Faith
Iran Orders 20 Christian Families Evicted to Seize Historic Tehran Church
Iranian authorities are confiscating St. Peter's Evangelical Church in Tehran, evicting 20 Armenian and Assyrian families from the 10-acre compound.
Immigration
Immigration
Two Guatemalans Plead Guilty in 2021 Smuggling Crash That Killed Over 50
Two Guatemalan nationals admitted roles in a tractor-trailer crash that killed more than 50 illegal aliens packed among 160 in Chiapas, Mexico.
Immigration
Illegal Immigrant From Mexico Indicted in Utah With 171 Grams of Fentanyl
A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City indicted a 25-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico on fentanyl distribution and immigration charges.
Crime
Crime
San Antonio Extremist Gets 40 Years for Coercing Children Into Self-Harm
Alexis Chavez, 19, an online leader of a nihilistic violent extremist network tied to 764, sentenced to 40 years for child exploitation.
World
World
Syria Seats 210-Member Parliament as Israeli Clashes Flare Near Border
Syria's new 210-member People's Assembly includes 70 presidential appointees as IDF operations near the Golan ceasefire line continue.
World
Ukraine Offers $6,700 Monthly Pay in Sweeping Military Contract Reforms
Ukraine announced fixed-term military contracts with assault infantry earning 300,000 hryvnias monthly to address chronic manpower shortages.
Faith
Faith
Iran Orders 20 Christian Families Evicted to Seize Historic Tehran Church
Iranian authorities are confiscating St. Peter's Evangelical Church in Tehran, evicting 20 Armenian and Assyrian families from the 10-acre compound.
Faith
Lahore Court Acquits Blind Christian Jailed 10 Months on False Blasphemy Charge
Nadeem Masih, a visually impaired Christian, was acquitted in Lahore after 10 months in prison on a blasphemy accusation fabricated by park workers.
Faith
Cardinal McElroy Says Exorcist Removal Was About Privacy, Not UFOs
Cardinal Robert McElroy told CNS his removal of Msgr. Stephen Rossetti as Washington exorcist targeted the public nature of the ministry, not UFO beliefs.
Faith
Nigerian Christians Appeal to U.S. After Fulani Militants Kill Church Worker
Community leaders in Plateau state, Nigeria, appeal to the U.S. government after Fulani militants killed a Christian church worker and three others at a mining site.
Security
Security
Maryland Man Gets 15 Years for Plot to Join ISIS, Target Jews
Michael Sam Teekaye Jr., 22, sentenced to 15 years for attempting to join ISIS and planning attacks against Jewish targets in Maryland.
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Immigration
Border Patrol Arrests 36 Illegal Alien Truck Drivers in Yuma Sector Sweep
U.S. Border Patrol arrested 52 illegal aliens in Yuma, Ariz., including 36 driving semi-trucks with licenses obtained under the Biden administration.
World
Sadr Dissolves His Militia in Iraq, Challenging Iran-Backed Factions to Follow
Muqtada al Sadr announced the dissolution of Saraya al Salam, pressing Iran-backed militias to surrender weapons to the Iraqi state.
Crime
Maryland Man Gets 25 Years for Sextortion of Girls as Young as 9
Isaiah Poole of Suitland, Md., sentenced to 25 years for sextorting at least six girls aged 9-14 through Snapchat; a second Maryland man pleads guilty in separate case.
Immigration
Canadian Citizen Sentenced to Prison for Voting Illegally in Nine North Carolina Elections
Denis Bouchard, 70, a Canadian who never became a U.S. citizen, was sentenced to two months in federal prison for voting in nine elections since 2004.
Crime
Brooklyn Man Charged With Threatening to Kill ICE Officer and Family at Newark Facility
Nicholas Matthew Scelfo, 27, faces federal charges after allegedly threatening to murder an ICE officer and his family during a demonstration in Newark.
Culture
House Rejects Smithsonian Women's Museum Bill in 204-216 Vote Over Gender Ideology Fight
HR 1329 to establish a Smithsonian women's history museum failed 204-216 after a biological-women amendment split both parties.
Immigration
Arizona Charges 331 Illegal Aliens in Single Week Under Operation Take Back America
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona filed immigration-related criminal charges against 331 individuals in a single week of enforcement.
World
U.S. and Iran Near 60-Day Ceasefire Extension Amid Drone Attack on Kuwait
U.S. and Iranian negotiators reportedly agree to extend the ceasefire by 60 days, but Iran fires a ballistic missile at Kuwait and launches drones near the Strait of Hormuz.
Crime
Cambridge Man Gets 13 Years for Manufacturing Millions of Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills
Schuyler Oppenheimer sentenced to 13 years for large-scale counterfeit pill manufacturing, importing fentanyl precursors from China, and PPP fraud.
Immigration
Anti-ICE Protesters Threaten Federal Officers as Newark Clashes Enter Second Week
Protesters at Newark's Delaney Hall ICE facility clashed with federal officers as DHS Secretary Mullin and President Trump defended detention operations.
Crime
Oregon Woman Gets Federal Prison for Dumping 500,000 Gallons of Toxic Waste
Kayla Hartley sentenced to 5 months in federal prison and a $25,000 fine for illegally discharging industrial wastewater contaminated with hydrofluoric acid into Hillsboro sewer.
Crime
Former Wisconsin County Prosecutor Gets 10 Years for Child Pornography
Adam J. Westbrook, 35, a former county prosecutor from Neenah, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography.