Missouri Attorney General Seeks Relief from SCOTUS After State Court Overturns Congressional Map AFTER PRIMARIES! An Unprecedented Ruling!
September 3, 2026
Old Missouri Congressional map on the left and new Missouri Congressional map on the right. The Missouri Supreme Court tossed the new map AFTER primaries already took place!
According to the ruling, the new map will only go into effect in 2028 if voters approve it during the 2026 midterms.
Missouri already held primaries! So Missouri Candidates have to figure out which district they are running in – after they already won their primary!
This is insane!
Back in September 2025, almost a year ago, GOP legislators in the state approved a redistricting plan that dismantled the Democrat stronghold of the 5th District in Kansas City, and partitioned it across rural Republican-dominated districts, according to AP News. The resolution passed 90-65. It wasn’t even close.
On Thursday afternoon, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced she will move immediately to seek relief from SCOTUS adding that she is confident the federal courts will not allow every Missouri voter to be disenfranchised.
Catherine Hanaway: “A republic, if you can keep it.” – Benjamin Franklin
Never before in American history has a court overturned a congressional map after a primary and before a general election. This unprecedented decision clearly violates federal law and has thrust our state into a full‑fledged constitutional crisis.
Our office will move immediately to seek relief from SCOTUS. We are confident that the federal courts will not allow every Missouri voter to be disenfranchised—which is what today’s decision does.
“A republic, if you can keep it.” – Benjamin Franklin
Never before in American history has a court overturned a congressional map after a primary and before a general election. This unprecedented decision clearly violates federal law and has thrust our state into a full‑fledged…
— Attorney General Catherine L. Hanaway (@AGCHanaway) September 3, 2026
US Representative Bob Onder from Missouri, responded to today’s shocking decision.
The Missouri Supreme Court decision, overturning a congressional map between a primary in which voters chose candidates, and a general election, defies common sense and the rule of law. https://t.co/Jc39f9kMMr
Four people, including two juveniles, have been arrested after a violent robbery in Culver City left a man seriously injured and knocked two children from their stroller, police announced Wednesday.
The arrests stem from an Aug. 31 robbery at a retail location in the 6000 block of Sepulveda Boulevard near the Westfield Culver City shopping mall, according to the Culver City Police Department.
Police said a group of suspects assaulted a man, leaving him with serious injuries.
During the attack, the man’s girlfriend was robbed of her jewelry and suffered minor injuries, authorities said.
Two children were also knocked from their stroller during the robbery. Police did not disclose whether the children were injured.
Culver City Westfield Mall has a history of flash mob robberies and shootings.
Earlier this year, a person was shot and killed in the parking lot at Westfield Mall.
What’s Behind the US Troop Withdrawal From Nigeria?
September 3, 2026
The United States is planning to remove its counterterrorism teams from Nigeria, despite ongoing violence against Christians. Photo courtesy of NTA.
The United States deployed roughly 200 military personnel to Nigeria in February 2026 to support Nigerian forces in intelligence-sharing, training, and counterterrorism operations against Islamist militants, particularly ISIS and Boko Haram-linked factions in the Lake Chad Basin.
Now, the Pentagon is preparing to pull most of those troops out. According to a New York Times report cited widely across Nigerian media, the larger contingent is expected to leave by late September 2026, though small teams of trainers and intelligence analysts will remain.
American officials point to a single operation as the turning point. In May 2026, a joint U.S.-Nigerian raid in Borno State killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, identified by U.S. officials as ISIS’s second-in-command globally.
AFRICOM Commander Gen. Dagvin Anderson, addressing a conference of African defense chiefs in Luanda, Angola, said the strike had significantly degraded ISIS’s leadership structure. Given the group’s international network, the effects reached beyond West Africa. Anderson said Nigeria has remained “very active” since the operation, continuing to prosecute targets independently and working to cut off the group’s ability to sustain itself.
The rationale offered by officials rests as much on a broader doctrine as on the al-Minuki strike itself. Anderson described the operation as demonstrating a model in which the U.S. provides specialized capabilities, including intelligence, surveillance, and targeting support, while African partners lead the ground operations.
