“Give me a break!” Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Lauren Bis tells CNN, after the network referred to two illegal aliens shot and arrested in Portland, Oregon as a “married couple,” rather than as suspected Tren De Aragua gang members. “I’m here to set the record straight on false reporting surrounding our brave law enforcement,” DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis says in her latest video on the department’s X.com page. “Defend the Homeland. Protect the American way of life. The nonstop lies and smears from the FAKE NEWS are meant to tear down our brave men and women who…
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In an interview with journalist Christopher Rufo, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed a shocking statistic. Hundreds of billions in the U.S. budget are being thrown down the sewer on waste, fraud, and abuse each year. The information comes from the General Accounting Office (GAO). A GAO analysis found that between $233 billion and $521 billion was lost annually due to fraud during fiscal years 2018 through 2022. Since fiscal year 2003, improper payments — separate from fraud — have likely cost taxpayers about $2.8 trillion, the GAO also found. It’s good to know someone is looking into it. The US has long been a…
On Dec. 16, I testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee at a hearing titled “Anti-American Antitrust: How Foreign Governments Target U.S. Businesses.” The phrase “anti-American” is not political theater. It describes a pattern: foreign governments are increasingly using antitrust and new “digital regulation” to impose one-sided obligations that fall overwhelmingly on a narrow set of firms—America’s leading technology companies. In the United States, antitrust is argued as domestic law enforcement. Did a firm exclude rivals? Did consumers suffer? Abroad, antitrust is increasingly operating as trade policy in disguise. Instead of proving harm case by case, many jurisdictions are moving toward…
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Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar called tech mogul Elon Musk “one of the dumbest people on Earth” on Monday after he accused her of politically benefiting from illegal immigration. Musk stated on X that Democrats are flooding the U.S. with illegal immigrants and handing them welfare to win elections, pointing to Omar as an “obvious example” of this phenomenon. In response, Omar accused Musk, without evidence, of being dumb and told him he should have no place in U.S. society.“This has been happening for years. Ilhan Omar is the most obvious example. A large number of relatively recently arrived Somalis…
A suspect, reportedly a radio show host at WUML, which is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, is out of a job and an investigation is under way after an alleged death threat to Vice President JD Vance. The threat said, “It’s simple, we kill JD Vance,” and allegedly was posted by an online user who was a radio host for the station that long has worked on a reputation for being a community voice. It’s run by students and funded by the university. When the post appeared recently, school officials called authorities and officers from campus police,…
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte struck a markedly different tone from several European leaders on President Donald Trump renewing his call for the U.S. to take control of Greenland, dismissing concerns that the alliance is facing a crisis over it. European officials, including Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius, have sharply criticized Trump’s renewed pressure campaign, warning that a U.S. takeover of Greenland could effectively spell the end of NATO. Rutte, however — who is often complimentary of Trump — rejected the notion that the alliance is under threat.“No, not at all. And I think…
At least 192 protesters have been killed in Iran’s biggest movement against the Islamic republic in more than three years, a rights group said Sunday, as warnings grew that authorities were committing a “massacre” to quell the demonstrations.The protests, initially sparked by anger over the rising cost of living, have now become a movement against the theocratic system in place in Iran since the 1979 revolution and have already lasted two weeks. The mass rallies are one of the biggest challenges to the rule of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, coming in the wake of Israel’s 12-day war against…
This content was produced via a partnership with KCPAC. The views and opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author and do not reflect the official position of the Daily Caller. Japan’s Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, is being savaged by China for her common-sense statement that Taiwan is immensely important to Japan.She’s right. It would pose a grave danger if China took Taiwan and sat astride the shipping lanes through which much of Japan’s energy and trade flow. And People’s Liberation Army (PLA) forces operating from Taiwan would have free access to the Pacific. Swing north and the PLA…
