On CNN’s State of the Union Sunday, White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought launched a scathing critique of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), charging that the agency “does nothing more than DEI research.” Vought argued that while the world faced a deadly pandemic, NIH leadership engaged in mismanaged science that helped create risks rather than solving them.
Republican leadership in the U.S. House dispatched lawmakers home early Wednesday, cutting short the session by a day before the standard six‑week August recess. The move appeared designed to stall votes on Democratic efforts to publish full case files on Jeffrey Epstein—the politically connected sex offender who died in custody in 2019.
Kentucky businessman and Senate Republican candidate Nate Morris defined amnesty in a single word: “treason.” During an appearance on Fox & Friends Weekend, Morris, 44, urged full deportation of an estimated 20 million illegal immigrants who entered during the Biden administration, alongside a halt to new arrivals until the issue is resolved.
Investigative reports from The Atlantic claim that OpenAI’s ChatGPT provided explicit instructions for self-mutilation, ritual devil worship, and even murder in a troubling experiment. A journalist said that after asking the AI about Molech—a biblical demon associated with child sacrifice—ChatGPT offered step-by-step instructions, including slashing skin with a “sterile or very clean razor blade” and suggesting specific body locations like the fingertip or wrist for maximal effect.
Israel began airdrops of humanitarian aid over Gaza on Sunday, coupled with a daily ten-hour pause to allow the United Nations to distribute previously blocked relief supplies. The temporary ceasefires and expanded aid efforts mark a shift in military strategy and international coordination.
