Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made roughly 51,000 arrests in July, setting a new monthly record as the Trump administration intensifies its mass deportation campaign.
The record-breaking month comes as the Trump administration increases pressure on immigration enforcement. As of August 4, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it had reached one million immigration arrests since President Donald Trump&#8217;s return to the White House.
Additionally, DHS says that it has deported more than one million illegal aliens. Roughly one-third of those removals were conducted by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), meaning they were recent border crossers who were almost immediately turned back.
“In President Trump’s first year back in office, more than 3 million illegal aliens have left the U.S. because of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, including an estimated 2.2 million self-deportations,&#8221; an agency spokesperson said.
July surpassed the previous monthly record of roughly 43,000 arrests set in June, <a href="https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/2084368764091748362" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Fox News.
The Trump administration has also expanded ICE&#8217;s detention capacity to have enough bed space to hold 92,600 detainees at a time by the end of November 2026, Reuters previously <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ice-spend-383-billion-detention-centers-across-us-document-shows-2026-02-13/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
With thousands of new ICE officers and billions of dollars in additional funding approved by Congress, the agency is now going full force to increase arrest numbers.
As of July 11, the agency was holding more than 65,000 illegal immigrants in ICE detention centers across the country, <a href="https://tracreports.org/immigration/quickfacts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC).
ICE sources across the country say they&#8217;re now working at least six days a week, with the agency mandating that 70% of its personnel be on duty each day.
The agency has also adopted new tactics, including arresting immigrants who overstayed their visas at airports, The New York Times recently reported.
ICE agents have been seen making arrests at the check-in counters and boarding gates and are said to be operating at 15 airports, the outlet <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/ice-arrests-airports-visa-overstay.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, citing documents and interviews with immigration attorneys.
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An enraged Ohio dad took matters into his own hands after his wife made a horrific discovery on his 11-year-old daughter’s phone: graphic footage allegedly showing a 20-year-old predator sexually assaulting the child inside their own Grove City home.
The very next day, 31-year-old Malik Chandler decided to turn the tables on the suspect, Diego Montoya Gonzalez. Posing as his young daughter on TikTok, Chandler <a href="https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/bond-set-rape-suspect-who-was-shot-by-11-year-old-victims-father/530-324c45ef-4adc-4054-8c32-a5090a66bf07">tricked</a> the alleged rapist into returning to the residence, CBS Columbus affiliate WBNS reported.
According to court documents, Chandler’s original plan was simple: dish out a severe beating, hold the perpetrator down, and wait for law enforcement to pull up. But when Montoya Gonzalez arrived at the apartment, the confrontation escalated instantly.
Chandler told investigators that as soon as he opened the door and confronted the visitor, the suspect reached into his pocket. Fearing the man was grabbing a gun and having previously seen him flaunting a firearm in TikTok videos, Chandler snatched his own handgun off the counter and fired, striking Montoya Gonzalez twice.
The wounded suspect scrambled away before collapsing in a nearby chair, where responding officers found him bleeding. He was rushed to Grant Medical Center in Columbus for treatment. Chandler, meanwhile, put his weapon back on the counter and surrendered to arriving police without further incident.
The protective father was subsequently hit with a felonious assault charge, with a judge setting his bond at $100,000.
Montoya Gonzalez soon faced his own severe reckoning in court. A grand jury indicted him on heavy charges, including rape, pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor, and obstructing official business. Prosecutors <a href="https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/bond-set-rape-suspect-who-was-shot-by-11-year-old-victims-father/530-324c45ef-4adc-4054-8c32-a5090a66bf07">revealed</a> that a search of the suspect&#8217;s phone uncovered a nightmare cache of child abuse media, including a clip depicting an infant or toddler.
Appearing in Franklin County Common Pleas Court while the victim’s parents watched on, Montoya Gonzalez entered a not-guilty plea. A judge <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/08/04/us-news/dad-poses-as-daughter-11-on-tiktok-to-lure-her-alleged-rapist-to-home-to-shoot-him/">set his bail</a> at a combined $70,000. If he manages to post bond, the accused predator is subject to strict conditions: he must stay entirely clear of the victim and her family, and he is barred from using the internet for any non-work purposes.

