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 My son has narrated the last book I wrote. Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click on Book Cover) World & Nation Homan: Sanctuary States Are Sanctuaries for Criminals  Sanctuary cities are "sanctuaries for criminals" who endanger communities, President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, said Thursday morning in his first press conference after arriving in Minneapolis. Homan said he was deployed to Minnesota earlier this week to help restore law and order and remove dangerous criminal illegal aliens from local communities. He made clear his focus is public safety — not politics or headlines. Border czar Tom Homan warns left-wing groups funding attacks on ICE: ‘Justice is coming’  Border czar Tom Homan vowed Thursday that far-left groups funding and coordinating attacks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and operations will face consequences. “About the organization and the funding of the attacks on ICE, I’m not going to answer a lot about that because I’m not going to show our hand, but they’ll be held accountable. Justice is coming,” the border czar declared during a press conference in Minneapolis. Homan also decried the harsh rhetoric coming from Minnesota and across the country directed at ICE and other immigration law enforcement officers, pleading with everyone to tone it down. The border czar, whom President Trump dispatched to Minnesota earlier this week, explained that if there was less hostility towards the feds, then the Trump administration would be able to draw down its presence in Minneapolis by an even larger amount than it is currently planning. Trump, Schumer Move Toward Deal to Avert Govt Shutdown  President Donald Trump and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., moved on Wednesday night to reach an agreement to negotiate new restrictions on federal immigration agents, potentially averting a government shutdown early on Saturday The New York Times reported on Wednesday citing officials familiar with the matter. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. The White House and a spokesperson for Schumer did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. Under the plan, the Senate would carve out legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security from a six-bill package of spending measures required to fund the military, health programs, and other federal agencies through the rest of the fiscal year, the Times said.
Rubio Hints at Preemptive Strike Option Against Iran  Secretary of State Marco Rubio, while testifying before the Senate, hinted that the United States could take preemptive action against Iran and told lawmakers that Tehran's leadership is at its weakest point in years. "I think it's wise and prudent to have a force posture within the region that could respond and potentially, not necessarily what's going to happen, but if necessary, preemptively prevent the attack against thousands of American servicemen and other facilities in the region and our allies," Rubio said during Wednesday's Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Venezuela, Gulf News reported. The Trump administration's push to strengthen U.S. assets in the Middle East, including the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, is aimed at protecting more than 30,000 service members in the region. VMI cadets fight back as Virginia Democrats threaten to close historic military college Cadets Michael Ferrara and Devin Auzenne dispute racism allegations as Dem state assembly considers bills that could revoke funding  Cadets at the Virginia Military Institute went to bat for the historic military college after Virginia Democrats introduced legislation to investigate VMI in a move that would potentially revoke state funding and even close the school’s doors for good. Cadets Michael Ferrara, regimental S3 captain, and Devin Auzenne, regimental commander, sat down for an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital to discuss the core values of VMI, and dispute some of the allegations that have pushed Virginia Democrats to threaten the institution. "I would say on the cadet side, there's a little bit of confusion," Ferrara told Fox. "One of the bills questions the contribution that VMI contributes to the commonwealth of the state and this school produces nothing but prestigious men and women ready to serve the country." "We've had approximately 300 generals and flag officers coming from the Virginia Military Institute," Ferrara added. "We've had seven Medal of Honor recipients, 11 Rhodes Scholars, one Nobel Prize winner." Wild video shows wheel fall off passenger plane just after leaving Las Vegas  Wild video shows a wheel falling off a British Airways flight just after it took off from a Las Vegas airport. Flight BA274 had just taken off from Harry Reid International Airport en route to the UK at around 8:45 p.m. Monday when sparks could be seen flying out of the right landing gear. As the plane started to ascend, it retracted its landing gear — just for one of the wheels to fall