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Harvard battles Trump administration in court over canceled funding

Harvard University has taken the Trump administration to federal court over $2.6 billion in funding cuts.

U.S. Customs And Border Protection Officer Shot In NYC

An off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was shot in a Manhattan park on Saturday following an apparent robbery gone wrong, New York City police and federal officials said. The 42-year-old officer was in stable condition Sunday and expected to survive. There was no indication that he was targeted because of his employment, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. The officer, who was not in uniform, had been sitting with a woman in a park beneath the George Washington Bridge when two men approached on a moped just before midnight. The passenger got off and approached the officer, who realized he was being robbed and drew his service weapon, Tisch said. The two exchanged gunfire and the off-duty officer was shot in the face and arm. The perpetrator was injured before he and the moped driver rode off, police said. A person of interest, identified as Miguel Mora, a 21-year-old undocumented immigrant with an extensive criminal past, was taken into custody after arriving at a Bronx hospital with gunshot wounds to the groin and leg, Tisch said. It was unknown if Mora had an attorney. The police commissioner said Mora's injuries were consistent with what was seen on surveillance video of the shooting shared by the Department of Homeland Security. The search for his alleged accomplice continued Sunday. Mora entered the country illegally through Arizona in 2023 and had two prior arrests for domestic violence in New York. He was wanted in New York to face accusations of robbery and felony assault, and in Massachusetts over a stolen weapons case, Tisch said. In a social media post Sunday afternoon, President Donald Trump seized on the shooting as evidence of Democrats’ failures to secure the border. “The CBP Officer bravely fought off his attacker, despite his wounds, demonstrating enormous Skill and Courage,” Trump added. The shooting comes as federal officials warn of a surge of attacks on agents carrying out Trump’s mass deportation agenda. As enforcement efforts have ramped up in recent months, many officers have chosen to cover their faces with the goal of avoiding harassment in public and online. On Sunday, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Todd Lyons, said he would allow agents to continue covering their faces as a safety measure. “If that’s a tool that the men and women of ICE that keeps themselves and their families safe, then I will allow it,” Lyons said.

Alaska Airlines Warns Of More Flight Disruptions After IT Outage

Alaska Airlines has resumed flights after the failure of a critical piece of hardware forced the airline to ground all its planes for approximately three hours, but the effects will linger into Monday, the company announced. The carrier issued a system-wide ground stop for Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air flights around 8 p.m. Pacific time Sunday. The stop was lifted at 11 p.m., the Seattle-based company said in a social media post. More than 150 flights have been canceled since Sunday evening. The FlightAware tracking site reported 84 cancellations and nearly 150 delays Monday. “We appreciate the patience of our guests whose travel plans have been disrupted. We’re working to get them to their destinations as quickly as we can,” the airline said in a statement. The airline said “a critical piece of multi-redundant hardware at our data centers, manufactured by a third-party, experienced an unexpected failure.” That affected several of the airlines key systems, but hacking was not involved, and the airline said the incident was not related to any other events like the attack involving Microsoft's servers over the weekend or the recent cybersecurity event at its Hawaiian Airlines subsidiary in June. The airline also said it is working with its vendor to replace the hardware at the data center. Alaska Airlines led all airlines in cancellations Monday, according to FlightAware. Many of the cancellations were at the airline's major hub of Seattle, but it also canceled flights at airports all over the country. The Federal Aviation Administration website had confirmed a ground stop for all Alaska Airlines mainline and Horizon aircraft, referring to an Alaska Airlines subsidiary. But the FAA referred all questions to the airline Monday. History of outages There has been a history of computer problems disrupting flights in the industry, though most of the time the disruptions are only temporary. Airlines have large, layered technology systems, and crew-tracking programs are often among the oldest systems. They also rely on other systems to check in passengers and make pre-flight calculations about aircraft weight and balance. But some of the most widespread problems are often related to computer systems the airlines themselves don't control. Nearly every major U.S. airline had to cancel hundreds — if not thousands — of flights last year after a major internet outage that was blamed on a software update that cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike sent to Microsoft computers of its corporate customers, including many airlines. The FAA caused all U.S. departures to be halted briefly in January 2023 when a system used to alert pilots to safety hazards failed. That was the first nationwide ground stop since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The agency blamed a contractor that it said accidentally deleted files while synchronizing the alert system and its backup. One of the biggest individual airline tech problems was the December 2022 debacle that caused Southwest Airlines to cancel nearly 17,000 flights over a 15-day stretch. After a federal investigation of Southwest’s compliance with consumer-protection rules, the airline agreed to pay a $35 million fine as part of a $140 million settlement with the Transportation Department. Southwest’s breakdown started during a winter storm, but the airline’s recovery took unusually long because of problems with a crew-scheduling system. The air traffic controllers that direct flights in and out of the nation's airports also rely on outdated technology that the Trump administration has proposed overhauling after a series of high-profile failures and crashes this year, especially at Newark Liberty International Airport. Congress included $12.5 billion for those upgrades in Trump's overall budget bill, but officials have described that as only a down payment on the project. The National Transportation Board last month credited the crew of Alaska Airlines flight 1282 with the survival of passengers when a door plug panel flew off the plane shortly after takeoff on Jan. 5, 2024, leaving a hole that sucked objects out of the cabin. In September, Alaska Airlines said it grounded its flights in Seattle briefly due to “significant disruptions” from an unspecified technology problem that was resolved within hours.

