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As President Donald Trump on Monday continued to praise "zero murders" in Washington, D.C., since he sent in the National Guard, his Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller is sounding the alarm about a "massive scandal" involving deception in the city's crime statistics.
"We've uncovered [and are] in the process of uncovering a massive scandal in Washington, D.C. with the doctoring of crime stats, and the Department of Justice under the attorney general is leading the effort to uncover this," Miller said in the Oval Office.
"But when we ultimately share the results, it will stun you the extent to which, even though D.C. had the worst crime in America, honestly measured it dramatically understated how bad it was."
"There's even accusations that murders and homicides were reported as accidents instead of murders. This is how severe the manipulation of the crime data has been in the city, and it will all be uncovered and it will all be brought to light."
Miller praised Trump's action with the National Guard, saying, "No police officer working in the city can remember a time in their lives when there has been no murders."
"No one can even find a record of being murder-free for as long as we've been murder-free under the president's leadership."
He said he's had numerous interactions with police, and "Members of the public are going up to them and thanking them, just overflowing with gratitude because for the first time in their lives, they can use the parks, they can walk on the streets.
"You have people who can walk freely at night without having to worry about being robbed, mugged or wearing their watches again, they're wearing jewelry again, and they're carrying purses again. People have changed their whole lives in this city for fear of being murdered mugged and carjacked.
"It is a literal statement that President Trump has freed 700,000 people in this city who were living under the rule of criminals and thugs," he continued.
"The street criminals here in Washington, D.C., were doing business directly with the transnational criminal cartels, the foreign terrorist organizations. So not only was the city being run by these criminal thugs, but they were working with some of the most dangerous terrorist organizations on the planet to traffic weapons and drugs into this city. What we are uncovering every day is shocking to us."
Trump is looking to replicate his D.C. success in other American crime-ridden cities, with Chicago a possibility at the top of the list, despite opposition from local officials including Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson who said: "The city of Chicago has a long history of standing up against tyranny, resisting those who wish to undermine the interests of working people. We're not gonna back down. We're not gonna cower. We're not gonna bend."
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FORT PIERCE, Florida – A petition supporting an illegal alien truck driver who allegedly killed three people in Florida has collected nearly 2.5 million signatures as of Sunday.
Harjinder Singh, 28, faces up to 45 years behind bars on three charges of vehicular homicide for pulling an illegal U-Turn on Florida's Turnpike in St. Lucie County Aug. 12, as a family crashed into his tractor trailer.
"We, the undersigned, urge Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Board of Executive Clemency to re-examine and reduce the sentence for a 28-year-old truck driver involved in a fatal U-turn crash on Florida's Turnpike in South Florida," the petition reads.
"This was a tragic accident – not a deliberate act. While accountability matters, the severity of the charges against him does not align with the circumstances of the incident."
Singh has not faced trial yet, let alone being sentenced. He initially fled to California, the state which issued him a commercial driving license, but has since been hauled back to the Sunshine State.
Many of those supporting Singh appear to be Indian nationals.
"It was an accident. he made a terrible mistake, not a deliberate choice to harm anyone," wrote Marvi in Sydney, Australia. "He was working hard to support his family, like so many of us, and one wrong decision changed everything. A 45-year prison sentence is not justice."
Another supporter named Lovepreet in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, wrote: "45 yrs of imprisonment?? is it fair for a young boy who left his home country to have bright future ,support family ??? NO … it was mistake not intentional … this kind of sentence is a result of racial discrimination where comments were made that driver had no remorse, he didn't show emotions after he saw that accident but the TRUTH is he was in shock, devastated.. his whole life was shattering in front of his eyes."
But there's plenty of opposition to the petition and Singh supporters.
"I will never forget this moment," said Elizabeth Farah, co-founder of WorldNetDaily and host of "The Elizabeth Farah Show" on Rumble.
