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A newly released video shows now-indicted judge Hannah Dugan, of Wisconsin, sending two federal agents waiting to take an illegal alien into custody packing.
She told them they had to see the chief judge for another warrant, and the video shows, moments later, the wanted suspect leaving the courthouse with his lawyer.
Dugan allegedly sneaked the suspect out of her courtroom to avoid the officers.
A report at the Gateway Pundit described how the video shows Dugan "angrily confronting ICE agents in the courthouse."
Dugan later was arrested by the FBI for obstructing federal law enforcement.
She has claimed that everything she did was part of her judicial duty, so she is totally immune to any prosecution.
The report noted, "According to the FBI, Judge Hannah Dugan obstructed an immigration arrest operation last month. Dugan became angry when she found out that ICE agents were waiting outside of her courtroom last week to arrest Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, an illegal alien involved in a domestic abuse case she was overseeing. She allegedly directed Flores-Ruiz to exit the courthouse through a private jury door to evade arrest."
Dugan by now has been indicted by a federal grand jury, relieved of her duties and is facing trial.
FBI Director Kash Patel accused Dugan of intentionally misdirecting agents away from the subject.
Evidence shows Dugan ended the hearing for Flores-Ruiz "so she could discreetly escort him through a 'jury door' to avoid his arrest."
WND previously has reported Dugan could face sentencing of up to six years in jail and $350,000 in fines if convicted.
Her lawyers claimed that she is "entitled to judicial immunity for her official acts."
They said that means the prosecution against her for her actions to help a suspected criminal evade arrest is "barred."
In an interview on "American Reports," Attorney General Pam Bondi explained how the Trump administration will handle judges who obstruct and block federal efforts to secure the border and remove illegal aliens.
"We are going to prosecute you, and we are prosecuting you. I found out about this the day it happened," she said.
"We could not believe, actually, that a judge really did that. We looked into the facts in great depth… You cannot obstruct a criminal case. And really, shame on her. It was a domestic violence case of all cases, and she's protecting a criminal defendant over victims of crime."
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Harvard University has an issue with anti-Semitism and has defied President Donald Trump's demands that it change policies to crack down on student protests, have better admissions and hiring practices and submit to government audits.
The cost, so far, has been about $2.7 billion in federal grants that have been withdrawn from the university. And officials have suggested it might lose its tax exemption.
Officials there may or may not be concerned about that, but they have started funding some of the projects previously paid for with tax dollars themselves.
Besides, they know they have a $53 billion endowment locked up for them.
Now, however, a new move by the Trump administration would hit both at the school's finances, and significantly, at its prestige.
A new wire report explains that the administration has revoked the school's permission to enroll international students.
And the determination includes orders that thousands of current students must transfer to other schools.
The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that Harvard has created "an unsafe campus environment" by allowing "anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators" to assault Jewish students on campus, the report said.
"It also accused Harvard of coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party, saying it hosted and trained members of a Chinese paramilitary group as recently as 2024," the report said.
More than a quarter of the 6,800 students at the campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, now are foreigners, often in graduate level courses.
The report explained, "Many of Harvard's punishments have come through a federal anti-Semitism task force that says the university failed to protect Jewish students from harassment and violence amid a nationwide wave of pro-Palestinian protests."
In fact, Homeland Security reports have confirmed how Jewish students report discrimination and bias on campus.
"It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help pad their multibillion-dollar endowments. Harvard had plenty of opportunity to do the right thing. It refused. They have lost their Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification as a result of their failure to adhere to the law. Let this serve as a warning to all universities and academic institutions across the country."
The report said about a quarter of Harvard's students are foreigners, and besides the high fees they pay, they help the school "gain international influence."
The report noted a government task force concluded Harvard has failed to confront pervasive race discrimination and anti-Semitic harassment.
The school itself said almost 60% of Jewish students documented "discrimination, stereotyping, or negative bias."
Further, it has "let crime rates skyrocket, enacted racist DEI practices, and accepted boatloads of cash from foreign governments and donors," the report said.
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A suspect arrested while screaming "Free, free Palestine" in the ambush shooting deaths of a Jewish couple in Washington, D.C., has been linked to an extremist organization that advocates the demise of capitalism and the rise of socialism.
