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A prominent Haitian businessman and former presidential candidate accused of working with armed gangs in Haiti will have to remain in US immigration custody for the time being. Pierre Reginald Boulos recently appeared in immigration court and will have to return next month because a judge at the Krome North Service Processing Center determined he…

White House budget director Russ Vought is projecting that over 10,000 federal employees will be terminated due to the current government shutdown. Vought pledged to “continue the RIFs,” alluding to the reduction-in-force notifications issued by agencies to terminate government employees on Friday. Shortly after Vought’s statement, a federal judge in California introduced ambiguity into Vought’s…

A brief exchange between U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Gaza Peace Summit on Monday went viral after Trump mistakenly referred to Carney as “President.” The summit, held at Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh resort, brought together more than two dozen world leaders to finalize a peace agreement between Israel and…

The GOP-controlled House passed a measure that would require the federal government to deport any illegal immigrant who assaults a police officer over the objections of a majority of Democrats. The legislation passed with a vote of 265 to 148, with 54 Democrats siding with the GOP. The Detain and Deport Illegal Aliens Who Assault…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D–NY) is facing bipartisan backlash after he declared that the ongoing federal government shutdown is “getting better for us every day,” prompting sharp condemnation from the White House and Republican lawmakers. The controversy erupted after Schumer told colleagues the prolonged shutdown—now entering its second week—was politically beneficial for Democrats. The…

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem issued a blunt ultimatum Tuesday to Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, warning that the Biden administration’s legal battles with the city won’t stop her from sending “four times the amount of federal officers” if local officials continue to resist cooperating with federal security operations. Noem flew to Portland to tour the…

Keith Urban’s longtime touring guitarist, Maggie Baugh, recently reappeared on Instagram with a cryptic post—her first since news of Urban’s divorce from Nicole Kidman made headlines. On October 6, 2025, Baugh shared a completely black image with the caption, “Announcement coming soon…” The minimalist post came at a time when Kidman was making her first…

As the Los Angeles wildfires tore through neighborhoods, turning skies red and choking the air with smoke, a police officer was patrolling the edge of an evacuated zone. The fires had already destroyed homes and hillsides. In the haze and silence, a sudden crash caught his attention. Thinking it might be a break-in, he approached…

On a quiet Saturday morning in a small rural town in America, two lifelong friends on motorcycles were about to experience something that would change their lives forever. Jake Miller and Tom Harris had just finished their usual coffee stop and were riding home when they noticed something unusual at a bus stop. It was…