Anti-ICE protesters descended on the Maine office of Sen. Susan Collins on Monday, and video from the scene shows the crowd surging against the entrance as people tried to push their way inside. The confrontation erupted within hours of a fatal shooting involving an ICE agent in Biddeford. The FBI investigation had barely begun before the political pressure campaign reached Collins’ doorstep.   The clip shows a tightly packed group outside the office entrance, with protesters pressing toward the doorway while cameras roll. What it does not show is restraint. There was no confirmed report at publication time that the crowd successfully entered a private office area, nor had authorities announced arrests tied to the confrontation. The footage does show an aggressive attempt to force the issue at the entrance. The protest followed a deadly encounter roughly 15 miles southwest of Portland. The Associated Press reported that a federal immigration agent fatally shot a motorist Monday morning in Biddeford while agents were pursuing him for deportation. Independent Sen. Angus King said Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told him the man had used his vehicle as a weapon against the agents. Bystander video taken after the gunfire showed a white sedan circling through an intersection as agents attempted to bring it to a stop. Photographs from the scene showed multiple bullet holes in the windshield. King said the agents involved were not wearing body cameras and that the FBI is leading the investigation. Maine State Police, the state attorney general’s office and the chief medical examiner are also involved in determining exactly what happened. Advocacy groups identified the driver only as a 26-year-old Colombian man and said his family was not ready to release his name. The central question remains whether the vehicle posed a deadly threat at the moment the ICE agent opened fire. #UPDATE: The Homeland Security reportedly told Sen. King a young man “weaponized” a vehicle before being shot and killed by an ICE agent in Biddeford. DETAILS: https://t.co/00Ps3fFoCx — CBS 13 News (@WGME) July 13, 2026 That is the federal account as relayed by King. It is an important piece of the story, but it is not yet a final investigative finding. Local witnesses described a chaotic scene from different vantage points. The Portland Press Herald spoke with residents who watched portions of the incident from nearby homes. Daniel Boucher said he heard what sounded like fireworks, looked outside and saw an SUV trying to ram the smaller white car before agents stopped it and pulled the wounded driver out. Boucher told the newspaper that the man was bleeding heavily and still speaking after he was removed from the vehicle. Another witness, identified only as Em, said the sedan was circling as though the driver no longer had control. Em also reported seeing plainclothes agents in police vests pressed against the driver’s side as they tried to guide the moving car away from people and objects. She recalled hearing one initial shot followed by several more. Those accounts describe the aftermath and pieces of the confrontation, but neither witness resolved the precise instant when force was used. Video evidence, forensic findings and interviews will matter enormously in establishing whether the shooting was justified. That uncertainty makes the rush on Collins’ office even more revealing. The protesters did not wait for the FBI to reconstruct the scene. They did not wait for the physical evidence, the full videos or the testimony of the agents involved. They mobilized immediately and took their anger to a sitting senator’s workplace. Collins responded to the shooting by calling for a full and impartial investigation, hardly a dismissal of public concern. The shooting in Biddeford requires a full and impartial investigation of what happened. It is my understanding that the Biddeford police have secured the site and that the FBI is investigating. — Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) July 13, 2026 That measured statement did not spare her office from the crowd. There is a clear line between protesting a government official and trying to overpower the entrance to that official’s workplace. The First Amendment protects speech, assembly and demands for answers; it does not create a right to force access to a Senate office. ICE agents also have the right to defend themselves when a vehicle is used as a weapon. Whether that happened exactly as federal officials described is the question the FBI must answer with evidence. Until then, the public deserves facts from Biddeford and accountability for anyone who crossed the line at Collins’ office. The investigation should move quickly. So should consequences for anyone who believed a political grievance entitled them to shove past a secured entrance. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post WATCH: Anti-ICE Mob STORMS Office Of Sen. Susan Collins After Fatal Maine Shooting appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is set to appoint the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to serve the remainder of his Senate term. Graham’s term ends in January 2027. McMaster will hold a press conference at 4 p.m. ET to make the announcement. