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The suspect in a school shooting in Evergreen, Colorado, this week has died of self-inflicted injuries.
That's according to a report from Fox affiliate KDVR.
Classes at the school, located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains about 25 miles west of Denver, were canceled for the rest of this week.
Reports of an "active assailant" came in to authorities about noon on Wednesday, and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office revealed three students were injured.
One student remained hospitalized in critical condition on Thursday, another had less serious injuries.
The shooter died at the hospital from his injuries.
Jefferson County Public Schools Supt. Tracy Dorland said, "We cannot pretend this is just another tragic incident. The pain of this incident reopens old wounds. I know there are many in our Jeffco community hurting and grieving tonight, in Evergreen and beyond. The urgency this moment demands is undeniable. Student safety is not an abstract issue for us in Jeffco. It is the most important responsibility we hold. Safety is our number one priority every day, and yet, here we are once again, grieving with a community over gun violence impacting our students."
Dorland also bashed those of faith who respond to tragedies with their "thoughts and prayers."
"The nation is tired of statements filled with platitudes and 'thoughts and prayers.' What we need is courage. What we need is the collective will of our entire community. Violence involving our young people should never be normalized, and we must face the difficult truth that too often, it is," Dorland said.
KDVR also posted a list, from state records, of shootings at Colorado schools that have taken place during school hours, "not including suicides."
They include:
There have been additional shootings on school grounds, and the list does not include mass Colorado shootings in movie theaters and such.
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Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve board governor ordered fired by President Donald Trump, has been put under formal investigation by the Department of Justice over allegations she committed fraud on mortgage papers.
She's one among several prominent Democrats facing the same or similar counts: For claiming that multiple homes all are "primary" residences, which qualify for better mortgage interest rates.
The others so far identified to have allegedly committed such offenses are New York Attorney General Letitia James, whose "fraud" case against Trump's companies has mostly died, and anti-Trump Russiagate hoaxer Adam Schiff, now a senator from California.
According to the Daily Mail, Attorney General Pam Bondi's Justice Department issued subpoenas on Thursday regarding information about Cook and her mortgage paperwork.
It's not the only legal fight she's in, as instead of departing her position when Trump fired her for "cause," she sued to keep her job.
The focus is on Cook's properties in Michigan and Georgia.
Last month, Bill Pulte, the Federal Housing Finance director, alleged Cook engaged in mortgage fraud, sending a referral to the DOJ.
Among the complications is that Trump has for months been trying to have the Federal Reserve lower interest rates for American consumers, but has been handed only resistance from chairman Jerome Powell and others on the board.
The irony is that Cook is accused of cheating to lower her own interest rates while voting to keep interest rates for consumers high.
Trump already has replaced one board member, and if Cook is removed, he would be able to gain influence through another appointee.
"Once we have a majority, housing is going to swing, and it's going to be great," Trump has explained. "People are paying too high an interest rate. That's the only problem with us. We have to get the rates down a little bit."
In fact, interest rates exploded to more than 9% under Joe Biden. Mortgage rates have since receded, but still remain, in Trump's opinion, far too high.
A report at the Gateway Pundit noted, "Lisa Cook allegedly committed occupancy fraud (and perhaps tax fraud) on all three of her properties. According to Federal Housing Director Bill Pulte's first criminal referral to the DOJ, Lisa Cook committed mortgage fraud by lying on her mortgage application and falsifying bank statements when she designated her out-of-state Atlanta condo as her 'primary residence' — just two weeks after taking a loan on her Ann Arbor, Michigan home, which she also claimed as her 'primary residence.'"
A followup referral from Pulte concerns Cook's third home, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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A virulently anti-Trump federal judge has ordered a woman who was jailed for her deranged social media posts about her desire to kill President Donald Trump released from jail.
Instead of being behind bars, Nathalie Rose Jones has been told to be on electronic monitoring and to see a psychiatrist.
Those instructions come of James Boasberg, a federal judge in Washington who has held an agenda against President Trump dating to the Russiagate conspiracy theory that was launched by Democrats against Trump in the 2016 election.
Boasberg, at that time, was part of the effort by the Barack Obama administration, on behalf of now twice-failed presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, to spy on and undermine Trump.
Lately, he has run an agenda opposing Trump's efforts to secure America's borders and remove illegal alien criminals from U.S. shores, wildly insisting that two jets loaded with those individuals that already were on deportation flights in international airspace to turn around and return the criminals to America, without acknowledging whether the jets even had enough fuel to do that.
