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A crackdown on undocumented workers by the Trump administration has sent shockwaves through the nation’s farms, factories and food supply chains — prompting warnings of worker shortages and higher prices. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller sounded the alarm this week as immigration raids continue to disrupt labor across the state’s farming industry — particularly in dairy operations. Miller told Bloomberg that the situation has become more dire for livestock producers amid growing absenteeism among workers fearful of being detained. “Those cows, they have to be milked every eight hours, so if milkhands are gone, what are you going to do?...

Frisco Independent School District has released surveillance footage of a deadly stabbing that occurred during a track meet in April, but only under strict conditions. Under Texas open records laws, requesters may view such video in some cases, but are not permitted to record it. Austin Metcalf and Karmelo Anthony CBS News Texas The video begins several minutes before the altercation between Karmelo Anthony and Austin Metcalf. The camera, positioned near the press box, captures half of the field at Kuykendall Stadium. The tent where the incident occurred is located in the bleachers near the 50-yard line. Due to the...

No matter how much left-wing agitators want to riot to oppose enforcing immigration law, the American people still support Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and deporting illegals. That is the takeaway from a new Harvard/Harris poll taken in the middle of the Los Angeles anti-ICE riots that have been excused by Democrat leadership like city Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom. In fact, 80 percent of respondents in the poll support a plan to deport criminal illegal aliens, which clocks in at the second most popular overall policy proposal (of 15) after lowering prescription drug prices for the...

The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany met with their Iranian counterpart on Friday and after talks ended said discussions had been “serious” and that they’d urged Tehran to agree to talk to the Americans next. Initial peace talks between London, Paris, Berlin, and Tehran to open channels for negotiating an end to the Iran-Israel war lasted for around four and a half hours on Friday. Britain’s David Lammy, France’s Jean-Noël Barrot, and Germany’s Johann Wadephul met with Iran’s Abbas Araghchi in Geneva, Switzerland for face-to-face talks they said after the meeting broke should lead to further...

Billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday lashed out at a key aide to President Donald Trump who was rumored to have played a role in contributing to the feud that broke out between the CEO and the president. Musk responded to a report by the New York Post that said Sergio Gor, who serves as the director of presidential personnel at the White House, has not yet submitted the paperwork required for him to obtain a permanent security clearance. "He's a snake," Musk wrote in a post on X responding to the story. The public feud between Musk and Trump began...

Michael Madigan, connected to Obama, Bill Ayers and Andrew Weissmann, was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison this past week for corruption. Who would have predicted this? Michael Madigan ran the state of Illinois like a mobster for more than three decades. He used his power to crush anyone and any entity that dared oppose him on anything. He is the definition of a pure politician. He is now going to prison. Michael Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 until 2021, with the exception of two years. Along the way,...

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio (WOIO) - A Westlake man is now facing criminal charges for allegedly threatening GOP Congressman Max Miller and his family while they were driving on I-90. Rocky River Police said Feras Hamdan, 36, of Westlake, turned himself in at the Rocky River Police Department with his attorney. According to police, Miller called 911 around 9:30 a.m. Thursday saying while he was driving to work, a man laid on his horn and ran him off the road when he couldn’t get his attention, while trying to show the Palestinian flag. Miller also said the man yelled death to...

NBC late-night host Seth Meyers reacted to Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) being handcuffed after he stormed into the Department of Homeland Security’s press conference last week, claiming “This is what it looks like to live in a police state.” During Wednesday’s episode of Late Night, Meyers played a clip of Sen. Padilla claiming he was not told why he was being arrested last week, after he burst into U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s press briefing, saying, “This is what it looks like to live in a police state.”

President Donald Trump called for a special prosecutor to investigate the 2020 presidential election because an alleged stolen outcome "cannot be allowed to happen again." The president and his allies have said voter fraud in several key battleground states gave the election to former President Joe Biden, who served four years before Trump was sworn in for his second term on Jan. 20. There's also allegations the Chinese attempted to help improve Biden's chances of winning the election. Biden's term was filled with a wide-open southern border, alleged lawfare and extremely progressive social policies. "Zero Border crossings for the month...

South Africa can expect roughly 44% of its population (28.7 million) on social grants, relying on only 12% (7.4 million) taxpayers. This imbalance between the number of grant recipients and taxpayers highlights a significant concern for the nation’s fiscal health, as nearly half of South Africa’s 64 million people depend on social assistance. The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) data for 2023/24 underlines the scale of reliance, which includes a range of grants for elderly people, children, disabled individuals, and others in need. Moreover, 9 million individuals receive the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, initially introduced in 2020...

