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McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Undocumented immigrants who leave the United States on their own won’t face daily fines, the Department of Homeland Security has announced. Immigrants with final deportation orders who self-deport through the CBP Home app will receive forgiveness of any civil fines or penalties for failing to depart the United States, DHS said Monday.Those who stay in the country despite being told by a court to leave face fines of up to $1,000 per day. However, those fines will be waived, DHS says. “If you are here illegally, use the CBP Home app to take control of...

Undercover video shows a Western Carolina University director of institutional assessment detailing a ‘strategy’ to ‘embed’ DEI. The WCU administrator caught on camera is ‘no longer employed by the university,’ a school spokesperson says. ... She went on to explain that if DEI is not explicitly mentioned in an office or title, it can remain undetected by legislators. “It is easier for them to be like, well, you need to get rid of that position because it has that niche title,” she says in the video. “Well, if we don’t create titles, and that it’s more just the work you...

Reuters has confirmed that the US military redeployed a large number of aerial refueling tankers to Europe to provide “options” to President Trump amid the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict

Russia said on Monday that the next round of consultations between Moscow and Washington has been canceled at the initiative of the US side. A written commentary by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the next meeting as part of Russia-US consultations to normalize the activities of their respective diplomatic missions was canceled “at the initiative of American negotiators.” “We hope that the pause they took will not be too long,” Zakharova went on to say, without providing a reason behind the cancellation. US authorities have not immediately confirmed or commented on Zakharova’s remarks.

As the war between Israel and Iran intensifies, civilians in Tehran were caught on video fleeing the city this weekend to escape the carnage. Hat Tip Banafsheh Zand. Reportedly hundreds of thousands fleeing Tehran.They know…فرار در ابعاد میلیونی از تهرانhttps://t.co/C9hpdZ3YtF via @YouTube— Banafsheh Zand بنفشه پورزند (@BanZand) June 15, 2025Israel continued to strike Tehran on Sunday. עוד מתקיפות חיל האויר בטהרן pic.twitter.com/1TdzlC4B0R— (((IsraelMatzav))) (@IsraelMatzav) June 16, 2025The Tasmin News Agency released the names of 10 members of Iran’s air defense system in Urmia who were killed in an Israeli strike. Ayatollah Khamenei is reportedly hiding in a bunker north of...

DUBAI—Iran has been urgently signaling that it seeks an end to hostilities and resumption of talks over its nuclear programs, sending messages to Israel and the U.S. via Arab intermediaries, Middle Eastern and European officials said. In the midst of a ferocious Israeli air campaign, Tehran has told Arab officials they would be open to return to the negotiating table as long as the U.S. doesn’t join the attack, the officials said. They also passed messages to Israel saying it is in the interest of both sides to keep the violence contained. But with Israeli warplanes able to fly freely...

The Cyprus visit is a calculated effort to advance India's Mediterranean strategy by countering the Turkey-Pakistan alignment, they added. Cyprus's maritime connectivity and strategic location position it as a potential hub in the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC).With Cyprus set to hold the rotating presidency of the EU Council in 2026, PM Modi's visit -- the first by an Indian Prime Minister in 23 years -- paves the way for deeper India-EU collaboration during Cyprus's leadership term. This visit comes amid heightened Turkey-Pakistan solidarity, particularly following Turkey's support for Pakistan during Operation Sindoor.Cyprus, engaged in territorial disputes with Turkey, naturally...

The ink is dry. Hawaii has officially become the first state in the nation to impose a climate tax. It’s called the Green Fee. The name sounds harmless. The impact is anything but. Senate Bill 1396 is now law. It tacks on a 0.75% increase to the Transient Accommodations Tax. That means every hotel stay, every short-term rental, every cruise ship docking in the islands will now carry a new surcharge. The state expects this to rake in $100 million annually. This isn’t a symbolic gesture. It’s a full-scale revenue engine. The money will be funneled into climate resilience projects....

Within 48 hours of starting its war on Iran, Israel said it gained air superiority over the western part of the country, including Tehran. Israeli warplanes began dropping bombs from within Iranian skies instead of relying on expensive long-range missiles. That is a feat that the giant Russian air force has been unable to achieve in Ukraine in 3½ years of war. This setback is one of the reasons why Moscow’s troops have been bogged down in grinding trench warfare, sustaining staggering losses, ever since they failed to rapidly seize Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, in February 2022.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. (WCCO NEWS) - Vance Boelter has been charged in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses. Boelter, 57, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree attempted murder, according to the criminal complaint filed in Hennepin County Court on Saturday. He was taken into custody on Sunday night near his Sibley County home following a manhunt that lasted over 36 hours. Police officers responded to a shooting at a home in Champlin, Minnesota, around 2:05 a.m. on Saturday, according to charges. The 911 caller reported a masked person, later identified by...

