According to Fox News, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a warning that Illinois officials are putting the public at risk by releasing “violent criminal illegal aliens.” Todd Lyons, acting ICE director, reportedly said in a letter that Illinois has “tens of thousands of criminal illegal aliens” in custody. The letter, shared with Fox News Digital, said the individuals committed crimes such as armed robbery, child pornography, rape, and murder. ICE is WARNING that Illinois officials are releasing violent criminal illegal aliens despite active immigration detainers, a move the agency says is putting the public at RISK. In the letter shared with Fox News Digital, Todd Lyons, ICE's senior official performing the duties of… pic.twitter.com/gESwhoIPWQ — Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) December 8, 2025 Fox News has more: Lyons said these offenders “should be swiftly removed from the United States … and not be returned to our streets to wreak havoc on law-abiding citizens.” According to data provided by ICE, Illinois has released 1,768 criminal aliens with active detainers since January 2025. ICE said the crimes tied to those offenders include homicides, assaults, burglaries, weapons offenses and sexual-predatory crimes. The agency also said another 4,015 criminal aliens with pending detainers remain in state or local custody, including individuals linked to 51 homicides and more than 800 sexual-predatory offenses. ICE provided a list of some of the detainers that were not honored, requiring federal officers to track down offenders after their release. The warning follows a similar letter sent to New York Attorney General Letitia James, demanding that she “honor ICE arrest detainers of the more than 7,000 criminal illegal aliens in the state’s custody.” The 7,000+ “criminal illegal aliens” include “murderers, sexual predators, and those convicted of or charged with weapons offenses,” DHS stated. Blue State Has Released Nearly 7,000 “Criminal Illegal Aliens,” DHS Says – Demands Attorney General To Turn Over Thousands In State Custody WHMI shared further: Some of the offenders were later re-arrested or removed from the United States by ICE, according to the documents. Lyons cautioned that Illinois’ ongoing refusal to honor immigration detainers "plainly jeopardizes public safety" and asked if the state intends to change course or continue releasing violent offenders who may otherwise "walk the streets of Illinois again."

President Trump said on Monday that he will sign an executive order outlining “one rulebook” when regulating artificial intelligence. “There must be only One Rulebook if we are going to continue to lead in AI. We are beating ALL COUNTRIES at this point in the race, but that won’t last long if we are going to have 50 States, many of them bad actors, involved in RULES and the APPROVAL PROCESS. THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT ABOUT THIS! AI WILL BE DESTROYED IN ITS INFANCY!” Trump said. “I will be doing a ONE RULE Executive Order this week. You can’t expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something. THAT WILL NEVER WORK!” he added. The Hill has more: It’s unclear what the final AI executive order will look like. A draft order seen by The Hill last month would have created a task force dedicated to challenging state AI laws and restricted certain broadband funding for states with AI laws deemed overly burdensome. The draft emerged in late November, as House GOP leadership was facing pushback over its effort to include a provision that would have barred state AI laws in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Republican leaders reportedly urged Trump to hold off on the order, as they continued the last-minute push to add preemption to the must-pass defense bill. However, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) indicated last week that the effort had fallen short, suggesting they were “looking at other places” for the AI provision. The provision was not included in the final negotiated text of the NDAA released late Sunday. Last month, Trump signed an executive order to launch a “national effort to use artificial intelligence (AI) to transform how scientific research is conducted and accelerate the speed of scientific discovery.” “The Genesis Mission charges the Secretary of Energy with leveraging our National Laboratories to unite America’s brightest minds, most powerful computers, and vast scientific data into one cooperative system for research,” the order read. “The Order directs the Department of Energy to create a closed-loop AI experimentation platform that integrates our Nation’s world-class supercomputers and unique data assets to generate scientific foundation models and power robotic laboratories,” it continued. “With this pen today, President Trump signed an historic mission. This is reminiscent of the Manhattan Project that brought World War II to an early and successful end, similar to the Apollo projects that put a man on the moon in 1969,” Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said. “This is an all-in national effort to take the power of AI and pair it with the 40,000 outstanding scientists and engineers at our national labs, to use the world’s largest supercomputers to advance innovation and science, to fix our rising energy costs, to give better economic opportunities for our citizens, to make longer and healthier lives possible,” he continued. Footage below: BREAKING: President Trump just signed an executive order akin to the MANHATTAN PROJECT that will deploy 40,000 THOUSAND USA scientists and engineers for the rapid advancement of AI over our competitors SEC. CHRIS WRIGHT: "With this pen today, President Trump signed an… pic.twitter.com/V6mxQbARVR — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 24, 2025 Fox Business shared: Trump declared last month that the U.S. “MUST have one Federal Standard instead of a patchwork of 50 State Regulatory Regimes,” and argued that over regulation at the state level was threatening the investment, and expected growth, of AI. On Sunday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai made a call for national AI regulation to compete with China more effectively during an interview on “Fox News Sunday.” Pichai said that more than 1,000 AI-related bills currently moving through state legislatures could create confusing rules that make it harder for U.S. companies to compete globally. “How do you cope with those varied regulations, and how do you compete with countries like China, which are moving fast in this technology?” Pichai questioned. “So I think we have to get the balance right.”

