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Acting ICE director Todd Lyons says newly reviewed video evidence contradicts officers' sworn testimony about January confrontation.

A pair of women's rights groups is making waves in California with an eye-catching campaign to raise awareness about men being housed in women's prisons. The statewide billboard truck campaign is calling attention to the upcoming rape trial of a man accused of assaulting two women in the female prison that he was allowed to transfer into. NTD's Daniel Monaghan spoke with the director of Women to Women about the campaign. This week, advocacy groups Women Are Real and Woman to Woman launched a statewide billboard truck campaign across California to raise awareness about men being housed in women's prisons...

Drew Pavlou has taken to social media to accuse popular musician Billie Eilish of getting him deported from the US. It comes after the ‘Birds of a Feather’ singer declared “no one is illegal on stolen land” at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony — a swipe at the ICE raids happening across the US. Controversial, Brisbane-born activist Mr Pavlou then launched a campaign to “move into” the 24-year-old’s Los Angeles mansion because “no human being is illegal on stolen land”.

White House Border Czar Tom Hohman said that he wants to “flood the zone” of sanctuary cities with immigration enforcement after making progress in Minnesota. “The number of agents depends on the situation on the ground," he said in an interview with Face the Nation. "How many known criminal targets are out there, because we know we have a problem with sanctuary cities, because we know they’re releasing public safety threats to the public.” It’s safer for everyone involved if sanctuary cities hold illegal aliens on detainers so ICE doesn’t have to send six or seven people to go hunt...

A one-of-its-kind flag that draped former President Abraham Lincoln’s casket during his funeral procession has found a new home in the Big Apple — at a Midtown steakhouse. Keens Steakhouse, the 141-year-old white tablecloth joint known for its extensive collection of Americana memorabilia, unveiled the gargantuan, half-million dollar auction find during a private unveiling ceremony Thursday. “It’s truly a treasure,” Keens Steakhouse general manager Julia Lisowski told The Post of the historic flag, which was used in procession after Lincoln was assassinated in office in 1865. “It’s a really special and amazing piece of history that we are so honored...

On February 26, 2024, the Richardson, TX City Council honored Marwan Marouf with a proclamation for his “contributions” to the Muslim community. Fast forward to 2025: ICE arrested him and deported him back to Jordan. The government’s reasons are damning: Marouf overstayed his visa for over a decade. He donated nearly $14,000 to the Holy Land Foundation – the same organization convicted in America’s largest terror-financing trial for funneling $12.4 million to Hamas. He provided material support and solicited funds for this Tier III terrorist organization. Marouf was the PR and fundraising director for the Muslim American Society (MAS) in...

In December, when two gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, killing 15 people and wounding dozens more, Israel’s message to the global Jewish community was clear. “Today, Jews are being hunted across the world,” Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said in the aftermath of the massacre, calling on Jews in Australia, Britain, France, Canada, and Belgium to “come home” to Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu echoed the sentiment, urging Western governments to do more to protect Jewish citizens, while framing Israel as the only place where Jews could truly be safe. Now the government appears...

NBC's streaming service Peacock has experienced bugs and errors throughout its coverage of the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina. Perhaps the biggest and most inconvenient one has been when the broadcasts randomly cut to advertisements in the midst of the action. While this issue has been prevalent throughout the games, it's biggest offense came during Sunday morning's coverage of the men's hockey match between Canada and France. Canada, the heavy favorites for the gold medal, was up 10-2 in a demolition of Les Blues when the streamer suddenly cut to a commercial break in the middle of the action....

The United States has directed its military forces in the Middle East to prepare for potentially extended operations against Iran, positioning them for action should President Donald Trump order strikes on the Islamic Republic. It remains unclear whether Trump will pursue a diplomatic solution or move toward military action against the Iranian regime. Speaking to U.S. forces at a base in North Carolina on Friday, Trump said it has "been difficult to make a deal." "Sometimes you have to have fear. That's the only thing that really will get the situation taken care of," Trump told the U.S. troops. White...

