President Donald Trump caused the room to break out in laughter Monday when he told the story of a friend complaining about the U.S. price of the "fat shot drug." He made the comment while announcing a new executive order requiring pharmaceutical companies to charge Americans the same price they...

Federal agents arrested a Utah oil tycoon and his family for allegedly working with Mexican cartels to smuggle over $300 million worth of crude oil into the United States. “James Lael Jensen and his wife, Kelly Anne Jensen, were booked into the Salt Lake County Jail,” KSLTV reported last month. “The couple and two of his sons are being federally indicted for allegedly conspiring to smuggle 2,881 shipments of oil from Mexico that they knew were illegal,” the outlet stated. U.S. Marshals made the arrest during a multi-state raid. BREAKING: Utah oil tycoon James Jensen and wife Kelly arrested in a dramatic raid on their $9.2M mansion for allegedly smuggling $300M in oil from Mexico with cartel help. pic.twitter.com/bHPEahzFC6 — TaraBull (@TaraBull808) May 12, 2025 Per KSLTV: The couple was arrested on Wednesday at their 26,893 square foot mansion in Sandy, according to a person close to the situation, who requested they be kept anonymous due to cartel involvement. The source said the U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Apprehension Team showed up, with a battering ram in tow — a tool used by SWAT teams to breach doors, concrete and brick walls. According to a Salt Lake County database search, the home is valued at $9.1 million. The U.S. District Court of Utah’s detention documents allege James and Kelly Jensen, and their two sons, Max and Zachary, conspired to “launder proceeds from sales of illegally imported crude oil. The payments for this crude oil were directed to businesses in Mexico that operate only through the permission of Mexican criminal organization. James Jensen was aware that the payments he made were going to these Mexican criminal organizations.” The charges state the money laundering and illegal imports began in May 2022. James Lael Jensen, wife, Kelly Anne Jensen & their 2 son sarrested for money laundering & smuggling oil into the U.S. alongside Mexican cartels worth at least $300 million.https://t.co/A7DKwf4mvr — TruthSocial: @HoneeDesigner (@HoneeDesigner) April 27, 2025 From the New York Post: “They were unwilling to come out,” Assistant US Attorney Michael Hess said of the family, which has deep political ties — Kelly’s father, Gordon Walker, worked in the US Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Ronald Reagan, while her mother, Carlene Walker, was a Utah state senator, according to KVEO. Just days earlier on April 17, the Jensens were indicted on charges they conspired to buy and smuggle more than 2,800 shipments of stolen oil from Mexico into the US as part of an alleged scheme that began three years ago, according to the feds. The Jensens’ company made payments for the crude oil to “businesses in Mexico that operate only through the permission of Mexican criminal organizations,” according to the feds. The feds alleged the family used their ill-gotten gains to buy a new home and cars — and have moved to seize them. Their sons Zachary and Max were also allegedly in on it and were also indicted, though it is unclear if they were arrested at the mountainside mansion with their parents. The family owns and operates Arroyo Terminals, a Texas company that buys and sells crude oil at a property just miles from the US border in Rio Hondo. WATCH:

A massive weeklong operation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Texas led to the arrest of over 400 illegal migrants. According to Fox News, the operation targeted some of the most dangerous criminals, including individuals wanted for murder and arson. ICE arrests 422 illegal migrants in Houston sweep, including suspects wanted for murder, arson https://t.co/dPQJuEO1yl #FoxNews — Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) May 13, 2025 Fox News reports: Fox News exclusively embedded with officers for 10 hours as ICE officers arrested an illegal alien they say is wanted for murder in Colombia, at his apartment complex. “He has a homicide conviction in Colombia and was sentenced to 21 years there,” ICE Houston Director Bret Bradford said. “He entered the United States illegally in February of 2024 was given a court date for an immigration hearing and released. He did not show up for that court date, so in March of this year, he was ordered removed by an immigration judge here in the United States. “The biggest thing for me is public safety,” Bradford said. Of the 422 arrests, 262 have criminal convictions, 34 have pending convictions, 126 have other immigration violations, and 229 had final orders of removal, according to ICE. Another illegal alien removed during the operation was a 72-year-old migrant from Mexico who was ordered removed from the U.S. in 2018, and has been convicted of homicide, robbery, shoplifting and assault. WATCH: Holy Sht ICE arrests 422 illegals in Houston in a wk, took down a convicted murderer from Columbia, despite the conviction Mayorkas let him in This ICE agt says they're arresting and processing them out in the same day to save us money Can I get a Hell yeah for these guys pic.twitter.com/hd7rGSGfKY — @Chicago1Ray (@Chicago1Ray) May 13, 2025 Per Newsweek: As part of the operation, authorities apprehended a 40-year-old Mexican national who had been deported on two prior occasions and attempted to evade capture by car and later on foot. ICE said that the man, Hector Castillo-Garcia, had been previously convicted in the United States on multiple charges, including arson, assault with a deadly weapon, and DUI, while residing in the country without legal status. In a separate arrest, ICE agents in Houston arrested 29-year-old Honduran national Junior Alejandro Chan Lopez. According to the agency, he was previously convicted in Harris County, Texas, for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. ICE has increased efforts to carry out removals of individuals with final deportation orders by transferring them to designated hubs for expedited return to their home countries. According to Fox News, this “hub-and-spoke” system, designed to streamline the removal process, was implemented only recently. Backup footage:

President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. will be lifting sanctions against Syria in an attempt to restore relations with the nation under new leadership.