The organization, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, at one point acknowledged shooting suspect Elias Rodriguez as a member, but now is frantically issuing statements that he no longer is with the group, and they have not heard from him in years.
A report in the Washington Examiner identified Rodriguez as the suspect arrested for the shooting deaths of Israeli embassy staff members Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim outside the Capital Jewish Museum late Wednesday.
The report said Rodriguez was featured in an Oct. 25, 2017, article for Liberation, the PSL's newspaper, titled "Chicago Demands Justice for Laquan, Not Money for Amazon."
Its focus is a protest outside the residence of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel over an Amazon business deal, and the death of Laquan McDonald.
"The wealth that Amazon has brought to Seattle has not been shared with its Black residents," Rodriguez claimed at that time, linking the death of McDonald and Amazon plans.
"[Amazon's] whitening of Seattle is structurally racist and a direct danger to all workers who live in that city. So do we in Chicago and all across the country want a nation of cities dominated and occupied by massive corporations where only the rich and white can live and the vast majority of us must live on the edges of the city and society living in deeper and deeper poverty?"
The page was taken down but still appeared in an archived version on the Wayback Machine.
PSL responded to reporting of the link immediately.
"We reject any attempt to associate the PSL with the DC shooting. Elias Rodriguez is not a member of the PSL. He had a brief association with one branch of the PSL that ended in 2017. We know of no contact with him in over 7 years. We have nothing to do with this shooting and do not support it," the party said.
President Donald Trump reacted with a rejection of the violence.
"These horrible D.C. killings, based obviously on antisemitism, must end, NOW! Hatred and Radicalism have no place in the USA. Condolences to the families of the victims. So sad that such things as this can happen! God Bless You ALL!" Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
The two embassy workers were leaving at event at the Capital Jewish Museum when attacked by a suspect who apparently was Rodriguez, 30, of Chicago.
Reports said Rodriguez apparently was seen pacing back and forth outside the museum before he approached a group of four, which included the two victims.
He began shooting.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino called the attack an "act of terror" and said, "Last night's act of terror has the full attention of your FBI. Targeted acts of anti-Semitic violence are typically carried out by spineless, gutless cowards. And the penalties will be harsh as we tighten up this investigation and run down any additional leads. I should have additional updates for you shortly as I head back to FBI HQ."
Tal Naim Cohen, of the Israeli embassy, told Fox News, "We have full faith in law enforcement authorities on both the local and federal levels to apprehend the shooter and protect Israel's representatives and Jewish communities throughout the United States."
Danny Danon, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, said the deadly shooting was a "depraved act of anti-Semitic(sic) terrorism" in a social media statement.
"Harming diplomats and the Jewish community is crossing a red line. We are confident that the US authorities will take strong action against those responsible for this criminal act. Israel will continue to act resolutely to protect its citizens and representatives – everywhere in the world," he wrote.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a statement from his office, said he was outraged.
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday "nuked" a reporter who came with an assumption, asked Leavitt to respond and was corrected, then doubled down.
It was Yamiche Alcindor of NBC, formerly of PBS, which is involved in its own scandal at the congressional level now facing defunding demands from members who object to the institution taking tax money and then delivering leftist and biased reporting.
Alcindor cited footage of white crosses representing white farmers murdered in the white genocide being allowed by the government in South Africa, and referenced the "burial sites." It was part of a video President Trump showed during an Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Wednesday.
Trump talked about the footage when confronting Ramaphosa about alleged genocide of white farmers in South Africa.
One item also documented in the video was widespread South African chants of "kill the farmer."
The crosses actually represent the lives of white farmers whose land was confiscated by the government and then who were murdered in racial violence.
Alcinder said President Donald Trump described how the image showed a thousand burial sites.
"We know that that's not true and the video wasn't showing that," she said, adding that Trump said the video "was showing a burial site, and it is unsubstantiated that that's true."
Leavitt explained multiple times that the image shows crosses representing the white farmers who have been murdered.
"Crosses are representing their lives, and the fact they are now dead, and their government did nothing about it," she said.
Alcindor immediately change course, suddenly asking, "Who at the White House" is responsible for protocols to prevent "unsubstantiated information" from being used.
