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An illegal alien has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for his involvement in an $89 million fraudulent payroll scheme that saw illegal alien construction workers and their employers evade taxes.
“Today, we held an illegal alien from Honduras accountable for a brazen scheme that stole more than $38 million from American taxpayers to facilitate the employment of illegal aliens,” Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald said.
“This case exposes how unchecked illegal immigration fuels widespread payroll tax fraud and underground economies that harm American workers and taxpayers,” McDonald said. “This sentence sends a strong message: Those who exploit our open borders, cheat the U.S. Treasury, and violate federal laws
Blue state leaders erupt after Supreme
Court’s decision ending TPS protections
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Court’s decision ending TPS protections
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration in two key immigration cases on Thursday, drawing strong opposition from blue state Democrats and prompting a prominent House Republican to break ranks over concerns of a looming healthcare "crisis." In a 6-3 decision in Mullin v. Doe, the high court ruled that Haitian and Syrian nationals with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) cannot turn to federal courts to postpone the revocation of their legal status while challenging the Trump administration's policies.
In a separate ruling, the court also held that migrants turned away at the southern border before entering the U.S. are not entitled to apply for
On Thursday afternoon, court reporters who had been following the trial of Palisades Fire suspect Jonathan Rinderknecht were buzzing on social media with news that the jury in the case had reached a verdict.
Brittny Mejia, the Metro reporter for the Los Angeles Times, was one of several journalists who initially wrote that a verdict had been reached. Later, however, it was shared that the jury had indicated they were "at a standstill": (X) The note also stressed that each side in the jury room was "deadset." Mejia revealed in a follow-up tweet that it appeared the judge was going to send a note
Democratic strategist James Carville called for a “schism” in the Democratic Party, stating that he wants nothing to do with the likes of three candidates who won their Democratic primaries in New York. On Tuesday, three candidates endorsed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, won Democratic primaries for the House of Representatives.
Former NYC comptroller Brad Lander crushed Rep. Dan Goldman to earn the nomination in the 10th district.
A conservative organization warned that summer camps tied to the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) continue to list gender identity policies for campers and counselors.
After the American Parents Coalition (APC) warned parents about YMCA’s gender identity polices regarding cabins, locker rooms and showers in May 2025, the organization reportedly scrubbed much of their content tied to gender ideology, the Daily Wire previously reported. The organization released a “Lookout” on their website Tuesday arguing that the National Council of Young Men’s Christian Associations (Y-USA), the YMCA’s national govering body, had “embedded gender ideology into its national infrastructure.”
Fox Sports Host Had Three Words That Perfectly
Describe the WNBA After Latest Caitlin
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Describe the WNBA After Latest Caitlin
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Amy touched upon this this morning. There was a terrible no-call that occurred during the Indiana Fever-Phoenix Mercury game last night. Phoenix Forward Alyssa Thomas punched Clark in the throat. No whistle was blown: (tweets/video)This is an obvious flagrant 2, but the league is allowing Clark to be used as a punching bag. Even Indiana’s coach, Stephanie White, torched the league for letting this slide: (snip)Yet, that’s not the only indignity—Clark was left off the 30th anniversary cover of the WNBA. It’s not a screw-up, as Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese are on it. Fox Sports’ Colin Cowherd ripped into the league for being paranoid, weird, and insular:
Former DNC Chair Jaime Harrison, who led the party from 2021 to 2025, made a pathetic plea to the DSA and its candidates after they swept three congressional districts in New York City Tuesday night. This is what happens when a party refuses to enforce its own ideological boundaries or draw a line when the progressive left keeps moving it. Democrats played nice with their socialist allies, only to discover that those allies are now trying to stage a revolution from within and consume the party from the inside.
It also proves a larger point: real political change comes from taking over one of the major parties, not starting
Midway through the second quarter of the Indiana Fever’s 111-109 loss to the Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday night, WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark went to the floor and lost control of the ball while being defended by Lexi Held of the Mercury.
Amid the scramble for the ball, Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas landed on Clark, pushed her fist into Clark’s throat, then stepped over her.
