Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were targeted in two separate car attacks during enforcement operations in the Chicago area on Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told The Daily Wire. 
Illegal aliens “weaponized their vehicles in deliberate attempts to ram and injure” agents making arrests in Bensenville and Norridge, Illinois, DHS said Thursday. The attacks occurred as ICE continues to carry out &#8220;Operation Midway Blitz,&#8221; a massive illegal alien crackdown targeting the Chicago area that has yielded over <a href="https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/operation-midway-blitz-surpasses-900-arrests-illinois-dhs-says">900 arrests</a>. 
“Thankfully, none of our law enforcement was killed because of these deranged criminals&#8217; attacks on law enforcement. This is exactly what happens when Governor Pritzker, Mayor Johnson, and other sanctuary politicians demonize ICE and encourage illegal aliens to resist law enforcement,” Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Daily Wire. 
In the first instance, Miguel Escareno De Loera, an illegal alien from Mexico, rammed his car into an ICE vehicle twice before jumping a curb and crashing into a stop, according to DHS.  It is unknown when Escareno De Loera entered the United States, as he was not stopped at the border. 
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In the second attack, Widman Osberto Lopez-Funes, an illegal alien from Guatemala, slammed his vehicle into ICE agents during an enforcement operation before running on foot to his home in Bensenville, DHS said. He was later taken into custody.  It is also unknown when Lopez-Funes illegally crossed into the United States. 
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 Both men are expected to face criminal charges for assaulting federal law enforcement and will remain in ICE custody as they face deportation. 
“Our ICE law enforcement is facing a more than 1000% increase in assaults—including cars being used as weapons against them. Secretary Noem has been clear: anyone who assaults law enforcement will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” McLaughlin said. 
The Trump administration has faced backlash from leftist protesters as they carry out operations around Chicago. Democrats, including Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, continue to voice their opposition to the efforts to clean up the city.

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A Democratic candidate for Congress once boasted about her record of supporting “no new taxes” as mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania, even as city taxes have steadily climbed during her tenure.
Ready to move on from city politics, Mayor Paige Cognetti is running to unseat Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA), who represents Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District. Cognetti&#8217;s record on taxation is drawing criticism from her opponents, who note that property taxes have jumped multiple times during her time in office, despite complaints from residents. 
Cognetti was first elected as mayor of Scranton during a special election in November 2019 and took office on January 6, 2020. By January 28, the city <a href="https://scrantonpa.gov/docs/council_agendas/2020/2020-01-28%20Minutes.pdf">adopted</a> a 2.47% property tax increase. According to the Times-Tribune, that increase, which was first proposed by the previous mayor, was also <a href="https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/2020/01/23/scranton-annual-trash-fee-to-remain-at-300-in-2020/">authorized</a> by the Cognetti administration.
A year-and-a-half later when running for her first full term in office in May 2021, Cognetti released a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSHWzx9_rgg">campaign ad</a> which claims she “fought new taxes” and guided the city to a “budget surplus with no new taxes.”
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After winning re-election, property taxes increased under Cognetti in both 2023 and 2024. Both those hikes were about 2%, but could have been higher if Cognetti had her way. Her administration wanted taxes to increase by 3.5% in 2024, the Times-Tribune <a href="https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/2024/02/10/more-than-a-quarter-of-lackawanna-county-municipalities-hiked-taxes-in-2024/">reported</a>.
Cognetti recently <a href="https://www.audacy.com/podcast/the-morning-news-with-nancy-and-jason-f6d87/episodes/speaking-with-scranton-mayor-paige-cognetti-after-her-victory-in-yesterdays-primary-election-58cad?fbclid=IwY2xjawNQuN9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFiNVZDckJhZHhHYlE0bGF4AR70dGDQugnDK2Lgk-0TSIyqfypbLtvKzl60HOuBSrj_LdIpYl7xmBrAiy6mmA_aem_k3AZXVPpEUXZFvwxIXMvCA">discussed</a> these hikes on local radio, saying that they were increases that residents could handle. 
“Over five years, we&#8217;ve increased taxes twice, about 2% each time. Those are responsible increases and there&#8217;s things that people can manage,” she said on the “Morning News with Nancy and Jason.”  “We don’t play politics with people&#8217;s finances. We don’t pretend for years that we don’t need to raise our taxes and then let somebody else do it years later.”  
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At the time the 2024 hike was being considered, some residents of Scranton voiced concerns about not being able to handle the increase.
&#8220;Look at it for senior citizens. I&#8217;m like 72 years old. Where am I going to get the money from on a fixed income? This is not good,&#8221; Gerry Dombroski <a href="https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/proposed-tax-hike-in-scrantons-2024-budget/523-74c54dcf-4db0-4b24-8d24-cc47884f4d9d">told</a> a local ABC affiliate.
Prior to taking office, Cognetti <a href="https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/2019/11/09/cognetti-faces-major-hurdles-as-scranton-mayor/">said</a> that she would fight to lower the city’s income tax, which is 2.4%. She called that rate &#8220;unbelievable,&#8221; comparing it to New York City where &#8220;at least you get a subway.&#8221; That tax has not budged during her over five and a half years in office. 
National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Reilly Richardson said that Cognetti’s record on taxation shows that she is a “political opportunist.” 
“Political opportunist Paige Cognetti raised taxes on hardworking Scranton families then lied about it,” he told The Daily Wire. “Cognetti is too dishonest and too expensive to be mayor, much less a Member of Congress.”
The critical northeastern Pennsylvania race could come down to the wire. Bresnahan only won his last election by about 6,000 votes out of 385,000 cast. 

