THE SHOW NOTES: The FBI Can't Find 50 Potential Terrorists, Pro-Hamas Bowman Loses, & More SCOTUS News

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🚨 IMPORTANT: Terrorists In The US

More than 400 migrants from the Middle East and Central Asia were smuggled into the United States through the southern border by an ISIS-affiliated enterprise according to the Department of Homeland Security. Three US officials tell NBC that the location of 50 of these high-danger individuals is unknown.

Disturbing: Customs and Border Protection intercepted the vast majority of the 400+ individuals at the border but released them into the United States because they were not on the terror watch list. As new information was made available, many of these immigrants were apprehended by ICE or the FBI. Most notably, eight men with known terrorist connections from Tajikistan were allowed in the US for months before being arrested.

Worry: As multiple terror attacks from these regions have claimed the lives of hundreds of Russians and Iranians in recent months, US officials are increasingly worried ISIS and ISIS-K may attempt similar attacks here. Tajikistan is the latest hot-bed for terrorism with ISIS and ISIS-K operating heavily in the region.

Headline: Special Operations Association of America warns its members ‘gravely concerned’ about terrorist threat to U.S. after withdrawal from Afghanistan and the ‘unsecured southern border’ - Twitter

One Less Terrorist In Congress

Congressman Jamaal Bowman lost the Democratic primary race last night in a highly contentious race on the left. As Brent Peabody noted on Twitter, the far-left keeps losing to moderate Democrats

• Nina Turner (OH11)

• Andy Levin (MI11)

• Katie Porter (CASen)

• Yuh-Line Niou (NY10)

• Marie Newman (IL06)

• Jessica Cisneros (TX28)

• Susheela Jayapal (OR03)

• Jamie McLeod-Skinner (OR05) and now...

• Jamaal Bowman (NY16)

Hilariously, this last-ditch attempt from AOC to hype Bowman didn’t work and may go down as one of the most embarrassing attempts to win an election.

Notable: Three Trump-endorsed candidates lost their primaries last night in New York. - X

Biden administration moves toward allowing American military contractors to deploy to Ukraine

The Biden administration is moving toward lifting a de facto ban on American military contractors deploying to Ukraine, four US officials familiar with the matter told CNN, to help the country’s military maintain and repair US-provided weapons systems.

The change would mark another significant shift in the Biden administration’s Ukraine policy, as the US looks for ways to give Ukraine’s military an upper hand against Russia.

Full story at CNN.

Biden Wants to Be Tough With Russia and Iran—But Wants Low Gas Prices Too

The Biden administration wants to keep gas prices stable ahead of the election by encouraging oil to flow into global markets. The effort has run square into another priority: being tough on adversaries Russia, Iran and Venezuela.

The policy has led to softer-than-expected sanctions on major oil producers, according to diplomats, former government officials and energy-industry players briefed by current officials.

A case in point arrived on Tuesday, when the U.S. levied fresh sanctions against Iran. The measures affect a fraction of the country’s oil exports and are unlikely to gum up global markets, analysts said.

Full story at The Wall Street Journal (paywall).

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• Russia is crumbling from within - The Telegraph

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• Dollar Soars to Fresh 2024 High as Fed Diverges From Major Peers - Bloomberg (free)

• IRS Apologizes to Billionaire Ken Griffin for Leak of Tax Records - WSJ (paywall)

• Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds Don’t Reach Anyone. - WSJ (paywall)

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