A suspected illegal alien was struck and killed after running onto a freeway in Monrovia, California, while attempting to evade federal immigration agents on Thursday. City officials confirmed the man fled from a Home Depot parking lot where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were conducting an enforcement operation, before darting onto the 210 Freeway and being hit by a passing vehicle.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s Real Time, host Bill Maher acknowledged that Washington, D.C. suffers from high crime and homelessness, while also conceding that liberals have failed to address the problem. Maher argued that although he disagrees with President Trump’s approach, the former president is not wrong to insist that city streets belong to law-abiding citizens, not to criminals or homeless encampments.
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) attempted to link the state’s ongoing homelessness and quality-of-life crisis to President Trump during an interview with Fox 11 Los Angeles’ The Issue Is. In remarks released Friday, Newsom described the state’s efforts to handle street encampments as a “roller coaster on progress,” but then shifted the discussion toward “authoritarian tendencies” he claimed were tied to Trump.
New York City Councilman Robert Holden (D), who is backing Republican Curtis Sliwa for mayor, accused city officials of manipulating crime statistics to make conditions look better than they are. In a Friday interview on Fox News Radio’s Brian Kilmeade Show, Holden said he believes the city is “playing with the numbers” and reclassifying crimes to downplay the surge in violence and disorder since the pandemic.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska for a major summit as the United States seeks an end to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, demanding that the company share information related to reports that its AI chatbots have exchanged "sensual" comments with children.
Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam Telle, and Secret Service Director Sean Curran demanding information about the use of water resources during Vice President JD Vance's trip to Caesar Creek Lake earlier this month.
Washington, DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration after President Donald Trump federalized law enforcement.
T1 Energy and Corning have signed a supply agreement to produce a fully domestic solar panel manufacturing chain in an effort to distance the market from China.
