United States District Judge Karin J. Immergut on Sunday expanded her ruling from the day before, blocking the Trump administration from deploying hundreds of California National Guard troops to Oregon.
Immergut called “an emergency hearing Sunday, then broadened her restraining order to cover ‘the relocation, federalization or deployment of members of the National Guard of any state or the District of Columbia in the state of Oregon,’” The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/us/trump-national-guard-california-oregon-newsom.html">reported</a>. Meanwhile, the Trump administration still plans to send Texas National Guard troops to Chicago to restore order amid a series of anti-ICE <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-arrests-two-after-attack-on-border-patrol-in-chicago?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=FBI+Arrests+Two+After+Attack+On+Border+Patrol+In+Chicago">attacks</a>.
On Saturday, Immergut <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ord.189270/gov.uscourts.ord.189270.56.0_1.pdf">granted</a> the State of Oregon and the City of Portland’s motion for a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump from federalizing the National Guard and sending them to Portland.
On Sunday, Immergut stated that “the relocation, federalization or deployment of members of the National Guard of any state,” implied that she wants to forbid Trump from sending out-of-state National Guard troops to Oregon to protect federal agents or property.
One social media user <a href="https://x.com/NapoleonBonabot/status/1975061867220611370">commented</a>, “I want you to realize how crazy this is. She is saying the Federal government has no jurisdiction to protect Federal property. The last time someone tried to argue this was Fort Sumter,” referring to the beginning of the Civil War, when the Confederacy argued that the U.S. federal government had no right to maintain or protect Fort Sumter because South Carolina had lawfully seceded from the Union, and therefore, Fort Sumter (located in Charleston Harbor) now belonged to South Carolina, and by extension, the Confederacy.
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Additionally, there is precedent for the National Guard from one state being deployed to a jurisdiction outside its state. For instance, during the civil rights era riots in 1968, National Guard units from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland were <a href="https://www.nga.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/1968NGAAnnualMeeting.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com">sent</a> to Washington, D.C.
On September 27, 2025, President Trump posted a message on his Truth Social account stating that he was directing Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of War, to provide troops to protect “War ravaged Portland” from “Antifa, and other domestic terrorists” and authorizing “Full Force, if necessary.” On September 28, Hegseth issued a memorandum authorizing the deployment and federalization of 200 of Oregon National Guard service members, over the objection of Oregon’s Democratic governor, Tina Kotek.
Immergut noted in her decision that three reasons could be adduced to support a president “activating” the National Guard to serve on a mission, adding that the reason in Trump’s case could be derived from Title 10 of the United States Code, where the Guard is considered federal military and under the command of the U.S. President.
“Members of the National Guard generally do not receive training to perform local law enforcement tasks, such as learning de-escalation techniques, the use of non-lethal force, or how to properly conduct criminal investigations,” Immergut opined.
After delineating numerous instances of agitation, including protestors lighting fires to barricade a vehicle gate at an ICE facility, rocks and M80 fireworks hurled at Federal Protective Services officers, an assault of a federal officer with a machete and knife, the shining of high-powered flashlights in the eyes of drivers leaving the ICE facility, as well as ICE employees being “doxed” and having their personal information posted online, Immergut defended the plaintiffs instead, writing they “have adequately shown irreparable harm and that the balance of equities and public interest weigh in their favor” from the National Guard being federalized.
“Here, this Court concludes that the President did not have a ‘colorable basis’ to invoke § 12406(3) to federalize the National Guard because the situation on the ground belied an inability of federal law enforcement officers to execute federal law. The President’s determination was simply untethered to the facts,” she wrote.
“Defendants also argue that the September 28, 2025 federalization order is authorized under subsection two, which permits federalization of the National Guard in response to ‘a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States,’” Immergut stated. “First, a rebellion must not only be violent but also be armed. Second, a rebellion must be organized. Third, a rebellion must be open and avowed. Fourth, a rebellion must be against the government as a whole — often with an aim of overthrowing the government — rather than in opposition to a single law or issue.”
“The President also stated that ‘protests or acts of violence [that] directly inhibit execution of the laws constitute a form of rebellion. These conceptions of rebellion improperly conflate the statutory preconditions,” she contended. She also argued that sending in the National Guard would inflame the situation, asserting, “state and local law enforcement will need to expend additional resources to quell increased civil unrest that is likely to result from the Guard’s mobilization.”
“The issues at stake in this case are important, and the consequences of this Court’s decision are far-reaching. As soon as the federalized National Guard deploys to Portland, the state of Oregon will suffer an injury to its sovereignty,” Immergut argued.
“This is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law. Defendants have made a range of arguments that, if accepted, risk blurring the line between civil and military federal power — to the detriment of this nation,” she concluded.

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California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has gone DEFCON-1 on President Trump’s new education agenda — <a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/gov-newsom-threatens-to-withhold-billions-from-california-colleges-that-sign-trumps-compact/68366652" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threatening</a> to yank billions in state funding from any California university that dares join Trump’s sweeping “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”
Trump’s 10-page declaration demands universities ditch DEI ideology, stop using race and gender-conscious admission standards, freeze tuition hikes, cap international student enrollment, and enforce free speech protections for conservative students. The compact calls for ending race-based hiring, restoring standardized tests like the SAT, and banning the use of endowment money for political causes.
The Trump administration sent the compact to nine elite universities this week — including the University of Southern California, the only school in California on the list. Those universities that agreed would get preferential access to massive federal grants, increased overhead payments, and priority in civil rights investigations.
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Newsom responded in all-caps rage, appearing to mock Trump’s social media style: “IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY’LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY. CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.”
USC — a private university — received $28.4 million in Cal Grants last year alone. Statewide, private institutions hauled in $227.6 million. Public colleges, such as the University of California and California State University systems, raked in a whopping $2.2 billion from Cal Grants in the most recent budget year. Newsom is threatening to axe it all.
The legacy media is clutching pearls over the compact, warning that Trump is “politicizing” higher ed. But White House adviser May Mailman <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-universities-compact-federal-funds-agreement-df158493?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=ASWzDAjelwuXl8TA4CzirTqRK9Hyi6E682Bq3vwYUToAONl96khJkbNWTWxpdFeloT8%3D&amp;gaa_ts=68dfbc86&amp;gaa_sig=C5Sjme964PrJZ5EEW7ZEedhXq7Hn7eUUHmJEm0OHm8IDOhaliFSUR_pzVPOgoDMOVi_iuqK7Hm9UYNkpjUZ3NQ%3D%3D">stated</a>, “Our hope is that a lot of schools see that this is highly reasonable.”
Meanwhile, the usual suspects are losing their minds. Ted Mitchell of the American Council on Education <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-political-agenda-colleges-federal-money-756407729a3b16c7bb51564d5056084c">called the proposal</a> a “Faustian bargain.” Larry Summers — Obama’s former Treasury Secretary — said it’s like “fixing a watch with a hammer.”
The compact also explicitly defends women’s sports by requiring colleges to recognize biological sex in athletics and protect fairness in competition — a direct rebuke to Newsom’s radical gender policies.
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson fired back at Newsom’s tantrum, saying, “Gavin Newscum should worry about the disaster he’s created in his own state.” She added that opposing the compact means opposing “efforts to cap wild tuition hikes and protect free speech.”

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Conservationist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91. 
The British primatologist and anthropologist was best known for her work studying chimpanzees, which began in 1960. Goodall remained active in the scientific community until the day she died, and was on a speaking tour in California at the time of her passing.
Born in London in 1934, Goodall grew up in England with a love for animals, which was spurred in part by her father buying her a stuffed toy chimpanzee named “Jubilee.” 
She <a href="https://www.biography.com/scientists/jane-goodall">traveled</a> to Africa in 1957 and later met anthropologist Louis Leakey, who saw promise in her curiosity and invited her to Tanzania to study wild chimpanzees. 
In July 1960, at the age of 26, Goodall established a field camp at Gombe Stream National Park, where she pioneered immersive observation and discovered that chimpanzees possess the ability to use tools, hunt, and form social bonds. 
Over the decades, Goodall became a fervent conservationist. She founded the Jane Goodall Institute in 1977 and launched Roots &amp; Shoots, a youth-oriented environmental movement. 
She was named a UN Messenger of Peace in 2002 and has received multiple awards, including the Templeton Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was presented by Joe Biden in January 2025. Goodall’s later years were devoted to conservation, climate activism, and youth outreach.
Goodall was married twice and had one child. She was raised Christian and maintained a belief in a higher power, even as her scientific colleagues were atheist or agnostic. She had critical words for organized religion, choosing instead to embrace a looser approach to spirituality.
“I realized that my experience in the forest, my understanding of the chimpanzees, had given me a new perspective,” she <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/jan/13/jane-goodall">wrote</a> in one of her books, Reason for Hope. “I was ­utterly convinced there was a great ­spiritual power that we call God, Allah or Brahma, although I knew, equally ­certainly, that my finite mind could never comprehend its form or nature.”

