Comment on Congress Ponders Competing Bills to Aid Tribes and Wildlife

“In an extended riff at his rally on Saturday in New Jersey, former President Donald Trump returned to a reference that has become a staple of his stump speech, comparing migrants to Hannibal Lecter, the fictional serial killer and cannibal from The Silence of the Lambs, as he aims to stoke anger and fear over migration in advance of the election,” the New York Times reports. Said Trump: “Has anyone ever seen ‘The Silence of the Lambs’?

Sen. J. D. Vance (R-OH), “who is a contender to be Donald Trump’s running mate, hedged on Sunday when he was asked whether he would accept the results of the November election,” the New York Times reports. Said Vance: “If we have a free and fair election, I will accept the results.” “Mr.

“Jim Justice, the businessman-turned-politician governor of West Virginia, has been pursued in court for years by banks, governments, business partners and former employees for millions of dollars in unmet obligations,” the New York Times reports. “And for a long time, Mr. Justice and his family’s companies have managed to stave off one threat after another with wily legal tactics notably at odds with the aw-shucks persona that has endeared him to so many West Virginians.

“Russian leader Vladimir Putin has removed Sergei Shoigu from his longtime position as defense minister and appointed him to lead the country’s security and defense council, a consultative body that advises the president, in a major shake-up of the Kremlin’s security team, the Kremlin said Sunday,” the Washington Post reports. “At the security council, Shoigu will succeed Nikolai Patrushev, one of the most powerful officials in Russia, who was not immediately named to any new position, prompting speculation about his dismissal.”

Trump was in New Jersey Saturday doing his MAGA grievance routine at a rally when he slurred his words so badly it went viral on social media. Then he whined how he came from New York being forced to endure a Biden show trial. Then his mouth decided to take a break from his mouth. "And as you know, I've come here from New York, where I'm being forced to endure a Biden show trial, all done by Biden" Trump whined.

Humanitarian officials are warning of increasingly dire conditions in Rafah as the Israeli army orders tens of thousands of civilians to evacuate the city in advance of further operations in the city. The situation is “absolutely catastrophic,” UNICEF spokesperson Tess Ingram told ABC’s Martha Raddatz on “This Week” Sunday. Approximately 300,000 people have fled Rafah this week, Ingram said, “piling onto donkey carts, trucks, busses, possessions, people.” “We even saw people loading a toilet onto the back of a truck—which just shows how desperate the situation is, that people feel like they need to bring these sort of items,” Ingram added.