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Houston Man Killed by ICE, Hailed as Father
Chasing ‘American Dream,’ Had Meth
in His Car, FBI Says replies
Chasing ‘American Dream,’ Had Meth
in His Car, FBI Says replies
Authorities recently discovered a “white crystal-like substance” in a work van belonging to Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, an illegal immigrant who was fatally shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Houston last week and who has been hailed by the media as a father chasing the “American dream.”
There has been intense outrage surrounding the incident, especially amid the broader unrest regarding U.S. immigration enforcement under the Trump administration.
Media outlets have touted Salgado Araujo as a father of four who, having entered the country 35 years ago in search of a better life, was actively pursuing legal status in the U.S.
However,
A 33-year-old Canadian woman named Kaitlyn Tracey is currently cooling her heels in ICE custody after being accused of assaulting a juvenile over the Fourth of July weekend for the sin of wearing pro-Trump clothing.
“The teen and three friends were walking on the boardwalk on July 3 when Kaitlyn E. Tracey approached them as she recorded with her phone, according to court documents,” local media reported. “Tracey yelled at the two people in the group wearing ‘patriotic colored’ sweatpants before she slapped the victim across her face and body, an affidavit of probable cause stated.”
“Tracey, of Asbury Park, fled but was identified following an investigation and arrested on Monday.
Several wildfires in the Boundary Waters have prompted evacuations for campers and Northland residents, including in the Superior National Forest. Recently, people east of Ely and Winton were told to evacuate away from the smoke, heat, and rapidly changing conditions, WDIO-TV reports.
People traveling between Tower and Ely reported seeing thick smoke hanging over the area and feeling intense heat. Campers in parts of the Boundary Waters and residents within the evacuation zone have been ordered to leave immediately.
A Florida congressional candidate and former U.S. Marine is facing backlash after posting a video calling President Donald Trump "the Antichrist" and saying the president "must be killed."
William Upham, a Republican write-in candidate for Florida's 5th Congressional District who describes himself on X as a prosecutor "running to fix a broken political system," opens the nearly seven-minute video by saying he entered the race to restore bipartisanship, return power to the working class and "fix our broken political system."
The tone quickly shifts, however, as Upham says he has come to believe the country is "broken" and that America is engaged in a spiritual battle.
Nearly half of House Democrats voted to cut off aid to Israel Wednesday, underscoring a seismic shift in political support for the longtime U.S. ally.
The amendment to a State Department spending bill would have eliminated $3.3 billion in funding, and thanks to strong Republican support for the Jewish state, it failed 314-104 . But the vote served as a moment of reckoning for House Democrats who have had to confront years of voter outrage about Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza.
“There’s also a real sense that the status quo cannot continue,”
You'd think that Maine Democrats solved most of their problems by dumping their violent Nazi-tatted Kik creeper and alleged rapist off the November ballot. Unfortunately for the Democrats, Graham Platner may turn out to be more of a symptom than a root cause. And their solution may end up making both worse rather than better.
Rather than rethink the platform espoused by a man who wore a Totenkopf tattoo and professed himself to be a communist, the party wants to keep the rhetoric while going light on the Nazi and commie references. Now that Democrat insiders have to choose a candidate who can check those boxes,
New York City has long been celebrated as a city of immigrant neighborhoods. Little Italy, Chinatown, Harlem, Washington Heights, Brighton Beach - these communities tell the story of generations of newcomers who helped build America's largest city while gradually becoming part of it. That history makes one omission from Mayor Zohran Mamdani's recently released map of immigrant communities particularly striking.
Little Italy wasn't there.
Instead, the map highlighted a series of neighborhoods identified as "Little Pakistan," "Little Senegal," "Little Yemen" and even "Little Palestine."
Finding out that, by a 3-to-2 margin, Americans think the country is “evolving into a big government socialist state” is bad enough. Far more worrisome is finding out how many Republicans and self-styled conservatives are on board with one of socialism’s central tenets.
The latest I&I/TIPP Poll, which we are reporting on today, finds that nearly half of Americans agree that we’re sliding into socialism, and less than a third disagree. (See: “By 3-To-2 Margin, Americans Believe U.S. Is Turning Into A ‘Socialist State’: It also finds that Republicans are more pessimistic about the future than Democrats,
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday endorsed a nonbinding House resolution that would declare that cartels, terrorists and other criminal actors invaded the southern border states during the Biden administration and that the Constitution allows states to act unilaterally against those threats.