"This was no mistake. He and his employer must face the harshest penalty. The woman employing him is Indian. She has dozens of businesses. She has a record hiring unqualified illegals before. She has opened and closed multiple trucking companies. This is mass migration; this is cultural. The strength of caste is overwhelming. Justice is meaningless, caste is everything. This is un-American."
Others indicate:
"Deport all of the people who signed this petition. And if they're already in foreign countries, ban them from the U.S."
"If anything this petition should make the punishment more severe."
"I bet that petition would make a fantastic deportation list."
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An assistant attorney general in Rhode Island who made national news for repeatedly shouting, "I'm an A.G." at police officers confronting her in a restaurant will be put on unpaid leave.
While Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan Hogan initially was put on paid leave, starting Monday she'll be staying at home – without pay, reports Fox News digital.
It is unclear how long Flanagan will remain on unpaid leave until a final determination is made on her employment.
As WorldNetDaily reported, police responded Aug. 14 night just before 10 p.m. to a trespassing call for customers refusing to leave a business, in this case the upscale Clarke Cooke House restaurant in Newport, Rhode Island.
Despite numerous warnings, Flanagan refused to leave and was taken into custody, but not before she legally challenged the officer – all caught on bodycam footage.
"You're not gonna arrest us," said Flanagan, repeating, "I'm an A.G. I'm an A.G."
"Good for you. I don't give a sh**," said the officer. "Let's go. We're going."
Earlier this week, Flanagan's boss, Rhode Island Democrat Attorney General Peter Neronha, talked to a local radio host about Flanagan's fate.
As the Gateway Pundit reported, Neronha stated, "Look, she's put me in a bad position. She's embarrassed herself, humiliated herself, and treated the Newport Police Department horribly. She is going to take some steps to try to address that in the next day or so. But I just don't know what I'm going to do yet, Jean, and I have to give it some more thought.
"But the inexcusable behavior – she knows better. The office knows better. I've got 110 lawyers. She embarrassed all of them, in a sense. … I want to get some more information, frankly, about what's going on with her before I make my final decision."
Fox News reported Wednesday that Neronha sat Flanagan down and had her watch the arrest video with him.
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The government's investigatory documents into Jeffrey Epstein, the pedophile who serve jail time for one set of cases and died, apparently by suicide, while in jail awaiting prosecutors to assemble another set, have reached a boiling point in America.
Democrats are demanding full release of everything the government knows, likely in the hope that they will find some dirt on President Donald Trump. Trump, at the same time, has said if there WAS any dirt on him, Joe Biden already would have publicized it.
But there remain a ton of questions because of Epstein's connection to high profile individuals, like Bill Clinton, who took dozens of trips on Epstein's "Lolita Express" jet, and visited his private island where victims have confirmed they were sexually abused.
Another high profile name involved in Bill Gates, whose ex-wife cited his relationship with Epstein as their marriage broke up.
But the biggest name, if he is implicated, would be Trump.
But his critics likely will be disappointed.
That's because the Department of Justice has released hours of interview tapes between a federal prosecutor and Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a long prison sentencing for helping Epstein recruit – for abuse – young girls.
"Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche sat down with Maxwell in a federal prison in Tallahassee, where she was being held until recently. The terms of the interview granted her limited immunity from further prosecution – unless she told lies," reports confirmed.
And her testimony about Trump?
Asked if she ever observed President Trump get a massage, she said, "Never."
"I actually never saw the president in any type of massage setting. I never witnessed the president in any inappropriate setting in any way. The president was never inappropriate with anybody. In the times that I was with him, he was a gentleman in all respects."
Another big name in the case is Prince Andrew, who months ago reached a massive financial settlement with a woman who charged that he abused her as a young girl.
Authorities now have published hundreds of pages of transcripts as well as audio recordings of Maxwell's interview on the DOJ website.
The materials are available here.
Maxwell is serving a 20-year term for her conviction of helping Epstein traffic teen girls. Her case is on appeal.
The release came with little warning, days after federal judges denied the DOJ's requests to unseal of grand jury materials from both Maxwell and Epstein's criminal cases.