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Taxes Have Jumped Under Dem Congressional Candidate Despite ‘No New Taxes’ Boast

A 21-year-old Indian national arrested over a fatal California crash that killed three people was released into the United States by the Biden administration after illegally crossing the border in March 2022.
Jashanpreet Singh was arrested on Tuesday by the California Highway Patrol after the semi-truck he was driving <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/10-freeway-ontario-deadly-crash/">smashed</a> into slow traffic on a freeway in Ontario, causing an eight-vehicle pile-up, according to law enforcement. Investigators say Singh had drugs in his system at the time of the crash. In addition to the three fatalities, four others were injured. 
Singh is <a href="https://wp.sbcounty.gov/sheriff/corrections/inmate-locator/">charged</a> with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence of drugs causing bodily injury. He is currently in the custody of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department and is not eligible for bail. He is set to make his first court appearance on Thursday.
Border Patrol apprehended Singh in March 2022 after illegally crossing into California, then released pending a court date, Fox News first <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-immigrant-trucker-accused-fatal-california-crash-released-biden-admin-after-2022-border-crossing">reported</a>. 
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy commented on the footage of the crash on Wednesday, noting the Trump administration’s battle with California over commercial truck licensing standards. 
“This is exactly why [the Department of Transportation] has withheld $40 MILLION from California for failure to comply with our rules to protect drivers,” Duffy <a href="https://x.com/SecDuffy/status/1981098822601494833">posted</a> on X. ”We cannot allow our roads to be a dangerous place!”
Earlier this week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/21/criminal-illegal-alien-kills-indiana-man-after-driving-semi-truck-oncoming-traffic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lodged</a> a detainer against an illegal immigrant from Serbia and Montenegro who was accused of killing an Indiana man while driving a semi-truck without a valid commercial license. Borko Stankovic was arrested on October 15 after he allegedly swerved his truck into the wrong lane and fatally crashed into 54-year-old Jeffrey Eberly.
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Illegal aliens have NO BUSINESS operating 18 wheelers on America’s highways.
Borko Stankovic was driving a semi-truck without a valid commercial license when he swerved into oncoming traffic and struck an Indiana man, who tragically died at the scene.
Stankovic has been in the… <a href="https://t.co/nxd3z3xs5q">pic.twitter.com/nxd3z3xs5q</a>
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov/status/1981044543676911927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The Trump administration has attempted to crack down on illegal immigrants operating commercial trucks and rolled out new English proficiency requirements for commercial drivers in May.
Duffy announced last week that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration would withhold $40 million from California for its failure to comply with English-language standards. A federal investigation found that from June 25 to August 21, California allowed at least 23 drivers with documented violations of English proficiency in other states to remain on the road.
Florida has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-sues-california-over-sanctuary-policies-trucker-licenses-for-illegal-immigrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> California for issuing commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. That suit came after a 28-year-old illegal immigrant from India was arrested after he was accused of making an illegal U-turn while driving on the Florida turnpike and killing three people. 