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A mother who&#8217;s on trial for murdering her three young children wrote diary entries about her worsening postpartum mental health and told clinicians she thought she was experiencing severe side effects from the psychiatric medications she was prescribed.
“I’m so desperate to get a mental break from taking care of everyone that my mind is trying to find something physically wrong with me,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lindsay-clancy-strangled-her-three-children-why-some-people-want-her-set-free?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Lindsay+Clancy+Strangled+Her+Three+Children.+Why+Some+People+Want+Her+Set+Free.">Lindsay Clancy</a> wrote in November 2022. Clancy fatally attacked her children on January 24, 2023.
“I want help. I want to be well,” she said in another entry. She also said she felt “incredibly sad and guilty” about being unable to breastfeed her youngest child and was “obsessed” with his sleep schedule.
“I have crazy brain fog. I feel like I can’t make a plan,” Clancy wrote. “I live moment to moment waiting for the next nap time. I’m terrified of Cal getting overtired now because I feel I can’t help him.”
Additionally, Clancy&#8217;s defense team said that in December the mother told a crisis service that she believed her symptoms were side effects from psychiatric medications she had been prescribed.
In the months leading up to the incident, Clancy was prescribed numerous medications, including Zoloft, Ativan, Benadryl, trazodone, Prozac, Ambien, Remeron, Klonopin, Seroquel, Valium, and amitriptyline, with doctors changing or adjusting her medications over time as her symptoms persisted.
Several of the psychiatric medications listed potential side effects, including agitation, insomnia, suicidal thoughts, confusion, and — in rare cases — hallucinations or psychotic symptoms. According to court filings, Clancy’s medication regimen changed multiple times during the fall and winter of 2022.
Clancy does not dispute that she strangled her three young children — 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan — inside the family’s home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in January 2023 after her then-husband left to pick up takeout food and medication. Prosecutors say Clancy then attempted suicide by jumping from a second-story window after cutting both of her wrists. All three children died, and Clancy was left paralyzed from the waist down.
Earlier this week, the defense team tried to counter the state&#8217;s argument that Clancy was organized and calculating in her actions and therefore not clinically insane. Dr. Sejal Shah, who testified as a rebuttal witness for the defense and is a forensic psychiatrist, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/lindsay-clancy-defense-scores-extremely-helpful-psychosis-concession-expert-flags-next-hurdle">agreed</a> with the defense that “people can communicate and plan and act on plans even if they&#8217;re in the middle of a psychosis.”
Shah also agreed that someone does not have to be &#8220;drooling and stumbling and unable to walk and talk&#8221; in order to be psychotic.
Clancy has many public supporters who believe she should be treated by medical professionals and avoid jail time, citing what they see as the medical system&#8217;s failure, particularly given that Clancy was newly postpartum when her symptoms first appeared. Others have acknowledged the unhealthy and sometimes dangerous reliance on pills and medications to treat mental health struggles while still believing Clancy needs to be held accountable for killing three innocent children.
A jury is expected to render a verdict by the end of August or early September.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lindsay-clancy-strangled-her-three-children-why-some-people-want-her-set-free?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Lindsay+Clancy+Strangled+Her+Three+Children.+Why+Some+People+Want+Her+Set+Free.">Lindsay Clancy Strangled Her Three Children. Why Some People Want Her Set Free.</a>

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Police accused a man convicted of manslaughter of intentionally starting a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/major-pacific-northwest-city-devastated-by-massive-wildfires">devastating wildfire</a> in Spokane, Washington. 
The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that it charged 37-year-old Aaron F. Farinacci with first-degree arson over the Old Trails Fire that has burned some 3,600 acres. Farinacci was previously convicted of manslaughter in Arizona after first being charged with premeditated murder, authorities said. 
Spokane County Sheriff John Nowels credited some “very aware and alert citizens” with aiding in the arrest of Farinacci. 
“The witness, a citizen, very good citizen, noticed a male standing on the side of the road looking into the trees as he was going to pick somebody up,” Nowels said at a press conference. “About 10 minutes later, he was coming back through the area. He noticed the male was bending down near some grass.”
