Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Czar Tom Homan on Monday called for changes to sanctuary city policies following the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspect-in-shooting-of-border-patrol-officer-released-under-biden-dhs-says?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Suspect+In+Shooting+Of+Border+Patrol+Officer+Released+Under+Biden%2C+DHS+Says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shooting</a> of a Customs and Border Protection officer in New York City on Saturday.
Late Saturday evening, the 42-year-old officer and his friend were sitting in Fort Washington Park in Manhattan when two men approached them on a moped. One man walked up to the officer and shot him multiple times in the face and arm. The officer&#8217;s friend was uninjured. The officer shot back, injuring the perpetrator in the leg and groin area, causing him and his accomplice to drive off.
Noem and Homan condemned New York City&#8217;s sanctuary city policies during Monday&#8217;s press conference, saying they made this kind of crime possible by allowing criminals to remain in the country. Noem said she was &#8220;calling on every single mayor in a sanctuary city and sanctuary city governor to change their policies and to change their tactics right now.&#8221;
Homan confirmed her sentiment, <a href="https://x.com/FoxNews/status/1947296175129768370" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> that &#8220;Sanctuary cities are sanctuaries for criminals.&#8221; Homan also reaffirmed the Trump administration&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-hits-los-angeles-with-lawsuit-after-violent-anti-ice-riots?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Hits+Los+Angeles+With+Lawsuit+After+Violent+Anti-ICE+Riots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">policy</a> to target sanctuary cities for illegal aliens, which has led to the arrest of thousands in cities like Los Angeles.
President Donald Trump wrote in a <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1947018535378501871" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> Sunday following the incident that &#8220;The Democrats have flooded our Nation with Criminal Invaders, and now, they must all be thrown out.&#8221;
&#8220;We should not be here today. The reason these two assailants are inside the United States today is because of failed border policies by the Biden administration,&#8221; CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/noem-visit-cbp-agent-shot-new-york-city-sanctuary-city-policies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at a press conference Monday.
Noem <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1947294261537374356" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the officer and his friend &#8220;were attacked by two individuals that were set on robbing them and, thankfully, he had his service weapon with him and was able to defend himself and his friend.&#8221; She added that &#8220;His quick action speaks to his tenacity and his excellence in training.&#8221;
Noem and Homan recently visited the injured officer, who is in a stable condition.
The suspect, Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was taken into custody after he limped into a New York City hospital with wounds similar to those inflicted by the officer late Saturday night. The second suspect, Christhian Aybar-Berroa — also a citizen of the Dominican Republic — was taken into custody Monday morning, Noem <a href="https://x.com/Sec_Noem/status/1947300919432905079" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a>.
Nunez&#8217;s criminal <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/07/21/second-criminal-illegal-alien-lengthy-rap-sheet-arrested-involvement-ambush-and" target="_blank" rel="noopener">record</a> lists grand larceny, assault, criminal contempt, and armed robbery with a firearm, all of which occurred between October 2023 and February 2025. Aybar-Berroa&#8217;s record includes reckless endangerment, grand larceny, and reckless driving.
Noem wrote in a post Monday that the second suspect, Aybar-Berroa, &#8220;entered the country illegally in 2022 under the Biden Administration and was ordered for final removed [sic] in 2023 by an immigration judge. He has a criminal record in New York City and detainers were IGNORED thanks to <a href="https://x.com/ericadamsfornyc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@ericadamsfornyc</a> sanctuary city policies.&#8221;

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Holds News Conference In NYC After Off Duty Customs Officer Shot On Saturday

