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An off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent is hospitalized after being shot in the face Saturday night by an illegal alien with a deportation order who re-entered the U.S. during Joe Biden's presidential term.
The Department of Homeland Security released video of the suspected robbery that turned into an exchange of gunfire. One of the alleged perpetrators, Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez of the Dominican Republic, was reportedly wounded.
DHS explained: "On the evening of July 19, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection @CBP officer was shot in what looks like an attempted robbery.
"The officer, who was off duty at the time, is currently in the hospital in stable condition. One of the alleged perpetrators was an illegal alien with prior arrests for felony 2nd and 3rd degree assault and an order of deportation.
"The New York Police Department is currently investigating the incident."
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem indicated: "Suspect Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez is a national and citizen of the Dominican Republic.
"RE ENTERED and RELEASED under Biden— on April 4, 2023 the United States Border Patrol apprehended him at/near San Luis, AZ.
"This criminal has a criminal warrant in Massachusetts for kidnapping and had been charged with a series of offenses."
DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin noted: "The other suspect is still at large. Pray for this agent and his family."
She also stated: "The first subject, is an illegal re-entry and has a warrant from Massachusetts for kidnapping. He is a final order from the Dominican Republic as of 2003."
President Donald Trump on Sunday sounded off on the shooting, saying: "Last night, in New York City, an incredible CBP Officer was shot in the face by an Illegal Alien Monster freed into the Country under Joe Biden.
"He was apprehended at the Border in April 2023 but, instead of being deported, was RELEASED. The CBP Officer bravely fought off his attacker, despite his wounds, demonstrating enormous Skill and Courage.
"The Democrats have flooded our Nation with Criminal Invaders, and now, they must all be thrown out or, in some cases, immediately prosecuted in that we cannot take a chance that they are able to come back. That's how evil and dangerous they are!"
The New York Post said the suspected shooter "got freed after every bust," as it outlined the series of events in the weekend shooting: "The 42-year-old federal agent and a female companion were sitting on a rock along the Hudson River in Fort Washington Park in Manhattan when they were ambushed by the two men on a moped around 11:50 p.m., according to police sources.
"After a brief exchange and tussle, one of the moped-riding men fired a gun and hit the victim in the face and left forearm. The agent then drew his own pistol and fired multiple shots at the perps, hitting the suspect.
"He was struck and wounded three times by the return gunfire, sources said. The alleged robber is currently in custody after walking into a Bronx hospital. …
"At the time of his arrest for the shooting, he was wanted on kidnapping and weapons charges out of Massachusetts, sources said. He also had at least four arrests in New York City – where he was let go without bail each time, according to the sources.
"Mora was nabbed twice just days apart in August 2024 for allegedly assaulting a pregnant woman and threatening to kill another migrant with a machete.
"Then he was arrested for violating an order of protection in November 2024, and had another bench warrant out for his arrest issued in January, sources said."
At a dinner with lawmakers on Friday, President Donald Trump said that 10 more hostages will be released from Gaza soon as part of a truce deal being worked on by both sides and American Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.
The truce would include a 60-day ceasefire, the hostage release along with 18 bodies in exchange for some Hamas detainees.
"We got most of the hostages back. We're going to have another 10 coming very shortly, and we hope to have that finished quickly," Trump said.
Discussions have been ongoing since July 6 at Doha, but no firm agreement has been struck.
Gaza's health ministry claimed that more than 58,600 Palestinians have been killed since Hamas terrorists operating from Gaza attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.
Around 1,200 Israelis were killed in the initial unprovoked, surprise attack, and another 250 hostages were taken by Hamas.
Since then, Israel has been attacking Gaza to get to the terrorists, vowing to wipe out Hamas so it can never attack Israel in that way again.
It is unknown whether Gaza's health ministry is inflating the casualty numbers to gain sympathy.
In any case, there is documented evidence of Hamas using the people of Gaza as human shields and encouraging civilian bombings to make Israel look guilty of targeting civilians.
Israel has provided literal tons of aid for Gaza, but much of it has been taken by Hamas before it can get to the people who need it.
U.S. intervention has likely prolonged the war, at least in its encouragement toward ceasefires and negotiations.
Every ceasefire only gives Hamas breathing space to regroup and continue its attacks.
Hamas's efforts have been most successful with the far-left in the U.S., which has protested against Israel on college campuses and other locations.
There's a sucker born every minute, it seems. TikTok has also provided a lot of propaganda trying to demonize Israel and lionize Hamas.
