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Coast Guard Saves 15-Year-Old Stranded Three Days Aboard Capsized Boat in Frigid Alaska Waters [WATCH]
Coast Guard Saves 15-Year-Old Stranded Three Days Aboard Capsized Boat in Frigid Alaska Waters [WATCH]
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Coast Guard Saves 15-Year-Old Stranded Three Days Aboard Capsized Boat in Frigid Alaska Waters [WATCH]

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A 15-year-old trapped for three days atop a capsized fishing boat in frigid waters off St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, was rescued Monday through the combined efforts of the U.S. Coast Guard and a nearby Good Samaritan vessel, as reported by Fox Weather.

Video captured the moment the teenager was reached and brought aboard a boat to safety.

The rescue unfolded near the maritime border between the U.S. and Russia, where water temperatures were reported to be in the 40s.

The teenager was found sitting on top of the overturned fishing vessel after spending three days at sea.

The bodies of two other people were also recovered during the search and rescue operation.

According to the Coast Guard, the group’s 18-foot fishing vessel had departed from the city of Savoonga on Friday, Sep. 4.

The vessel later became overdue, prompting authorities to begin looking for those aboard.

The search officially began Sunday after Alaska State Troopers notified the Coast Guard about the overdue boat.

Crews then worked to locate the missing vessel and the people who had left Savoonga aboard it.

A Coast Guard plane spotted the stranded teenager at approximately 10:30 a.m. local time Monday.

From the aircraft, Coast Guard personnel directed a nearby Good Samaritan vessel toward the teenager’s location.

The Good Samaritan boat reached the survivor and brought the teenager aboard.

Video of the rescue shows the critical moment when the teen was taken from the capsized fishing boat and moved to safety.

The teenager was experiencing hypothermia when rescuers arrived.

NOAA data showed that the water temperatures in the area were in the 40s, adding urgency to the operation in the remote Alaska waters.

The Coast Guard and Good Samaritans participated in the rescue near St. Lawrence Island.

Their response ended with the teenager being saved after three days and the bodies of the two other people being recovered.

After the operation, the teenager and the bodies of the two victims were transported to Nome, Alaska.

The source did not provide additional information about the teenager’s condition after the transfer.

Rear Adm. Bob Little, Commander of the Arctic District, addressed both the loss of the two mariners and the response that resulted in the teenager being rescued.

His remarks were included in a Coast Guard news release.

“Our hearts go out to the families, friends, and communities affected by the tragic loss of these two mariners,” Little said, recognizing the people and communities affected by the deaths.

Little also credited the vessel and emergency partners that assisted with the mission.

The operation involved the motor vessel Northwest Explorer along with federal, state, and village responders and mission partners.

“We are grateful for the incredible efforts of the motor vessel Northwest Explorer, Federal, State, Village first responders and mission partners who assisted in the effort that resulted in a life saved.”

The rescue depended on cooperation between the Coast Guard aircraft and the Good Samaritan vessel already in the area.

After spotting the teen from the air, the Coast Guard was able to guide that vessel directly toward the stranded survivor.

The sequence began with the overdue vessel report on Sunday, continued with the aerial sighting Monday morning, and ended with the teenager aboard a rescue boat.

Three days after departing Savoonga, one teenager was brought to safety while two victims were recovered.

The incident combined a successful rescue with a devastating loss for the families, friends and communities connected to the two mariners.

The teenager’s discovery atop the capsized boat provided rescuers the chance to save a life in the frigid waters off St. Lawrence Island.

Nightclub Meeting Spirals Into Alleged Drugging and ,400 Rolex Theft
Nightclub Meeting Spirals Into Alleged Drugging and $98,400 Rolex Theft
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Nightclub Meeting Spirals Into Alleged Drugging and $98,400 Rolex Theft

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A South Florida woman was arrested after allegedly drugging a man she met at a club and stealing his Rolex watch, which was valued at nearly $100,000, according to court records.

The accusations center on an April 12 encounter in Hallandale Beach, as reported by Fox News.