Trump Admin Denounces Sanctuary Cities After Shooting Of Border Patrol Officer

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Senator Cory Booker went on an eight-minute rant Thursday as the Senate considered one of President Donald Trump&#8217;s nominees to the federal bench, going so far as to accuse a colleague of violating Senate rules.
The New Jersey Democrat exploded during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Emil Bove, whom Trump tapped to serve on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals. When Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) moved to bring Bove&#8217;s nomination to a full Senate vote, Booker jumped in, citing a rule he said gave senators the right to debate the nomination. Grassley called Booker to order while continuing to call for the vote to proceed.
Booker has campaigned against Bove since Trump tapped him for the position, <a href="https://x.com/SenBooker/status/1945837045496103176" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writing</a> a letter accusing Bove of hiding information related to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-epstein-story-is-kept-alive-by-pretty-bad-people-including-fake-news?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Says+Epstein+Story+Is+Kept+Alive+By+%E2%80%98Pretty+Bad+People%2C+Including+Fake+News%E2%80%99" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Epstein files</a>, which have been under heavy scrutiny recently.
In response to Grassley&#8217;s call for a vote, Booker objected, asking, &#8220;What are you afraid of even debating this? Putting things on the record, hearing from every Senator, dear God, that&#8217;s what our obligations are.&#8221;
Grassley attempted to call Booker to order, but Booker continued, his voice cracking, &#8220;You could call me out of order, because this is out of order.&#8221;
While Booker railed at Grassley, the chairman continued to call for votes for the nominations of other potential appointees.
&#8220;This is a kangaroo court,&#8221; Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) said before she stood up to leave with Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA).
&#8220;You are a good man,&#8221; Booker said. &#8220;You are a decent man. Why are you doing this? What is Donald Trump saying to you that are [sic] making you do something which is violating the decorum of this committee, the rules of this committee, the decency and the respect that we have [sic] each other to at least hear each other out?&#8221;
Democrats have argued that Bove is a controversial nominee based on past whistleblower <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/25/politics/emil-bove-confirmation-hearing-federal-judgeship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegations</a> that, in his position as an attorney at the Department of Justice, he &#8220;stated that DOJ would need to consider telling the courts &#8216;f**k you'&#8221; and ignore orders to stop the deportation of illegal aliens.
Democrats also criticized Bove for dropping federal charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams and investigating officials who worked on cases related to January 6.
Booker recognized in his speech that the committee had the right to deny his request after a vote and continued to berate Grassley&#8217;s indifference to his request.
&#8220;Sir, this is just wrong in every way,&#8221; Booker said before leaving and joining the other Democrats who had stormed out.
In a follow-up <a href="https://x.com/SenBooker/status/1945867625382228392" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on X, Booker asked, &#8220;What are Republicans afraid of? Why won&#8217;t they hear the truth about Trump&#8217;s unfit nominee, Emil Bove? Americans deserve the truth.&#8221;

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The Pentagon announced Tuesday that 2,000 National Guardsmen sent to Los Angeles to quell the June riots would be withdrawn. Pentagon Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell cited mission success as the reason for the withdrawal.
In a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-military-remove-2000-national-guard-troops-los-angeles-2025-07-15/">statement</a> Tuesday, Parnell said, &#8220;Thanks to our troops who stepped up to answer the call, the lawlessness in Los Angeles is subsiding. … As such, the Secretary has ordered the release of 2,000 California National Guardsmen from the federal protection mission.&#8221;
Following increased apprehension rates by ICE agents in the Los Angeles area in early June, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kill-ice-foreign-flags-and-fires-sweep-la-as-riots-erupt-against-immigration-enforcement">protests</a> against the federal agents broke out. Videos quickly surfaced of rioters throwing bricks and Molotov cocktails at armored vehicles.
Responding decisively to what he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-vows-to-liberate-los-angeles-shut-down-migrant-riots-and-insurrectionist-mobs">called</a> &#8220;violent, insurrectionist mobs,&#8221; President Donald Trump federalized 4,000 members of the California National Guard within days. Trump argued that the government needed to step in to protect overwhelmed law enforcement personnel and federal buildings, as well as to restore order to the city.
Following closely on the heels of the deployment of the National Guard, the Trump administration then <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/photos-u-s-marines-prepare-to-deploy-to-los-angeles?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=PHOTOS%3A+U.S.+Marines+Prepare+To+Deploy+To+Los+Angeles">sent</a> about 700 Marines to support local law enforcement.
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-scores-big-win-against-newsom-in-california-national-guard-clash?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Scores+%E2%80%98Big+Win%E2%80%99+Against+Newsom+In+California+National+Guard+Clash">criticized</a> the federalization of the state&#8217;s National Guard, which he argued was not only ineffective and unnecessary but unconstitutional as well. Based on his assessment of the unconstitutionality of Trump&#8217;s actions, he sued the Trump administration.
An appeals court promptly heard the case and dismissed it. &#8220;Both irreparable harm and the public interest weigh in favor of Defendants, who have an uncontested interest in the protection of federal agents and property and the faithful execution of law,&#8221; the court wrote in its decision.
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass originally fumed over Trump&#8217;s deployment of soldiers to her city, <a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1931789763943547121">calling</a> it a &#8220;chaotic escalation.&#8221; Within a few days of the federal troops&#8217; arrival in L.A., Bass instituted a curfew.
Since their deployment, the military personnel in L.A. have continued to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/los-angeles-mayor-protestors-swarm-ice-officers-raiding-ms-13-controlled-park?author=Sam+Korkus&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=8&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Los+Angeles+Mayor%2C+Protestors+Swarm+ICE+Officers+Raiding+MS-13-Controlled+Park">assist</a> in the enforcement of immigration law while protecting federal property. In a recent clash, the military collaborated with ICE agents to raid a park known to be controlled by MS-13 gang members.
According to a new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sen-marsha-blackburn-bill-targets-lawless-states-no-free-passes-after-anti-ice-riots">estimate</a>, the deployment of the 4,000 National Guards and 700 Marines cost the federal government around $130 million. 
Reacting to the news that half of the active National Guardsmen in Los Angeles will be withdrawn, Bass said in a <a href="https://x.com/MayorOfLA/status/1945265117202977226">post</a> that, &#8220;This retreat happened because the people of Los Angeles stood united and stood strong. … We will not stop making our voices heard until this ends, not just here in LA, but throughout our country.&#8221;

