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Voice actor Jonathan Joss, best known for portraying the voice of John Redcorn on the long-running animated comedy “King of the Hill,” died from a fatal gunshot wound in San Antonio on Sunday night. He was 59 at the time of his death.
According to early reports, Joss died after getting into a fight with his neighbor, who allegedly then pulled out a gun and shot him several times, per <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2025/06/02/king-of-the-hill-jonathan-joss-dead-shot-san-antonio-texas-voice-actor/">TMZ</a>. The gunman is then reported to have gotten into a vehicle and fled the scene.
San Antonio police confirmed that the suspect was captured a block from the scene of the accident. Officers detained 56-year-old Sigfredo Alvarez Cejam, who has been booked for murder. The investigation is ongoing.
The paramedics responded and tried to revive Joss, but they were ultimately unsuccessful, the outlet noted.
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The actor’s death occurred just two days after he attended the 2025 ATX TV Festival in Austin, Texas, with other “King of the Hill” cast members. Joss last shared an Instagram post of himself walking around Austin and noting how the show’s “reboot is up and moving,” as People <a href="https://people.com/king-of-the-hill-voice-actor-jonathan-joss-dies-at-59-after-being-fatally-shot-police-11746467">noted</a>.
Joss took over for the original actor, Victor Arron, for season 3 of the series after Arron died in a car accident in 1996.
The “King of the Hill” reboot is slated to premiere on Hulu in August and had already started recording, the outlet noted.
Joss also appeared in other popular shows such as “Parks and Recreation,” “Tulsa King,” “Ray Donovan,” “True Grit,” “The Magnificent Seven,” and others.

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There is a philosophy that has now become dominant on the Left and even parts of the center. It&#8217;s throughout the West.
The deeper roots of this philosophy bear a deadly fruit.
Let’s begin with a bizarre and hilarious spectacle. Great Britain’s King Charles III was visiting the Canadian Parliament and decided that it would be worthwhile to offer a land acknowledgment.
This is hilarious because King Charles is the King of Great Britain. The only reason the Canadian Parliament exists is because of the settlement of Canada by British citizens. That’s why he is there in the first place.
Charles doing a land acknowledgment and taking that seriously would amount to essentially disestablishing Canada, the United States, Australia, South Africa and a bunch of other countries, because all of those countries were originally created as functioning polities by the British Empire.
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This bizarre idea that Charles can arrive on Canadian territory and start apologizing to the indigenous people for the presence of white people in this particular area is absurd, especially coming from King Charles, who is the greatest beneficiary on planet Earth of the imperialism of the British Empire.
There are human universals, such as migration, settlement, annexation, and conflict, and they are not unique to white people, Westerners, or Europeans; it&#8217;s just that white people, Westerners and Europeans, have been much better at it than other parts of the population on planet Earth. They&#8217;re more successful, particularly in the 18th and 19th centuries, but that does not mean that there is some unique sin that attends to whiteness, being Western, or being European.
Charles said, “I would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe people. This land acknowledgement is a recognition of shared history as a nation. While continuing to deepen my own understanding, it is my great hope that in each of your communities, and collectively as a country, a path is found toward truth and reconciliation, in both word and deed.”
Of course the land is unceded, because the nature of human conflict is that when people migrate from one part of the Earth to another part of the Earth, conflict tends to arise, and then someone wins and someone loses. And it is a very good thing that the British Empire won in Canada.
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Here’s the basic idea: The world is better off because of the British Empire. The world is better off because of American power and the spread of European ideals. That is obviously true. The spread of things like property rights, due process of law, capitalism, freedom of religion, all of which are not human universals — those are the legacy of the West.
There&#8217;s always an attempt to take human universals and then project them as West-specific problems. That is not true.
The problems of murder and raping and looting and slavery are human universals.
What is unique about the West is all the other stuff. Reversing that polarity and suggesting that the West is somehow uniquely sinful because it was better at war than others, or because Westerners were better at settlement than the Algonquin who lived on the land where Canada&#8217;s parliament now sits, and that is a human tragedy, is not, in fact, a human tragedy.
Bad things happen throughout human history. The bad things are tragedies. But overall, in the broad scope of history, it is an absolutely wonderful thing that Europeans ended up on the North American continent.
Anyone who doesn&#8217;t believe so should probably leave. If you don&#8217;t believe that, you probably should go back to your dingy apartment and cede it back to the natives from whom your ancestors took it.
All of this ties into a deeper and more deadly philosophy.
The president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, visited the White House and was asked about the “Kill the Boer” chant, which has become common at some rallies, targeting the Afrikaner farmers who originally settled in the area of South Africa as early as the 17th century, fought for hundreds of years, and were responsible at one point for tremendous racism against black people.
But the solution to that is not genocidal chants. Yet there’s an idea that as long as the people who are shouting the genocidal chants are not white, European and Western, it suddenly becomes okay.
