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By Nick Arama We reported on Monday that the anti-ICE crew was putting up "checkpoints" at intersections to check for ICE vehicles to prevent them from passing.  They claimed they were running the license plates of cars to see if the people were ICE. They were confronted by the police about their actions, yet the police didn't clear them out of there, which was crazy.  Then, Daily Caller News Foundation journalist Jorge Ventura was assaulted when he went to investigate the situation. Ventura said they had been stopping vehicles, asking for IDs.  So they were upset about ICE, which is acting according to the law, but they don't see the hypocrisy of their own actions as they stop people, while masked and checking who the people are, to screen who's coming into their neighborhood. We will not be deterred by the violence against journalists in Minneapolis, we continue to be relentless in our coverage. @DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/SnyT1E8yBR — Jorge Ventura Media ...

By Athena Thorne The U.S. House of Representatives passed the modified spending package on Tuesday, which the Senate had handed them on Friday. The move ended the government shutdown that kicked in on Saturday, which most people weren't even aware of. More than that, it marks the first time that Congress has managed to  do its job  and pass a plan for the upcoming fiscal year without being in a major state of stopgap crisis. The only catch is that the spending bill funds almost the entirety of the U.S. government — except for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Senate punted on the funding that the House had put in place in its first bill. Senate Republicans made the acquiescence to placate their Democrat colleagues, who then got on board — the upper chamber passed the altered bill on Friday by a healthy vote of 71-29. Conservatives in the House were not pleased to see their hard work undone on the matter of fully funding the Trump administration as it seeks to ...

By Bob Hoge U.S. tensions with the Islamic Republic of Iran continue as the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier battle group is now in the region. Ongoing demonstrations have roiled the country over economic conditions and authoritarian rule, and the brutal clampdown by the mullahs has resulted in mass killings. Trump has threatened to use military power — just like he did in June with the Operation Midnight Hammer attack on their nuclear facilities. On Tuesday, the regime reportedly further escalated the situation by attempting to board a U.S. oil tanker; meanwhile, American forces shot down a drone that had “ unclear intent ”: BREAKING: The U.S. military shot down an unmanned Iranian drone after it "aggressively approached a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier with unclear intent," a U.S. Central Command spokesman told FOX News. "USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) was transiting the Arabian Sea approximately 500… pic.twitter.com/JIETOBjz1D — Fox News (@FoxNews) February 3, 2026 ...

By Nick Arama Big news this morning in the case of the death of Linda Stevenson in Delaware at the end of December.  Stevenson was the wife of William Stevenson, 77, Jill Biden's ex-husband.  Now he's been arrested and charged with  murder in her death. Jill Biden's Ex-Husband Bill Stevenson Charged with Murder of His Wife - People https://t.co/RHKyBxuv1A — Susan Henderson (@SusanHe02044156) February 3, 2026 William Stevenson, 77, was taken into custody Monday and is facing a charge of first-degree murder in the death of Linda Stevenson, according to a grand jury indictment filed in Delaware. New Castle County Police did not provide details on the death, but an initial release on her death noted that officers responded to a domestic dispute on Dec. 28 at a residence in the Wilmington area. Linda Stevenson was found unresponsive in the living room and died despite live-saving measures by officers at the scene. The press release at the time said that her body was turn...

By R. C. Maxwell PHOENIX — Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) stood proudly on Monday at Turning Point USA's headquarters, signing and presenting a $1 million check from his campaign funds to fuel the expansion of conservative "Club America" chapters across every public high school and college in the Lone Star State. The move fulfills his November 2025 pledge and comes amid escalating backlash from progressive educators, unions, and media outlets who decry it as overly partisan despite the broad pro-America mission of Club America. Proud to present my $1 million campaign check to @TPUSA at their Phoenix headquarters today to advance the goal of putting a Club America chapter on every high school campus in Texas. I made the decision to make this contribution because of my friendship with Charlie. Charlie… pic.twitter.com/SvKm0uzP4w — Dan Patrick (@DanPatrick) February 3, 2026 Club America serves as a  student-led initiative of TPUSA  aimed at fostering patriotism, const...