Despite the egregiousness of the incident, no foul was called. After the game, Fever coach Stephanie White called the play a “cheap shot.” Clark left the game with 5:15 to play in the third quarter because of a back issue that was aggravated
The company formerly known as Dominion Voting Systems is ending a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against Mike Lindell, the MyPillow magnate and President Trump ally who has promoted false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
Dominion sued the businessman in 2021, alleging that Lindell knew there was no evidence to support his election conspiracy theories, but used the lies to sell pillows. When he was sued, Lindell told WCCO's Esme Murphy that he was "very happy" about the lawsuit, saying the truth would come out.
In October 2025, Dominion was acquired by St. Louis-based Liberty Vote, which was founded by former Republican elections director Scott Leiendecker.
Denmark Moves to Ban Islamic Call to Prayer,
Minister Says Country Should Not Sound
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Minister Says Country Should Not Sound
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Denmark is considering a nationwide ban on the Islamic call to prayer, with the country’s immigration minister saying it should not be heard “over Danish rooftops.”
Morten Bødskov said the government will reopen an investigation into whether the noise can be legally prohibited across the country.
“The call to prayer should not be heard over Danish rooftops,” Bødskov told Danish news agency Ritzau.
“It has no place in Denmark, and you shouldn’t be in any doubt whether you’ve ended up in a suburb of Islamabad when you walk around Denmark.”
Exclusive: Pakistani Student Visa Holders
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Spark Legislative Action, National Security Concerns replies
Indiana state Rep. Andrew Ireland is sounding the alarm on Pakistani and other foreign students imported by Indiana University to fill American jobs in its medical school.
This move from the university prompted Ireland to not only shed light on the issue, but also introduce legislation that would cut taxpayer funding for the state-run university if it continues to undermine American talent, and tackle the hiring practices he suspects may be at fault.
“IU is home to the country’s largest medical school,” Ireland said in an interview with the Daily Signal. “We actually have the largest graduating class of medical students at any university in the country.”
“But somehow, we still can’t
The Minneapolis City Council voted 9-2 on Thursday with one abstaining to repeal the longstanding ban on adult bathhouses and businesses where people can have sex in the city. The vote comes after work from advocates, city staff and council members who say the ban is rooted in homophobia. The final step to repeal the ban is a signature from Mayor Jacob Frey, who previously told MPR News he supports the repeal. Adult bathhouses are community spaces that were historically frequented by gay men in the 1970s and ‘80s where people could engage in sexual activity or relax after going
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito could barely contain himself Thursday after liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor opted to read her full dissent in an immigration case from the bench, a rare rebuke of her colleagues.
Alito began by briefly summing up his majority opinion in Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, in which he held that the government has the right to turn back migrants stopped at the US border before giving them a chance to apply for asylum.
As Sotomayor read her 35-page dissent, Alito — never known for his poker face — began rocking back and forth in his chair before leaning forward, propping
The Lincoln Memorial’s hidden 15,000-square-foot chamber opens to the public Thursday after a century-long closure.
The chamber — located beneath the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall — had sat vacant since the 1920s akin to a “two-story shopping mall” with 122 giant concrete pillars, according to Fox News.
The memorial’s undercroft features interactive exhibits, construction tools left in 1920 and preserved vandalism from the original construction, the outlet reported.
Among the artifacts in the undercroft exhibit are original copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment bearing President Abraham Lincoln’s signature, according to Fox News.
Left-wing Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, who says "billionaires" are "destroying this country," held a big-ticket Chicago fundraiser with billionaire Hyatt Hotels heir and Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker (D.), where attendees were encouraged to contribute as much as $13,500 to attend.
The invitation for the Wednesday evening fundraiser, which was first reported by the New York Times's Teddy Schleifer, lists prominent liberal donors Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett as part of a host committee and touts Pritzker as the "special guest." An online RSVP page shows that a ticket cost at least $500, while "hosts" contributed $5,000 and "champions" contributed $13,500. Contributions above the federal limit to an individual
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates told the House Oversight Committee that Jeffrey Epstein may have considered blackmailing him about his extramarital affairs, according to the transcript of his June 10 closed-door testimony to Congress released Wednesday. (snip) Gates insisted he had “never witnessed nor had any indication that Epstein was engaged in ongoing criminal conduct” but admitted the man had made “veiled threats” that Gates could have associated with his affairs.
The Party of Violence: Extremist Michigan
Congresswoman Screeches About Punishment
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Congresswoman Screeches About Punishment
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Democrats are proving daily that they have now become the Party of Violence.