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is set to appoint the late Sen. Lindsey Graham's sister Darline Graham Nordone to finish his Senate term. https://t.co/UolQXn1FPA — CBS News (@CBSNews) July 13, 2026 CBS News shared further: The replacement will be able to serve until at least Jan. 3, when a new Congress convenes. President Trump, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina and others have voiced their support for Nordone. Senate Majority Leader John Thune told CNN that selecting Graham’s sister “makes a lot of sense.” Graham took legal guardianship of his sister when he was 22 and she was 13, after both of their parents died within 15 months of each other. Graham was also running for reelection this fall, and a special Republican primary election will be held on Aug. 11 to determine who will replace him on the ballot. The candidate who wins in November will secure a full six-year term. Graham died Saturday at the age of 71, and a medical examiner’s preliminary findings suggested the cause was aortic dissection, which involves a tear in the main artery from the heart. “I recommended, to Governor Henry McMaster, Lindsey Graham’s wonderful sister, Darline, to serve as interim Senator from the Great State of South Carolina. This would be a fabulous tribute to Lindsey, who loved her dearly!” President Trump said on Monday. President Trump Announces His Recommendation For Who Should Serve The Remainder Of Lindsey Graham’s Term “Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, would be a fantastic pick to serve out the remainder of the senate term. After speaking with Darline, there is no one better who understands Lindsey’s love for family, our state, and our country,” Scott commented. Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, would be a fantastic pick to serve out the remainder of the senate term. After speaking with Darline, there is no one better who understands Lindsey’s love for family, our state, and our country. https://t.co/7XSt7AQPlS — Tim Scott (@votetimscott) July 13, 2026 NBC News has more: “It was a really tough time for us,” Graham Nordone said, introducing him at the kick-off event for his GOP presidential bid in 2015 in South Carolina. “I can remember the day my father passed away, standing in the living room of that house, absolutely scared to death. Lindsay wrapped his arms around me and promised me that he would always be there for me and always take care of me. And I can assure you he’s done that. He has never let me down.” She said in a joint interview with her brother on Fox News that year, “I don’t know what I would have done without him.” It’s unclear if Graham Nordone would want to run for her brother’s seat. Graham had been seeking a fifth term in the Senate in this year’s midterm elections after defeating a wealthy GOP challenger in his state’s Republican primary last month. Under South Carolina law, candidates who want to run for Graham’s seat have one week starting July 21 to file for a special primary election that would be held on Aug. 11. The post BREAKING: South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster Decides Who Will Serve Remainder Of Lindsey Graham’s Term appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

President Trump has made his choice for who should temporarily succeed the late Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina, and it may be the most personal selection possible. He is urging Gov. Henry McMaster to appoint Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to the open seat. Trump called Nordone a “wonderful” woman and said placing her in the Senate would be a “fabulous tribute” to the brother who loved her so dearly. TRUMP HAS A PICK FOR SOUTH CAROLINA’S INTERIM SENATOR. President Trump says he recommended Darline Graham, Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sister, to fill South Carolina’s interim Senate seat, saying it would be “a fabulous tribute” to the longtime senator. — The Will Cain Show (@WillCainShow) July 13, 2026 The recommendation arrived Monday as South Carolina prepared to fill Graham’s seat following his death over the weekend at age 71. The Washington Examiner reported that Trump personally recommended Nordone to McMaster and released his endorsement ahead of the governor’s scheduled 4 p.m. Eastern press conference. That timing put the President’s choice squarely at the center of the decision before McMaster stepped before the cameras. It also transformed a routine placeholder announcement into a closely watched White House endorsement. The outlet also noted that Trump had spoken with Graham shortly before the senator’s death, adding another layer to the President’s decision to publicly back someone from Graham’s immediate family. The two men had worked together for years on the President’s agenda. McMaster had not formally revealed his appointee when Trump made the recommendation. The governor’s afternoon announcement was expected to settle who will represent South Carolina during the rapid special-election process. The governor holds the legal appointment power, so Trump’s announcement is a recommendation rather than the appointment itself. But there is already strong reporting that Nordone is under serious consideration. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster will announce his Senate appointment to succeed late Sen. Lindsey Graham, as President Trump recommends Graham’s sister Darline to service as interim. Fox is told that McMaster’s appointment to Graham’s seat will be a caretaker and not someone who will run for the full-term, making Graham’s sister a real possibility. Graham passed away at 71 over the weekend after “brief and sudden illness,” his office announced. — Fox News (@FoxNews) July 13, 2026 That caretaker detail matters. If McMaster follows Trump’s recommendation, Nordone would step in to represent South Carolina through the end of the current term without using the appointment as a head start in the race for a full six-year term. In other words, the appointment would function as a bridge and a tribute while voters decide who should hold the seat for the long haul. Under South Carolina law, the governor may fill a U.S. Senate vacancy by appointment until January 3 following the next general election. The authority belongs to McMaster, and the temporary senator does not receive a full six-year term through the appointment. The statute gives the state an immediate way to restore its full Senate delegation while preserving the voters’ authority to choose the longer-term replacement. It prevents an extended vacancy without allowing the governor to bypass the electorate. South Carolina Republicans will then choose their nominee on a compressed special-election schedule. Candidate filing is expected to begin July 21, with a primary on August 11 and a potential runoff on August 25. The general election is scheduled for Nov. 3. The appointee’s service would end on January 3, 2027, when the winner of the November election begins the next term. That makes the current choice consequential but deliberately temporary. Graham had already won the Republican primary for another term, which makes his sudden death a uniquely complicated political and personal loss for the state. Trump’s recommendation also carries a family history that stretches back decades. According to Graham’s official campaign biography, Lindsey and Darline lost both of their parents within roughly two years while Lindsey was attending college. The family tragedy forced the future senator into a parental role long before his career in law, the military and politics. Darline was only 13. Lindsey was barely into adulthood himself, but he made keeping the family together his responsibility. The biography describes a blue-collar family whose parents ran a restaurant, bar and pool hall. Lindsey became the first member of the family to attend college, then found himself carrying adult responsibilities at home while still a young man. Lindsey helped raise his younger sister while taking responsibility for the family’s small businesses. He later became her legal guardian and formally adopted her. That chapter of Graham’s life was not a minor biographical detail. It was one of the defining responsibilities he carried long before law school, military service or the United States Senate. Now President Trump is asking South Carolina to let Darline briefly carry her brother’s public legacy. The symbolism is powerful: the sister Graham once protected could be the person trusted to hold his Senate seat until South Carolinians elect a permanent successor. NBC’s Washington affiliate reported another important piece of the timeline. Just In: President Trump recommended that late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, be named his temporary replacement in the Senate. The interim senator will be sworn in Wednesday, someone familiar with the process said. — NBC4 Washington (@nbcwashington) July 13, 2026 If that timetable holds, South Carolina’s new interim senator will be on the job within days. The speed is important. Every Senate vote matters, and leaving a Republican seat vacant would narrow the majority while Washington moves through a packed agenda. Nordone’s appointment would preserve South Carolina’s representation without deciding the future contest before voters have their say. As of publication, McMaster’s formal announcement was still scheduled for 4 p.m. Eastern. But President Trump has left no doubt about the choice he wants the governor to make. If McMaster agrees, Darline Graham Nordone will temporarily hold the same seat her brother occupied for more than two decades, completing one final and deeply personal chapter in Lindsey Graham’s public life. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post JUST IN: President Trump Makes His Choice For Lindsey Graham’s Senate Seat appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said eight missing children were recovered in Kansas City in a human trafficking crackdown conducted during the World Cup. “Through strong partnerships with local law enforcement, we’re getting heinous criminals off Missouri streets and rescued 8 missing children in Kansas City,” DHS stated. “When we work together, our communities and the American people are safer,” it added. “We saved 8 children during this operation. We took advantage of bad people trying to prey on innocent children during an international opportunity and a celebration like the World Cup,” Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe said. Watch below: Through strong partnerships with local law enforcement, we’re getting heinous criminals off Missouri streets and rescued 8 missing children in Kansas City. When we work together, our communities and the American people are safer.https://t.co/CZmGbplnIr https://t.co/XY3uear1fc — Homeland Security (@DHSgov) July 13, 2026 KCTV5 has more: ICE and HSI agents say they also seized thousands of dollars in counterfeit FIFA merchandise in Kansas City. The seized items include fake jerseys, scarves and t-shirts. Agents note that they are still working to identify those responsible for making and selling the items. Authorities warn that counterfeit products not only hurt local businesses that pay for the rights to use official logos, but they can also be poorly made and contain unsafe materials. A nonprofit coalition called the WARS Council – World Cup Aftercare Resources and Services – formed specifically to fight the anticipated rise in trafficking during the tournament. The group includes nearly a dozen organizations and operates independently of the City of Kansas City and KC2026 organizers. “ICE agents uphold our nation’s immigration laws in