The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Aug. 7, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesThe Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday charged a man shot by immigration authorities last week in Portland, Oregon, with aggravated assault of a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon.The DOJ alleged in a news release that Luis Nino-Moncada admitted to law enforcement in an interview following the incident that he had intentionally used his car to ram a Border Patrol vehicle while attempting to flee.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists,…
President Trump declared Monday that the US would be “screwed” if the Supreme Court rules against his reciprocal tariff policies — arguing the feds would have to “pay back” billions in revenue collected over the past year.“[I]f the Supreme Court rules against the United States of America on this National Security bonanza, WE’RE SCREWED!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “The actual numbers that we would have to pay back if, for any reason, the Supreme Court were to rule against the United States of America on Tariffs, would be many Hundreds of Billions of Dollars,” he wrote. “[A]nd that doesn’t…
“Well, you’d be right according to ex-Pfizer executive Dr. Michael Yeadon.” “He says there’s no pandemic and the lie was maintained in order to inject 5.5 billion people with… an intentionally dangerous substance, 17 million of whom have died so far.” “How many of you believe there was no pandemic at all?” “Well, you’d be right according to ex-Pfizer executive Dr. Michael Yeadon.” “He says there’s no pandemic and the lie was maintained in order to inject 5.5 billion people with… an intentionally dangerous substance, 17… pic.twitter.com/gCY9Y2n3LT — Wide Awake Media (@wideawake_media) January 12, 2026 …
The Supreme Court will hear the case on TuesdayPublishedJanuary 12, 2026 4:40 PM EST•UpdatedJanuary 12, 2026 4:40 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkRiley Gaines delivered a poignant message to Democrats who have supported transgender athletes against the efforts to protect women’s and girls’ sports as major Supreme Court cases loom.Gaines, an OutKick podcast host and a former NCAA star swimmer who has fought to keep males out of women’s and girls’ sports, appeared on Fox News Channel’s “Faulkner Focus” and suggested those who are opponents of the save women’s sports movement were doing girls, like her daughter, a disservice.”The past three months now,…
When two Tren de Aragua gang members—who have been involved in shootings and sex trafficking—were shot in a confrontation with ICE officers in Portland, the entire political establishment there came out in support of the gang members and demanded ICE leave. Advertisement The Chief of Police initially tried to cover up who the illegal aliens were, and after being forced to admit that they were in fact Tren de Aragua, he continued to call them “victims,” cried for their plight, and continued to assert that ICE was in the wrong and the gang members were in the right. Portland Police @ChiefBobDay…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Email address Sign up Thank you! Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Archaeologists in Denmark say a sunken Viking ship near Copenhagen is the largest boat of its kind ever discovered—and that’s saying something. At nearly 92 feet long, the 600-year-old vessel is also one of the best preserved examples of a cog, a “super ship” whose advanced design and carrying capacity helped transform trade in medieval Europe. “The find is a milestone for maritime archaeology,” excavation lead Otto Uldum said in a statement, adding the…
Federal prosecutors officially charged a suspected Tren de Aragua gangbanger for allegedly using a vehicle as a weapon against Border Patrol agents. The Department of Justice (DOJ) lodged criminal charges against Luis Nino-Moncada, a Venezuelan national living unlawfully in the U.S., per a Monday announcement from the agency. During a federal immigration enforcement operation in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, Nino-Moncada allegedly damaged property and put Border Patrol agents in harm’s way when he repeatedly rammed a law enforcement vehicle with another car. (RELATED: Meet The Murderers, Child Rapists ICE Is Arresting In Minnesota)“Anyone who crosses the red line of assaulting…
A drone secures an order before flying from a Wing facility during a demonstration in Frisco, Texas, on Aug. 31, 2022. Andy Jacobsohn/AFP via Getty ImagesExpect to see more Walmart drones flying through the skies this year, as the retail giant and drone delivery company Wing expand the service to 150 additional Walmart stores.Walmart and Wing announced on Jan. 11 the “next chapter of the world’s largest drone delivery expansion,” which they said will serve more than 40 million people nationwide. The companies aim to establish a network of more than 270 drone delivery locations by 2027, capable of delivering…
