DJ Daniel, the 13-year-old boy who stole the hearts of millions of Americans when he was made an honorary Secret Service agent, is now facing even greater health challenges than he was just a few months earlier.
According to Breitbart, Daniel, who became famous after being recognized as an honorary agent during President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress, is now facing "three new tumors."
The White House, through a post on its offical X account, broke the sad news, noting that the boy's father, Theodis, broke the news to President Trump.
Daniel received an outpouring of support from his legion of fans, including law enforcement agencies across the country.
“We’re lifting up Agent DJ Daniel in prayer after his dad, Theodis, shared that DJ is now facing three new tumors,” the White House said. “DJ is one of the strongest, bravest young men—and has now been sworn into 1,351 law enforcement agencies across the country."
We’re lifting up Agent DJ Daniel in prayer after his dad, Theodis, shared that DJ is now facing three new tumors.
DJ is one of the strongest, bravest young men—and has now been sworn into 1,351 law enforcement agencies across the country.
Agent Daniel, you're a true legend. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/UH9sCOeWvE
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 30, 2025
Daniel's dad went into greater detail regarding the sad news during an interview with a Fox affiliate.
"It’s rough, there isn’t a class that can teach you how to deal with it," Theodis told the station. "You’re hearing that your child has a nasty disease."
Breitbart noted:
The outlet noted that DJ, who has been sworn as an honorary police officer at thousands of agencies across the United States, was sworn into the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office in Texas — representing the 1,351st swearing-in ceremony.
Daniel was only six years old when he was first diagnosed with brain and spinal cancer, and has battled it ever since.
Well-wishes and prayers poured in across social media when news of his diagnosis hit the headlines.
"I am so sorry to hear this. Praying for you," one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "My prayers are with him and his family. God bless."
Hopefully, Daniel gets the care and support he so much deserves as he continues his fight against cancer.
As Elon Musk exits the White House, observers are weighing the impact of his radical shakeup of the federal government.
While it remains to be seen whether billions of dollars in spending cuts will stick, Musk has already "made a difference" with DOGE, an MSNBC guest said.
Former Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo of Florida credited Musk with highlighting waste across the federal government.
“Look, I think that he did make a difference,” Curbelo said. "Obviously, he put a spotlight on government efficiency and on ways that, you know, the federal government could be improved. The way he did it was unpopular and controversial.”
As the public face of DOGE, Musk was constantly under attack during President Donald Trump's revolutionary first 100 days. DOGE's fast, aggressive, and sweeping approach to gutting the federal bureaucracy won praise from the right after years of unchecked government growth, while critics labeled the efforts as chaotic.
DOGE faced some of its most intense backlash over cuts to foreign aid. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was almost totally dismantled as Trump and Musk blasted the agency as a slush fund for questionable ideologically driven projects.
Trump bid farewell to Musk at the Oval Office on Friday, praising him for the "most sweeping and consequential government reform effort in generations."
DOGE did away with "$45 million for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion scholarships in Burma. In Burma," Trump said. "Does anyone know about Burma?"
"$42 million for social and behavioral change in Uganda," Trump continued.
While Musk has undoubtedly left an impact, initial conservative enthusiasm over DOGE's efforts has dissipated somewhat, with questions remaining about the permanence of the group's work. Musk himself recently directed rare public criticism at Trump over his "Big, Beautiful Bill," which the mogul suggested would raise deficits.
The White House this week asked Congress to codify $9 billion in DOGE recommendations, and Trump promised Friday to secure the remaining cuts, which currently total $157 billion.
“We’re totally committed to making the DOGE cuts permanent,” Trump said, adding the rest will "come later."
While some have speculated that DOGE will lose momentum without Musk in charge, both Musk and Trump have signaled that the work of downsizing government will continue apace, with Musk predicting savings of over $1 trillion down the line.
"I think the DOGE team is doing an incredible job," Musk said. "They're going to continue to be doing an incredible job."
The FBI is investigating Seattle after the city's Democratic mayor blamed Christians for violence that occurred at a prayer rally to protect children from gender ideology.
The police arrested 23 people at MayDay USA’s "Don’t Mess With Our Kids" rally, which was met with a violent response from left-wing agitators.
City officials in Seattle have said it was a mistake to allow Christians to peacefully assemble in the "historically gay" Capitol Hill neighborhood where the May 24 rally was held - but the Trump administration is sending a forceful reminder that First Amendment freedoms are not up for negotiation.