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elix Valdés García was nine years old when the revolutionaries came to blow up his trees. It was the verge of the 1970s and his father, Felin, was losing the family farm to Cuba’s 10-year-old communist regime. A push called the Revolutionary Offensive was under way, mobilising the people to sow, clean and harvest 10m tonnes of sugar cane in an effort to make Cuba financially independent. The land needed to be cleared. For decades the family had nurtured their 800 hectares of rich loam alongside the meandering Sagua River. Eight couples, all related, worked the fields, while Felix and...

Federal prosecutors want to take several homes, vehicles, luxury goods and large amounts of cash from Feeding Our Future co-conspirator Salim Ahmed Said to pay toward a proposed $7.8 million judgment. Said was found guilty of 21 crimes, including wire fraud and federal programs bribery, in March 2025. He was an alleged accomplice of Feeding Our Future ringleader Aimee Bock and was the co-owner of Safari Restaurant on Lake Street, where thousands of meals were supposed to be distributed. Prosecutors argue Said’s property is connected to his crimes, which allows federal officials to seize it, according to a proposed order...

When it comes to wealth, extravagance and notoriety, few compare to Thailand's playboy king, Maha Vajiralongkorn. Known formally as Rama X, the 73-year-old monarch is the wealthiest ruler in the world, with an estimated net worth of £52billion. He has lived an extraordinarily wild, and at times outright bizarre, life that would put even history's most debauched monarchs to shame. But in recent months, the flamboyant royal has all but retreated from public life. Rarely seen since the October death of his mother Sirikit, the once-spirited monarch appears to still be in mourning. In November, just a few weeks after...

Stephen Colbert still has a late night show, but not for much longer. The cancelled, not-so-funnyman who hates guns, gun owners and the right to armed self-defense has suffered a precipitous ratings collapse in recent months years. What caused viewers to flee? Could it be his relentless alienation of over half of America with his insufferable woke scolding posing as comedy? The Park Place has the grim news many of us view with a certain Schadenfreude delight:The Stephen Colbert ratings freefall has reached an undeniable breaking point. As The Late Show with Stephen Colbert approaches its already-announced cancellation, the program...

(NEXSTAR) – In a wide-ranging interview published Saturday, former President Barack Obama confirmed what many have been waiting for: aliens are, in fact, real. They’re aren’t being kept in Nevada’s Area 51, however. Progressive podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen asked Obama the question outright during “a little bit of a lightning round” in an interview on Cohen’s “No Lie” podcast published on Saturday.

OBAMA: “The other side does the mean, angry, exclusive, us/them, divisive politics. That's their home court. Our court is coming together.”

The Jerusalem Post @Jerusalem_Post: Editorial: For the first time during the war, a major international organization has publicly recognized the presence of armed groups operating within a Gaza hospital.

Former President Barack Obama told Brian Tyler Cohen in an interview this weekend that aliens are "real." "They’re real, but I haven’t seen them,” Obama said. "And they're not being kept in Area 51. There’s no underground facility, unless there’s this enormous conspiracy, and they hid it from the president of the United States." Obama said the first question he had when he became president was: "Where are the aliens?" He previously said during an interview a few years ago with James Corden: "There's footage and records of objects in the skies that we don't know exactly what they are....

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Sunday said former Attorney General Merrick Garland “performed better” than Attorney General Pam Bondi did during her testimony before a House panel examining the Justice Department and its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. “I don’t think she did very well. She came with a book full of insults, one for each congressperson. She obviously had one for me,” Massie said on ABC News’s “This Week.” “And, you know, I’ve been there when Merrick Garland was there. Obviously, politically, I don’t agree with him, but he performed much better in terms of at least not...

These are draining times for your bank account at the gas pump. California gas prices have jumped up to 40 cents in two weeks, as refinery closures tighten fuel supplies across the state. The statewide average now stands at $4.582 per gallon, up from $4.463 a week ago and $4.182 just 14 days ago, according to the American Automobile Association. Energy experts say the spike is tied directly to shrinking refinery capacity. Specifically, Valero’s Benicia refinery — a key Northern California supplier — is in the process of idling operations. The move follows other major pullbacks, including Phillips 66’s Los...