President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he is actively working to broker a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia, as deadly border clashes between the two Southeast Asian nations entered their third day, resulting in at least 33 deaths and displacing over 168,000 people. The leaders of both countries have agreed to meet immediately to negotiate a ceasefire, according to a Reuters report. The U.S. reportedly fired approximately 150 THAAD ballistic missile interceptors during Iran's barrages on Israel in June, expending roughly 25% of all U.S. THAAD interceptors funded to date, with SM-3s also being used at a "worrisome rate," according to The War Zone. Amid ongoing discussions about the Jeffrey Epstein case, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer stated Sunday that Donald Trump is named in the Epstein files and suggested that Speaker Johnson's decision to recess the House was an attempt to avoid confronting this information. Separately, a 1994 video of Trump commenting on his then-one-year-old daughter Tiffany's potential breast size has resurfaced online. In other news, Proton VPN reported a sustained surge of over 1,400% in signups originating from the UK just minutes after the Online Safety Act went into effect last night, a figure significantly higher than previous surges. Texas Democrats have requested U.S. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillion to testify before the Texas Senate redistricting committee. Dhillion authored a July 7 letter asserting that several congressional districts in Texas were unconstitutional racial gerrymanders. Senators Ted Cruz, James Lankford, and Rick Scott are seeking answers from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard regarding her allegations that former President Obama and his administration "manufactured" intelligence used to launch the Trump-Russia investigation. Meanwhile, a poll conducted by WSJ between July 16-20 indicated that the Republican Party has a 54% unfavorable rating and 43% favorable, while the Democratic Party has a 63% unfavorable rating and 33% favorable. RRH Elections updated its Senate Ratings for the summer, ranking 35 races by likelihood to flip. Secretary Kristi Noem stated at the CPAC International Summit Against Human Trafficking that "300,000 migrant kids lost under Biden" were recycled by traffickers to exploit the system, and that Trump reinstated DNA tests to combat this. Separately, a Secret Service agent was discovered attempting to smuggle his wife onto a Secret Service car plane accompanying President Trump's security detail to Scotland, according to five Secret Service sources who spoke to RealClearPolitics. Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones reiterated his commitment to eliminating Georgia's state income tax. Fox News is reporting that Derek Dooley is expected to announce his Senate intentions next week, with Governor Brian Kemp planning to endorse him should he enter the race. President Trump is scheduled to meet with Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday to finalize the EU-US trade deal.