The Biden White House and then-Attorney General Merrick Garland conspired together to find a way to charge parents who spoke out against far left policies at school board meetings around the country, according to documents obtained by America First Legal, a watchdog group.
The group published memos and emails it obtained that looked for a "federal hook" to charge the parents with crimes, but DOJ lawyers pushed back on the requests and said any prosecution would "trample" the parents' First Amendment rights.
America First Legal said:
These never-before-seen documents—uncovered only because of AFL’s relentless efforts over the past three and a half years—expose not only the Biden White House’s involvement in pushing a weaponized DOJ, but also strong dissent from careers within the Department’s Civil Rights Division, who warned that there was no federal authority or legal basis to target these parents in the first place because their speech is protected by the First Amendment.
The emails took place between October 1 and 3, just days before the infamous memo from Garland that labeled the outspoken parents as "domestic terrorists."
Despite the DOJ lawyers telling the AG's office that the parents were merely using their First Amendment rights and nothing criminal was happening, the DOJ under Garland called them dangerous terrorists in an effort to threaten them into silence anyway.
The main reasons these parents were speaking out was because of policies around COVID, transgenderism, and critical race theory that were harming their children.
One case involved sexual assaults of two students and others involved biological males harming female students while playing girls' sports because they identified as girls.
Other parents didn't want their children exposed to critical race theory, which paints an entire race--whites--as racist and distorts American history.
Because the leftists in the DOJ and Biden administration favored these policies, they wanted to shut down dissenting parents and silence them.
These same leftists have been crying for months about President Donald Trump threatening democracy and being a tyrant, but their behavior was a direct assault on these parents' constitutional rights and an effort to circumvent democracy.
"It seems that we are ramping up an awful lot of federal manpower for what is currently a non-federal conduct,” a DOJ lawyer wrote the day before Garland published his memo, ignoring the advice that it was not legally sound to do so.
Democracy prevailed, however, when Garland's memo became public and provoked enough controversy to get him to back down and give up his intimidation campaign.
Some parents became even louder after the memo, because this is America, and people accustomed to freedom don't give it up without a fight.
If parents are ever too scared of federal charges to raise their concerns at school board meetings, democracy will indeed be dead.
Two bills regulating cryptocurrency passed the House on Thursday, gaining bipartisan support after a GOP revolt over aspects of the bill earlier in the week.
The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act passed with a 294-134 vote when 78 House Democrats joined all Republicans to support it.
The more conservative Republicans, including many in the Freedom Caucus, wanted to prevent the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC).
President Donald Trump met with the dissenters on Tuesday and struck a deal that added this provision, but it turned so many others against the bill that it led to an extended debate on the House floor.
Ultimately, the provision was adopted after the longest House vote on record.
The main issue the bill wanted to deal with was when cryptocurrency assets would be considered securities and when they would be considered commodities.
Once these lines are drawn, cryptocurrency can be overseen by either the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
This isn't even the first cryptocurrency bill passed by the House. The earlier Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act was passed last May with similar bipartisan support, but was never taken up by the Senate.
With Trump pushing for the Clarity Act, as it has been nicknamed, there is probably a higher probability of it being taken up by the Senate this time around.
The other bill passed by the House was the GENIUS Act, which stands for Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins.
This bill would regulate payment stablecoins as part of the U.S. economy, and is intended to prevent Big Tech from dominating the stablecoin market.
It has already passed the Senate and was signed into law by Trump on Friday.
Part of the attraction of cryptocurrency was the lack of regulation around it, because it was such a brand new concept at the time.
But that lack of regulation is coming to an end, which may have an impact on the popularity of crypto and its attraction for businesses and investors in the future. Republicans and Trump want to see the regulation unfold in the right way, rather than overregulation by the government the way the left would do.
Few things are more unnerving than the sudden, unexplained onset of a medical condition that has a negative impact on everyday life.
Unfortunately, that is the situation with which Bristol Palin, daughter of former GOP vice-presidential contender Sarah Palin, has been dealing since earlier this year, battling a mysterious case of facial paralysis that she says came “completely out of the blue,” as Fox News reports.
It was back in January that Palin informed fans and followers of her predicament via an Instagram story.
She explained that she woke up one morning and noticed “a little weird sensation in my face” and within a matter of hours “the entire left side of my face was numb and just paralyzed.”