"We have asked our team to fully investigate allegations of targeted violence against religious groups at the Seattle concert," deputy FBI director Dan Bongino wrote on X. "Freedom of religion isn’t a suggestion."
A Seattle police press release said the chaos began when one of the groups began throwing items at the other group. While police did not identify the aggressors, left-wing "anti-fascists" are infamous for throwing projectiles at peaceful protesters and police.
"Officers immediately moved to arrest the people responsible, and while taking the individuals into custody, were assaulted by more protesters, resulting in even more arrests," the press release said.
Mayor Bruce Harrell characterized the Christian gathering as an intentionally provocative "far-right" hate rally, accusing the protesters of "promoting beliefs that are inherently opposed to our city’s values, in the heart of Seattle’s most prominent LGBTQ+ neighborhood."
While quick to blame the Christians, Harrell suggested that a handful of "anarchists" had infiltrated a group of otherwise peaceful counter-protesters.
City councilman Bob Kettle has said that it was a "mistake" to allow the event in Cal Anderson Park, adding, "I think you can have your First Amendment rights, but then we can do it in a respectful way."
While demanding that the Christians exercise their First Amendment rights in a way the city finds "respectful," officials have been silent about the obscene and violent behavior of counter-protesters who made lewd displays and threw bottles of urine.
"People in the crowd who had come to our worship event were physically assaulted," organizer and Pastor Russell Johnson told the Jason Rantz Show. "They had members there doing lewd sex acts in front of children. They were throwing water balloons filled with urine, you know, all sorts of things. And the police know who are the good guys and who are the bad guys, and so does City Hall," he continued.
While the city is painting the Christians as instigators over their choice in location, officials have admitted to denying MayDay USA's initial request for a permit in Pike Place Market over space constraints.
"That [location] was the idea that came from City Hall, and we followed their advice in an attempt to show a good faith effort to work with the city," Johnson explained. "And that's how we ended up at Cal Anderson and, of course, the mayor knows all of that. This is his team. These are his employees. And so, then when he releases a statement on Saturday evening, blaming the church, well, you and I both know Jason, nobody from the church was arrested on Saturday evening for violence. But 23 radical leftist Antifa members were."
The city's crackdown on disfavored speech stands in contrast to former mayor Jenny Durkan's passive response to left-wing radicals who seized control of entire blocks in the Capitol Hill neighborhood after the death of George Floyd. The infamous, police-free "autonomous zone" descended into deadly mayhem before being shut down.
Seattle is now taking the position that "historically gay" Capitol Hill is protected ground where freedom of speech is off-limits.
Bongino's remark that "freedom of religion isn't a suggestion" is a reminder that Seattle's liberal leadership badly needs. While the mayor seems to think the city's "values" are beyond reproach, the First Amendment guarantees precisely the right to disagree with and criticize the "values" of a particular political establishment.
We will have to see where the FBI's investigation goes, but perhaps legal pressure will convince the city to amend its ways.
Melania Trump issued a rare public statement defending her son Barron after he got caught in the crossfire of her husband's war on Harvard.
A spokesperson for Melania confirmed that Barron, 18, never applied to Harvard after leftist trolls started claiming President Trump is only targeting the nation's oldest and richest university because his son didn't get in.
"Barron did not apply to Harvard, and any assertion that he, or that anyone on his behalf, applied is completely false," spokesperson Nicholas Clemens told Fox News Digital.
The claim that Barron was rejected by Harvard began to spread in liberal spaces on social media last weekend after Trump blocked the university from enrolling international students - who comprise about a quarter of the student body.
A federal judge appointed by President Obama promptly froze Trump's move, which had thrown foreign students into turmoil just before graduation.
Trump has also targeted Harvard's federal funding, threatening to strip away billions of dollars in grants and contracts, while suggesting he may transfer money from Harvard to the nation's trade schools.
In his latest comments on the controversy Wednesday, Trump said Harvard is being stubborn.
"But Harvard wants to fight. They want to show how smart they are, and they're getting their a-- kicked," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
"All they're doing is getting in deeper and deeper and deeper," Trump said. "They've got to behave themselves."
Trump has plainly stated his reasons for the crackdown on Harvard, citing its response to campus anti-Semitism and its use of anti-white Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies in admissions.
In short, Trump's policy on Harvard has to do with real issues of public concern and not, as some baselessly suggest, some frivolous personal vendetta.
