There are professional women’s soccer, basketball, football, and lacrosse teams, but no baseball teams. Until now. The Women’s Pro Baseball League, or WPBL, plans to launch six teams in May of 2026. The new league marks for the first time in over 70 years a professional women’s baseball teams has been created. NEW LEAGUE: Women’s Professional Baseball League offers new hope for female athletes. https://t.co/SKXgqBPj0Q — WPLG Local 10 News (@WPLGLocal10) August 24, 2025 WSAW reported that tryouts are already being held: For the first time in nearly 70 years, America has a women’s professional baseball league. The WPBL is set to launch six teams in May of 2026, although the exact locations of those teams have yet to be announced. In order to fill the rosters, the Women’s Pro Baseball League held three days of tryouts in Washington, D.C., with the best female baseball players from 9 countries running drills at the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy. “We’re building a future, but we’re continuing that tradition and showing what’s possible,” explained league co-founder Justine Siegal. “Women have been great athletes all along. But now that everyone’s noticing it, you know, women’s sports is [moving] forward.” Hundreds of athletes signed up to try and secure a spot in the league. Each day of tryouts, players will be weeded out by skill and talent until an exhibition game on Monday at Nationals Park. Then, 150 will qualify for the WPBL October draft. One of those athletes hoping to make it is Victoria Ruelas, the first American girl to play in the Little League World Series. “Growing up it was the American pastime,” Ruelas said, “and to be told you couldn’t do it as a young girl, it just fired me up even more. To come back to it, to try out again is an awesome experience.” The tryouts reportedly have a huge turnout: Hundreds of women from around the world are in the nation’s capital this weekend to step up to the plate with the dream of earning a spot in the only professional women’s baseball league in the U.S. https://t.co/InLPacKfV4 — WTOP (@WTOP) August 23, 2025 ABC News shared more details on the league and how it was birthed: Victoria Ruelas was 12 years old when she made history as the first American girl to play in the Little League World Series. That was in 1989. And while Ruelas is proud of how far women in sports have come since her childhood, she can’t help but wish there were more opportunities for them to shine. Especially in baseball, where opportunities beyond youth leagues have so often required girls to take unusual paths, most of them alongside men. “We keep saying how much strides we’re making,” Ruelas said. “But they’re so slow in coming. It just should be faster. “I get excited when I see girls playing and getting to go to the Little League World Series every year. But to still be one here, one there — that’s upsetting to me. There’s so much more of us out there that play.” Ruelas and many other women have carved out their own spaces in baseball over the years. Now, the wait for something more unifying is on the horizon with next year’s launch of the Women’s Professional Baseball League. The league is holding its tryouts in Washington D.C. While baseball stars like former Little League phenom Mo’ne Davis and USA baseball women’s national team player Kelsie Whitmore are already signed to the WPBL, the league’s tryouts are open to all women.

This was absolutely uncalled for. A horrific video shows the son of former UFC fighter Rampage Jackson attacking a professional wrestler. In the video, Raj Jackson is seen sneaking into the wrestling ring and body slamming pro wrestler Syko Stu. It doesn’t stop there. Raj Jackson then repeatedly punched Stu in the face until he no longer appeared conscious. The New York Post provided more details on the horrific attack: Unsettling video from a pro wrestling event in California shows the son of UFC great Quinton “Rampage” Jackson pummeling a wrestler to the point that he appeared unconscious in a moment that was allegedly unscripted. Raja Jackson went into the ring to take down bearded wrestler Syko Stu at KnokX Pro’s KnokXperience event on Saturday in Sun Valley that was streamed on Kick after Stu hit Jackson in the head with a can outside the venue earlier in the night. But Jackson pelt Stu with more than 20 punches that appeared real — and the wrestler seemed to be knocked out before others pulled Jackson away. Rampage Jackson addressed the incident in an early-morning tweet Sunday, stating that Stu was in stable condition. Here’s a video of the attack: First, Raja Jackson, the son of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, belongs in prison. Second, why do MULTIPLE pro wrestlers wait until Raja hits their friend with more than 20 REAL punches before doing anything? There’s one guy there—and he actually