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A former state legislator in Colorado was convicted of four felonies on Wednesday after she faked letters of support during an ethics investigation, according to a new report.

Sonya Jaquez Lewis, a Boulder County Democrat, was convicted on four counts of attempting to influence a public servant and three counts of forgery for submitting fabricated letters of support during a Colorado Senate Ethics Committee investigation into workplace conditions in her office, The Colorado Sun reported.

Former Republican National Committee chairman and MS NOW anchor Michael Steele slammed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's recent call for a "recalibration" of Immigration and Customs Enforcement strategy, accusing him of enabling the very environment that let ICE run wild in the first place by building a massive child detention facility for them.

"I want to play Greg Abbott's response because right now he thinks there needs to be a recalibration. I wonder why," said Steele, speaking with Texas state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, who is running for the Democratic nomination to run against Abbott this year. "Let's listen to what he had to say."

A panel discussion on the latest episode of "Piers Morgan Uncensored" devolved into a shouting match over the actions of President Donald Trump's immigration forces in Minneapolis.

Ex-GOP operative Tim Miller was on a panel with former Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Jonathan Fahey, Brandon Tatum, a social media influencer known as The Officer Tatum, and progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen to discuss the aftermath of agents killing nurse Alex Pretti. Pretti's death has sparked bipartisan outrage at Trump's immigration forces and increased calls for administration officials to be fired.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) called out the Department of Homeland Security's lies about the shooting of intensive care nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, during a segment on the far-right Newsmax network's "Rob Schmitt Tonight."

Paul, who has emerged as a frequent critic of some of President Donald Trump's more bizarre and authoritarian policies, specifically laid into the excuse that Pretti was armed with a legally licensed gun, and the false claim that he drew his weapon.

President Donald Trump is seriously weighing a massive military offensive against Iran after back-channel negotiations over the country's nuclear program and ballistic missiles hit a dead end, sources confirmed to CNN.

The dramatic report comes after Trump considered military action framed as support for anti-regime protesters facing brutal government crackdowns, including mass executions.

A Pennsylvania couple is facing charges after authorities said they beat a woman at a local bar, hurled racial slurs, and asserted, "This is a MAGA town."

York County couple Richard Willis Mitchell Jr., 62, and Sara Tresnak, 51, have been charged with misdemeanor ethnic intimidation, along with disorderly conduct and harassment charges stemming from the Jan. 10 incident at Hanover Eagles, according to reports.

Legal experts were taken aback after a federal judge issued an "extraordinary" warning to President Donald Trump's immigration forces in a new court order on Wednesday.

Federal Judge Patrick J. Shiltz of the District of Minnesota issued an order cancelling an upcoming contempt hearing for acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Todd Lyons over his agency's seeming inability to follow court orders. In the order, Shlitz noted 96 instances in which ICE had violated a court order.

Mockery abounded on Wednesday as reports surfaced that movie theaters will hawk a limited-edition Melania Trump-themed popcorn bucket for $12.99, timed to the first lady's new documentary hitting screens Friday.

As ridicule swirled earlier this week over dismal expected sales for Amazon's expensive documentary, social media lit up again when Gizmodo reported that Melania-themed popcorn buckets will be available for purchase this weekend.

President Donald Trump's mass immigrant arrest scheme suffered a huge setback on Wednesday, as a federal judge in Minnesota ordered a halt to any arrest and detention of lawful refugees not accused of committing crimes.

Senior U.S. District Judge John Tunheim ordered that the moves to arrest Minnesota's 5,600 refugees, transport them to other states, and interrogate them in detention cannot continue — and that anyone who was shipped out to other states in this manner must be returned to Minnesota.

One of MAGA's favorite companies is still reeling from its political ties to President Donald Trump, and that could cost its CEO a $1 trillion payday he recently negotiated with its board of directors, according to a new report.

Last year, Tesla shareholders approved a pay package for CEO Elon Musk that would allow him to earn more than $1 trillion in company stock if Tesla meets aggressive metrics over the next decade. Those metrics include growing Tesla's market capitalization from $1.5 trillion to $8.5 trillion, putting it ahead of companies like Nvidia and Amazon, as well as earning and product-specific targets.

A Border Patrol agent recently spilled the beans about more than a dozen 'secret and obscure watchlists' that President Donald Trump's administration has created to monitor Americans, according to a new report.

Independent journalist Ken Klippenstein reported on Wednesday that a source inside Customs and Border Patrol spoke to him about a list of "aggressive protesters" that the administration has cobbled together using multiple existing government databases. The protesters the administration cares about most are anti-ICE and pro-Palestinian protesters, the report said. Some of the codenames of the lists are Bluekey, Grapevine, Hummingbird, Reaper, Sandcastle, Sienna, Slipstream, and Sparta, it added.

A federal judge blasted President Donald Trump's Immigration and Customs Enforcement forces in a scathing order on Wednesday that gave the administration a temporary win.

Kyle Cheney, senior legal affairs reporter for Politico, posted on X that the order cancelled an upcoming contempt hearing scheduled for Friday. Federal Judge Patrick J. Schiltz of the District of Minnesota had previously compelled acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear in court and answer questions about the agency's ability to comply with court orders.

Election workers in Georgia issued a dire warning to the public after President Donald Trump's FBI raided the Fulton County Election Hub and Operations Center on Wednesday.

Trump's FBI executed a search warrant for all ballots from Fulton County's 2020 general election, including digital imagery, ballot counts, and voting machine information. The warrant also included a demand for the Fulton County voter rolls, which the administration has been trying to obtain from state and local governments throughout Trump's second term.