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Illegal Immigrant Released By Biden Caused Fatal California Truck Crash

A coalition of top state election officials led by Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson urged congressional Republicans to require federal election officials to mandate stronger citizenship protections for voter registration, according to a letter obtained by The Daily Wire. 
Watson and ten other GOP secretaries of state urged Republican leadership in the Senate and House to pass legislation requiring the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to change the current <a href="https://www.eac.gov/sites/default/files/eac_assets/1/6/Federal_Voter_Registration_ENG.pdf">federal voter registration form</a> to demand proof of citizenship rather than relying on an applicant&#8217;s word. The Republican officials said that the federal form made it more difficult to ensure that only American citizens were voting in elections. 
“Each state requires that to vote, a person must be a U.S. citizen. Unfortunately, the EAC has consistently refused to change the form to require proof of citizenship, preferring a general attestation instead,” Watson wrote on Monday. “As our states’ chief election officials, we respectfully seek your help in fixing this persistent problem.”
The letter was addressed to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-ND), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Senate Rules Committee Chair Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and House Administration Chair Bryan Steil (R-WI). 
The letter asked them to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require applicants to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote. The measure has been opposed by Democrats. 
The current voter registration form posted by the EAC requires an applicant to check a box as proof of citizenship. 
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For the past two decades, state election officials have asked for the EAC to update its form to require documentary proof of citizenship, but have so far been rebuffed, the letter said. 
“The EAC’s refusal to change the Federal Form instructions has forced election administrators to process and approve voter registration applications which do not themselves satisfy the requirements laid out in state law,” the officials wrote. 
Watson said that the process of making state officials verify applicants&#8217; proof of citizenship was costly and time-consuming. 
“Each paper form requires our election officials to make individualized inquiries into state records and consult with other state databases to process them and determine citizenship,” he wrote. “In Mississippi, these checks can require up to roughly an hour of an employee’s time, depending on how far into the required state process a check must go. This is an enormous aggregate expense both in employee time and tax dollars.”
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Other states that signed on to the letter included Alabama, Missouri, Iowa, New Hampshire, Indiana, Ohio, Kansas, West Virginia, Louisiana, and Wyoming.
They requested that lawmakers revise federal law to require proof of citizenship on the form provided by the EAC and to hold oversight hearings examining the EAC’s opposition to stricter citizenship safeguards. 
Election integrity groups like the Honest Elections Project have joined in the calls for documentary proof of citizenship for elections. 
“Requiring proof of citizenship is common sense, routine, and hugely popular,” Honest Elections Project Executive Director Jason Snead told The Daily Wire. “The time has come for the EAC to affirm laws that keep noncitizens from voting, not undercut them.”  

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Top State Election Officials Urge Congress To Protect Elections From Non-Citizen Voting

