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Vice President JD Vance called the unrest in Minnesota "engineered chaos" in the wake of another fatal, federal agent-involved shooting over the weekend.On Saturday, 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a Minneapolis nurse who was carrying a licensed handgun while protesting a federal immigration enforcement operation, was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent. Authorities say Pretti resisted arrest after trying to intervene in the operation.In response to the shooting, Vance accused "far-left agitators working with local authorities" of creating the conditions that led to the confrontation between Pretti and the border patrol agents."This level of engineered chaos is unique to...

The U.S. Border Patrol’s Big Bend Sector unveiled a first-of-its-kind advanced vehicle barrier system today at the Sierra Blanca immigration checkpoint, a critical enforcement location along Interstate 10. The GRAB 350 is a new semi-autonomous vehicle barrier system designed by Global GRAB Technologies to enhance public safety, strengthen border security and deter dangerous attempts to evade inspection. The new system, installed at the permanent immigration checkpoint in Hudspeth County approximately 90 miles east of El Paso, is the first of its kind deployed at any of the 45 permanent U.S. Border Patrol checkpoints nationwide. It is intended to deter and...

Under the Constitution, we have a democratic republic. The nation’s immigration laws were enacted in conformity with the Constitution by duly elected officials of the Legislative and Executive Branches of the federal government. The immigration laws have been held to be constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court, which comprises justices nominated and confirmed by the Executive and the Legislative Branches. The Democrats are acting in opposition to the Constitution. The Democrats’ conduct constitutes a rejection of the democratic republican form of government established by the Constitution. Under the Constitution, if the Democrats want to stop enforcement of the duly enacted...

The parents of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, the armed anti-ICE protester killed by a federal agent Saturday in Minneapolis, are scorching the Trump administration for "sickening lies" about their son. "The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting," said Michael and Susan Pretti. "Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump's murdering and cowardly ICE thugs." "He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed." "We are heartbroken...

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President Donald Trump on Saturday claimed that more than $100 billion may have been stolen from Minnesota over the years, accusing "corrupt politicians and fraudsters" of what he called massive theft and fraud and warning that Democrat-led states such as California would be "worse." In posts on Truth Social, Trump alleged that the scale of wrongdoing in Minnesota could surpass the nine-figure threshold, though he offered no documentation or official findings to support the estimate. "It is actually possible that the total amount of money stolen, over the years, by corrupt politicians and fraudsters, from Minnesota, will exceed $100 billion,"...

Israeli journalist Rina Mazliah set off a firestorm on Thursday when she said during an Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation-Kan Reshet Bet broadcast that she was "disgusted" by a soccer player who recited "Shema Yisrael" (Hear o' Israel - Deuteronomy 6:4) verse while taking the field. "I see at soccer games, every player that takes the field goes 'Shema Yisrael'... It's disgusting. I mean, why 'Shema Yisrael' when you take the field? It's disgusting, Akiva, disgusting. Go in, play, why 'Shema Yisrael' in the middle of a soccer game?" Matzliah said. The remarks garnered fierce reactions on the net, with many...

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Podcaster Joe Rogan argued Thursday that, despite some issues with its tactics, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has to carry out controversial raids because Democrats allowed millions of illegal immigrants into the country for their own political gain."If you could sign a piece of paper that said that, ‘We're going to allow a bunch of people into this country, most of them have no violent convictions, but about 8% of them are monsters, evil sociopathic murderers, drug dealers… 8% is a giant-a-- f------ number. That's a giant-a-- number," Rogan said."The real problem is that they have to do this," he...

The Supreme Court on Thursday gave California Democrats a week to respond to the California Republican Party’s request to block the new Democrat-drawn congressional district maps from being used in November. The request for a response, issued by Justice Elena Kagan, who is handling the emergency-injunction request for the court, surprised many court watchers. Given that the justices allowed Texas Republicans’ gerrymandered map to stand, most thought the Supreme Court would allow the Los Angeles district court’s ruling earlier this month, validating California’s new map to stand as well. California Republicans, however, argue that the new maps violate the Voting...

RINO Senator Bill Cassidy is demanding an investigation into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. In a statement posted on the X platform on Saturday, Cassidy described the ongoing immigration crackdown in Minnesota as “incredibly disturbing.”“The events in Minneapolis are incredibly disturbing,” he wrote. “The credibility of ICE and DHS are at stake.”Cassidy added, “There must be a full joint federal and state investigation. We can trust the American people with the truth.”Cassidy’s comments came after the death of 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti, who was killed after trying to wrestle ICE agents while armed with a loaded firearm.As RINO...

Indian authorities are rushing to contain a Nipah virus outbreak after five cases were reported and nearly 100 people quarantined in the eastern state of West Bengal, Azernews reports via The Independent. Among those infected are two nurses, a doctor, and a healthcare worker, raising concerns over hospital-based transmission. Health officials said some patients remain in critical condition, while others are showing signs of recovery. The Nipah virus is classified by the World Health Organization as a priority pathogen due to its high epidemic potential and fatality rate. At present, there is no approved vaccine or specific antiviral treatment for...

n 2025, my wife and I received 478 direct mail appeals from charitable organizations and other non-profits. That’s right — 478. That is an average of slightly over nine a week. How do I know the exact number? In 2024, I noticed that the number of letters from charities was increasing. There was always one or two in the mail, sometimes more. The only way to see what was really happening was to collect these mailings for a year and count them. So, after Christmas in 2024, I found an empty box I thought might hold a few hundred letters,...

🚨 BREAKING: Elon Musk just posted that the DOJ is suing Virginia for having a voter registration DUPLICATION rate of 33% in 2024...nearly TRIPLE the national rate! The fraud is un-freaking-believable. Wow.

Office buildings across Maine are packed with home health care companies that rarely have anyone present, raise red flags similar to fraud patterns discovered in Minnesota and, in some cases, have overbilled the state by hundreds of thousands of dollars before vanishing, a NewsNation investigation has found. One Portland office building houses 10 home health care businesses — about half the building’s tenants — with the landlord saying he rarely sees anyone from most of the companies except when they pay rent. “One guy I see coming and going, and the rest of them, I never see them, only when...

At a press briefing on Saturday, DHS Sec. Kristi Noem defended the actions of federal agents killing Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and slammed Democratic leaders for their response to it.

In a letter to MN Gov. Tim Walz (D) Saturday, Bondi claimed that Walz could “restore the rule of law” by complying with a list of demands, including giving the Department of Justice (DOJ) the state’s voter registration records. @JasonWhitely

During a press conference on Saturday, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) criticized ICE.

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – A woman has been arrested in connection with an investigation into arson at the Comal County Republican Headquarters, according to the City of New Braunfels. Grace Carol Brown, 21, was taken into custody on Thursday for burglary of a building and arson, a news release said. She was later booked into the Comal County jail on a $200,000 bond. New Braunfels police officers and fire officials had responded around 1:15 p.m. on Jan. 14 to the Comal County Republican Headquarters, located in the 200 block of Landa Street. The release said that employees found that...