Officials have gone further, calling the Nigeria deployment a potential blueprint for future U.S. counterterrorism operations across Africa: a small military footprint paired with intelligence cooperation and support for local forces, rather than a sustained troop presence. Under this framing, withdrawal is not a retreat but the intended endpoint of a mission designed to be brief.
Officials also cite secondary effects. Anderson said the May operation, combined with Nigerian efforts to publicize it, encouraged additional defections and surrenders among ISIS fighters in the northeast.
Washington has also stressed that the drawdown does not end bilateral cooperation. Intelligence sharing will continue, and the withdrawal comes weeks after the second round of U.S.-Nigeria talks in Washington under a joint working group focused on protecting Christian communities in Nigeria’s Middle Belt.
Taiwo Adebayo of the Institute for Security Studies argued that Washington’s framing reflects deeper strategic ambitions than a simple withdrawal. He said it fits a broader U.S. interest in dismantling ISIS’s global network wherever it operates and reestablishing American relevance in African security after a period of reduced engagement.
The drawdown proceeds against a backdrop of continued attacks. In late July, suspected Fulani militants stormed the village of Naridon in Kaduna State’s Kauru Local Government Area, killing at least 30 Christians, including 11 children, according to local reports. A separate attack on the Bin Mper community in Plateau State killed at least 24 Christians the same month. Sahara Reporters, summarizing the withdrawal, noted the mission produced intelligence gains but has not stopped deadly attacks across the country.
Even inside the administration, the picture has shifted. Presidential adviser Massad Boulos, who had previously dismissed reports of religious persecution, said in early August that the ongoing violence against Christian communities and other vulnerable populations in Nigeria’s Middle Belt is intolerable. That statement came roughly three weeks before the Pentagon’s withdrawal timeline became public, underscoring the gap between the administration’s rhetoric on the scale of the crisis and the military’s posture of scaling down its footprint.
Congress has continued to push in the opposite direction. A joint report delivered to the White House in February by the House Appropriations and Foreign Affairs Committees recommended a formal bilateral security agreement with Nigeria, continued visa restrictions on individuals tied to religious violence, and conditioning U.S. funding on demonstrable action by the Nigerian government.
None of those measures depends on a sustained troop presence. This leaves the congressional recommendations technically compatible with the drawdown, even though the lawmakers who pushed for them have not yet commented publicly on the specific troop numbers.
Nigerian officials, for their part, have consistently resisted the framing of the crisis as targeted religious persecution. Information Minister Idris Muhammed has pointed to ACLED data showing comparable death tolls among Muslims and Christians over the past several years, arguing there is no systematic campaign against a single faith.
But that view is disputed by senior US officials and Nigerian church leaders. US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz has called the killings genocide wearing the mask of chaos, citing what he described as a body of evidence showing Christians are disproportionately targeted, with clergy repeatedly assassinated and entire congregations wiped out.
Bishop Wilfred Anagbe of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi told a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee that Christian villages in Nigeria’s Middle Belt continue to face what he called an ongoing genocide carried out by Fulani ethnic militia.
Cardinal Peter Okpaleke has similarly told the Vatican that the plight of Nigerian Christians is deeply concerning, pushing back on Nigerian government denials of systematic targeting. Data compiled by Open Doors’ World Watch List found Nigeria accounted for 72 percent of Christians killed for their faith worldwide in the year ending September 2025, and recorded the highest number of Christian killings and kidnappings of any country in 2024.
That dispute over characterization has shaped much of the diplomatic friction between Washington and Abuja since Trump’s initial designation, and it remains unresolved even as the military relationship enters its next phase.
Whether the withdrawal marks the end of direct US military involvement or simply a transition to a lighter, intelligence-based footprint will depend largely on whether Nigerian forces can sustain the operational tempo Anderson credited to the May raid, and on whether attacks in the Middle Belt and northeast continue at the pace recorded through the summer.
Vance Zings Joe Biden as He Takes Over Press Briefing (VIDEO)
September 3, 2026
Vice President JD Vance on Thursday held the White House briefing after Karoline Leavitt departed from the role.