Trump's son, Barron, just finished his freshman year at New York University's Stern School of Business. Barron's father and two of his siblings attended the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, a path the family also considered for Barron.
"We liked NYU. I've known NYU for a long time, but it's one of the highest rated," President Trump told the Daily Mail last year. "I went to Wharton, and that was certainly one that we were considering."
Melania Trump is known to be very close to her only child, and she has long endeavored to shelter him from the political fray.
In her self-titled memoir released last year, she responded to the rumors that her son has autism, which were propagated by Rosie O'Donnell, saying the gossip left "irreparable damage."
"Barron’s experience of being bullied both online and in real life following the incident is a clear indication of the irreparable damage caused," she wrote.
"It felt like my heart was breaking into pieces," she wrote.
Retiring Democratic Senator Michael Bennet (Co.) shared a sobering take on his political party's current situation, saying he's "furious" about their inability to defeat President Trump - and he fears the worst for Democrats is yet to come.
Bennet, who is leaving national politics to run for governor of reliably Democratic Colorado, told CNN that the party's brand is damaged nationally.
“I don’t think nationally the Democratic brand helps very much anywhere,” Bennet told State of the Union. “If it did, we wouldn’t have lost to Donald Trump twice.”
While many Democrats have blamed their present woes on President Biden and his disastrous re-election plans, others argue Biden is becoming a convenient scapegoat for a political party that is unwilling to engage in necessary self-scrutiny.
Interviewer Jake Tapper - whose controversial new book Original Sin has led to fresh criticism of Biden's presidency and the effort to conceal his cognitive decline, an effort that many say Tapper participated in himself - grilled Bennet about the Democratic party's "record-low" popularity and whether it would hurt Bennet's campaign for governor.
Even as he slammed Trump, Bennet faulted Democrats for failing to provide voters with an alternative to Trump and his plans to "blow up Washington, D.C."
"I think they’re sick of a Democratic Party who hasn't been able to show how we’re going to address an economy where the middle class continues to shrink and where, over the last 20 years, we've actually lost ground in terms of, you know, the achievement of our kids in school. We need to address those things," he said.
The Democrats' "woke" drift has been cited as a significant factor in their wipeout last November, but months later, the party is still paralyzed by divisions on how to rebuild.
While some, like Bennet, clearly want to distance themselves from the progressives in the party, others are continuing to cling to the "woke" brand.
Democrats remain as lost as ever, with reports that the party is spending millions of dollars to study men. The bizarre initiative, entitled, "Speaking with American Men: A Strategic Plan," aims to "study the syntax, language and content that gains attention and virality" in male spaces.
Meanwhile, a desperate effort to paint Trump as a nascent authoritarian is falling flat.
According to the most recent polling averages from RealClearPolitics, Trump is only a couple of points underwater, while the Democratic party's net approval is more than 20 points in the negative.
While Democrats have focused on blaming Joe Biden for their 2024 defeat, a new book highlights his vice president's role in a cover-up that eventually led to political disaster.
According to Original Sin, which chronicles the effort to hide Biden's cognitive decline, Kamala Harris had a vulgar response to being asked about Biden's disastrous debate performance on CNN.
The authors of Original Sin, Jake Tapper especially, have taken heavy criticism, with many calling their book's premise hypocritical given the liberal media's role in protecting Biden.
Biden's support from the media evaporated instantly after his horrid debate performance on CNN, which left his own party scrambling to push him off the presidential ticket. Tapper, who co-authored Original Sin with Axios' Alex Thompson, was one of the moderators of the pivotal debate between Biden and President Trump.
At the time, Harris struggled to defend Biden's "slow start" in a post-debate interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper.
“It was a slow start. That’s obvious to everyone — I’m not going to debate that point,” Harris said at the time.
In private, Harris was beside herself over what she felt to be Cooper's disrespect.
“‘This mother----- doesn’t treat me like the damn vice president of the United States," Harris said to colleagues, according to Original Sin. “I thought we were better than that.”
Harris' thin-skinned reaction certainly suggests she was aware of Biden's decline and knew that it could not hold up to actual scrutiny - which Biden managed to avoid for most of his presidency with help from his media buddies.
Her response also highlights her own serious flaws as a politician, which have perhaps been overlooked in her party's post-election narrative.