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President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to impose a 100% tariff on films made outside of the United States.
“Our movie making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by other Countries, just like stealing ‘candy from a baby.’ California, with its weak and incompetent Governor, has been particularly hard hit! Therefore, in order to solve this long time, never ending problem, I will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States,” the president shared in a Truth Social <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115287691323395767">post</a>.
This is not the first time Trump has promised a 100% tariff on films produced outside of the United States. In May, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-movie-industry-is-dying-puts-plan-in-place-to-save-it">said</a> he had authorized administration officials “to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands.”
At the time, Trump said Hollywood was dying a “very fast death,” calling incentives from other countries to produce movies outside of the United States “a national security threat.” 
“Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated,” Trump said in May. “WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!”
Shortly after his initial announcement, the Democratic mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, issued an executive order aimed at reducing bureaucratic hurdles and facilitating easier filming in the city.
“We are going to fight now,” Bass said at the time, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/weeks-after-trumps-film-tariff-l-a-mayor-issues-order-to-bring-productions-back-to-hollywood">reported</a>. “While we push for the tax credits to be passed in Sacramento, we need to do what we can today to impact building in Los Angeles.”
“The City is taking bold action to support our legacy industry,” she continued. “Keeping entertainment production in L.A. means keeping good-paying jobs in L.A., and that’s what we are fighting for.”

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Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli responded to a law passed in California that seeks to ban federal law enforcement agents — specifically Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents — from wearing masks that cover their faces while they are working in California.
Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA), earlier in the week, touted his &#8220;first in the nation&#8221; law that he said would force ICE agents to &#8220;unmask&#8221; despite the exponential increase in threats and attacks on ICE agents in recent months.
&#8220;Enough! ICE, unmask! What are you afraid of?&#8221; Newsom asked at a press conference. &#8220;What are you afraid of?&#8221;
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The Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security begged to differ, saying in a statement on Monday that ICE agents would not be complying with Newsom&#8217;s law and citing the increased risks of threats against them and their families.
&#8220;To be clear: We will NOT comply with Gavin Newsom’s unconstitutional mask ban. At a time that ICE law enforcement faces a 1,000% increase in assaults and their family members are being doxxed and targeted, the sitting Governor of California signed unconstitutional legislation that strips law enforcement of protections in a disgusting, diabolical fundraising and PR stunt,&#8221; she said.
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To be clear: We will NOT comply with Gavin Newsom’s unconstitutional mask ban.
At a time that ICE law enforcement faces a 1,000% increase in assaults and their family members are being doxxed and targeted, the sitting Governor of California signed unconstitutional legislation… <a href="https://t.co/8Me4OOP8t8">pic.twitter.com/8Me4OOP8t8</a>
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Essayli followed on Friday with a letter — addressed to federal law enforcement heads in the Central District of California — in which he stated that Newsom, as governor of California, did not have the authority to direct the actions of federal law enforcement agents, even if they were operating within his state.
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Governor Newsom is confused about his role under the U.S. Constitution. He oversees California, not federal agencies. He should review the Supremacy Clause.
California&#8217;s law to &#8220;unmask&#8221; federal agents is unconstitutional, as the state lacks jurisdiction to interfere with federal… <a href="https://t.co/9ZWlFRxHMi">pic.twitter.com/9ZWlFRxHMi</a>
— Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) <a href="https://twitter.com/USAttyEssayli/status/1971625330722119843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Governor Newsom is confused about his role under the U.S. Constitution. He oversees California, not federal agencies. He should review the Supremacy Clause. California&#8217;s law to &#8216;unmask&#8217; federal agents is unconstitutional, as the state lacks jurisdiction to interfere with federal law enforcement. I have directed federal agencies to disregard this state law and adhere to federal law and agency policies,&#8221; Essayli said.

