New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander arrested by federal agents at immigration court. According to Fox 5, Lander was trying to escort a man out of court to avoid ICE detention. “I’m not obstructing I’m standing right here in the hallway, I asked to see the judicial warrant. You don’t have authority […] The post NYC Mayoral Candidate Arrested for Obstructing ICE appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

President Trump is trying to decide if he will enter the four-day old Israel-Iran war directly. He is tempted to destroy the buried nuclear enrichment facility at Fordo with an American Bunker Buster. It’s looking more and more like he will move to end the Iran’s theocracy once and for all. He demanded an “unconditional […] The post What Is Happening Now in the Iran-Israeli War, JD Vance Responds appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Members of the leftist “Squad” are rallying behind a resolution from Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) to affirm that the United States cannot get involved in the fight between Israel and Iran without the consent of Congress. The U.S. military has already helped shoot down missiles launched toward Israel from Iran. President Donald Trump stated that the United States supports Israel’s defense while stressing that Iran must not acquire nuclear weapons. He warned Tehran that any attack on the U.S. would face the “full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces.” Massie announced on X that he would introduce a “bipartisan War Powers Resolution” to “prohibit” U.S. involvement in the Middle East conflict. “This is not our war. But if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our Constitution,” Massie stated. “Signing on,” replied Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN). Both have repeatedly made unsubstantiated accusations against Israel of committing genocide in its war against the terror group Hamas. Omar was kicked off the House Foreign Affairs Committee in 2023 for rhetoric deemed to be anti-Israel and anti-Semitic. Last year, Omar faced a censure threat for suggesting that some Jewish students were “pro-genocide,” but it did not come to pass. Massie also re-posted a response from Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). “I look forward to supporting this War Powers Resolution. The American people aren’t falling for it again. We were lied to about ‘weapons of mass destruction’ in Iraq that killed millions + forever changed lives,” Tlaib said. “It’s unconst’l for Trump to go to war without a vote in Congress.” The House censured Tlaib in 2023 for “promoting false narratives regarding the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and for calling for the destruction of the state of Israel.” Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) quipped that it was a “good bet” that he would oppose any resolution that Massie and Ocasio-Cortez were teaming up to support. “Iran, China, Russia, and North Korea are not our friends or our allies — in fact they are working to undermine us and destabilize the free world,” Lawler said. “A nuclear Iran will seek to eradicate Israel and all but ensure WWIII. We cannot allow that to happen. We must stand with Israel.” Massie formally introduced his resolution on Tuesday with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA). Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) unveiled a similar war powers resolution for the upper chamber.

FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Tuesday that the FBI had uncovered documents pertaining to an “alleged Chinese plot to create fake mail-in ballots” ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Patel shared a screenshot of a headline from Just the News that read, “FBI gives Congress intel on alleged Chinese plot to create fake mail-in ballots in 2020” — along with his own comment confirming that the FBI had, in fact, turned such information over to Congress for additional scrutiny. “The FBI has located documents which detail alarming allegations related to the 2020 U.S. election, including allegations of interference by the CCP. I have immediately declassified the material and turned the documents over to the Chairman Grassley for further review,” Patel posted. The FBI has located documents which detail alarming allegations related to the 2020 U.S. election, including allegations of interference by the CCP. I have immediately declassified the material and turned the documents over to the Chairman Grassley for further review. pic.twitter.com/sBVNUgN2BJ — FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) June 17, 2025 According to the report published by Just the News, the alleged scheme involved the mass production of fake American driver’s licenses. The intelligence reports that raised the concern were from August of 2020 — and have now been declassified by Patel and turned over to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA). Grassley knew of the intelligence reports, and had been concerned that they had never been properly investigated at the time. Instead, after President Joe Biden took office in January of 2021, his newly confirmed Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines declassified an intelligence report in March stating that there had been no attempt by Communist China to interfere in the outcome of the election. That report, declassified on March 10, 2021, stated in part, “We have no indications that any foreign actor attempted to alter any technical aspect of the voting process in the 2020 US elections, including voter registration, casting ballots, vote tabulation, or reporting results.” With regard to China, the report said, “We assess that China did not deploy interference efforts and considered but did not deploy influence efforts intended to change the outcome of the US Presidential election.” The report also determined that Iran had made attempts to influence the election in Biden’s favor, but had not been successful in doing so.