Leavitt explained that one of the reporting organizations at the briefing, the AP, actually used the image and described it this way: "Each cross marks a white farmer who has been killed."
Leavitt concluded that it was a "ridiculous" line of questioning.
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In recent years, discussions around foreign labor and its impact on American workers have intensified, revealing significant challenges for U.S. contractors, particularly in fields such as information technology and consulting. This ongoing situation raises serious questions about the fairness of the competition and the integrity of the labor market.
For decades, American workers, especially those in contracting and consulting, have been vital to the nation's economic framework. These professionals, from IT contractors who fueled the digital revolution to independent consultants who delivered innovative solutions, formed the backbone of the U.S. economy. However, over the past 15 years, many of these individuals have faced mounting challenges as a result of a significant influx of foreign workers, primarily facilitated by firms based in India and supported by various corporate interests.
Major consulting firms, including Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Wipro and HCL, have leveraged connections with the Indian government to navigate the U.S. visa system, effectively. This has resulted in a dramatic shift in the contracting landscape, where foreign workers now dominate a market that once thrived on merit-based competition.
The influx of temporary visa holders, through H-1B, L-1, Optional Practical Training (OPT) and Curricular Practical Training (CPT) programs, has been accompanied by reports of unethical practices, such as shell companies and dubious credentials, which have effectively marginalized American talent.
The landscape has evolved to the point where many U.S. businesses now view American contractors as "too expensive" or "not a cultural fit," often driven by agreements that prioritize cost over quality. Consequently, American professionals find themselves sidelined, receiving fewer opportunities and facing reduced compensation. The reliance on foreign workforce has not only replaced individual workers but has also systematically dismantled local ecosystems that once thrived on American talent and expertise.
Moreover, the prevalence of fraudulent practices among some foreign-operated firms has raised alarms. Instances of falsified resumes, ghost employees and manipulated job postings designed to exclude U.S. applicants reflect a concerning trend that undermines the integrity of hiring practices in the industry.
Corporate entities, including major players in technology and finance, have also been implicated in this shift. By outsourcing roles to lower-wage labor, these companies have optimized profits at the expense of experienced American workers. This trend, coupled with substantial government contracts awarded to these outsourcing firms, raises further concerns about the long-term implications for the American workforce and economy.
As the labor landscape continues to evolve, the need for reform becomes increasingly evident. Advocates argue that addressing visa abuses and reconsidering the role of outsourcing in federally funded contracts are essential steps in protecting American jobs and fostering economic resilience.
The challenges faced by U.S. contractors and independent professionals signify a crucial moment in the conversation about labor, competition, and economic fairness in the United States. It is imperative to acknowledge these issues and push for policies that prioritize the integrity of the American workforce, ensuring that future generations have the opportunity to thrive in a fair and competitive environment.
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Members of Congress are discussing whether they'll use their power of subpoena to compel testimony from officials, and former officials, of ActBlue.
That's a massive online fundraising scheme used by Democrats in recent years to raise billions of dollars.
One problem is that there have been accusations that some of the money has come in, illegally, from overseas sources. Further, there have been complaints of single donors, sometimes seniors on fixed incomes, donating thousands of times over the course of a year adding up to hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations, suggesting it operates as a money laundering scheme.
A report from Just the News now explains that three committee chiefs are threatening to issue subpoenas after officials for ActBlue refused to testify voluntarily in the congressional investigation that is started.
The publication said it obtained evidence that the witnesses "initially agreed to voluntary, transcribed interviews," but then suddenly that backed out.
That happened when President Donald Trump asked the Department of Justice to investigate them, the report said.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., confirmed in the report the problem.
"As we have explained, the Committees are examining allegations that ActBlue, a leading political fundraising organization, allowed bad actors, including foreign actors, to exploit the company's online platform to make fraudulent political donations," the three wrote to witnesses.
That could end up being "criminal conduct," they said.
The flip-flops, the report said, involved former chief revenue officer Peter Slutsky.
A lawyer representing him first said an interview was possible, then "changed course."
Similar suggestions appear in letters to nearly all the witnesses who got letters, the report said.
"The relevant precedent is clear that the mere existence of state or federal law enforcement investigations has no bearing on Congress's oversight power," the committee chiefs explained. "As such, an Executive Branch investigation into matters related to oversight by the Committees is not a legitimate basis on which you may decline our request."
