FBI Director Kash Patel has terminated agents and dismantled a task force after discovering they covertly monitored phone records of eight Republican senators and one congressman as part of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s “Arctic Frost” investigation. Patel revealed the files were hidden in a “lockbox” inside a secure vault.
Two illegal aliens from Mexico were quickly recaptured Monday after attacking a female U.S. Border Patrol agent and escaping from federal custody during transport to a Texas detention facility. The suspects, identified as 29-year-old Juan Carmen Padron-Mendez and 23-year-old Juan Carlos Padron-Barron, allegedly launched the assault while en route to the Montgomery Processing Center in Conroe, Texas.
A Secret Service agent has been placed on administrative leave and had his security clearance revoked after making public comments about Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who was recently assassinated. The agent, Anthony Pough, allegedly posted that Kirk “spewed hate and racism,” adding that “you answer to GOD … karma … she doesn’t leave.” His remarks, seen by colleagues as inappropriate for someone in his position, surfaced within the Secret Service community and quickly drew scrutiny.
The Trump administration has issued a formal call for recently retired Border Patrol agents to return to service, aiming to bolster the agency’s expanded deportation efforts. The request follows years of frustration among agents over Biden-era catch-and-release policies that led to a wave of early retirements.
