‘Suspicious’ Drone Sightings Reported in Virginia

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Law enforcement officials in Virginia have reported “suspicious” drone sightings appearing over counties containing sensitive military bases and national security facilities.

The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office reports the sightings of “suspicious drones flying over” Stafford, King George and Spotsylvania counties.

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Texas DA Seeks Death Penalty for Illegal Immigrants Charged with Capital Murder

Death Penalty Texas

Following through on a pledge she made months ago, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg on Friday announced her office was seeking the death penalty in the prosecution of two illegal foreign nationals from Venezuela now charged with the capital murder of a 12-year-old Houston girl.

On June 17, 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray’s body was found in a bayou under a bridge in north Houston. The cause of death was strangulation but her body was found bound, without clothing from the waist down. Forensic evidence was collected to ascertain if she was sexually assaulted. According to the assistant district attorney prosecuting the case, the perpetrators threw her body into the bayou to get rid of DNA evidence, The Center Square reported.

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‘Suspicious’ Drone Sightings Reported in Virginia

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Law enforcement officials in Virginia have reported “suspicious” drone sightings appearing over counties containing sensitive military bases and national security facilities.

The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office reports the sightings of “suspicious drones flying over” Stafford, King George and Spotsylvania counties.

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Stripper Who Falsely Accused Duke Lacrosse Team of Vicious Gang Rape Finally Admits She Lied

Crystal Mangum

The stripper who falsely claimed that members of the Duke University men’s lacrosse team savagely raped her in 2006 finally admitted Thursday that she made up the allegations.

Crystal Mangum, the exotic dancer behind the allegations, admitted that she “testified falsely” that she was raped by David Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann in a Thursday interview with an independent podcast called “Let’s Talk with Kat.” The Duke lacrosse rape hoax gripped the country as news outlets and prominent figures effectively treated the allegations as credible, with the three falsely accused men ultimately going to trial before being declared innocent by the state of North Carolina when the prosecution’s case against them fell apart.

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Biden Clemency Spree Began Secretly Last Month with Chinese Nationals in Espionage, Child Porn Cases

Xu Shanlin

Joe Biden’s clemency spree began secretly in late November when he commuted the prison sentences of three Chinese nationals convicted in espionage, child pornography, and fraud case just a few days before issuing a controversial pardon to his son Hunter. 

The commutations for Yanjun Xu, Ji Chaoqun, and Jin Shanlin were dated Nov. 22 but escaped much public notice until Thursday when the 46th president issued the largest single-day batch of pardons and commutations in modern American history — more than 1,500 in all that stirred controversy on social media and puzzlement inside Congress. 

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Biden’s Border Crisis: ICE Reports Record Number of Deportations as Non-Detention Docket Swells to 6.2 Million

The greatest number of illegal foreign nationals on the docket for deportation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Non-Detention Docket (NDD) was reported under the Biden administration.

The greatest number was 6.2 million in fiscal 2023, followed by 4.7 million in fiscal 2022 and 3.6 million in fiscal 2021, according to an ICE 2023 annual report.

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House Panel Subpoenas Biden-Harris Official Accused of ‘Stonewalling’ Probe into Tim Walz’s China Ties

Tim Walz

The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official on Wednesday for allegedly failing to comply with an investigation into Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to a letter exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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FBI Had Over a Dozen Confidential Informants at Capitol on Jan. 6, I.G. Report Confirms

More than a dozen FBI informants entered restricted areas in and around the Capitol on Jan. 6 ,2021, according to a Department of Justice investigator general (IG) report published on Thursday.

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Biden Pardons 39, Commutes Nearly 1,500 Sentences in Largest Clemency Act in Modern U.S. History

Just days after pardoning his son Hunter in a widely unpopular move, President Joe Biden on Thursday issued the most sweeping one-day clemency in modern U.S. history by pardoning 39 Americans and commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 others.

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Republican Senators Say They Will Not Oppose Trump’s January 6 Pardons

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Most Republican members of the United States Senate said they will not oppose President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to pardon most, if not all, of the January 6th protesters.

According to The Hill, several Republicans in the Senate cited Joe Biden’s recent pardon of his son Hunter as reasoning, with Democrats being forced into a corner of being called hypocrites following Biden’s controversial decision.