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WASHINGTON—Congressman August Pfluger recalled the devastation that swept through his hometown during the July 4th floods in a candid interview with The Daily Wire on Tuesday.
The Texas Republican spoke with Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan during the &#8220;new media row&#8221; event sponsored by the Republican Study Committee, which he chairs. Pfluger represents Texas&#8217;s 11th district, which includes many of the communities stricken by the floods.
He said two of his daughters were at Camp Mystic when the floods hit.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a horrible feeling as a parent to know that you&#8217;re not sure whether your children are okay,&#8221; Pfluger said. &#8220;And in this case of my two daughters that were there and had been going to this camp for a long time, it was a very scary moment.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;re lucky my daughters, who were at the camp, are safe,&#8221; Pfluger said. &#8220;You know, it was very, very stressful and hard to go through that, but Texans are strong &#8230; We need a lot of prayers from around the country right now.&#8221;
Twenty-seven Camp Mystic campers, many around eight years old, and several camp counselors, died in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unimaginable-tragedy-camp-mystic-says-27-campers-and-counselors-killed-in-sudden-flash-floods" target="_blank" rel="noopener">floods</a>.
&#8220;It&#8217;s truly tragic,&#8221; Pfluger said. &#8220;So many families are grieving right now. … It&#8217;s hard to even describe what happened. I mean, just something on a scale and magnitude that we&#8217;ve never seen. And our prayers were with a lot of families.&#8221;
Pfluger expressed his gratitude to the quick actions of Texas Governor Abbot and the Trump administration for declaring disasters in the state.
When some <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/libs-dragged-for-blaming-texas-flood-disaster-on-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commentators</a> began to inject politics into the bleak situation, Pfluger noted that this travesty was an opportunity for those who sit in different political camps to come together.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve had many Democrats who have reached out to me in this period,&#8221; Pfluger said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve learned a lot about those people, and they didn&#8217;t say one thing about any of the politicization, but there are those who have chosen to do that.&#8221;
&#8220;There&#8217;s no place for [politicization]. … I think the rest of us — the rest of society — just want to know how can we help. That&#8217;s the first question that most people ask. That&#8217;s the part of society that I want to be with. Those are the people that I think are going to help all of us rise up and be strong, whose voices are louder right now.&#8221;
While the final toll of the devastation will not be fully known until the affected communities recover, there are still countless searches ongoing. Those in central Texas not searching for a loved one have begun attempting to return their communities to normalcy.
&#8220;If you know somebody and most people have a connection in Texas, especially to somebody who was affected by this, reach out to them, ask him how they&#8217;re doing,&#8221; Pfluger urged Americans.
&#8220;It&#8217;s okay if you asked them before. Ask them again.&#8221;

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WASHINGTON – Representative Mark Harris (R-NC) in the House and Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in the Senate plan to introduce legislation to strip the National Education Association (NEA) of its federal charter Wednesday after backlash over its leaked partisan and antisemitic resolutions.
In a press conference with other co-sponsors and supporters, Harris said, &#8220;The NEA was created to champion America&#8217;s teachers and serve our schools, but it has spiraled into a partisan machine that&#8217;s more about radical ideology than education.&#8221;
Announcing the bill alongside Harris were the measure&#8217;s cosponsors, Reps. Mary Miller (R-IL) and Ralph Norman (R-SC) and supporters Corey DeAngelis – a senior fellow at the American Culture Project and online advocate for school choice – and Tina Deschovich – a founder of Moms for Liberty.
The legislation aims at stripping the NEA of its federal charter, which is an outline of its mission and activities at the time of its founding in 1906. Representative Harris argued that the new bill is necessary because the NEA breached its original charter.
Harris cited Corey DeAngelis, who <a href="https://x.com/DeAngelisCorey/status/1942280076776657086">revealed</a> that the NEA adopted many liberal resolutions in their annual meeting at the start of July. This includes supporting students organizing &#8220;against ICE raids and deportations&#8221; and continuing to &#8220;advocate for LGBTQ+ students&#8221; following the recent Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-sides-with-parents-says-schools-cant-mandate-lgbt-curricula">ruling</a> against LGBT propaganda in classrooms.
The NEA also passed a <a href="https://x.com/DeAngelisCorey/status/1942277260154921437">resolution</a> &#8220;to defend against Trump&#8217;s embrace of fascism by using the term facism [sic] in NEA materials to correctly characterize Donald Trump&#8217;s program and actions.&#8221; In the resolution itself, the teachers&#8217; union misspelled fascism.
DeAngelis also <a href="https://x.com/DeAngelisCorey/status/1942294737320284220">reported</a> that the NEA planned to &#8220;not use, endorse, or publicize any materials from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL),&#8221; an organization <a href="https://www.adl.org/about/mission-and-history">founded</a> on stopping &#8220;the defamation of the Jewish people.&#8221;
On top of alleged antisemitism and calling President Trump&#8217;s actions fascist, the NEA is also under fire for their political donations to the Democratic party.
Harris noted that the NEA spent nearly $2 million on political donations to Democratic candidates during the 2024 election cycle, as <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/15/congress-bill-repeal-national-education-association-federal-charter-gop/">reported</a> by The Daily Caller. 
&#8220;98% of their political contributions every single election cycle are funneled to their buddies and Democrat campaign coffers,&#8221; DeAngelis said at the press conference. &#8220;It&#8217;s a money laundering operation. It should be illegal.&#8221;
The Free Press also <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/nea-trump-ice-education">reported</a> that a NEA delegate retorted to a member asking about the best ways to teach reading and writing that &#8220;We (the NEA) don&#8217;t have time for that. We&#8217;ve got to fight Trump.&#8221;
Harris said, &#8220;The NEA has morphed into a mouthpiece for left wing extremism. They call themselves the teachers union, but their true mission is clear, indoctrinating our children with toxic propaganda.&#8221;
In a statement to the Daily Wire, Harris said, &#8220;The messaging that [the NEA needs] to do is get back to teaching students …  reading, writing and arithmetic, not brainwashing. … That&#8217;s wrong, and so we&#8217;re just calling that out.&#8221;
The Daily Wire reached out to the NEA for comment but received no response as of the time of publication.