gives up. https://t.co/ViVqSqy3HO — The Bishop (@TheBigBishop) August 24, 2025 This interaction reportedly started the feud: Raja Jackson, the son of MMA legend Quinton Rampage Jackson, was assaulted by wrestler Syko Stu. Raja was hit in the head by Smith before his match with another wrestler. However, Raja was told that he could get his payback in the ring. He is in stable condition. pic.twitter.com/j5ykFvekaZ — kevin blue (@kevinblue345) August 24, 2025 The father of Raj, has apologized for his son’s action, according to CNN: Former UFC champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has apologized and said that he is “very upset” after his son allegedly committed what organizers called “a selfish, irresponsible act of violence” against a wrestler during an event Saturday night in Sun Valley, California. Footage from the event posted on social media showed Jackson’s son, Raja Jackson – a professional MMA fighter – sliding into the ring during another bout and throwing Syko Stu, whose real name is Stuart Smith, to the mat. The video, which bears a watermark suggesting it was livestreamed on the video platform Kick, showed Jackson straddling Smith before repeatedly punching him in the face and the side of his head, even when Smith was lying motionless. Other wrestlers then restrained Jackson. CNN has not been able to independently verify the video and Raja Jackson’s profile no longer exists on Kick. CNN has reached out to the platform for comment. “I don’t condone my son’s actions AT ALL!” Rampage Jackson wrote in a post to X on Sunday morning, in which he claimed that Smith was awake and stable. “He (Raja Jackson) suffered a concussion from sparring only days ago and had no business doing anything remotely close to physical contact. “As a father, I’m deeply concerned with his health AND the well-being of Mr. Smith.

The Governor of Maryland recently called out President Trump, and now the 47th President has responded. On Thursday, the Democratic governor of Maryland, Wes Moore, called for President Trump to walk the streets with him in Baltimore. Watch here: If President Trump were to walk our streets, stand with our people, and visit our community, he would see what I see: ??? ?? ??? ???????? ?????? ?? ??? ?????? ?????? ?? ???????. pic.twitter.com/yipidTBTLK — Governor Wes Moore (@GovWesMoore) August 21, 2025 President Trump has responded to Moore’s remarks and blasted the governor of Maryland for Baltimore’s crime rate, which ranks 4th worst in the nation. Trump later blasted Moore for reportedly lying about receiving a Bronze Star. Take a look: President Trump calls out Maryland Gov. Wes Moore for blatantly lying about being award the Bronze Star in the US military. pic.twitter.com/n1NsFCKK0A — Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) August 24, 2025 WPRO had the full report on Trump’s remarks on Moore: President Donald Trump blasted Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Sunday, accusing the Democrat of mismanaging crime in Baltimore and questioning his military record. In a lengthy post on Truth Social, Trump mocked Moore’s public invitation to “walk the streets” of Maryland with him, linking the challenge to Baltimore’s well-documented struggles with violence. “Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland has asked, in a rather nasty and provocative tone, that I ‘walk the streets of Maryland’ with him,” Trump wrote Sunday in a Truth Social rebuke. “I assume he is talking about out of control, crime ridden, Baltimore? As president, I would much prefer that he clean up this crime disaster before I go there for a ‘walk.’” Former Maryland 7th Congressional District GOP candidate Kim Klacik famously walked the streets of Baltimore during the 2020 Black Lives Matter era, starting the whole “walk the streets” political narratives. Trump pulled no punches on Moore’s record from his January 2023 swearing in, saying Baltimore is only getting worse. “Wes Moore’s record on crime is a very bad one, unless he fudges his figures on crime like many of the other ‘blue states’ are doing,” Trump continued. “But if Wes Moore needs help, like Gavin Newscum did in L.A., I will send in the ‘troops,’ which is being done in nearby D.C., and quickly clean up the crime.” In contrast to Moore’s record, Trump hailed the early returns on deploying the National Guard to D.C. “After only one week, there is no crime and no murder in D.C.!” Trump hailed. “When it is like that in Baltimore, I will proudly ‘walk the streets’ with the failing, because of crime, governor of Maryland. “P.S. Baltimore is ranked the 4th worst city in the nation in crime & murder. Stop talking and get to work, Wes. I’ll then see you on the streets!!!” Trump also noted the governor being ungrateful for past help from the Trump administration. “Also, I gave Wes Moore a lot of money to fix his demolished bridge,” Trump concluded, finishing with his new trademark for Truth Social posts. “I will now have to rethink that decision??? Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DJT.” In a follow-up post, the president went further, raising doubts about Moore’s military credentials. “Did Wes Moore, the Governor of Maryland, lie about getting a Bronze Star?” Trump wrote on Truth Social. BOOM! Trump just ROASTED Wes Moore, the Governor of Maryland! “If Wes Moore needs help, like Gavin Newscum did in L.A., I will send in the “troops,” which is being done in nearby DC, and quickly clean up the Crime. After only one week, there is NO CRIME AND NO MURDER IN DC!”… pic.twitter.com/oAdCMWmVCU — Gunther Eagleman (@GuntherEagleman) August 24, 2025 There’s truth in Trump’s claim that Moore didn’t tell the whole truth about his Bronze Star medal. The New York Times shared more on the debacle: When Wes Moore ran for governor of Maryland in 2022, questions about whether he had claimed to have been awarded a Bronze Star for his Army service in Afghanistan hovered over his campaign. For reasons that remain unexplained, two television interviewers, Gwen Ifill and Stephen Colbert, had wrongly introduced him years earlier as a recipient of the award. Mr. Moore failed to correct them, even as he and his aides insisted he had never told anyone he had a Bronze Star. But at least once, Mr. Moore, now the state’s Democratic governor, did say he had received the award. He made the claim on an application for a prestigious White House fellowship in 2006, when he was 27 years old, according to a copy of the document that was obtained this week by The New York Times as part of a Freedom of Information Act request. “For my work,” he wrote, “the 82nd Airborne Division have awarded me the Bronze Star Medal and the Combat Action Badge.” However, when Mr. Moore submitted the application in January 2006, he had not been awarded either the Bronze Star or the Combat Action Badge. He was awarded the badge in May 2006 for an episode the previous December, but there is no record showing that he ever received a Bronze Star, an Army spokeswoman said. Mr. Moore’s old claim has come to light as his national profile has risen. Vice President Kamala Harris included him in the first round of candidates vetted to be her running mate — questions about the Bronze Star did not come up, Mr. Moore said, while the Harris campaign declined to comment. He also gave a prominent, well-received speech last week at his party’s convention. Moore has since replied to Trump with the following post on X: This is the reality of Wes Moore’s Maryland. Wes is nothing but a BSer. pic.twitter.com/mBbskNl6Ak — Carl Gottlieb (@c_cgottlieb) August 24, 2025

Nobody is above the law, and that includes Attorney Generals. Earlier this week, a video of an assistant attorney general from Rhode Island went viral after she attempted to avoid arrest by saying, “I’m an AG.” In case you haven’t seen it, watch the viral video here: Full bodycam footage released of Rhode Island Special Assistant AG Devon Flanagan and her friend being arrested for trespassing. Flanagan was seen getting a police car door shut in her face after she and her friends mentioned about 20 times that she is an AG. Flanagan is facing… pic.twitter.com/pO1DqAEkS7 — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 18, 2025 Flanagan has now been placed on unpaid leave following her arrest as the AG’s Office reviews the incident. Fox News had more details to add on Flanagan’s future as an assistant AG: The Rhode Island assistant attorney general whose arrest went viral earlier this week after she seemingly tried to use her position to evade arrest, telling officers they’d “regret” putting her behind bars, will be placed on unpaid leave. Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan, who was arrested for trespassing, was placed on paid leave after the incident while the Rhode Island Attorney General’s office reviewed the matter. Starting Monday, Flanagan will go on unpaid leave, the office told Fox News Digital. It is unclear how long Flanagan will remain on unpaid leave until a final determination is made on her employment. The attorney general’s office did not respond to additional questions about its ongoing review of the matter or when it might make a final decision. State payroll records, according to the Boston Globe, show that Flanagan was making about $113,000 a year in her position as a special assistant attorney general. “I’m an AG! I’m an AG!” Flanagan told police as they tried to detain her for failing to comply with their demands. “You’re going to regret this. You’re going to regret it. I’m an A-” Flanagan said as she was escorted to the back of a police car and the door was shut. “Good for you, I don’t give a s—,” one of the arresting officers said at one