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A three-time deported illegal alien has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material and illegally reentering the United States. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced late last week that illegal alien Roni Mendez-Escobar of Guatemala was sentenced after having been convicted for possession of child sexual abuse material and illegal reentry. According to prosecutors, a search of Mendez-Escobar’s electronic devices revealed he “repeatedly viewed, downloaded, and possessed” 46 images and 65 videos containing child sexual abuse material from October 2024 to August 2025. Law enforcement in Fairfax County, Virginia arrested Mendez-Escobar in October 2025,…

The key transport fuel has topped $6.50 a gallon as conflicts in Iran and Yemen add to global supply disruptions US diesel prices have climbed to a new all-time high as disruptions to global fuel supplies and tensions in the Middle East continue to squeeze the market.The national average reached $6.5107 per gallon ($1.72 per liter) on Monday, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA), up from $6.23 a week ago and $5.58 a month ago. Diesel now costs about 76% more than a year ago.The global diesel shortage has been exacerbated by the US war with Iran and disruptions…

The US president is reportedly weighing his next move while remaining open to meeting Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian US President Donald Trump is weighing several options regarding Iran, including blowing the “entire nation up,” Fox News has reported. At the same time, Trump has reportedly signaled that he is open to talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.The US and Israel launched their war against Iran in late February, killing senior officials and commanders, including longtime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. A June 17 memorandum intended to halt the fighting expired in mid-August without a lasting agreement. Maritime traffic through the Strait…

The Oversight Project forced the release of photos of Biden’s classified documents stored at the Penn Biden Center and Biden’s Wilmington home that the government fought to keep a secret. “The pictures confirm what many suspected all along: Joe Biden got the kid-glove treatment, while President Trump was presumed guilty,” the Oversight Project said in a press release. “The newly released photos show FBI agents at the Penn Biden Center and Biden’s Wilmington home handling classified materials with visible care — organized, contained, undisturbed, and literally wearing gloves. Compare that to Mar-a-Lago, where agents dumped documents across the floor for…

A Mexican politician from the country’s ruling party is believed to have used her influence to pressure the Mexican military to release her son-in-law. The man was the target of a raid focused on a terrorist cartel extortion operation in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. The incident took place this weekend, when Mexican military forces arrested Gregorio Sauceda del Toro in connection with an operation targeting the Gulf Cartel’s extortion operations in Reynosa. The 35-year-old Sauceda is the son of the late Gregorio “Caramuela”, “Goyo” or “Metro2” Sauceda Gamboa, a top leader in the Gulf Cartel who was arrested…

The Fed Is Growing More Bullish on the U.S. Economy Even while the American public remains in quite a sour mood about the American economy, the Federal Reserve has become increasingly bullish. You can see it in officials’ projections for faster growth and lower unemployment. You can also see it in their expectation that this stronger economy will operate with substantially higher interest rates than they anticipated two years ago. That last part has lately been treated in the financial press as bad news. That’s not particularly unusual. Higher rates are routinely treated as evidence of trouble ahead for growth…

Department of Homeland Security chief Markwayne Mullin has announced that the administration is probing 1,620 cases of voter fraud involving noncitizens illegally casting ballots. Mullin added that the department has already made 151 arrests and that there are as many as 300,000 additional cases that are set to be investigated, Fox News reported. “We’re scrubbing them. We’re comparing them to those that are in the country illegally, those that are legal permanent residents and those that are citizens,” Mullin said of noncitizens voting. Of the fraud in U.S. elections, Mullin added, “We continue to see that. Every single vote, Kayleigh,…

Hungary’s new government has asked for an exemption from US sanctions targeting Russian energy buyers, despite pledging to reduce the country’s dependence on supplies from Moscow.The request comes after US President Donald Trump signed a sweeping expansion of sanctions against Russia into law on Friday. The legislation, criticized by the Kremlin as an “unfriendly move,” allows tariffs of up to 100% on goods from major buyers of Russian oil and gas, while providing for exemptions on US national security grounds.The Hungarian Foreign Ministry approached the US State Department over the potential impact of the legislation before it was adopted, according…

Flock Safety’s automated license-plate readers are now one of the biggest privately constructed surveillance systems on the roads in the United States. The company, which is legally known as Flock Group Inc., is headquartered in Atlanta and was established in 2017 by Georgia Tech graduates Garrett Langley (who is the CEO), Matt Feury, and Paige Todd. Purchases by homeowner associations came first, after which police departments joined. Flock is not a publicly traded company; it has no ticker symbol and has not announced an IPO. The company is controlled by its founders and by its venture investors. Among the investors…

Former President Barack Obama called for government regulation of artificial intelligence (AI )in an interview Friday, criticizing President Donald Trump’s more free-market approach to the blossoming technology. Speaking with Colgate University president Brian Casey on the upstate New York campus on Friday, Obama warned that AI could be “chaotic and potentially catastrophic” if it fell into the wrong hands or was not given tighter constraints.  “The good news is, is that AI is a tool,” the former president said before an auditorium full of students. “It’s a machine. It’s built to give you the illusion that it’s not, but it…