As the Trump administration ramps up its efforts to detain and deport undocumented immigrants across the country, it is increasingly relying on federal employees to take on new roles to supplement those enforcement efforts. Those efforts are spearheaded by Immigration and Customs Enforcement within the Homeland Security Department, but agencies within and outside DHS are soliciting employees to help ramp up the renewed crackdown. The initiative has led to raids at worksites, farms, nightclubs, residential areas and federal buildings where immigrants report for court hearings or check-ins. The efforts have led to widespread protests and, according to administration officials, increased...

Host Audie Cornish opened CNN This Morning's coverage of the arrest of the man suspected of assassinating a Minnesota state legislator and her husband, and wounding two others, with a clip of Gopher State Governor Tim Walz telling people that "rather than arguing, shake hands, find common ground." This is the same guy who recently boasted, speaking of Trump supporters, that he can "kick most of their ass." And just last month, here was Walz's proposal to fight back against Trump: "Be a little meaner, maybe it’s time for us to be a little more fierce. We have to ferociously...

A new study by Harvard and Ben Gurion University researchers found that nearly one-third of individuals who followed a healthy diet did not lose weight, but still saw meaningful improvements in cardiometabolic health. Credit: Stock Healthy eating can significantly improve metabolic health even without weight loss. ======================================================================== New research from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Ben Gurion University in Israel reveals that nearly one-third of people who stuck to a healthy diet didn’t lose any weight, but still saw impressive health improvements. Even without shedding pounds, participants experienced key benefits to their cardiometabolic health. These included higher...

The news media have failed again. Go to your favorite news sources to find accurate coverage of the May 20, 2025, Congressional hearing on the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. You will find that the overwhelming majority of news organizations ignored the hearing, which was held by the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets. The video of the hearing is here.

Singer Nezza has claimed the LA Dodgers tried to stop her singing a Spanish rendition of the American national anthem Saturday night, before she stunningly defied their request as a show of solidarity with ICE protestors in the city. Nezza, whose real name is Vanessa Hernandez, planned the poignant tribute on the day of 'No Kings' protests across the United States over Donald Trump's controversial immigration policies, which comes after a week of unrest in Los Angeles. Yet much to her dismay, she was told by the Dodgers to perform the anthem in English ahead of their game against the...

A woman has been arrested after allegedly assaulting and biting a Trump supporter at a “No Kings” protest in Upstate New York. Catherine Benincasa, 32, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was arrested Saturday after an argument escalated during an anti-Trump rally in Warrensburg, N.Y. She’s been charged with second-degree menacing, third-degree assault, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Benincasa was arraigned in Centralized Arraignment Court, according to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office. She was released on her own recognizance and is due in Warrensburg Town Court at a later date. The Warren County Sheriff’s Office said Benincasa struck a man...

Global investors may be underpricing the impact of a conflict between Israel and Iran, market watchers warned on Monday, as stocks rallied despite escalating warfare in the Middle East. The two regional powers continued trading fire on Monday, marking the fourth consecutive day of fighting since Israel launched airstrikes against Iran last week. Despite the continued fighting — with hundreds reported dead — global stock markets sustained a positive momentum on Monday, seemingly shrugging off broader concerns about the conflict. Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, warned on Monday that there was a risk markets were underpricing “the risk...

Trump did what a leader should do yesterday. He showed up, gave a speech, and celebrated the army, as did many across America watching from their homes. But that wasn’t the story the Democrats and their propaganda media wanted to tell. They needed it to be a distortion of reality because everything they do is a distortion of reality. Their well-funded protest drew about 11 million, so they say, becoming one of the largest protests in American history. As usual, it was not a grassroots protest by any means. It was an example of how well-funded, well-organized, and united the...

AI-driven ­vehicles stand the chance of being hijacked by terrorists and used to deliver mass casualty attacks without the need for a suicide bomber, a U.N. report warns. The report, Algorithms and Terrorism: The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence for Terrorist Purposes, details ways emerging AI technologies could be weaponised by extremists and was first covered by The Times. Self-driving cars, drones and other automated systems to target crowded public spaces could all be seized and remotely controlled by terrorists to deliver deadly consequences in crowded public spaces. U.N. Report Warns Terrorists Could Weaponize Driverless Cars as ‘Slaughterbots’ LOS ANGELES,...

The clip is nothing more than an excerpt from a video game, Arma 3. The realistic images, among other things, are cyclically re-proposed to document alleged jet shootdowns.