Things aren’t looking good in South East Asia. President Trump’s peace deal he orchestrated between Thailand and Cambodia is currently in the balance. On Monday, Thailand, launched airstrikes on Cambodia just months after the two countries signed a peace deal. CNN reported more on the ongoing conflict between Thailand and Cambodia: Thailand launched airstrikes against Cambodia on Monday as a new wave of fighting erupted between the southeast Asian neighbors, marking the potential collapse of a peace plan presided over by US President Donald Trump just two months ago. Both sides accused the other of launching strikes along their disputed border Monday morning, after weeks of simmering tension and the earlier suspension of progress on the ceasefire agreement by Thailand. Thai army spokesperson Maj. Gen. Winthai Suvaree said that the airstrikes targeted Cambodian military infrastructure, and were retaliation for an attack earlier on Monday that killed a Thai soldier. “The target was at Cambodia’s arms supporting positions in the area of Chong An Ma Pass, because those targets had used artilleries and mortar launchers to attack the Thai side at Anupong Base, resulting in one soldier killed,” Suvaree said. Seven people were injured in the attack, he added later during a news briefing. Cambodia began targeting the Thai border at around 3 a.m. local time on Monday, the Thai army said in a statement. In a separate statement, the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) said “Cambodia had mobilized heavy weaponry, repositioned combat units and prepared fire-support elements – activities that could escalate military operations and pose a threat to the Thai border area.” Cambodia’s Ministry of National Defense denied the RTAF allegations, calling it “false information” in a statement on X. “Standing on the spirit of respecting all previous agreements and resolving conflicts peacefully according to international law, Cambodia did not retaliate at all during the two assaults and continues to monitor the situation vigilantly and with utmost caution,” it said. Take a look: Backup here if needed: Thai army on Monday morning launched airstrikes on a casino amid heavy clashes along the Thai-Cambodian border. pic.twitter.com/hvUdmFmBya — Open Source Intel (@Osint613) December 8, 2025 Watch CNA’ report on the airstrike: Thai military launch air strikes following repeated clashes along disputed border with Cambodia and one killed Thai soldier, as Phnom Penh rejects Thai accusations it shot first. Here’s our @ChannelNewsAsia live report with the latest we know. pic.twitter.com/WsggnDdbvj — Saksith Saiyasombut | ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ไสยสมบัติ (@SaksithCNA) December 8, 2025 The Guardian reported more on the impact of the airstrike: Three Cambodian civilians were seriously injured in Oddar Meanchey province according to Met Measpheakdey, the province’s deputy governor. The fighting comes just six weeks after Trump oversaw the signing of a ceasefire agreement he brokered to end a five-day war that erupted in July. At least 48 people were killed in the conflict, and 300,000 forced to flee their homes. Tensions have remained high despite the ceasefire agreement, with both sides accusing one another other of violations, and Thailand announcing it was suspending the deal in November. Cambodia’s former prime minister Hun Sen, who remains hugely influential and is the father of the current leader, Hun Manet, urged his country’s forces to exercise restraint, saying Thailand was trying to “pull us into retaliation”. “The red line for responding has already been set. I urge commanders at all levels to educate all officers and soldiers accordingly,” Hun Sen said in a Facebook post.