The Trump administration is reversing course, reportedly telling agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) they should continue to conduct immigration raids on farms, in hotels, and in restaurants. This past Thursday, the administration reportedly instructed ICE to halt immigration raids on such businesses. The guidance followed a warning from the Department of Agriculture that aggressive deportations in rural areas could destabilize the food supply.  “There will be no safe spaces for industries who harbor violent criminals or purposely try to undermine ICE’s efforts,” Tricia McLaughlin, an assistant secretary for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), said on a call Monday, The Washington Post reported. “Worksite enforcement remains a cornerstone of our efforts to safeguard public safety, national security and economic stability.” Officials from ICE reportedly led the call, informing agency leaders from 30 field offices across the nation that immigration raids at those workplaces would resume. Last week, President Donald Trump said there would be a forthcoming policy change regarding deportations at farms, hotels, and leisure businesses. He said he wanted his administration to use “common sense” and not focus on deporting “good workers” who have been here for decades. “Our farmers are being hurt badly. They have very good workers who have worked for them for 20 years. They’re not citizens, but they’ve turned out to be great, and we’re going to have to do something about that. We can’t take farmers and take all their people and send them back,” the president said. “You know what’s going to happen — what is happening, they get rid of some of their people … and they end up hiring the criminals that have come in, the murderers from prisons and everything else.” Before the apparent reversal, the announcement to slow down such raids generated pushback from some Trump supporters, arguing that the move was de facto amnesty and not what they voted for.  Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) – who’s disagreed with Trump over a number of issues – had criticized the policy shift, writing, “Under Trump’s new immigration enforcement policy, if you’re an illegal alien, I guess you just have to switch jobs to a restaurant, hotel, farm, or meat packing plant?” Related: Trump Strips Legal Status From Over Half A Million Migrants, Tells Them To Self-Deport

President Trump issued a powerful statement regarding the situation in Iran after Israel has conducted numerous airstrikes targeting the Iranian regime’s military assets, stating that “we” now control the skies over Iran. “We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran. Iran had good sky trackers and other defensive equipment, and plenty of it, but it doesn’t compare to American made, conceived, and manufactured ‘stuff.’ Nobody does it better than the good ol’ USA,” Trump stated on Truth Social. The use of the term “we” caught the eye of many, given questions over whether the United States will increase its involvement in the campaign to eliminate Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Trump has stepped up his rhetoric aimed at Iran in the last 24 hours, and followed up his statement with threats aimed at Iran’s leadership.   President Trump says "we have complete and total control of the skies over Iran." Emphasis on the "we." pic.twitter.com/BRWrcBNYfU — Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) June 17, 2025   Trump has been a staunch ally of Israel during his time as president. He is reportedly considering entering the conflict more directly, and is convening his top national security aides in the White House Situation Room this afternoon as he works towards a decision. The U.S. military has bombing capability that exceeds Israels, and may be needed to deliver a crushing blow to Iran’s underground nuclear facilities. A poll released on Monday showed that Trump voters overwhelmingly back the United States taking action against Iran in support of Israel.

Actor Eric Dane just shared an update on his ALS diagnosis, saying his health has been noticeably deteriorating and he fears his young daughters will grow up without a father. “My left side is functioning, my right side has completely stopped working,” the 52-year-old actor told Diane Sawyer during an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Monday. “I feel like maybe a couple more months and I won’t have my left hand either. It’s sobering.” The “Grey’s Anatomy” alum was diagnosed with the degenerative disease in April after noticing symptoms including weakness in his right hand.   “I didn’t really think anything of it at the time,” Dane told Sawyer. “I thought maybe I’d been texting too much or my hand was fatigued, but a few weeks later I noticed it got a little worse. So I went and saw a hand specialist, who sent me to another hand specialist. I went and saw a neurologist and the neurologist sent me to another neurologist and said, ‘This is way above my pay grade.’” ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, leading to loss of muscle control. Over time, individuals with ALS may lose the ability to speak, move, eat, and breathe independently. ALS has no cure, and people who receive this diagnosis usually live three to five years after symptoms start; however, some people live for decades following their diagnosis. Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking lived with ALS for more than 50 years after being diagnosed at the age of 21 until he died in 2018. Dane also told Sawyer about the support he’s received from his wife of 14 years, Rebecca Gayheart. The actress filed for divorce in 2018 but called it off one month before Dane revealed his diagnosis. They remain friendly and share the responsibility of raising their two daughters, Billie, 15, and Georgia, 13. “We have managed to become better friends and better parents,” the actor said of Gayheart since receiving his diagnosis. “She is probably my biggest champion and my most stalwart supporter, and I lean on her.” “In my heart, I don’t feel like this is the end for me,” Dane said during the interview. “I’m fighting as much as I can. There’s so much about it that’s out of my control.” The actor also said he’s upset about his diagnosis because of losing his own father to suicide at the age of 7. “I’m angry because my father was taken from me when I was young, and now there’s a very good chance I’m going to be taken from my girls when they’re very young,” Dane said.