Why? Because the rules don&#8217;t equally apply in this left-wing philosophy, where the sins of the West are unique and the West is unique in its evil.
What that means is that the West has to be destroyed. This has deadly consequences. And it doesn&#8217;t matter whether you call this stuff anti-white or anti-Semitic or anti-whatever. The problem with this generalized philosophy is that it is simply evil.
When you separate the world into victims and victimizers and you suggest that anyone who&#8217;s been uniquely successful is the victimizer and anyone who is not is a victim, what you get is victimizers with the moral impetus and the moral weight to kill people.
What you end up with is actual terrorism, actual violence, actual overthrow of the institutions that made the West great in the first place.

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A former police chief serving a life sentence for murder and rape, dubbed the &#8220;Devil in the Ozarks,&#8221; escaped from an Arkansas high-security prison on Sunday by disguising himself as a law enforcement officer.
Grant Hardin, 56, was serving a 30-year sentence for the 2017 murder of James Appleton, a Gateway water department employee, and an additional 50 years for the 1997 rape of an elementary school teacher, according to a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/arkansas-prison-escape-police-chief-grant-hardin-934e7fe6a45d3eafb18443f5b2bc5680">report</a> by the Associated Press.
He escaped Sunday from the North Central Unit, a high-security facility in Calico Rock where he had been incarcerated since 2017, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/27/us/grant-hardin-prison-escape-arkansas">according</a> to CNN.
Rand Champion, spokesperson for the Arkansas Department of Corrections, confirmed Hardin wore a &#8220;makeshift outfit designed to mimic law enforcement&#8221; during his escape, prison officials stated.
&#8220;That was not a standard inmate uniform, not a standard correctional uniform,&#8221; Champion said. &#8220;There&#8217;s nothing inside the prison that looks like that, so that&#8217;s one of the challenges we&#8217;re going through to find out what that was and how he was able to get that or manufacture it.&#8221;
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Hardin had a short tenure as police chief for the small Arkansas town of Gateway in 2016, just a few miles away from Walmart headquarters, and throughout his law enforcement career, he was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/us/arkansas-grant-hardin-prison-escape.html">plagued</a> with accusations of excessive force, bad performance, and eventually resigned as chief after he was caught falsifying a police report, according to The New York Times.
Authorities have deployed canines, drones, and helicopters to search the rugged Ozark Mountains terrain, with the search area expanding as time passes.
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Champion noted the region&#8217;s challenging topography, stating, &#8220;It&#8217;s called Calico Rock for a reason, because it&#8217;s very rocky,&#8221; adding that recent heavy rainfall has further complicated search efforts &#8212; although he added it could also hinder Hardin’s escape effort.
Izard County Sheriff Charley Melton urged residents to lock their homes and vehicles and call 911 if they notice anything suspicious.
Cheryl Tillman, sister of James Appleton, who Hardin murdered in 2017, expressed alarm about the escape since she and other family members were witnesses at Hardin&#8217;s trial, but she was not surprised upon hearing of Hardin’s escape.
&#8220;He&#8217;s just an evil man,&#8221; she said, per the AP. &#8220;He is no good for society.&#8221;
Craig Caine, a retired inspector with the U.S. Marshals with 30 years of experience handling escaped inmates, told the AP, &#8220;At some point in time, he&#8217;s going to run out of provisions.&#8221;
Though Caine isn&#8217;t involved in this manhunt, he noted that investigators are likely examining Hardin&#8217;s court documents and tracking individuals who might be assisting him. He added that it is extremely unlikely for Hardin to evade capture indefinitely in the isolated region, where he is likely to stand out in small, rural communities and be turned in by residents.
The ex-police chief&#8217;s notoriety in the region led to the production of a 2023 documentary titled &#8220;Devil in the Ozarks,&#8221; which chronicled his crimes.
Hardin&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/10-inmates-some-charged-with-murder-escape-from-louisiana-jail">escape</a> comes just weeks after ten inmates fled a New Orleans jail by crawling through a hole behind a toilet. Eight of those fugitives have since been recaptured as of Tuesday.

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The teen who&#8217;s been charged in the murder of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf will be tried as an adult in Texas.
Last month, Metcalf <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/high-school-football-star-stabbed-to-death-at-track-meet-dies-in-twin-brothers-arms?row=0&amp;elementPosition=5&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;author=Hank+Berrien&amp;title=High+School+Football+Star+Stabbed+To+Death+At+Track+Meet%2C+Dies+In+Twin+Brother%E2%80%99s+Arms&amp;category=News" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was stabbed to death</a> at a high school track meet after reportedly telling Karmelo Anthony, 17, that he was sitting in the wrong seat. Anthony has been charged with first-degree murder and, <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/04/04/us-news/austin-metcalfs-twin-says-we-were-one-person-in-heartbreaking-new-interview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to an arrest warrant, told police of the fatal stabbing, “I did it.”