off and onto the runway. Elon Musk stops Russian killer drones from hijacking Starlink to strike Ukrainian cities  Tech billionaire Elon Musk is switching off Starlink systems on Russian killer drones after learning Moscow hijacked his satellite technology to strike Ukrainian cities, Kyiv’s defense minister said Thursday. “Within hours of reports that Russian drones equipped with Starlink connectivity were operating over Ukrainian cities, the Ministry of Defense team promptly contacted @SpaceX and proposed concrete ways to resolve the issue,” Minister Mikhailo Fedorov wrote in a post to X. Fedorov praised SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell and Musk personally for what he called a rapid, decisive response. The defense minister also pointed out that “Musk’s decision to urgently activate Starlink and send the first batch of terminals to Ukraine” after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022 “was critical to the resilience of our state.” Football Hall of Fame threatens to remove voters who violated bylaws one day after Bill Belichick snub  The Pro Football Hall of Fame has spoken. Not about Bill Belichick’s snub — at least not directly. The Hall of Fame posted a statement on Wednesday evening, about 24 hours after ESPN reported that former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick would not be elected during his first year of candidacy. While the Hall did not mention Belichick or the ensuing kerfuffle after the news broke, it did say it would remove any voters who violated any of the organization’s bylaws. “The Pro Football Hall of Fame understands and respects the passionate reaction of many fans, media members and enshrines of the Hall itself in light of published reports regarding the voting results for the Class of 2026. It’s that very passion that propels the game. The Hall also respects the members of the Selection Committee when they follow the selection process bylaws. It is an honor to serve as a selector. Dem LA councilman to stand trial on felony corruption charges, judge rules Curren Price's arraignment is scheduled for March 13  A Los Angeles city council member will stand trial on felony public corruption charges after a judge ruled that prosecutors presented sufficient evidence to proceed, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Shelly Torrealba ordered Curren Price, a Democrat representing the city’s 9th District, to answer to all 12 felony counts, including embezzlement of government funds, conflict of interest and perjury, following a six-day preliminary hearing. "This is a significant step toward holding L.A. Councilmember Curren Price accountable for years of alleged corruption," Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said in a statement. Miranda Devine: Hunter Biden’s latest debacle shows that he can’t stay out of the ‘lamelight’ Showing that he will always be the butt of the joke, Hunter Biden made a cameo appearance last week in a White House list of the Trump administration’s Year One accomplishments. “Stripped notorious crackhead and grifter Hunter Biden of his taxpayer-funded Secret Service detail,” reads number 243 on the list of “365 WINS IN 365 DAYS!” So began Hunter’s latest annus horribilis (bum year). The 55-year-old former convicted felon is currently under threat of jail in Arkansas for failure to pay child support to his long-suffering baby mama Lunden Roberts. He has been crying poor as he tries to extricate himself from various frivolous lawsuits he filed to silence his critics, and he has lied his head off to amiable podcasters. MORNING GLORY: Minnesota tragedies aren't instant replay calls you make from the couch Our criminal justice system requires a methodical approach to protect the rights of the accused, unlike sports where fans make instant calls By Hugh Hewitt An officer-involved shooting is not a disputed call in an NFL game, where the announcers offer opinions on the call made on the field as various angles are played for the audience at home and the network’s in-house referee expert weighs in on what he thinks might happen while filling airtime. The officials on the field know instant replay angles have to be studied on a very constrained timeline and that the play in question is being discussed and debated by millions as they talk among themselves. The stakes aren’t life and death, but they do involve vast sums of money and the careers of the officials, players and coaches. Sports officials are grateful for multiple angles and for input from league headquarters. NFL camera shots are numerous and precise. That makes them very different from the collection of iPhone videos, Ring camera recordings and limited body-camera footage that circulated online after two officer-involved shootings in the Twin Cities. Those videos were most definitely not taken by professionals. They may in fact distort the actual events that occurred. In any event, in this era of AI manipulation and selective editing, they cannot be trusted simply because you saw them in slow motion on your X feed. |
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