AM Update for 7/16/25: Mike Waltz defends his record and battles criticism over Signalgate, Afghanistan policy, and UN reform plans during a contentious Senate hearing for UN Ambassador. Cornell University faces a federal civil rights complaint over allegations it rigged a faculty hiring process to exclude white male candidates – our interviews with evolutionary biologist Colin Wright and Executive General Counsel for America First Policy Institue Jessica Hart Steinmann. NBC News ridiculed for trying to equate Rep. James Comer’s digital signature with former President Joe Biden’s controversial use of the autopen on pardons and other legal documents.