Palin soon sought assistance from a doctor, and after undergoing a battery of tests, was informed that “nothing came back in all the results” and was given a prescription for steroids and other medications.
The former reality television personality updated fans again in February, according to People, indicating that little about her very visible condition had changed.
“If I just keep my mouth shut, it’s not as noticeable. We are day 35, officially 5 weeks, since the left side of my face went paralyzed. I still have no muscle movement on the left side. I don’t really feel much,” she lamented.
Palin continued, “I’ve done everything imaginable to resolve this. I’m not sure what else I should do. But I’ve spent the last 35 days doing something every single day to try and fix this and nothing has helped so far. So, I’m not sure what the future holds.”
The daughter of the former Alaska governor told fans that her condition appeared “completely out of the blue – no warning, wasn’t sick didn’t get the v@x, no recent Botox,” making the situation all the more baffling.
In her most recent Instagram update on the matter, Palin said she has been handling the affliction as best she can, believes that her face is currently around “70% back to normal,” and while there is a possibility that the condition is permanent, she does not expect that will be the case.
When she first sought medical attention for her facial paralysis, doctors suggested the possibility that Bell’s palsy, a condition that can arise due to stress or insufficient sleep, may have been to blame.
As the Mayo Clinic explains, the condition is known for causing “sudden weakness in the muscles on one side of the face.”
Mayo goes on to note that the precise cause of Bell’s Palsy is not fully understood, but that the symptoms it produces tend to be short-term in nature.
At present, Palin says she is “slowly improving” and that her doctor believes she may have “another 3 months” to go before things “hopefully” return to normal, an outcome for which her fans and followers are surely praying.
The Trump administration has had mixed success in federal court challenges of its executive orders and broader agenda since January, but a judge last week handed the president a noteworthy win.
As The Hill reports, U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb granted a Trump administration request to dismiss a lawsuit brought for the purpose of blocking the release of names of FBI agents who performed work on Jan. 6-related cases.
Plaintiffs filed their complaint in February, soon after a handful of career FBI officials were dismissed by the new administration and after then-Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove demanded a list of all agents previously engaged in cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol unrest.
The complainants sued in an effort to stop the administration from publicly identifying those who performed investigative work on cases brought against those who demonstrated in Washington on the fateful day in question.
The case was brought by two separate groups of anonymous FBI agents who contended that their identities were at risk of exposure and that their safety could, as a result, be in jeopardy.
The agents further argued that if their names were made public, they and their families could be targets of those they had been tasked with investigating, and that such disclosures would represent a violation of federal privacy law as well as protections enshrined in the Constitution, as Reuters explained.
On Thursday, however, Judge Cobb, a Joe Biden appointee, dismissed the agents’ case, declaring the risk that the Justice Department would disclose their names was simply “too speculative” for the lawsuit to proceed.
Cobb voiced sympathy with the agents’ concerns, stating, “Plaintiffs filed these cases in a whirlwind of chaos and fear” and noted that “some former January 6 defendants, now pardoned and at large, called for FBI agents to be doxed (or worse).”
However, Cobb added, “Since then, the dust has settled some – and this case has evolved.”
The judge went on to state that expedited discovery in the case “revealed no evidence that Defendants are on the verge of disclosing Plaintiffs’ identities, nor have Plaintiffs plausibly alleged that such a disclosure is imminent.”
As such, Cobb concluded, “The Court must therefore dismiss Plaintiffs’ disclosure-related claims.”
In the wake of the ruling, lawyers for the plaintiffs, Margaret Donovan and Chris Mattei issued a statement expressing disappointment with the outcome.
“We are proud to defend the FBI employees who bravely investigated the January 6th attacks. The Court acknowledged that the disclosure of the agents’ names would endanger them and accepted the Government’s claims that it would not do so. We stand ready to return to Court immediately if the Government does not live up to its obligations,” the attorneys said.
Officials inside the Trump DOJ have not explicitly ruled out the possibility of public disclosure of agent names, and although they have declared that there are no immediate plans to do so, whether that continues to be the case in the weeks and months to come is something that remains to be seen.
President Donald Trump has directed the DOJ to unseal the grand jury testimonies against late billionaire Jeffrey Epstein concerning allegations of sex trafficking.
At Trump's direction, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch filed a motion in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, “to release grand jury transcripts associated with” the indictment referring to Epstein.
Blanch also filed a separate motion to unseal grand jury transcripts relating to an indictment regarding Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving time in prison for her role as Epstein's right-hand woman.