H.Res.50, introduced by U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) on January 16, 2025, has remained before the House Judiciary Committee since its referral. The measure had 40 cosponsors as of Wednesday.
As a simple House resolution, the measure would express the chamber’s position but would remain nonbinding. It would not require Senate approval, go to President Donald Trump or carry the force of law.
With each new revelation about former Special Counsel Jack Smith, who apparently would do anything to bring down Trump with his classified documents and election interference cases, the sordid tale just gets dirtier and dirtier. He was accused in the fall of 2025 of violating the rights of lawmakers by secretly subpoenaing their phone records, and earlier in July, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) alleged that Smith and his team violated classified document handling procedures — even as they were investigating Trump for exactly that crime.
Grassley had more damning info to drop Tuesday: Smith was allegedly reading lawmakers’ emails.
Constitutional alarm raised after DOJ
records reveal Jack Smith got private
texts from 44 lawmakers replies
records reveal Jack Smith got private
texts from 44 lawmakers replies
Newly released records reveal that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team bypassed mandatory protocols to secretly access the private text messages of 44 members of Congress during the probe into President Donald Trump, the Justice Department confirmed Tuesday.
The disclosure, confirmed by records released by the Senate Judiciary Committee, has become a major constitutional flashpoint.
As lawmakers confront the reality that their private communications were accessed without following established filter protocols, the inquiry is igniting a broader debate over the separation of powers between the executive branch and the legislative body.
Anthony Fauci thinks Biden’s last-minute “autopen” pardon is his golden parachute.
But he could be very, very wrong.
In reality, that so-called pardon might turn out to be a pair of golden handcuffs instead. Americans have sat back and watched Fauci play a lot of games. He’s dodged, danced, redefined words, split a lot of hairs, and acted like the rest of the country (and the world) was way too stupid to understand what really went down during the COVID circus. He became the face of the “pandemic” response, and according to the media and liberals, he was the patron saint of “trust the science.”
Who can forget these absurd candles?
Former President Joe Biden’s announcement of a forthcoming memoir drew swift mockery from conservatives Wednesday, with critics reviving questions about his health, age and use of an autopen during his presidency.
"This guy couldn't even sign his own name. He's not writing books. LMAO," wrote former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt on X.
"Politicians write books to launder money. Nobody wants to read this, but the corrupt NGOs he provided for as President will buy up 100K copies and burn 'em to hold up their end of the bribes,’" the former reality TV star added.
With the sudden popularity of openly socialist candidates in recent local elections, is the U.S. turning into a socialist state? As the latest I&I/TIPP Poll shows, Americans mostly believe the country is indeed moving toward socialism, but don’t want to foot the bill for the big jump in taxpayer spending to pay for it.
The national online I&I/TIPP Poll was taken from June 29 through July 2, and kicked off by asking 1,473 voters whether they agreed or disagreed with the following question: “The U.S. is evolving into a big government socialist state.”
Overall, 48% agreed the U.S. was “evolving” toward socialism either “somewhat” (31%)
Carroll collects $5.6 million awarded
to her by jury in sex abuse and defamation
case against Trump replies
to her by jury in sex abuse and defamation
case against Trump replies
Writer E. Jean Carroll collected over $5.6 million that a jury awarded her in 2023 in a civil verdict against President Donald Trump.
Carroll alleged Trump had sexually abused her in the dressing room of a luxury department store in Manhattan in 1996. Trump's attorneys have filed another appeal seeking to stop or reverse the payment, the Associated Press reported, and they vow to keep appealing.
“We are pleased to report that she has received the damages payment,” Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, said in a statement.
A Mexican national was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer while attempting to flee from ICE officers across a busy Florida highway, officials said.
The gruesome accident occurred after the 28-year-old man and three others had a run-in with immigration agents around 7 a.m. in St. Johns, according to Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Dylan Bryan.
The four were approached by agents while stopped inside the parking lot of a gas station in St. Augustine, Florida, Bryan said. [snip]The fatal crash is the most recent in a series of deaths involving the immigration agency.