On Sunday evening, President Trump and Melania attended the annual Kennedy Center Honors. Here are a few photos from the event: BREAKING: Photos released of President Trump and Melania walking the red carpet tonight at the Kennedy Center Absolutely epic. CLASS IS BACK. pic.twitter.com/BTvdKVm8eY — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 8, 2025 GLOWING SMILE from President Trump and Melania tonight at the Kennedy Center! The left can’t stand this at all. 79. Hard worker. Happy. Patriot. High energy. Saving his country. https://t.co/rKDRUadmTA pic.twitter.com/XmUiTJyEeh — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 8, 2025   Prior to the event, President Trump took a lot of questions from reporters. At one point, he gave off-the-cuff praise to the late and great Charlie Kirk for helping him do so well with the youth vote during last year’s election. Watch the moment here: Im in tears. President Trump gives a huge shoutout to Charlie Kirk for helping him win the young vote I can’t believe what Democrats took away from us PRAY FOR CHARLIE’S FAMILY pic.twitter.com/Ur9ruXSFRt — MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) December 7, 2025 Charlie Kirk remains a legend, and he obviously has a very special place in President Trump’s heart. He may be gone from Earth, but he will never be forgotten. In his death, Charlie Kirk has become an icon for young people who are fighting the good fight and seeking truth in these critical times. Take a look at a few of these awesome replies: Charlie’s legacy lives on. — harparr (@harparr1) December 8, 2025 Charlie was the best of us. That much is seen and felt since his death. — Erikaaa (@ErikaC47) December 8, 2025 The youth are waking up because they’re seeing authenticity again. Real leadership speaks to the American spirit. That old grit, loyalty, and courage this country was built on. You can feel the shift happening. — Owney the Postal Dog (@OwneyCoin) December 8, 2025 Your thoughts?

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent did not hold back during a Sunday appearance on CBS’ ‘Face the Nation.’ He absolutely schooled host Margaret Brennan on the Somalian fraud scheme in Minnesota — which, by the way, is currently being investigated for links to terrorism. Bessent spoke very bluntly, “When you come to this country, you gotta learn which side of the road to drive on, you gotta learn to stop at the stop signs, and you gotta learn not to defraud the American people!” Watch here: Backup here if needed: .@SecScottBessent on the massive Somali fraud scandal in Minnesota: “When you come to this country, you gotta learn which side of the road to drive on, you gotta learn to stop at the stop signs, and you gotta learn not to defraud the American people.” pic.twitter.com/SKvnANw0Ty — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 7, 2025 Amen, Secretary Bessent! This shouldn’t be something controversial. It’s called following the law. If you can’t do that, then back to your home country, you go! Simple as. The fact that Somalians in Minnesota de-frauded Americans out of $1 billion+ is, frankly, astonishing. Earlier this week, Bessent announced that he has ordered an investigation into exactly where all that money went. Specifically, if it was used to fund a terrorist organization, as some reports are indicating. He posted on X: At my direction, @USTreasury is investigating allegations that under the feckless mismanagement of the Biden Administration and Governor Tim Walz, hardworking Minnesotans’ tax dollars may have been diverted to the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab. Thanks to the leadership of… https://t.co/uillMknuXL — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent) December 1, 2025 At my direction, @USTreasury is investigating allegations that under the feckless mismanagement of the Biden Administration and Governor Tim Walz, hardworking Minnesotans’ tax dollars may have been diverted to the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab. Thanks to the leadership of @POTUS @realDonaldTrump , we are acting fast to ensure Americans’ taxes are not funding acts of global terror. We will share our findings as our investigation continues. CBS News has more details on that probe: The Treasury secretary shared a Nov. 19 report in the conservative publication City Journal that alleged millions of dollars from Minnesota state welfare programs had “ultimately landed in the hands of the terror group Al-Shabaab,” citing law enforcement sources. Several Minnesota Republicans, including Rep. Tom Emmer, pushed federal prosecutors to look into the allegations. Walz’s office pointed CBS News to remarks last week in which the governor said he welcomes an investigation into where defrauded welfare money went and would work with investigators. Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, released an excerpt from a letter he sent Walz, saying the Oversight Committee “has serious concerns about how you as the Governor, and the Democrat-controlled administration, allowed millions of dollars to be stolen,” and requesting “documents and communications showing what your administration knew about this fraud and whether you took action to limit or halt the investigation.” Minnesota has been racked by allegations of large-scale fraud in the state’s public assistance programs. Dozens of people have been charged in a $250 million scheme involving the nonprofit group Feeding Our Future and its partners, which federal prosecutors say stole federal nutrition aid by falsely claiming to help distribute meals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials have also brought fraud charges involving housing aid and autism programs in the state.