They celebrate Charlie Kirk’s murder. They fangirl over (alleged) assassin Luigi Mangione. They fundraise for Karmelo Anthony, who stabbed and killed a high-school football player over a minor dispute.
On Tuesday, far-left “Squad” member Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) came to the defense of a domestic terrorist who shot a law enforcement agent in the neck. Justice came swiftly, and he was sentenced to 100 years in the slammer.
It’s not that an Antifa thug tried to murder an officer that’s the problem, Tlaib wrote on X, it’s that Donald Trump is the devil incarnate
Following the Trump administration’s aggressive restructuring of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a striking pattern emerged across Latin America. Left-wing governments, long dominant in several countries, suddenly stopped winning national elections.
Center-right and conservative presidential candidates have swept to victory in Bolivia, Chile, Honduras, Costa Rica, Peru, and Colombia since Trump ordered the cancellation of the bulk of USAID’s programs.
Republican Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy flipped his war powers vote Wednesday night just hours after Trump administration officials pulled him into the Situation Room.
Cassidy was briefed in the Situation Room by Vice President JD Vance and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff on Iran, prompting him to change his vote against the war powers resolution later that night. The briefing came after Cassidy got into a shouting match with President Donald Trump over Iran during a heated, closed-door lunch on Capitol Hill, where several senators clashed with the president.
DHS Drops Massive Gang Arrest Numbers—And
They're a Damning Indictment of Biden's
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They're a Damning Indictment of Biden's
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested more than 10,000 gang members since President Donald Trump returned to office. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says the arrests include alleged members of MS-13 and the Tren de Aragua gang, along with suspects wanted in their home countries for alleged crimes ranging from murder and extortion to racketeering and drug trafficking.
Border Patrol has now gone 13 straight months without releasing a single illegal immigrant into the interior after apprehension at the southwest border. In May, agents recorded 9,998 apprehensions, a figure DHS says is 94 percent below the monthly average during the Biden administration. During the surge in December 2023,
North Carolina tax return preparation business owner has joined seven former colleagues in pleading guilty to a scheme that sought almost $25 million in false COVID-19 relief tax refunds.
The Justice Department on Wednesday announced that the company’s owner, Nejlai Mitchell, filed fake tax returns based on a paid sick and family leave credit — which Congress passed to help struggling businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic — from April 2022 through May 2023.
The IRS paid out approximately $13.9 million in false tax refund claims due to the conspiracy, which operated out of the North Carolina cities of Lumberton and Hope Mills, according to documents and statements presented in court.
The former Los Angeles fire chief is suing Mayor Karen Bass for defamation related to the devastating Palisades Fire.
Kristin Crowley was removed from her position on Feb. 21, 2025, weeks after the blaze began. The fire, which hit the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles and nearby communities such as Malibu, burned 23,448 acres, destroyed 6,833 structures and killed 12 people.
In the lawsuit, Crowley claims Bass made and continues to make false statements about her and has damaged her reputation. Bass demoted Crowley but did not fire her from the department, where Crowley continues to work as an assistant chief in the Valley Bureau.
Another democratic socialist, pro-Palestine, pro-Iran candidate has won in New York City. Unlike Mamdani, she is more candid. Her organization openly states that it seeks the destruction of Western civilization.
Darializa Avila Chevalier, 32, defeated five-term incumbent Adriano Espaillat, 71, chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, in the Democratic primary for NY-13 on June 23. A Columbia University alumna, Muslim, and current PhD candidate at CUNY, Avila Chevalier is a member of the NYC Democratic Socialists of America, endorsed by UAW Region 9A and Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and advances to the November general election in what is a safe Democratic seat.
Rupert Lowe, a British politician who has served as a member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth since 2024 and the leader of Restore Britain, has released "The Rape Gang Inquiry Report," an independent, survivor-led report into Britain’s rape gang scandal. The 219-page report finds that at least 250,000 girls in the UK were groomed and raped largely by Muslim Pakistani men.
The report reveals that organized child rape gangs operated across at least 149 local authority districts while police, social services, schools, health services, and politicians failed to protect vulnerable girls, allowing them to be subjected to crimes such as repeated rape, gang rape, trafficking, torture, pregnancy,