Anthony will be tried as an adult, since Texas is a concurrent jurisdiction state, <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/track-meet-turns-tragic-texas-174855098.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Capital B. The laws allow prosecutors to charge minors, typically 16 or 17 years old, as adults with certain crimes.
The Collin County District Attorney’s Office, which is north of Dallas, is prosecuting the case of Metcalf&#8217;s apparent murder. Anthony was charged with first-degree murder in April, but a grand jury will review the evidence and decide whether to formally indict on that charge, or on a lesser charge like manslaughter, Capital B reported.
If Anthony is convicted of first-degree murder, he could face life in prison with a chance at parole after 40 years. He will not face the death penalty.
“The Supreme Court has said not only can you not seek the death penalty against someone who committed a crime when they’re 17, you can’t even get them life without parole. That would not be something we could do even if we wanted to,” Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis said, <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/14/us-news/texas-teen-karmelo-anthony-set-to-graduate-from-high-school-while-facing-austin-metcalf-murder-charge-after-agreement-with-school/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New York Post.
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/teen-charged-with-murdering-austin-metcalf-granted-house-arrest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highlighted by The Daily Wire</a> last month, Anthony’s bond was initially set at $1 million, but a Collin County judge agreed to lower the bond to $250,000 and granted Anthony house arrest at his parents&#8217; home.
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The racially-charged case made headlines again earlier this month when it was reported that Anthony was allowed to graduate high school.
Jeff Metcalf, the father of Austin Metcalf, said he wanted answers about the decision to allow Anthony to graduate high school, but he was &#8220;stonewalled&#8221; by Frisco Independent School District Superintendent Mike Waldrip.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve been stonewalled. Sad, you know, I understand the protocol,&#8221; Jeff Metcalf said. &#8220;They said I have to make an appointment, which I did.&#8221;
There was reportedly an agreement between the district and Anthony&#8217;s parents to allow the teen to graduate.
&#8220;So I&#8217;m just curious on how they arrived at it,&#8221; Jeff Metcalf said, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/austin-metcalf-father-frisco-isd-fatal-stabbing-karmelo-anthony-diploma/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CBS News. &#8220;When I read their own policy manual about what it states for mandatory expulsion and also graduation, now, he may be placed in a program where he was able to continue his education at home, where he did maintain the credits and could get his diploma.&#8221;
There&#8217;s a movement online to grant Metcalf an honorary diploma, but that stirred up more feelings for Jeff Metcalf.
&#8220;That would be great, because his name will be called right before his brother&#8217;s name,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But the fact of the matter is, it&#8217;s not going to bring my son back. I mean, it&#8217;s a nice gesture, but in the long run, my son doesn&#8217;t get a diploma. So, there&#8217;s part of me that says maybe Mr. Anthony shouldn&#8217;t get one either.&#8221;
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Iranian-backed groups and pro-Hamas Islamists celebrated the horrific murder of two Israeli embassy staff at a D.C. Jewish museum on Wednesday, hailing it as “a moment of courage” and a &#8220;heroic attack&#8221; against &#8220;the Zionist entity.&#8221;
Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, were exiting an event for young Jewish professionals, where they were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/israeli-embassy-staff-murdered-by-unidentified-shooter-outside-capitol-jewish-museum?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=13&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Two+Israeli+Embassy+Staffers+Murdered+By+Keffiyeh-Wearing+Man+Shouting+%E2%80%98Free+Palestine%E2%80%99+In+DC">shot</a> at close range by 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez of Chicago, who is now in custody.
The suspected attacker is reportedly not Muslim, but carried out the attack in support of Hamas, reportedly yelling “Free, free Palestine,” while shooting at the couple.
&#8220;I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza, I am unarmed,&#8221; Rodriguez told police after the shooting, according to an FBI affidavit.
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) <a href="https://www.memri.org/jttm/palestinian-factions-iran-backed-iraqi-militias-jihadi-clerics-celebrate-deadly-shooting-jewish">reports</a> that the pro-Hamas Gaza Now media outlet glorified Rodriguez on Telegram, claiming that &#8220;in a moment of courage, he decided to make his voice heard and boldly confront the killers.&#8221;
“He opened fire, killing an Israeli employee, and stood defiantly, handcuffed, to raise the banner of justice in the face of injustice,” the group said.
The Iranian-backed Palestinian Mujahideen Movement, a terrorist organization separate from Hamas that has <a href="https://intelligence.weforum.org/monitor/latest-knowledge/f947690f2acd4761ac47bab4bfa66f9b">claimed</a> responsibility for rocket attacks against Israel, said in a statement that the attack reflected &#8220;growing global anger&#8221; toward Israel for its supposed &#8220;barbaric crimes&#8221; in Gaza and declared that Israel&#8217;s &#8220;ongoing impunity&#8221; is a &#8220;threat to international stability and peace,&#8221; MEMRI reported.
