An Islamic scholar at a Dallas mosque praised Iran’s slain former leader as a martyr and said that his blood will not go to waste.
Sayed Jawad Wahedi, the resident scholar at the Metroplex Organization of Muslims in North Texas (MOMIN), made the remarks during an August 21 Friday sermon, according to footage and reporting from the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).
Wahedi said “the enemy” made a “huge and grave mistake” by killing him, arguing that martyrdom would ultimately advance the cause for which the former Iranian leader had lived.
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in February during the opening phase of the major U.S.-Israeli offensive against Iran. A strike hit his compound, killing Khamenei and several family members and injuring his son, Mojtaba Khamenei, who has since succeeded him as Iran’s supreme leader.
“The enemy obviously has made a huge and grave mistake,” Wahedi said. “That when you live your life for Allah, purely for him, your death won’t be void, especially if you’re killed, especially if you’re martyred.”
He added that the blood of Khamenei “won’t go to waste.”
Wahedi told worshippers that “one of the best examples” of practicing God-consciousness in the modern era was “martyr Ayatollah Khamenei,” urging them to study his life alongside those of Islamic scholars, martyrs, and the Twelve Imams.
“One of the best individuals that we can remember is martyr Ayatollah Khamenei,” Wahedi said. “The position he had, so much responsibility, so much opportunity to make mistakes, so much opportunity for Satan to infiltrate his life. But when you look at the path he took, it&#8217;s filled with sincerity.”
Wahedi has served as MOMIN’s resident Islamic scholar since 2022. According to his biography on the <a href="https://momin.org/resident-alim/">mosque’s website</a>, he studied Islamic jurisprudence, philosophy, and Quranic studies in Qom, Iran, for nine years and has taught for more than 15 years. He also travels to Islamic centers around the United States to deliver lectures and sermons.
Wahedi has also praised Khamenei at an Islamic center in New York. On April 10, he spoke at a 40-day memorial for Khamenei at the Shah-e-Najaf Islamic Center in Brentwood, Long Island, according to footage documented by MEMRI.
Standing beside images of Khamenei and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Wahedi again described Khamenei as a martyr whose death had advanced the cause of Islam.
“This great martyr Khamenei is indeed without a doubt, one of the greatest martyrs, and without a shred of doubt he is the greatest martyr in our era,” Wahedi said, according to MEMRI.
Wahedi argued that a martyr’s death could accomplish more than his life, saying, “Sometimes martyrs do things that their lives cannot actually do, but their blood can actually achieve something greater than even their lives.”
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He also blamed the U.S. government and Israel for Khamenei’s death, describing it as an “attack,” an “assassination,” and a “terrorist attack” against a marja, a senior Shiite religious authority.
“The Shiites are mourning a leader, someone who lost his life for the children of Palestine,” Wahedi said.
Wahedi then praised Mojtaba Khamenei, who has yet to be seen in public since becoming the leader of Iran.
“We lost a great martyr, but alhamdulillah we have Ayatollah Sayyid Mojtaba Khamenei,” Wahedi said. “You will see his leadership, inshallah. He will be just like his father in some sense, even better, inshallah.”

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The Republican National Committee is opening the doors to a first-of-its-kind midterm convention next month, giving ordinary voters a chance to score front-row tickets and unprecedented access to an American celebration expected to be the largest political convention since 2016. 
In September, the conservative movement is set to descend on the American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas to rally Republicans as the party faces political headwinds ahead of the crucial November midterm elections. 
The arena, home to the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, can accommodate more than 20,000 attendees, and voters will have a chance to experience the convention firsthand.
The RNC exclusively told The Daily Wire that a<a href="https://gopconvention.com/"> public ticket lottery</a> will launch Saturday, August 15, allowing Americans to request tickets for September 9, September 10, or both days of the convention. The lottery winners will be notified on September 4 and will have 24 hours to claim their tickets.
Attendees will get a front-row seat to the event featuring President Trump, along with access to Victory Plaza, which will offer surprise guests, entertainment, food, and drinks in what one Republican source described as a “true celebratory environment unlike any convention in history.” A handful of the lottery winners will also receive special VIP front-row tickets. 
<a href="https://www.gopdallas2026.com/program">Potential speakers</a> include President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and border czar Tom Homan. The official convention schedule has not yet been released.
The RNC is also giving Dallas-area Republicans a chance to get involved, with organizers seeking 750 volunteers per day. The volunteer application will open Saturday, allowing Americans to sign up and play a role in the convention.
With 80 days to go, Republicans plan to use the historic event to frame the midterm election as a choice between “common sense and crazy,” highlighting what they describe as the Trump administration’s accomplishments, including tax cuts, border security, a crackdown on government fraud, and a historic drop in violent crime.
A Republican source told The Daily Wire that the convention will also spotlight the Democratic Party’s rising socialist tide, focusing on the insurgent movement’s most fringe positions on gender, efforts to cancel Thanksgiving, as well as the growing influence of leftist streamer Hasan Piker, who has said America deserved the September 11 terrorist attacks.
President Trump first floated the idea of a midterm convention last year but recently confirmed the GOP will, for the first time, stage a national convention outside a presidential election cycle.
“BIG NEWS! For the first time ever, the Republican Party will hold a MIDTERM CONVENTION,” Trump<a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116841220861327348"> announced</a> on Truth Social. Calling it a “truly Historic Event,” Trump said Republicans will celebrate what he described as the “Great American Comeback” and the successes of his America First agenda.
The convention, he said, will feature “hardworking Americans, our Great Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Manufacturers, First Responders, and Job Creators,” alongside entertainment and what he promised would be “a RALLY like none other.”
“Dallas will take center stage on September 9th and 10th as we celebrate our Nation, our achievements, and our bright future,” Trump added.

