NATIONAL REVIEW — Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York dropped out of the 2020 presidential race on Wednesday after she failed to qualify for the third Democratic primary debate, scheduled for September 12. "I think being able to have a voice on a debate stage, when other candidates have that, is really important," said the 52-year-old Gillibrand. "And without it, I just didn't see our path."... (more)

NEWSMAX — Some experts say claims that the Amazon fires are burning "Earth's lungs" and threatening the planet's oxygen supply are false, reports Fox News. The assertion has caught traction as celebrities, environmentalists and political leaders have blamed Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for destroying the world's largest rainforest, which they say is the "lungs of the world."... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — A complaint filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission charges Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., illegally used campaign funds to pay for travel expenses for the Democratic political consultant whose wife accuses him of having an extramarital affair with the Muslim congresswoman.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — It didn't take long for the jokes to erupt when the Democrats announced a seven-hour debate about global warming for their remaining presidential nominee hopefuls. Twitter user Thermax wrote, "There will be enough hot air there to smelt steel."... (more)

BOB UNRUH — A battle over custody of a 4-year-old child seized from his parents by Texas officials without any explanation is being appealed to the state Supreme Court. WND reported the lawsuit brought by the Texas Home School Coalition on behalf of the boy, Drake Pardo, and his parents, Ashley and Daniel. The group set up a Bring Drake Home website and posted a video on Facebook to present their case to the public.... (more)

NEW YORK POST — President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Sunday that the two countries had agreed to the framework of a trade deal. "We've been working on a deal with Japan for a long time. And we've agreed in principle," Trump said, adding that the deal would amount to "billions and billions of dollars."... (more)

NEW YORK POST — A Washington, DC, mom says her political-consultant husband left her for Rep. Ilhan Omar, according to a bombshell divorce filing obtained by The Post.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Inadequate protection of the national electric grid, a key concern of President Trump, threatens the "survival of the United States," a key defense task force warned on Tuesday.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Iran's foreign minister paid a visit to a G-7 summit in France on Sunday as a guest to French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron, a move that blindsided White House officials and some U.S. lawmakers condemned.... (more)

DAILY CALLER — South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham said Americans have to be ready to tighten their belts in order to make China's government change its trade practices. "I'm glad American companies are in China doing business because there's a lot of customers. What I don't like is they close off markets to the American business community in China," Graham said Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation." "They're required to have a Chinese business partner when you do business in China, and they steal all of your stuff."... (more)

DAILY WIRE — President Donald Trump's latest trade war escalation against China appears to have had an immediate effect on Asian markets and the Chinese yuan, sending both tumbling early on Monday morning. "China's yuan currency fell to 7.1487 to the dollar, its weakest level since early 2008 at the height of the global financial crisis," AFP reported. "On equity markets, Hong Kong led losses, slumping more than three percent, with investors also spooked by fresh violent protests in the city that saw police use water cannon for the first time. Shanghai lost 1.3 percent and Tokyo ended the morning more than two percent off."... (more)

NEWSMAX — Amid a roller-coaster trade war, President Donald Trump's upping the ante last Friday got China to blink, according to Far East foreign affairs expert Gordon Chang on Newsmax TV.... (more)

DAILY CALLER — Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar mocked Republican Rep. Mo Brooks Friday after he said that more Muslims in office is leading to more anti-Semitism. "Oh it's fine, it's just a Republican who says something bigoted!" the Minnesota congresswoman tweeted.... (more)

DAILY CALLER — CNN's Brian Stelter speculated Sunday on President Donald Trump's mental health and called for more media coverage of the issue. "So something is wrong," Stelter said in the opening monologue of his show, "Reliable Sources."... (more)

DAILY CALLER — At least two former staffers and one friend to New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand say it is time for the lawmaker to quit the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.... (more)

BOB UNRUH — Courts base their decisions on U.S. law and the Constitution, right? So it should be no surprise that the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cited the Constitution in its decision to reinstate a lawsuit by two filmmakers in Minnesota who had sued the state for trying to coerce them into saying something they didn't want to say.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — A "conscience rights" rule implemented by the Trump administration that exempts physicians from providing "treatments" that violate religious faith such as abortion has been challenged by lawsuits in New York and California.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — A report authorized by Facebook concluded the company has taken "some steps" to address the censorship concerns of conservatives. But it fell short of even beginning to address the real problem. That's according to a new statement released by nearly two dozen conservative leaders.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has completed a three-week course of radiation therapy to treat a cancerous tumor on her pancreas, a court spokeswoman said on Friday. The 86-year old justice tolerated the therapy well and no further treatment is required, spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said in a statement.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Former U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis, R-Minn., announced that he will challenge U.S. Sen. Tina Smith in 2020, the Star Tribune is reporting. "Let the battle begin," he said on Thursday. The newspaper reported he called the Senate "the last firewall for freedom" in the face of liberals like U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and the other three members of what is called the progressive "squad" of House Democrats.... (more)

JOAN SWIRSKY — "Thou shalt not kill" (Exodus 20:13). "...I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live" (Deuteronomy 30:19). Remember good ole boy Johnny Edwards -- actually North Carolina Democrat Senator John Edwards (1998-2012), VP candidate in 2004 and presidential candidate in 2008? Edwards is hard to forget because he burst upon the national stage as the golden-tongued lawyer who was famous for defending the rights of the unborn.... (more)

BRYAN FISCHER — The New York Times, through what it is calling "The 1619 Project," has decided to rewrite American history by identifying the date of our "true founding" as August 20, 1619, 400 years ago today. The Times has picked that date because that's the day when "20. and odd Negroes" (sic) were off-loaded from a Dutch man-of-war in Jamestown, Virginia, and slavery first came ashore in what became the United States.... (more)

JERRY NEWCOMBE — I recently preached a sermon on the subject of stealing in our church's series on the Ten Commandments. And one of the points I made is that socialism is a form of theft. I mentioned the slogan going around during the 1960s -- " property is theft." But the Bible says, "Thou shalt not steal." Implied in that commandment is the sanctity of private property -- I'm not allowed to simply take it because someone else owns it. And the Bible does not say, "Thou shalt not steal, unless thou art the government."... (more)

NATIONAL REVIEW — President Trump said Wednesday that he is "seriously" considering issuing an executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants. Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump argued that it is "frankly ridiculous" that the U.S. affords citizenship to babies born to immigrants who entered the country illegally.... (more)

JOSEPH FARAH — Donald Trump had a question for the prime minister of Denmark. "How much do you want for Greenland?" he asked Mette Fredericksen. He didn't have a trace of embarrassment about publicly asking her the question, nor was he embarrassed about canceling his trip when he got her negative response.... (more)