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio (WOIO) - A Westlake man is now facing criminal charges for allegedly threatening GOP Congressman Max Miller and his family while they were driving on I-90. Rocky River Police said Feras Hamdan, 36, of Westlake, turned himself in at the Rocky River Police Department with his attorney. According to police, Miller called 911 around 9:30 a.m. Thursday saying while he was driving to work, a man laid on his horn and ran him off the road when he couldn’t get his attention, while trying to show the Palestinian flag. Miller also said the man yelled death to...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday called for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the 2020 election won by Democrat Joe Biden, repeating his baseless claim that the contest was marred by widespread fraud.“Biden was grossly incompetent, and the 2020 election was a total FRAUD!” Trump said in a social media post in which he also sought to favorably contrast his immigration enforcement approach with that of the former president. “The evidence is MASSIVE and OVERWHELMING. A Special Prosecutor must be appointed. This cannot be allowed to happen again in the United States of America! Let...

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Medicare and Social Security funds are now expected to drain out earlier than previous estimates, according to two new reports released on Wednesday. Social security is made up of two trust funds—old-age and survivors insurance (OASI) and disability insurance (DI). The two are combined for analyzing the overall status of social security funds, referred to as the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program. The 2025 OASDI trustees report, published on June 18, said the total cost of the social security program started exceeding its total income in 2021. Currently, the fund is projected to be depleted by 2034, a...

Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan’s trial date has been removed from the calendar as the court reviews her motion to dismiss the case. As you probably recall, Judge Dugan was indicted last month for obstructing an ICE arrest after she tried to hide an illegal aliens from immigration authorities in her courtroom.

Emma De Paz woke up at 2 every morning for 25 years to make soup, roasted chicken and tamales to sell to work crews picking up their day’s supplies at the Home Depot. She joined other immigrant vendors lining the side streets under tents and over grills in a makeshift community that was something of a refuge for Latino immigrants in the Hollywood area. Abelino Perez Alvarez and his wife sold orange juice, soda and water. Day laborers scrolled through their phones as they waited outside the parking lot in hopes of getting work. Around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, the refuge...

Defying the anti-immigrant trend in the U.S., Spain is reaping economic benefits by granting citizenship to tens of thousands of newly-arrived workers.MADRID — When night falls on the other side of the Atlantic, her 32-year-old cousin, a house cleaner in New York, huddles inside a dim basement apartment, terrified of ICE raids. But in a burgeoning quarter of the Spanish capital, where immigrant-staffed restaurants tempt newcomers with Dominican chicharrones and Venezuelan empanadas, Edith Chimbo sat in the sunlight, musing about the Spanish Dream. “My cousin told me, ‘Go to Spain’” said Chimbo, 22, who landed in Madrid earlier this year...

The Shining and It author Stephen King reacted to last weekend’s targeted shootings in Minnesota via an X post where he claimed the “real culprit” in the attacks was “the gun.” Breitbart News reported that Vance Boelter allegedly killed Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband in their home after shooting and severely wounding state Sen. John Hoffman (D) and his wife in theirs. Boelter allegedly dressed like a police officer and parked a car that resembled a police vehicle in the driveway of both homes as he carried out his attacks. King used an X post to...

LESBOS, Greece (AP) — Fleeing Iran with her husband and toddler, Amena Namjoyan reached a rocky beach of this eastern Greek island along with hundreds of thousands of others. For months, their arrival overwhelmed Lesbos. Boats fell apart, fishermen dove to save people from drowning, and local grandmothers bottle-fed newly arrived babies.Namjoyan spent months in an overcrowded camp. She learned Greek. She struggled with illness and depression as her marriage collapsed. She tried to make a fresh start in Germany but eventually returned to Lesbos, the island that first embraced her. Today, she works at a restaurant, preparing Iranian dishes...

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sent Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa a response to an August 2023 request for a report on the effects of telework on the federal government, showing it increased by more than 500% during the Biden administration, the Daily Caller News Foundation exclusively learned.Ernst sent a letter to 24 government agencies requesting a review of the issues involved with telecommuting in August 2023, with some agencies refusing to send data during the Biden administration. Ernst told the DCNF that when President Donald Trump took office, things changed.“While the Biden administration slow walked releasing the...