The Russian Orthodox Church conducted a nationwide prayer service on Sunday to urge women against abortion, framing the act as the destruction of unborn life amid Russia’s ongoing demographic challenges. The specially approved rite, described as an “admonition for those intending to destroy an infant in the womb,” was held in churches across at least 15 regions, according to the Kommersant business newspaper. The Holy Synod sanctioned the prayer service last month, and the Rybinsk Diocese in the Yaroslavl region stated that the Russian Orthodox Church mandated it be held annually on Jan. 11, per reporting by the Meduza news…
Large numbers of Albertans are lining up in freezing weather to sign a petition for independence. If they win independence, they will get a huge raise. However, they need 177,732 valid signatures to move ahead. That is a high bar. They believe Prime Minister Mark Carney is pivoting to Europe at the expense of Canada. We will see how it goes. Author Colin MacLeod writes: From defense contracts — like Swedish-made Gripen fighter jets — to aligning our industrial subsidies with the EU’s “Green Deal,” Ottawa is increasingly adopting a “Brussels Effect,” creating new red tape for American firms while…
Loyalty to the Indiana Hoosiers football program pays off for one fanPublishedJanuary 12, 2026 4:20 PM EST•UpdatedJanuary 12, 2026 3:04 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkWhich one is worth more to you: money or karma?Sixteen years ago, when OutKick reader Jennifer Land decided to start buying Indiana Hoosiers football season tickets as a way to improve her basketball season tickets, she had no idea what the college football gods were cooking up. Over the weekend, after her Hoosiers destroyed Oregon in the Peach Bowl, Land learned she won the IU CFP championship lottery. Four tickets. Lower level. Really, really good seats. Valuable seats. We’re…
A widow’s donation of her late husband’s belongings forced a Goodwill store in Arkansas to evacuate Friday after employees discovered two grenades inside a box. Staff at the Jonesboro location on Caraway Road found the military ordnance around 1 p.m. while sorting through donated items, KAIT8 reported. Jonesboro Police Chief Rick Elliott told the station that crews responded after receiving a call about “a suspicious item.” (RELATED: Toddler’s Startling Discovery In Family’s Yard Triggers Bomb Squad Response)“Employees were going through donation boxes and found what appeared to be a military-style ordinance,” Elliott said. The police chief told KAIT8 that an…
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images In a video posted to social media in November, senator and former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly encouraged members of the military to “refuse illegal orders.” The 90-second video,which was put together by Kelly and five other Democratic lawmakers, was part of a broader objection to controversial US military operations against Venezuela, which have since turned from attacks on individual boats into an invasion, including strikes on the Venezuelan capital of Caracas and the kidnapping of its president Nicolás Maduro. Defense secretary Pete Hegseth was outraged after the video was published, accusing Kelly of…
Most legal experts, court watchers, and even casual observers would not likely characterize the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit as a bastion of conservative jurisprudence. But, in a recent decision, a panel of that court unanimously rejected the state of Washington’s attempt to force a religious ministry to hire employees whose beliefs contradict those of the ministry.The right of religious organizations to hire only employees who are aligned with and live out their religious beliefs is a foundational tenet of our Constitution’s protection of religious liberty. The free exercise of religion by individuals, churches, and other faith-based…
Republicans Quickly Rallied Behind Trump On Venezuela [Poll] results highlight Trump’s still-intact ability to rally his supporters behind him by spinning the narrative in a way [that] works in his favor. (ZH)) – A week after “Operation Absolute Resolve”, which saw the U.S. military attack targets in Venezuela to capture and extract President Nicolás Maduro, the international community is still grappling over the legality of the U.S. intervention. While some experts are saying that the illegality of the U.S. attack is beyond doubt, U.S. allies are hesitant to openly denounce the U.S. actions. The European Union, for example, issued a statement calling for calm…
Great question – and a broader question than its framing in an otherwise excellent essay.On paper, the Khamenei regime in Iran should represent everything that Western progressives reject. The mullahs impose a severe and conservative religious code on its subjects. Women in particular experience brutal oppression in both public and private, and are treated like chattel belonging to male family members. The economy centers on the nation’s military-industrial complex, with the IRGC controlling 40% or more of the nation’s economic output. Iran’s only real access to hard currency is oil, in a world where the Left obsesses over fossil-fuel use. …