After she became the new hope of the Democrats, it was quickly evident that Harris had trouble managing the expectations placed on her. She spent a long stretch of the campaign avoiding interviews, leaving her policies and personality undefined to many voters. Harris also confessed to losing sleep after Biden dropped out and even admitted to stress eating in the past to cope with Trump's 2016 victory.
Indeed, one could argue that Harris' campaign was doomed to failure much as Biden's presidency was. Simply put, she was not up to the job, but instead of being filtered out, she was given a coronation by her party and then breathlessly promoted by a compromised media.
According to a different post-election book, Harris was so convinced by the hype surrounding her candidacy that she could not process Trump's victory.
Kentrell Flowers, the man who attempted to carjack two U.S. Marshals who were working a security detail for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, learned his fate this week in court.
According to Law and Crime, Flowers, 19, was sentenced to 120 months in a federal prison for the crime.
He pleaded guilty earlier this year to "one count of using, carrying, possessing, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence," and made headlines in the process not only for who he tried to carjack, but also what happened as a result.
Flowers was ultimately shot in the face as the carjacking attempt concluded.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Leon handed down the sentence this week, along with a five-year supervised release.
The attack made headlines given that Justice Sotomayor was the person being protected by the U.S. Marshals security detail.
Law and Crime noted:
According to court documents filed in Washington, D.C., federal court, the incident took place at about 1:17 a.m. on July 5, 2024, in the 2100 block of 11th Street Northwest, which is just outside of Sotomayor’s home. Two deputies were parked in separate unmarked U.S. government vehicles when a silver minivan “stopped directly next to” one of them.
The criminal complaint filed in court provided additional details.
"As the silver van stopped, an individual later identified as Kentrell Flowers, got out of the van, approached the Complainant’s driver’s door, and pointed a firearm directly at the [deputy] through the front driver’s side window," the criminal complaint read.
It added, "The [deputy] pulled out his department issued firearm and fired approximately four times at Defendant Flowers through the window, striking Flowers in the mouth."
Not surprisingly, the shot fired through the window at Flowers resulted in the criminal dropping immediately to the ground.
Deputies quickly provided Flowers first aid. A second deputy had fired at Flowers but didn't strike him, according to court documents.
Law and Crime added:
One of the deputies grabbed the gun Flowers had been holding and later identified it as a .40-caliber Smith & Wesson. The weapon had no rounds chambered and eight rounds remaining in the 13-round capacity magazine.
After being shot in the face and then sentenced to 120 months in a federal slammer, it's safe to say Flowers presumably has plenty of time to think about all of the regrets he has.
Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have created a long list of establishment enemies, and in the process, generated mountains of legal actions against the organization.
According to The Hill, in a lawsuit that seeks documents and information about DOGE operations, U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts temporarily paused discovery.
Roberts played ball with the Trump administration, which had requested a temporary administrative stay, "which temporarily lifts a judge’s order allowing limited discovery into whether DOGE is an 'agency.'"
The key issue is that if DOGE is found to be an official agency, then it, like every other agency, would be subject to complying with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
Chief Justice Roberts received the request by default, as he handles emergency requests that come out of Washington D.C.
The Hill noted:
The pause will last until the court decides whether to wipe two lower court rulings letting discovery move forward, which Roberts could himself decide or refer to the full court.
Attorneys for the government, including Solicitor General D. John Sauer, argued that DOGE is not subject to complying with FOIA requests, instead describing the organization as a "presidential advisory body" housed within the Executive Office of the President.
Sauer went on to argue that he believes the judge allowed deep levels of discovery to determine whether or not DOGE is required to submit to FOIA requests.
The Hill added:
He suggested that U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, an appointee of former President Obama, ordered DOGE to submit to “sweeping, intrusive” discovery just to determine if it is, in fact, subject to FOIA, which lets the public request information from the government.
Sauder said, "That order turns FOIA on its head, effectively giving the respondent a win on the merits of its FOIA suit under the guise of figuring out whether FOIA even applies."
The high court intervened after a lower D.C. court ruled last week that the discovery process could continue.
The lawsuit was brought against DOGE by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).
Dozens of other lawsuits have been filed with similar intentions.
Only time will tell where this particular lawsuit goes.
The Trump administration has moved to block Harvard from enrolling international students, marking a dramatic escalation in the federal government's crackdown on America's oldest university.
“This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus,” said a statement from Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
The move was almost immediately blocked by a federal judge after Harvard sued and pledged to keep its campus "open to the world."
