopers say he took his riding mower onto a busy toll road while impaired. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, dispatchers received calls from multiple witnesses around 8:30 a.m. Friday reporting a man operating a lawn mower erratically on the southbound side of the Suncoast Parkway (SR 589). Troopers say traffic cameras showed the lawn mower going south from Citrus County into Hernando County, and the rider was pulled over just south of the exit to U.S. 98. FHP says Christopher Spain, 38, showed several signs of impairment…