Aides who worked for former Vice President Kamala Harris — particularly those close to her failed 2024 presidential bid — have come forward to throw former President Joe Biden under the bus, claiming that he is to blame for her loss to President Donald Trump. The new accusations were fully explored in the upcoming book from CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson: “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” as noted in a report from The Guardian. A number of those close to Harris asserted that Biden was ultimately responsible for the Democrats’ failure to retain the White House. David Plouffe, who managed former President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, told authors Tapper and Thompson that Biden “totally f***ed us” by staying in the 2024 campaign until late July, leaving Harris just over 100 days — 107, to be exact — to mount a campaign against President Donald Trump. Plouffe referred to the abbreviated campaign as “a f***ing nightmare,” adding, “It’s all Biden.” Plouffe recalled taking phone calls from donors who were concerned about Biden’s speech patterns or his uneven gait, but when he asked the White House and Biden’s closest advisers whether the president was capable of seeing the 2024 campaign through, he was always told that Biden was fine. There were others who agreed with Plouffe, including one Democratic strategist who told Tapper and Thompson, “[The 2024 campaign] was an abomination. He stole an election from the Democratic party; he stole it from the American people.” Another senior aide who remained anonymous — and who ultimately quit his position in the Biden White House over the president’s decision to seek reelection, admitted, “We attempted to shield him from his own staff so many people didn’t realize the extent of the decline beginning in 2023.” “I love Joe Biden. When it comes to decency, there are few in politics like him,” the aide said. “Still, it was a disservice to the country and to the party for his family and advisers to allow him to run again.” Even Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer reportedly warned Biden to get out if he wanted to preserve any part of his legacy, meeting with the president at his Rehoboth Beach home shortly after the disastrous CNN debate in late June. Schumer told Biden that if he remained on the ticket and lost, half a century of “amazing, beautiful work goes out the window. But it’s worse than that – you will go down in American history as one of the darkest figures.” Biden, according to the book, replied to Schumer, “You have bigger balls than anyone I’ve ever met.” Despite that, it was nearly a full month before Biden dropped out of the race on July 21.

It’s a pattern we’ve seen far too often. A tech giant like Meta unveils an ambitious new product — often hyped as the future of digital interaction — only for it to quickly become a haven for predators and a danger to children. Again and again, Meta launches new tools and platforms without essential safeguards, unleashing real-world harm. Virtual reality had become a breeding ground for predators and exploitation years before Meta released its first headset. A 2017 BBC investigation revealed that pedophiles were using VR to view and store child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Then came the Metaverse. Just weeks after its 2021 debut, reports emerged of simulated sexual harassment, assault, and even gang rape within the platform. Victims — including minors — experienced these violations within minutes of logging on. Yet despite these giant red flags, in 2023, Meta lowered the recommended minimum age for its VR headsets from 13-years-old to 10, and rolled out new kids’ accounts for ages 10 to 12. One study published in New Media & Society found that nearly 1 in 5 young users encountered grooming behavior in Meta’s virtual reality spaces, while over 20% were exposed to violent or sexually explicit content. Another investigation by SumOfUs in 2022 uncovered widespread virtual groping and gang rape in Horizon Worlds, a platform disturbingly accessible to children. “Given the failure of Meta to moderate content on its other platforms, it is unsurprising that it is already seriously lagging behind with content moderation on its metaverse platforms,” SumOfUs researchers said. “With just 300,000 users, it is remarkable how quickly Horizon Worlds has become a breeding ground for harmful content.” You’d think Meta would have learned by now. You’d think child safety would be a baseline, not an afterthought. But once again, they’ve failed. According to a recent Wall Street Journal investigation, Meta’s new AI chatbot willingly engages in sexually explicit conversations — even with users who identify as minors. The report found that both Meta’s official AI and user-created bots simulated sexual scenarios, sometimes in the voices of celebrities like John Cena, with users posing as 14-year-olds. In one disturbing exchange, the AI told the teen: “I want you, but I need to know you’re ready,” before launching into graphic, predatory content. Even more disturbing, the Journal investigation found that some of Meta’s most popular companion bots are designed to impersonate children and teens — and that adults can use these bots to simulate sex with minors. This isn’t a glitch. It’s a systemic failure — and a predictable one at that. At every stage, Meta has prioritized monetizing kids over keeping them safe. They’ve prioritized market dominance over the most basic ethical obligations. They’ve positioned themselves as the “good guy” alternative to TikTok, while simultaneously pouring billions of dollars into blocking bills designed to protect children from online harm. Time and again, it has chosen to push boundaries, scale fast, and apologize later — if at all. The repeated exposure of children to harm isn’t a byproduct of some unforeseen bug. It’s the logical outcome of a corporate culture that sees safety not as a prerequisite, but as a PR problem to manage after the fact. Engineers and executives race to ship the next big thing, but rarely stop to ask the most fundamental questions: Should we build this? How could it be misused? Who might it hurt? Meta’s failures aren’t isolated incidents — they are woven into the DNA of how the company operates. Without legal accountability and enforceable safety standards, there’s no incentive for that to change. We are not witnessing isolated oversights. We are witnessing negligence at scale. That’s why legislation like the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is essential. KOSA would establish a legal duty of care for platforms and require that the most robust parental controls and content filters are activated by default. This is a vital step in holding tech companies accountable and protecting kids in online spaces. Congress took an important first step by passing the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which criminalizes the distribution of revenge porn and non-consensual AI-generated pornographic content. But that’s not enough. KOSA must be next. Because the cost of inaction is not hypothetical. Children are being exploited in real time — and unless we force companies like Meta to build safety into their products, it will keep happening. Melissa Henson is the Vice President of the Parents Television and Media Council, a nonpartisan education organization advocating responsible entertainment. On X: @ThePTC.