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By Bonchie An illegal immigrant first only described as a "Maryland father" by press outlets was  ordered back  from El Salvador on Friday after Judge Paula Xinis ruled that his deportation was an "illegal act." The Trump administration has  maintained  that Kilmar Abrego Garcia had gang affiliations and had no right to remain in the country. Judge   Paula   Xinis  of the US District Court in  Maryland The fight over whether Garcia was legally deported began after the administration admitted in a court filing on Monday that his protected status was overlooked due to an " administrative error ." The man first entered the United States illegally over a decade ago, only attempting to claim asylum years later after a judge ordered his removal during the first Trump administration.  A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to bring a Maryland man back to the U.S. by midnight Monday after concluding that he was unlawfully deported t...

By Jason Walsh The  European Union  is reportedly considering fining  Elon Musk ’s free speech platform X $1 billion for allegedly violating its law against  disinformation  and illicit content. According  to  The New York Times , which cited  “four people with knowledge of the plans,”  the E.U. will also demand that X make changes to its product in addition to the fine. If the E.U. does move forward, the fine would be the first imposed by the body using its Digital Services Act ( DSA ), which  “regulates online intermediaries and platforms … to prevent illegal and harmful activities online and the spread of disinformation.” Musk’s  social media  company responded to the potential enforcement of the E.U.’s social media law, saying the move would be  “an unprecedented act of political censorship and an attack on free speech.” “X has gone above and beyond to comply with the EU’s Digital Services Act, and ...

By Danielle According to London’s Metropolitan Police, Russell Brand has been charged with rape and sexual assault. “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised the Metropolitan Police Service to charge a man following an investigation by detectives,” the Metropolitan Police stated. The alleged offenses include: One count of rape One count of indecent assault One count of oral rape Two counts of sexual assault “Russell Brand will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 2 May,” the Metropolitan Police stated. JUST IN - Russell Brand charged with two counts of rape, indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault — CPS pic.twitter.com/p6p96Anen8 — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) April 4, 2025 From the  New York Post : The alleged offenses are tied to four separate women and took place between 1999 and 2005, cops said. The British actor, who was once married to pop star Katy Perry, is accused of raping one woman in Bournemouth in 1999 and indece...

By Cam Edwards If you're a regular reader of Bearing Arms you're probably at least someone familiar with the  Lara v. Paris  case out of Pennsylvania, where the Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a lower court decision recognizing the right to carry for adults younger than 21. That was a hugely important decision, but the Firearms Policy Coalition and the National Rifle Association say the state is "acting like that decision doesn't exist", particularly when it comes to another ongoing lawsuit dealing with under-21s and the right to bear arms.  The dispute in  Lara  centered on the fact that while Pennsylvania allows for under-21s to openly carry a firearm in most circumstances, it prohibits them from doing so during a declared state of emergency. And since under-21s aren't able to apply for a concealed carry license, their ability to carry was curtailed while the state was under overlapping "emergencies" for several years. In Decembe...

By Mike Miller So the   S&P 500 fell 274 points, or 4.8 percent, to 5,396.52 on Wednesday, as nervous investors reacted to President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs — or "Liberation Day," as it were, declared the president. Likewise, the Dow Jones Industrial Average  fell 1,679.39 points, or 4 percent, to 40,545.93, while the Nasdaq composite fell 1,050.44 points, or 6 percent, to 16,550.61. Democrats and their sock-puppet media were, of course, eager to catastrophize the daylights out of  the precipitous across-the-board decline , with an abundance of ill-informed ultracrepidarians rushing into the breach to promptly make fools out of themselves.  One typical exchange occurred on Wednesday's episode of MSNBC's "Chris Jansing Reports," during which the host and her guest howled at the moon about the whole thing — ominously focusing on 401(k) and the perceived (by these willfully ignorant clowns) danger for retirees (a favorite tactic of the Democ...

By Amy Mek While Governor Abbott boasts about banning Sharia in Texas, public schools, universities, and prisons are already enforcing it through taxpayer-funded halal food mandates, terror-linked certification schemes, and legal pressure that forces non-Muslims to comply with Islamic dietary rules—all under the false guise of “diversity.” While Governor Greg Abbott claims to have banned Sharia (Islamic law) in Texas, the truth is far more disturbing: Sharia is already being quietly implemented—funded by your tax dollars. This article is the first in a series exposing how Islamic law is infiltrating Texas institutions. We begin with the most pervasive—and most overlooked—front of Sharia enforcement: food. From public schools and universities to prisons and government cafeterias, halal food mandates, terror-linked certification schemes, and bureaucratic submission are helping normalize Islamic law across the state—all disguised as cultural inclusion. Halal Is Shar...

By Robert Spencer See if any of this sounds familiar: a great nation, indeed, the world’s only superpower, is beset by turmoil, as a corrupt political class grows more interested in enriching itself than in performing any actual public service. Finally, a new leader emerges who has a long and distinguished record in other fields, but is not a career politician. Citizens who are deeply concerned about the direction of the country put their faith in this unlikely reformer and manage to secure the top spot for him, but the corrupt elements are supremely powerful and deeply entrenched. They refuse to accept the new leader and fight back fiercely against his efforts to restore competence and honesty to the government. I am, of course, speaking about Publius Helvius Pertinax, who was the emperor of Rome from Jan. 1, 193, to March 28, 193. In his all too brief reign at the helm of the magnificent empire, Pertinax tried to turn around the mighty ship of state and draw it out of the morass ...

By Rusty Weiss Senator Amy Klobuchar attempted to corner a witness on personally attacking a judge whose ruling they might disagree with, only to have it doused in cold water by a callback to her colleague Chuck Schumer's past threats. Klobuchar (D-MN) spoke with hearing witness Jesse Panuccio, a partner at the New York-based law firm Boies Schiller Flexner, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. "As a partner in a law firm, have you ever taken to social media to personally attack a judge who ruled against you?" she asked. "Senator, thanks for the question," Panuccio replied. "I think that attacking judges personally and not their reasoning ..." That's when he offered up an example. A receipt. "Let me just give you a quote. 'I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I want to tell you, Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price ...'" It was at this point that Klobuchar, realizing he was quotin...