Fans are calling out legendary R&B singer Patti LaBelle for whiffing on her rendition of the national anthem to kick off the 2026 MLB All-Star Game in her hometown of Philadelphia. The 82-year-old two-time Grammy winner had the honor of singing the Star-Spangled Banner at the 96th Midsummer Classic before a packed crowd at Citizens Bank Park Tuesday evening — just five miles from Independence Hall and little more than a week after the nation’s 250th birthday. LaBelle appeared to drop a few words along the way and dragged out the anthem longer than most during the performance, but gutted her way across home plate with her singing
Finding out that, by a 3-to-2 margin, Americans think the country is “evolving into a big government socialist state” is bad enough. Far more worrisome is finding out how many Republicans and self-styled conservatives are on board with one of socialism’s central tenets.
The latest IBD/TIPP Poll, which we are reporting on today, finds that nearly half of Americans agree that we’re sliding into socialism, and less than a third disagree. (See: “By 3-To-2 Margin, Americans Believe U.S. Is Turning Into A ‘Socialist State’: I&I/TIPP Poll.”)
It also finds that Republicans are more pessimistic about the future than Democrats,
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York, taking a page from communist predecessors, is moving to assure that he has a pliant, ideologically aligned press corps to serve as props for his policy initiatives. (Snip) A July 10 press conference by Mayor Mamdani, billed as "a consumer protection announcement," had the mayor announcing a crackdown that is supposed to make it easier for New Yorkers to cancel online subscriptions. That itself is an effort to starve free-market-oriented, or at least non-communist, press outlets from revenue that helps to guarantee their independence.
The press conference featured lines like this: "We’re going to start with Praj at the Nation.
Chamath Palihapitiya is an investor who manages a portfolio worth billions of dollars. He also co-hosts the ‘All In’ podcast with David Sacks, Trump’s Bitcoin Czar.
Despite his relationship with Sacks, he was not a fan of President Trump, and now admits that he suffered from Trump Derangement Syndrome.
During an appearance on CNBC this week, he explained how he changed his mind about Trump and offers his story as advice for others.
CHAMATH PALIHAPITYA: There are enough people that I hear who are lazy and reductive, and they’re going to end up where they’re supposed to end up—in a little cul-de-sac of their own making.
Well, here's something that doesn't happen too often.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles in Miami awarded $314 million in damages to three U.S. citizens who were imprisoned and tortured by Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela before being freed in a 2023 prisoner swap. The three men were Jerrel Kenemore, a Texas computer scientist who'd moved to neighboring Colombia to be with a woman he met. He was kidnapped by paramilitaries in 2022 while visiting a grocery store near the Venezuela-Colombia border and held for over 600 days before being charged with "espionage" and "counterintelligence activities."
As my colleague Ward Clark reported on Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives moved the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make Daylight Saving Time permanent throughout the United States, from committee to the House floor for a vote. On Tuesday, the full House voted and passed the Act, 308-117. This is performative theater and nothing more. There are more pressing issues for our country and on the House docket, like national security appropriations, bills to combat fraud, and government controls over AI and data centers. But fresh off the House's July 4th recess, this was first up for consideration. According to Independent Rep. Kevin Kiley (CA-03),
The world that we’re looking at today is radically different than that of just five years ago, radically different in the sense that it is much more in the interest of the United States. And I know that seems controversial because [President Donald] Trump is written off as someone who is too fluid and volatile.
His tweets, his verbiage, can put people off, but that’s the art-of-the-deal unpredictability of his nature. Some of it can be a drawback, some of it an advantage, but overall, it doesn’t help analysis to just look at what he says. It’s more important to see what he’s done.
Oil producers in the Persian Gulf are making plans to bypass the Strait of Hormuz with new pipelines and a new port after Iran has repeatedly attacked ships and blocked traffic.
The idea is to minimize Tehran’s leverage on the waterway that once saw 20% of the world’s oil pass through it as the war stretches into its fifth month.
Iran has already insisted that it will impose tolls on the strait, which could cost tens of billions of dollars. And in some cases, it is extracting millions of dollars of protection money per oil tanker. Two such projects are already underway in the United Arab Emirates and Iraq —