The Islamist terrorist organization Hamas has named Yahya Sinwar, its local political leader in Gaza, to take over as the militant group's top leader. 

On Tuesday, the Biden administration announced its plans to invest $2.2 billion into the nation’s power grid in an attempt to revamp the grid against the threat of extreme weather and move forward with President Joe Biden’s clean energy program.

On Tuesday, NASA confirmed that it is delaying the launch of its next astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Crew 9, until at least September 24. This is a significant slip from the previous date of August 18. They are updating the software. A poster on the NASA forum summarized the Ars Technica information […] The post Boeing Starliner Can’t Even Undock Safely appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

A boxer who has failed past gender eligibility tests has taken down another female opponent at the Paris Olympics, and has easily advanced to the gold-medal match, which is scheduled for Friday. Imane Khelif of Algeria dominated female boxer Janjaem Suwannapheng of Thailand 5:0 in the semifinals on Tuesday. Suwannapheng was pounded with punches in the third round and took a standing eight-count. Thus far in the Paris Olympics, Khelif has won every single round on every judge’s card. Khelif and Lin Yu‑ting of Taiwan both failed gender tests in 2019 and 2023, per the International Boxing Association (IBA). A blood test in 2019 showed that the fighters had “inconsistent” results, suggesting that the bloodwork was inconsistent with that of a female, IBA CEO Chris Roberts said during a press conference on Monday. In 2023, another test revealed that the fighters “demonstrated the chromosomes we refer to in competition rules that make both boxers ineligible,” he added. Khelif and Lin were subsequently disqualified from the 2023 world championships. Notably, Suwannapheng and Khelif fought during the tournament before Khelif’s disqualification. Khelif won that match, too. WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI Opponents of Khelif and Lin have spoken out about having to fight the boxers. Angela Carini of Italy, for example, called her match “unjust,” before later walking back the comments. Hungarian fighter Anna Luca Hamori, who also lost to Khelif, published numerous posts on social media that related to Khelif being a man before their fight. As for Lin, Bulgarian fighter Svetlana Staneva staged a protest with her coach after their fight. Staneva made the “X” gesture two times with her hands — a reference to having XX chromosomes as a female — after her loss to Lin. And Staneva’s coach shared a note with the press that read, “I only want to play with women I am XX.” International Olympics Committee (IOC) spokesperson Mark Adams, however, has claimed that the IBA gender tests are “not credible” because the IBA is not credible and the reasoning for the tests is not credible, ESPN reported. “There was no consideration of whether they were correct or not correct because they had no bearing for the eligibility of boxing here,” he said. Related: ‘I Only Want To Play With Women’: Boxer, Coach Stage Protest After Losing To Fighter Who Failed Gender Tests

Vice President Kamala Harris posted a video on Tuesday showing the phone call in which she invited Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) to be her running mate — and critics had a field day with just how “fake” and “scripted” the whole scenario appeared to be. “When I called @Tim_Walz this morning to ask him to join our campaign, I shared my deep level of respect for him and the work we’ve done together. We’re going to unify this country and we’re going to win. Let’s go get this done,” Harris captioned her post. When I called @Tim_Walz this morning to ask him to join our campaign, I shared my deep level of respect for him and the work we’ve done together. We’re going to unify this country and we’re going to win. Let’s go get this done. pic.twitter.com/EcqZ497lyk — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) August 6, 2024 “Listen, I want you to do this with me. Let’s do this together,” Harris told Walz during the brief call — throughout which both lauded each other’s accomplishments. But if the response on X was any indication, the American people saw the video as anything but authentic. “So fake. So phony,” Steve Guest posted. So fake. So phony: https://t.co/S5fxTR5mHY — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 6, 2024 “This is so organic, wow. You’d never know this was their 8th try,” Kate Hyde added. This is so organic, wow. You’d never know this was their 8th try. https://t.co/pq0we2Guv6 — Kate Hyde (@KateHydeNY) August 6, 2024 “Truly amazing how everyone Kamala Harris speaks with on the phone has a camera crew just … waiting. So impromptu. So authentic. So real,” Ian Haworth posted. WATCH BEN SHAPIRO’S ‘SCAMALA: KAMALA HARRIS UNMASKED’ ON DAILYWIRE+ Truly amazing how everyone Kamala Harris speaks with on the phone has a camera crew just…waiting. So impromptu. So authentic. So real. https://t.co/uBr2NoTD2y — Ian Haworth (@ighaworth) August 6, 2024 “‘I’m authentic!'” Stephen Miller said. “I’m authentic!” https://t.co/4kBjAR3JDr — Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 6, 2024 “Why does it look like Kamala Harris is reading from her iPhone while talking to Tim Walz????” Steve Guest added. Why does it look like Kamala Harris is reading from her iPhone while talking to Tim Walz???? https://t.co/S5fxTR5mHY — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 6, 2024 “Why do they do these phone calls like it’s ‘impromptu’ but there’s a multi camera set up and lighting and an obvious script for each of them?? It’s just so cringey,” Jennifer Sey posted. Why do they do these phone calls like it’s “impromptu” but there’s a multi camera set up and lighting and an obvious script for each of them?? It’s just so cringey. https://t.co/geQMUGPtZa — Jennifer Sey (@JenniferSey) August 6, 2024

Federal law enforcement officials announced on Tuesday that they have arrested a Pakistan national with ties to the Islamic Republic of Iran for allegedly leading a serious plot to assassinate former President Donald Trump. Authorities arrested 46-year-old Asif Raza Merchant in New York on July 12, the day before 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks shot Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “Merchant orchestrated a plot to assassinate a politician or U.S. government officials on U.S. soil,” the DOJ said. “In approximately April 2024, after spending time in Iran, Merchant arrived in the United States from Pakistan and contacted a person he believed could assist him with the scheme.” The person whom he contacted immediately contacted law enforcement and became a confidential source (the CS), assisting law enforcement in their investigation. Merchant told the CS in June that his assignment was to recruit hitmen who could carry out three objectives, including stealing documents or USB drives from a target’s home, planning a protest, and killing a politician or government official, court documents said. Merchant wanted the CS to plan the assassination and warned that the target would have security “all around,” the DOJ said. Merchant, who allegedly indicated that he was being directed by individuals in either Iran or Pakistan, said that the assassination would take place after he left the country and that they would use secret code words to communicate. WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI Undercover federal law enforcement agents posed as the hitmen who would carry out Merchant’s assignments and agreed to a $5,000 payment to carry out the crimes. “Notably, when the FBI arrived at his residence to execute the arrest as well as a search warrant for the residence, Merchant refused to exit his residence for approximately 20 minutes after the FBI announced their presence and the search warrant,” court documents said. “During the search, law enforcement agents searched Merchant’s wallet and found the handwritten note inside with the code words that Merchant invented to communicate with the CS about the assassination plot.” While court documents did not specifically name any of the proposed targets, the New York Daily News said that a source indicated that Trump was one of the targets that Merchant discussed. The U.S. Secret Service had reportedly been tracking an Iranian assassination plot in the weeks prior to Crooks shooting the president last month. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence recently said that Iran is trying to ruin Trump’s presidential campaign. This is Pakistani National Asif Merchant with ties to Iran who has been arrested in United States for a plot to assassinate former US President Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/BRhTBcKZHi — Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) August 6, 2024