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Virginia Man Faces Prison for Allegedly Sending Bitcoin to ISIS Members in Syria Through Turkish Intermediary

Mohammed Chhipa

The trial began this week for Virginia man Mohammed Chhipa, who prosecutors say immigrated to the United States from India but is now a naturalized citizen who has lived in Virginia since 2008 and faces charges related to the alleged transfer of Bitcoin to a Syrian member of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group through an intermediary in Turkey.

Prosecutors said on Tuesday that Chhipa converted over $74,000 into Bitcoin that was then transferred to ISIS members in Syria, according to Fox 5 DC, with the outlet reporting an undercover FBI agent testifying conversations about Chhipa sending the money happened alongside others about suicide bombings.

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Another Federal Court Rules Against DACA, This Time Related to Health Care

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Another federal court has ruled against the federal program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), arguing a Biden administration plan to provide free health care to DACA recipients is illegal. 

It’s the fourth time a federal judge has recently ruled against a program created by former President Barack Obama through executive order in 2012.

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Two Trump Lawyers Charged with 10 Additional Felonies in Connection with 2020 Fake Elector Case

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The Wisconsin Department of Justice has filed 10 additional felony charges against two lawyers and an aide to Donald Trump for allegedly alleged involvement in a plan to submit paperwork falsely claiming that Trump, who a president, won the state in the 2020 election.

Trump is now the GOP president elect, after having lost reelection four years ago.

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Biden DOJ, FBI Offered ‘Limited Cooperation,’ Failed to Provide Key Documents to Trump Assassination Attempt Task Force

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The Department of Justice and FBI provided only “limited cooperation” to the House task force investigating assassination attempts against President-elect Donald Trump, according to the task force’s final report.

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George Mason Students Trespassed over Anti-Israel Vandalism Reportedly Owns ‘Several Firearms,’ Hamas and Hezbollah Flags

Police reportedly removed multiple firearms from the home of Jena and Noor Chanaa, where a police document states authorities found anti-American slogans and flags associated with terrorist groups.

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Trump-Appointed Judge Temporarily Closes Door to Obamacare for DACA Recipients

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Joe Biden’s attempt to provide Obamacare coverage to illegal migrants enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, marking the latest courtroom loss for his immigration agenda.

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Commentary: Nearly Four Years Later, No Letup in Jan. 6 Prosecutions, Possible Pardons or Not

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by Julie Kelley   Even as President-elect Donald Trump promised on Sunday to act “very quickly” on pardons for many of the protesters involved in the events of January 6, the Biden administration’s Justice Department is continuing to arrest and try people for actions that occurred almost four years ago while opposing…

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Person of Interest in UnitedHealthcare Killing Luigi Mangione Appears in Court, Faces Five Charges

Luigi Mangione, the person of interest who has been arrested on gun charges and held in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appeared in court in Pennsylvania on Monday night for a preliminary arraignment.

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Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Challenge to Racial Discrimination in Public School Admissions

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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a case challenging Boston Public Schools using a student’s ZIP code as a factor for admission in an attempt to admit more nonwhite students.

The case alleges white students were unfairly discriminated against after several prestigious schools within the district created a quota for admitting students from different ZIP codes rather than basing admission on the students’ academic performance, leading to decreased white enrollment. Several schools have created alternative admissions policies in an attempt to sidestep the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling that banned the use of race as a factor for admission into schools.

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Virginia Sheriff Calls for Strict Borders After Two Illegal Immigrants Arrested for Shooting in Alleged Road Rage Incident

Mike Chapman

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office on Friday confirmed the arrest of two illegal immigrants who were charged with firing at a moving vehicle during a road rage incident, causing damage to the vehicle but no injuries to its passengers, prompting Sheriff Mike Chapman to urge the federal government to improve border security.

In a press release, the sheriff’s office announced the arrests of Aldo Betancourth Rivera and Jimmy Paredes Madrid, who authorities described as, “both of Sterling and undocumented.”

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Judges Rule Against TikTok Citing ‘Grave Threat to National Security’

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A federal appeals court ruled Friday to uphold a law that will force TikTok’s Chinese parent company to sell the platform or have it banned in the U.S.