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A Dallas Independent School District (ISD) police officer was critically wounded Thursday after authorities say a man he had just rescued from a dangerous situation on a Dallas-area freeway shot him.
The shooting happened around 11 a.m. local time in the parking lot of a Walmart and Sam&#8217;s Club in Northwest Dallas. 
<a href="https://www.fox4news.com/news/off-duty-dallas-isd-officer-shot">According</a> to Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux, Dallas ISD Officer Justin Jones had been flagged down by a person experiencing an apparent mental health crisis on the LBJ Freeway. Jones helped remove the individual from the highway and drove him to the nearby shopping center parking lot.
&#8220;After he got to this parking lot, he was trying to talk to the person who is now a suspect,&#8221; Comeaux said. &#8220;He was getting out of the car and then we had a shooting that occurred. The officer was shot.&#8221;
Authorities said Jones suffered a gunshot wound to the lower torso or upper leg. Dallas ISD Police Chief Albert Martinez said Jones was rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery.
Martinez said Jones, 39, has served with the Dallas ISD Police Department for 16 years and is assigned to W.T. White High School. 
&#8220;He was helping somebody in crisis, as we expect the officers to serve in the community,&#8221; Martinez said. &#8220;We&#8217;re grateful to all the help that we have received. He&#8217;s in our prayers. We thank Parkland, the amazing surgeons there at the trauma center that do what they do.&#8221;
Martinez also praised another Dallas ISD officer who responded to the scene and applied a tourniquet before paramedics arrived, helping stabilize Jones. Officials said Jones is expected to survive.
A suspect was taken into custody at the scene, though authorities have not yet released the person&#8217;s identity or announced any charges. Police have also not disclosed what led the suspect to open fire after Jones transported him from the freeway.
Investigators cordoned off the shopping center parking lot as officers searched the surrounding area. Images showed numerous police vehicles, crime scene tape surrounding Jones&#8217; patrol vehicle, and evidence markers near the suspect&#8217;s vehicle.
The investigation remains ongoing.