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Former FBI Director James Comey faces charges from a grand jury, the FBI releases more information on the Dallas anti-ICE gunman, and California smash-and-grab robberies are making a comeback.
It’s Friday, September 26, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day.
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">DOJ Comes For Comey</h2>
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Topline: A grand jury indicted former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday on charges related to his handling of the Trump-Russia investigation. Comey is facing two charges of making false statements and obstructing a congressional proceeding.
The alleged false statement originated from a congressional hearing held on September 30, 2020. According to the indictment, the moment that prosecutors zeroed in on took place during an exchange between Comey and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX):
<blockquote>CRUZ: On May 3rd, 2017, in this committee, Chairman Grassley asked you point blank, ‘Have you ever been an anonymous source in news reports about matters relating to the Trump investigation or the Clinton investigation?’ You responded under oath, ‘Never.’ He then asked you, ‘Have you ever authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports about the Trump investigation or the Clinton administration?’ You responded again under oath, ‘No.’ Now, as you know, Mr. McCabe, who works for you, has publicly and repeatedly stated that he leaked information to the Wall Street Journal and that you were directly aware of it and that you directly authorized it. Now, what Mr. McCabe is saying and what you testified to this committee cannot both be true. One or the other is false. Who&#8217;s telling the truth?
COMEY: I can only speak to my testimony. I stand by the testimony you summarized that I gave in May of 2017.</blockquote>
Comey is expected to surrender for arrest on Friday. He is the first former senior administration official to face charges related to the 2016 Russian collusion hoax, which Comey was on Capitol Hill to testify about for that September 2020 hearing.
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Why now? The statute of limitations for lying to Congress is five years. In a few days, Comey would have been out of reach for prosecutors for his 2020 testimony.
Comey’s reaction: The former FBI chief released a video statement Thursday night.
“My heart is broken for the Department of Justice, but I have great confidence in the federal judicial system, and I’m innocent, so let’s have a trial and keep the faith,” Comey said in part.
Trump’s reaction: After the indictment dropped, Trump wrote on <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115267513846352215">Truth Social</a> that Comey is “One of the worst human beings this Country has ever been exposed to.” He added that Comey “is now at the beginning of being held responsible for his crimes against our Nation.” Early Friday morning, Trump took to his social media platform again, calling Comey a &#8220;bad cop.&#8221;
<h2 style="text-align: center;">More Details Emerge On ICE Facility Shooter</h2>
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Topline: We continue to learn more about the shooter who opened fire on an ICE facility in Dallas on Wednesday morning.
The gunman: Joshua Jahn, 29, left a trail of notes behind that he hoped law enforcement would find after he shot and killed himself after the attack. Authorities said his plans were months in the making and that he spent the days leading up to the fatal shooting searching for videos of the Charlie Kirk assassination. He also left a note stating, “Yes, it was just me,” indicating that he acted alone.
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Authorities say Jahn wrote that he wanted to inflict “terror” on those federal agents and that he did not want to cause any harm to detainees. Still, ironically, he killed one detainee and critically injured two others.
The ICE agents: Federal officials said that the ICE agents were heroically helping to save the detainees who were shot. One ICE official, Marcos Charles, emphasized that the mainstream media and anti-ICE activists are sharing disinformation that encourages such acts of violence.
He also touched on the use of anti-ICE apps to expose agents’ locations, which Jahn used.
“ Anyone who creates or distributes these apps that is designed to spot track and locate ice officers are well aware of the dangers that they&#8217;re exposing to law enforcement. It&#8217;s a casting call to invite bad actors to attack law enforcement officers,” said Charles. He compared the apps to giving a hitman a target’s location.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">California Crime Wave</h2>
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Topline: A string of violent “smash-and-grab” robbery schemes in California is drawing renewed attention to the state’s crime issues. Meanwhile, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is ratcheting up language against federal law enforcement. 
One expert says California jewelry stores have been hit by at least 30 robberies of this kind since March. The robbers have racked up millions of dollars worth of merchandise, and often, the suspects involved are juveniles.
Carnage: In the past week, an armed gang of up to <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/09/25/us-news/wild-video-shows-huge-mob-storming-california-jewelry-store-in-1m-raid/">30 people</a> raided a jewelry store outside of San Francisco. They smashed cases with crowbars and pickaxes and stole around $1 million worth of goods. Due to new security measures after a 2023 robbery, the suspects were locked inside – but they used guns and shot their way out of the store.
Authorities have arrested seven suspects so far. They’re all from Oakland and range in age from 17 to 31. Law enforcement believes these are repeat offenders.
Another recent robbery hit a Bay Area shop called Kim Hung Jewelry. A car crashed through the store, and more than a dozen robbers smashed display cases and stole merchandise. The 88-year-old store owner was shoved to the ground, suffered a stroke, and was cut by broken glass. A family friend of the victim told <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/post/san-jose-california-robbery-88-year-old-man-assaulted-during-brazen-smash-grab-jewelry-heist-police-say-video/17780018/">ABC 7</a>, “He is OK; business is not OK. Everyone knows that situation right now. Every business is in danger.”
Newsom’s approach: While President Trump has emphasized the crime problems in some of these Democrat-run cities, Governor Newsom claims that California&#8217;s crime is under control and it’s not an issue. 
Partly in response to Trump, Newsom has focused on federal immigration authorities. On Tuesday night, Newsom generated criticism for how he <a href="https://x.com/BrendonLeslie/status/1970859241121685589">described</a> ICE agents during an appearance on Stephen Colbert’s left-wing late-night show: “I mean, if some guy jumped out of an unmarked car in a van with a mask on, tried to grab me, I mean, by definition, you&#8217;re gonna push back. … These are authoritarian actions by an authoritarian government.”
Over the weekend, Newsom signed a law banning law enforcement, including federal ICE agents, from wearing masks during operations in California. They do this currently to protect their identities, as assaults on ICE agents have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reprehensible-assaults-on-ice-agents-skyrocket-up-830-over-last-year">jumped 830%</a> compared to a year ago.
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin called the new law “despicable” and “a flagrant attempt to endanger” federal officers.