Lynda Mae Crouse, 32, is accused of using a similar scheme at least four other times in Miami-Dade County, according to a probable cause affidavit.


In those cases, she allegedly drugged victims before leaving with their valuables.

The Broward County case began around midnight at the Carousel Club, where Crouse allegedly started a conversation with an unidentified man.

The pair exchanged Instagram accounts before initially going their separate ways, police said.

The man later arranged for an Uber to pick up Crouse from her home and bring her to his residence.

The ride was sent around 1:20 a.m., shortly after their initial encounter at the club.

Once at the residence, Crouse and the man had several alcoholic drinks in his living room, according to the affidavit.

At some point, the man went into his bedroom to change clothes while Crouse remained alone in the living room.

While inside the bedroom, the man suddenly began feeling “funny” and “extremely tired,” the affidavit said.

The abrupt change in his condition came as Crouse remained in the other room near the box containing his expensive watch.

The man told investigators that he heard a distinctive “clapping sound” coming from the living room.

When he returned, he said Crouse was “acting different” and abruptly announced that she was going home.

Within minutes of Crouse leaving the residence, the man fell asleep.

He awoke several hours later still feeling strange and remembered the unusual sound he had heard shortly before Crouse departed.

The man then rushed to inspect his Rolex box in the living room and discovered that his watch was missing.

The stolen timepiece was described as a gold 40 mm Rolex Presidential covered with diamonds, hardly an ordinary trinket to misplace.

He later provided police with an appraisal that placed the watch’s value at $98,400.

The man also identified Crouse in a photo lineup, according to the probable cause affidavit filed in the case.

Months after the April encounter, Crouse was arrested by Seminole police on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. She was then taken to the Broward County Jail in connection with the alleged theft.

Crouse was charged with second-degree grand theft, a felony. She was released from custody the following day after posting a $2,500 bond, according to the account of the case.

The affidavit also linked Crouse to accusations in Miami-Dade County involving at least four other victims.

Those allegations similarly involved victims being drugged before Crouse allegedly made off with valuables belonging to them.

In one separate case investigated by City of Miami police, Crouse was accused of drugging a victim with zolpidem.

The substance is a prescription sleep aid used to treat insomnia, and that victim underwent toxicology testing.

The toxicology results confirmed the presence of zolpidem in the other victim’s system.

The Broward County charge, meanwhile, remains focused on the Hallandale Beach encounter and the disappearance of the man’s appraised $98,400 Rolex.

GOP Rep Thomas Massie Unveils 8 Articles of Impeachment Against War Secretary Pete Hegseth [WATCH]
GOP Rep Thomas Massie Unveils 8 Articles of Impeachment Against War Secretary Pete Hegseth [WATCH]
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GOP Rep Thomas Massie Unveils 8 Articles of Impeachment Against War Secretary Pete Hegseth [WATCH]

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Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., introduced a resolution Tuesday seeking to impeach War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Massie read eight articles of impeachment against Hegseth during a lengthy appearance on the House floor, as reported by Fox News.

The resolution accuses Hegseth of “high crimes and misdemeanors” involving military action in Iran, operations targeting suspected narcotraffickers in the Caribbean Sea, the capture of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, alleged retaliation against a senator and military action in Yemen.

The first three articles center on the War Powers Resolution of 1973. Massie argued that Hegseth’s Department of War is “waging the Iran war despite no declaration of war, statutory authorization, attack on the United States, or imminent threat.”

Massie’s first article seeks to establish “that the war was unlawful from its inception.”

His second alleges that Hegseth disobeyed Congress after both the House and Senate directed the removal of troops from Iran.

The third article accuses Hegseth of “continuing hostilities in Iran after expiration of the War Powers Resolution’s 60-day termination period and any potential 30-day withdrawal period.”

Together, the first three articles challenge Hegseth’s authority and conduct during the conflict.

The fourth and fifth articles focus on civilian casualties and military strikes against suspected drug traffickers.