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Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary says the newly released diaries of Dr. Anthony Fauci echo doubts he formed about Fauci&#8217;s motives years before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Makary said in a resurfaced 2024 interview he &#8220;first became suspicious of Dr. Fauci and his motives&#8221; during the 2014 Ebola outbreak, when Fauci insisted on transferring a recovering nurse from Dallas to the National Institutes of Health, arguing the move was motivated by publicity rather than medical necessity. Makary said the transfer needlessly exposed others.
According to Makary, the patient was already receiving appropriate care under standard respiratory precautions, leaving no medical reason for the transfer, which he attributed to a publicity opportunity.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a room for respiratory precautions at every major medical center,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;It&#8217;s not like the respiratory precaution room at the NIH hospital is better than the respiratory precautions room at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.&#8221;
&#8220;And there&#8217;s nothing really to do, just supportive care,&#8221; Makary said. &#8220;They&#8217;re just watching her, so they&#8217;re doing basically nothing. They&#8217;re just letting her recover. And Fauci insists that they fly her up to the Clinical Center in Washington, D.C., from Dallas.&#8221;
As seen in the resurfaced clip from 2014, Fauci proudly announced the move of the Ebola patient during a congressional hearing in Washington, D.C., adding, &#8220;I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll hear about it soon in the press.&#8221;
&#8220;She will be coming to the National Institutes of Health, where we&#8217;ll be supplying her with state-of-the-art care in our high-level containment facilities, exposing countless people in the transport to Ebola,&#8221; Makary said, mocking Fauci&#8217;s actions. &#8220;Then Fauci puts on an astronaut suit along with a photographer and goes into this room where she&#8217;s recovering and they get a photo-op.&#8221;
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Makary said that one of the photos went viral and the NIH subsequently held a press conference with Dr. Fauci. Makary said Fauci boasted about how all this care would be totally free of charge and that they never bill patients. Makary said one reporter memorably noted that the NIH is funded by taxpayers.
&#8220;One person, a reporter in the audience, astutely says, &#8216;Wait a minute, when you say it&#8217;s free, isn&#8217;t it funded by billions of taxpayer dollars?'&#8221; Makary recalled. &#8220;And you know, that kind of threw a monkey wrench into their argument.&#8221;
&#8220;All I can say is there is no clinical indication, there is no medical justification for transport here,&#8221; Makary added.
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As highlighted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-fauci-diaries-reveal-celebrity-obsession-at-height-of-covid-crisis?utm_content=email_blast_creative00278_na&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter&amp;utm_source=iterable">The Daily Wire</a>, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Rand Paul (R-KY) released a trove of previously private Fauci diaries this week ahead of Fauci’s expected testimony this Wednesday. The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/faucis-personal-diary-highlights-shocking-contradiction-on-covid-fatality-rate">diaries</a> appear to show that Fauci privately discussed COVID-19 fatality estimates that differed from his public statements to Congress, while also documenting what critics have described as a man obsessed with media attention and his growing celebrity.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-fauci-diaries-reveal-celebrity-obsession-at-height-of-covid-crisis">New Fauci Diaries Reveal Celebrity Obsession At Height Of COVID Crisis</a>

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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Republicans will make history this September by holding the party&#8217;s first national convention during a midterm election year, an unprecedented gathering designed to energize voters and showcase the administration&#8217;s accomplishments ahead of November.
The Republican convention will take place September 9-10 in Dallas, marking the first time the GOP has staged a national convention outside of a presidential election cycle.
&#8220;BIG NEWS! For the first time ever, the Republican Party will hold a MIDTERM CONVENTION,&#8221; Trump announced on Truth Social. Calling it a &#8220;truly Historic Event,&#8221; Trump said Republicans will celebrate what he described as the &#8220;Great American Comeback&#8221; and the successes of his America First agenda.
The president said the convention will feature &#8220;hardworking Americans, our Great Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Manufacturers, First Responders, and Job Creators,&#8221; alongside entertainment and what he promised would be &#8220;a RALLY like none other.&#8221;
Although Trump first floated the idea <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115215261916717696">last year</a>, Tuesday&#8217;s announcement confirms that the event is officially moving forward after the Republican National Committee approved<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/scoop-rnc-eyes-america-first-midterm-convention-boost-trump-gop-ahead-critical-elections" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> rule changes</a> earlier this year that allow for a national convention outside the traditional four-year presidential cycle.
The convention comes as Republicans defend a razor-thin House majority and a narrow Senate majority, where even a handful of losses could hand Democrats control of Congress for the remainder of Trump&#8217;s term.
Historically, the president&#8217;s party almost always loses seats during midterm elections, and Republican strategists have <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/18/republicans-trump-campaign-trail-00657271">acknowledged</a> the challenge of motivating voters without Trump&#8217;s name appearing on the ballot. The convention is intended to help counter that trend by putting Trump himself at the center of the campaign and nationalizing congressional races around his administration&#8217;s record.
In his announcement, Trump highlighted a list of administration priorities he said Republicans will celebrate during the convention, including tax relief, border security, lower costs, increased domestic energy production, and what he described as the country&#8217;s &#8220;Golden Age.&#8221;
Holding the event in Texas also places a national spotlight on one of the country&#8217;s most consequential battlegrounds. Texas will feature multiple competitive House races, while Republicans also are defending a closely watched Senate seat between Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and Democrat Texas state Representative James Talarico. The state also remains central to Republican efforts to preserve and expand their congressional majority following this year&#8217;s mid-decade redistricting fight.
While Republicans move forward with the historic gathering, Democrats ultimately abandoned discussions about organizing a similar midterm convention of their own, despite reportedly considering the idea earlier this year.
The timing of the event is also notable. The convention will conclude on Sept. 10, the first anniversary of the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, whose death last year became a defining moment for many conservatives and prompted renewed discussions about political violence in America. Whether that date becomes part of the convention&#8217;s messaging remains to be seen.

