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ICE deported Juan Carlos Espinoza-Ornelas July 31. He’s a Mexican citizen convicted on charges, including BURGLARY, DUI and CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE VIOLATION. ICE arrested him July 24 outside the county jail in Santa Maria, Calif., after the jail released him. If ICE hadn’t been there, this dangerous criminal would be walking free Santa Maria.

California just ranked 50th out of 50 for business climate — most overregulated state, highest unemployment, companies fleeing every day. That’s not a ranking, it’s a crisis, and I’m running to turn it around so we can actually compete again.

🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: SecWar Pete Hegseth announces MILITARY options are on the table for the Communist Cuba regime FAFO is waiting...🔥🔥 "ALL options are on the table — to include military options. And I think Cuba would be WISE to pay attention to the willingness of President Trump to assert American strategic prerogatives, and there's certainly no match for the United States of America!" "And if you see what foreign influence has been able to do in our hemisphere, it's been pretty minimal."

🚨 TRUMP IS WINNING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ Iran claims no ship can pass without their permission. Reality: Oil flowing out of the Gulf is now higher than before the conflict. U.S. Navy is running escorts. Pipelines in the UAE and Saudi Arabia are expanding fast. American energy exports are at record levels. Iran played its last leverage card too soon… and it’s not working. The “line of steel” is holding.

A retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who carried the nuclear "football" for former President Bill Clinton is sounding the alarm that exposing the vital national security secrets that protected President Trump from a potential attack on Air Force One could put presidents, military personnel and the White House press corps in danger for years to come. "If somebody leaked it, it was somebody involved in the process, and that scares the hell out of me," Robert 'Buzz' Patterson tells Fox News Digital.

The Kennedy Center board voted on Thursday to inscribe President Trump’s name on its building, aggressively testing a federal judge’s order to remove it, according to two people with direct knowledge of the proceedings. nyti.ms/45mzwzY

"Rebuilding our industrial base, rebuilding the heartland, making our streets safer, making it possible for young people to afford to buy a home." @VP discusses the positive results of President Trump's economic policies on the @WillCainShow 🎙️🇺🇸

Gov. Ron DeSantis says opposing Dr. Anthony Fauci during COVID brought more political backlash than any other issue: “I’ve been in this business for a little while. I’ve run campaigns. I’ve taken a lot of tough stands on a lot of different issues and taken plenty of heat. But if you compare all the incoming fire I received on everything else to what I got over COVID, I got more over COVID. It was a very suffocating narrative. Fauci was being held up as a demigod. If you dissented from him, they said you were a quack who refused to recognize science, when in reality, he was the one misrepresenting the facts.”

🚨 TRUMP SHUTS DOWN RUMORS ON PETE HEGSETH President Trump just slammed what he calls completely false and unfounded rumors about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The fake news reporting is TREASONOUS!

Watch this… What we saw in Ceuta, Spain, should be a warning for all Western countries. The Spanish people were “powerless” as they watched their town be stormed by 60k+ illegal migrants from Morocco. What message does that send to an enemy? It’s the responsibility of politicians to work for their country, not against it. It’s not radical or far-right to want a safe and secure border, it’s common sense.

À Kyiv et dans sa région, la Russie a une nouvelle fois choisi de cibler des civils. Cette politique de terreur, menée à coups de missiles et de drones, est inacceptable. Chaque nouvelle attaque renforce une évidence : la Russie doit payer le prix de son agression et répondre de ses crimes. Aux côtés de l’Ukraine, nous ne céderons ni à la lassitude ni à l’intimidation. L’Union européenne et ses partenaires continueront d’accroître la pression sur la Russie, notamment par de nouvelles sanctions, tout en renforçant le soutien militaire à l’Ukraine afin qu’elle puisse se défendre et protéger sa population.

DEVELOPING: Tensions flare in the Middle East after an explosion inside a building in southern Lebanon, believed to be a Hezbollah position, leaves 2 Israeli soldiers dead and 4 wounded, triggering immediate Israeli retaliatory airstrikes. It's the worst violence since the U.S.-brokered June ceasefire between the 2 sides. The key question now is whether this proves to be a one-off incident or if it marks the beginning of a broader escalation. It also comes at a critical moment as diplomatic efforts continue to secure a key agreement on reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Steve Harrigan reports the latest.

A new release on election integrity shows Arizona’s largest county had a major election data breach just DAYS before the 2020 presidential election. A self-described hacker bypassed security and stole 633,000 voter registration files - but the Biden DOJ declined to charge him.

NEW: Sen. Rand Paul highlights the American people's struggles ahead of today's Senate vote on Fauci: "More than a million Americans died from COVID. Many of them died alone. Workers were forced to choose between a mandate and a job they needed. Businesses closed and never reopened. Children lost years of school. They will never get back. Americans lost the freedom to work, to worship, and to decide what went into their own bodies." "Nothing we do today can undo those losses. But silence does not honor them either."

🚨 BOOM: President Trump DROPPED this warning for the entire Senate GOP "If [Abdul El Sayed] succeeds, the Dumocrats will gain 4 Senators, 8 Congressmen, many Electoral and Popular Votes, a stacked Supreme Court with 23 Justices, and I will be, sadly, despite the great job we are doing, the last Republican President!" "Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, is touting, as perhaps his single most important point, the Termination of the Filibuster. I watched yesterday, and he’s gone Termination CRAZY." Get tough and pass the SAVE America Act!

Israel charges settler over killing of Palestinian involved in Oscar-winning West Bank film bbc.in/4z83GES

President Donald J. Trump meets with brave and courageous military members in the Oval Office today. 🇺🇸 God bless our servicemen and women!

Sen. Mitch McConnell said that he has been discharged from the rehabilitation center where he had been recovering after a fall and will continue to recover at home. cnn.it/4cj8j4P

President Trump signs executive orders to again target birthright citizenship and "birth tourism" cnn.it/3RTgOwI

Former Tennessee Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher will win the Republican primary in the state's newly redrawn 5th District, CNN's Decision Desk projects. He defeats Trump-endorsed conservative firebrand and incumbent Rep. Andy Ogles. cnn.it/4z7L7AA