Kaitlan Collins Takes The High Road After Trump's WHCD AttackAfter being targeted by President Donald Trump during Friday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, CNN journalist Kaitlan Collins appeared to address his insults with a subtle social media post on Saturday.Quoting timeless advice from first lady Eleanor Roosevelt on her Instagram story, she wrote, “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”The president assailed the media in a rambling, hour-plus speech at the press gala but saved some special contempt for Collins, who was being honored with the Excellence in Presidential News Coverage Under Deadline Pressure award.After offering a backhanded congratulations, Trump told the room, “It’s a fake — she shouldn’t get the award, it was a fake. But I don’t mind, I said, ‘Kaitlan, congratulations.’ But it was fake, there’s no question about it.”He then criticized her for being a “young attractive woman” who “never smiles” before sailing into a rant comparing Collins to Dylan Mulvaney, the trans actor whose 2023 collaboration with Bud Light incited months of right-wing outrage.Latest Live UpdatesCash-Strapped Democrats Resort To Desperate Accounting Ploy: NYTThe Democratic National Committee’s money troubles are so dire that they’re asking vendors not to bill them until after November’s midterm elections, according to a report from The New York Times.Although Democrats appear to have the upper hand politically — as President Donald Trump contends with backlash from his war on Iran, his unpopular immigration crackdown and the ever-escalating cost of living — new financial disclosures show the DNC is $2 million in debt.Trump and company, on the other hand, are flush with cash. The president is sitting on top of a $400 million super PAC war chest. The Republican National Committee has nearly $130 million of its own to spend.The DNC’s financial situation could upend its chances of reclaiming control of the House and Senate. While the committee typically transfers millions to its congressional counterparts to support down-ballot races, party officials have reportedly let Capitol Hill leaders know that won’t be happening this year.Read more from The New York Times:Republicans may have a massive apathy problem ahead of November’s midterms.According to an analysis by Americans for Prosperity Action, a super PAC founded by conservative billionaire Charles Koch, around 1 in 5 “reliable” Republican voters is considering not casting ballots or backing Democrats. Zeroing in on the most consistent members of the GOP’s base, the data is drawn from voters who participated in all of the past four primaries and general elections.If Republicans aren’t able to mobilize their core constituency in the next 100 days, insiders said, Election Day could be catastrophic.“This is a big chunk. This is a scary number,” Nathan Nascimento, executive director at AFP Action, told The Washington Post.Read more here:Suspect In Deadly Berlin Pride Attack Is Killed After Confrontation With Police, Officials SayBERLIN (AP) — The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack that left one person dead and 29 injured was shot and killed by police during a confrontation on Sunday in a suburb of the city, authorities said.Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was killed following a search that lasted nearly 24 hours after the attack in downtown Berlin. Berlin prosecutors said the suspect had previously sought to join the militant Islamic State group.Read more:Trump Has Been Warned Military Operations In Iran Could Drain Pentagon's Stockpile: NYTTop advisers for President Donald Trump have warned him that escalating military operations in Iran could deplete the Pentagon’s stockpile of Patriot antimissile interceptors, which is already low, The New York Times reported Saturday. Gen. Dan Caine, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was one of the people who reportedly told Trump privately that continuing combat operations against Iran could be done but it would use up interceptors. Another U.S. official said they doubted military actions would get Iran to the negotiating table. Read more at The New York Times:Alex Pretti's Mother Says The Last 6 Months Have Been A 'Roller-Coaster Of Trauma'Susan Pretti, the mother of Alex Pretti, the man who was killed in January by federal agents in Minnesota while he was protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s crackdown there, said she has never received an apology from anyone for her son’s death. “Today marks the six-month anniversary of Alex’s murder,” Susan Pretti wrote Saturday on Instagram. “No-one has been held accountable, no apologies, not a single phone call from any governmental official, hospital personnel, or the Mpls police dept. Six-months of pain, a roller-coaster of trauma over and over. Every time another a death, another mention, a picture, a tribute, a sorrow so deep. I wonder how to move forward. Will I ever get over this loss and this pain? Will I ever be able to enjoy life again? How does one live knowing that I have no power to change what has happened?”She continued, saying she has received an outpouring of support from people all over the world. “Please never forget Alex and what he believed in ~ equality and peace for all. I will remember the things that made you, you. It will never take your memory. As long as I’m here, you will never be forgotten,” she wrote.Trump Giving Iran Talks 'A Little Bit Of Room,' Mike Waltz SaysWASHINGTON, July 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has paused attacks on Iran to allow more room for diplomacy, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations told Fox News.“He’s giving talks some space, he’s giving it a little bit of room,” Mike Waltz told the broadcaster on Sunday.Waltz did not provide further detail on the nature of the talks, but there has been a weekend lull in the fighting between Iran and the United States. The Pentagon paused bombing operations after 13 nights of escalating strikes and there were no weekend reports of attacks by Iran on its neighbors.Asked about the pause, a senior official in Trump‘s administration said on Saturday that the president “has always been clear that his preference is diplomacy, but he has shown Iran what will happen if they fail to come to the table in a serious way.”(Reporting by Raphael Satter; Editing by Deepa Babington)Mitch McConnell 'Continues To Improve In Rehab' Six Weeks Into AbsenceSen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) “continues to improve in rehab” as he remains absent six weeks after a fall, according to a new report.McConnell, 84, has given few details since he was hospitalized June 14 after falling down. A new report from The Washington Post highlights growing calls for transparency about the senator’s health.A spokesperson for McConnell said he’s been meeting with his staff.“The Senator continues to meet with staff regarding Senate and Kentucky business, including discussions on defense appropriations, foreign policy, the farm bill, constituent services and constituent federal grant requests,” a statement given to The Washington Post said. “As the Senator continues to improve in rehab, we will be sure to keep you updated.”Trump's Rushed Air Force One Is Missing Several Key Safety Features: ReportPresident Donald Trump’s new $400 million jet gifted to him by Qatar to act as the new Air Force One is missing several safety features, according to a new report by The New York Times.Features that have been used for decades on the previous Air Force One are absent from the new jet. That includes a lack of a lower-level exit for emergencies, additional backup power capacity and an advanced antimissile system, according to the Times.The jet was overhauled over the course of eight months, despite experts saying the jet needed several years for the full upgrade.Read the full report at The New York Times.Katy Perry 'Appalled And Angry' Over White House Using Her Song In TikTok About Military StrikesKaty Perry said she is “appalled and angry” after the White House used her 2010 song “Firework” in a TikTok about military strikes.“I am deeply appalled and angry to see ‘Firework’ used on the @WhiteHouse TikTok account as a backing track for video footage of military strikes,” Perry posted on X Saturday. “I did not approve this, I was not asked, and I absolutely do not condone it.”“I wrote this song to be an anthem of hope, healing, and inner strength for people going through their darkest personal moments,” the post continued. “To see a message of self-worth and upliftment weaponized to soundtrack destruction and violence is a complete violation of everything my song stands for. My music is for bringing people together, not celebrating warfare.”Houthis Fire On Saudi Oil Installations On The Red Sea CoastRIYADH, July 25 (Reuters) - Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militants fired on Saudi oil installations in two ports on the Red Sea coast on Saturday and Saudi-backed forces bombed the Houthis, as the war in the Gulf that has disrupted global supplies extended to a second front.Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group had targeted and successfully struck sites belonging to Saudi state oil giant Aramco in Jizan and Yanbu.Video shared on social media and verified by Reuters showed a large column of smoke rising from the direction of the Aramco refinery in Jizan.Read more:See All Updates