The attorneys representing Cities Church in St. Paul, Minn., condemned the local prosecutor’s decision not to press charges against agitators who invaded the church in the middle of a January service. City Attorney Irene Kao announced Tuesday that she would not press charges against the agitators, who staged a take-over inside the church’s sanctuary. The agitators said they opposed the church because one of its pastors works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “This decision should not be interpreted as an endorsement of unlawful behavior or public disorder,” Kao said. “The right to peacefully protest is protected, as is the right to exercise one’s religious beliefs. Balancing these equally important rights is paramount to our decision today.” “However, acts of violence, property destruction, or threats to public safety—none of which occurred here—remain serious concerns and will be prosecuted when supported by admissible evidence,” she added. The Church Responds True North Legal attorneys representing Cities Church, a reformed evangelical church affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, condemned the decision. “The St. Paul City Attorney assures the public that violence, property destruction, or threats to public safety would have been prosecuted, but that draws an arbitrary line that conveniently excludes statutory charges for other kinds of unlawful conduct,” Renee Carlson, general counsel at True North Legal, said in a statement Wednesday. “Just because the agitators didn’t break any windows doesn’t mean they didn’t break the law.” “The St. Paul City Attorney’s decision treats the church like it’s a public sidewalk—as if the sanctuary were an open forum that anyone may seize mid-service, rather than private property where a congregation has the right to worship undisturbed,” Doug Wardlow, director of litigation for True North Legal, said. “By wrongly characterizing the invasion and takeover of a worship service as First Amendment-protected conduct, the City Attorney’s office sends an unmistakable signal: the law will bend for those whose cause aligns with the politics of those in power,” he argued. Jonathan Parnell, the church’s lead pastor, warned that this precedent would excuse the invasion of a mosque or other houses of worship, as well. “According to the St. Paul City Attorney’s logic, it is perfectly fine for agitators to invade a mosque, a cathedral, or a temple, intimidate the families and children inside, and shut down their religious gathering,” he said. “Just call it a ‘protest.’” “City Attorney Irene Kao’s decision not to charge the agitators who invaded our church on January 18, 2026, leaves us to question whether her commitment to protect religious people includes evangelical Christians,” Parnell added. Federal Charges for Church Invaders While the church invaders will not face local or state charges from Kao’s office, they do face federal charges. A federal grand jury indicted 39 people, including former CNN host Don Lemon, on two charges: violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, which also protects access to churches; and violating the Ku Klux Klan Act, which criminalizes efforts to deprive Americans of their fundamental rights—in this case, the right to the free exercise of religion. (A judge dismissed the charges against one defendant due to mistaken identity.) The case traces back to Jan. 18, when dozens of agitators entered Cities Church in the middle of a Sunday service. According to a federal indictment based on videos the agitators themselves posted online, the agitators paraded down the aisles, blocked worshipers from leaving, and screamed in the faces of crying children. One agitator reportedly asked children, “Do you know your parents are Nazis? They’re going to burn in hell?” At least one father told investigators that his children were traumatized. One of them said to him, “Daddy, I thought you were going to die.” The agitators allegedly refused to leave when asked. They allegedly blocked parents from getting to their children in Sunday school. They reportedly stood in the middle of the sanctuary chanting, “ICE Out!” and “Who shut this down? We shut this down!” The agitators have pleaded not guilty, claiming they were engaging in a protest.