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Tesla is rolling out its robotaxis in Dallas and Houston, the electric vehicle maker said on Saturday, marking further expansion of its nascent service in the United States since its Austin, Texas, launch last year.
Tesla&#8217;s official robotaxi account on X announced the launch and posted two videos showing its best-selling Model Y SUVs running in the two cities with no human driver or monitor in the front seats.
It posted two map images outlining service boundaries, but did not disclose further details such as fleet size or pricing.
&#8220;Try Tesla Robotaxi in Dallas &amp; Houston!&#8221; CEO Elon Musk said reposting the X post.
Tesla&#8217;s move comes as the robotaxi business has regained momentum with Alphabet&#8217;s Waymo and Amazon&#8217;s Zoox speeding up expansion.
Expanding the robotaxi service and wider adoption of its full self-driving software, a version of which underpins the technology, is key to Tesla&#8217;s growth strategy as Musk has pivoted the company&#8217;s focus to artificial intelligence and robotics from EVs.
Much of the company&#8217;s $1.3 trillion valuation hinges on that bet.
Tesla first deployed a small group of self-driving taxis in an area of Austin with human safety monitors and other restrictions. The company has since widened the service area and started removing the monitors.
Last year, Tesla also started a ride-hailing service in the San Francisco Bay Area. Musk has promised to expand the robotaxi service rapidly in the U.S., but missed earlier predictions of its robotaxis operating widely in multiple U.S. metro areas by the end of 2025.
(Reporting by Anusha Shah in Bengaluru and Abhirup Roy in San Francisco Editing by Nick Zieminski, Rod Nickel)

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A man shot and killed by Dallas police during a SWAT standoff this week had previously served as a security guard for Rep. Jasmine Crockett, according to multiple law enforcement sources.
Dallas police tracked the suspect, who went by different aliases — but was going by the name Mike King — to a parking garage at Children&#8217;s Medical Center Dallas late Wednesday night, Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux said during a press conference Thursday morning.
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Officers located the man barricaded inside a vehicle in the garage. After deploying tear gas to force him out, police say the suspect emerged and pointed a gun at SWAT officers.
Officers opened fire, killing the suspect at the scene.
Multiple law enforcement sources have confirmed to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/dallas-police-killing-raises-questions-about-congresswoman-security/">CBS News</a> that the suspect had been operating under several aliases and was known publicly as Mike King. He allegedly ran a company called “Off Duty Police Services,” which connected North Texas police officers with off-duty security jobs. The Daily Wire reached out to a company of that name in the Dallas area for comment to confirm the claim, but did not receive a response.
Sources say the man was wanted for allegedly impersonating a law enforcement officer and had claimed to be one while operating the business. <a href="https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/2032621347978068016">Images</a> obtained by reporters show King standing close to Crockett at public events and on the campaign trail during her recent run for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat.
Law enforcement sources also said King oversaw teams of security officers working at several downtown Dallas hotels and events, and that he frequently drove a replica undercover police vehicle. Authorities say the vehicle allegedly used stolen license plates taken from cars outside a military recruiting office.
Federal Election Commission receipts <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?data_type=processed&amp;committee_id=C00795450&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2026&amp;disbursement_description=security">reviewed</a> by The Daily Wire show that a person identified as Mike King received payments from Crockett for “security services” as recently as last year.
Crockett’s office has declined to comment on the situation. The Dallas Police Department has also said it will provide additional information as the investigation continues.
The Texas Democrat, first elected to Congress in 2023, has been a prominent left-wing voice in the House and a frequent critic of Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers.
The incident raises questions about how the suspect, who authorities say had a criminal background and was using multiple aliases, was able to operate a business placing officers in off-duty security work and secure a role providing protection for a sitting member of Congress.