A panel of three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled unanimously that the law forcing ByteDance, TikTok’s parent firm, to sell TikTok to a non-Chinese company or face a U.S. ban is legal, clearing the way for the law to take effect on Jan. 19, 2025. In their ruling, the judges characterized TikTok as a national security risk because the Chinese government is able to manipulate the app to its advantage and stated that the April divest-or-ban law does not run afoul of the First Amendment, as some of the law’s critics have contended.

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U.S. Offers $15 Million Reward for Mexican ‘Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación’ Leader ‘El Mencho’

As Mexican cartel violence has escalated during the Biden administration, the U.S. State Department announced it is increasing a reward for a Mexican drug lord.

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Trump Reportedly Has Ace Up His Sleeve for Countries That Refuse to Take Back Their Illegal Migrants

The incoming Trump administration is reportedly devising a plan to remove illegal migrants from the United States, even if their home countries refuse to accept them.

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Democrats Pressed Capitol Police to Show Favoritism to Officer Who Killed J6 Protestor, Memos Show

House Democrats pressured U.S. Capitol Police to provide special financial assistance and even a promotion to the officer who fatally shot unarmed protester Ashli Babbitt during the Jan. 6 riot, resulting in tens of thousands of dollars in taxpayer and charitable assistance not provided to other officers, according to internal emails reviewed by Just the News.

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Tennessee A.G. Says SCOTUS Could Pave Way to Ending Child Sex Changes and Saving Women’s Sports with Just One Ruling

The Supreme Court’s forthcoming ruling on state child sex change bans could impact a range of issues related to gender identity, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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Commentary: President Biden Needs to Find the Missing Unaccompanied Migrant Children

Border Surge

In recent months, a disturbing revelation has emerged from the heart of our nation’s immigration system: Over 300,000 unaccompanied migrant children who crossed the U.S. border during the Biden-Harris administration are unaccounted for. An internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report dated Aug. 19, 2024, confirms this alarming statistic, highlighting a profound failure in our duty to protect the most vulnerable.

The DHS report reveals that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lost track of at least 32,000 unaccompanied migrant children, with the whereabouts of up to 323,000 remaining unknown. Without a doubt, we cannot deny the fact that many of these children are now tools and victims of the human sex trafficking industry – a heinous trade that represents the worst of the worst. This staggering number raises urgent questions about the safety and well-being of these children. They are left to fend for themselves in a dangerous world without proper oversight.

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Grand Canyon University Wins Nonprofit Status Lawsuit Against Department of Education

Grand Canyon University

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) may soon recognize Grand Canyon University’s nonprofit status after the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit remanded the school’s case back to the department.

The university announced that “in a significant win for Grand Canyon University, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a 3-0 decision, held that the U.S. Department of Education (ED) acted unlawfully by applying the incorrect legal standard in determining GCU’s nonprofit status and remanded the case back to ED.”

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Virginia Election Official Resigns After Report Found He Spent $500,000 on Alcohol, Hotels, Private Security, and Office Remodel

Keith Balmer

The top two election officials in Richmond, Virginia, resigned on Wednesday after a report claimed their office misappropriated $500,000 on expenses, including alcohol, unnecessary hotel stays, private security, and a luxury remodeling of office space leased by a government agency. Their resignations will reportedly take effect on December 31.

Richmond General Registrar Keith Balmer resigned on Wednesday, with the Richmond Electoral Board reportedly accepting both his resignation and the resignation of his deputy, Jerry Richardson. This comes just one week after Richmond Inspector General James Osuna released a report claiming their office wasted almost $500,000 in taxpayer money.

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Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of Federal Deportation

Dow Constantine

The federal government has the authority to deport foreign nationals in the U.S. illegally over the objection of local authorities, a panel of three judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled.

The 29-page ruling was written by Judge Daniel Bress, with judges Michael Hawkins and Richard Clinton concurring.

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After Record Number of Chinese Illegally Entered U.S., Biden Admin Announces Action

Illegal immigrants detained by CBP

After the greatest number of Chinese nationals illegally entered the country under the Biden administration – more than 176,000, creating national security threats – President Joe Biden and his administration announced several actions.