They accuse Hegseth of refusing to minimize civilian casualties and engaging in extrajudicial killing during operations in the Caribbean Sea.

The fifth article specifically accuses Hegseth of “replacing maritime law enforcement with unauthorized lethal military targeting of suspected drug traffickers” during those operations.

Massie framed the military strikes as part of his broader case against Hegseth’s leadership.

Massie’s seventh article turns to Operation Absolute Resolve, the January mission in which U.S. Special Forces apprehended and extracted Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, from Caracas.

The operation resulted in Maduro’s capture and extradition.

That article accuses Hegseth of the “Kidnapping of a Sovereign Foreign Leader” for his role in the mission.

Massie’s resolution condemns Hegseth for carrying out the operation “without constitutional or legal authority.”

Article six involves Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., and accuses Hegseth of using his authority to suppress the senator’s free speech.

The article alleges Hegseth retaliated against Kelly over his participation in a video with other lawmakers.

Critics claimed that the video encouraged active military members to disobey lawful orders.

Massie included the dispute among his eight allegations against Hegseth, placing it alongside the articles addressing military operations in Iran, Yemen, the Caribbean and South America.

The final article charges Hegseth with carrying out unlawful orders in Yemen.

It accuses him of beginning Operation Rough Rider without congressional authorization or an imminent threat to the United States and of violating war powers reporting requirements.

The Yemen article also addresses civilian deaths and alleged unlawful strikes against civilian objects, rescuers and other protected persons.

Those accusations round out Massie’s sweeping impeachment effort against the War Secretary.

Massie spent more than an hour reading the articles on the House floor before closing his introduction.

His final remarks portrayed Hegseth’s conduct as an abuse of the powers entrusted to his office.

“In all of this, Secretary Hegseth abused the powers entrusted to him as Secretary of War by subordinating the constitutional limits on the use of military force and the laws governing the conduct of hostilities to his own policy objectives.”

Massie also argued that Hegseth would remain a threat to civilians, lawful U.S. military operations, the integrity and credibility of the United States Armed Forces and the Constitution if he remained in office.

He described Hegseth’s conduct as grossly incompatible with his duties and the rule of law.

The conduct “warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States,” Massie said.

Fox News Digital contacted Massie’s office and the Pentagon seeking further comment on the impeachment resolution and its allegations.

Trump DHS Extends Stunning Zero Release Border Streak to 16 Months
Trump DHS Extends Stunning Zero Release Border Streak to 16 Months
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Trump DHS Extends Stunning Zero Release Border Streak to 16 Months

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President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday marked 16 consecutive months with zero releases at the border between the U.S. and Mexico, extending what officials described as an unprecedented enforcement record, as reported by Fox News.

The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the milestone in a statement to Fox News Digital.

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the streak demonstrates that Trump’s border policies “are working.”

“Catch and release is over, consequences are back, and illegal crossings have fallen to historic lows. President Trump made a promise to the American people that he would make America safe again, and he has done just that by giving us the most secure border in American history,” Mullin said.

CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott also pointed to detention and removal as central parts of the administration’s approach.

He said border security requires federal authorities to know who and what is entering the country.

“Border security starts with knowing who and what is entering our country – and controlling it on behalf of the American people,” Scott said.

“That means people who cross illegally are apprehended, detained and removed – not released into the United States. Our agents are enforcing that standard every day.”

Department of Homeland Security officials said border crossings have fallen to record lows during Trump’s second term.

The August enforcement figures offered another sharp contrast with the numbers recorded under former President Joe Biden.

U.S. Border Patrol apprehended 8,870 people along the Southwest border during August.

That total was 5% lower than the number recorded in July, according to the figures provided in the report.

August apprehensions were also 94% lower than the average monthly figure under Biden.

The Department of Homeland Security said it recorded zero parole releases in August, compared with more than 10,000 releases by Border Patrol in August 2024 under the former president.

Drug enforcement numbers at the border also remained strong.