That citizen later called police and Nowels said police spoke to Farinacci shortly after the blaze started. He was not arrested at the time, but investigators later used footage from that encounter to identify him after arson was determined to be behind the blaze. 
Nowels said that police determined “that the origin of the fire was indeed exactly where the witnesses had seen Mr. Farinacci kneeling in the grass earlier that day.”
Farinacci was detained by police and was in possession of a butane lighter and waterproof matches. Nowels said law enforcement is looking into whether he committed any other crimes. 
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“This was fantastic and very quick work by everybody involved,” he said. “As it happens in so many critical cases, it was citizens who were paying attention to their surroundings, being aware, and willing to step up and say something that led to the relatively quick apprehension of Mr. Farinacci.”
Farinacci is being held on a $1 million bond in Spokane County Jail and is set to appear in court on Tuesday. 
More than 60,000 people have been forced to evacuate as many homes were destroyed after three major blazes broke out over the weekend in the Spokane area. No known fatalities have yet been reported, but authorities are still working to locate 14 people. 
“It’s just ash,” Angela Deatherage <a href="https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-spokane-washington-evacuate-8e42b37783bda01e7d004d71e546458e?taid=6a716be0423cf600011ce836&amp;utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter">told</a> the Associated Press about the destruction of her home. “It’s like our house sunk down in the basement. &#8230; There’s just so much loss for so many people.”
Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown described the fires as “the worst natural disaster our region has faced.”

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A Georgia mother&#8217;s routine Instacart delivery turned into a nightmare after a man allegedly stole her vehicle with her two-year-old daughter still strapped into the back seat, leading to a dramatic rescue that later took a disturbing turn.
Newly released 911 audio and police body camera footage show the frantic moments after the theft — and the swift rescue that ended with officers arresting the suspect and safely recovering the child less than 15 minutes later.
&#8220;Someone just stole my car and it has my 2-year-old daughter in it,&#8221; the distraught mother told an Atlanta 911 dispatcher. When the dispatcher asked if the child was still inside the vehicle, the mother responded through tears, &#8220;Yes, my 2-year-old daughter was in the backseat. I was dropping off an Instacart order and I came back outside and my car is gone. My daughter was inside.&#8221;
According to the Atlanta Police Department, the incident unfolded around 4:30 p.m. on July 30 after the mother left her vehicle running while delivering an Instacart order. Investigators said she estimated she was away from the vehicle for less than four minutes before discovering it had been stolen.
Officers with the department&#8217;s Auto Crimes Enforcement Unit immediately began searching for the vehicle, using the city&#8217;s network of license plate readers to quickly locate it at a nearby Publix shopping center.
Body camera footage shows officers surrounding the stolen vehicle with weapons drawn before ordering the suspect to surrender.
&#8220;Hands up! Hands up!&#8221; an officer shouted. &#8220;What you&#8217;re gonna do is you&#8217;re going to get out and face away from me,&#8221; the officer instructed. &#8220;Get out the car, slow. Put your hands behind your back.&#8221; The suspect complied and was taken into custody without further incident as the toddler cried from inside the vehicle.
&#8220;It&#8217;s okay, baby,&#8221; another officer can be heard saying as she comforted the screaming and crying toddler.
Police identified the suspect as 21-year-old Saleem Martin. He has been charged with kidnapping, theft by taking, simple battery, entering an automobile, cruelty to children, and criminal attempt to commit a felony.
While police initially said the toddler appeared unharmed, court documents obtained by <a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/warrant-allegations-kidnapping-case-man-took-car-with-2-year-old-girl-inside/85-5379dfd1-ee97-4935-87f1-7923f0751382">local reporters</a> revealed disturbing new allegations. According to an arrest warrant, the child&#8217;s mother noticed the bottom of her daughter&#8217;s dress had been unbuttoned after they were reunited. When asked what happened, the two-year-old allegedly told her mother, &#8220;the man did it,&#8221; referring to Martin, according to the warrant.
The warrant further alleges officers found Martin with both hands on the child&#8217;s torso as he attempted to duck down and hide between the seats when police surrounded the vehicle. Atlanta police said its Special Victims Unit has joined the investigation. Martin told investigators he had only been touching the child because he was trying to calm her down after she began crying.