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Monday, January 12, 2026artplus/iStockBible sales in the United Kingdom reached their highest-ever level in 2025, while in the United States they hit a 21-year high, more than doubling in value since 2019, according to reports.The number of physical Bibles sold in the U.K. increased by 106% between 2019 and 2025, according to recent research by the Christian publisher Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.The year-on-year growth from 2024 to 2025 was 27.7%, with the English Standard Version (ESV), published by Crossway, topping the list of most purchased translations.In the U.K., sales rose from £2.69 million…
By Chris Carpenter, Contributor Monday, January 12, 2026Biblical Nutritionist Annette Reeder | Courtesy TheBiblicalNutritionist.comIt’s the new year, and when it comes to good health, people all over the world are searching for answers. Desperate to lose weight and to find a healthier resolve, gym memberships rise tremendously this time of year, while the latest, greatest diet fads seem to have a life of their own. They are all searching for the recipe for excellent health.But what if the answer lies not in pumping more iron or eating kale three times per day? What if the solution lies in the weathered…
The Justice Department charged a man Monday who was shot by a Border Patrol agent in Portland, Oregon, last week, with aggravated assault of a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon.The department alleged that the man, identified as Luis Nino-Moncada, was an illegal migrant who was a known associate of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. He was ordered to be removed from the United States in 2024. The department also alleged the man repeatedly struck a federal law enforcement vehicle during the altercation last week, resulting in damage to federal property, after he was ordered to leave…
President Trump will meet Thursday with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, according to a news report Monday.A White House official told The Hill news outlet that Trump will meet with Machado on Thursday. Last week, Trump said that he would be meeting with Machado this week. “Well, I understand she’s coming in next week sometime, and I look forward to saying hello to her,” Trump told Fox News’s Sean Hannity in an interview last week. Machado told Hannity last week that she would like to give the Nobel Peace Prize she won earlier this year to Trump. The president…
NPR Critic-at-Large Eric Deggans penned a pessimistic media analysis for Saturday: “2026 looks ominous for media, from Hollywood to journalism.” That means an ominous Trumpian trend, but it’s amusing how liberal bias aggressively opposing Trump equals a “gold standard” of “fair, accurate reporting.” Deggans began: The worst thing about today’s media environment is that — bad as it is — it is easy to imagine how things might get worse in 2026. Traditional journalism outlets buffeted on all sides by misinformation, weak-kneed ownership and a hostile White House will struggle to earn back public trust even as the need for…
Next week, pro-life Americans will attend the March for Life to lobby peacefully for legal protection for the unborn. We undoubtedly have an ally in Donald Trump, who rocketed back into the White House with many friends of the unborn in important positions. And as we march for our most vulnerable young countrymen in the womb, we have a suggestion for where the president should set his reformer’s sights next: the Food and Drug Administration, where doctrinaire pro-abortion liberals are undermining his pro-life agenda. These ideologues’ anti-life campaign doesn’t stop with babies in the womb, either: on the abortion pill, they’re doing…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) holds a press conference at 4 p.m. ET on Jan. 12. …
A viral influencer marriage is forcing people to ask uncomfortable questions.PublishedJanuary 12, 2026 4:00 PM EST•UpdatedJanuary 12, 2026 2:37 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkThe short answer is no. But isn’t she likely going to get some haters no matter what? Isn’t that the world we live in these days, especially for an influencer?Had she met someone her own age and fallen in love, there would still be someone out there to take a big steamy pile on their relationship. It’s the way it works.Let’s not simply hand the haters an easy win. Let’s give this 22-year-old Italian influencer, who has gone viral…
NASA Crew-11: (top) Russia’s Oleg Platonov, Japanese Kimiya Yui, (bottom) NASA astronauts Michael Fincke and Zena Cardman. Space exploration takes a back seat to the safety and health of mission crew members. We have been following here on TGP the saga of the NASA-SpaceX Crew-11, who will have to return to earth before schedule because one of the astronauts had a serious health issue. Read: CONFIRMED: NASA’s Crew-11 To Make Early Return to Earth After ‘Serious Medical Condition’ With Astronaut (VIDEO) NASA and SpaceX are now two days away from their planned ‘controlled medical evacuation’ of the four members from…
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“Cost of living” has been drilled into Democrats’ skulls at least since election night 2024. The rhetorical shift probably played a hand in the Democrats’ sweep of the midterms. At least, that’s what Democrats are hoping. Now, former Democratic Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola is running for Senate with a populist economic message.