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A Telegram channel called &#8220;Unit 10000,&#8221; affiliated with Iran-backed militias in Iraq, shared a video showing the arrest of the suspect and praised the shooting as a &#8220;heroic attack&#8221; against &#8220;the Zionist entity.&#8221;
Syrian jihadi cleric Abu Yahya Al-Shami published a post on Telegram praising the shooter and urging Muslims to follow his example.
The cleric expressed fury at Muslim &#8220;indolence&#8221; in waging jihad, indignant that &#8220;infidels&#8221; such as Rodriguez are murdering Israelis while Muslims remain &#8220;inactive.&#8221;
Federal authorities are investigating the shooting as a domestic terrorism incident with possible international connections.
Rodriguez is being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/charges-revealed-in-d-c-terror-attack-shooter-did-it-for-palestine-fbi-says?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Charges+Revealed+In+D.C.+Terror+Attack%3B+Shooter+%E2%80%98Did+It+For+Palestine%2C%E2%80%99+FBI+Says">charged</a> with murder of foreign officials, causing the death of a person through the use of a firearm, discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, and two counts of first-degree murder, according to an FBI affidavit.
The FBI is currently investigating Rodriguez&#8217;s online activities and potential ties to extremist groups, though initial reports suggest he was radicalized primarily through social media content related to the Gaza conflict.
The suspect had no prior criminal record, but had reportedly become increasingly vocal about pro-Palestinian causes on various social media platforms in recent months.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino <a href="https://x.com/FBIDDBongino/status/1925580947463762139">said</a> on X, “The FBI is aware of certain writings allegedly authored by the suspect, and we hope to have updates as to the authenticity very soon.”
Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Washington Jeanine Pirro clarified that domestic terrorism charges could likely be added to Rodriguez’s case following the conclusion of the FBI investigation into the suspect.
“Violence against anyone based on their religion is an act of cowardice. It is not the act of a hero. It is the kind of case that we will vigorously pursue,” Pirro said at a Thursday press conference. “Antisemitism will not be tolerated, especially in the nation’s capital. We are going to continue to investigate this as a hate crime and a crime of terrorism and we will add additional charges as the evidence warrants.”

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The budget bill moves to the Senate, Trump confronts the President of South Africa, and two staffers at the Israeli Embassy are gunned down in a targeted attack. Plus, Colorado passes a bill that makes misgendering a discriminatory act.
It’s Friday, May 23, and this is the news you need to know to start your day.
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Topline: It’s been a busy few days in Washington, with big news on Trump&#8217;s budget bill, South Africa, and even the Supreme Court.
Early Thursday morning, the House of Representatives passed a comprehensive tax and budget package — what the president has been calling the “big, beautiful bill.” This was a huge win for President Trump, who pushed congressional Republicans to pass a single bill rather than several smaller pieces of legislation. It’s perhaps an even bigger win for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who not only rallied his caucus to this seemingly impossible task, but did so by his self-imposed Memorial Day deadline, which many people thought was impractical. The bill passed the House 215-214, with every Democrat voting “no” and a handful of Republicans dissenting as well. The legislation now goes to the Republican-controlled Senate, which Trump hopes will wrap things up by July 4.
The bill contained many key priorities for the Trump administration. Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, joked that there was so much good stuff in the bill, it was impossible for him to single out the most important part: “You’re asking me to choose amongst my children! They are all very important … we have ended fiscal irresponsibility and futility by not being able to pass big reductions and mandatory savings that make total sense.”
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Among other things, the bill, which is more than 1,000 pages long, raises the debt limit by $4 trillion and funds Trump’s priorities on border security, energy, and national defense. It extends the 2017 Trump tax cuts, which are set to expire at the end of the year. It also defunds Planned Parenthood and blocks federal dollars from funding transgender procedures.
Meanwhile… This week, President Trump hosted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in an Oval Office meeting &#8212; they wanted to talk tariffs and foreign aid. Remember, this came on the heels of the White House welcoming 59 white South African farmers to the United States. Those farmers claim they’re fleeing an anti-white genocide in their home country, something the South African government strongly denies. But Trump came prepared to have that conversation with Ramaphosa, at one point dimming the lights in the Oval Office to play videos of anti-white rhetoric in South Africa.
And… On Thursday, the Supreme Court handed down a 4-4 decision on whether Oklahoma could open the nation’s first religious charter school. Justice Amy Coney Barrett abstained from voting, which caused the tie. Because there was no majority, the court did not issue an opinion, and we don’t know how the other justices voted. But that also means this case does not become federal precedent, and the court will likely have to take up the issue again.
<h2>Embassy Staff Gunned Down In Antisemitic Terror Attack In D.C.</h2>
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Topline: Two Israeli Embassy staffers were gunned down in Washington, D.C. this week in what FBI officials are calling an act of terrorism.