all 50 states, seven days a week, 24 hours a day,” a DHS spokesperson told the outlet. “Eight kids saved during #FIFAWorldCup2026 human trafficking crackdown — incredible work by ICE @HSIKansasCity and its partners,” ICE stated. Eight kids saved during #FIFAWorldCup2026 human trafficking crackdown — incredible work by ICE @HSIKansasCity and its partners. Learn how state and local law enforcement can partner with @ICEgov to make your state safer, too, through the 287(g) program: https://t.co/VUW7PITvTj https://t.co/EECRgQpa8y — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) July 13, 2026 KMBC shared further: Federal agents have been working behind the scenes to keep the FIFA World Cup safe as thousands of fans have celebrated in Kansas City. Officials with Homeland Security Investigations said they spent about a year preparing for the tournament and have maintained an increased presence at locations including the FIFA Fan Festival and other World Cup venues. “We have people working seven days a week, 12 to 16 hours per day. But we get the mission done,” said Richard Sabatini, acting special agent in charge of HSI Kansas City. Sabatini said the biggest challenge came long before the first match kicked off. “I think the hardest part was just getting to this point, the planning over month after month, week after week,” he said. Since the tournament began, HSI has focused much of its work on combating human trafficking. Agents said they have arrested 14 people, identified nine victims of human trafficking and recovered eight missing children. “Unfortunately, most of these children are runaways and reported missing from their families or care providers, but they end up on the streets or with these traffickers,” Sabatini said. They said most of the children recovered were teenagers, and several were from the Kansas City metro area. The post 8 Missing Children Recovered In Human Trafficking Crackdown During World Cup appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

Something really cool is starting to happen with my new book, “The Confessor”…. It’s starting to get popular with small groups and book clubs! A huge amount of credit for that goes out to a longtime WLT Report reader (shoutout Denise, thank you!) who has been introducing it to a bunch of different people and groups. And the cool thing is it’s starting to catch on! It makes sense…when you’re reading the book and especially when you get through the whirlwind endings, you just want to talk about it with other people! So it’s a natural fit for book clubs, and it turns out there are a LOT of book clubs out there! I had no idea! Anyway, I thought I would do something fun and try to help out the book clubs by putting together a Book Club Kit. How cool is that? It’s 33 pages and the best part is it’s totally FREE! Tap/Click Here to Download a Free Copy Also, I’m super excited to announce this: The First Three FULL BOOK Reviews Are In…And We’re At FIVE STARS! Hey everybody, Noah here and I have to “confess” that I am pretty excited right now. I’m sure by now you’ve heard about my new book, “The Confessor” but what you might not know is that it’s just a little bit stressful to actually release a book you’ve written out into the wild. You THINK it’s good…. You HOPE people are going to love it… But you don’t truly know until the first full book reviews actually come in. Will the readers like the ending? Will it hold their attention all the way through? Does it get better in the second half and accelerate into the closing like all great thrillers? I was pretty confident the book was good — really good — but I was still nervous to get those first few honest reviews. But now I can finally let out a sigh of relief because the first reviews are in and they are universally high scores!  You might even say they’re “tippy top”. Extra credit to “Sue W.” who just emailed me this review in FULL book style, using The Confessor’s yellow legal pad and turning her review into a confession. Absolutely brilliantly done! Check it out right here: If that’s hard to read on mobile, here’s a cleaner (but way less fun) version: As I mentioned, that’s just one of three full book reviews that are in so far. Here’s another great one: And I love this one: The book is so real people can visualize themselves in the world and acting like Logan. I love it! The above reviews are all ones that have come in direct by email to me, but I’m also excited to announce we also just got our first review on Amazon and there was no text write up associated with it but they’ve given us FIVE STARS too! Check it out: So anyway, I’m pretty pumped up right now knowing that the book is delivering exactly the experience I had hoped it would. And most of all, I am so happy that you all are having so much fun and enjoying it so much! Thank you all for your support, it means the world to me! And if you haven’t grabbed a copy yet, what are you waiting for? I’m still trying to hit the bestseller list so if you’re willing and able, would you consider buying a copy? Or maybe even a few copies to hand out to friends and family? All the links are right here: Hardcover on Amazon available here:  https://amzn.to/4vhvun5 Paperback on Amazon available here:  https://amzn.to/4vcnX8U Kindle on Amazon available here:  https://amzn.to/44gCTYC Signed first-edition on my website available here:  https://books.wltlh.com/TheConfessor/ I really appreciate the support….AND….I promise to not let you down.  You are going to LOVE this book, I promise!  If you don’t love it, message me and I’ll personally issue you a refund.  