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While Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is ratcheting up language against federal law enforcement, a string of violent “smash-and-grab” robbery schemes in California are drawing renewed attention to the state’s crime issues. 
California is seeing another spike in mob-style robberies, which became commonplace during the COVID lockdown. Just this month, three alarming mob robberies hit jewelry stores in the Bay Area, racking up more than a million dollars in damages.
In fact, one expert says that there have been 30 violent mob-style robberies in the state since just March &#8212; and that&#8217;s only accounting for attacks on jewelry stores, specifically.
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This past week, for example, an armed gang of up to <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/09/25/us-news/wild-video-shows-huge-mob-storming-california-jewelry-store-in-1m-raid/">30 people</a> raided a jewelry store outside of San Francisco. They smashed cases with crowbars and pickaxes and stole around $1 million dollars worth of goods. Due to new security measures that had to be taken after a 2023 robbery, the suspects were locked inside – but they used guns and shot their way out of the store.
So far, authorities have arrested seven suspects; they’re all from Oakland and range in age from 17 to 31. Law enforcement believes these are repeat offenders.
Two similar robberies took place in just the past couple of weeks. One of the targets was a Bay Area shop called Kim Hung Jewelry. In that case, a car crashed through the store and more than a dozen masked robbers smashed display cases and stole merchandise. The 88-year-old store owner was shoved to the ground, suffered a stroke, and was cut by broken glass. 
&#8220;He is okay,&#8221; a family friend <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/post/san-jose-california-robbery-88-year-old-man-assaulted-during-brazen-smash-grab-jewelry-heist-police-say-video/17780018/">told</a> ABC 7 News. &#8220;Business is not okay. Everyone knows that situation right now. Every business is in danger.”
Scott Guginsky, VP of the Jewelers Security Alliance, spoke to ABC7 about this trend and said he&#8217;s “never seen this level of violence.”
&#8220;Since March, we&#8217;ve had 30 violent robberies in California targeting jewelry stores,&#8221; he <a href="https://abc7news.com/post/30-violent-mob-style-jewelry-store-robberies-california-march/17879612/">said</a>. &#8220;This is something I haven&#8217;t seen in my 30-plus years of investigating jewelry crime with the NYPD.”
President Donald Trump has become determined to lower crime rates, particularly in some Democrat-run cities, specifically cited Los Angeles and Oakland, where crime is a major issue. Just last month, U.S. News &amp; World Report <a href="https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/oakland-most-dangerous-places-us-list/3935868/">ranked</a> Oakland as the second <a href="https://realestate.usnews.com/places/rankings/most-dangerous-places">most dangerous city</a> in the nation – only second to Memphis, another city targeted by Trump. The rankings are based on FBI crime rates, specifically murder and property crime for every 100,000 people.
Gov. Newsom, though, has <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/08/12/icymi-californias-homicide-violent-crime-rates-down-amid-trumps-continued-assault-on-states-nationwide/">pushed back</a> on this and claims California&#8217;s crime is under control and not an issue. Moreover, he&#8217;s focusing most of his attention on Trump&#8217;s efforts to battle crime and arrest people who are in the country illegally &#8212; including people from Newsom&#8217;s &#8220;sanctuary state.&#8221; 
On Tuesday night, Newsom generated much criticism for how he described U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers during an appearance on Stephen Colbert’s left-wing late-night show.
“Masked men jumping out of unmarked cars, people disappearing,&#8221; Newsom claimed. &#8220;No due process. No oversight, zero accountability happening in the United States of America today.&#8221;
&#8220;People ask, well, is &#8216;authoritarianism&#8217; you being hyperbolic? Bulls*** we&#8217;re being hyperbolic. If you&#8217;re a black and brown community, it&#8217;s here in this country,&#8221; the Democrat continued. &#8220;I mean, if some guy jumped out of an unmarked car in a van with a mask on, tried to grab me, I mean, by definition, you&#8217;re gonna push back. … These are authoritarian actions by an authoritarian government.”
Newsom also, unsurprisingly, took aim at Trump, too. “We have 41 lawsuits against this son of a b****,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;re pushing back, and we&#8217;re winning.”
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LAST NIGHT: Gavin Newsom said people need to push back on ICE agents because they’re the result of an authoritarian government
THIS MORNING: a sniper shot up an ICE facility <a href="https://t.co/SGUZgm9cD6">pic.twitter.com/SGUZgm9cD6</a>
— Brendon Leslie (@BrendonLeslie) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrendonLeslie/status/1970859241121685589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
Over the weekend, Newsom signed a law banning ICE agents from wearing masks while making arrests. Some agents currently mask to protect their identities, considering all the threats and violence against them. Assaults on ICE agents, for instance, have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reprehensible-assaults-on-ice-agents-skyrocket-up-830-over-last-year">jumped 830%</a> compared to a year ago.
Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin called the new law “despicable” and “a flagrant attempt to endanger” federal officers.
Agency sources have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nice-try-gavin-newsom-cant-stop-ice-agents-from-wearing-masks-sources-say">told The Daily Wire</a> that the new law isn’t going to stop them from masking. “Nice try by Newsom, but he knows it doesn’t apply to federal agents,&#8221; one source said. &#8220;He loves stirring the pot so that people find more ways to bring conflict to ICE.”

