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The FBI is investigating gunshots fired at an ICE headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. According to 12News, there appears to be four bullet holes in the windows of the ICE facility. The incident happened on July 14, just one day after the deadly, ICE-involved shooting in Maine. @FBIPhoenix looking into several shots fired into @HSIArizona facility near Central & McDowell from July 14th , authorities say the investigation is ongoing and no injuries reported #fox10phoenix pic.twitter.com/yVGiuK69mN — Rick Davis (@rdavisfox10) July 16, 2026 The FBI asked the public to contact them with any information on the incident. FBI Phoenix Investigates Shooting…
CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA—Titans of the defense and tech spheres descended on the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle this week for Sen. Dave McCormick’s (R-PA) Defense & Innovation Summit, where President Donald Trump’s and McCormick’s defense manufacturing boom in the commonwealth was on full display. The president announced billions in new defense investments into the commonwealth, state leaders called for companies to invest and bring more defense business there, companies showed off their latest innovations, and the more than 1,300 attendees, representing 500 businesses, met in the Root Center in what is sure to build even more partnerships across industry, government, and…
The E.U. and Ukraine on Wednesday announced a drone deal between Brussels and Kyiv during European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s visit to the Ukrainian capital. The announcement agreement, the European Commission said, sees the E.U. combine its industrial base with Ukrainian expertise for the manufacturing of drones. Von der Leyen traveled to Ukraine on the occasion of Ukraine’s July 15 Statehood Day. Speaking alongside President Volodymyr Zelensky, the E.U. chief affirmed that the new deal would combine the European Union’s industrial base with the expertise accrued by Ukraine over the past years of Russia’s ongoing invasion of its territory. The deal…
A Mexican national died after fleeing from immigration enforcement officials and running into oncoming traffic in Florida. The incident occurred early Tuesday morning in St. Augustine, Florida. Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents responded to a Wawa gas station on State Road 16 early in the morning. According to the reports, four individuals exited a vehicle and ran from the area as a result of the ICE agents and Homeland Security Investigators (HSI). One of the individuals ran into State Road 16 and was hit by a semi-truck. The driver of the truck stopped and tried…
Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz is hopeful the Senate will be able to vote this month on his bipartisan college athletics legislation as he makes “minor modifications” to win support. The Texas Republican said Wednesday he has been meeting throughout this week with “several dozen” commissioners and university presidents to solicit feedback on the bill he introduced last month with the Commerce Committee’s top Democrat, Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington. “We continue to make significant progress,” he said, declining to get into the “active discussions” around negotiations. “I believe we will vote on it this month,” Cruz added. Cruz and…
Europe’s got talent, a very specific one – a politico-administrative dystopia. And France is once again leading the way First, a bit of recent history. In 2015, after the Maidan coup in Kiev and the beginning of the confrontation between Russia and the West, the EU created the East StratCom Task Force to fight foreign disinformation campaigns supposedly orchestrated by Russia.This agency is a part of the European External Action Service and its goal is to fight Russian activities and promote EU ones in eastern countries such as Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Belarus, etc. It’s not double standards, it’s a basic…
The Somali flag was raised Wednesday in Buffalo, New York, to mark Somali Independence Day. The ceremony was reportedly promoted by a Buffalo city council member. (@SONNALIVE / X screen shot) US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has rescinded a Biden-era rule, which prevented immigration officials from considering an alien’s risk of becoming reliant on welfare services such as food stamps, Medicaid, and housing assistance. “The now-rescinded Biden-era regulation restricted which public benefits DHS could consider, limiting officers’ ability to review all relevant factors as intended by Congress. With this final rule, USCIS officers are empowered to assess all pertinent…
ToplineNational Rally, a far-right political party in France whose leader is running for president in next year’s election, on Thursday distanced itself from the endorsement of billionaire Elon Musk who earlier this week dubbed Marine Le Pen “France’s last hope.”Elon Musk speaks during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on Jan. 22, 2026. AFP via Getty ImagesKey FactsMusk’s endorsement has been slammed by French leaders as “foreign interference” and on Thursday the group he supported seemed to agree, with spokesperson Laurent Jacobelli telling public radio his party doesn’t seek international support. Jacobelli said “it’s the opinion of…
On Wednesday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show,” Rep. Pat Harrigan (R-NC) stated that we haven’t put Iran in a box yet, “which is why we are dealing with the problems that we have right here today, just like we had on day one.” And “We have to put them in the box or we have to leave. Those are the two options.” While discussing strikes on power plants, Harrigan said, “I wanted to see that a long time ago. I’m so frustrated, Hugh, that we’re actually in this position, because, look, like I said, we’ve got to put Iran in a box.…
The UK has nationalised British Steel, the final functioning virgin steel-producing mill in the UK, after it was bought by a Chinese Communist Party-linked company that seemed determined to shut it down. The Scunthorpe steelworks has been nationalised after the assent of the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Act to law, effectively confiscating British Steel Limited from its Chinese owner Jingye Group. The UK’s Labour government acknowledged taking on the debt-laden and unprofitable steel mill was an “expensive” decision, but said it was one of strategic importance and that it had saved 4,000 jobs. The government first took control of the Scunthorpe plant last Spring, urgently…