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Superman Is for The Immigrants

Biden’s Doctor Asks To Delay Testimony Before House Oversight Committee

Former President Joe Biden’s physician has asked to delay his testimony before the House oversight committee this week, citing the need for an agreement that will respect doctor-patient confidentiality rules as part of the investigation into Biden's health in office. Dr. Kevin O’Connor, who served as Biden’s physician at the White House, requested a delay until the end of July or early August “to reach an accommodation that will protect the very substantial privilege and confidentiality interests of Dr. O’Connor and former President Biden,” according to a letter from his lawyer sent to Rep. James Comer of Kentucky on Saturday. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter. A spokesperson for Oversight Republicans said the committee will follow the House’s deposition guidelines, which allow for witnesses to assert privilege on a question-by-question basis, with the committee chair ruling on each claim. But O'Connor is not allowed, in the committee's view, to delay or decline a congressional subpoena due to concerns over questions about potentially privileged information. The back-and-forth is part of a broader struggle over the scope of the House Republican inquiry into Biden’s age and mental fitness, with serious implications for both politics and policy. Republicans have also claimed that some policies carried out by the White House “autopen” may be invalid if it is proven that Biden was mentally incapacitated for some part of his term. Biden has strongly denied claims that he was not in a right state of mind at any point while in office, calling the claims "ridiculous and false.” The House Oversight Committee first requested O’Connor testify before the committee last July, but the Biden White House blocked his testimony. Comer renewed his request in May and later subpoenaed the doctor in June. David Schertler, the attorney for O'Connor, in the letter said the committee is refusing to “accommodate to any degree Dr. O'Connor's objections” over protecting privilege. He said the committee's decision was “unprecedented” and “alarming” and warned that it threatened broader principles around medical privacy. Scherlter said O’Connor could face “serious consequences" for violating his obligations as a doctor, including losing his medical license. In a June subpoena of O’Connor, Comer said that claims of physician-patient privilege under the American Medical Association’s code of ethics “lack merit” because that code is not part of federal law. He said the committee’s subpoena meets the AMA’s own requirement that physicians must share a patient’s medical information if “legally compelled to disclose the information” or “ordered to do so by legally constituted authority.” Comer has promised that the committee will make all its findings public in a report after the inquiry has finished. He has subpoenaed O'Connor and Anthony Bernal, former chief of staff to former first lady Jill Biden. The committee last month heard voluntary testimony from Neera Tanden, former director of Biden's domestic policy counsel. The committee has also requested the testimony of nearly a dozen former senior Biden aides, including former White House chiefs of staff Ron Klain and Jeff Zients; former senior advisers Mike Donilon and Anita Dunn; former deputy chief of staff Bruce Reed, former counselor to the president Steve Ricchetti, former deputy chief of staff Annie Tomasini and a former assistant to the president, Ashley Williams. The Trump White House has waived executive privilege, a principle that protects many communications between the president and staff from Congress and the courts, for almost 10 senior former Biden staffers. That move clears the way for those staffers to discuss their conversations with Biden while he was president. While the privilege can apply to former staffers, the decision of whether to waive it is decided by the sitting administration.

Biden's Doctor Asks To Delay Testimony To House Panel

Netanyahu says he nominated Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize

President Trump has been nominated again for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Fire Burns, Smoke Billows Into Air From CA's Laguna Beach Blaze

A fire burned in a hilly area of California’s Laguna Beach on Monday (July 7), with plumes of smoke rising into the air, video and still photographs from the Newport Beach Fire Department showed. Reuters was able to verify the location as the terrain matched the street view images, as well as the metadata of the original video. The date was verified by the metadata of the original video. Officials had also announced an evacuation order in the area due to the wildfire on Monday. The Rancho Fire began at around 2:15 p.m. (2115 GMT) on Monday when a vegetation fire broke out in a hillside area, local media reported. The fire was contained to an area of approximately 4 acres (1.62 hectares), Newport Beach Fire Department told Reuters in an email. Authorities said the blaze may have been caused by fireworks, local media reported.

?? One decision-maker. One Constitution. One mission!

While critics whine and flail, real leadership sends a message to Putin and Xi: America doesn’t ask permission to lead. ?? Adults are back in charge. Watch and share.

OBBB: Freedom! Cong Dems: Don’t You Dare!

They lied about SNAP and Medicaid with sad stories. In reality they just wanted people stuck in those programs to stay there and shut up!

OBBB: Freedom, Congressional Dems: Don’t You DARE!

They lied about SNAP and Medicaid with sad stories. In reality they just wanted people stuck in those programs to stay there and shut up!

After ordering pause in deliveries, Trump says US must send more weapons to Ukraine

President Donald Trump says the U.S. will have to send more weapons to Ukraine, just days after ordering a pause in critical weapons deliveries to Kyiv.

Death Toll From Flooding In Texas Surpasses 100 As Search Continues

Flash floods in Texas have killed more than 100 people, many of them children. Heavy rains fell quickly in the predawn hours Friday in the Texas Hill Country. That caused the Guadalupe River to rise 26 feet in just 45 minutes. The number of deaths reached at least 104 on Monday as a massive search continued for missing people. Among the missing are 10 girls and a counselor from a Christian summer camp. The July Fourth holiday weekend likely brought an influx of visitors to the area outside San Antonio, making it difficult to track everyone who may have been in the area.

Shootout with Ice Agents

A shooter attempted to ambush ICE agents and was killed when shooting happened.

Tragic Flood in Texas

Over the weekend a tragic flood occurred in Texas.

Troops And Federal Agents Descend On Los Angeles Park

Dozens of federal officers in tactical gear roamed a mostly empty park in a Los Angeles neighborhood with a large immigrant population for about an hour before clearing out. It wasn’t immediately known if any arrests were made Monday. Defense officials had said about 90 members of the California National Guard and over a dozen military vehicles would help protect immigration officers as they carried out a raid in MacArthur Park. Mayor Karen Bass was among the small crowd who watched as officers moved through a section of the park and then cleared out. Some activists who had earlier warned people to leave the area filmed the officers.

Obama Call Biden's 2024 Campaign a Mess

A new book will reveal that Obama thinks Biden's 2024 campaign was a mess.

Flooding From Chantal's Remnants Forces Dozens To Flee Homes In NC

Officials in North Carolina say a woman was killed when floodwaters from the remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal swept her car from a rural road and dozens of people were forced to flee their homes by floodwaters. The Chapel Hill Fire Department and neighboring agencies completed more than 50 water rescues, many of them in areas where floodwaters entered or threatened to enter apartments. In Orange County, the possibility of the failure of the Lake Michael Dam prompted officials to issue a voluntary evacuation for areas downstream. Chatham County authorities say they're searching for two canoers. North Carolina Emergency Management says parts of central North Carolina experienced hazardous conditions overnight including 3 to 8 inches of rain and possible tornadoes.