Crime
Repeat Sex Offender Gets 27 Years for Exploiting Children Online in Washington
Corbett Lloyd Craig, 42, of Goldendale, Wash., sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for enticing two girls online and possessing child sex abuse material.
Immigration
Immigration
Border Patrol Agents Catch Illegal Immigrant With Fake Documents at Laredo Checkpoint
U.S. Border Patrol agents intercepted an illegal immigrant using fraudulent identification documents at a Laredo, Texas, checkpoint on Interstate 35.
Immigration
ICE Arrests Cuban Felon Who Defied Removal Order for 26 Years in Miami
ICE arrested Elias Cardoza-Torres, 58, a Cuban illegal immigrant with seven convictions who ignored a removal order issued more than 26 years ago.
Immigration
ICE Detains 3 Cuban Illegal Immigrants in Tennessee Human Trafficking Probe
Five men arrested and nine potential trafficking victims identified in Sumner County, Tennessee, with three Cuban illegal immigrants flagged by ICE.
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.
Crime
Crime
Repeat Sex Offender Gets 27 Years for Exploiting Children Online in Washington
Corbett Lloyd Craig, 42, of Goldendale, Wash., sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for enticing two girls online and possessing child sex abuse material.
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
Israel-Lebanon Framework Ties IDF Withdrawal to Hezbollah Disarmament
The trilateral U.S.-Israel-Lebanon framework signed June 26 conditions Israeli withdrawal on verified Hezbollah disarmament, but the group rejects the deal outright.
World
Saudi Arabia Strikes Sanaa Airport to Block Houthi Flight to Khamenei Funeral
Saudi-led coalition struck Sanaa International Airport to prevent a Houthi delegation from flying to slain Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's funeral, triggering retaliatory missile fire.
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
Maharashtra Orders Statewide Audit of Christian Properties After $31M Fraud Claim
India's Maharashtra state ordered a three-month audit of all church and Christian organization land holdings, alarming Christian communities facing rising pressure.
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.
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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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.
Immigration
ICE Arrests Honduran Convicted in Fatal DUI, Vietnamese Cop-Shooter Free 15 Years
ICE arrested a Honduran illegal alien convicted in a fatal 2022 Nashville DUI crash and a Vietnamese illegal alien convicted of attempted capital murder of a police officer.