He also reportedly claimed he stole the running vehicle because he was trying to &#8220;get back to New Jersey&#8221; and did not realize the toddler was inside until after he had driven away. Investigators further claim Martin admitted he discarded an iPad found inside the vehicle because he believed it would be used to track his location.
Police credited the city&#8217;s license plate reader system with helping officers locate the stolen vehicle, arrest the suspect, and safely rescue the toddler before she could be taken farther away.

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A pharmaceutical executive who spent more than two decades building a successful career under an assumed identity was arrested earlier this month after authorities identified him as a fugitive convicted of rape who disappeared during his 2005 trial.
Dr. Richard Graydon, who was serving as chief medical officer at the Los Angeles biotech company Immix Biopharma, was arrested after investigators determined he was actually Ronald Fischer, an “America’s Most Wanted” fugitive who had been evading authorities for more than 20 years.
Immix shares fell roughly 10% after news of Fischer&#8217;s arrest, prompting investors to <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/07/21/3330886/0/en/immix-biopharma-investigated-by-the-portnoy-law-firm.html">investigate</a> whether the company failed to properly vet the executive before hiring him.
According to prosecutors, Fischer raped a woman aboard his yacht, the Lion King, while it was docked in a Rhode Island marina in 2003. He stood trial in 2005 but disappeared before the proceedings concluded. A jury later convicted him of first-degree sexual assault in his absence.
An affidavit <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/captured-americas-most-wanted-fugitive-ronald-fischer-abandons-alias-after-20-years-run">obtained</a> by Fox News Digital claims that before fleeing, Fischer gave his vehicles to his daughters, told them to clear their belongings out of his home, and disposed of a Jaguar.
The affidavit also says that Fischer emailed his attorney, Robert Mann, saying he did not wish to risk conviction but hoped to build “a good, safe, secure and comfortable life” either in the United States or abroad. 
He then vanished.
Using the alias Richard Graydon, he spent the next two decades working at several pharmaceutical companies before eventually becoming an executive at Immix, according to investigators. 
His time on the run came to an end after authorities received a credible tip about his identity and used FBI intelligence analysis to pinpoint his location. Deputy U.S. marshals and U.S. Coast Guard personnel arrested him aboard his 56-foot yacht,  The Silver Lining, off the coast of New Jersey.
Fischer was arraigned before a Rhode Island judge, who set bail at $20,000. His next court appearance is scheduled for August 17. 
In addition to his first-degree sexual assault conviction, Fischer now faces a felony bail-jumping charge and a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
“This arrest demonstrates that time does not erase accountability,” Wing Chau, U.S. Marshal for the District of Rhode Island, <a href="https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/press-release/one-of-rhode-islands-longest-wanted-fugitive-captured-after-more-20-years-run">said</a>. “Thanks to outstanding investigative work, exceptional intelligence analysis, and seamless coordination between agencies, Fischer is finally in custody. We hope today&#8217;s arrest brings a measure of justice and long-awaited closure to the victim and everyone impacted by these crimes.”

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Haunting new 911 audio captures the frantic moments after a caller reported a house full of smoke after a Michigan father who had allegedly been unfaithful shot his wife and six children and set their home ablaze.
“Grand Haven Township for a residential fire at 14936 Riverside Trail,” a dispatcher is heard saying on the audio obtained by <a href="http://foxnews.com/us/dispatch-audio-released-michigan-family-murder-suicide-troubled-family-secrets-emerge#&amp;_intcmp=fnhpriver_2">Fox News</a>. “White smoke coming out of the window. House is full of smoke seen from the outside and smells electrical.” 
A Grand Haven home matching the address in the 911 audio is a sprawling 4,103-square-foot, five-bedroom, four-bathroom property estimated to be worth about $760,000, <a href="https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/14936-Riverside-Trl-Grand-Haven-MI-49417/74229129_zpid/">according to Zillow.</a> The home, last sold in 2019, boasts an upgraded interior and a backyard pool surrounded by a private wooded area.