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) suspended Harvard's certification in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, blocking students on F- and J- visas from enrolling at Harvard for the 2025-2026 academic year. The revocation also forces existing students on those visas to transfer to other schools in order to stay in the United States legally.
The Department of Homeland Security cited Harvard's alleged failure to control anti-Semitism on its campus, accusing the university of refusing to satisfy a request for information about criminal conduct by foreign students.
Additionally, the government cited Harvard's "racist DEI practices," and collaborations with Chinese researchers that raised national security concerns.
House Republicans are also probing Harvard for its alleged partnerships with Chinese military researchers, as well as Harvard's role in hosting a Chinese paramilitary group involved in the alleged genocide of the Uighurs.
The Trump administration's move sent a chill through higher education, as international students typically pay full tuition, making them a key source of revenue at many colleges.
"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," Noem said. "Harvard had plenty of opportunity to do the right thing. It refused."
The Trump administration's move caused turmoil for international students just a few days before graduation. Harvard quickly sued, and on Friday a federal judge in Boston, Allison Burroughs, blocked the federal government.
About a quarter of Harvard's students are foreign, with many hailing from China. Harvard cites its global connections as one of its strengths. As the university wrote in its lawsuit, "Without international students, Harvard is not Harvard."
"With the stroke of a pen, the government has sought to erase a quarter of Harvard’s student body, international students who contribute significantly to the University and its mission," the lawsuit states.
Harvard president Alan Garber condemned the government's action as the latest in a series of efforts to strip Harvard of its autonomy.
"We condemn this unlawful and unwarranted action. It imperils the futures of thousands of students and scholars across Harvard and serves as a warning to countless others at colleges and universities throughout the country who have come to America to pursue their education and fulfill their dreams," Garber said in a statement.
Two staff members of Israel's embassy were assassinated in Washington D.C. Wednesday night by an anti-Israel extremist chanting "Free Palestine."
The victims, Israeli citizen Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, an American, were a couple about to be engaged. They were ambushed outside the Capital Jewish Museum, where they attended an event for young diplomats.
The 31-year-old shooter, a Chicagoan named Elias Rodriguez, was seen pacing outside the museum before he approached a group of four people and opened fire with a handgun, inflicting fatal injuries on the two victims, Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith said.
Rodriguez then walked into the museum and started chanting, "Free Palestine" as he was taken into custody.
Just moments before the brutal murders, Lischinsky had told friends he was looking forward to returning to Israel to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Shavuot with his family, said Ted Deutch, the chief executive of the American Jewish Committee.
“Sarah and Yaron were stolen from us,” said Deutch. “Moments before they were murdered, they were smiling, laughing and enjoying an event with colleagues and friends. We are in shock and heartbroken as we attempt to process this immense tragedy.”
Lischinsky had purchased a ring with the intention of proposing to Milgrim next week in Jerusalem, Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter said at a press conference in D.C.
The case is being prosecuted by U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro.
The FBI raided the Chicago apartment where Rodriguez lives Thursday as details of his life emerged.
A LinkedIn profile with his name lists work at the American Osteopathic Information Association (AOIA) and The HistoryMakers, an educational non-profit that highlights African American history. A HistoryMakers webpage, which has since been taken down, described Rodriguez as an English major and content writer.
Rodriguez also has past ties to the Party for Socialism and Liberation. He joined the group at a 2017 Black Lives Matter protest, where he condemned Amazon's "whitening" of Seattle.
“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 for Socialism and Liberation said on X.
Wednesday night's shocking attack comes as Israel has escalated a military offensive in heavily bombarded Gaza, sparking international condemnation.
A manifesto circulating online and signed with Rodriguez's name calls for an armed response to the "genocide" in Gaza and praises Aaron Bushnell, the Air Force veteran who burned himself to death while shouting "Free Palestine" outside Israel's embassy last year.
An extreme anti-Israel movement has caused violent unrest at many colleges, prompting a muscular crackdown on student radicals by the Trump administration. In the wake of the murders in D.C., President Trump declared that "hatred and radicalism" must be stamped out.
“These horrible D.C. killings, based obviously on antisemitism, must end, NOW!” President Trump posted on Truth Social early Thursday. “Hatred and Radicalism have no place in the USA.”
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tied the murders to an anti-Semitic effort to discredit the state of Israel.
“We are witnessing the terrible price of antisemitism and wild incitement against Israel,” he said in a statement.