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A man has been arrested after firing multiple shots at a window of an ABC News affiliate in Sacramento, California, following the network&#8217;s decision to pull late night host Jimmy Kimmel after he lied about the assassination of 31-year-old Charlie Kirk.
The suspect has been identified as 64-year-old Anibal Hernandez-Santana. He&#8217;s been arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, negligent discharge of a firearm, and shooting into an occupied building.
An investigation into the shooting is still underway, however, a <a href="https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/abc-affiliate-sacramento-gunfire-kimmel-protest-1236524751/">report</a> from Variety says the suspect is a former legislative director for the California Federation of Teachers, and his social media is rife with &#8220;anti-Trump commentary.&#8221;
In one post, the suspect allegedly wrote in July, “The authoritarian oligarchy is now complete. CBS+ caving, big law firms in DC, the subservients FBI and AG, university presidents stepping down, fan boys SCOTUS, public radio, ICE goons. We are going to have to ‘fight like hell’. Rules don’t apply if election was stolen. FIGHT!”
&#8220;The man suspected of firing 3 shots into the window of an ABC affiliate in California after the Kimmel decision is a former teacher&#8217;s union legislative director whose X feed is full of far-left rhetoric encouraging escalation,&#8221; conservative account &#8220;AG&#8221; posted to X.
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The man suspected of firing 3 shots into the window of an ABC affiliate in California after the Kimmel decision is a former teacher&#8217;s union legislative director whose X feed is full of far-left rhetoric encouraging escalation. <a href="https://t.co/rxwVi7cg4u">pic.twitter.com/rxwVi7cg4u</a>
— AG (@AGHamilton29) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGHamilton29/status/1969479346801754532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
KCRA showed footage of the damage from the bullets, as shown in the video, below:
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NEW: The man who shot up the ABC affiliate in Sacramento following the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel, has been identified as Anibal Hernandez-Santana.
An X account that appears to belong to Hernandez-Santana is full of anti-Trump posts, as reported by Variety.
The man, 64,… <a href="https://t.co/4fZmyLZCkR">pic.twitter.com/4fZmyLZCkR</a>
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href="https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1969498664625455276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
On Wednesday, ABC pulled Kimmel’s late night show &#8220;indefinitely&#8221; after criticism erupted over comments the host made about Kirk&#8217;s assassination. Kimmel falsely claimed on air that the gunman who murdered Kirk was a member of the “MAGA gang” and mocked President Donald Trump for his response to Kirk’s death.
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel <a href="https://x.com/newsbusters/status/1967982924986487284" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
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Andrew Alford, President of Nexstar’s broadcasting division, <a href="https://www.nexstar.tv/nexstar-abc-affiliates-to-preempt-jimmy-kimmel-live-indefinitely-beginning-tonight/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement: “Mr. Kimmel’s comments about the death of Mr. Kirk are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse, and we do not believe they reflect the spectrum of opinions, views, or values of the local communities in which we are located.&#8221;
“Continuing to give Mr. Kimmel a broadcast platform in the communities we serve is simply not in the public interest at the current time, and we have made the difficult decision to preempt his show in an effort to let cooler heads prevail as we move toward the resumption of respectful, constructive dialogue,” he added.
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspicious-armed-man-arrested-outside-stadium-where-charlie-kirk-memorial-to-be-held?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=UPDATED%3A+‘Suspicious’+Armed+Man+Arrested+Outside+Stadium+Where+Charlie+Kirk+Memorial+To+Be+Held">UPDATED: ‘Suspicious’ Armed Man Arrested Outside Stadium Where Charlie Kirk Memorial To Be Held</a>

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Shots Fired At ABC Affiliate By Suspected Leftist After Network Pulls Jimmy Kimmel

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Singer D4vd is not pausing his world tour following the discovery of a decomposing, dismembered body in the trunk of a car registered in his name.
The 20-year-old, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, is reportedly cooperating with the investigation. 
“D4vd has been informed about what’s happened. And, although he is still out on tour, he is fully cooperating with the authorities,” his spokesperson said in a statement.
Los Angeles police are looking into the discovery of the unidentified woman’s remains, which were found in bags inside an abandoned Tesla that had been taken to the city impound. The car was searched after employees reported a foul stench coming from the vehicle.
Not much is known about the victim, except that she is 5’2” and had wavy black hair. She is also reported to have the word “Shhh…” tattooed on one of her fingers. Details were also released about the clothing she was wearing, but no updates were given on her age or race.
The incident is being investigated as a homicide, per <a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/la-coroner-releases-details-body-found-tesla-d4vd">Fox 11</a>, but no person of interest has been named.
“We know that we have human remains and we know they were contained within a vehicle,” said Alan Hamilton, LAPD Chief of Detectives.
“We are going to continue the investigation and when a determination is made that potentially there was a homicide, then it will transition into a homicide investigation.”
Burke first gained recognition on TikTok before being signed to Darkroom and Interscope Records. The “Romantic Homicide” singer has 2 million followers on Instagram and 5.4 billion streams on Spotify, per <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/09/10/entertainment/d4vd-criminal-case-takes-interesting-turn-murder-victim-idd-as-female/">The New York Post</a>.
His next show is slated for Wednesday night in Kansas City, Missouri.