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A Michigan mother of six had just returned from a trip to China with her two adopted daughters — calling it one of the &#8220;funniest and coolest&#8221; experiences of her life — when her recently laid-off husband shot and killed the entire family before setting the house on fire and… <a href="https://t.co/ySnzjYnXGD">pic.twitter.com/ySnzjYnXGD</a>
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On the morning of July 24, firefighters entered the home near the eastern shore of Lake Michigan to search for victims, only to discover a horrific scene inside.
Police said Kristopher Karolkiewicz, 47, used a handgun to fatally shoot his wife, Amanda Karolkiewicz, 39, and the couple’s six children before taking his own life. Authorities have not released the identities of the couple’s children, who included four boys, ages 5, 11, 12, and 15, and two 11-year-old girls. Two of the children had been adopted into the family. The medical examiner determined all eight died of gunshot wounds.
To outsiders, the family looked like something out of a Hallmark movie. But new details reveal a marriage falling apart and a mother of six living in fear.
Amanda posted under the Reddit username &#8220;MandyK1179,&#8221; under which she detailed her troubled marriage and accused her husband of infidelity, according to The Detroit News. The Holland Sentinel said it independently verified the account by matching details about the couple, including where they lived, their ages, and their occupations.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-reddit-posts-that-surfaced-after-a-michigan-family-tragedy?author=Gus+Wilson&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=8&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=The+Reddit+Posts+That+Surfaced+After+A+Michigan+Family+Tragedy">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported on one Reddit post in which Amanda lamented that her husband had a thing for office interns.
“I was the intern at the company we both worked for. He was divorced and older than me… fast forward ten years and five kids, he was cheating with the intern again- the same age I was when I was the intern,” she wrote in the ‘As One After Infidelity’ subreddit. “I was five babies in, and was actually not in bad physical shape, but I was in the trenches of little kids, and just couldn’t be who I was before.”
According to the posts, Amanda also wrote that she was “terrified” and would not have remained married if not for their children.
The account further alleged that Kristopher’s infidelity led the couple to marriage counseling and therapy. 
“I don’t feel bad still. He towers over me and destroyed me mentally,” the account commented two years ago, describing the time she shoved her husband after learning of his affair. “It felt like I was being assaulted and needed to fight back. I think it’s a fight or flight thing.”
In one May 2024 post, she said: “We have six kids, so the idea of leaving is insanely terrifying,” <a href="https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2026/07/28/michigan-mom-posts-about-marriage-struggles-years-before-murder-suicide-as-family-says-make-it-make-sense/">according to Detroit&#8217;s WDIV</a>.
Just weeks before the murder-suicide, Amanda posted multiple TikTok videos of trips she took to Canada and China earlier this month with her boys and two adopted daughters.
<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@mandykarolk/photo/7663032209799990542?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7627692178450105870">One video,</a> dated July 16, shows her dressed in a traditional Hanfu style of clothing, along with her two daughters, in Hangzhou, the capital of China’s Zhejiang province. 
<div id="attachment_1144623" style="width: 477px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1144623" class="wp-image-1144623 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/07/img_4525_720-2-467x576.jpg" alt="" width="467" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/07/img_4525_720-2-467x576.jpg 467w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/07/img_4525_720-2-243x300.jpg 243w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/07/img_4525_720-2.jpg 584w" sizes=" (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px" />Photo credit: @[mandykarolk]/TikTok.com</div>“By far one of the funniest and coolest experiences of my life! What an awesome experience with my precious daughters,” she wrote. “We are so proud of their Chinese heritage.”
The mom of six and dedicated teacher shared a video of the family’s July 4 celebration at Stony Lake in Michigan. The video shows a quick glimpse of the stone-faced father lighting a firework. <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@mandykarolk/video/7655129358817905933">Another TikTok video,</a> dated June 24, shows Amanda getting ice cream with her boys in Quebec, Canada, writing: “The most delicious, produced-to-order ice cream — unlike anything we have ever eaten!” 
Police believe the fire was intentionally set in multiple locations throughout the interior of the home. The family’s pets also died from the fire or smoke inhalation. Authorities said they do not believe any suspects remain at large.
“This is far more than a news story. The situation personally impacts dozens, if not hundreds, of people in the county,” said Capt. Jake Sparks with the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office.

