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Texas has become the latest state to ban trans-identified men from entering women's spaces amid concerns about safety and privacy for women and girls. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 8 into law Monday. The measure, which was approved by the Republican-controlled Texas Senate in a 19-11 vote last month and passed the Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives in an 86-45 vote, is also known as the Texas Women’s Privacy Act. The votes in both chambers fell largely along party lines, with almost all support coming from Republicans and all opposition coming from Democrats. Two House Democrats joined Republicans...

The mother of a sniper who killed two migrants in a horror shooting at a Dallas ICE facility was a liberal supporter of anti-gun laws who targeted members of the GOP over mass shootings. Sharon Jahn, the mother of 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, kept an active Facebook page where she followed everyone from Kamala Harris and Rachel Maddow to an account representing the U.S. Democratic Socialists. After the tragic mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas in 2022, she posted a lengthy rant to Facebook challenging Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, as well as Governor Greg Abbott for their support of gun...

Texas was stunned earlier this year when authorities arrested Maria Rojas, who ran an underground abortion clinic. On March 5, Rojas was arrested and is now charged with 15 felonies: 12 for practicing medicine without a license and three for performing illegal abortions. For years, Rojas operated three facilities in Houston. She allegedly tricked women into believing she was a licensed physician when in reality she only had a midwife’s license. Reports say she handed out abortion pills as if she were a doctor, and even went to New Mexico to perform an illegal abortion. Rojas denied everything, but a...

A newborn girl, dubbed the “Miracle Angel” by her rescuers, was pulled crying from a pile of trash in a North Austin dumpster Saturday afternoon. Her survival is a testament to the unyielding will to live that pro-life advocates say underscores the humanity of every baby — and the moral imperative to choose protection over peril. The infant, her umbilical cord still attached, signaling a birth mere hours earlier, was discovered around 1:37 p.m. in the 8600 block of North Lamar Boulevard, according to the Austin Police Department. Neighbors, alerted by her faint but fierce cries echoing some 40 to...

A 29-year-old man, Joshua Jahn, with ties to North Texas and Oklahoma has been identified as the suspect in a shooting at a Dallas ICE detention center. Two people were killed in the shooting. The suspect is also deceased. The investigation is ongoing, and police have not yet released a motive for the shooting. According to FOX News and FOX 4 sources, the sniper who killed at least two people at the Dallas ICE facility early Wednesday morning was 29-year-old Joshua Jahn. A sniper died from a self-inflicted gunshot early Wednesday morning after he shot three ICE detainees at a...

The mother of Joshua Jahn — the sniper who killed two migrants in a shooting at a Dallas immigration facility — had posted a series of anti-gun rants on Facebook aimed at Republican lawmakers just a few years ago. Sharon Jahn lashed out at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn over their support for the Second Amendment in resurfaced Facebook posts from May 2022. “Governor Abbott, Senator Cornyn and Senator Cruz how does it make you feel that your action to open up gun laws is responsible for the killing of 21 more people?”...

SAN ANTONIO — A man is behind bars, accused of making threats on social media about a vigil planned for conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Police say the 19-year-old posted comments on Facebook, threatening to turn the event into danger. Police say a Facebook post first tipped them off on September 15, just hours before a planned vigil for Charlie Kirk at UTSA’s main campus. The vigil went on as planned, but the suspect landed behind bars. The post appeared on the San Antonio Young Republicans’ Facebook page, the group organizing the vigil. Arrest paperwork says that 19-year-old Xaelyn Dunbar responded...

The now-deceased shooter who targeted a Dallas, Texas ICE facility wrote “anti-ICE” messages on his rounds, according to the FBI. . Three people at an ICE facility were shot by a gunman on the roof of an adjacent building on Wednesday morning... One of the victims died at the scene, and the shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound... . “early evidence” shows that there are “anti-ICE” messages “in nature” found on rounds near the shooter..FBI Director Kash Patel posted a photo of the rounds to X. .

WICHITA COUNTY (KFDX/KJTL) — Six women who were arraigned on federal charges related to the shooting of an Alvarado police officer at an ICE detention center on July 4, 2025, were being held in the Wichita County Jail Tuesday. Jail records show that the following inmates were booked into the Wichita County Law Enforcement Center on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, all of whom are currently in custody on a federal hold:

A lone shooter who opened fire on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Wednesday morning left agents with chilling messages explaining why their workplace was being targeted in the brazen attack. The gunman, who initial reports described as a white male, shot himself after being confronted by responding officers on a nearby rooftop. He used a sniper rifle in the attack, according to ICE Director Todd Lyons. At a press conference, FBI Special Agent in Charge R. Joseph Rothrock said the Dallas, Texas detention center was likely targeted because the shooter had a deeply-held animosity for ICE. “What...