On Wednesday night, the American Jewish Committee was hosting a celebration at the Capital Jewish Museum, just blocks from the U.S. Capitol. As the event ended, a lone gunman opened fire, killing 26-year-old Sarah Milgrim and 30-year-old Yaron Lischinsky, both of whom worked at the Israeli Embassy and were in a relationship. According to family members, Yaron had purchased an engagement ring and planned to propose to Sarah next week during a trip to Jerusalem.
Shortly after opening fire, the gunman, 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez, entered the museum and told attendees to call the police. Footage from the scene shows him holding up a red kaffiyeh while chanting two words while being handcuffed: “Free Palestine.”
Days before the attack, the museum where the shooting took place applied for a security grant from the D.C. Government, citing “concern[s] about security due to some very scary incidents that some institutions have faced and because of a climate of antisemitism.” FBI Director Kash Patel said the incident was an act of terrorism, and officials say Rodriquez appeared to have acted alone.
Shortly before the attack, Rodriquez published a manifesto titled “Escalate for Gaza, Bring The War Home.” There, he wrote that anyone supporting Israel had “forfeited their humanity,” adding that his attack was “in some funny way, the only sane thing to do.” In recent years, Rodriguez was heavily involved in far-Left political activism — taking part in numerous anti-Israel demonstrations and working with the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL).
Jewish leaders have been warning that growing anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses and in the media would inevitably lead to attacks like this one. Jonathan Epstein, a recent graduate of Columbia University who was a witness to the shooting, told <a href="https://x.com/RedWave_Press/status/1925526438666498127">CNN</a>, “I saw the same thing in his eyes that I saw in the eyes of all the protesters at Columbia. Nothing different between him and them. … They gave the permission. And they have called for this.”
<h2>Colorado Makes &#8220;Misgendering&#8221; Illegal</h2>
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Topline: &#8220;Misgendering&#8221; is now officially an illegal, discriminatory act under Colorado law.
Colorado Democratic Governor Jared Polis signed <a href="https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1312">House Bill 1312</a> into law last week. This applies to places like workplaces and schools, and violations of the statute could lead to fines or other civil penalties under Colorado’s anti-discrimination laws.
The law is drastically pared down from its original version, which said parents in custody battles who misgender or “deadname” their child were guilty of “coercive control” and could lose custody. Under Colorado law, &#8220;coercive control&#8221; is a serious category that <a href="https://frascona.com/sweeping-new-domestic-abuse-laws-for-divorcing-couples-unmarried-couples-and-children/">includes</a> things like threatening to kill someone.
“This bill was an attack on parental rights,” Colorado House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese (R-14) told The Daily Wire. “This is an issue that transcends party lines. It doesn’t matter if you’re a Republican, a Democrat, or unaffiliated. Nobody wants the government to be raising our children, or telling us how to raise our children.”
More than 700 Coloradans signed up to testify against the bill, and tens of thousands more signed petitions against it. Ultimately, Democrats were forced to strike the radical custody battle language, and some Democratic lawmakers even backed down and refused to vote for it unless the custody provision was removed.
The new law bars Colorado courts from enforcing statutes from other states that could remove children from parents who support their children taking transgender hormones or undergoing surgeries. It also requires schools that have dress codes to allow students to wear the uniform of the opposite gender and mandates that schools have policies affirming chosen names. The bill also allows people who identify as transgender to change the gender marker on their driver&#8217;s license up to three times without a court order.
Colorado has other controversial bills on transgender ideology coming down the pike, including one that would <a href="https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1309">ban</a> health insurers from limiting so-called “necessary” transgender procedures.

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Prosecutors have charged Elias Rodriguez with federal and local counts related to a terror attack in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday evening.
Rodriguez, 31, allegedly shot and killed Israeli Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and American Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26, outside an event for Jewish professionals at the Capital Jewish Museum. The victims were soon to be engaged and were members of the Israeli Embassy staff.
The suspect will face three federal counts: murder of foreign officials, causing the death of a person through the use of a firearm, and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence. He has also been charged with two counts of first degree murder, according to an FBI affidavit.
Rodriguez admitted to killing the young couple to police, according to the FBI.
“[Rodriguez] spontaneously stated on scene to MPD, ‘I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza, I am unarmed.’ [Rodriguez] was holding a red scarf identified by one witness as a ‘Kaffiyeh.’ As MPD officers were escorting [Rodriguez] from the Museum, he shouted ‘Free Palestine,’” the affidavit says.
Rodriguez walked past the couple and several others before turning around, pulling a gun from his waistband, and shooting Lischinsky and Milgrim in their backs, the affidavit says. Milgrim attempted to crawl away before she was shot several more times.
