Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) announced Wednesday that she is returning home to Michigan after the death of her 12-day-old great-granddaughter. Dingell shared the news on Facebook and X, saying she would leave Washington to be with her family.   “Today I am returning home to be with my family during an incredibly painful and deeply personal time,” Dingell posted on X. “Our family’s 12-day-old daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter has returned home to God this afternoon. We have been in God’s hands throughout all of this,” she continued. “While I had planned to be present for votes today and tomorrow, my family needs me now,” she said. “In moments like this, there is no greater responsibility than being by the side of those we love, offering comfort, support, and remembrance.”  Dingell, 72, has no biological children but became stepmother to her late husband John Dingell’s four children, making the infant part of her extended family. She succeeded her husband in Congress in 2015. Colleagues shared messages of support on social media. “Sending our deepest condolences to Debbie,” said New York Republican Congressman Mike Lawler on X. “Keeping her granddaughter and the entire Dingell family in our prayers.” “Our deepest sympathies, thoughts, and prayers are with the Dingell family during this difficult time,” The Michigan Democratic Party responded.

Federal authorities found three bags of what they believe to be meth inside the van driven by the Mexican man who was shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Houston last week. An FBI search warrant said investigators found bags containing a “white crystal-like substance” that “is consistent with methamphetamine” inside the vehicle driven by Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. ICE officers were “conducting an immigration enforcement operation” last Tuesday when they tried to stop a vehicle with four people inside, including one they believed was their target, according to the search warrant. The driver, who was later identified as Araujo, “refused to stop and instead drove over a median in an attempt to flee.” The officers did not chase the vehicle and later “relocated” it in a different area before “attempting to stop” it, the warrant stated. Araujo then “rammed an ICE law enforcement vehicle, refused to follow multiple verbal commands, and weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer resulting in our officer firing his weapon in self-defense,” ICE said, adding that the driver was in the United States illegally. The Department of Homeland Security later said that none of the vehicle’s occupants was their intended target. ICE took the three passengers into custody, who later said they were heading to work at a construction site when the shooting occurred, according to The Washington Post. Araujo’s death was followed by another ICE-involved shooting in Biddeford, Maine, where an officer fatally shot Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 25-year-old from Colombia, on Monday. ICE said the Colombian migrant had “attempted to flee” and that the officer who fired the fatal shot was “fearing for public safety.” ICE responded to the two shootings by pausing the agency’s use of traffic stops, The Daily Wire first reported Tuesday. In a Truth Social post Wednesday, President Donald Trump signaled that the suspension would be reversed. “The Open Border Policy of Sleepy Joe Biden allowed 25,000,000 people to pour into our Country, unchecked and unvetted,” the president said. “Many were Criminals, and we have to get them out. In order to do this, we must be strong, tough, and smart, and we CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.’s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP! Once we do, we are playing right into the criminal’s hands.” “The Radical Left Dumocrats would like to see this done, but it won’t happen on my watch. I.C.E., be judicious, fair and smart, and go back and do your very important job,” he said. “Keep those Crime Stat Records coming! Remember, you are loved and respected in America.”

He’s blowing stuff up. He’s shooting guns. And he’s doing it all with friendly southern folks he just met an hour ago. His name is Freddy, and he’s back. After two agonizing weeks of radio silence, the internet’s favorite German is back on X, chronicling his trek across America, wandering through regions we rarely put on postcards, marveling at the small stuff most of us have stopped noticing entirely. The reason for his absence: a mob of angry, almost certainly liberal, Reddit dwellers came for him with all the subtlety of a group chat spiraling at 2 a.m. He’s not really German, they insisted. Just a tourist milking the World Cup. An American plant. A CIA asset. A prop manufactured to make red, white, and blue look good. What these people apparently cannot fathom is that a visitor might just love it here that much. Perhaps Freddy sees something the rest of us have gone blind to, grown numb to, or gotten too spoiled to appreciate. Now that Freddy’s posting again, one thing has become undeniable: America needs a Freddy Protection Program. A formal mechanism to trade our America-hating, mask-hoarding DSA denizens for America-loving patriots from abroad. And the case for it writes itself. First, Freddy values our First and Second Amendments properly. He’s lived out the First by refusing to kneel to the dementors, the joy-sucking ghouls of the online Left, and refusing to let them silence him. Instead, he keeps speaking his mind, because, in his words, “a small group of very loud people shouldn’t be able to ruin something that brought so many others joy.” Preach it, F-man. Wear that First Amendment out. And he’s getting a taste of the Second, too. Somewhere in the middle-of-nowhere beauty of rural Tennessee, he made fast friends with strangers who invited him along to shoot guns at random objects. The epitome of American greatness. Freddy’s caption on his post documenting this moment perfectly captured the mood of our nation this month: “HOLY FCKING SHT FREEEEEDOMMMM!!!!