This decision from Trump is an attempt to clear the air after Attorney General Pam Bondi shocked Americans by announcing that there was no evidence Epstein had a client list and that there was “no credible evidence” that Epstein had blackmailed prominent people.
These claims shocked Americans, as it had been suspected that Epstein had an extensive client list used to blackmail the rich and powerful individuals that he served.
While Trump has stood behind Bondi despite the intense criticism, often from his own supporters, Trump is still committed to transparency and is working to publicize as much information about Epstein as possible.
The pressure has been on Trump since Bondi's announcement, as not only are his supporters angry, but members of the Trump administration are also angry.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino was reportedly furious with Bondi and threatening to resign over her handling of the Epstein case. FBI Director Kash Patel was also reportedly considering resigning in protest over Bondi's announcement.
However, it appears that internal talks have soothed over tensions as neither Bongino or Patel are walking, and Bondi has also survived pressure for her resignation from Trump supporters.
But Trump is determined to placate his supporters, and that is why we are seeing a push from the Justice Department to unseal every scrap of information possible related to Epstein and Maxwell.
Whether that will be enough after years of hope that Epstein's powerful clients would be outed remains to be seen. At this point, there seems to be no hope that the powerful people whom Epstein trafficked children to will ever face justice.
While Trump works to unseal the Epstein court files, he is also preparing a massive defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal for a hit piece falsely suggesting that Trump was close friends with Epstein after revelations of him being a trafficker surfaced.
The Wall Street Journal's article essentially used Trump's prior relationship with Epstein, before the pair had a falling out, to imply that Trump was buddies with a sex trafficker at the height of the frustration with Bondi's Epstein client list announcement.
Trump has already scored major legal wins since beginning his 2nd term in the White House, and it is likely that the Wall Street Journal will end up settling to avoid a brutal and costly legal battle for their foolish decision to post a defamatory article.
In a stunning legal outcome, a Democratic state senator from Minnesota faces a felony conviction for burglary.
Nicole Mitchell, embroiled in a bitter familial dispute, was found guilty on charges linked to breaking into her estranged stepmother's house, the Daily Mail reported.
The conviction of Nicole Mitchell, a 51-year-old lawmaker, unfolded over allegations of first-degree burglary and possession of burglary tools at her stepmother's residence in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, last April.
The scenario escalated when police caught Mitchell in all-black attire. Her explanation at the scene was an attempt to retrieve her late father’s ashes and personal mementos.
Following the death of her father, Roderick Mitchell, in 2023, his widow, Carol Mitchell, inherited all his assets. This inheritance became a bone of contention as it did not include Nicole, leading to clear financial disputes.
During her arrest, captured on police body cams, Nicole Mitchell uttered acknowledgements of her wrongdoing, including statements like 'Clearly, I'm not good at this' and 'I know I did something bad.'
In the courtroom, Nicole changed her initial claim, suggesting her actions were not intended for theft, but due to concerns over her stepmother’s deteriorating memory and paranoia.
The arresting scene included a revealing 911 call from Carol Mitchell and culminated with the discovery of Nicole in the basement along with a crowbar and laptops. Identified to police by Carol, she highlighted Nicole's public role, stating: "She's my stepdaughter. She's also a Minnesota senator."
The prosecution stressed the inconsistencies in Nicole's story to illustrate her alleged intent to steal, with Becker County Attorney Brian McDonald asserting her guilt based on her admissions during the break-in.
This conviction introduces mandatory minimum jail time due to the proven intent behind the burglary. The defense highlighted the tangled web of family relationships but insisted on no theft intent.
Following the incident, Carol reported feeling so violated that she moved out of her home. Statements from both sides of the political aisle suggest significant implications for Nicole Mitchell's career, with Senate leaders discussing her potential stepping down.
Governor Tim Walz anticipates Mitchell's resignation, an action still pending final legal appeals. Mitchell's attorney, Dane DeKrey, via a message indicated exploring legal avenues, "I didn’t know" about her resignation decision, complementing "exploring our options for an appeal."
The defense attempted to mitigate the severity by contextualizing the incident within a fraught family dispute, as attorney Bruce Ringstrom Jr. noted the complex circumstances surrounding the burglary.
This case highlights the intersection of personal strife and public office, revealing how private conflicts can spill over into public and political realms.
The implications of this case are far-reaching, spanning legal, personal, and political domains, as Nicole Mitchell navigates the precarious overlap of her personal tribulations with her responsibilities as a public figure.