point. In a subsequent radio interview after Flanagan’s arrest, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha called it “inexcusable behavior” that will likely result in “strong, strong sanction[s].” However, he did note that this isn’t the first time he’s dealt with a case like this involving his staff. “I’ve got 110 lawyers. She embarrassed all of them. I haven’t had many issues like this while I’ve been attorney general. I’ve had a few, and I let one guy go for driving drunk — had to bring him back. Well, I didn’t have to but did bring him back after I fired him about a year later because, again, I needed somebody to go into a courtroom and try ugly, hard murder cases,” Neronha told WPRO Radio. PRIVILEGE DENIED Asst AG Devon Flanagan placed on UNPAID leave. after being arrested for trespass, for refusing to leave a nightspot in RI Big round of applause goes out to these Cops for applying the law equally, & arresting her anyway, even after she claimed I’m an AG pic.twitter.com/XSFPUSKYNQ — @Chicago1Ray (@Chicago1Ray) August 23, 2025 NBC 10 Boston reported the Republican Party is calling for her to be fired: In an email Friday, the Rhode Island Republican Party demanded Flanagan’s immediate firing, citing her “disgraceful conduct” outside the restaurant. “The arrogance on display here is exactly what Rhode Islanders are sick of. This wasn’t just bad judgment, it was willful disobedience, misrepresentation of the law, and the ugly face of a ruling class that thinks they’re smarter, better, and more important than the people they serve,” Rhode Island Republican Party Chairman Joe Powers said. Powers also praised the Newport police for how they handled the situation. “These officers showed the restraint, poise, and integrity that Ms. Flanagan clearly lacked,” he said. “They did their job with honor while she played the role of a spoiled elitist.”

An explosion at a Louisiana automotive supply plant started a massive fire and prompted a mandatory evacuation order. The incident occurred at Smitty’s Supply near Roseland. “MANDATORY EVACUATION for 1-mile radius around intersection of Hwys 51 & 10 remains in effect with no timeline for lifting as business explosion and fire continues to be active,” the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office said. “A shelter has been opened at the Amite Community Center-101 W Chestnut St, Amite,” it added. ::UPDATE 3:: MANDATORY EVACUATION for 1-mile radius around intersection of Hwys 51 & 10 remains in effect with no timeline for lifting as business explosion and fire continues to be active. A shelter has been opened at the Amite Community Center-101 W Chestnut St, Amite. — Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office (@TPSOSheriff) August 22, 2025 The Independent has more: Video captured by local outlet WBRZ showed bright orange flames burning through the plant that produces oils and auto fluids, contrasted with the dark smoke filling the air. A nearby highway intersection was closed as more than 35 agencies responded to the fire, including the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency, according to authorities and multiple reports. A local elementary school was also evacuated following the blast. The Tangipahoa Parish School System confirmed in a Facebook post Friday evening, “all students and staff from Roseland Montessori School were safely evacuated today.” Students and staff were bused to a reunification site at the school system’s central office, and parents and guardians were instructed to pick their children up there. Watch additional footage below: If you haven’t heard, we had a plant explosion in Amite, Louisiana yesterday. Smitty’s is a small plant but the explosion is dumping ash, oil and debris on the residents. pic.twitter.com/gBgcgiHgqZ — Playteaux (@Playteaux1) August 23, 2025 “The situation at Smitty’s Supply is devastating and Sharon and I have Tangipahoa Parish in our prayers. We are working closely with local officials to extinguish the fire,” Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said. “This is still an ongoing situation, and we urge all in the area to continue following evacuation guidance,” he added. The situation at Smitty’s Supply is devastating and Sharon and I have Tangipahoa Parish in our prayers. We are working closely with local officials to extinguish the fire. This is still an ongoing situation, and we urge all in the area to continue following evacuation… pic.twitter.com/db2HNSnID3 — Governor Jeff Landry (@LAGovJeffLandry) August 23, 2025 The Associated Press shared additional info: Louisiana State Police wrote in the update Sunday that all air monitoring for contaminants has shown “either non-detectable readings or levels well below health-based or actionable thresholds.” Response crews were removing structural debris and addressing covered hotspots. Environmental response efforts were ongoing in the Tangipahoa River and surrounding waterways. Smitty’s Supply delivers “high performance lubricants and automotive parts,” including oils, brake fluid, power steering fluid and antifreeze, according to the company’s website. Local officials said the plant employs about 400 people. Roseland, which is home to about 1,100 people, is roughly 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Baton Rouge. WWLTV provided additional coverage:

According to a new Pew Research report, the number of immigrants living in the United States declined for the first time since the 1960s. In January of this year, when President Trump took office, the overall immigrant population in the United States was 53.3 million. The number decreased to 51.9 million by June. Trump Effect: U.S. immigrant population declines for first time in nearly 60 years, Pew finds https://t.co/KXSZsieoeY — John Solomon (@jsolomonReports) August 24, 2025 “People are leaving, but what’s changed is how many people are coming to the United States. Changes in policy have made it harder, during the Biden years, but also Trump years, for immigrants to cross the border and seek asylum. So that flow has significantly dropped,” said Dr. Mark Hugo Lopez, director of race and ethnicity research at Pew Research Center, according to CBS News. The Guardian has more: Among all US residents, 15.4% were immigrants as of June 2025, down from the recent historic high of 15.8% in January. The Pew survey also found that 750,000 immigrant workers had dropped out of the US labor force since January, which is now 19% foreign-born. The center pointed to several policy changes that have affected immigrant populations across the US, including Joe Biden’s restrictions on asylum applications in 2024, which led to a significant decrease in border crossings involving immigrants seeking asylum. Additionally, the center pointed to Donald Trump’s 181 executive actions targeting immigration, including the arrival of new immigrants and the mass deportation of noncitizen immigrants. The center noted that the change in the data could be due to a declining survey response rate among immigrants. Mexico remains the largest origin country among US immigrants. As of mid-2023, more than 11 million US residents were born in Mexico, marking nearly a quarter, or 22%, of all immigrants nationally. Nevertheless, immigration from Mexico has declined since 2007 and the Mexican-born population in the US has dropped. From 2010 to 2023, the Mexican share of the US immigrant population dropped from 29% to 22%, according to Pew’s research. During the Biden administration, the number of unauthorized immigrants living in the United States significantly increased. “Though Mexico remains the country where the most unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. are from, it accounted for 30% of the nation’s unauthorized immigrants living here in 2023,” the report read. “Mexicans represented a majority of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. through 2016; their share in 2023 was by far the smallest share on record,” it added. After Mexico, the countries with the largest unauthorized immigrant populations in the United States included: Guatemala (850,000) El Salvador (850,000) Honduras (775,000) India (680,000) US immigrant population drops for the first time in 50 years — as Trump seals the border and pushes mass deportations https://t.co/AKwj4wHPmt pic.twitter.com/f60OiFGXuy — New York Post (@nypost) August 21, 2025 CBS News provided further info: In the two-year period between 2021 and 2023, the unauthorized immigrant population increased by 3.5 million. In 2023, 2.1 million unauthorized immigrants lived in Texas — the second-highest number of any state. The “unauthorized immigrant” label refers to those in this country without permanent status or active visas. According to researchers, this post-pandemic growth was driven primarily by the rise of unauthorized immigrants with some deportation protections. This population includes those paroled into the country under the Biden administration and asylum-seekers. While data is still being collected for 2024 and 2025, Pew Research preliminary data shows that changes in federal policy in mid-2024 have slowed that growth. In his last several months in office, the Biden administration stopped accepting asylum applications at the southern border and paused parole programs. And since President Donald Trump took office in January, he has increased immigration enforcement, leading to more deportations and self-deportations. Read the full report HERE.

A group of up to 20 violent rioters ambushed immigration agents in San Francisco, with one individual wearing a keffiyeh and wielding a knife threatening to “stab” one of the agents, according to a criminal complaint filed on Thursday.