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Nearly 180,000 Noncitizens Deliberately Not Detained, Roaming Free in U.S. Cities, ICE Reports

US CBP Agent with migrants

In the second and third quarters of fiscal 2024, U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement agents removed nearly 68,000 illegal border crossers, ICE says. ICE claims the number “reflects a 69% increase over removals during the third quarter in fiscal year 2023, and is more than 140% of ICE removals for all fiscal year 2023.”

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Wisconsin Judge Enforces Subpoena Against ActBlue, Opening New Front in Democrat Fund-Raising Probe

ActBlue Fundraising app

For the first time, a Wisconsin court has approved a subpoena to the massive Democrat fund-raising platform ActBlue, saying it owes an explanation to a Republican whose email identity was used to make liberal donations he did not authorize.

“Something is not right,” Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Brad D. Schimel declared as he approved a limited demand for documents and opened a new front into a widening fund-raising probe begun earlier this year by Congress and 19 attorneys general.

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Kimberly Gardner Was the Prototype for Soros Prosecutors, Then Ethics and Illegality Crashed Her Career

When she was elected chief prosecutor in St. Louis in 2016 with the backing of far-left megadonor George Soros, Kimberly Gardner was the prototype for a new era of progressive lawfare: unabashedly liberal, the first black female to hold the job and eager to make her mark with headline-grabbing cases.

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‘Absolutely Unconvincing’: Courts Uphold State Bans on Transgender Procedures for Kids

Doctors Surgery

In the weeks before the Supreme Court reviews the constitutionality of Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgical interventions for gender-confused minors, federal and state courts have upheld similar laws against so-called gender affirming care for children as a proper exercise of legislative power over medical practice.

It’s a worrying sign for transgender activists and allies now reconsidering their strategy in light of pending Republican control of the White House and both chambers of Congress, likely affected by the Biden administration’s imposition of gender identity over sex in federal regulations and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris’s support for taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries for inmates.

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Pro-Life Scholars Sue After ‘Discriminatory’ Retractions by Academic Journal

Dr. James Studnicki

Pro-life scholars and Sage Publications continue to battle over retracted articles.

Dr. James Studnicki and his fellow authors sued Sage Publications to compel arbitration after the publishing company retracted three articles for allegedly “pretextual and discriminatory reasons,” according to the legal filing.

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State AGs Sue Three of the World’s Biggest Asset Managers for Allegedly Violating Antitrust Laws

Ken Paxton

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading 10 other GOP state attorneys general in a lawsuit against BlackRock, State Street Corporation and Vanguard Group, three of the largest asset managers worldwide, for allegedly violating antitrust laws.

The firms allegedly conspired to use anticompetitive trade practices to artificially constrict the coal market, according to Paxton’s office. They acquired substantial stockholdings in all significant, publicly held coal producers in the U.S., allowing them to have the power to control coal company policies. These asset managers pushed for reduced coal output by more than half by 2030.

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Trump Cabinet Nominees, Administration Appointees Threatened, Swatted: Transition Team Spokesperson

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Several of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees and administration appointees received bomb threats and were swatted Wednesday morning and Tuesday night, according to his transition team’s spokeswoman.

“Last night and this morning, several of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees and Administration appointees were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them,” Trump-Vance Transition Spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. 

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Legal Expert Lays Out Why Trump’s Legal Cases Will Not Return After He Leave Office in Four Years

CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said Tuesday that the dismissed legal cases against President-elect Donald Trump will not return once he leaves office in January 2029.

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Jack Smith Finally Ends a $90 Million Legal Assault on Trump, But Leaves Vexing DOJ Issue Unsettled

Three special prosecutors and at least $90 million later, Donald Trump remains standing, unscathed and now free of any federal criminal charges. It’s a herculean feat certain to be written into the annals of legal and political history.

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Virginia Election Official Wasted $500,000 on Alcohol, Private Security, and Remodel of Leased Office Space: Report

Keith Balmer

The top election worker in Richmond, Virginia allegedly wasted nearly $500,000 on a combination of alcohol, private security and efforts to create his own security staff, and the remodel and purchase of new furniture for leased office space, a report from the city’s watchdog agency claims.

The Richmond Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report Monday revealing Richmond General Registrar Keith Balmer is accused of wasting nearly $500,000 in taxpayer resources through a pattern of behavior that apparently began in 2023.

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