Now the New York Post has reported that Boasberg "released" Jones, "a 50-year-old Big Apple resident, under electronic monitoring on Aug. 27 and ordered she see a psychiatrist once back home.
"A New York City woman locked up for making deranged social media posts threatening to kill President Trump was quietly released by an Obama-appointed judge last week," the report confirmed.
It was only two weeks ago that Jones allegedly traveled from New York to Washington, D.C., with the intent of killing Trump, the report said.
Then U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro announced her arrest saying, "She was working to have [Trump] eliminated. She's now in custody, she will be prosecuted to the fullest extent to the law."
The Gateway Pundit explained, "Now this woman has been quietly released by Obama-appointed Judge James Boasberg. That would be the same Judge Boasberg who has repeatedly interfered in efforts to deport illegal alien criminals."
Just days earlier U.S. Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya denied Jones bond over the persistent threats on Trump's life she issued over social media earlier this month, the report said.
"Officials were aware of concerning posts starting on Aug. 2 and Jones herself told Secret Service agents in an Aug. 15 interview that she would 'carry out the mission of killing' Trump with a 'bladed object' if she was given the chance," the report said.
At her arrest, authorities explained she was taken into custody for her plan to "sacrificially kill" President Donald Trump.
The woman, originally from Lafayette, Indiana, made her statements on Facebook and Instagram.
"I literally told the FBI in five states today that I am willing to sacrificially kill this POTUS by disemboweling him and cutting out his trachea with Liz Cheney and all The Affirmation present," Jones is accused of writing in an Aug. 6 Facebook post.
In an Aug. 14 Facebook post, Jones allegedly urged U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to "please arrange the arrest and removal ceremony of POTUS Trump as a terrorist on the American People from 10-2pm at the White House on Saturday, August 16th, 2025."
During a Secret Service interview, she indicated if she had the opportunity, she would "carry out her mission of killing" the president at "the compound" with a "bladed object."
Boasberg also has been criticized for publicly suggesting, during a judicial conference, that Trump would not follow his orders and that would create a constitutional crisis.
Attorney General Pam Bondi explained she ordered a complaint filed over the "misconduct" by Boasberg, for "making improper public comments about President Trump and his administration."
"These comments have undermined the integrity of the judiciary," she confirmed.
A DOJ official confirmed, "Judge Boasberg first tried to persuade Chief Justice Roberts and other federal judges that the Trump administration would not follow court orders, despite having no basis for his belief. Then he acted on his baseless belief again and again in litigation over which he was presiding. Judge Boasberg violated the Canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, including the requirement that he 'promote public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary.'"
WorldNetDaily has reported it was the Federalist that obtained access to comments Boasberg made at a recent judicial conference undermining the president.
He disparaged the president, even though he's required to be neutral on issues and people in his court, where Trump is a defendant in a number of cases brought by activists trying to undermine his agenda for America.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche later described Boasberg as a "threat to the rule of law" for using his own agendas in his court rulings to try to control the decisions of the Executive Branch.
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The scorecard ended up Humans 1, and Artificial Intelligence 0 in one fight that was started by robots.
Not the Bee is reporting that Taco Bell is running away from its announced plans for AI order takers.
"Last year, Taco Bell made a simple bet that Alexa-like voice assistants could handle the drive-thru window. It didn't consider whether people could handle dealing with AI. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company embedded AI in the drive-thru boxes at more than 500 locations across the country and quickly found that it made mistakes, creeped people out, and got very easily manipulated," the report explained.
Dane Mathews, chief of digital systems for the company, said, "We're learning a lot, I'm going to be honest with you."
One of the complications that arose was someone who ordered "18,000 cuts of water, please." And AI's response.
The company ultimately decided too many mistakes were being made and customers really didn't like the "voice bots."
The goal of replacing teen drive-thru attendants, however, isn't going away, yet.
The chain's parent company, Yum Brands, recently confirmed a partnership with Nvidia with the goal of improving the tech that powers AI operations handling orders.
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Fox News' Jesse Watters halted former Vice President Kamala Harris' Senior Adviser Mike Nellis on Tuesday after he claimed that the National Guard would not be needed in Chicago to halt crime.
While speaking with the press on Friday, President Donald Trump said he was considering sending National Guard troops to Chicago after deploying them in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 11. With Democrats increasingly pushing back on the National Guard being sent to address crime, Watters asked Nellis on "Jesse Watters Primetime" if he believes Chicago should be open to help from the White House.