Department Of Education Plans To Lay Off Half Of Its Staff

GOP Bill Will Strip Largest Teachers Union Of Fed Charter: ‘It Has Spiraled Into A Partisan Machine’

GOP Bill Will Strip Largest Teachers Union Of Fed Charter: 'It Has Spiraled Into A Partisan Machine'

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WASHINGTON—As Congress gears up for a fight over the rescissions package that would make permanent many of the Department of Government Efficiency&#8217;s cuts, House Republicans are encouraging their colleagues to seize the moment.
“If we can pass this with some sense of urgency, then that invites the White House to send more rescission packages up to Capitol Hill,” Congressman Mark Harris (R-NC) Harris told The Daily Wire on Monday. “That&#8217;s the way I&#8217;ve been describing it back in the Eighth District of North Carolina to my people, because they want to see some action, and this is the way we&#8217;re going to see it done.”
The bill, which the Office of Management and Budget <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dei-insect-powder-and-trans-resilience-trump-unveils-woke-spending-cuts-request">sent</a> to Congress in early June, contains many of the cuts that were revealed by Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative. Examples highlighted by the OMB include funding for NPR and PBS, “Being LGBTI in the Caribbean,” and “training women in gender equity.”
The rescissions package also includes cuts to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program, which OMB reported hid payments for programs like “transgender people, sex workers and their clients and sexual networks” in Nepal, “resilience of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans gender, intersex, and queer global movements,” and circumcision, vasectomies, and condoms in Zambia.
Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) has spoken out against cutting PEPFAR from the budget, which was intended to assist those affected by HIV and AIDS.
“I want to strike the rescission of funds for PEPFAR, which has an enormous record of success, having saved some 26 million lives over the course of the program, as well as preventing nearly 8 million infants from receiving AIDS from their infected mothers,” Collins <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5399409-senate-to-vote-on-rescissions-package/">said</a>. “So I can’t imagine why we would want to terminate that program.”
Harris, who voted to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-doge-cuts-targeting-foreign-aid-npr-and-pbs">pass</a> the rescissions package through the House, commented about Collins’ gripes about the bill.
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“We&#8217;ve got to remember we are $37 trillion in debt,” Harris continued. “We have got to take care of America first. … And if we&#8217;re not maintaining our own economic health — if we&#8217;re not maintaining our own economic future &#8212; we&#8217;re not going to be any good to anybody on any continent.”
Holdout Republican members are not only in the crosshairs of the Senate whips, but of the president as well.
Recently, President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-warns-republican-senators-defund-npr-and-pbs-or-lose-my-endorsement?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Trump+Warns+Republican+Senators%3A+Defund+NPR+And+PBS+Or+Lose+My+Endorsement">posted</a> about the rescissions package that “any Republican that votes to allow this monstrosity to continue broadcasting will not have my support or Endorsement.&#8221;
It is unclear how Collins, who is expected to campaign to keep her seat during the midterm elections, would be affected by Trump’s lack of endorsement.
The rescissions package must arrive on Trump’s desk by Friday, or it would expire, causing the payments exposed by DOGE to continue.
“We&#8217;ve all been supportive of the work that DOGE has done, and this has been just the start,&#8221; Harris said. &#8220;It&#8217;s time for us to make sure that we are taking the congressional action that we need to take.”