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CNN Anchor John Berman found himself playing defense while his guest, Rep. Dave Min (D-CA), flirted with defaming President Donald Trump in connection to the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Berman invited Min to join Tuesday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;CNN Central,&#8221; where they began with a discussion on the most recent revelations coming from the trove of Epstein-related documents released by the House Oversight Committee. As they were talking, however, Min repeatedly pushed the idea that Trump was likely guilty of wrongdoing connected to Epstein&#8217;s criminal history.
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JOHN BERMAN: There&#8217;s no reason to think that Donald Trump is involved in any wrongdoing with Jeffrey Epstein
REP. DAVE MIN: I would say we have lots of reasons to think he was involved in wrongdoing
BERMAN: Involved with what? What proof do you have?
MIN: We have a 14 year… <a href="https://t.co/w9J0n7slH5">pic.twitter.com/w9J0n7slH5</a>
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&#8220;We’ve seen that this is just kind of the casual misogyny, disrespect for women that we’ve seen come out of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein,&#8221; Min said of a crude line drawing of a naked woman that accompanied a letter in Epstein&#8217;s &#8220;Birthday Book&#8221; — which the White House has repeatedly denied came from Trump.
&#8220;Again, I do want to say we have no reason to think that he was in any way involved with that check itself. Also, no reason to think he’s connected to any wrongdoing involving Jeffrey Epstein,&#8221; Berman cautioned. &#8220;You noted, you’re a prosecutor, you are a lawyer here. There’s this defamation —&#8221;
&#8220;I would say we have lots of reasons to think he was involved in wrongdoing,&#8221; Min ignored the warning and charged ahead. &#8220;I mean, at this point, there’s a lot of smoke. There may be some fire, but I would just push back and say I think there’s a lot reason to think Donald Trump was involved.&#8221;
&#8220;Involved with what? I’m sorry what exactly, what proof do you have that he was involved with wrongdoing in regards to Jeffrey Epstein?&#8221; Berman asked. &#8220;And if that’s the case where – why have there been no prosecutions over 20 years here? Because there haven’t really been any allegations that he was involved with the wrongdoing.&#8221;
Min was insistent: &#8220;There are a lot of connections where Donald Trump was named, right? We had a 14-year-old claiming that she was raped by him, then withdrew that claim after she was apparently threatened. His name appears a lot. And again, we, at this point, our job is to find justice for these survivors, and that means that we need to continue digging, knowing that there is a cover-up taking place right now.&#8221;
Dialing back slightly, Min continued, &#8220;And I didn’t say that we have proof. At this point, we have, like, a lot a smoke. But Donald Trump’s name is clearly mentioned multiple times. We’ve seen him lie over and over about things that we now know to be true. So again, I think that we, as the Oversight Committee, deserve, we owe an obligation to the girls, the American people out there, to keep digging and find out the truth, whoever’s involved.&#8221;
Berman tried once more to get Min to tap the brakes: &#8220;Again, Donald Trump has not been named in any connection or charged with any wrongdoing there. Ghislaine Maxwell, take this for what it is, but Ghislaine Maxwell said she never saw Donald Trump, or anyone for that matter, engage in any wrongdoing connected to Jeffrey Epstein.&#8221;
&#8220;I will just point out that Ghislaine Maxwell was indicted for perjury after she made that statement that you mentioned, transferred to minimum security prison in Texas, so again &#8230;&#8221; Min protested.