“Once the decedents fell to the ground, [Rodriguez] is captured on the video advancing closer to the decedents, leaning over with them with his arm extended, and firing several more times. As [Milgrim] attempted to crawl away from [Rodriguez], he followed behind her and fired again. After a brief moment, [Rodriguez] appeared to reload his firearm. At the same time, [Milgrim] sat up. Once he reloaded, [Rodriguez] fired several times at [Milgrim],” the affidavit says.
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Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Washington Jeanine Pirro <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6373255823112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">condemned</a> the shooting as a “horrific crime” and said that more charges against Rodriguez may be coming.
“Violence against anyone based on their religion is an act of cowardice. It is not the act of a hero. It is the kind of case that we will vigorously pursue,” Pirro said at a Thursday press conference. “Antisemitism will not be tolerated, especially in the nation’s capital. We are going to continue to investigate this as a hate crime and a crime of terrorism and we will add additional charges as the evidence warrants.”

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FBI Director Kash Patel called the Wednesday night <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/israeli-embassy-staff-murdered-by-unidentified-shooter-outside-capitol-jewish-museum?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Two+Israeli+Embassy+Staffers+Murdered+By+Keffiyeh-Wearing+Man+Shouting+%E2%80%98Free+Palestine%E2%80%99+In+DC" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killings</a> of Israeli Embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgram, 26, an &#8220;act of terror&#8221; and vowed to pursue justice with &#8220;the full weight of federal law enforcement.&#8221;
Lischinsky and Milgram, who were about to be engaged to be married, were gunned down outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., which was hosting a Young Diplomats Reception for young Jewish professionals. The suspect detained following the killings was identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez, a Chicago resident with far-Left views who reportedly put on a keffiyeh and shouted &#8220;free Palestine&#8221; after fatally shooting the couple.
&#8220;Last night’s act of terror has the full attention of the FBI,&#8221; Patel <a href="https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/1925580650381238714" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on X on Thursday. &#8220;Targeted anti-Semitic violence is an attack on our core values and will be met with the full weight of federal law enforcement. The individual responsible will be held accountable, and the Bureau will continue pursuing every lead until justice is served.&#8221;
The FBI raided Rodriguez&#8217;s Chicago apartment Thursday morning, but authorities have yet to release any information on what was recovered in the raid. Rodriguez worked for the American Osteopathic Information Association and was once associated with a branch of the far-Left Party for Socialism and Liberation, which pushes anti-Israel views.
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The Party for Socialism and Liberation distanced itself from Rodriguez, writing, “We reject any attempt to associate the PSL with the DC shooting. Elias Rodriguez is not a member of the PSL. He had a brief association with one branch of the PSL that ended in 2017. We know of no contact with him in over 7 years. We have nothing to do with this shooting and do not support it.”
Rodriguez received his bachelor&#8217;s degree in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago and wrote for the <a href="https://www.thehistorymakers.org/about-the-historymakers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">History Makers</a>, a non-profit organization &#8220;committed to preserving and making widely accessible the untold personal stories of both well-known and unsung African Americans.&#8221;
Authorities are also looking to determine the authenticity of a 900-page <a href="https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-israel-embassy-shooter-manifesto" target="_blank" rel="noopener">manifesto</a> that has been tied to the alleged shooter. In the manifesto, which was published by independent journalist Ken Klippenstein, the writer rages against Israel&#8217;s war against Hamas in Gaza, calling it a &#8220;genocide&#8221; and arguing that &#8220;the perpetrators and abettors have forfeited their humanity.&#8221;
Dan Bongino, the deputy director of the FBI, <a href="https://x.com/FBIDDBongino/status/1925580947463762139" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;The FBI is aware of certain writings allegedly authored by the suspect, and we hope to have updates as to the authenticity very soon.&#8221;
&#8220;The subject is in custody and interviewed last night at approximately 1am. As this is a pending investigation, we will share more with you when we are able,&#8221; Bongino added. &#8220;As our [Washington Field Office] said, the FBI believes there is no ongoing threat to the public at this time. At the same time, I want the public to be assured we are following up on any additional leads to ensure we do our complete and total due diligence on this.&#8221;

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A young Israeli mother of three children was on her way to the hospital on Wednesday to deliver her fourth child with her husband when she was shot and killed by a Palestinian terrorist, leaving her baby boy, delivered by emergency Caesarean section, fighting for his life.
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TZE&#39;ELA GEZ, a nurse and a nine-month-pregnant mother of three, was murdered in a Jihadist terrorist shooting attack on Wednesday night AS SHE WAS IN LABOR TO DELIVER HER BABY.
Pray for her baby, a little boy fighting for his life after being delivered in an emergency C-section.… <a href="https://t.co/N3Ovh9yQ1j">pic.twitter.com/N3Ovh9yQ1j</a>
&mdash; Yishai Fleisher يشاي ישי פליישר 🕎 (@YishaiFleisher) <a href="https://twitter.com/YishaiFleisher/status/1922975574382747917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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This is *Tze’ela Gez*, a 30-year-old mother, wife, daughter, friend and therapist. *A Jew*. 