As Ohio officials crack down on fraud, their hard work has not gone unnoticed. The State Financial Officers Foundation, in a recent update celebrating highlights from the month of May, touted the success of its spring meeting and praised state officials that are making government more efficient and less vulnerable to fraud. Among the officials signaled out by the nonpartisan government spending watchdog group were Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague and Auditor Keith Faber. “We were proud to welcome Ohio Auditor Keith Faber as the 42nd state financial officer to join SFOF. His work uncovering nearly $9 billion dollars in waste, fraud, and abuse exemplifies the important role state financial officers play in protecting taxpayers,” OJ Oleka, the foundation’s CEO, wrote in an email to members. The group’s spring meeting was focused on numerous challenges facing American families, including affordability, transparency, and “the responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars.” Faber has appeared before members of the state Legislature and Congress to testify about fraud. In recent comments made to the Daily Signal, Ohio’s auditor said he is “actively investigating potential fraud” and pledged to “continue to sound the alarm and work with the appropriate federal authorities, the attorney general, state agencies, and local authorities to bring to account those who steal Ohio tax dollars.” Since 2019, 161 people have been convicted for billions in Medicaid waste, fraud, and abuse. That includes nearly $2 billion in misspent funds in Medicaid systems and, as Faber shared, “the potential for another $4.5 billion in improper payments.” We found $118 million in improper payments for services for prisoners and dead people in a single public interest audit. We’ve conducted five of these audits, covering various parts of the Medicaid program, and those audits have found $1.9 billion in improper payments. https://t.co/7uIIUBiXHq— Ohio Auditor Keith Faber (@OhioAuditor) May 28, 2026 SFOF also highlighted Sprague’s work in launching Buckeye Billfold last month, which is now “expanding digital payment options and modernizing how Ohioans interact with state government.” Other state officials receiving a shout-out from the foundation included Nebraska Treasurer Joey Spellerberg, Indiana Comptroller Elise Nieshalla, North Carolina Auditor Dave Boliek, Nebraska Auditor Mike Foley, North Carolina Treasurer Brad Briner, Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick, West Virginia Treasurer Larry Pack, and Utah Auditor Tina Cannon. Referring to Faber, Sprague, and the others, Oleka said the members’ work “reinforces a simple but important principle: every taxpayer dollar matters. At a time when families are feeling the strain of higher costs, accountability, transparency, and fiscal responsibility are more important than ever.”

A young white man crying out that he couldn’t breathe was ignored, then died while in the hands of police, and the British political establishment has declared, “don’t you dare politicize this” as protests erupt around the country. What a difference skin color makes, right? Last December, Vickrum Digwa, a Sikh man, stabbed and killed 18-year-old Henry Nowak in Southampton with his ceremonial knife. Digwa was convicted on Monday, and the police video was released. The released video has triggered protests around the country. I’m putting the video here because I think it’s necessary. But be warned, it’s deeply disturbing. WARNING: DISTURBING VIDEO Graphic body cam footage from police the night Henry Nowak was stabbed to death even as he fled by Vickrum Digwa, December 3, 2025. https://t.co/XDJRG1LR9L— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) June 1, 2026 Nowak can be seen on the ground, growing paler by the second, mumbling that he’d been stabbed as the police question him and Digwa—who had knifed him moments earlier. The dying man, who was in obvious distress, kept pleading for help and saying he couldn’t breathe. When he said he’d been stabbed the officer responded, “I don’t think you have mate” as they put him in handcuffs. The officers showed far deeper concern for Digwa, who peddled a now proven false tale about how Nowak had been racist toward him and grabbed his turban. Nowak wasn’t being disruptive; he wasn’t resisting police. He was simply pleading for help. There isn’t much to contextualize here or to debate.  It’s hard to watch the video without being sickened and enraged. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called it a “wake-up call” and a watershed moment for his country. “It marks a moment when we collectively, as a nation, need to take a step back and take a long, hard look at ourselves and ask what on earth we have become,” Farage wrote for The Telegraph. “That barbarous act was bad enough. But what compounded the horror, and shocked so many of us to the core, was the behaviour of the police officers who subsequently arrived on the scene. … Far from assisting the dying teenager, the police’s focus from beginning to end was on the allegation made by the assailant’s brother that they had been ‘attacked and racially abused by a white guy.’” I agree with Farage. In the name of “antiracism” and the cause of multiculturalism, Western societies have created two-tier systems whereby those deemed the “oppressed” are held to different, and frequently much lower standards than the “oppressors.” That wave sort of crested in the United States, for now, as the high tide of DEI, CRT, defunding the police, and a whole host of woke policies have been repudiated. At the very least, those ideas are now being seriously challenged, both culturally and legally. The Great Awokening hit the U.K. too and continues crashing through their society without abatement. It became worse in the U.K. as they’ve crossed the Rubicon into outright censorship of people who question, for instance, the benefit of mass immigration. They’re creating a pernicious two-tiered legal system that is fast abandoning the ideal of colorblind justice. It’s the interaction between the officer and Digwa that highlights this problem and makes the video so notable and grotesque.  “They were racist” has become a sort of get out of jail free card. Digwa and his family knew exactly what buttons to try to press with the police, and the police went right for the narrative that they’d been forced to accept. Cry, “racist!” and let slip the bonds of justice. We must face the reality that among some in the West, racism by a white person is seen as a greater, more terrible crime than murder. Let’s consider for a moment that the Sikh man had been telling the truth, that Nowak had really committed racist acts. Are the wages of racism death? The answer in many Western societies is quite nearly, “yes.” If a man or woman can have the God-given right to free speech stripped for even creating the perception of racism, or be put in prison for it, it doesn’t take much of a leap to say that they deserve to lose their right to life. And here we get the reaction of the British political establishment which has almost uniformly been to say, “sorry you died, mate,” and to insist that the real villains here are the people, like Farage, trying to “politicize” the murder. The powers that be in the U.K., the same people who demanded protests and inquisitions following the death of George Floyd—an incident that took place in another country, to boot—are angry that you’re angry. Here’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer telling Farage in Parliament that he is creating “grievance and division.” Henry Nowak’s family have lost their son and brother in the most appalling circumstances. Nigel Farage is exploiting this tragedy to create grievance and division. It’s completely unforgivable. pic.twitter.com/9h9GHZq5TB— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) June 3, 2026 Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood called the protests “completely unacceptable.” Here she was back in 2020. This you? https://t.co/tQW4h5ikj1 pic.twitter.com/n6QsTzZIVu— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 3, 2026 Political commentator Narinder Kaur said that Farage was inciting violence. Again, here she was in 2020. You called for riots in all 50 states in my country after George Floyd died.Dozens of people died in those far-left riots you encouraged. https://t.co/94v7bbX16e pic.twitter.com/jSZD1HSJ2m— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2026 The NGO class has had a similar response. Here’s Amnesty International’s saying essentially that this is just a random tragedy. The real problem you should be concerned about isn’t murder or having a useless, ideologically compromised police force. It’s racism, of course. Incredible statement from Amnesty International UK on Henry Nowak:Not a single word of conveying outrage or horror over the brutal murder, or of how police left him to die without dignity.Instead, their statement is about policing the *political commentary* around the case.… pic.twitter.com/qjZyDVk11A— Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) June 3, 2026 These folks aren’t just hypocrites, they’re wrong. This case is inherently political because the attitudes displayed in the police video of Nowak dying were clearly created by political ideas. Their ideas. And that’s why they want everyone to shut up about it. If the police are more concerned about rooting out racism real or imagined than saving the lives of British subjects, then the people certainly have a right to be concerned and protest. Suppressing the truth and tut-tutting people who disagree with their narrative has worked so far. But it feels like this time it’s different. Anger and resentment are rightfully growing. Can the British Lion finally wake up from a long slumber? It’s now or never.

The Heritage Foundation released its version of Reconciliation 3.0, a new plan to end federal funding for abortion, combat fraud, and save America $1.5 trillion. The leading conservative policy institute on Wednesday unveiled “Setting the American Opportunity Agenda,” a special budget and spending report for Congress, and House Speaker Mike Johnson said he is ready to act on it. While the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” was successful, the GOP can save Americans even more money, and the foundation says its plan could be the answer. “The OBBB was a major accomplishment in 2025 and had many constructive consequences, but the resultant tax refunds have come and gone, and significant new legislation is needed to get voters excited about this election season,” Daniel Kowalski, director of the federal budget at The Heritage Foundation and author of the plan, told the Daily Signal. “Without that excitement, conservative voters may stay home, placing Republican congressional majorities in jeopardy,” he continued. The cost of living continues to rise faster than opportunity. Congress can fix that. Not next month, not after the midterms—now.@Heritage’s new Special Report outlines the path to get there in a third reconciliation bill, which Congress should begin working on immediately.…— Kevin Roberts (@KevinRobertsTX) June 3, 2026 Reconciliation is a Senate procedure allowing budget legislation to pass with 51 votes instead of the required 60 votes, avoiding the filibuster. The last successful reconciliation package was the One Big, Beautiful Bill, which delivered more than $1.6 trillion in tax cuts. Congress is getting ready to vote on another reconciliation package, Rec. 2.0, to fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. This is a plan that “Congress should begin working on immediately,” Dr. Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation, said. After sharing the plan with Congress, a source familiar with the report confirmed the House Budget Committee and staff for Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, were “very receptive.” Minutes later, Johnson confirmed to the press that the Reconciliation 3.0 bill will be released “in the coming weeks” and Vice President JD Vance is involved. JOHNSON says reconciliation 3.0 bill will be released “in the coming weeks.” And @VP Vance is involved.— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) June 3, 2026 The Heritage plan can be “drafted quickly” and by a “limited number of congressional committees,” Kowalski said, noting that the GOP’s deadline is summer. The proposal includes many details of the House Republican Study Committee’s blueprint for Reconciliation 3.0, which builds on the OBBB. It includes lowering health care costs through price transparency, reducing fraud, expanding opportunities for families, ending federal funding for abortion, and protecting American workers and taxpayers. Congress is fresh off another week-long vacation. Now, it’s time to deliver the American Opportunity Agenda and provide meaningful economic relief BEFORE the midterms. pic.twitter.com/Vkakkrjrva— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) June 3, 2026 “New proposals include changing the requirement that the Federal Reserve pay interest to banks, which tends to discourage lending and has allowed the Fed’s balance sheet to grow,” Kowalski said. “This complements Fed Chairman Walsh’s goal to reduce the Fed’s balance sheet.” “We also reduce the burden on states to provide health care for single adults and encourage health plans to reward participants who choose higher-value providers. These policies tend to lower costs for consumers and reduce the interest rates they pay,” he added.