The committees allowed the witnesses until May 29 to schedule an appearance, or be faced with a subpoena.
The same members of Congress had raised their concerns when Joe Biden still was in the White House, pointing out that there were concerns that "U.S. adversaries may have donated through the platform."
There was no response.
At the time, they demanded access to "Suspicious Activity Reports" related to money passing through ActBlue.
Steil also has pushing for the Secure Handling of Internet Electronic Donations (SHIELD) Act to set bars to foreign money being injected into American politics.
ActBlue has denied any wrongdoing.
WND previously reported that a congressional committee already has written to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi explaining that its investigation shows that the security measures used by ActBlue are weak.
Earlier, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the chief of the House Oversight Committee, explained, "We're investigating ActBlue the same way we investigated the Bidens. … We're starting with the suspicious activity reports — bank violations that flag financial crimes. And let me tell you, the evidence is overwhelming."
Several attorneys general from states also have begun investigating.
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The U.S. Treasury has announced that it will end the production of pennies for use in America's cash markets, following President Donald Trump's call for that move on the money-losing process.
It costs more than 2 cents for the government to make each penny.
The end of production will mean that cash transactions will have to be rounded up or down to the nearest nickel's worth, while online purchases and card purchases still will be able to be defined by the penny.
A report from the Daily Express said the penny has been in production for 200 years, but now is being phased out.
But, the report said, the penny phaseout likely will mean a surge in the demand for nickels, which also lose the government money, costing 14 cents for production of each coin.
The report explained, "The move to cease penny production follows years of bipartisan efforts to ban the coins. Former President Barack Obama criticized the penny during his time in the White House. In a social media post this February, President Trump called on the Treasury to stop producing pennies, labeling them 'wasteful.'"
He said, "For far too long, the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. Let's rip the waste out of our great nation's budget, even if it's a penny at a time."
Treasury explained in a statement that the round-up or round-down process now will be needed for cash transactions.
Reports confirmed the final order of blank templates needed to make pennies was placed this month.
After that, minting will stop and the final pennies will be moved into circulation.
Further, the problems created by the demands of state sales taxes, which sometimes must be rounded to the "nearest cent." will have to be addressed.
The government predicts millions of dollars will be saved by ending the penny production.
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Miles Education didn't hijack the U.S. immigration system alone, it had help. And that help came directly from American universities.
Without U.S. colleges issuing visa documents, lowering admission standards, and redesigning degree programs to meet immigration loopholes, the entire Miles operation would fall apart. These schools aren't innocent participants, they are active enablers in a coordinated scheme that transforms higher education into a foreign labor funnel.
To pull off its business model, Miles Education needed three things:
Multiple universities delivered on all three.
The universities didn't just accept Miles' students, they helped engineer the exact degree programs Miles needed. These schools restructured non-STEM master's programs by adding a couple of data analytics or IT courses, just enough to meet DHS guidelines for STEM OPT, even though the core program remained unchanged.
They knew exactly what this would do, let foreign students work for three years in the U.S. without visa sponsorship, without labor protections, and without replacing them with American graduates.
Universities also lowered their admissions standards, fast-tracked paperwork, and partnered directly with Miles to feed in large cohorts of Indian students. Some even allowed Miles to advertise the school's name in job placement packages, where education was a footnote, and the real product was employment in the U.S. workforce.
This wasn't accidental. It was deliberate, strategic, and profitable.
As Forbes reported, International Students can make up 50% of net tuition revenue, despite being a small percentage of total enrollment. For universities foreign students, especially those funneled in bulk through groups like Miles, became the financial pipeline.
But that lifeline came at a cost and Americans are paying the price.
While U.S. grads face mounting debt, limited job access, and rising underemployment, foreign students are being handed guaranteed jobs, extended work permits, and a bridge to offshoring, all thanks to the universities that were supposed to be serving their own country first.
Even newly minted M.B.A.s from elite programs are struggling to find work.
The truth is this, Miles could not succeed without U.S. universities.
It is the universities that supply the visa access.
It is the universities that give cover to the fraud.
And it is the universities that continue to sell out American students for foreign profit.