Last night, Tze’ela went into labor, and on the way to the hospital with her husband, they were shot by Palestinian terrorists. Now, four children are left motherless, one of whom never… <a href="https://t.co/oqkYsWNnQj">pic.twitter.com/oqkYsWNnQj</a>
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Hamas praised the execution of Tzeela Gez &#8211; a pregnant Israeli mother gunned down on her way to give birth.
Her newborn is clinging to life.
This is what “heroism” looks like to Palestinians: murdering mothers and orphaning babies.
There are no words. <a href="https://t.co/MSaJHrqd75">pic.twitter.com/MSaJHrqd75</a>
&mdash; raz sauber &#8211; רז זאובר (@raz_sauber_) <a href="https://twitter.com/raz_sauber_/status/1922927244755787827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Last night, Tze&#39;ela Gez and her husband were on their way to the delivery room when they were shot in a terrorist attack.
Their baby was delivered in emergency surgery and is now fighting for his life.⁰Her husband was wounded.
The terrorist opened fire on their car, shooting… <a href="https://t.co/7VQG2ZpGsV">pic.twitter.com/7VQG2ZpGsV</a>
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Heartbreaking morning 💔
Tzeela Gez was on her way to give birth to her fourth child last night when a terrorist opened fire near the community of Pduel, critically injuring her. This morning, she tragically succumbed to her injuries.
We pray for her baby, delivered via… <a href="https://t.co/8zchYSlZvF">pic.twitter.com/8zchYSlZvF</a>
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Tzeela Gez z&quot;l, a pregnant mother of three, was murdered in cold blood on the road to the hospital. Her unborn baby was delivered in an emergency surgery — Our prayers are with her baby, still fighting to live. It’s a brutal reminder of the hatred we face — hatred that targets… <a href="https://t.co/myq5JR8v66">pic.twitter.com/myq5JR8v66</a>
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Tze’ela, Gez, 30, a mental health counsellor who treated people suffering from trauma and anxiety, wrote on Facebook two months after the horrific October 7 massacre of more than 1200 Israelis, “Another moment I am grateful that I am breathing, that I am present and that I am here. From here, all I want to do is be active and spread light; even a small smile is spreading light.”
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There is a video of Tzeela Gez ז״ל circulating on social media. 
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Tzeela was a mental health counsellor who treated people suffering from trauma and anxiety. 
Praying for her baby, family and friends 
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After she was shot by the terrorist, Gez was rushed to Petah Tikva’s Rabin Medical Center, where she later died.
Gez’s sister, Shaked Force, <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/woman-en-route-to-hospital-for-delivery-critically-wounded-in-west-bank-terror-shooting/">said</a> her sister’s pregnancy had been difficult, saying, “She really put in an effort. She was always smiling and gave all her strength, always there for others. I don’t have the words to describe such an amazing character.”
Tal Shahar Carmon, Gez’s close friend, told Kan of the “unbearably difficult” moment when Gez’s husband Hananel told his three other children of her murder: “He told them that with Mom they traveled to bring the new baby, and on the way a terrorist shot at Mom, and Dad tried to save her, and they did everything, and they managed to save the baby but not Mom.”
“This is a difficult and painful attack in which an Israeli civilian was killed on her way to a delivery room. I share in the deep sorrow of the family. We are engaged in broad fighting against terror in Judea and Samaria (West Bank), and we will continue,” IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said.
“We will activate all our tools, and we will reach the murderers to bring them to justice,” he added.
Limor Son Har-Melech, a member of the Israeli Knesset, was seven months pregnant with her second child in 2003 when she and her husband were shot by five Palestinian terrorists, killing her husband instantly and leaving her in critical condition, while her daughter was delivered in an emergency Caesarean section. Al-Aqsa Martyrs&#8217; Brigades, the military wing of the Fatah party until 2007, headed now by Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Har-Melech reacted to the latest murderous assault by Palestinian terrorists, writing on X:
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Catching up on the terrible attack last night in Samaria and can&#8217;t breathe.
Reading about Tsala Gaz, Y.D. — a young, pregnant woman, on her way to the delivery room, for the happiest event of her life, bringing life into the world. Her husband was injured in the attack while they were fighting for the baby&#8217;s life — and I can&#8217;t help but go back 21 years.
I was there too. I was also a pregnant woman traveling with her husband on the roads of Samaria, we also encountered a squad of murderers who fired at our car. Shuli, my beloved husband, was murdered. And I, wounded, was taken to emergency surgery. My daughter Sarah was born then, in the sixth month — three hours after her father was murdered, and even then they fought for her life.
Yesterday, just as we were celebrating Sarah&#8217;s engagement, the terrible news came. The media called, asking me to be interviewed. I couldn&#8217;t. The pain was too great.