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Florida is set to become the first state in nearly a decade to conduct two executions in a single day on Tuesday as Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217; administration continues to move on death penalty cases at an unprecedented rate.
James Aren Duckett, 68, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at noon at Florida State Prison near Starke, according to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/florida-execution-duckett-occhicone-4c313a84631ad20a62998f7dd061dbcf">Associated Press.</a> Duckett, a former Mascotte police officer, was convicted of the <a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/supreme-court/2026/sc2026-0449.html">1987 kidnapping, rape, and murder</a> of 11-year-old Teresa Mae McAbee. Prosecutors said he abducted the girl, sexually assaulted her, strangled her, and drowned her in a lake less than a mile from the store where she was last seen.
About six hours later, Florida plans to execute 80-year-old Dominick Anthony Occhicone, who would become the second-oldest inmate put to death in the modern era of the U.S. death penalty, according to the Associated Press. 
Occhicone was convicted of the <a href="https://acis-api.flcourts.gov/courts/68f021c4-6a44-4735-9a76-5360b2e8af13/cms/case/4190fe57-e5c6-47b5-990f-773f93586035/docketentrydocuments/bc305c22-4efd-4801-9ab9-fd43568dd02a?utm_source=chatgpt.com">1986 murders</a> of his former girlfriend&#8217;s parents, Raymond and Martha Artzner, in Pasco County. Prosecutors said he returned to the family&#8217;s home armed with a handgun after his former girlfriend refused to speak with him, cut the home&#8217;s telephone lines, fatally shot Raymond Artzner outside the house, then forced his way inside and killed Martha Artzner.
The Florida Supreme Court earlier this week rejected emergency appeals from both Duckett and Occhicone. On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court also <a href="https://x.com/KelseyReichmann/status/2082146169627578589?s=20">denied</a> their final appeals, clearing the way for the back-to-back executions. No justice noted a dissent.
With six months left in office, DeSantis has presided over a record 19 executions in 2025, the most by any Florida governor in a single year since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, according to an AP analysis. Tuesday&#8217;s two executions would raise the number of executions under DeSantis&#8217;s final two years in office to 31, with another scheduled for August.
“July 28 represents an unprecedented escalation of Florida’s use of the death penalty,” <a href="https://www.fadp.org/florida-set-to-execute-james-duckett-and-dominick-occhicone-tuesday-amidst-innocence-claim-and-7-5-jury-vote/">said</a> Grace Hanna, Executive Director of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. “These are two profoundly different cases, but they point to the same troubling reality: Florida continues to expand the use of capital punishment, despite mounting evidence that it is not what Floridians want.&#8221;
The Florida Governor, however, is not alone. 
In April, President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice on Friday directed the Bureau of Prisons to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-commuted-death-sentences-trumps-doj-is-bringing-back-the-firing-squad?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Biden+Commuted+Death+Sentences.+Trump%E2%80%99s+DOJ+Is+Bringing+Back+The+Firing+Squad.">bring back the firing squad and lethal injection</a> for federal executions.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-takes-actions-strengthen-federal-death-penalty">announced a series of new measures</a> to strengthen enforcement of the federal death penalty, clearing the way for the DOJ to carry out executions once inmates exhaust their appeals.
“Among the actions taken are readopting the lethal injection protocol utilized during the first Trump Administration, expanding the protocol to include additional manners of execution such as the firing squad, and streamlining internal processes to expedite death penalty cases,” the Justice Department said in a press release.
The directives fulfill a campaign promise for Trump, who on his first day back in office <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-the-death-penalty-and-protecting-public-safety/">issued</a> an order to “pursue the death penalty for all crimes of a severity demanding its use” and marks a reversal from the Biden administration’s handling of federal executions.
In 2021, former President Joe Biden&#8217;s DOJ imposed an indefinite moratorium, effectively blocking all federal executions. In December 2024, he commuted the sentences of 37 of 40 inmates on federal death row at the urging of then-Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Those granted mass clemency included Thomas Sanders, who was convicted of murdering <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-commutes-sentences-of-dozens-of-murderers-two-days-before-christmas">12-year-old Lexis Roberts</a> and hiding her body in the woods. Another included Daryl Lawrence, who killed 33-year-old Ohio police officer Bryan Hurst during a 2005 bank robbery in Columbus.