The report in the Gateway Pundit on the release said, "Everyone is going to know what Maxwell told Deputy AG Todd Blanche in her interviews."
Maxwell also has subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee, and she has expressed willingness to appear, but that hasn't developed yet.
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Despite California's far leftist agenda that involves major outreaches to restrict religious rights, eliminate the benefits of being a family, force the ideals of transgenderism on innocent young children, weaponize the government against conservatives and Christians, and more, there still remain families.
But that might be changing, after Jack Hibbs, the prominent American pastor, founder of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills and host of "Real Life with Jack," warned them in a rally in Sacramento that a new bill being considered by majority Democrats would allow just about anyone to take control of children belonging to other families.
A report at Fox News reveals the proposal, AB495, would allow anyone to defeat parental rights and would create circumstances that would make dreams "come true" for any "human trafficker, pedophile, and kidnapper."
The bill would provide that anyone can submit an affidavit and then be allowed to register children in school and make medical decisions for them.
There's no requirement that schools confirm the adult has any such right.
"There is no requirement in the bill for schools to get parental consent, check photo I.D., or do a background check on those who complete the affidavit, Hibbs argued. The affidavit requests a driver's license number, but caregivers may provide a Social Security or Medi-Cal number instead," the report explained.
"Legal experts have concluded that this very well might be the worst, most dangerous legislation that has ever come out of California," Hibbs said. "If this bill passes, you have to grab your kid and leave the state for your child's protection."
The plan, the "Family Preparedness Plan Act," purports to protect immigrant children.
But it simply provides that "a caregiver," anyone some sort of "relationship" with the child could sign an authorization and be handed the legal right to put children in schools, consent to medical care and more.
Fox reported, "He hopes to draw enough attention to the bill to warn families but also hold Newsom accountable if he signs it into law."
"This is where Newsom must be stopped," Hibbs said, referring to the governor's rumored 2028 presidential aspirations. "Let's make him own this bill. Let's tie it around his neck and let it be a letter that he wears that he has no regard for parental rights and no regard for federal law."
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Newly released police bodycam video shows an assistant attorney general in the state of Rhode Island berating an officer during her arrest last week, repeatedly saying "I'm an A.G." and "you're gonna regret this."
Police responded Thursday night just before 10 p.m. to a trespassing call for customers refusing to leave a business.
Despite numerous warnings, Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan Hogan refused to leave and was taken into custody, but not before she legally challenged the officer.
"We're not trespassing. You haven't notified us that we're trespassing," Flanagan said.
"What did I just say to you? You're trespassing … I don't want to arrest you guys," the officer responded.
"You're not gonna arrest us," Flanagan said before identifying herself numerous times as an attorney general.
"I'm an A.G. I'm an A.G.," she repeated.
"Good for you. I don't give a sh**," said the officer. "Let's go. We're going."
"What are your probable causes to detain me for?" the lawyer wondered.
"You're being detained because you're not leaving," was the officer's reply.
As she was put into the back of a cruiser, she told police: "You're gonna regret this. You're gonna regret it."
The police report indicates: "It should be noted that while booking Hogan, she was extremely uncooperative, berating officers, repeatedly stating her position as an AG and refusing to follow instructions. Hogan was eventually released with a District Court Summons."
WPRI-TV in Providence reports: "The R.I. Attorney General's Office told 12 News it's reviewing the incident, which is expected to take a few days. Though, the office declined further comment, citing personnel matters."
The story caught the attention of Gen. Mike Flynn, the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump in his first term.
"This entitled attitude is exactly why my family and I left Rhode Island," Flynn noted. "She will receive no punishment."
Mrs. Flanagan Hogan works for anti-Trump Attorney General Peter Neronha, who Monday "co-led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit in Rhode Island against the Trump administration over the imposition of illegal conditions on more than $1 billion in congressionally-authorized funds for Victims of Crime Act grant recipients."
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President Donald Trump, after a roughly three-hour summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, confirmed that there was significant progress made on the agenda of getting the killing in the Ukraine war halted, but it's not completed. Yet.