I imagined Tzala Gaz there, and her husband — that I was praying for his recovery. I imagined how excited they were about the birth, how much they had been waiting for this moment. How they decided that this was the time — now — to get in the car and drive to the hospital. And at that exact moment, a squad of terrorists gathered, who decided that this was the time to murder — to murder them just because they were Jews.
We are dealing with a cruel enemy. An enemy who seeks to kill Jews. In the middle of the night. On dark roads. In order to defeat him and to eradicate him — we must first know his cruel and murderous nature and his goals.
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מתעדכנת על הפיגוע הנורא הלילה בשומרון ולא מצליחה לנשום. קוראת על צאלה גז הי״ד — אישה צעירה, בהריון, בדרכה לחדר לידה, לאירוע המשמח ביותר בחייה, הבאת חיים לעולם. בעלה נפצע בפיגוע שעה שנלחמים על חיי התינוק — ואני לא יכולה שלא לחזור 21 שנה לאחור.
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A Los Angeles judge has resentenced the Menendez brothers to 50 years to life on Tuesday, making them eligible for parole and opening the door for their potential release from prison.
Lyle, 57, and Erik, 54, were originally sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 1996 for murdering their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in 1989 inside their Beverly Hills home. The brothers have justified the fatal shootings, claiming they endured sexual abuse from their father that went on for several years.
Both brothers read statements during the resentencing hearing.
&#8220;I committed an atrocious act. My actions were criminal, selfish and cowardly,&#8221; Erik said. &#8220;I have come a long way on this path [of redemption].” 
The case had received renewed interest after several high-profile entertainment projects were released, including a Netflix docuseries.
Judge Michael Jesic said he&#8217;d given the case &#8220;long thought.&#8221; While the judge described Lyle and Erik’s crime as &#8220;absolutely horrific,” he added that in his belief, they’ve been rehabilitated while in jail for the past three decades.
&#8220;Life without parole gives an inmate no hope, no reason to do anything good. And I give them a lot of credit. It&#8217;s remarkable what they did when they had no hope of getting out,&#8221; Jesic said.
Menendez brothers&#8217; attorney Mark Geragos said after the hearing, &#8220;I&#8217;m hopeful and glad that we&#8217;re one huge step closer to bringing the boys home.&#8221;
“This encourages people who are incarcerated to make the right decisions, to take the right path,&#8221; Geragos went on. &#8220;It&#8217;s just a win-win on so many levels.&#8221;
Former Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón initiated the resentencing process before losing his re-election bid to Nathan Hochman. In March, the new DA filed a motion to withdraw the resentencing petition, saying the self-defense claims were nothing but “lies,” according to ABC News.
&#8220;The Menendez brothers have failed to come clean with the full extent of their criminal conduct, their cover-up, their lies and their deceit,&#8221; Hochman said outside the courtroom on Tuesday.
Members of the Menendez family have mostly supported the brothers&#8217; resentencing bid. Their uncle, Milton Anderson, was the only family member to publicly oppose the effort. He died in March.

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A U.S. Army veteran who was murdered in a road rage incident appeared in court more than three years after he died in an <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/tech/ai-courtroom-victim-impact-statement-arizona">AI-generated image</a> as part of a victim impact statement, reportedly the first time such technology has been used in a U.S. court.
The image of Christopher Pelkey, who <a href="https://everloved.com/life-of/christopher-pelkey/obituary/">served three tours</a> before he was <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chris-pelkey-murder-victim-ai-statement-sentencing/">shot to death</a> by Gabriel Paul Horcasitas on November 13, 2021, at a red light, appeared in court earlier this month using words written by his sister, Stacey Wales, who spent two years working on the victim impact statement.
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Wales and her husband, Tim, created the AI-generated video, in which the image of Pelkey expressed forgiveness for the killer, saying, “It is a shame we encountered each other that day in those circumstances. In another life, we probably could have been friends.”
“The only thing that kept entering my head that I kept hearing was Chris and what he would say,” Wales told CNN. “I had to very carefully detach myself in order to write this on behalf of Chris because what he was saying is not necessarily what I believe, but I know it’s what he would think.” She added that Pelkey was “the most forgiving and the friendliest” member of their family.
Although the state had asked for a sentence of 9.5 years for Horcasitas on the charge of manslaughter, Judge Todd Lang of Maricopa County Superior Court sentenced Pelkey’s killer to 10.5 years.
Judge Lang said after the video was shown: “I love that AI. Thank you for that. As angry as you are and justifiably angry as the family is, I heard the forgiveness.”
Horcasitas’s lawyer, Jason Lamm, said he had not been informed that the video would be shown. “It appears that the judge gave some weight to the AI video and that is an issue that will likely be pursued on appeal,” he said.
Wales’ 14-year-old son told her, “Thank you so much for making that. I needed to see and hear from Uncle Chris one more time.”

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