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Texas has sent a 10th bus with migrants to Los Angeles on Saturday, days after its mayor harshly criticized the southern state for sending migrants. According to FOX Los Angeles, the bus had a total of 39 migrants, which included 12 families and 21 children. The 10th bus was sent five days after the previous bus, according to the outlet. Los Angeles Governor Karen Bass criticized Texas Governor Greg Abbott when the ninth bus was sent when Tropical Storm Hillary was impacting the city, saying "LA has not extended an invitation asking for people to come. This is a political act." The Los Angeles City Council voted in June to make the city a sanctuary city for immigrants. LOS ANGELES MAYOR ACCUSES ABBOTT OF BUSSING MIGRANTS FROM TEXAS TO CALIFORNIA DURING TROPICAL STORM HILARY On Tuesday, Bass again condemned Abbott for sending the buses. "This evening, Los Angeles received another bus from Texas. That means that while we were urging Angelenos to stay safe, the Gov...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy directed to have the flags at the U.S. Capitol lowered to half-staff on Saturday to honor the 13 U.S. service members who lost their lives in a tragic suicide bombing during the "botched" withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 under the Biden administration. Saturday marked the two-year anniversary of the attack outside the Abbey Gate at Kabul’s airport during the military’s evacuation from Afghanistan in August 2021. "Two years ago today, we tragically lost 13 brave service men and women in Afghanistan," McCarthy said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. "I have directed the flags at the U.S. Capitol be lowered to half-staff in honor of these American heroes." BIDEN'S TREATMENT OF GOLD STAR FAMILIES UNDER RENEWED SCRUTINY: ‘TOTAL DISREGARD’ The speaker then listed the names of the fallen – Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25; Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, 23; Staff Sgt. Darin T. Hoover, 31; Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22; Cpl. Daegan ...

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch : Hackers breached WebDetetive, an Android spyware app used mainly in Brazil, and deleted data on its victims; Poland-based LetMeSpy was similarly hacked in June   —  The Portuguese-language app WebDetetive was used to compromise over 76,000 phones to date  —  A Portuguese-language spyware …

The Biden administration on Friday rolled out new guidance to provide expanded access to voter registration during naturalization ceremonies of new U.S. citizens – part of a broader push by the federal government to increase voter registration that has raised concerns from Republicans. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it is updating its policy manual "to increase awareness and expand access to voter registration during naturalization ceremonies" at which eligible foreign nationals become U.S. citizens and are then able to vote in elections, including federal elections.  The new guidance "affirms that USCIS provides access to voter registration services at each administrative naturalization ceremony, including information regarding points-of-contact for voting and voter registration." It also tells officials that offices should request state or local government election offices attend ceremonies to distribute and collect registrati...

Clive Cookson / Financial Times : A look at the UK's new DARPA-inspired Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), which has a four-year £800M budget to invest in breakthrough tech like AI   —  Head of Advanced Research and Invention Agency tells FT it has appointed directors charged with selecting projects

With Friday’s announcement that the 2028 GOP presidential nominating convention will be held in Houston, Texas, longtime Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel appears to be building on her legacy. The announcement on the 2028 convention came as the RNC held its annual summer meeting , which this year was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, site of the 2024 Republican National Convention. McDaniel is nearing the middle of her fourth – and what she says is her final – two-year term as RNC chair. Her longevity in steering the national party committee is unprecedented in modern times. The meeting of the RNC’s 167 committee members came as the party held its first 2024 Republican presidential nomination debate, a Fox News hosted showdown. Pointing to the White House candidates taking part in the debate, McDaniel highlighted in a recent Fox News Channel interview that it was "the most diverse debate stage we’ve ever had as a party. But that’s what we’re seeing in our party as well...

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., on Friday pushed back against some left-wing critics of singer Oliver Anthony's viral sensation "Rich Men North of Richmond."  In a Substack post, Murphy observed that conservatives have celebrated Anthony as a working-class hero while many progressives have mocked him as another "right-wing zealot." The senator remarked that both sides have politicized Anthony and his music, with the "political establishment" treating him as either "with us" or "against us."  "I saw it somewhat differently, and I think so did many people outside of the political establishment," wrote Murphy, a progressive Democrat. "For instance, probe the positive replies on social media to the song, and you won’t just find rural white conservatives, but urban young black men too. Anthony’s lyrics don’t add much color to what he considers this "new world" to be, but the viral reaction to the song suggests mo...

Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville refuses to release his hold on military nominations due to his opposition to the Pentagon's abortion policy — which covers some expenses for Department of Defense (DoD) personnel — leaving hundreds of key leadership positions unfilled. "I warned the Pentagon that I would hold their most senior nominees if they broke the law," Tuberville said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.  "They did it anyway, and forced my hand. Since then, Chuck Schumer and the Biden administration have refused any serious negotiations, and so this situation has dragged on," the statement continued.  Tuberville — a retired college football coach — said the hold, which began in February, has given him "more time to look more closely into the background of some these nominees," which has prompted "deep concerns."  SENATE DEMOCRAT SAYS TUBERVILLE 'PREPARED TO BURN THE MILITARY DOWN' AMID BLOCKADE: REPORT ...

Annie Palmer / CNBC : E-commerce marketing company Klaviyo files for a US IPO and reports H1 2023 revenue of ~$321M, vs. ~$208M YoY, and $15.2M net income, vs. a $24.6M net loss YoY   —  - Marketing automation company Klaviyo became the latest tech company to try to join the public markets, after Instacart and Arm submitted IPO filings.

Carly Page / TechCrunch : Emsisoft: the MOVEit Transfer breach has so far impacted 1,000+ known victim organizations, of which 83.9% are based in the US, and 60M+ individuals   —  At least 60 million individuals affected, though the true number is far higher  —  A mass-hack involving the MOVEit Transfer software …

Donald Trump remains on top of the polls among Republican presidential candidates, but the gap between the former president and his onetime political protégé could be narrowing following the first GOP debate. A new Public Opinion Strategies poll exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital shows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis closing in on Trump among Iowa voters. The poll among the 400 Iowa likely GOP caucus-goers included a ballot test that saw DeSantis rose from 14% support up to 21% post-debate.  GOP VOTERS SAY DESANTIS DELIVERED BEST PERFORMANCE IN FIRST PRIMARY DEBATE: POLL Trump slid by one percentage point, from 42% to 41%. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley also saw a large bump in the polls, rising from 3% support to 11% post-debate, while South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott slid from 8% to 7%. Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy saw the largest slide, dropping from 10% support to 7%. Former Vice President Mike Pence remained at 2% in the poll. Both North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum an...

Washington Post : How Meta and YouTube, battered by content moderation fights, are following X in retreating from policing political misinfo, raising US 2024 election fears   —  Facebook and YouTube are receding from their role as watchdogs against conspiracy theories ahead of the 2024 presidential election

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., gave a policy-heavy speech in Louisville, Kentucky, on Thursday morning, hours before another top Republican, former President Donald Trump, is due to turn himself in at the Fulton County, Georgia, jailhouse.  Unsurprisingly, Trump’s name and impending arrest did not come up in McConnell’s remarks.  Speaking at the Kentucky Farm Bureau Country Ham Breakfast, McConnell blamed high inflation rates on the federal government’s spending during the COVID-19 pandemic, discussed Congress’ effort to reauthorize the Farm Bill and championed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal struck under President Biden in 2021.  It’s a stark contrast to the media circus surrounding the former president’s impending appearance in Georgia. Reporters and protesters from both sides are already gathered after Trump declared on Truth Social that he would "proudly get arrested" Thursday. MEADOWS, GIULIANI, OTHERS INDICTED ALONG WITH TRUMP IN G...

Abner Li / 9to5Google : Meta rolls out its Threads web app to all users, featuring an app bar at the top with the same five tabs as in the mobile app; tapping Home refreshes the Feed   —  Following Tuesday's announcement, Meta is widely rolling out the Threads web app, and it offers a pretty straightforward translation of the mobile experience.

MILWAUKEE — Democratic National Committee senior adviser Cedric Richmond said President Biden was the "clear winner" of the first GOP presidential debate Wednesday night, telling Fox News Digital that Republican presidential candidates are "running to the extreme right" in a strategy that's a "losing proposition" for the 2024 general election. During an interview with Fox News Digital on the sidelines of the first Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, Richmond likened the showdown to a shouting match. BIDEN CAMPAIGN, DNC TO LEVERAGE GOP DEBATE FOR MASSIVE POLITICAL MESSAGING OPERATION "President Biden was the clear winner as Republicans shouted over each other and tried to see who could be the most extreme," Richmond told Fox News Digital. "What they weren’t talking about is how do we improve the daily lives of Americans." Richmond, a former congressman who previously served as a senior adviser to President Bid...

Suzanne Kapner / Wall Street Journal : Shein acquires ~33% of Forever 21 parent Sparc, and Sparc takes a minority stake in Shein, allowing Shein to sell Forever 21 items and operate inside its stores   —  Online fashion giant invests in company that operates retailer, paving way to sell its products  —  Shein and Forever 21 may soon be fast-fashion friends.

Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared that former President Trump was "the loser" of the first primary debate of the 2024 election cycle.  Kemp was the "Celebrity Guest Picker" at the "Ruthless" podcast's Debate Pregame Show outside Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He kicked things off by jokingly suggesting he showed up to potentially fill the podium of North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who was rushed to the emergency room after he injured his Achilles from a game of pick-up basketball.  When pressed in predicting a "winner" among the eight Republican candidates who appeared on the debate stage, Kemp asked the "Ruthless" co-hosts if he could choose a "loser" instead. "I think that everybody here is a winner because they've gotten in the race. It takes a lot of guts to do that," Kemp told the "Ruthless" co-hosts on Wednesday before the debate. "I think the Trump campaign is making ...

District Attorney Fani Willis has asked a Fulton County court to set a trial date for former President Donald Trump and all 18 of his co-defendants in the case related to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.  In response to a motion for a speedy trial from defendant Kenneth Chesebro, Willis "respectfully" requested that a trial "commence for all 19 defendants on October 23, 2023." Trump and more than a dozen others were charged out of the Fulton County probe, including his former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, his former attorneys Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeff Clark, John Eastman, among others. TRUMP TO BE BOOKED AT FULTON COUNTY JAIL AFTER CHARGES STEMMING FROM 2020 ELECTION PROBE The charges include violating the Georgia RICO Act—the Racketeer Influenced And Corrupt Organizations Act; Solicitation of Violation of Oath by a Public Officer; Conspiracy to Commit Impersonating a Public Officer;...

Never Back Down, the political action committee supporting Gov. Ron DeSantis' bid for president, trolled competitor Vivek Ramaswamay after he inaccurately recalled Constitutional history in the first GOP primary debate . The PAC insinuated that the newcomer might need a civics lesson a la a DeSantis presidency, which the governor says "would "increase civic understanding and knowledge of our constitution." In the first Republican presidential primary debate on Wednesday evening, entrepreneur and author Ramaswamy stated that the Constitution is "the strongest guarantor of freedom in human history. That is what won us the American Revolution."  In a statement posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, the PAC said, "The U.S. Constitution did not win us the American Revolution, it came years later. Vivek Ramaswamy is mistaken . RAMASWAMY, PENCE CLASH AFTER FORMER VP CALLS GOP NEWCOMER A 'ROOKIE': 'THIS ISN'T COM...

Kif Leswing / CNBC : Nvidia reports Q2 revenue up 101% YoY to $13.51B, vs. $11.22B est., Data Center revenue up 171% YoY to $10.32B, and authorizes a $25B buyback; NVDA jumps 6%+   —  - Nvidia's performance was driven by its data center business, which includes the A100 and H100 AI chips that are needed to build …

Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, warned that Speaker Kevin McCarthy , R-Calif., could lose his gavel if he does not take demands from the right-wing flank of his House majority seriously as Congress faces a showdown over next year’s government spending priorities. "McCarthy's going to have to listen to the people on the right, or else he's going to have to rely on the Democrats to pass this. And you know, they could do that, they did that… with the debt ceiling — more Democrats voted for the debt ceiling than Republicans — they could go down that path again," Jackson told Steve Bannon on his "War Room" podcast this week. "But I'm telling you, if that happens… it's going to be detrimental to leadership in the House, if they blow off the concerns of people like myself and the Freedom Caucus, and some of the other people on the right that are making reasonable demands in this process, it's going to be a problem." ALL EYES ON THE GOP PRESID...

Brody Ford / Bloomberg : Twilio announces AI-powered tools to let clients generate suggestions about marketing strategy and use internal data to build automated contact support services   —  Twilio Inc. is launching new AI-powered features in its suite of data management services, responding to customer demand …

Russian authorities reportedly have again requested an extension of the pre-trial detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested on what the U.S. and the newspaper both deem to be bogus allegations of espionage nearly five months ago.  The Federal Security Service (FSB) on Wednesday sent a second detention request to hold Gershkovich in custody, the Journal reported. A 31-year-old U.S. citizen, Gershkovich had been based in Russia for nearly six years before he was arrested on March 29 while on a reporting trip to the city of Yekaterinburg. His pre-trail detention was set to expire on May 29, but the FSB was granted an extension to Aug. 30.  Russia’s state media TAAS reported that a hearing will be held Thursday in Moscow’s Lefortovo District Court regarding the FSB’s latest request to further hold the American journalist behind bars. Russia’s criminal code says pre-trial detention can be extended for up to 12 months.  US AMBASSADOR TO ...

Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware : Qualcomm updates its lineup of processors designed for gaming handhelds, adding the G1 and G2 chips for cheaper devices and the flagship Snapdragon G3x Gen 2   —  Three tiers of chips, anchored by the new G3x Gen 2  —  Qualcomm is updating its lineup of processors designed for dedicated gaming handhelds …

Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature asked that the newest Democratic-backed justice on the state Supreme Court recuse herself from lawsuits seeking to overturn GOP-drawn electoral maps, arguing that she has prejudged the cases. Republicans argue in their motions filed with the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday and made public Wednesday that Justice Janet Protasiewicz can't fairly hear the cases because during her campaign for the seat earlier this year she called the Republican-drawn maps "unfair" and "rigged" and said there needs to be "a fresh look at the gerrymandering question." "Justice Protasiewicz’s campaign statements reveal that her thumb is very much on the scale in this case," Republicans argue in their motion with the court. Protasiewicz, who was backed by Democrats in her winning election in April, never said how she would rule on a redistricting lawsuit. She never committed to recusing herself from hearing the...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin dodged questions about whether he would rule out running for president in 2024 amid rumors that the Republican governor is being encouraged to enter the race for the GOP nomination. While campaigning for Republicans in the statewide elections this November, Youngkin told Fox News Digital during an event in Manassas, Virginia, that he and his team were "focused on 2023" and that there has been "no confusion" about what the most important election is in 2023. "The most important election in the nation, I believe, is Virginia this year. We are laser focused on holding our House, winning our Senate and getting [state Senate candidate] Bill Woolf and the other great Republican candidates elected," Youngkin said. "We have demonstrated that you can take a state that was really so much headed in the wrong direction and redirect with commonsense, conservative principles and leadership and policies," he continued. "We c...

DON'T MISS: Sign up now to watch the first Republican presidential primary debate Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET on FoxNews.com ! FIGHT NIGHT: It's impossible to underestimate the importance of the first Republican primary debate of the 2024 presidential election… Read more: First GOP presidential debate is 'enormously important' as candidates seek ‘breakout moments’ ARRAIGNMENT DAY: Trump is expected to appear in court Thursday to the latest charges against him… Read more: Trump bond set at $200,000 after Georgia indictment; he will be processed Thursday HUNTER'S TAXES: Hunter Biden's misdemeanor tax charges have been dismissed by a federal judge in Delaware, an expected move after his "sweetheart" plea deal fell through last month during his first court appearance in the case… Read more: Hunter Biden tax charges dismissed by federal judge following plea deal breakdown BIDEN ON THE STAND? Hunter Biden's legal team once vowed to prosecutors th...

Nilay Patel / The Verge : Q&A with Fandom CEO Perkins Miller on the wiki hosting service's origin as Wikipedia's sister company, Pottermore, acquiring TV Guide, ads, FanDNA, AI, and more   —  Today, I'm talking with Perkins Miller.  He's the CEO of Fandom, which runs thousands of wikis for everything from Disney …

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has contested former President Donald Trump's demand that his upcoming trial to be pushed back until April 2026.  The DOJ wrote a rebuttal to the Trump camp's complaints Tuesday, accusing the defense of being "neither helpful nor insightful" in their complaints about the millions of pages of documents. "In cases such as this one, the burden of reviewing discovery cannot be measured by page count alone, and comparisons to the height of the Washington Monument and the length of a Tolstoy novel are neither helpful nor insightful," prosecutors with the DOJ wrote. CHICAGO-AREA WOMAN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY THREATENING TO SHOOT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, HIS SON BARRON The memo continued, "In fact, comparisons such as those are a distraction from the issue at hand — which is determining what is required to prepare for trial," Trump's legal team claimed last week that the 11.5 million pages of evidence provid...

Emily Baker-White / Forbes : A summer 2022 draft agreement between the US and ByteDance to avoid a TikTok ban would give US agencies power to block app policy changes, veto hirings, more   —  For the past several years the Biden Administration and TikTok have been negotiating a deal to resolve national security concerns posed by the Chinese-owned app.

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley blasted her fellow Republican presidential opponent Vivek Ramaswamy over his foreign policy views and recent comments about Israel. Haley fired off a blistering press release Monday against Ramaswamy after the GOP presidential candidate's recent comments about cutting off Israel funding in 2028. "Vivek Ramaswamy is completely wrong to call for ending America’s special bond with Israel," Haley said. "Support for Israel is both the morally right and strategically smart thing to do." NIKKI HALEY SCORCHES BIDEN ON 2-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL: ‘WORLD IS LESS SAFE’ "Both countries are stronger and safer because of our iron-clad friendship," the former South Carolina governor continued. "As president, I will never abandon Israel." Haley called Ramaswamy's comments "part of a concerning pattern with Vivek" and that between "abandoning Israel, abolishing the FBI, an...

Reuters : Sources: cybersecurity company SentinelOne, whose shares dropped ~80% in the last two years, has been exploring options including a sale; stock jumps 15%+   —  SentinelOne Inc (S.N), a cybersecurity company with a market value of $4.2 billion, has been exploring options that could include a sale …