There are few remedies for removing foreign nationals who committed violent crimes, joined terrorist groups, or engaged in large-scale fraud after they became American citizens, lawmakers noted at a Senate hearing Wednesday. Ken Cuccinelli, a former acting director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, pointed to two key cases that he said show the current law isn’t working, in his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution. In March of this year, Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a naturalized citizen from Sierra Leone, opened fire in a classroom at Old Dominion University, where he killed Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, an ROTC leader. In 2017, Jalloh pleaded guilty to providing material support to the Islamic State. He was reportedly sentenced to 11 years in prison but released early after completing a drug treatment program.“Despite his terrorism conviction, Jalloh was never denaturalized and deported. Under current law, terrorism is prima facie evidence of fraudulent procurement only within five years of naturalization,” Cuccinelli said. “Because Jalloh’s conduct fell outside that window, the government had no clear path to remove him. A brave American soldier died because of that gap.”Cuccinelli brought up another example of Mirsad Ramic, a Bosnian national who became naturalized citizen and lived in Kentucky before he was convicted last year of providing material support to the Islamic State terrorist group.“We must act on multiple fronts, strengthen the front end, so adjudicators conduct meaningful inquiries, and every applicant is thoroughly tested for hostility to American principles,” Cuccinelli said. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., the subcommittee chairman, sponsored the SCAM Act, short for “Stop Citizenship Abuse and Misrepresentation.” In other cases, he noted, naturalized citizens joined the Islamic State terrorist group or al-Qaeda, or joined a drug trafficking cartel. “If a man takes the oath of allegiance and then joins ISIS, the fraud likely began long before the battlefield,” Schmitt said Wednesday. “If the man swears attachment to the Constitution, then spies for a foreign country, the betrayal likely began before the indictment. If a man claims good, moral character and then steals millions from the American people, the lie may have been present at naturalization.” He said his bill would make it easier to denaturalize and remove immigrants who naturalized into the country and then committed a felony. “We need a serious nationwide denaturalization effort against fraudsters, felons, terrorists, spies, and anyone who obtained American citizenship by deceit,” Schmitt said. “If the government never revokes citizenship obtained by fraud, the oath becomes theater. The application becomes a game.”Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, noted she was the only naturalized citizen on the panel and said Republicans were going after legal immigrants.“This has never been about law and order for the Republicans. This is all about getting immigrants. It’s about terrorizing communities,” Hirono said. She added, “As a naturalized citizen, I’m proud of it. I can’t think of a more undemocratic, un-American thing to do, to someone who chooses to become a U.S. citizen, to hold this over their heads.”Schmitt later shot back that Hirono was lying and using scare tactics.“If you take advantage of taxpayers … if you commit a terrorist act, if you commit wholesale welfare fraud, within 10 years, you’re damn right we’re deporting you, if you’re convicted,” Schmitt said.In recent months, three naturalized U.S. citizens murdered or attempted to murder Americans, an immigration law expert told the Senate panel Wednesday. “It strains credibility to assert that when naturalized, they had met the requirement of being of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States,” George Fishman, senior legal fellow for the Center for Immigration Studies, told the subcommittee. “Why does it matter that they were naturalized? Naturalized citizens are not subject to deportation,” Fishman added. “They can serve in Congress, can vote in federal elections, and have an unfettered ability to work for the federal government.” Denaturalization should only be applied to conduct before taking the oath of citizenship, not after, Peter Spiro, a professor at Temple University Beasley School of Law. “Naturalization, once conferred, should not be taken away without the clearest sort of justification and proof,” Spiro told the subcommittee. “Denaturalization can only be triggered by circumstances incident to the naturalization application itself. There is no projecting forward of naturalization requirements, or an individual possesses the status to work qualifications for naturalization at the time of naturalization.”