A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, government agency is promoting an upcoming class by local leftist groups on “civil disobedience” from its social media accounts. The city’s Commission on Human Relations (CHR) reposted a joint announcement on Saturday advertising the event by the Pittsburgh chapters of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and the 50501 Movement on Instagram and X. The three-hour Tuesday evening talk will feature an unnamed “practitioner and trainer with extensive experience” and civil rights lawyer Mike Healey, according to the posts. The session marks part two of a “Rebirthing Civil Disobedience” series hosted by the DSA and 50501 Pittsburgh, both taking place at the nonprofit…
(Headline USA) Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly sued the Pentagon on Monday over attempts to punish him for his warnings about illegal orders. Kelly, a former Navy pilot, is seeking to block his censure from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week. Hegseth announced last Monday that he censured Kelly over the former Navy pilot’s participation in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders. Hegseth said the censure — by itself simply a formal letter with little practical consequence — was “a necessary process step” to proceedings that could result in a demotion from Kelly’s retired rank of captain…
By Wayne Allyn Root There are mass protests going on in both Iran and America. They have much in common. The protestors in both countries are desperate for change. The protestors in both countries hate their leaders. The protestors in both countries want to overthrow their government. That’s where the similarities end. The people protesting in the streets of Iran are good people. They love their country. They even love our country! They’re waving American flags and holding up Trump signs. They’ve named a street after President Trump. They clearly want to “Make Iran Great Again.” They desperately want to…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth initiated the demotion process on Jan. 5, which the Arizona Democrat slammed as a clear effort to chill his and other veterans’ First Amendment rights.WASHINGTON (CN) — Arizona Senator Mark Kelly sued Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Monday over his efforts to demote the retired Navy captain in retaliation for comments in a video urging military members to reject illegal orders from President Donald Trump.The former Navy pilot and astronaut filed the 46-page lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging Hegseth’s moves as a clear violation of the First Amendment,…
Officials identified the U-Haul truck driver who plowed into an anti-Iranian regime protest Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles, possibly striking one person. Protests erupted in Iran on Dec. 28, with demonstrators setting fires and burning mosques in opposition to the country’s Islamic government. In solidarity with those protests, hundreds gathered in Los Angeles’ Westwood neighborhood before a vehicle struck people marching along Veteran Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. (RELATED: ‘Killing Protestors’: DNC Chair Compares Iran Uprising To US Anti-ICE Protests)“At approximately 1530 hours, the driver of a U-Haul truck collided with individuals marching along Veteran Avenue in…
A secretary at a Michigan middle school is being hailed a hero after a banned parent allegedly showed up at the school with a loaded gun on Jan. 6 and attempted to enter the building. Maria Scott, a secretary at Romulus Middle School, told WXYZ that Shawntez Gregory allegedly attempted to enter the building on Jan. 6, and his tone and agitated behavior put her on high alert.“Instantly, he began to swear at me, and I knew something was wrong. He said, ‘You’re gonna give me my son,’” Scott said. Scott has previously dealt with Gregory, who was banned from…
Independent journalists Nick Sortor and Cam Higby were physically attacked by a violent mob during an anti-ICE demonstration outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Sunday night, after a far-left streamer threatened to track and harass them. According to Sortor, agitators scuffled with them whenever they left their vehicle to film clashes between law enforcement and the anti-ICE militants. “We did our best not to engage with them,” Higby stated on X. “Obviously they repeatedly initiated physical contact with us.” At one point, an aggressive masked female agitator got in front of Sortor, holding up a sign to…