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The FBI is hunting for an illegal immigrant from Honduras who is accused of ramming his truck into multiple Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicles during a traffic stop in Texas last month. 
Jerson Lopez-Sanchez, 28, is charged with three counts of assaulting or resisting federal officers, according to an indictment unsealed on Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Lopez-Sanchez is on the run, and the FBI has <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/additional/jerson-lopez-sanchez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offered</a> a $15,000 reward for information that leads to his arrest and conviction. 
The incident unfolded on December 1 after ICE agents conducted a registration check of a Chevrolet Silverado carrying five people driving through Dallas. After determining that Lopez-Sanchez was in the country illegally, agents followed the truck and attempted to initiate a traffic stop in nearby Lewisville, Texas. 
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FBI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FBI</a> is offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Jerson Lopez-Sanchez, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wanted?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#wanted</a> for allegedly assaulting federal officers in Lewisville, Texas, on December 1, 2025: <a href="https://t.co/NpFHK7ZdoP">https://t.co/NpFHK7ZdoP</a> <a href="https://t.co/MKsZbB1SSW">pic.twitter.com/MKsZbB1SSW</a>
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Three ICE vehicles surrounded the truck and prepared to conduct the stop when Lopez-Sanchez suddenly put his truck, which was loaded with ladders, in reverse and slammed it into a Jeep SUV driven by one of the ICE agents, according to the indictment. 
“The ICE agent in that SUV had one leg out of his vehicle and on the ground when the driver rammed the Jeep and jolted him backwards. This agent had to quickly jump back into his vehicle to avoid serious injury,” the indictment said. 
That action created enough space for Lopez-Sanchez to drive away, and a car chase began in a heavily populated area, the indictment said. As he drove away, Lopez-Sanchez also allegedly drove into a Chrysler van being driven by an ICE agent, injuring the agent’s knees and neck. 
The indictment said he “weaponized his 5,500-plus-pound vehicle and dangerously accelerated into the ICE agents in the Chrysler van, causing significant damage and smoke to rise from the hood, and also causing all front airbags to deploy.”
After a ten-minute pursuit, Lopez-Sanchez parked his truck in a median and fled. Three of the occupants were later arrested, but Lopez-Sanchez evaded law enforcement. 
The FBI wanted poster for Lopez-Sanchez lists him as being 5 &#8216;8&#8217;’ tall and weighing 165 pounds. His occupation was listed as a roofer. 
ICE agents have faced a sharp increase in vehicle attacks, <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/08/radical-rhetoric-sanctuary-politicians-leads-unprecedented-1300-increase-assaults">according</a> to the Department of Homeland Security. From January 21, 2025, to January 7, 2026, there have been 66 “vehicular attacks” targeting ICE, according to DHS. That is up from two the previous year during the same time frame.

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Authorities nabbed an armed illegal immigrant after he allegedly placed a $10,000 bounty calling for the deaths of federal immigration agents in Dallas, Texas. Agents continue to face mounting threats all across the nation.
Mexican illegal immigrant Eduardo Aguilar called for “10 dudes in Dallas with determination who aren’t afraid to [two skull emojis],” and offered “10K for each ICE agent&#8221; in an Oct. 9 TikTok post, <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/17/criminal-illegal-alien-who-offered-10000-bounties-murder-ice-agents-arrested-dallas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Department of Homeland Security. The latest threat comes just weeks after a sniper opened fire on an ICE facility in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/two-injured-one-killed-in-shooting-at-dallas-ice-detention-center">Dallas</a>, killing two detainees despite intending to target federal agents.
Bounties have also been placed on federal officers during &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-1000-illegal-immigrants-arrested-in-trumps-operation-midway-blitz">Operation Midway Blitz</a>&#8221; in Chicago, with some amounting to $50,000. The Mexican <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mexican-cartels-place-bounties-on-federal-agents-in-chicago?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=11&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Mexican+Cartels+Place+Bounties+On+Federal+Agents+In+Chicago">cartels</a> have been linked to some of the bounty threats and have reportedly placed armed spotters on rooftops in the Windy City.
&#8220;Thanks to the quick work of law enforcement, this illegal alien who was offering $10,000 cash bounties for the murder of ICE law enforcement is in custody and facing federal charges. We are thankful this illegal alien who had a firearm in his possession was arrested before he could kill one of our law enforcement officers,” Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement on Friday.
“Our agents are facing ambushes, terrorist attacks, and death threats, all because they dare to enforce the laws passed by Congress. We will not back down from these threats, and every criminal, terrorist, and illegal alien will face American justice,&#8221; McLaughlin said.
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When he was arrested, Aguilar was carrying a loaded 9mm handgun in his car, according to DHS. It&#8217;s a felony for illegal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/staggering-number-of-americans-apply-to-join-ice?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Staggering+Number+Of+Americans+Apply+To+Join+ICE">immigrants</a> to possess firearms.
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Aguilar crossed the border illegally in 2018 as an unaccompanied minor before he was ordered deported by an immigration judge the next year, DHS said.
While in the U.S., Aguilar racked up a criminal history that includes liquor law violations. He is now charged with transmitting in interstate or foreign commerce a communication containing a threat.

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Armed Illegal Immigrant Arrested After Offering Bounty Of ’10K For Each ICE Agent’ In Dallas

Armed Illegal Immigrant Arrested After Placing $10,000 Bounties On ICE Agents In Dallas