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The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Trump administration can arrest anyone it suspects of being in the United States illegally, lifting a U.S. District Court judge&#8217;s order barring immigration agents from conducting &#8220;roving patrols.&#8221;
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court said that immigration officers have the right to detain people for questioning if they are suspected of being an illegal immigrant, The Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-09-08/supreme-court-immigration-stops-los-angeles">reported</a>. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a Trump appointee, wrote a 10-page opinion explaining the high court&#8217;s decision, saying that immigration officers have a reasonable and legal basis to detain suspected illegal immigrants in Los Angeles based on the “totality of the circumstances.&#8221;
&#8220;Here, those circumstances include: that there is an extremely high number and percentage of illegal immigrants in the Los Angeles area; that those individuals tend to gather in certain locations to seek daily work; that those individuals often work in certain kinds of jobs, such as day labor, landscaping, agriculture, and construction, that do not require paperwork and are therefore especially attractive to illegal immigrants; and that many of those illegally in the Los Angeles area come from Mexico or Central America and do not speak much English,&#8221; Kavanaugh added.
The Department of Homeland Security said last week that over 5,000 immigration arrests have been made in the &#8220;Los Angeles region&#8221; since June 6, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-immigration-stops-los-angeles-trump-57cc1f85ceafda0f11052b326c8b7173">reported</a>. Gregory Bovino, the chief Border Patrol agent in charge of the L.A. operation, said that the Trump administration has been successful &#8220;in getting the worst of the worst out&#8221; of the area. Much of the immigration crackdown in the L.A. area has focused on arresting suspected illegal immigrants in Home Depot parking lots, at car washes, and at farms. Immigration agents have also nabbed people while they were on the street and in their vehicles.
On July 11, U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong issued a temporary restraining order that stopped Trump&#8217;s immigration agents from detaining suspected illegal immigrants over their race, ethnicity, language, location, or employment, the Times reported. Two weeks later, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the district judge&#8217;s ruling.
In an appeal to the Supreme Court, Trump Solicitor Gen. D. John Sauer argued, &#8220;Reasonable suspicion is a low bar — well below probable cause.&#8221; Sauer said that immigration agents can look at &#8220;the totality of circumstances&#8221; to detain someone suspected of entering the country illegally, adding that “illegal presence is widespread in the Central District [of California], where 1 in every 10 people is an illegal alien.”
Liberal Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented from the majority ruling, arguing that Kavanaugh&#8217;s conclusions are incorrect.
“Immigration agents are not conducting ‘brief stops for questioning,’ as the concurrence would like to believe. They are seizing people using firearms, physical violence, and warehouse detentions,” she wrote. “Nor are undocumented immigrants the only ones harmed by the Government’s conduct. United States citizens are also being seized, taken from their jobs, and prevented from working to support themselves and their families.”

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SCOTUS Lifts Lower Court Order, Allows Trump To Restart ‘Roving’ Immigration Operations In L.A.

SCOTUS Lifts District Court Order, Allows Trump To Restart 'Roving' Immigration Operations In L.A.

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A 38-year-old Alabama man who traveled to Southern California with a cache of weapons and ammunition, claiming to be the &#8220;Angel of Death,&#8221; was arrested after threatening a Catholic monastery, according to prosecutors.
Joshua Michael Richardson was charged on Wednesday with felony criminal threats and possession of six high-capacity gun magazines, brass knuckles, and a sword, the Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-04/heavily-armed-angel-of-death-from-alabama-charged-with-threatening-socal-church">reported</a>. Richardson sent a disturbing email to St. Michael’s Abbey in Silverado Canyon, California, on August 19, saying that he was &#8220;rider of the pale horse,&#8221; who personifies death in the book of Revelation, and threatening to &#8220;do the Lord&#8217;s reaping&#8221; at the monastery. He also claimed to be Michael the Archangel, the &#8220;Angel of Death,&#8221; from the Bible, according to prosecutors.
Silverado Canyon is a small, unincorporated community in eastern Orange County, nestled within the Santa Ana Mountains about 55 miles southeast of downtown L.A.
Along with the high-capacity magazines and sword, investigators also discovered knives, body armor, and a stun gun in Richardson&#8217;s truck. It does not appear that the Alabama man had a firearm in his possession when he was arrested.
The L.A. Times reported that Richardson allegedly attended a service at St. Michael’s Abbey on August 26 and then followed the priest into a private area. He told the priest that “he came to do the Lord’s work, to separate the weak from the weeds, and that he rode his white pale horse from Alabama,” prosecutors said.
Richardson reportedly added that he wanted to target St. Michael&#8217;s Abbey because it still celebrates Michaelmas, which recognizes St. Michael with a feast on September 29. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department received a report about the threats two days after Richardson attended the service at the monastery, and arrested him. He is being held without bail and is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday.
Law enforcement urged the public to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity.
&#8220;While incidents like this can feel unsettling, they also highlight the power of community. If something seems off, say something. Trust your instincts and report suspicious activity, whether it is a strange message, unusual behavior, or something that does not sit right,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s department said.
“No one should have to worship in fear that a stranger would walk through the door with the intent to carry out their own day of judgment and determine who lives and who dies,” added Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer. “A threat on one house of worship is an attack on every place of worship, and we refuse to allow threats and terror to dissuade any person from practicing their faith without fear.”
Richardson was arrested shortly after a Catholic school in Minneapolis was attacked by a trans-identifying shooter. FBI Director Kash Patel <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kash-patel-says-minneapolis-school-shooting-was-an-act-of-domestic-terrorism">said</a> that the Minneapolis shooter, identified as 22-year-old Robin Westman, held anti-Catholic and antisemitic views. Westman killed two children and wounded more than a dozen others after opening fire at Annunciation Catholic School during Mass last Wednesday.

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