More satellite images have been captured showing China’s scheme to bomb American ships, planes, and potential bases by testing weaponry on exact replicas of them. In June 2026, images taken the month prior were released to the United States, showing a replica of a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer in the Taklamakan Desert that was surrounded by debris from previous missile testing. The Telegraph revealed additional photos of the same site in a Wednesday report.  Chinese President Xi Jinping has stated that he wants to “reunify” Taiwan and China — a plan which has broadly been interpreted as more of an annexation than a reunification — causing extreme tensions between the two.  In preparation for the United States potentially sending naval support, China has been building and destroying replicas of American warships for years. Hidden behind mountains in a remote stretch of the desert, the site holds debris from tests dating back to 2021, along with replicas ready to serve as targets A 23-mile railway was made to recreate how ships move across the ocean. The copies of the U.S. warships are placed onto railcars and moved across the tracks for training purposes to simulate a moving target for guns and missiles. Currently, the destroyed target on the tracks is the same one that has been publicly known for five years. Surrounding the tracks are multiple other mock-ups of American warships, including at least two replicas of the USS Gerald R. Ford and the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer that was revealed to the public last month. In the same region of the desert, U.S. aircraft and runways were built for simulated attacks on other types of American weaponry. Craters surrounded the testing grounds. The runway has 20 planes split into two separate groups.  The first group features two rows of F-22 model jets, four of which have already been destroyed. The second group is made up of four F-16 planes and six F-35s — the most advanced stealth aircraft in the world and currently in use by the U.S. Air Force. While the U.S. has yet to sell any of those specific models to Taiwan, it seems Xi still wants testing done on the plane. Satellite images also uncovered a recreation of Yokosuka Naval Base, the largest American naval base, that would likely be involved in a potential conflict between Taiwan and China. The naval base, located on the eastern coast of Japan, is home to ten of the Arleigh Burke ships. In addition to the Chinese replicating numerous targets that resemble an array of American maritime assets, they have also created Taiwanese bases and political buildings to practice tactics ahead of a potential invasion.

Democrat JoAnna Mendoza, a candidate for Arizona’s 6th Congressional District, reportedly followed multiple OnlyFans models, witchcraft accounts, as well as sexually explicit content producers, on her campaign’s official Instagram account. According to the New York Post, Mendoza, who is currently in a dead heat with incumbent Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani, followed dozens of accounts often sharing sexually explicit content and witchcraft practices. Mendoza’s campaign Instagram account has more than 11,000 followers, and she continues to follow several of these questionable and disturbing accounts. According to the Post, transgender-identifying socialist activist Brianna Westbrook, who made posts “with BDSM gear and sex toy,” was “one of the X-rated follows,” but the campaign has since unfollowed that account.  Mendoza’s campaign also followed two other OnlyFans users, Carriejune Anne Bowlby, as well as Shanin Blake. Blake promotes an “uncensored look into my life,” but does not appear to follow her or Bowlby anymore.  Nina Desoo was another account Mendoza followed, who has an 18+ Patreon account featuring “adult imagery.”  Along with accounts featuring adult material, Mendoza’s did follow witchcraft-based accounts. “Instant Witch,” “Mystic Primrose,” “Eden Energy Medicine,” and “Crystal Spirit Readings” featured content on “beginner witch tips” along with “schools for witches,” reading “energy colors,” and practicing “psychic readings.” Mendoza also followed “Sarah Elkhaldy – The Alchemist,” who is a leader “of the esoteric arts,” and teaches students how to manifest their “evolutionary potential,” according to the New York Post.  After the news broke, Mendoza’s campaign appears to be unfollowing some of these X-rated and witch accounts. The Post captured screenshots. Mendoza is a Marine veteran who served for two decades and was deployed in Iran and Afghanistan. Mendoza served as the executive director of the Arizona Center for Economic Progress and was employed at a consulting firm. Her most recent job was as the executive director at VetsForward, and she has led veteran-driven movements. Now, she hopes to unseat Ciscomani, and the race is currently a toss-up, per Cook Political Report.