Fiscal year drug seizures were up 73% compared with the same fiscal period under Biden in 2024 and were 61% higher than the average recorded during the past four years.

The increase in seizures came largely from cocaine and precursor chemicals.

Cocaine seizures rose 28% in August to 6,724 pounds, while CBP and ICE seized more than 120,000 pounds of precursor chemicals during the same month.

The August figures arrived as the Trump administration began construction on a section of border wall in Arizona.

The project moved forward despite objections from the Tohono O’odham Nation, which challenged the administration’s plans in court.

The wall is part of a $46 billion effort focused on strengthening the southern border.

The project includes steel bollard walls measuring 30 feet, vehicle barriers, and technology intended to stop illegal immigration and smuggling.

The Tohono O’odham Nation sued the administration earlier in the year, arguing that construction would damage land sacred to the tribe.

A federal judge rejected that argument and sided with the federal government.

The judge noted that the border wall would be built within the Roosevelt Reservation, a buffer zone of federally owned land measuring 60 feet across.

The ruling addressed the government’s stated construction plans within that designated area.

“Defendants have not yet articulated plans to construct outside the Roosevelt Reservation,” U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington, D.C., wrote in his opinion.

The administration’s August numbers combined zero parole releases with fewer apprehensions and substantially larger drug seizures compared with previous periods cited by officials.

Meanwhile, wall construction continued in southern Arizona as Trump’s broader border policy remained focused on apprehension, detention, and removal.

Brandon Gill Torches Evasive Al Jazeera Reporter in Brutal Exchange [WATCH]
Brandon Gill Torches Evasive Al Jazeera Reporter in Brutal Exchange [WATCH]
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Brandon Gill Torches Evasive Al Jazeera Reporter in Brutal Exchange [WATCH]

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Republican Rep. Brandon Gill delivered a scorching response to reporter Natasha Del Toro after she identified her program but did not initially disclose that it ran on Al Jazeera English. The exchange began as she attempted to question the Texas congressman about deaths of detainees in ICE custody, as reported by Townhall.

Del Toro first presented herself only as a reporter for “Fault Lines.”

Gill repeatedly pressed her to identify the organization behind the program, turning the focus toward a disclosure she appeared reluctant to provide.

The source described Del Toro as desperate to conceal that she worked with Al Jazeera, a news outlet backed by Qatar.

Her affiliation became the central issue as Gill continued asking who employed her.

Rather than immediately naming Al Jazeera English, Del Toro accused Gill of “buying time” for the question.

Yet Gill kept pressing for a direct answer about the organization responsible for her program.

The exchange continued for roughly 30 seconds, according to the source. During that time, Gill repeatedly questioned Del Toro as she avoided plainly identifying the outlet connected to “Fault Lines.”

Del Toro eventually acknowledged that her program ran on Al Jazeera English.

That revelation brought an immediate and unmistakable response from the Republican congressman, who had apparently heard enough.

Gill quickly told Del Toro to “get lost.” He made clear that he had no intention of continuing the conversation with her or representatives of the outlet.

“Why don’t you guys go somewhere else to report,” Gill instructed Del Toro.

His response rejected both the attempted question and any further engagement with the Al Jazeera English program.

“I’m not talking to you guys at all. Get lost.” Gill’s blunt dismissal ended any uncertainty about whether the interview would proceed once the outlet’s identity was finally disclosed.

The confrontation put Del Toro’s reluctance to name her employer at the heart of the moment.

She had sought an answer from Gill while withholding the full affiliation behind her own questioning until he repeatedly demanded it.

Gill’s response also matched the fiery political style that has helped make the Texas Republican a rising figure within the House GOP.

The source described him as a rising star and highlighted another major announcement from the same day.

The freshman congressman announced that he is running to chair the House Oversight Committee.

The committee is described in the source as one of the most powerful bodies in Congress.

A successful bid would give Gill even more influence within the House Republican conference.

The possibility is particularly notable because Gill is only 32-years-old and is still a freshman member of Congress.