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A second illegal immigrant detainee died nearly a week after a shooter opened fire on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas, Texas, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/immigration-facility-shooting-dallas-04fb992734fb0cd6760eccba6820665d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Associated Press.
Miguel Ángel García-Hernández, 32, succumbed to his injuries after he was taken off life support, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) <a href="https://lulac.org/news/pr/LULAC_SHARES_A_MESSAGE_FROM_THE_FAMILY_OF_THE_LATEST_VICTIM_IN_THE_ATTACK_AT_THE_DALLAS_ICE_FACILITY/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement. The illegal immigrant was shot, along with two others, on Wednesday by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-we-know-about-ice-shooter-joshua-jahn?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Here%E2%80%99s+What+We+Know+About+ICE+Shooter+Joshua+Jahn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joshua Jahn</a>, 29, who intended to target ICE officers, <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/dallas/news/remarks-delivered-by-special-agent-in-charge-joseph-rothrock-at-a-press-conference-regarding-the-shooting-at-an-ice-facility-in-dallas">according</a> to the FBI.
Jahn, who later turned the gun on himself, left chilling <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tragic-irony-federal-officials-say-dallas-shooter-wanted-to-kill-ice-agents-not-detainees?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=5&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98Tragic+Irony%E2%80%99%3A+Federal+Officials+Say+Dallas+Shooter+Wanted+To+Kill+ICE+Agents%2C+Not+Detainees">notes</a> behind that revealed he hoped to inflict “terror” on the agents and that also read “yes, it was just me,” Acting U.S. Attorney Nancy E. Larson said during a press conference Thursday.
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The shooter also wrote that he “intended to maximize lethality against” them and “to maximize property damage at the facility,” while hoping “to minimize any collateral damage or injury to the detainees and any other innocent people,” Larson said.
“It seems that he did not intend to kill the detainees or harm them. It’s clear from these notes that he was targeting ICE agents and ICE personnel. The tragic irony… is that it was a detainee who was killed and two other detainees that were injured when he fired,&#8221; Larson said.
Garcia-Hernández&#8217;s wife, Stephany Gauffeny, called her husband&#8217;s death &#8220;a senseless tragedy.&#8221;
&#8220;My husband Miguel was a good man, a loving father, and the provider for our family,&#8221; Gauffeny said in a statement shared by LULAC. &#8220;We had just bought our first home together, and he worked hard every single day to make sure our children had what they needed. His death is a senseless tragedy that has left our family shattered. I do not know how to explain to our children that their father is gone.&#8221;
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The first victim, later identified by <a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/victim-active-shooter-attack-dallas-ice-field-office-identified" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ICE</a> as Salvadoran national Norlan Guzmán-Fuentes, 37, died the day of the attack.
Guzmán-Fuentes snuck across the border illegally and later turned up in Palm Beach County, Florida, where he was arrested for battery, improper exhibit of a firearm or dangerous weapon, and criminal mischief, according to ICE. All of the charges were dropped except for the criminal mischief charge.
He was later arrested in 2020 in Arlington, Texas, for a DWI, according to ICE. He later bonded out of custody before ICE could get their hands on him.
His latest arrest was on Aug. 25, when Dallas police arrested him for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and an outstanding DWI warrant, ICE said. The assault charge was dismissed on Sept. 10.
On Sept. 24, ICE arrested him at the local jail and &#8220;upon arrival to the ERO Dallas Field Office, ICE officers encountered an active shooter at the facility, targeting immigration officials,&#8221; the agency said.
&#8220;Regretfully, Guzman was one the victims of this tragic incident which resulted in his death,&#8221; ICE said.
Dramatic surveillance <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/video-shows-ice-agents-shielded-detainees-during-deadly-shooting?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Video+Shows+ICE+Agents+Shielded+Detainees+During+Deadly+Shooting">video</a> taken during the shooting showed ICE officers under fire offloading detainees from a van through a hallway to safety.
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“The evidence is clear that this was an intended assault on ICE personnel who come to work every day to do their job,” Marcos Charles, acting executive associate director for ICE’s enforcement and removal operations, said during Thursday’s presser detailing the officers&#8217; heroic conduct.
“Those ICE officers just showed the world who they really are: law enforcement officers who want the best for our country, that’s ICE integrity, courage, excellence. They were willing to put their lives on the line to pull detainees out of the transport van to get them to safety. They are heroes, and I hope the media has the integrity to shine a light on this story. Enough is enough with the harmful lies and rhetoric, and it has to stop,” he added.
The Dallas shooting was the latest attack against ICE agents and facilities. A group of leftist anarchists threw fireworks at an ICE facility just outside of Dallas in July to lure officers outside before opening fire, and shooting a police officer in the neck. Bratton Dean Wilkinson, a 36-year-old American citizen, showed up at the ICE facility in Dallas last month and announced that he was carrying a bomb in his backpack and flashed a “detonator” on his wrist, the agency said.
Attacks on ICE agents have increased 1,000% as they carry out President Donald Trump&#8217;s mass deportation efforts, <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/09/22/despite-1000-increase-assaults-ice-officers-governor-newsom-signs-unconstitutional">according</a> to the Department of Homeland Security.

