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Jennie Taer The influx of migrants crossing into Yuma, Arizona, has local officials worried that they can’t continue to address the border crisis. They’ve largely had to go it alone, with limited support from the federal government. “Eventually, the emergency is going to overtake some…
Read More How A Small Border Town Is Dealing With The Consequences Of Biden’s Border Policies
Earlier this month an Arizona State Trooper initiated a traffic stop on a 2015 Chevrolet Camaro on eastbound Interstate 8, at milepost 20, east of Yuma. During the traffic stop, the trooper observed multiple “indicators” of criminal activity. Following a positive alert by his narcotics…
Read More All Methed Up: Trooper In Arizona Seizes 138 Pounds Of Meth From 18-Year-Old
On Friday, the Supreme Court has reversed Roe vs. Wade, sending abortion laws back to the states. In a 6-3 decision, SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established the constitutional right to abortion in the U.S. in 1973. The ruling came more…
Read More Roe Vs. Wade Overturned In Decision By SCOTUS Friday
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers assigned to the Calexico Port of Entry seized over a half million dollars’ worth of Fentanyl, enough to kill over 12 million people. On June 6 at approximately 9:52 a.m., a 28-year-old male driver in a 2014 Ford entered…
Read More On The Border: Officers Seize Enough Fentanyl To Kill 12,439,769 People At One Border Stop
Over the past two weeks, the Riverside County Gang Impact Team (GIT) has seized thousands of pills containing fentanyl as well as several kilograms of the potentially deadly drug in powder form. The fentanyl seizures happened during three separate investigations conducted by GIT across Riverside…
Read More 5 Kilos Of Powdered Fentanyl, 40,000 Pills Seized In One California City
Police in Uvalde, Texas, never attempted to unlock the door to two classrooms where a gunman shot and killed 21 people on May 24, the San Antonio Express-News reported Saturday. The police may have thought the door to the classrooms was locked because the school’s…
Read More Report: Police In Uvalde Never Tried To Open Door To Classrooms Where Massacre Happened
Border Patrol Agents assigned to the Newton Azrak Border Patrol Station arrested a United States citizen attempting to smuggle methamphetamine in child booster seats. Agents conducted a vehicle stop northbound on Interstate 15 – north of the Newton Azrak Border Patrol Station checkpoint on June…
Read More All Methed Up: Border Agents Find 26.9 Pounds Of Meth In Child’s Booster Seat
Micaela Burrow The FBI and the U.S. Commerce Department launched a joint investigation into how U.S. chips made their way into Russian weapons systems in potential violation of laws banning certain electronics sales to Russia, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. A team from independent investigative group Conflict…
Read More Biden Admin Investigating How The Russian Military Got Ahold Of US-Made Chips
Jennie Taer The number of migrants authorities encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border in May shattered all Department of Homeland Security (DHS) records. During the month, border authorities encountered 239,416 migrants at the southern border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Wednesday. May’s encounters exceeded April’s record of 234,088…
Read More Border Agents Encountered More Migrants Crossing From Mexico Than Ever Before
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve hikeds interest rates by 0.75%, the largest single jump since 1994. The central bank signaled that further interest rate hikes will come this year, as the Fed leans on higher borrowing costs to slow demand and work to calm skyrocketing…
Read More Federal Reserve Hikes Interest Rates By 0.75% To Slow Inflation, Signal More To Come
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