"No, look, I think Chicago needs to do a better job of dealing with crime. Our local leaders need to do a better job of dealing with crime, but the city of Chicago has had a chance to vote for Donald Trump three times, and he lost by 80% each of the three times that he was on the ballot. I think if Donald Trump wants to get involved heavily in issues somewhere else, he should go look at red states, because Donald Trump doesn't have any urgency to deal with Louisiana, which is the murder capital of the United States. He doesn't have anything to say about Oklahoma, which has the worst schools in the nation. Doesn't have anything to say about Arkansas, which has the highest teen pregnancy rate — " Nellis said before Watters jumped in.
"Those are crime ridden too! And if the mayor wants to invite Donald Trump to go in there and do it," Watters said. "Chicago's a little bigger than Baton Rouge, Mike, OK? You live in Chicago, and you should care. Did you hear my friend out there in the monologue talking about her cousin, her uncle, her niece. They're all dead, Mike! Do you care about that at all? Your mayor doesn't care. Your mayor doesn't want any backup. They're offering them more cops, more guards. And he says, 'No, more housing.' What the hell's wrong with him?"
Democrat Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Democrat Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson held a press conference Monday telling the president to not come, with Johnson touting what he said were lowered crime statistics.
Chicago Police Department data through Aug. 16 reportedly shows homicides in the city trending down 25% over the last 12 months compared to 2023. The frequency of killings remains higher than it was before the pandemic, accordingto ABC7 Chicago. Data from the outlet reports that in the last 12 months through Aug. 16, there have been 474 homicides, with an average yearly homicide rate of 722 between 2021 and 2023.
According to a White House press release, the city has had the highest "murder rate among U.S. cities with more than one million people" for seven consecutive years, with Chicago also labeled as having the "most murders of any U.S. city" for 13 consecutive years.
Nellis pushed back against Watters.
"I know I'm not going to feel safe when I take him to a ball game. I'm going to see armed military members. There's a way to do this," Nellis said. "I'm happy to support having more police on the streets of Chicago to help keep us safe. The problem is in Donald Trump's budget that he signed by the Republicans, he cut community police funding by $2 billion, which means there'll be fewer police on the streets."
Watters hit back.
"All right, Mike, you guys defunded the police. So don't talk about cutting funding, OK? Everybody knows the Democrats defunded. They defunded all over the country, Mike,' Watters said. "I don't have time to debate that. But I respect that you are from Chicago, and you want to be safe. But we are all in agreement that Chicago needs to do a lot better. You and I will agree on that."
Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard and invoke Section 40 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act followed after a slew of crimes in Washington, D.C. drew national attention. Among some were the brutal attack against a former Department of Government Efficiency staffer and the fatal June 30 shooting of Republican intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym.
Democrats and legacy media pundits have said Washington, D.C.'s crime dropped 35% in 2024, citing local police data. The statistics left out crimes such as felony and aggravated assault. In July, the Metropolitan Police Department said an investigation was opened against D.C. police Commander Michael Pulliam for allegedly altering crime statistics in his district, according to NBC Washington.
Despite the pushback from Democrats, a Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released Monday reported that 54% of registered voters said Trump's crime-fighting efforts in the nation's capital are "justified and necessary." According to U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro on Monday, the federal takeover in the nation's capital has led to 1,007 arrests and 111 illegal firearm confiscations.
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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough continuously pressed Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday as he attempted to dodge a question about policing making communities safer.
While advocating for social programs to bring down crime, Johnson did not want to answer Scarborough's question on whether he would support more federal funding for adding 5,000 additional officers on the streets of Chicago. The mayor's discussion about crime came as President Donald Trump has floated the idea of a federal crackdown in Johnson's city to combat violent crime.
"I'm curious, would you also like to get federal funding to help put 5,000 more cops on the street in Chicago, would that help drive down crime?" Scarborough asked.
When Johnson said policing itself is not the "full strategy," Scarborough said, "No, I understand that. You've talked about the other things you want, and I said those are good and important programs, but I'm asking also, would 5,000 more police officers on the street in Chicago be helpful to go along with all of those social programs that a lot of cities are engaging in and having success with?"
While Scarborough continued to press the mayor, Johnson said Chicago would be safer with more federal funding going toward "affordable housing" and other mental health services.
"I believe that the city of Chicago and cities across America would be safer if we actually had affordable housing," Johnson said.