“These decisions inflicted untold damage on victims of crime and, ultimately, to the rule of law itself,” Blanche <a href="https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1437806/dl?inline">said</a>.

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Police identified a 15-year-old and a 19-year-old as gunmen behind the deadly shooting that turned a Seattle food festival into a chaotic nightmare on Sunday. Authorities also said they are looking for &#8220;a third possible suspect&#8221; in the shooting.
The two teens opened fire in a large crowd that included young children, resulting in the death of 19-year-old gunman Junior Cee Niko Semo, who was hit by multiple rounds of gunfire, according to the medical examiner. Two other people were also shot and killed: Ashley Whitehead, 56, and Carlos Israel Sanchez Villalba, 44. Four people, including a 2-year-old boy, were wounded in the shooting.
Police believe the deadly shooting could be gang-related and that the two teenagers were &#8220;associates.&#8221; The 15-year-old has not been named by authorities and is currently being held in juvenile detention.
Shots rang out at around 6:00 p.m. PT at the Bite of Seattle food festival, an annual free weekend-long event that typically attracts 350,000 people. When police arrived on the scene, two people were seen shooting at each other and officers immediately sought to chase down the suspects while other officers provided first aid to the wounded, according to the Seattle Police Department.
One suspect was taken into custody &#8220;within seconds,&#8221; Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said on Monday evening.
Three of the shooting victims were found in the direction where the 15-year-old suspect is believed to have fired, including the toddler who was with his mother when he was struck by gunfire, according to court documents, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/seattle-food-festival-shooting-may-gang-related-prosecutors-say-rcna589412">reported</a>. The toddler is currently in stable condition and recovering well.
After the shooting, Seattle authorities have faced criticism over the city&#8217;s response to the shooting and have gotten into heated exchanges with reporters. City officials are facing questions over why they waited nearly five hours to provide an update on the shooting, especially considering one of the gunmen was at-large.
Leftist mayor opened her press conference on Sunday with a discussion on “gun violence,&#8221; arguing that the city and the country have “a lot of work to do … to make this better.”
A reporter chimed in shortly into the mayor&#8217;s spiel, asking her to get to the information on the shooting. “I get your passion, mayor, but we need to know what happened tonight, please.”
Then, on Monday, a reporter asked Shon Barnes why he wasn&#8217;t in the city on Sunday night when the shooting occurred. The city&#8217;s assistant police chief handled the immediate response and the initial press briefing on Sunday night.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t have to tell you where I go,&#8221; Barnes told a KOMO News reporter. &#8220;I have a medical procedure I gotta do on Friday. &#8230; You need to know this: I have been here working as hard as I can for this city from the day I got here. You got that?&#8221;
&#8220;There are reports that you are out of town often,&#8221; the reporter pressed.
&#8220;Their reports are wrong, you understand?&#8221; the chief shot back as another man stepped in between him and the reporter.
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Bryan Kohberger, the man who admitted to stabbing four college students in Idaho nearly four years ago, says he wants to take back his guilty plea.
In an interview from his jail cell — where he is serving four life sentences at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Kuna, Idaho — he told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/us/bryan-kohberger-idaho-college-deaths.html">The New York Times</a> that he wants the plea vacated because &#8220;he is innocent and was misled into confessing to the high-profile killings.&#8221;
&#8220;My actual innocence is my truth, and the plea, hinged on by false promises and blatant disinformation, MUST be withdrawn,&#8221; Kohberger told The Times on Sunday night. He doubled down in the phone call saying he had an “absolute claim of innocence,&#8221; the outlet reported.
When pressed about what went wrong during the process, he declined to discuss any evidence or other specific details related to his innocence claim — and also declined to outline any specific concerns he had about the plea process — The Times noted.
Per Bryan Kohberger’s Affidavit of Facts In Support Of Post-Conviction Petition — obtained by The Times after it was filed July 22, 2026 — Kohberger said his counsel failed to tell him about exculpatory discovery received during the plea discussions. Kohberger specifically <a href="https://people.com/read-bryan-kohberger-petition-claiming-innocent-idaho-murders-12027835">references</a> &#8220;clumps of unknown hair&#8221; found in the hands of Ethan Chapin, one of the four victims.