A watchdog organization on Wednesday warned parents across the country about the significant dangers of allowing kids unfiltered access to popular online platforms that could expose them to sexual predators or even foreign terrorist groups. 
The American Parents Coalition <a href="https://americanparentscoalition.org/the-lookout-online-radicalization/">issued</a> a “Lookout” to parents, encouraging them to be vigilant about what their children have access to. The Lookout, which is texted to parents across the country, comes ahead of a House Oversight Committee <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-invites-ceos-of-discord-steam-twitch-and-reddit-to-testify-on-radicalization-of-online-forum-users/">hearing</a> where executives from platforms like Discord and Twitch have been called to testify about the “radicalization of online forum users.”
“Today’s children are growing up in a digital age where online companionship and community are replacing human interaction at children’s expense,” the Lookout said. “Parents may not be aware that seemingly benign and popular gaming platforms like Discord, Steam, Twitch, and Reddit can expose vulnerable children to radicalized views and extreme content with no guardrails.”
American Parents Coalition Executive Director Alleigh Marré told The Daily Wire that it was becoming increasingly important for parents to monitor their kids’ online activity. 
“It has been consistently flagged to parents that we need to be really mindful of our child&#8217;s online presence, where they&#8217;re spending their time, who they&#8217;re engaging with,” she said. “And we&#8217;ve continued to see the stakes of not doing that grow more and more concerning.”
The Lookout highlighted how Discord has come under scrutiny in recent weeks after it was reported that the man suspected of assassinating Charlie Kirk discussed the killing in messages on the platform. It was also <a href="https://x.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1969108640255685108">revealed</a> that the man who planned to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh mused about whether “removing” justices from the Supreme Court would “help women.” 
Other <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/discord-messages-server-dhs-terror-extremist-charlie-kirk-fbi-patel-rcna232377">reports</a> have said that young people have been exposed to materials from foreign terrorist organizations while on Discord. There are also concerns about children being <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/discord-child-safety-social-platform-challenges-rcna89769">targeted</a> by sexual predators via the platform or <a href="https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/when-teens-question-their-gender-social-media-can-provide-supportand-pressure-11634994000?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=ASWzDAgOtiieTiB_FVWBiVwl5_l-wKlWBfuXwpf-HXN2ECZy6H9-laaesI3J0omGIVk%3D&amp;gaa_ts=68dbf107&amp;gaa_sig=6LYtl3orBg1HfRSiILALhPg-tSA0B_29ehjiJDV9XGlTw-FNrmU8-e84m4-uWgW4xz0qGOZYuyXta1zgBQ5K4w%3D%3D">encouraged</a> to embrace transgender ideology behind their parents’ backs. 
In a statement to The Daily Wire, Discord said that it requires all users to be at least 13 years of age to use the platform. 
“We use a combination of advanced technology and trained safety teams to proactively find and remove content that violates our policies,” a spokesman said. “We maintain strong systems to prevent the spread of sexual exploitation and grooming on our platform and also work with other technology companies and safety organizations to improve online safety across the internet.&#8221; 
The Lookout also pointed to the dangers of kids being exposed to calls for political violence, particularly against conservatives. It highlighted a Reddit <a href="https://x.com/reddit_lies/status/1886487208695308564">thread</a> that was later removed, where users appeared to call for violence against employees of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The thread referred to the DOGE employees as “Muskrat’s DOGE Henchmen.” 
The comments were removed by Reddit’s safety teams within one day of being posted, a Reddit spokesman noted. Over 90% of Reddit users are reportedly over the age of 18, according to external market research. 
Another platform flagged by the American Parents Coalition was Roblox, an online game platform with tens of millions of users under the age of 13. In the aftermath of the Kirk assassination, the platform <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/09/11/charlie-kirk-shooting-roblox-game-removed">removed</a> dozens of game “experiences” after &#8220;seeing violative content around Charlie Kirk,” the company said. There have also <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-roblox-pedophile-problem/">been concerns</a> about predators targeting children on the platform. 
Twitch, a streaming platform, was also noted as a place where children could be exposed to violent political rhetoric and <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-twitch-problem-with-child-predators/">sexual predators</a>. Leftist streamer Hasan Piker was suspended by the platform after comments about killing Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott. 
A Twitch spokesman said that the site monitors its channels 24/7 for any youth-safety violations on its platform. 
“We continue to increase our investments in youth safety on Twitch, and have developed a number of product interventions that let viewers customize and build the Twitch experience that is right for them – this includes limiting the visibility of content that may not be appropriate for all audiences,” the spokesman said. 
The Lookout included a list of general practices parents should take to protect their kids online.
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Marré said she thinks these tech companies should have a parental board to advise them on best practices. 
“These are very powerful technologies with extreme reach and they&#8217;re available to anyone,” she said. “There aren&#8217;t a lot of barriers to entry. And so when you have a technology like that, it&#8217;s all the more important to make sure that the people who are most vulnerable are protected, and I don&#8217;t really think anybody does that well.”

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Discord And Twitch Are Not ‘Benign.’ They Pose Serious Risks To Your Children From Predators, Parents Group Warns