This isn't higher education. It's systemic betrayal and it's time the public demands accountability
from every institution making it possible.
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Read the full exclusive investigation here: Imported degrees, exported jobs: How America's student visa system became a foreign labor pipeline
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A federal judge appointed by Joe Biden has threatened to order the federal government to return to the United States a list of criminal illegal aliens that were removed from society for their crimes.
And the White House has responded, by releasing to the public the long list of convictions that the eight illegals accumulated.
They include homicide, armed robbery, kidnapping, murder, battery, trafficking, "lascivious acts" with children, sexual assault, aggravated assault, and more
The threat came from Brian Murphy, a district court judge in Massachusetts who previously has made decisions on how the executive branch of American government can deal with border security and issues involving criminal illegal aliens.
His threat came as he said plans to deport people to Libya without notice would violate what he wants.
The Trump administration released a statement on the judge's behavior: "It's another attempt by a far-left activist judge to dictate the foreign policy of the United States – and protect the violent criminal illegal immigrants President Donald J. Trump and his administration have removed from our streets."
Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin added, "We conducted a deportation flight from Texas to remove some of the most barbaric, violent individuals illegally in the United States. No country on earth wanted to accept them because their crimes are so uniquely monstrous and barbaric … Thanks to the courageous work of the State Department and ICE and the president's national security team, we found a nation that was willing to accept custody of these vicious illegal aliens."
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said, "As a career law enforcement officer and a career officer with ICE, I've been dealing with these recalcitrant countries for years — having to see repeated murders, sex offenders, violent criminals re-released back into the United States because their home countries would not take them back. Under President Trump and under the leadership of Secretary Noem, we are now able to remove these public safety threats so they won't prey on the community anymore."
Those deported:
McLaughlin said, "A local judge in Massachusetts is trying to force the United States to bring back these uniquely barbaric monsters who present a clear and present threat to the safety of the American people and American victims. While we are fully compliant with the law and court orders, it is absolutely absurd for a district judge to try and dictate the foreign policy and national security of the United States of America."
Federal officials confirmed that the home countries for each of the illegal alien criminals have refused to take them back.
Another judge previously ordered Trump to turn around two jets loaded with illegal aliens that apparently already had left U.S. airspace and were over international territory.
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A federal judge whose ruling temporarily suspended access to an abortion drug got a message soon afterward through his court system's web page.
It said: "Watch your back."
And now a woman has pleaded guilty and is facing up to five years in prison for sending it.
It is Lifesite News that explains the target of the threat was Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk and his family.
It was Kacsmaryk's ruling that briefly put on hold access to the deadly drug mifepristone because of anomalies in the way the Food and Drug Administration approved it.
Pleading guilty to issuing the threat was Dolly Kay Patterson, a former employee of Stanford University.
The threat came April 2023 and actually warned the judge and his children to "watch [their] backs."
"Tell this antiabortion judge he needs to watch his back—and that of his kids—the rest of his life!" Patterson threatened, according to court documents in the case.
It came through the website for the Northern District of Texas court just days after Kacsmaryk's ruling.
Patterson pleaded guilty under a deal in which one charge was dropped.
Sentencing is scheduled for September 30.
The report explained, "She had previously denied responsibility, but prosecutors said she confessed during a home visit by U.S. Marshals."
The judge actually, in court filings, documented getting a "barrage" of death threats, harassment, and abusive messages after his decision.
"A second woman, Alice Marie Pence of Florida, was sentenced in November to 10 months in prison after threatening Kacsmaryk with sniper violence if he failed to rule in favor of abortion," the report said.
The Supreme Court later reopened access to the death-dealing drug, although the dispute remains far from resolved because that ruling said the plaintiffs lacked standing, an issue that can be addressed in legal disputes by bringing in new plaintiffs.
Patterson entered her plea in Dallas federal court.
Reuters reported, "The case against Patterson was filed amid a surge in threats to judges nationally, prompting the federal judiciary to push Congress for increased security funding to help it ensure the safety of judges and their families. A Reuters investigation this month identified at least 11 federal judges whose families have recently faced threats of violence or harassment after they ruled against the Trump administration. Pizzas have also been sent anonymously to the homes of several judges and their relatives."