Kohberger further explained in that document that he was convinced that &#8220;actual guilt&#8221; was not an important factor in considering plea acceptance and that death row would be “imminent” if he failed to accept the deal as presented.
The Daily Wire has reached out to Latah County for comment on the new filing.
To put this new push for freedom into perspective, it is rare for a defendant to win a post-conviction challenge according to former prosecutor David Gelman. Gelman told The Daily Wire &#8220;you have a better chance of winning the PowerBall than getting post-conviction relief.&#8221;
Kohberger, who was studying criminology at Washington State, admitting to killing four college students during the night at a house in Moscow, Idaho, in November 2022. The manhunt that ensued after the gruesome stabbings captivated the nation until Kohberger was arrested in his home state of Pennsylvania in late December of that year. The victims were Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. A motive was never identified.
The mountain of evidence against the now 30 year old included his DNA found on a KA-BAR knife sheath that was left next to two of the victims, Amazon records showing the purchase of the knife sheath found at the scene and a KA-BAR knife. Other evidence showed Kohberger’s phone pinging that night around the town, with his phone turned off at the time of the murders, and his white Elantra matched the description of the car investigators said was at the crime scene on surveillance footage.
Kohberger did not talk about the evidence laid out against him in his call with The Times. He said instead, &#8220;The intention is for all of those questions to be investigated and answered appropriately in a trial setting.&#8221;
Court-appointed lawyers were Kohberger’s counsel throughout the case until his guilty plea was entered weeks before his trial was scheduled to start last July. But Kohberger told The Times his conviction challenge was prepared on his own without his counsel, and he will look for a lawyer to represent him moving forward.
Kohberger signed a plea agreement where he said he &#8220;knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waives all rights to appeal any and all issues in this case.&#8221; He is not legally barred from making other claims about the legal process through post-conviction relief.

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A previously deported illegal immigrant is accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl at an Idaho park, The Daily Wire has learned.
Authorities say 29-year-old Jose Lozano-Flores watched the girl while she was paddle boarding at Freedom Park in Star, Idaho, before grabbing her and forcing her into nearby woods on the evening of July 22.
The illegal immigrant threatened to take the girl to Mexico if she spoke up about the attack, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Idahonews6/videos/1587136099757616/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Idaho News 6.
The Ada County Sheriff&#8217;s Office and Star Police located and arrested Lozano-Flores the following day at Quinn&#8217;s Pond in Boise, where they found the victim with him inside his vehicle before reuniting her with her family.
The suspect was later taken to the Ada County Jail and charged with felony lewd conduct with a child under 16, felony kidnapping in the first degree, and misdemeanor resisting and obstructing.
Authorities said that the victim didn&#8217;t know Lozano-Flores before he attacked her.
Citing &#8220;the sensitive nature of this case,&#8221; authorities didn&#8217;t provide any additional details about the incident, which was reportedly caught on surveillance video.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now urging local police to keep Lozano-Flores off the streets by working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
&#8220;This criminal illegal alien is accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Idaho,&#8221; Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement shared with The Daily Wire Monday.
&#8220;ICE will work with our partners in Idaho to ensure that he is not released from jail and is never loose in American communities again. When state politicians cooperate with us, we are able to keep criminals out of American neighborhoods,&#8221; Bis added.
Lozano-Flores first entered the United States in 2023, when he crossed the border illegally into New Mexico, DHS said. Border Patrol agents swiftly took him into custody before he agreed to be turned back to Mexico.
The Mexican national then crossed the border illegally for a second time at an unknown date and successfully evaded authorities, according to DHS.
ICE has arrested more than 600,000 migrants and deported more than 700,000 illegal aliens since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-trump-passes-major-deportation-milestone-but-theres-more-to-the-story?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=10&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=EXCLUSIVE%3A+Trump+Passes+Major+Deportation+Milestone%2C+But+There%E2%80%99s+More+To+The+Story" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to DHS data recently obtained by The Daily Wire. Sources within ICE say they&#8217;re under renewed pressure to increase arrest numbers.

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Previously-Deported Illegal Immigrant Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen Girl At A Park

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