Iran: 

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization was not a bluff during Wednesday’s press briefing.

WATCH: Leavitt slaps down critics who called Trump’s Iran threat a bluff (Fox News)

Republicans: 

Throughout their recent two-week vacation, several GOP lawmakers have been making the media rounds to tout “bipartisan” legislation they claim will finally solve America’s broken immigration system. There’s just one teensy-weensy important detail that somehow gets brushed aside: The bill would allow millions of illegal aliens to continue living in the United States.

Worst Thing GOP Could Do For Midterms Is Embrace Amnesty, So Of Course They’re Doing That (The Federalist)

Dems: 

A Democratic candidate for a seat in the Georgia House of Representatives said supporters of President Donald Trump should not be allowed to post anything online for four years.

Democrat Candidate Calls For Banning MAGA From Internet As ‘Punishment’ For Trump Votes (Daily Caller)

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., is demanding that the Transportation Security Administration reintroduce its policy requiring travelers to take off their shoes before going through airport security checkpoints.

Dem lawmaker calls for TSA to bring back shoes-off airport security policy (Fox News)

A New York City mental health nurse has been fired after she filmed herself harassing a group of Israeli men in Times Square — repeatedly calling them “baby-killers” and “terrorists” in a hate-filled antisemitic rant that only ended when a performer dressed as Spider-Man intervened.

NYC nurse fired after antisemitic attack on Israeli tourists that was stopped by ‘Spider-Man’ (New York Post)

Local News: 

A girl from Arizona who disappeared at the age 13 and was long believed to have been abducted has been located alive, now living quietly in Springfield, Missouri.

Arizona Girl Missing Since 1994 Found Alive in Springfield (KSGF)