NEWSMAX — Customs and Border Patrol statistics show there has been a 28.5% drop in the number of illegal immigrants at the southern border in June amid a crackdown by Mexico. The CBP figures released Wednesday show there were 104,344 people encountered in June, down from 144,278 the month before.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — In an effort to promote its hearing on President Trump's policies of "putting migrant kids in cages," House Democrats tweeted a photo of children at a detention center behind a chainlink fence. The problem was that the photograph, intended to scold Trump for "inhumane treatment at the border," was from the Obama era.... (more)

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS — Prominent anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed a lawsuit on Wednesday on behalf of 55 families to overturn a new state law that bars parents from refusing to vaccinate their kids on religious grounds. Dozens of parents and kids packed a courtroom at the Albany County Supreme Court as Kennedy joined attorney Michael Sussman, who argued that the measure conflicts with state and federal law.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted to a speech to a like-minded audience that his company essentially meddled in the Irish referendum on legalizing abortion by refusing to run advertisements by pro-life groups.... (more)

THE GUARDIAN — Thirty years of increasingly liberal attitudes towards gay sex may be coming to an end after the number of people who said they considered it wrong rose for the first time since the Aids crisis. In 1987 when every household received sombre leaflets warning "don't die of ignorance", nine out of 10 people thought there was something wrong with sexual relations between two adults of the same sex.... (more)

FOX NEWS — Five Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gunboats tried to seize a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz Wednesday but backed off after a British warship approached, a senior U.S. defense official told Fox News.... (more)

NATIONAL REVIEW — The British ambassador to the U.S. stepped down Wednesday amid controversy over leaked cables in which he harshly criticized the Trump administration. Sir Kim Darroch became the object of heavy criticism from the president over the weekend after the leak of private messages to Parliament in which he calls the administration "unpredictable," "inept," and "uniquely dysfunctional," and the president himself "insecure." The messages also wondered whether the administration would fall in "disgrace" and mused on whether Trump may be indebted to "dodgy Russians."... (more)

NEWSMAX — A federal appeals court panel appeared sympathetic on Tuesday to Republican efforts to overturn Obamacare, expressing skepticism to Democratic calls to overturn the ruling of a Texas judge who found the landmark U.S. healthcare reform law unconstitutional.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, said President Donald Trump has endured the most "ferocious" media attacks of any president in history. Bozell made his comments during an interview on former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's show, which aired on Newsmax TV on Monday night. Bozell is author of "Unmasked: Big Media's War Against Trump."... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — The CEO of a large movie theater corporation in Canada is doubling down on his decision to screen the controversial "Unplanned" movie, declaring it's "up to each of us to decide whether or not we want to see it." Ellis Jacob, CEO of Cineplex, said in an open letter it's important to remember that Canadian law allows just that.... (more)

FOX NEWS — Podcast host Graham Allen called out Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for not speaking out about death threats levied against a child actor dubbed 'Mini-AOC.' The young girl, Ava Martinez, went viral for her videos impersonating the New York congresswoman. However, following blowback from photos Martinez posted last week, her family has announced that she will abandon her character of 'Mini-AOC.'... (more)

STUDYFINDS — No two people are exactly alike. Therefore, attempting to classify each unique individual's mental health issues into neat categories just doesn't work. That's the claim coming out of the United Kingdom that is sure to ruffle some psychologists' feathers.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Attorney General William Barr said Monday that the Justice Department has a new legal strategy for adding a question about citizenship status onto the 2020 census, according to a new report.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — A powerful House Republican says President Obama's FBI and CIA committed "severe, serious abuses" against then-presidential candidate Donald Trump that soon will be exposed. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., told John Catsimatidis of New York City's AM 970 "The Answer" that the Obama administration had no legal basis to probe the Trump campaign, The Hill reported.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — A torrential rainstorm stuck the nation's capital Monday, creating a chaotic situation with numerous motorists forced to abandon their cars on flooded roads. That prompted U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to politicize the weather, as she promoted her climate-change agenda.... (more)

NEW YORK POST — Home Depot shoppers have been threatening to boycott the store after its co-founder, Bernie Marcus, revealed in a recent interview that he'd be donating to President Trump's re-election bid.... (more)

HUMAN EVENTS — President Trump's citizenship question on the upcoming U.S. census is, contrary to popular opinion, the norm for the decennial survey. Barack Obama was the first President to exclude a question on citizenship in the U.S. Census.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — An old article by Sen. Kamala Harris' father stating his ancestors owned slaves has presented supporters of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate with an unpleasant choice. They either must accuse Harris' father of lying or admit that their candidate, who made racism a major issue in the first debate, lacks credibility.... (more)

DAILY MAIL — The 7.1 magnitude earthquake that sparked huge fires and caused multiple injuries in Southern California on Friday evening was 11 times stronger than the 6.4 tremor in the same region just 32 hours earlier, geologists say. Shockwaves from Friday's quake were felt in Las Vegas and downtown Los Angeles as a rolling motion that seemed to last at least a half-minute. Dr Lucy Jones, a seismologist for the California Institute of Technology (CalTech), said it was the most powerful to hit Southern California since another 7.1 temblor in the same area in 1999.... (more)

BREITBART — Police have been called in to investigate allegations of death threats made to cinema theater owners in Canada who had scheduled to screen the pro-life movie Unplanned. B.J. McKelvie, president of Cinedicon, the Canadian distributor of the film that tells the story of Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood manager-turned pro-life activist, confirmed two Canadian independent cinema owners reported threats that caused them to be "fearful for their families," said LifeSiteNews.... (more)

NEWSMAX — U.S. authorities said on Friday they were seeking a court order requiring Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to forfeit $12.7 billion following his conviction for racketeering and drug trafficking crimes earlier this year.... (more)

NEWSMAX — The family of the American tourist who died after being held in North Korea have filed a claim to the North Korean cargo ship seized in May by the United States, CNN reported Friday. Otto Warmbier's family won at $500 million lawsuit against the North Korean government in December over his treatment. Warmbier was a college student when he visited North Korea in late December 2015, and was arrested and convicted on charges of stealing a propaganda poster from his hotel room.... (more)

C-SPAN — President Trump delivered remarks at the 2019 Fourth of July celebration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. He was joined by first lady Melania Trump, Vice President Pence and second lady Karen Pence. President Trump recounted many Americans in history, including founding fathers, inventors, and military heroes. He talked about the strength of the U.S. military and presided over fly-overs from planes and helicopters of the five military branches.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — President Trump appeared to stick to the script and delivered a Fourth of July speech saluting the five branches of the U.S. military. The decision to hold this "Salute to America," which included flyovers from military planes and the presence of tanks of the National Mall, drew considerable controversy in the days leading up to it, including concerns about the militarization of the holiday and the cost. An estimated $2.5 million was spent by the National Park Service to fund Trump's event.... (more)

GEORGE WILL — On this 243rd anniversary of the beginning of the best thing that ever happened -- "The Great Republic" was Winston Churchill's tribute -- many of today's most interesting arguments about America's nature and meaning are among conservatives. One concerns the relevance of the Declaration of Independence to the contested question of how to construe the Constitution.... (more)