NY State Police Say Missing Canadian Girl Found Dead, Father In Custody

Captain Robert McConnell of the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) announced on Monday (July 21) charges against Luciano Frattolin for second-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse following the death of his daughter, Melina Frattolin, aged 9. Frattolin was transported to Essex County Correctional Facility pending arraignment at Ticonderoga Town Court. The cause of death awaits autopsy results scheduled for today. The investigation commenced after Frattolin reported Melina missing on July 19, alleging a possible abduction near Exit 22 of I-87 Northway in Lake George. He initially claimed Melina was taken by unknown males in a white van, a lead which was disproven by authorities. A search on July 20 led to the discovery of Melina's body in a pond in Ticonderoga. Surveillance footage showed Melina with her father in Saratoga Springs, New York, on July 19 at 5:30 p.m. She later spoke to her mother, indicating she was returning to Canada with her father. Investigators believe Melina was murdered between her phone call and Frattolin's 911 report. McConnell stated Frattolin has no prior criminal or domestic violence history. Authorities continue to investigate the fabricated abduction report.

Tulsi Gabbard exposes source of Russia collusion hoax

Tulsi Exposes Source Of Russia Collusion Hoax

Obama Is In BIG TROUBLE

DNI Tulsi Gabbard released some bombshell evidence indicating former President Barack Obama pushed the bogus Russia collusion story to try and derail Trump’s first term in office.

Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud

Beto O’Rourke explained the Democrat Party’s new blueprint to win. The Dems will stop at nothing to undermine Trump and retake control.

A Bangladesh Air Force Training Jet Crashes Into a Dhaka School, Killing at Least 19

The Bangladeshi military says an Air Force training aircraft has crashed into a school campus in the capital, Dhaka, killing at least 19 people. The military and a fire official say the Chinese-made F-7 BGI aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff into the campus of Milestone School and College on Monday afternoon as students were attending classes. Local media indicated most of the injured were students. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear, but the military said the aircraft “experienced a technical malfunction" after takeoff. It is the deadliest airplane crash in the Bangladeshi capital in recent memory.

Mondays with Maguire: Tulsi finds out The Obama Admin; Democrats lose in the arena of ideas

Colbert, NPR and PBS..nobody was buying what they were selling

Tulsi's Huge Russia Gate Story

Honest Scottie Scheffler — What Was He Trying To Say?

Tulsi's Russia Hoax Story & Russia-Gate in Chris's Words

Russia Launches a Major Aerial Attack on Kyiv Hours Before High-level Talks on Support for Ukraine

Russia has launched one of its largest aerial assaults on Ukraine in months, targeting Kyiv overnight into Monday. Ukrainian officials report two deaths and 15 injuries, including a child. The escalation came hours before the U.K. and Germany led a NATO meeting on military support for Ukraine, including advanced air defense systems like Patriots. The British defense chief is expected to urge Ukraine’s Western partners at the meeting to launch a “50-day drive” to get Kyiv the weapons it needs to fight Russia’s bigger army and force Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, according to a statement by the U.K. government.

Assignment Desk: Home Depot Migrants & Kombucha Crises

??Illegal migrants in the lumber aisle, $20M to rent protesters, NPR begging for cash, and a kombucha-fueled breakup?! You can’t make this stuff up — not officially! ??