The Blaze

Median Strategies released polling data claiming wide leads for Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayoral race and Francesca Hong in Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary. The firm later admitted the numbers were fabricated as a short-term social experiment to examine how unverified polling spreads. Jonathan Turley noted that the episode raises legal questions, and the organization shut down without disclosing participant identities.

More than 72,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, a city of 84,000 residents, with at least 90 deaths recorded during the initial surge. Spanish police cleared a beach encampment and relocated migrants to temporary shelters. Estimates of remaining migrants range from 5,000 to 10,000 and reports of sexual assaults remain unverified.

All listed claims originate from a single unverified source, The Blaze, and directly contradict the established fact that Lindsey Graham remains a sitting U.S. Senator from South Carolina. No primary evidence supports reports of his death on July 11, Darline Graham's appointment, or the described special election and debate.

Carmen Lizet Puch, 42, was found dead at approximately 6:45 a.m. on Monday in the parking lot at Great Falls Park in McLean, Virginia. Fairfax County Police arrested 19-year-old Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos on Wednesday; both individuals worked at the same Herndon restaurant. Cedillos-Campos had been arrested by Customs and Border Protection in 2024 after an illegal border crossing and was released into the United States.

Ryan Elijah won the Republican primary for Florida's 7th congressional district over incumbent Cory Mills. The race occurred on a Tuesday, with results reported after 97 percent of votes were counted. Elijah will face Democrat Bale Dalton in the November general election.

Fox News and The Blaze report that Rosie O'Donnell is guest hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live! for a week during Jimmy Kimmel's vacation. The same outlets state that O'Donnell and Kimmel had no prior in-person contact and that Kathy Griffin expressed hurt over not being included. All claims remain unverified with sourcing limited to two right-leaning outlets.

Alexander Vindman lost the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Florida on Tuesday to state Rep. Angie Nixon, with Nixon leading 56.1% to 43.9% after over 95% of votes counted. Donald Trump posted on Truth Social the following day that Vindman's loss was among the most gratifying and called for his prosecution. Vindman previously served as a central witness in the 2019 impeachment inquiry regarding Trump's call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Multiple sources report the U.S. national debt at $40 trillion as of recent 2026 data, with per-person figures near $117,000 and net interest costs approaching $1 trillion annually. Right-leaning outlets cite planned borrowing exceeding $2 trillion for 2026 and note acceleration from roughly $10 trillion two decades earlier. Coverage is limited to three right-leaning sources, leaving left and center perspectives absent.