His pursuit of the chairmanship therefore added a consequential Capitol Hill development to a day already marked by his confrontation with Del Toro.

One episode displayed his willingness to challenge a reporter, while the other reflected his ambition within Congress.

The reporter had approached Gill seeking to question him about deaths of detainees in ICE custody.

Instead, her refusal to promptly reveal that “Fault Lines” ran on Al Jazeera English took over the exchange and drew Gill’s repeated scrutiny.

Only after the questioning continued for about 30 seconds did Del Toro acknowledge the program’s connection to Al Jazeera English.

Gill then ended the interaction with a direct order for the reporter and the outlet to go elsewhere.

The encounter left no room for ambiguity about Gill’s position.

Once Del Toro disclosed the outlet behind her program, the Texas Republican refused to answer her question and dismissed the attempted interview on the spot.

At the same time, Gill’s campaign for the House Oversight Committee chairmanship could place the 32-year-old freshman in charge of one of Congress’s most powerful bodies.

His bid would offer the GOP rising star considerably more influence if successful.

Kash Patel Leaves Mazie Hirono Looking Utterly Clueless During Hearing [WATCH]
Kash Patel Leaves Mazie Hirono Looking Utterly Clueless During Hearing [WATCH]
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Kash Patel Leaves Mazie Hirono Looking Utterly Clueless During Hearing [WATCH]

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Congress has no shortage of lawmakers who leave Americans wondering how they ever reached Capitol Hill.

Every so often, however, a member demonstrates the preparation and sharp instincts that the job demands, as reported by Red State.

Republican Rep. Brandon Gill of Texas recently landed in that second category through his handling of witnesses and reporters.

Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii offered the opposite performance Tuesday during her questioning of FBI Director Kash Patel.

Patel appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for an oversight hearing focused on his leadership of the FBI and a variety of other topics.

During the proceedings, he faced questioning from several Democrats and engaged in a particularly contentious exchange with Democratic Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont.

Then Hirono took her turn.

What followed was less an interrogation of the FBI director than a demonstration of what happens when a senator apparently fails to review the answer before demanding it.

Hirono asked Patel when senators could expect a response to a request for information. It was not a complicated question, and Patel supplied an equally straightforward answer.

The FBI director explained that he had already provided a full analysis and response.

That should have resolved the matter or, at minimum, prompted Hirono to address what Patel said the response contained.

Instead, Hirono asked, “When will you respond?” Patel had just said that he already had, but the senator continued as though his answer had never reached her ears.

“I already responded,” Patel said again. “The letter is public.”

That clarification was also remarkably simple. Patel said the response existed, that he had sent it, and that the letter was available publicly.

Hirono still did not appear to grasp the situation. “Well, if you have a response, give it to me right now.”

By that point, Patel had already explained the status twice. The senator nevertheless demanded that he personally place the public response in front of her during the hearing.

Patel finally dispensed with the routine. “It’s public; go look it up.”

That answer captured the absurdity of the moment. The FBI director was not hiding the response, claiming that it was unfinished, or promising that it would arrive at some later date.

According to Patel, the letter had already been issued and was publicly available. Hirono’s reaction only pushed the exchange further into farce.

“I assume there is no response,” she said.

That assumption ignored everything Patel had just told her.

Hirono went into the hearing prepared to ask about the status of the request, yet the exchange showed no indication that she had first determined whether the FBI had answered it.

Checking that status would have been basic preparation before confronting the bureau’s director in a public Senate hearing.

Hirono instead demanded an answer that Patel repeatedly said had already been provided.

The episode also highlighted a rather obvious point about their respective jobs.

Patel is the FBI director, not Hirono’s staffer responsible for checking her correspondence, locating public letters, or making sure she knows what has been submitted.

The FBI later posted a graphic containing the information on X, making the material even easier to find.

That extra step only sharpened the contrast between Hirono’s insistence that no response existed and Patel’s repeated statement that it was public.

Patel did not need an elaborate argument to make Hirono look silly. He merely had to repeat the same basic fact while she continued asking for something he said was already available.