As the Trump administration faces intense pressure from its base of support to release all of the available Jeffrey Epstein files, there are new developments that have sparked increased interest in the matter.
According to NBC News, in 2021, the New York Post reportedly ran a trailer online about a Jeffrey Epstein documentary that happened to be produced by former Trump adviser Steve Bannon.
In the trailer, Bannon can be heard asking Epstein all kinds of hard-hitting questions, including about “all of the depravity you’ve done against young women."
The documentary was never released, but Jeffrey Epstein's brother, Mark Epstein, wants Bannon to release the reported 15 hours of unseen footage.
Mark Bannon recently told NBC News that he demands to see the footage that Bannon reportedly has.
"Let me see the videotapes,” he told NBC News on Friday. "He’s my brother."
“He told me he has like 15 or 16 hours of videotape of Jeff. He was trying to help Jeff rehabilitate his reputation,” Mark Epstein said of Bannon.
NBC News noted:
Mark Epstein said that Bannon, the MAGA media personality, worked with his brother, then a convicted sex offender, after the Miami Herald in 2018 chronicled victims’ details of abuse by Jeffrey Epstein. The two men filmed together before Epstein’s arrest by federal authorities in the summer of 2019.
The outlet also shed light on Bannon's deeper connection and experience with Epstein while he was alive.
In the trailer for “The Monsters: Epstein’s Life Among the Global Elite,” published by the New York Post, Jeffrey Epstein said he was a “firm believer and supporter” of the Time’s Up organization, which worked to combat sexual harassment. Bannon — who has a background as a Hollywood producer and a documentary filmmaker — is also seen asking Epstein whether he owns two islands, “the islands of Doctor Moreau,” to which Epstein replies, “Correct.”
While Mark Epstein might not get the footage he wants at this point, according to the outlet, the public will likely be able to see it as soon as next year.
Bannon has already confirmed and acknowledged the footage, and recently indicated that he intends on releasing it next year.
"We’re going to release the film, the five-part series, next year — early next year," Bannon said during a live taping of his podcast.
He added, "You’re going to have to name names, and you’re going to have to understand how the elites of the world but also the intelligence services are inextricably linked in the Epstein story."
"That's the key," Bannon said.
President Barack Obama might not have been as radical as other Democrats, as he was in office prior to the super "woke" era, but don't let that fool you -- he's very much playing the role now.
According to the Daily Wire, the former president made several bizarre remarks about gay men on his wife, former First Lady Michelle Obama's podcast.
Barack Obama insisted during the interview that he believes straight men need gay male friends to hold them accountable for making "ignorant" remarks and also to prepare them in case they end up with a gay or "non-binary" son.
The weird remarks came as he interviewed with his wife and her brother, Craig Robinson, who co-hosts the "IMO" podcast.
The topic of conversation, at one point, was about the challenges of raising boys, which sparked Barack Obama's thoughts on what straight males should be doing in this day and age.
The Daily Wire noted:
When the discussion turned to raising young men, Obama said boys need “exposure” to all sorts of male role models, who can sometimes shed “perspective” on their own dad.
"And that’s one of the things that I think a lot of times boys need, is, not just exposure to one guy — one dad," Mr. Obama said. "No matter how good the dad is, he can’t be everything. And that boy may need somebody to give the boy some perspective on the dad, right?"
The former president then recounted the relationship he had with a former professor of his, who happened to be gay. He claimed that the professor held him accountable for any "ignorant" remarks.
"One of the most valuable things I learned, as a guy, was I had a gay professor in college, at a time when openly gay folks still weren’t out a lot, who became one of my favorite professors, and was a great guy, and who would call me out when I started saying stuff that was ignorant," Obama said.
Barack Obama says all young men need a gay friend.
This is a peculiar thing to say; it's awkward and sounds like he doesn't even believe it.
But... maybe he does. pic.twitter.com/EoSUCYBB9X
— Dale Jackson - AL and TN’s Most Trusted Journalist (@TheDaleJackson) July 18, 2025
Obama also explained that he believes it's important for men to have gay friends to prepare for future gay sons.
"You need that, to show empathy and kindness,” he said.
Obama added, “And by the way, you need that person in your friend group, so that if you then have a boy who is gay or non-binary or what have you, they have somebody that they can go, ‘Okay, I’m not alone in this.'"
It probably won't be the last time Obama makes those kind of remarks, as they're great for exposure for his wife's podcast.