By Susie Moore While we continue to see fallout from the shooting of Alex Pretti by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents in Minneapolis, there was an interesting court ruling on Monday related to it, namely, the dissolution of a previously entered temporary restraining order (TRO). The shooting happened on January 24, 2026. Later that night, Judge Eric Tostrud of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota entered a TRO against various Trump administration officials at the behest of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) and the Hennepin County Attorney's Office. The TRO granted the plaintiffs only one of the items of relief requested: that federal authorities not destroy or alter any evidence.  While, at first blush, the order appeared to be a "win" for the plaintiffs, as I noted at the time, the order essentially just required federal authorities to do what they should be doing anyway, and, as indicated by its name, was "temporary....

By Jennifer Van Laar Early Saturday morning the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department SWAT team, assisted by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, executed a search warrant at a home in northeast Las Vegas owned by Jia Bei Zhu, the CCP-linked Chinese citizen who ran an illegal biolab in Reedley, California. After finding multiple refrigerators and freezers containing vials, bottles, and jugs of unknown liquid substances, and laboratory equipment in the garage of the home, FBI scientists and a specialized investigation team collected over 1,000 samples from the garage; that evidence has been transported to the National Bio-forensic Analysis Center in Maryland for examination. As you might recall, Zhu was arrested in 2023 and remains in federal custody after a judge determined him to be an extreme flight risk. He was indicted on charges of of wire fraud, conspiracy, making false statements to federal agents, and for distributing adulterated and misbranded COVID-19 test ...

By Sister Toldjah Whenever I see live clips of high-speed chases, my first thought is to pray that nobody gets hurt. My second is that I hope they catch the fleeing person or people in the vehicle, because not only are they putting lives at risk with their reckless disregard for others, but in some instances, they might be wanted for something more serious than a traffic violation.  While high-speed chases aren't as common in Charlotte as they are in, say, Los Angeles, they happen often enough that chances are you might know someone in Charlotte who has either witnessed one or wound up in the middle of one in a most unexpected and frightening way. Yours truly found herself in the middle of one on a heavily trafficked two-lane Charlotte back road years ago. Traffic was backed up due to something unrelated going on. The driver of the getaway Jeep drove onto a neighborhood sidewalk and knocked over a couple of mailboxes before swerving back onto the road, where they promptly smash...

By Rusty Weiss If you've consumed a moment of news from the legacy media in recent weeks, one might forgive you for developing the impression that the American people despise U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). That they think  they're  the ones committing crimes. That they need to be abolished. But that is a view held almost exclusively by radicals in the Democrat party, then amplified by their sycophant worshippers in the field of journalism. In a stunning rebuke to the left's relentless portrayal of immigration enforcement as divisive and extreme, a brand new national poll from  Cygnal  reveals overwhelming American support for mass deportations and ICE's role in upholding the law. The results show that, by a two-to-one margin (61-34 percent), voters back the deportation of illegal immigrants, while a massive 73 percent agree that crossing the border illegally constitutes—you're not going to believe this— breaking the law! Oh, and let's keep t...

By Rachel Bovard A voter ID filibuster would be a 24/7 GOP campaign ad. What if I told you Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has the power and the votes — right now — to save Republicans’ congressional majorities, President Trump’s second-term agenda, and maybe the republic itself, all while poleaxing Democrats on the short side of an  84-15 issue ? It sounds like fantasy. But like the Lady of the Lake from Arthurian legend, 2026 is offering up to the GOP a political weapon almost as powerful as Excalibur itself: an extended Democrat talking filibuster of national voter ID legislation. Popular Idea, Toxic Opposition Requiring voters to prove their citizenship is  one of the most popular ideas in the country , with 84 percent of Americans supporting and only 15 percent opposed. That’s why  36 states  and  most of the world’s developed countries  already have it on the books. To most Americans, the only thing suspicious about voter ID is why any...