DALLAS — Three people were injured at a Dallas ICE facility on Wednesday morning and police are searching for a possible sniper or multiple shooters, police sources tell WFAA. Police responded to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office around 7 a.m Wednesday at 8101 North Stemmons Freeway in Dallas, off Interstate 35E. Three people are wounded, sources say. Dallas police are searching for a possible sniper and another shooter or shooters on top of buildings in the area, sources say. Shortly after 7 a.m., sources said one shooter was found shot on the roof of a nearby immigration attorney's...

At least two detainees and a suspect are dead following a shooting at the Dallas Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) Field office early Wednesday morning. Sources confirmed to the news outlet that one shooter was found dead on the roof of a nearby immigration attorney’s office. The identity of the shooter has not been released. Police are still searching for another sniper, or potentially several other shooters. Acting director of ICE Todd Lyons confirmed in an interview with CNN that the shooter died of a self-inflicted wound. “Preliminary information is a possible sniper,” Lyons said. “We have three individuals that are...

At least three people were shot and two were killed, including the attacker, in a shooting at an ICE facility in Dallas, Texas on Wednesday, Fox News confirmed. The shooting reportedly occurred as ICE officers were transferring detainees into the facility. The shooter died due to a self-inflicted wound, authorities say. The other shooting victims were detainees and no law enforcement officers were hurt in the incident. High-ranking Dallas Police Department sources told Fox News the shooting occurred at roughly 6:30 a.m. local time. They say no law enforcement officers were injured, but that three detainees were shot and one...

A sniper killed at least one migrant and wounded several others in a shooting at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, then shot himself dead, police say. The bloodbath unfolded at the facility in the Texas city shortly after 7am CT Wednesday morning. The Dallas Police Department told Daily Mail in a statement that two people were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds, and one victim died at the scene. The victims were ICE detainees, and no law enforcement were injured in the shooting. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted on X that there had been 'multiple victims...

A congressional staffer’s mysterious death after being found on fire outside her home has triggered a high-level investigation by Texas Rangers, raising disturbing questions about what really happened to this dedicated public servant. Story Snapshot * Regina Santos-Aviles, staffer to Rep. Tony Gonzales, died after being found on fire outside her Uvalde home * Texas Rangers and Uvalde Police Department launched joint investigation into the suspicious circumstances * Victim’s final words to her mother before the tragic incident have left family heartbroken * Congressional office mourns loss of dedicated team member who served constituents faithfully ====================================================== Tragic Discovery Sparks Investigation...

GOP Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday denounced Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr’s threats to pull ABC’s broadcast license as “unbelievably dangerous” and compared some of his rhetoric to “mafioso” tactics.In an episode of his podcast, “Verdict with Ted Cruz,” released on Friday, the Texas Republican said he was “thrilled” Jimmy Kimmel was pulled off the air by ABC over his comments about conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. But he said he strongly disagreed with the government policing speech, asserting it could come back to bite conservatives when Democrats retake power.“I hate what Jimmy Kimmel said. I am thrilled that he...

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas sharply criticized the head of the Federal Communications Commission for urging ABC to crack down on the now-benched late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, calling the Trump appointee's comments "dangerous as hell" and comparing his move to a mafia shakedown. ABC, owned by Disney, took "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" off the air indefinitely on Wednesday, two days after Kimmel faced criticism for his comments on conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination. Just hours before the company's decision, FCC Chair Brendan Carr had publicly urged ABC to "take action" in response to Kimmel's remarks, saying in an interview: "We...

Attorney General Pam Bondi suggested this week that the government, in response to the assassination of Charlie Kirk last Wednesday, may start to target “hate speech.” In a podcast interview with Katie Miller, the AG stated that hate speech isn’t free speech and that her office may prosecute those who cross the line. “We will absolutely target you, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with hate speech, anything—and that’s across the aisle,” Bondi declared, adding that we can’t allow “that hate speech in the world in which we live.” Her comments outraged many on the right, who correctly...

Texas A&M University President Mark A. Welsh III will step down on Friday after more than a week of turmoil sparked by a viral video of a student confronting a professor over gender content in a children’s literature course, the Texas A&M University System announced Thursday. The video, along with an audio recording of Welsh initially refusing to fire Professor Melissa McCoul, first circulated online on Sept. 8 after state Rep. Brian Harrison, R-Midlothian, shared it on the social media platform X. Welsh fired McCoul a day later, but the move did not satisfy Harrison, or Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick,...

Police are probing the death of a congressional staffer who was found on fire at her home in Texas. Regina Santos-Aviles, 35, was discovered by her mother, who called emergency crews to the Uvalde residence on the evening of September 13. She was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center but died from her injuries the next morning, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office. Santos-Aviles, remembered by friends and family as a 'devoted mother' to her eight-year-old son, had served as the regional district director for Republican US Representative Tony Gonzales since 2021. Uvalde Police Chief Homer Delgado said...