"Okay, but that's not the question I asked," Scarborough immediately interrupted. "My question is, and I just need a yes or a no. Do you believe the streets of Chicago would be safer, if you got all of those extraordinary programs put back into place, which do have a history of being successful, if that's complimented by having 5,000 more cops on the streets of Chicago?"
The Chicago mayor accused Scarborough of narrowing the crime problem down to policing, and said that "putting out an arbitrary number" of officers would not solve the problem.
"What I'm saying is policing and affordable housing, is policing and mental and behavior healthcare services, is policing and youth employment. It's a full package," Johnson continued.
Chicago experienced a significant surge in homicides in the past decade and reached a 25-year high in 2021 with 797 victims, The Chicago Tribune reported.
There have been 262 homicides in Chicago as of Aug. 26, which is 117 fewer incidents in comparison to 2024, according to the Chicago Tribune. Total violent crime reportedly decreased by 22% in the first half of 2025 in comparison to the previous year.
Trump said on Friday that he will "probably" crackdown on crime in Chicago by deploying the National Guard once he is finished focusing on Washington, D.C. Since Aug. 7, a total of 1,007 arrests and 111 illegal firearm gun confiscations have taken place in the nation's capital as of Monday since the administration's federal takeover, U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro said.
ohnson and Democrat Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Trump would be violating the U.S. Constitution if he deploys the National Guard to Chicago. Johnson accused Trump on Aug. 11 of spreading misinformation about the crime statistics in Chicago and that the National Guard's presence would only "undermine" public safety.
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Joe Scarborough, the left-leaning host of "Morning Joe," is now blasting California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, for "quite embarrassing" behavior in recent attempts to act like President Donald Trump.
"The Democrats are trying to find their footing and it's quite embarrassing, actually," Scarborough said Wednesday. "Gavin Newsom, I mean if you've seen what he's doing online."
"Don't try to turn the ship 180 degrees … They don't know what to do!"
"I have a good idea. Instead of trying to school Donald Trump, talk into the camera about affordability," Scarborough continued. "Talk about what you're going to do for housing."
"Donald Trump's not on the ballot in '26, he's not on the ballot in '28," he concluded. "You're not running against Donald Trump!"
The Hill reported Wednesday: "California Gov. Gavin Newsom has figured out the best way to get under President Trump's skin. Act like him.
"In an effort to egg Trump on – and rally his own troops in the Democratic Party – Newsom has taken a page from Trump's playbook, mirroring everything from the president's rants to his social media habits.
"In recent days, the California governor has touted his own 'beautiful' midterm redistricting proposal and his 'beautiful' rally to boot – needling Trump's braggadocious ways.
"Newsom has started to write his social media posts in ALL CAPS, just like the president."
"Wake the f*** up to what's going on in this country," Newsom said to author Brian Tyler Cohen on Sunday. "We're going to put everything on the damn line."
"And that's why I'm proud of the folks from Texas. And that's why I'm proud of folks showing up at the No Kings rally. People haven't given up yet. I'm telling you, we can win. We're going to do this. We can win this November. We can win next November, and then we can get this country back on track."
"Democrats are over being the nice guy party," Democrat strategist Jamal Simmons, who served as Kamala Harris' communications director in the vice president's office told the Hill. "Standing up for Dem values doesn't mean you have to play by the old rules and Newsom in particular is showing he'll go as low as he needs to to take on Trump."
Former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino, who served under President George W. Bush, advised Newsom on Monday: "You have to stop it with the Twitter thing."
"If I were his wife, I would say: You are making a fool of yourself! Stop it! Do not let your staff tweet, and if you're doing it yourself, put the phone away and start over. He's got a big job as governor of California, but if he wants an even bigger job, he has to be a little bit more serious."
Others comments online include:
"Newsom trying to cosplay as a conservative is peak cringe. Sorry, no one's buying it. Just own your record instead of pretending."
"Newsom's strategy may alienate his base and highlights the risks of political theatrics.
"If Morning Joe thinks you are embarrassing then you know things are bad."
"I've been wondering what the party is going to do without their 'orange man bad' policy. It's the only policy they have."
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Hillary Clinton, whose 2016 presidential race loss to President Donald Trump was the second time she failed in such a campaign, has adopted a mantra in the following years – now approaching a decade – that Trump's term in office was illegitimate.
Her claims have been based on the completely debunked conspiracy theory she's credited for creating – the Russiagate agenda, that Trump's campaign that year colluded with Russia.
Actually, the players in that conspiracy, Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and many more, now apparently are under investigation by both Congress and the Department of Justice over the damage they may have done to America.