You take the ‘Super’ out of ‘Super Wild Card Weekend,’ and all of a sudden you get the best first round of the playoffs … ever? I mean, how lucky are we? IMAGINE living in Europe and watching soccer all weekend instead! Sounds like a miserable existence. Not us. We live in the greatest country in the world, and get to watch the greatest sport in the world for four straight days. And we only got two real stinkers. Indiana-Oregon was a joke. Pats-Chargers was an awful viewing experience. Everything else, though? Cinema. The script-writers NAILED it this time. Hat’s off to…
Does Democrat New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez think we’re dumb, or is she running for president? It might be both. Amid the Iranian protests and demonstrations against the country’s Islamic government, Ocasio-Cortez expressed support for the uprising and called the government’s responses “horrific.” (RELATED: Iranians Burn Down Mosques)“The Iranian government’s violent crackdown on demonstrators is horrific and must stop now. All people have the right to protest their government without fear of violence. I support the Iranians taking to the streets to call for a better future,” she wrote Sunday on X. The Iranian government’s violent crackdown on demonstrators is…
Border czar Tom Homan fired back at Democratic Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal on Monday after she threatened Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents with arrest. Bilal made the threat during a Thursday news conference, saying, “You don’t want this smoke, because we will bring it to you.” Homan responded on “The Charlie Kirk Show,” saying, “She can bring the smoke, we’ll bring the fire,” and that ICE would not back down. (RELATED: Border Czar Argues Why ‘Sanctuary’ Minnesota Should Not Probe ICE Shooting)WATCH: “I mean, bottom line is her comments themselves speak largely to her intelligence. So, look, we’re going…
A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, government agency is promoting an upcoming class by local leftist groups on “civil disobedience” from its social media accounts. The city’s Commission on Human Relations (CHR) reposted a joint announcement on Saturday advertising the event by the Pittsburgh chapters of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and the 50501 Movement on Instagram and X. The three-hour Tuesday evening talk will feature an unnamed “practitioner and trainer with extensive experience” and civil rights lawyer Mike Healey, according to the posts. (RELATED: ‘Don’t Turn Yourself In’: Blue City Anarchists Offer Workshop On Hiding From Law Enforcement) Tactical Training in the…
Security concerns around President Donald Trump escalated yet again Sunday after the Secret Service discovered a suspicious object during a sweep of Palm Beach International Airport — prompting an urgent reroute of the presidential motorcade. According to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, the object was found during routine advance checks, and though Trump’s travel schedule was not delayed, Secret Service immediately adjusted his route “out of an abundance of caution.” This isn’t the first time safety at the Florida airport has come under scrutiny. Just months earlier, agents discovered an elevated hunting stand with a direct line of sight…
Minneapolis has become the epicenter of nationwide unrest following the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent — and the fallout is growing more dangerous by the day. Tens of thousands took to the streets on Saturday for the “ICE out of Minnesota” march, and while city leaders like Mayor Jacob Frey attempted to paint the event as “peaceful,” the reality told a different story. Protesters smashed hotel windows, hurled rocks and ice at police, stormed a federal building entrance, and even chased Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara and his officers down…
The war of words between federal and local law enforcement just exploded into the open. ICE Director Todd Lyons hit back hard Saturday after Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal threatened to arrest ICE agents for doing their jobs — calling her bluff in no uncertain terms: “Try it. See what happens.” The tense showdown began when Bilal, standing alongside radical District Attorney Larry Krasner, launched a full-blown verbal assault on ICE. She accused federal immigration agents of being “fake,” “made-up,” and “criminals” — even suggesting they’d be arrested if they dared operate in her city. But Lyons wasn’t having it. “This…