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A wildfire in Grand Canyon National Park that began on July 4th has spread to around 5,000 acres in the North Rim area and claimed the Grand Canyon Lodge, a century-old historic structure.
According to a National Interagency Fire Center <a href="https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/azgcp-dragon-bravo-fire">website,</a> the Dragon Bravo fire started after lightning struck within the park. Shortly thereafter, another, more aggressive fire began about 35 miles to the north. No injuries have been reported.
Wildfire teams initially approached the Dragon Bravo fire using a &#8220;confine and contain strategy,&#8221; hoping to use natural barriers to stop the fire&#8217;s spread. After abnormal winds on July 11th, the fire spread past the anticipated zone, causing the firefighters to pivot to a suppression tactic.
The Dragon Bravo fire has consumed between 50 and 80 park buildings in the area, including the historic Grand Canyon Lodge, which was originally built in 1928 and rebuilt in 1937 following a fire, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/grand-canyon-wildfire-lodge-north-rim-f3510c22a6fddc9ff1322dbd450aedb8">reported</a>.
Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) <a href="https://x.com/SenRubenGallego/status/1944560018914734157">commented</a> on X, &#8220;Because of the Dragon Bravo Fire, Arizona lost more than a historic lodge, it lost a piece of our state history.&#8221;
Tim Allen, a resident of Flagstaff, Arizona, and frequent visitor of the Grand Canyon, said to the Associated Press that &#8220;It just feels like you&#8217;re a pioneer when you walk through [the lodge]. … It really felt like you were in a time gone by.&#8221;
Although firefighters are attempting to suppress the fire using aerial bucket drops, they were unable to employ aerial retardant — a more effective means of fire control — over the weekend because the fire had damaged a water treatment facility Saturday, releasing chlorine gas and forcing firefighters to evacuate the area.
Citing the abrupt change in strategies, as well as the loss of so many buildings, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs (D) called out the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service&#8217;s response to the fire.
&#8220;While the flame was started with a lightning strike, the federal government chose to manage that fire as a controlled burn during the driest, hottest part of the Arizona summer,&#8221; Hobbs <a href="https://x.com/GovernorHobbs/status/1944563941168005354">posted</a> on X. &#8220;I am calling on the federal government for a comprehensive and independent investigation into the management of the Fire and a report detailing the decisions that led to this devastating outcome.&#8221;
Gallego agreed, saying, &#8220;As Governor Hobbs has rightly called for, there must be a comprehensive, independent investigation into the handling of fire and the rationale for treating it as a controlled burn.&#8221;
As of now, &#8220;Multiple ground crews and air resources continue to aggressively engage the fire, including daytime retardant drops where there is a high probability of success,&#8221; according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
Although more devastating, the Dragon Bravo fire is minute compared to the White Sage fire that began July 9th and has since spread across 40,000 acres. While 70 firefighters are employed in suppressing the Dragon Bravo fire, over 400 are addressing the White Sage fire, according to a <a href="https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/azasd-white-sage-fire">report</a> by the Bureau of Land Management.
Both fires are completely uncontained, but officials hope that trail and road closures, as well as more concentrated efforts, will keep the public safe and stop the spread of the fires.

Dragon Bravo Fire Burns Historic Lodge On Grand Canyon’s North Rim

Arizona Wildfire Continues To Spread, Destroys Historic Grand Canyon Lodge

The Trump Justice Department sued the State of California on Wednesday for a regulation it says raises the price of eggs, poultry, and pork.
The suit, which also names California Governor Gavin Newsom and state Attorney General Rob Bonta, is largely focused on Proposition 12, a 2018 <a href="https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/pdfs/regulations/LAO-Prop12.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law</a> that raised the minimum legal requirements of raising chickens, pigs, and calves among vendors who wish to sell their goods in one of the largest states.
“Through a combination of voter initiatives, legislative enactments, and regulations, California has effectively prevented farmers across the country from using a number of agricultural production methods which were in widespread use — and which helped keep eggs affordable,” the <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1407446/dl?inline=&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> reads.
The lawsuit reflects President Donald Trump’s <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/delivering-emergency-price-relief-for-american-families-and-defeating-the-cost-of-living-crisis/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">directive</a> to address the “cost-of-living crisis,” which he laid out in an executive order during his first day in office. It comes after Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/plentiful-and-inexpensive-trump-celebrates-as-egg-prices-plummet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">celebrated</a> the now-low cost of eggs, which fell from $8.17 for a dozen on average in March — the height of the national bird flu outbreak — to $2.54 at the start of July.
The Trump administration hopes to keep with the downward trend of the price of common foodstuffs with this lawsuit, which argues that California’s stringent production requirements are an attempt to supersede the Egg Products Inspection Act of 1970, which sets a federal standard for all egg products.
“Americans across the country have suffered the consequences of liberal policies causing massive inflation for everyday items like eggs,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said. “Under President Trump’s leadership, we will use the full extent of federal law to ensure that American families are free from oppressive regulatory burdens and restore American prosperity.”
According to a new <a href="https://foodpricefix.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Center for the Environment and Welfare, these regulations are not actually popular with Californians, but were passed with support from anti-meat activists.
The group has launched a campaign called “Food Price Fix,” which calls attention to groups like Mercy for Animals, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Humane World for Animals, which spent about $13 million lobbying for Prop. 12. These organizations’ <a href="https://activistfacts.com/organizations/center-for-biological-diversity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">missions</a> include making everyone vegan and bringing “industrial civilization to its knees.”
Prop 12, the report found, raises the price of pork by 20% and the price of eggs up to $10 in some cases since it went into effect in 2022.
“These overreaching laws are a classic example of bad California mandates,” Center for the Environment and Welfare Executive Director Jack Hubbard told The Daily Wire. “Right now, people who have never stepped foot in California are paying the price for Prop 12. American families and farmers shouldn’t be forced to foot the bill for the Golden State’s mistakes.”