Now, in a stunning new direction, Clinton claims she'd nominate Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize if he's able to bring about an end to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Actually, Trump already has been nominated several times for the other regional conflicts he's worked to resolve around the globe.
But Clinton, described as "perhaps President Donald Trump's most bitter rival," dropped her "bombshell" on a podcast.
"Honestly, if he could bring about the end to this terrible war, if he could end it without putting Ukraine in a position where it had to concede its territory to the aggressor, could really stand up to Putin — something we haven't seen, but maybe this is the opportunity — if President Trump were the architect of that, I'd nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize," she said.
"Because my goal here is to not allow capitulation to Putin."
The promise came just as Trump is heading to Alaska to hold high-stakes talks with Russian chief Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine was invaded, and Western nations, including the U.S., have delivered billions of dollars in aid over the three years of the war.
Putin lately has called for Ukraine to pull troops from the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions and admit those areas are part of Russia.
Analysts have said Putin may be open to compromise, as the war has drained his nation of its military equipment, personnel and finances.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he won't agree to giving up Ukrainian land.
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The tariffs on products from India now have hit 50%, as President Donald Trump has piled a new 25% cost on top of the previous 25%, and it's all because of that nation's allegiance to Moscow.
The Washington Examiner reports Trump's executive order raising the tariffs specifically stated, "I find that the Government of India is currently directly or indirectly importing Russian Federation oil."
Trump has worked to implement policies and practices for the United States around the world that reduce oil revenues for Russia, which has been using them to fund its invasion of Ukraine.
"Trump announced that he would impose a new 25% tariff on goods from India as well as an additional import tax for purchasing Russian oil," the report said.
He was critical of Indian officials for buying military equipment and energy supplies from Russia when "everyone wants Russia to STOP THE KILLING IN UKRAINE."
Officials in India have given no indication they'll change their procedures.
These tariffs are part of Trump's campaign to de-escalate, even end, the war in Russia, launched by Russia's invasion and continued by Ukraine's decision to fight back.
Trump also has been using tariffs, or the threat of tariffs, to push nations around the world into agreeing to fair trade agreements with the U.S. Its consumers and businesses have been subsidizing the incomes of other nations for years with unbalanced trade requirements,
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A conservative who launched a joke at Hillary Clinton fans during the 2016 election, telling them to avoid the lines and vote online, which of course was impossible, was the target in a war from Joe Biden's administration as soon as he took office.
Ultimately, his case was thrown out, and now he's striking back with a lawsuit for damages.
A report at Revolver explains it is Douglass Mackey who revealed on Donald Trump Jr.'s show that he is suing the U.S. government.
The report explains, "Back in 2020, right after Joe Biden was installed in the White House, one of the very first things his weaponized DOJ did was launch a political hit job on Douglass Mackey, a conservative influencer who dared to mock Hillary Clinton with a satirical meme during the 2016 election. The meme was obviously a joke and clearly protected speech. But that didn't matter. What mattered was the message it sent: mock the regime, and we'll destroy your life. So, that's exactly what the Biden regime did."
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals just recently ended the Biden administration's war against Mackey by vacating his conviction.
Revolver reported, "Many also believe the Mackey case was a test run. Because if they could twist a meme into a federal crime and throw a young guy in prison, could they also go after a former president? Turns out, yes. They could. And they did."
The report also noted Mackey was "bringing in some serious firepower," as his lawyer is James Burnham, who previously was general counsel to President Donald Trump's DOGE.
Revolver explained in the Trump Jr. interview, Mackey's attorney "made it clear that securing compensation for the damages Mackey endured will be priority number one, and those damages total in the millions in legal fees, lost opportunities, defamation, and untold stress and hardship."
Also possible? Suing DOJ attorneys in their personal capacity and filing misconduct complaints against them.
Also they will work with Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate how the case could come about, "who originated it, and whose heads need to roll for it."
When the 2nd Circuit ruling was announced, it tossed Mackey's conviction for election interference.
WND reported the joke by Mackey triggered a conviction for "election interference."
But he appealed to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse the decision, arguing that if the government's case against him stands, the results necessarily would criminalize not just political misinformation and satire, but also "lies about also whether and for whom to vote. Such a sprawling political speech code is in the teeth of every applicable canon for reading criminal laws, and grossly offends the First Amendment."
There were claims Mackey tricked some 5,000 people into voting by text or social media, even though there was no process to accommodate those attempts.
WND also reported that a "progressive activist told Trump supporters to vote by text, but she was not prosecuted.