Hirono contributed mightily to the spectacle all by herself.

Even among Democrats who brought combative questioning to the hearing, she managed to turn a routine request about a public response into an embarrassing display.

Gill’s sharp handling of witnesses and reporters showed what preparation can look like on Capitol Hill.

Hirono’s performance showed the other side, complete with a public letter, repeated explanations, and a senator who still declared that no response existed.

Patel’s final instruction was blunt because the situation had become painfully simple.

The answer was public, the FBI said it had already responded, and Hirono could have looked it up before making herself the punchline.

Congress Targets ‘Trojan Horse’ Influence Webs Tied to China, Iran and Cuba [WATCH]
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Congress Targets ‘Trojan Horse’ Influence Webs Tied to China, Iran and Cuba [WATCH]

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On Sept. 8, 2026, a panel at the Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C., examined the national security threat posed by communist run Cuba.

The event took place near the corner of Church Street and 16th Street NW, several blocks from the White House, as reported by Fox News.

Christine Balling, a former advisor to U.S. Special Operations Command South, was leading the discussion when CodePink organizer Olivia DiNucci stood and interrupted.

DiNucci held up a hand-painted banner declaring, “SANCTIONS KILL IN CUBA.”

“There is global solidarity with Gaza and Cuba and ICE here,” DiNucci shouted as security officials seized the banner and escorted her through a side door.

She continued yelling, “because the liberation of our people is rooted in our neighbors!”

The banner identified DiNucci’s affiliation with CodePink, a left-wing political agitation group that describes itself as opposing war.

DiNucci regularly appears alongside CodePink cofounder Susan Medea Benjamin while disrupting dinners, hearings and conferences.

CodePink supports the Communist Party of Cuba and has organized caravans to the island nation.

Treasury Department officials are investigating whether the group violated laws that bar Americans from doing business with the communist regime.

Balling and fellow panelist Michael Gonzalez, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation and a Cuban American opposed to Cuba’s communist government, viewed the disruption as something more serious than harmless protest.

Balling said such organizations operate as political wrecking crews within the United States.

“CodePink and other organizations like it essentially act like Trojan horses. They burst in onto the scene, and they’re meant to disrupt and destroy from within,” Balling told Fox News Digital.

She said the groups seek to divide Americans, weaken the country, and depict American freedoms as lies unworthy of defending.

The confrontation arrived as House lawmakers prepared a Tuesday hearing titled “Trojan Horses: Covert Foreign Malign Influence Operations in America.”

The hearing will examine how activists, nonprofit organizations, media operations and social media influencers advance the interests of adversarial countries including China, Iran and Cuba.

Twitch streamer Hasan Piker is among the figures facing scrutiny.

Piker joined a CodePink delegation to Cuba earlier this year and posed for a photograph in Havana with CodePink cofounder Jodie Evans, with both drawing Treasury Department scrutiny.

Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia, said hostile governments use domestic proxies to spread propaganda.

“Adversarial nations like China, Russia, and Cuba conduct malign influence operations here in the United States by utilizing social media influencers such as Hasan Piker as proxies to promote communism and push their false propaganda,” Huizenga said.

“My goal is to raise the curtain to expose these operations and stop them from undermining our national security, capitalism and the American Dream,” Huizenga added.

Witnesses and lawmakers plan to examine whether foreign governments shape American political discourse through domestic messengers while keeping those governments at a distance.

Fox News Digital has investigated financial and organizational links involving Neville Roy Singham, an American tech tycoon living in Shanghai.

Late last year, Singham appeared at the Golden Tulip Hotel during a conference about the “Global South” and delivered a speech supporting the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping and China’s “new world order.”

A Fox News Digital investigation published in five parts examined 223 transactions totaling $591 million across five continents from 2017 through 2025.

The reporting traced funds through multiple organizational layers into a transnational network estimated to include approximately 2,000 organizations.

The analysis documented $278 million flowing from Singham into six central nonprofit organizations beginning in 2017.