Donald Trump/Gavin Newsom

Trump Justice Department Sues California Over Egg Prices

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eggs

Gavin Newsom

Pam Bondi

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents face increasing threats of violence, a Massachusetts lawmaker wants to make them more easily identifiable.
Massachusetts State Representative James Hawkins on Monday introduced a <a href="https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD4886" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> that would require ICE agents to remove face coverings while performing their public duties — making him the latest Democrat pushing to expose immigration officials. On Tuesday, Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/09/dems-push-mask-bills-amid-ice-attacks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> a bill that would prohibit federal agents from concealing their identities with masks while also requiring them to &#8220;display their name or badge number and the agency they represent.&#8221;
In New York City, lawmakers — including Comptroller Brad Lander, who was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-democrat-nyc-mayoral-candidate-arrested-by-ice-at-immigration-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> by ICE for interfering with a deportation — <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook-pm/2025/07/09/unmasking-ice-agents-state-bill-ny-brad-lander-tony-simone-00445241" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> a similar bill, with Lander saying ICE agents wear masks &#8220;for the purpose of striking fear into asylum seekers and immigrants in the hope that they will be terrorized by masked gangs who seek to grab and abduct them.&#8221;
But according to White House Border Czar Tom Homan, ICE agents are simply masking up to protect themselves.
&#8220;Some of you here say, &#8216;Why are they wearing masks?'&#8221; Homan <a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1928093476228317221" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during a May press conference. &#8220;They&#8217;re trying to protect themselves and their families! &#8230; They&#8217;re being doxxed! … Assaults are up, and it won&#8217;t be tolerated!&#8221;
There has been a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-officials-slam-cnn-for-promoting-app-that-helps-illegals-dodge-federal-agents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">500% increase</a> in assaults on ICE agents in recent months, according to the Department of Homeland Security. As The Daily Wire reported, an app called ICEBlock allows users to alert one another to the presence of ICE agents, something the White House says puts agents in imminent danger. Just yesterday, Border Patrol agents <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/far-left-activists-in-l-a-arrested-for-targeting-immigration-enforcement-vehicles-with-tire-spikes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> four people in Los Angeles who are suspected of planting tire spikes in front of vehicles used by federal immigration enforcement agents.
President Donald Trump also underscored why border patrol and ICE agents may need to wear masks.
&#8220;They&#8217;re great patriots,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-seethes-dems-floating-bill-requiring-unmasking-ice-cbp-agents-must-hate-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;If you expose them because of, you know, statements like have been made by Democrats and others on the left, usually mostly, I think, probably exclusively, you put them in great danger, tremendous danger.&#8221;
Still, Democrats insist that ICE agents need to be unmasked. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-agents-wear-masks-after-threats-to-their-families-but-top-dem-promises-to-id-all-of-them" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pledged</a>  that &#8220;every single&#8221; ICE agent would &#8220;be identified,&#8221; &#8220;no matter what it takes.&#8221;
The Daily Wire reached out to Hawkins&#8217;s office but did not receive an immediate response.