“If Karoline Levitt was still here, she would have told me who to call on. But clearly that hasn’t happened here,” Vance said as he held up photos of the White House reporters.
“[Karoline Leavitt] texted me this morning and wished me good luck because obviously going up against all of you is a very, very dangerous business,” Vance said.
“She’s going to do great in whatever she does next and we’re very grateful to her,” he said.
“So Karoline, if you’re watching, which hopefully you’re not, but if you’re watching, thank you for your service, thank you for your friendship, and thanks for doing a great job,” Vance said.
Vance answered questions on the Iran war, gas prices, the Venezuelan oil agreement, the crackdown on fraud, and much more.
At one point Vance took a swipe at Joe Biden.
Biden will attend the Ground Zero 9/11 memorial ceremony next week for the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.
Vance zinged Joe Biden.
“As you guys can probably guess, I’m really looking forward to hanging out with Joe Biden,” Vance said.
“I’m sure we’ll have many, many intense intellectual conversations. We’ll have a great time,” he said.
Rumblings: FOX News Allegedly Fired Maria Bartiromo After They Nixed Her Election Integrity Segment and She Notified White House – Maria Obtains Top Attorney
September 3, 2026
News legend Maria Bartiromo reporting at the World Economic Forum. – via Wiki archivo
Earlier today, news broke that beloved news anchor Maria Bartiromo was out at FOX News and FOX Business Network.
Maria has been a trusted morning anchor at FOX for over 12 years.
Bartiromo has been noticeably absent from her time slot for weeks.
As Cristina Laila reported earlier, FOX News Media released a statement on her departure.
Effective today, Maria Bartiromo is no longer with FOX News Media.
In making the announcement, FOX News Media said, “We thank Maria for her work over the last 12 ½ years and wish her all the best on her next chapter.”
The last episode of Mornings with Maria (6-9 AM/ET) aired this morning on FOX Business Network (FBN) and the show will transition to Mornings with FOX Business beginning tomorrow with rotating anchors. Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street which also airs weekly on FBN (Fridays, 7-7:30 PM/ET) will shift to FBN’s Wall Street effective this week hosted by Cheryl Casone and helmed by rotating anchors thereafter. FBN will also launch a new weekday programming schedule which will be announced in the coming weeks.
Additionally, FOX News Channel’s (FNC) Sunday Morning Futures (10-11 AM/ET) will be hosted by Jason Chaffetz this Sunday and a new host will be announced at a later date.
Now we are hearing more about the possible reason FOX News parted ways with Maria Bartiromo.
According to Dylan Byers from Puck News, Bartiromo was let go after they nixed her story on China and 2020 election fraud.
Bartiromo then reportedly notified the White House that FOX did not let her pursue the story.
FOX News found out and fired her.
Via leftist reporter Dylan Byers:
NEW: The Maria Bartiromo backstory, per multiple sources familiar….
Maria Bartiromo wanted to pursue a story related to China and 2020 election voting conspiracies… a major sensitivity for the network given its Dominion and Smartmatic lawsuits.
Mike Nellis reported on this from Status news: “Status is reporting Fox fired Maria Bartiromo after she leaked internal texts to the White House showing the network had told staff to stop amplifying Trump’s latest election conspiracy theories. Trump has so thoroughly captured the right-wing media ecosystem that its biggest stars now see themselves as his informants first and journalists never.”
Via Mike Nellis:
NEWS: Status is reporting Fox fired Maria Bartiromo after she leaked internal texts to the White House showing the network had told staff to stop amplifying Trump’s latest election conspiracy theories. Trump has so thoroughly captured the right-wing media ecosystem that its… pic.twitter.com/GlBDnqVTxi
.@MariaBartiromo is the best in the business and the hardest-working person in media. Smart. Kind. Principled. The best interviewer on television. Proud to have been with her everywhere that mattered over the past 15 years — Wall Street, Davos, Milwaukee, and every corner of the… pic.twitter.com/1U6V8DnsdV
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