Multiple People Shot At ICE Facility In Dallas, Shooter Dead From Self Inflicted Wound

Second Illegal Immigrant Detainee Dies After Dallas ICE Shooting

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The sniper who opened fire on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas Wednesday morning intended to kill immigration agents, not detainees, federal authorities <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2XS6OOwi-o" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Thursday.
Joshua <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-we-know-about-ice-shooter-joshua-jahn?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Here%E2%80%99s+What+We+Know+About+ICE+Shooter+Joshua+Jahn">Jahn</a>, 29, sprayed bullets indiscriminately into the facility as he stood on a nearby rooftop, killing one detainee and leaving two others seriously injured before turning the gun on himself. After conducting a search of his home, authorities found chilling notes Jahn left behind that revealed he hoped to inflict “terror” on the agents and that also read “yes, it was just me,” Acting U.S. Attorney Nancy E. Larson said during a press conference Thursday.
Jahn also left notes that said ICE agents are merely working “to collect a dirty paycheck” and he “intended to maximize lethality against” them and “to maximize property damage at the facility,” while hoping “to minimize any collateral damage or injury to the detainees and any other innocent people,” Larson said.
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“It seems that he did not intend to kill the detainees or harm them. It&#8217;s clear from these notes that he was targeting ICE agents and ICE personnel. The tragic irony&#8230; is that it was a detainee who was killed and two other detainees that were injured when he fired into the sallyport,” Larson said.
FBI Director Kash Patel earlier revealed that Jahn allegedly left <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-facility-shooter-left-bullet-casings-reading-anti-ice-at-attack-scene?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=ICE+Facility+Shooter+Left+Bullet+Casings+Reading+%E2%80%98ANTI-ICE%E2%80%99+At+Attack+Scene">bullet</a> casings engraved with the phrase “ANTI-ICE” on them, revealing the “ideological motive” behind the attack.
Patel also noted that the FBI found that Jahn “conducted multiple searches of ballistics and the ‘Charlie Kirk Shot Video&#8217;” in the days leading up to the shooting. The shooter used applications created to track ICE agents’ whereabouts and downloaded a list of Department of Homeland Security facilities before the attack, Patel said.
Jahn had planned the attack for “months,” Joseph Rothrock, the FBI Special Agent in Charge for Dallas, said Thursday.
ICE officers under fire worked to offload the injured detainees from agency vans as Jahn was firing, Marcos Charles, acting executive associate director for ICE’s enforcement and removal operations, said during Thursday’s presser.
“The evidence is clear that this was an intended assault on ICE personnel who come to work every day to do their job,” Charles said.
“Those ICE officers just showed the world who they really are: law enforcement officers who want the best for our country, that&#8217;s ICE integrity, courage, excellence. They were willing to put their lives on the line to pull detainees out of the transport van to get them to safety. They are heroes, and I hope the media has the integrity to shine a light on this story. Enough is enough with the harmful lies and rhetoric, and it has to stop,” he added.

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‘Tragic Irony’: Federal Officials Say Dallas Shooter Wanted To Kill ICE Agents, Not Detainees