ICE Detains Immigrants Inside New York City Courthouses

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Bhagavan &#8220;Doc&#8221; Antle, who grew to fame in the Netflix documentary &#8220;Tiger King,&#8221; was sentenced to 12 months in prison and was fined about $197,000 after pleading guilty to animal trafficking and money laundering.
The &#8220;Tiger King&#8221; documentary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/review-netflix-docuseries-tiger-king-is-a-bizarre-and-fascinating-true-crime-tale?author=Frank+Camp&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=REVIEW%3A+Netflix+Docuseries+%E2%80%98Tiger+King%E2%80%99+Is+A+Bizarre+And+Fascinating+True+Crime+Tale">garnered</a> a massive audience from its debut during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns. During its two-season runtime, the documentary featured bouts between cult personality and gay polygamist Joseph &#8220;Joe Exotic&#8221; Maldonado-Passage and rival Carole Baskin.
Many stars of the series have been sentenced on charges ranging from animal mistreatment to falsifying wildlife records to hiring hitmen. In 2020, Maldonado-Passage was <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/01/28/1076619186/tiger-king-joe-exotic-gets-one-year-knocked-off-his-22-year-prison-sentence">sentenced</a> to 22 years in prison, which was later reduced to 21 years upon appeal by his lawyers.
Antle owns Myrtle Beach Safari, a South Carolina wildlife reserve that offers personal encounters with endangered species such as tigers, cheetahs, and gibbons. It was through this zoo that Antle <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/doc-antle-owner-myrtle-beach-safari-sentenced-federal-wildlife-trafficking-and-money">conducted</a> illegal animal trafficking activities, which included illegally purchasing chimpanzee infants.
Antle was also involved with laundering over $500,000 in coordination with Andrew &#8220;Omar&#8221; Sawyer, which were reportedly the proceeds from an operation to illegally smuggle aliens across the southern border. Antle had attempted to launder the money by paying Myrtle Beach Safari for &#8220;construction-related services.&#8221;
Bryan Stirling, a U.S. attorney in South Carolina, said, &#8220;Doc Antle portrayed himself as a conservationist. But in reality, he was a key player in the illegal chimpanzee trade, and he laundered more than half a million dollars through a complex web of deceit.&#8221;
Sawyer&#8217;s conspiracy to launder money with Antle resulted in a sentencing of two years of probation, a fine of $185,000, and the forfeiture of a chimpanzee.
In a connected case, Shaylynn Kolwyck-Peterson pleaded guilty last month for selling a chimpanzee to Antle for $200,000 back in 2022.
Maldonado-Passage made news recently for marrying fellow inmate Jorge Flores Maldonado, a 33-year-old Mexican national, who was <a href="https://people.com/joe-exotic-dating-history-11719808" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> to be Maldonado-Passage&#8217;s sixth similar relationship, this past April. 
Flores was in prison for illegally entering the United States but was released in May. Days after his release, Flores was promptly <a href="https://people.com/joe-exotic-husband-jorge-marquez-flores-deported-to-mexico-shortly-after-release-from-prison-11737602">deported</a> by ICE. 
Flores&#8217;s deportation prompted Maldonado-Passage to appeal to President Donald Trump for both a pardon for himself and assistance in reuniting him with his husband.

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Doc Antle Of ‘Tiger King’ Fame Sentenced For Animal Trafficking And Money Laundering

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Recently released memos from former Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s 2024 presidential campaign reveal the Democrat&#8217;s public relations struggles in the waning days of her failed White House bid.
The memos — first reported by Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager, and Isaac Arnsdorf in the forthcoming book &#8220;2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Left Lost America&#8221; — were written by Maria Comella, a PR consultant who also <a href="https://www.comella.co/contact" target="_blank" rel="noopener">served as</a> chief strategist for Chris Christie&#8217;s 2024 presidential campaign.
In multiple instances, Comella <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000197-e956-d05a-afb7-ed5645b00000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">urged</a> Harris to &#8220;Call out the Democratic Party for missing the mark on public safety in US cities.&#8221; The memo notes that Harris should demonstrate her willingness to criticize Democrats on top of &#8220;Trump&#8217;s chaos.&#8221;
The memo also urges Harris to appear on Joe Rogan&#8217;s podcast, noting that the host &#8220;will be looking for authenticity and it&#8217;s an opportunity to differentiate in style. Be honest about mistakes. There is a natural leadership contrast with Trump who can never admit when he is wrong.&#8221;
President Donald Trump joined Rogan&#8217;s show in late October, after which Rogan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-rogan-endorses-trump-for-president" target="_blank" rel="noopener">endorsed.</a> In response, Harris&#8217;s campaign <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-rogan-says-harris-campaign-lied-about-her-failed-appearance-on-his-show-brings-receipts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complained</a> that Rogan misled them in a malicious attempt to sabotage her presidential run.
Rogan retorted that the Harris campaign &#8220;never agreed to do the show. None of that&#8217;s true … They also said that they sent someone down here to the studio to do a walk-through of the set. That&#8217;s not true.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000197-e958-da98-a3b7-f95a2eec0000">memo</a> lists former The View cohost Meredith Vieira and sports podcaster Bill Simmons as alternatives to Rogan. Harris never joined Rogan, Vieira, or Simmons, but did make an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-blasted-for-going-on-explicit-call-her-daddy-podcast-as-americans-are-dying" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appearance</a> on the explicit podcast &#8220;Call Her Daddy.&#8221;
In accompanying memos published in the same book, Harris was urged to distance herself from then-President Joe Biden, who had only recently dropped out of the race.
Referring to the Biden administration&#8217;s disastrous border policies, the <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000197-e958-de82-a7d7-ff5cedae0000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">memo</a> told Harris not to &#8220;waste time defending what has happened. Acknowledge the mistake, define the problem and how we have to act moving forward.&#8221;
&#8220;It turns out it is okay to acknowledge mistakes and failures– particularly if it shows voters where the Vice President is different from President Biden,&#8221; the memo reads.
Harris infamously refused to critique Biden&#8217;s handling of the border in a &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; interview, during which she was asked <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-repeatedly-refuses-to-say-it-was-a-mistake-to-allow-illegal-aliens-to-flood-into-u-s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">repeatedly</a> about the issue. Instead, she blamed the massive influx of illegal aliens on Congress.
The memos also mention issues with vocal Trump opponents, including former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY).
&#8220;In many instances, the voices who are willing to speak out publicly in support of Vice President Harris are imperfect messengers who are viewed with a skeptical eye by the audiences you still need to persuade,&#8221; the memo reads.
The book in which these memos were published also <a href="https://www.politico.com/playbook" target="_blank" rel="noopener">details</a> how Harris was urged to steer away from using the events of Jan. 6th as the crux of her argument in a late October <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kamala-harris-speech-ellipse-donald-trump-2024-election/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speech</a> in Washington, D.C.
Instead, Harris concluded her speech  by saying Trump &#8220;is the person who stood at this very spot nearly four years ago and sent an armed mob to the United States Capitol to overturn the will of the people in a free and fair election, an election that he knew he lost.&#8221;