"There's no deal until there's a deal," Trump confirmed.
And he said his next work is to "call up NATO," call other people, call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to talk with him about the issues at hand.
Trump called it a "productive" meeting and said there were "many, many" points of agreement.
"We haven't quite got there yet," on others.
"We made some headway," he said. "We made some great headway today. It was an extremely productive meeting with many points agreed to. Very few left."
He noted the Russiagate collusion conspiracy theory, created and pushed by Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and others in the Obama administration, was a distraction and created headwinds for the work now a hand.
Trump, who repeatedly has charged that had he been president back in 2022 when the Russian-Ukraine war started, it likely would not have happened.
Putin, whose comments were interpreted from Russian, said that was so.
Through the interpreter, he noted Trump's claims, and said, "I am quite sure it would indeed be so." He said he and Trump have "built a very trustworthy contact."
Trump said, "We didn't get there but we have a very good chance of getting there."
And "there" would be the end of the deaths of thousands of people a week in the war.
Putin cited the long history of America-Russian cooperation, such as during World War II, when pilots from both countries risked their lives "for the common good," he said.
He noted the "terrible wound" the war has created for both Russia and Ukraine, which some from "the same roots," he said.
The points of agreement on Friday "bring us closer to that goal," he said.
No details were discussed.
Trump had said before the summit that if things went poorly, he might very well walk away, as he is so tired of the death tolls from the war.
Instead, the two held a joint news conference, and when Trump promised another meeting soon, Putin responded with, next time, in Moscow.
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A man who shouted obscenities and threw a Subway sandwich at a federal officer in Washington, D.C., when President Donald Trump decided to address crime in the district by activating the National Guard, was charged with a felony for assaulting an officer, and now has been fired from his job.
"If you touch any law enforcement officer, we will come after you. I just learned that this defendant worked at the Department of Justice — NO LONGER. Not only is he FIRED, he has been charged with a felony. This is an example of the Deep State we have been up against for seven months as we work to refocus the DOJ. You will NOT work in this administration while disrespecting our government and law enforcement," Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement.
A report at the Blaze described the fired suspect, Sean Charles Dunn, 37, a D.C. resident, as a "deranged DC leftist."
Dunn was identified in a police complaint as the suspect who screamed obscenities at federal officers and then threw a sandwich at them.
That prompted a felony assault count.
The Daily Caller News Foundation had reported earlier, "A man in a pink shirt can be seen in a video jumping and shouting at an officer before hurling his sandwich at him and fleeing. Pirro said in her own X video that her office had charged the man with assault on a police officer.
Pirro said, "So President [Donald] Trump has vowed to make D.C. safe and beautiful again. And as part of his effort to fight crime, he's bringing in our federal law enforcement partners … to help the Metropolitan PD fight crime. And the president's message to the criminals was, 'If you spit, we hit.' Well, we didn't quite do that the other night when an individual went up to one of the federal law enforcement officers and started jumping up and down, screaming at him, berating him, yelling at him.
"And then he took a Subway sandwich … and took it and threw it at the officer. He thought it was funny. Well, he doesn't think it's funny today because we charged him with a felony, assault on a police officer. And we're going to back the police to the hilt. So there, stick your Subway sandwich somewhere else."
Trump said the National Guard was needed in the district's crime levels meant there was a "public safety emergency."
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A Texas mayor is facing fierce public backlash after purported video of him has surfaced allegedly depicting him berating a Christian street preacher with extreme vulgarity.
According to the Dallas Express, the Vice News video from 2018 allegedly shows Jim Ross of Arlington, Texas, using sexually explicit profanity as he confronted Ruben Israel, who passed away in 2023, as the preacher protested the Southern Decadence festival in New Orleans, an annual LGBT event during Labor Day weekend.
"I believe y'all can have free speech … But this is some hateful sh** and I am a heterosexual guy," said Ross, whose face was blurred. Ross was not elected mayor until June 2021, and was re-elected in 2023.