They were BreakThrough BT Media Inc., CodePink Women for Peace, Justice and Education Fund Inc., People’s Forum Inc., People’s Support Foundation Ltd., and Tricontinental Ltd.

Financial records showed $167.5 million going to People’s Support Foundation Ltd., $68.7 million to Justice and Education Fund Inc., and $22.44 million to the People’s Forum.

Tricontinental Ltd. received $16.76 million, CodePink received $1.33 million, and BreakThrough BT Media received $1.098 million.

Those six nonprofits later distributed approximately $163 million to 52 organizations, including themselves, across five geographic regions.

Another layer of 11 groups distributed approximately $150 million into four nonprofits and five geographic regions, including $23 million directed to Africa south of the Sahara.

The organizations and their executives have denied wrongdoing and called the scrutiny an anticommunist “witch hunt.”

Singham has not responded to repeated requests for comment.

Back at the Cuba panel, Balling said disruption was the group’s preferred method rather than respectful debate.

“Their method of operation,” she said, “is to disrupt, of course, to get the soundbites on Twitter or Instagram or what have you, but they are not ever interested in a respectful dialogue.”

At 6:42 p.m., less than an hour after the event ended at about 6 p.m., CodePink posted a video lasting 1 minute and 35 seconds on X.

The group also uploaded it to YouTube and Instagram, then issued a press release listing DiNucci as the “media contact” and offering journalists “unbranded video footage.”

Priorities Exposed: James Talarico Instantly Names His Favorite Texas Drag Queen [WATCH]
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Priorities Exposed: James Talarico Instantly Names His Favorite Texas Drag Queen [WATCH]

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Texas Democratic Senate hopeful James Talarico did not need time to consider an unusual question at a recent campaign event, as reported by The Gateway Pundit.

When a man asked him to identify his favorite drag queen in Texas, Talarico supplied a name immediately.

The exchange offered another glimpse of Talarico’s enthusiastic support for LGBT issues, which has already become part of the political fight surrounding his Senate campaign.

His quick response showed that this was apparently not an unfamiliar subject for the Democrat.

Video from the campaign event shows a man approaching Talarico before the two posed together for a photograph.

The man began by telling the candidate that he remembered Talarico defending drag performers.

“Mr. Talarico, so nice to meet you… I was there when you defended the drags,” the man says in the video. The friendly introduction quickly led to a much more specific question.

“Who’s your favorite drag queen in Texas?” the man asks in the video. Talarico did not hesitate, request clarification, or pause to search for an answer.

“Oh, my gosh. Probably Alyssa Edwards,” Talarico responds. The speed and certainty of the reply made the brief campaign exchange stand out.

Alyssa Edwards is the stage name used by Justin Dwayne Lee Johnson. Johnson has publicly described himself as “a drag performer that works with children” and has been an outspoken supporter of youth drag shows.

That background gives Talarico’s instant selection additional political significance.

The Democrat was not simply asked whether he supported drag performances generally, but to identify one particular performer from Texas as his favorite.

Talarico’s views concerning sexuality and gender have already supplied critics with material during the Senate contest.

Among the remarks drawing attention is his statement that “God is nonbinary.”

The Texas Democrat also praised the state’s drag performers in 2023. Talarico said Texas has “some of the best drag queens in the nation.”

The more recent campaign video placed those earlier statements into a direct voter interaction.

Asked for one favorite, Talarico quickly settled on Edwards without appearing to weigh any alternatives.

The exchange also followed reporting from the Washington Free Beacon about a 2021 event called “Taylor PRIDE” in Taylor, Texas. Talarico headlined that event.

During the 2021 gathering, a boy who was 11 years old performed in drag under the name Kween Kee Kee.

That event has become another part of the record surrounding Talarico’s support for drag performances and related LGBT causes.

Johnson’s advocacy adds another layer to the campaign moment because he has openly supported youth drag shows.

Talarico’s selection therefore pointed directly toward a performer whose public work and advocacy have included children.

Nothing in the video suggests that Talarico was caught struggling to remember a name. Instead, his answer arrived immediately after the question, making the exchange notable for both its subject and the candidate’s unmistakable familiarity with it.

For Talarico, these are not isolated comments buried somewhere in a lengthy political career.

His remarks about God, his praise for Texas drag queens, his appearance at Taylor PRIDE, and his latest answer all concern the same set of cultural issues.

The campaign encounter was brief, but the answer was revealing in its speed and specificity.

Texas voters now have another clear example of the causes, performers, and cultural priorities that command Talarico’s attention.

The question required only a few words, and Talarico’s response required even fewer.

When asked to name his favorite drag queen in Texas, the Democratic Senate hopeful had Alyssa Edwards ready without skipping a beat.

Al Green Wheels Out His Eighth Trump Impeachment Stunt [WATCH]
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Al Green Wheels Out His Eighth Trump Impeachment Stunt [WATCH]

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Democrat Rep. Al Green is preparing to take another swing at impeaching President Donald Trump, returning to a crusade that has already produced seven previous attempts.

Green announced the latest push after losing his primary by nearly 40% and being ousted from Congress, Townhall reported.

The Texas Democrat is basing this impeachment effort on four fatal shootings involving federal agents conducting immigration enforcement operations.

The people identified in connection with those shootings are Renée Good, Alex Pretti, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, and Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.

Green alleges that the actions taken by federal agents in those cases were unjustified.

He further argues that the shootings amount to high crimes and misdemeanors, the constitutional standard he is invoking in his latest effort against Trump.

This will mark Green’s eighth attempt to impeach the president, making the announcement less of a political surprise than another familiar installment.

His last impeachment effort came as recently as June of this year, according to the source.

That previous attempt did not gain the support necessary to move forward.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and 127 of his Democratic colleagues joined Republicans in torpedoing Green’s attempt, delivering a decisive setback to the Texas congressman’s impeachment campaign.

The earlier vote showed that a large group of House Democrats was unwilling to follow Green into another impeachment battle.

Jeffries and those 127 Democrats instead sided with the Republican opposition to stop the effort before it could advance.

Green is now putting the issue back before Congress with only 50 days remaining until the midterm elections.

The timing means Democrats could again be required to place their positions on the record just as voters prepare to decide control of Congress.

That vote could present an unwelcome political choice for Democrats who previously rejected Green’s approach.

They will either have to support his eighth impeachment attempt or once again join Republicans in blocking a member of their own party.

House Republicans, meanwhile, could gain campaign ammunition from the renewed impeachment push as they work to retain both chambers of Congress.

The source explicitly identifies that possibility as one of the political consequences of forcing Democrats to vote on Green’s proposal.

The impeachment effort therefore arrives with electoral stakes attached, even though Green’s most recent attempt collapsed with substantial Democratic opposition.

With the midterm elections just 50 days away, every recorded vote could become material in the fight for congressional control.

Green’s primary defeat adds another wrinkle to his latest campaign against Trump.

Despite losing that contest by nearly 40% and being ousted from Congress, he is using his remaining time to launch yet another attempt to remove the president.

His stated grounds remain centered on the fatal shootings during federal immigration enforcement operations.

Green contends that the conduct in those incidents was unjustified and serious enough to qualify as high crimes and misdemeanors attributable to Trump.

The proposal will also test whether the Democrats who opposed Green’s previous effort intend to maintain that position.

Jeffries and 127 other Democrats helped sink the last attempt, showing that Green had failed to unite even his own party behind impeachment.

Nothing in the source indicates that those members have changed their positions since the June effort.

What is clear is that Green’s announcement places the impeachment question in front of Democrats again during the closing stretch before the midterm elections.

For Green, this is attempt number eight in a campaign that has repeatedly failed to secure enough backing.

For Democrats, it is another potentially awkward recorded vote, while Republicans may receive fresh material for their effort to keep control of both congressional chambers.


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