But the ending is so satisfying, I can’t wait for you to read it. And what does everyone do before deciding to purchase a book? You read the back cover, of course. So here is the back cover from “The Confessor” so you can get a little taste of what’s in the book: Here’s the full text of the back cover in case that’s hard to read: The Confessor is never wrong. He has built his whole life around being sure of it. He chooses people who got away with it — never charged, never even suspected. The charity director who gutted his own foundation. The smiling influencer who built an empire on a lie. He sits them down alone with a pen and a yellow legal pad, and waits as long as it takes for the truth in their own hand. Then he balances the account. The confessions are real. But on paper, nothing connects the victims — separate lives, separate crimes, no thread that should tie one death to the next. Detective Logan Hollister has every reason to stay out of it. The money came a long time ago; the house is an hour down the coast, the kind of quiet other men spend their whole lives chasing. Logan can only tolerate it in small batches before he wants back in. He keeps the badge, works the cases that still mean something, and this is the one he can’t walk away from. On the surface, he and the man he’s hunting are opposites. One has everything a life can hold. The other spent years making himself into no one at all. But the bodies keep coming, and the difference between them keeps thinning — until Logan can’t always tell whether he’s hunting the man or recognizing him. Two small requests from me if you’re inclined to help me out… One, will you please help me get the word out about this new book?  As a new author, it’s hard to break onto the scene and get people to know you’re out there.  So if you’ve been with me for a long time and would be willing to help me out, please tell your friends and family about my new book.  It would sure mean a lot to me.  And for any of you so inclined, maybe purchase a few extra copies and give them out to friends and family, they make GREAT gifts! Two, once you read the book, I would LOVE to know what you thought about it, especially the ending!  I think the ending is so satisfying, but I’d love to know what you thought of it.  Please email me with your review and/or I would really love it if you would leave an honest review on Amazon, that helps me out a ton. Oh, and two fun things before I go…. First up, this will only make sense after you read the book, but there’s a website in the book that features prominently into the plot.  It’s called WLTLH.com and you might notice that sounds a lot like WLTReport.com.  That’s because many aspects of our main character, Logan Hollister, are parts of me that I’ve written into the book.  And Logan just so happens to run a news website just like I do, and it just so happens to be a big part of the plot twist in the book. So I thought it would be fun to not only have that site live in the book but also to come alive outside the book! Fiction meets reality and you can browse the real WLTLH website right here while/after you read the book:  https://localnews.wltlh.com The other thing I want to leave you with is the Dedication Page.  “The Confessor” is an homage to my favorite author of all time and dedicated to him: Dedication This book is dedicated to my favorite author of all time, John Sandford. And particularly to the Lucas Davenport universe. After reading countless Sandford thrillers beachside and poolside for nearly three decades, it has always been my dream to attempt to write something similar. Logan Hollister is his own man with a lot of myself baked in, but my hope is that he could pass for a distant cousin of Lucas. A warmer, West Coast cousin. And just as Del Capslock was born of the keyboard, I hope Curt Alton brings a smile. Together they could successfully reboot a computer. Much like Kobe Bryant modeled his game after the greatest of all time, that is my vision for this book. A young sixteen-year-old Kobe Bryant at Lower Merion High School, just outside Philadelphia, studying game tape and patterning his own game to honor and echo Michael Jordan. If I accomplish anything with this book and the Logan Hollister universe, I hope it has those same echoes. The pacing. The dialogue. The alternating point-of-view chapters that suck you in and flip you back and forth from killer to hero. The moments where Sandford will stop and tell you an utterly useless fact that does not advance the plot at all, just because he thinks the reader needs to know it. It’s all what makes Sandford uniquely Sandford and while there will never be another #23, here’s to hoping this could one day be The Black Mamba. It would be a dream of mine to have Sandford himself read this book.  With over 5+ million monthly readers here at WLT Report, my hope is that one of you has a connection and can get it in front of him.  Who knows, maybe he’ll even be gracious enough to write me a Forward for a future edition of this book?  How cool would that be! Here are the links again for where you can find the book: Hardcover on Amazon available here:  https://amzn.to/4vhvun5 Paperback on Amazon available here:  https://amzn.to/4vcnX8U Kindle on Amazon available here:  https://amzn.to/44gCTYC Signed first-edition on my website available here:  https://books.wltlh.com/TheConfessor/ Thank you so much for your support, I think you are going to absolutely LOVE this book! Enjoy! As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Amazon prices and availability can change, and the signed first edition is sold separately through WLTLH Books. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. 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