Multiple people are dead after what appears to be an anti-ICE attack in Dallas, red state homeowners are suing over a COVID-era bailout program, and Senate Democrats stall a funding bill that would keep the lights on in Washington.
It’s Thursday, September 25, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day.
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">ICE Targeted In Dallas</h2>
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Topline: A shooter opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas on Wednesday, killing multiple immigrant detainees.
The gunman shot three detainees. Two of them died from their wounds. The shooter then turned the gun on himself and died at the scene.
Photos of the aftermath of the attack showed that bullets struck windows and walls inside the facility, but no law enforcement personnel were injured.
Federal law enforcement sources tell The Daily Wire that authorities believe that the shooter was trying to shoot at ICE officers when he aimed at an unmarked van. That van was holding illegal immigrant detainees who were being walked in for processing.
The shooter: Reports indicate the alleged shooter was 29-year-old Joshua Jahn. While not much is known about his history, authorities say he did give a glimpse into his motive after leaving shell casings behind, one engraved with the words “ANTI-ICE.” The FBI is investigating the targeted shooting, and the agency’s director, Kash Patel, says the casings prove that there was “an ideological motive” behind this attack.
Step back: The fatal shooting comes amid an uptick in left-wing violence targeting law enforcement and conservatives. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) spoke about that during a press conference on Wednesday, where he called for his left-leaning colleagues in Congress to stop fanning the flames of the violence with their rhetoric.
“To every politician who is using rhetoric demonizing ICE and demonizing CBP, stop. To every politician demanding that ICE agents be doxxed and calling for people to go after their families, stop,” said Cruz. “This has very real consequences. Look, in America, we disagree. That&#8217;s fine. That&#8217;s the democratic process. But your political opponents are not Nazis. We need to learn to work together without demonizing each other, without attacking each other.”
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Biden Housing Bailout Sparks Racial Backlash</h2>
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Topline: A $10 billion coronavirus-era housing bailout paid Americans&#8217; mortgages and even their HOA dues. But 40% of the funds went to black Americans, due to the program including explicit racial preferences.
Now, some white residents are suing their states, saying the government illegally withheld assistance from them based on their race.
The significance: This is one of the largest race-based government wealth transfers in history. And it happened because it came during the COVID pandemic, when the United States was hemorrhaging billions of dollars.
The program is called the <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/homeowner-assistance-fund">Homeowner Assistance </a><a href="https://www.ncsha.org/homeowner-assistance-fund/">Fund</a>, and it provided people up to $50,000 to pay housing-related bills. It was passed by Congress and required about half the money to go to homeowners at or below the median income, while the remainder could be allocated to wealthier individuals, with priority given to “socially disadvantaged” homeowners.
“Socially disadvantaged?” Congress didn’t define it, and the program was run separately by each state, which received money after submitting a plan to the federal government. But the Biden administration heavily suggested a definition for the states to include in their plans: “those who have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias.”
The “presumption,” the administration said, is that “the following individuals are socially disadvantaged: Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.”
How it played out: In Alabama, 85% of the funds went to black residents. In Georgia, it was 82%. That’s surprising because, just based on the fact that half the money was supposed to be doled out based on income, you should have seen more people of other races. Only about half of Georgians below the median income are black. 
Plaintiffs in a lawsuit say that’s because Georgia deliberately ensured that white people didn’t even know it existed. The state’s plan included texting residents to inform them about this opportunity for $50,000 – but only residents of counties with high minority populations.
The Biden administration was never clear about the criteria, but many states used the definition provided by the Biden administration. Now, Georgia, Missouri, and Oklahoma are being sued by residents for going along with it, despite politicians in those states claiming to oppose DEI.
The lawsuits: In Missouri, the program was administered by a housing commission, where the governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general serve as commissioners. Missouri partnered with the Black Chamber of Commerce to advertise the program, and 44% of the money went to blacks, who make up less than 12% of the population. A spokeswoman for Missouri Republican Governor Mike Kehoe declined to comment on the ongoing litigation but called him “a strong advocate for removing DEI.”
In Oklahoma, plaintiffs include a massage therapist who was forced out of a job by COVID policies and her disabled-veteran husband. They point out that the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency said prominently on its website that “African American, Hispanic/Latino, Native American, [and] LGBTQ+” residents would get preference.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Budget Deadline Looms Over Congress</h2>
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Topline: President Donald Trump canceled a meeting with Democratic congressional leaders this week to discuss government funding. The president blasted Democrats’ demands as “unserious and ridiculous” as government funding is set to expire at the end of the month.
The deadline to avert a partial government shutdown is September 30, giving lawmakers less than a week. House Republicans have already passed a clean, 7-week funding extension. However, the bill is currently stalled in the Senate. Even though the GOP holds the majority, Republicans need 60 votes, which means they need some Democrat support.
Trump had planned to meet this week with Democratic leaders – Sen. Chuck Schumer and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries – but scrapped the meeting over the Democrats’ demands. The president doubled down on Wednesday, writing on Truth Social that Democratic demands include free healthcare for illegal aliens, half a billion dollars for “Radical Left News Outlets,” leaving “DEAD PEOPLE on Medicaid and Social Security rolls,” and “men playing in women’s sports.” 
What Democrats are saying: Democrats say they won’t back down. Schumer and Jeffries have been on a media blitz this week following the meeting&#8217;s collapse. The main line of attack from Democrats is centered on healthcare.
“Republicans have engaged in an unprecedented assault on the healthcare of the American people throughout this year. The largest cut to Medicaid in American history. Millions of people are going to lose coverage because of what Republicans have done,” said Jeffries during an appearance on <a href="https://youtu.be/CLm2OIhjkUo?t=228">MSNBC</a>.
State of play: According to some reports, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) urged Trump to cancel the meeting. Congressional Republicans thought that Democrats were unserious and that meeting with them would only erode Republicans’ leverage.
Johnson sent the House into recess after it passed its 7-week extension, and he said he won’t recall lawmakers back to DC until after the September 30 deadline. If Democrats don’t agree to a clean bill, there will be a fight over who takes the blame for the shutdown.
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Morning Brief: Dallas ICE Attack, Housing Bailout Sparks Racial Lawsuits & D.C.’s Budget Standoff

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