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Woman avoids paying her roofing bill by calling ICE: report

American Immigration Council senior fellow Aaron Reichlin-Melnick reacted Thursday to allegations that a Maryland homeowner may face felony charges after calling ICE on Guatemalan contractors to avoid paying a $10,000 roof repair bill.

According to video documentation, the woman hired the workers and waited until completion to contact immigration authorities to detain them. Live video footage showed ICE agents surrounding the workers, who expressed shock in Spanish while the homeowner was filmed "tidying up the house."

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'You think I'm that stupid?' Judge snaps as defendant on Zoom call lies she's not driving

A Michigan judge was stunned when a civil defendant joined a Zoom call hearing while driving her car, in footage originally obtained by Fox 2 Detroit and reposted by CBS News — and then lost his patience when she tried to deny she was the driver, despite it being clearly visible on camera.

According to People Magazine, the defendant, Kimberly Carroll, was being sued by a debt collection company for around $2,000, and her case was before Woodhaven District Judge Michael K. McNally.

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'People, come on!' CPAC host shocked after audience doesn't boo Joe Biden

Mercedes Schlapp, the host of the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, seemed stunned after her audience declined to boo former President Joe Biden.

During a conversation with border czar Tom Homan on Thursday, Schlapp asked the Trump official to "compare the Biden years."

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ICE insider claims they had 'no idea' Trump team plotted new deployment for agency

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has claimed the department had no idea they would be deployed on a new operation.

Donald Trump's team has placed ICE agents in airports across the country to assist the Transportation Security Administration during the Department of Homeland Security's shutdown. TSA employees have been increasingly absent as the shutdown affects their pay, with about 3,400 TSA agents calling out of work on Sunday, according to BBC.

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'Let me finish!' Senate Republican loses his cool as he's fact-checked on his own bill

Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) clashed in a conversation with CNN host Brianna Keilar that left the GOP lawmaker tongue-tied during a live broadcast on Thursday.

The Republican got in the fiery back-and-forth with Keilar after the anchor started asking Husted about the SAVE America Act and raised questions over whether the legislation backed by the Trump administration and conservatives would disenfranchise voters. Husted was reacting after a vote on his voter ID amendment failed, while President Donald Trump has pressured Republicans to end the filibuster, fund the Department of Homeland Security and pass the SAVE America Act.

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Trump losing top Fox News ally as MAGA host warns of 'cascading problems'

President Donald Trump has apparently started to lose support from one of his loyal Fox News allies as doubts rise over his decision to continue the war against Iran, according to reports on Thursday.

Fox News host and conservative ally Laura Ingraham had a skeptical response to the Trump administration's war on Wednesday night during a live broadcast, Media Matters for America reported. Ingraham warned that as the United States escalates its military action in the Middle East, it could prompt dire and "unintended consequences." She argued that Trump and his administration should focus on America's economy and political situation.

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'Put America first!' CPAC attendee 'not happy at all' with Trump

CNN's Donie O'Sullivan talked to one attendee at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, who slammed President Donald Trump over his war in Iran.

"I'm at CPAC in Dallas," O'Sullivan explained on Thursday. "It's the biggest conservative conference in the country. And lots of people here are talking about the war in Iran. Trump is not speaking at this event this year."

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CPAC moms say Barron Trump should serve in the military if his dad puts boots in Iran

In an interview with MS NOW’s Rosa Flores, two women attending the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, claimed they first resisted Donald Trump’s war on Iran and have now come around to his point of view.

But they later added that Barron Trump should serve in the military if the president puts boots on the ground.

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MAGA-friendly leader suffers stunning defeat for being too close to Trump

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suffered a shock defeat this month as her party's proposal to reform the nation's judiciary in a way that grants more power to the executive went down — and President Donald Trump played a role in it, The Guardian reported.

"Things were not supposed to go this way," wrote Riccardo Alcaro. "Approval ratings for Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party have remained largely stable since 2022, a remarkable feat in Italian politics. She has also regularly outperformed most fellow European leaders in terms of popular support. And not long before the referendum, polls still had the yes campaign ahead. So what happened?"

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Right-wing CPAC's few attendees voice bizarre excuses for Trump: 'My head is spinning'

Donald Trump’s decision to skip an appearance at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this year, combined with his plummeting approval numbers, appears to be having an attendance impact.

Reporting from Grapevine, Texas, at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center, MS NOW’s Rosa Flores found plenty of booths selling pro-MAGA merchandise — and few takers in the hallways.

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Pete Hegseth's staff laughs at him behind his back with offensive new nickname: insider

Pete Hegseth has been given a new nickname by staffers comparing him to a former Department of Defense head.

The current DoD chief and long-time Donald Trump supporter has been branded "Dumb McNamara," a reference to Robert McNamara. McNamara served as the Department of Defense head to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and it seems the comparison is not at all favorable.

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Trump mulls ripping apart historic White House Treaty Room to build bed and bath

President Donald Trump has reportedly discussed his next possible major renovations to the White House: turning the historic Treaty Room into a bedroom suite with a bathroom.

The New York Times first reported that Trump was prepared to undertake "one of the most significant renovations in the history of the White House."

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Taxpayers to fork out $1B to block Trump's pet obsession: 'Outrageous misuse'

The U.S. government will pay a French energy firm nearly $1 billion to cancel its plans to build a pair of wind farms off the East Coast, the Trump administration announced Monday in its latest move to stymie offshore wind.

The French firm TotalEnergies will forfeit its leases for projects off the coasts of New York and North Carolina, with the United States paying $928 million to reimburse what the company initially spent on the leases.

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