VP Kamala Harris

Newly-Released Memos Reveal All The Good PR Advice Kamala Ignored During Her Campaign

2024 Elections

Border Crisis

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Kamala Harris

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass joined hordes of protesters Monday as they attempted to disrupt an ICE raid on a reported MS-13 hangout.
Dozens of ICE agents and military personnel surrounded Los Angeles&#8217; MacArthur Park early Monday morning, <a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/ice-operation-macarthur-park-july-7-2025?taid=686c0b5776b5a50001564eb2&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=trueanthem&amp;utm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox 11 Los Angeles</a> reported. Accompanied by agents on horseback and a Department of Homeland Security helicopter flying overhead, the coordinated raid was aimed at detaining MS-13 members, who reportedly congregate in the park.
Immediately following the agents’ operation, Bass arrived at the park and attempted to speak to ICE officers. Responding to a reporter, Bass <a href="https://x.com/Elex_Michaelson/status/1942289331248587004" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;They need to leave and they need to leave right now &#8230; because this is unacceptable!&#8221;
Later, in a <a href="https://x.com/MayorOfLA/status/1942296116378362055" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on X, Bass denounced the raid at the park, saying, “Minutes before, there were more than 20 kids playing- then, the MILITARY comes through. The SECOND I heard about this, I went to the park to speak to the person in charge to tell them it needed to end NOW. Absolutely outrageous.”
Protestors arrived at the raid almost as soon as it began. According to one report, one of the armored vehicles had its tires slashed by a protester while others had objects thrown at them.
One transgender <a href="https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/1942287380175806857/video/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">protestor</a> confronted the officers, demanding they “Get out of my city!”
After the raid was over, Bass spoke to Border Patrol Chief Agent Gregory Bovino over the phone, asking for the agents’ removal from the park.
When asked what Bovino’s response was, he <a href="https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/1942313482323648820" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commented</a> to Fox News’s Bill Melugin, “I don’t work for Karen Bass. Better get used to us now, cause this is going to be normal very soon. We will go anywhere, anytime we want in Los Angeles.”
In June, Los Angeles became the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-am-not-playing-around-trump-hammers-home-his-determination-on-l-a-riots?author=Hank+Berrien&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98I+Am+Not+Playing+Around%E2%80%99%3A+Trump+Hammers+Home+His+Determination+On+L.A.+Riots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">epicenter</a> of protests and riots against ICE raids after the Trump administration ramped up efforts to detain illegal aliens. For about a week, anti-ICE riots continued throughout one part of the city, leading to a curfew put in place by Bass, multiple arrests of agitators, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-judiciary-opens-investigation-into-leftist-groups-ties-to-anti-ice-riots?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=House+Judiciary+Opens+Investigation+Into+Leftist+Group%E2%80%99s+Ties+To+Anti-ICE+Riots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigations</a> into extremist groups funding the protestors.
Protests against the presence of federal agents in the community have continued in the past month, with the most recent <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/multiple-arrested-anti-ice-protesters-clash-police-us-troops-los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrests</a> occurring Saturday, according to Fox News.
President Donald Trump recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-hits-los-angeles-with-lawsuit-after-violent-anti-ice-riots?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Hits+Los+Angeles+With+Lawsuit+After+Violent+Anti-ICE+Riots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> the city of Los Angeles over its sanctuary city policies, which he says violate the Constitution&#8217;s supremacy clause of the constitution.

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Los Angeles Mayor, Protestors Swarm ICE Officers Raiding MS-13-Controlled Park

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