"You stand out here like you are a bada** mother******" Ross continued.
He then asked Israel, "You don't think anal sex is good, do you? Have you ever f***ed your old lady in the a**? I'd f*** your old lady in the a**."
While Israel avoided direct engagement, Ross continued, "Shut your a**, shut your a**, you little piece of sh**. You ought to talk sh**, these people around here are having a good f***ing time."
The author of the report, investigative reporter Carlos Turcios, indicated: "Face is blurred since it's a video from Vice News. We identified the man with the blurred face as Jim Ross. We reached out to Ross' office for comment. No response."
He added, "More stuff will be coming out."
Arlington's official profile says of Mayor Ross: "Jim has spent decades serving his community and his country. … More than a passionate lawyer, businessman, and advocate for all, Jim is a family man with four children and five grandchildren."
The footage is sparking spirited backlash.
"This video is beyond shocking. What a disgusting piece of human garbage. Mayor Ross should resign immediately," Tarrant County GOP Chairman Bo French told the Dallas Express.
"The now Mayor of Arlington's vile, profanity-laced rant at the late Ruben Israel, a Christian street preacher, is a disgrace," Tarrant County Republican Precinct Chair TK Campbell noted. "Perhaps the mayor was stressed out because of not being able to pay his taxes of late, but his unprofessional conduct mirrors the worst of today's cursing Democrats. Leadership demands better."
Truth Talk podcast host and Arlington resident Kathi Arocha said, "This is unfortunate. I am not certain what prompted this altercation. He sounds inebriated."
"Ruben Israel was no shrinking violet; yet even he deserved dignity and respect from an elected representative. Arlington can demand better without trading insults for insults. 'Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good' (Romans 12:21)," pastor Troy Jackson of New Beginnings Church in Bedford, Texas, wrote to the Dallas Express.
"Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying … . (Ephesians 4:29)," Jackson added.
"Seems totally normal and stable," LibsofTikTok said sarcastically.
"This disgusting piece of filth should be ran outta town today! I am speechless … wow," wrote another commenter.
"Jim Ross @CityOfArlington mayor needs to be fired immediately," said another. "This is appalling! He has no business being in the mayor's office. Recall!"
In March, Steven Crowder, host of "Louder with Crowder," said: "Mayor Jim Ross likes to portray himself as a moderate guy to his constituents. But that couldn't be further from the truth."
"While speaking at @sxsw Mr. Ross bemoaned anti-DEI initiatives by @realDonaldTrump and @GregAbbott_TX while failing to even once criticize the Left.
"Far from the good 'ole boy he pretends to be, Mr. Ross is a DEI touting wolf in sheep's clothing, and the perfect example of the game plan the Left plans to run. Woke isn't going away, it's just being repackaged."
The Dallas Express also reported: "Ross publicly acknowledged financial difficulties after it was revealed that the IRS began garnishing his salary due to unpaid taxes. Records from the Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector dated June 2025 show Ross owes $940.39 in penalties and interest, with a total outstanding debt of $174,945.93."
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President Trump announced Thursday evening that he will host a meeting between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan Friday to sign a peace deal between the two nations.
The president noted that his staff has been negotiating a deal "for quite some time."
Trump posted on Truth Social:
"I look forward to hosting the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, and the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, at the White House tomorrow for a Historic Peace Summit. These two Nations have been at War for many years, resulting in the deaths of thousands of people. Many Leaders have tried to end the War, with no success, until now, thanks to 'TRUMP.' My Administration has been engaged with both sides for quite some time. Tomorrow, President Aliyev AND Prime Minister Pashinyan will join me at the White House for an official Peace Signing Ceremony. The United States will also sign Bilateral Agreements with both Countries to pursue Economic opportunities together, so we can fully unlock the potential of the South Caucasus Region. I am very proud of these courageous Leaders for doing the right thing for the Great People of Armenia and Azerbaijan. It will be a Historic Day for Armenia, Azerbaijan, the United States, and, THE WORLD. See you then! DJT"