A conservative watchdog accused federal bureaucrats of &#8220;hiding&#8221; key data from a government-funded study that would expose the questionable &#8220;science&#8221; behind putting gender-confused kids on puberty blockers. 
The American Accountability Foundation filed a <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/NIH-FOIA-Complaint-to-file.pdf">suit</a> on Wednesday, alleging that the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health are withholding the release of data expected to significantly undermine transgender ideology. The data is from a government-funded study that the author admitted in an interview with The New York Times would hurt the case for placing young children on puberty blockers. 
&#8220;For over a year, HHS has been hiding a bombshell study that confirms what we&#8217;ve known all along: transgender therapy is a failure,” American Accountability Foundation President Tom Jones told The Daily Wire. “The lead researcher herself admitted that the findings challenge the effectiveness of these drugs. HHS bureaucrats are playing woke political games, ignoring science and common sense.”
The American Accountability Foundation first requested the data from the $9.7 million project after the Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/science/puberty-blockers-olson-kennedy.html">published</a> a story on October 23, 2024, that featured researcher Johanna Olson-Kennedy admitting that she had delayed publishing the effects of puberty blockers on children due to political concerns. Olson-Kennedy told The Times that the data did not show better mental outcomes for children placed on puberty blockers. 
Five days later, the American Accountability Foundation submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to get the data. However, the response came with significant redactions that obscured important data points, the suit filed in the District of Columbia said.  
“Though the NIH sent a response and produced some records in November 2024, NIH’s production appeared incomplete, as it didn’t include Dr. Olson-Kennedy’s data and contained redactions throughout. NIH’s response also appeared incomplete and insufficient because it didn’t justify any of the redactions, nor did it explain how the search was conducted to find responsive records pertaining to the data set,&#8221; the suit said. 
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Jones filed an appeal of the redactions on January 6, 2025, but says that the issue has not yet been resolved. The suit says that HHS and the NIH have violated federal records laws in their handling of the request. 
Specific records that have been redacted include the names of researchers who aided in the project, their background, and information on the compensation they received from the government. 
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Also redacted are demographic information and other data points about the kids who were put on puberty blockers. That data is redacted for “proprietary info,” while some is left out with the reason, “redacted by agreement.”
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The suit said that the AAF opposed the vague redactions and “objected to the adequacy of NIH’s search. Specifically, AAF requested a copy of the data to which Dr. Olson referred. The FOIA coordinator’s response said nothing about how the search was conducted, whether such data are being withheld, and, if they are being withheld, why they are being withheld.”
HHS Press Secretary Emily Hilliard told The Daily Wire the agency does not comment on pending litigation, but that it was &#8220;committed to protecting children from being harmed by puberty blockers.&#8221;
A <a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.14.25327614v1.full-text">preprint version</a> of Olson-Kennedy’s study appears to be available, but it has not yet been peer reviewed. Olson-Kennedy and her co-authors claim in that version that their research shows that “youth demonstrated both stability and improvement in emotional and mental health over 24 months.”
The American Accountability Foundation believes that all the data documenting the study should be made available so it can be independently analyzed.
“We&#8217;re fighting back, suing HHS to force them to follow the law and release this truth,” Jones said. “The American people deserve to know what&#8217;s being hidden by the radical left!&#8221;

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A suspect was arrested on Tuesday night after crashing a car into a security barrier outside the White House. 
The Secret Service said a man drove his car into a vehicle gate just outside the White House grounds at approximately 10:37 pm. His identity was not released, and officials have not said whether the crash was intentional.
&#8220;The individual was immediately arrested by U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division officers, and the vehicle was assessed by Secret Service and the Metropolitan Police Department and deemed safe,&#8221; a Secret Service <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/car-rams-white-house-barricade-suspect-arrested-officials">spokesman</a> said. 
Photos of the vehicle reveal that it was an Acura TSX with Maryland license plates. A bomb detection robot was utilized by law enforcement to clear the scene. 
At the time of the crash, President Donald Trump was at the White House, the Secret Service <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/white-house-car-crash.html">said</a>. 
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The Secret Service has faced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/whats-going-on-with-the-secret-service-recent-mishaps-put-trumps-protectors-under-the-microscope">increased scrutiny</a> after massive security failures at a 2024 campaign rally in Pennsylvania led to then-candidate Trump being shot in the ear. Last month, a Secret Service agent was placed on leave after reportedly falling asleep and leaving his weapon unattended while providing security at the United Nations. 
Last week, the Secret Service <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/secret-service-finds-tree-stand-with-clear-view-of-trumps-palm-beach-air-force-one-exit">discovered</a> an elevated hunting stand in a tree with a clear view of the area where Trump routinely disembarks from Air Force One in Palm Beach, Florida. FBI Director Kash Patel said Sunday that the FBI was investigating the discovery. The finding <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-boards-af1-quickly-using-small-stairs-due-increased-security-measures-wh-official">led</a> to Trump boarding Air Force One on smaller stairs due to &#8220;increased security measures.”

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