Mexico aims to crackdown on cartel violence, mulls over merging National Guard with nation’s army to quell violent spats
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador recently said he is looking into ways to streamline the country’s National Guard amid an increase in violence in the country. Reports said that Lopez Obrador has flirted with bypassing Mexico’s Congress in order to give control of the National Guard to Mexico’s army. This would give Mexico’s military control over policing practices in the country.
Two people are dead and thousands more evacuated as firefighters battle California’s largest fire this season. Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) declared a state of emergency Saturday, as the McKinney Fire burning near the California-Oregon border continued to rage out of control. More than 55,000 acres have been charred since the flames broke out Friday. Crews found the bodies of two people in a burned-out vehicle Sunday morning. 
The Hunter Biden saga continues as text message leaks revealed the presidents son had some choice words towards his step mother and first lady Jill Biden. The Sun recently obtained Hunter Biden’s text messages, in which he expressed his hatred towards Jill and said even at his drunkest he is smarter than she is. The text messages were uncovered on an iPhone that was found backed up on Hunter’s laptop.