- When FBI agents questioned Hillary Clinton about her private email server, they did not put her under oath, did not record the session, and did not transcribe what was said. This was standard practice at the FBI for a long time, and something civil libertarians complained about. Now the FBI records interrogations, but only when they’re questioning people who are in custody, and Hillary Clinton wasn’t in custody.
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Congressman Trey Gowdy questions FBI Director James Comey:
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A Marine Corps officer accused of using a Yahoo email account to send classified information will use Hillary Clinton’s defense.
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Ted Cruz will speak at the Republican National Convention, but hasn’t endorsed Donald Trump.
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Joshua Devine argues that the U.S. Supreme Court is better off with an even number of justices — it would help de-politicize the nomination process.
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Three professors at the University of Texas in Austin filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block concealed carry in the classroom because it restricts their First Amendment rights:
The professors argue that they discus controversial and emotionally laden subjects such as reproductive rights and it would be inevitable for them to pull back at important junctures because of a cloud of gun violence hanging over the classroom.
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Last week the U.S. military re-tasked planes providing air support to a Syrian rebel group so they could attack ISIS fighters fleeing Fallujah, Iraq instead. This happened in the midst of an offensive to capture Bukamal, Syria from ISIS, an offensive that failed, at least in part due to the missing air cover. U.S. forces appear to be stretched thin.
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The Palestinian Authority spends an estimated $140 million a year on payments to terrorists in jail, the families of terrorists in jail, and the families of suicide bombers. That’s about 10% of its annual budget.
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Someone detonated a car bomb near the entrance to a Shiite mausoleum north of Baghdad, killing at least 20 people and injuring at least 50.
