FBI Director Kash Patel has responded to Attorney General Pam Bondi's letter accusing the FBI of lying to her about turning over all of its data on pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Pope Francis’s health worsened on Friday after suffering an “attack of bronchospasm,” which reportedly resulted in the Roman Catholic Church leader "breathing in vomit" -- as he continues to fight against double pneumonia.

Colony Ridge developer William “Trey” Harris has been arrested for the sixth time and now faces charges for driving under the influence and for the unlicensed carrying of a weapon. The arrest is the latest run-in with the law for Harris, one of the individuals behind the sprawling 60-square mile development just north of Houston that systematically attracts illegal aliens. Harris, who developed Colony Ridge with his brother, John, was arrested by the Huntsville Police Department on February 23rd for the two charges before being let out of jail two days later, Walker County jail records show. The Colony Ridge developer has been arrested on five other occasions since November 2023, including for public intoxication and driving under the influence. After one of his drunk driving charges, when he was found to have a blood alcohol content of 0.15, Harris was sentenced to serve 45 days in jail. But Harris was let out after serving just half his sentence, with a local outlet calling him “the beneficiary of uncommon treatment given by longtime Walker County Sheriff Clint McRae.” That uncommon treatment came after Harris, a big political donor, gave McRae $5,000 during the last campaign cycle, making the Colony Ridge developer his biggest donor during the cycle, The Daily Wire reported. McRae told local media at the time that he had “absolutely no shame” about his decision and “would do it exactly the same way if the situation were to occur again.” Harris’ development has come under scrutiny recently, with the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Department of Homeland Security carrying out a joint operation that resulted in the arrest of 118 illegal aliens, including those wanted for homicide, manslaughter, child sexual abuse, drugs and weapons charges, and other crimes. The joint operation came just days after Colony Ridge, working in partnership with the Rascon Media Group, attempted to sanitize the development’s reputation in a now-deleted video posted to YouTube. Colony Ridge CEO John Harris claimed that crime was not a problem at the development and called concerns that the cartel could be active in the area “laughable.” WATCH: Colony Ridge CEO John Harris claimed that cartel concerns were ‘laughable’ and that there was not a crime problem at the development. Then the feds busted multiple cartel members just days later, blowing a hole through the narrative from their public relations team.? pic.twitter.com/Ln44dRyQtd — Spencer Lindquist ?? (@SpencerLndqst) February 27, 2025 Three previously deported illegal aliens were arrested just days later, with one of the men admitting to having nearly 350 pounds of methamphetamine stashed in a trailer on a Colony Ridge property. One of the three illegal aliens is believed to be connected to the Cartel Jalisco New Generation, a Mexican cartel that has been named a foreign terror organization, The Daily Wire exclusively reported. A previously deported member of MS-13 was also captured by authorities after he led them on a seven-hour manhunt. The illegal alien is believed to have stabbed and killed a man inside Colony Ridge. The development could also be in legal trouble. It currently faces an investigation from the Environmental Protection Agency, and lawsuits from both the Texas Attorney General and the Department of Justice and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Biden-appointed federal judge who is attempting to halt President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign aid has a long history of engaging in far-left, anti-Trump activism, working for an organization that pushed for prosecutors to drop charges against leftist rioters and accusing the president of harboring religious hatred, The Daily Wire has learned. Judge Amir Ali of the Washington, D.C. District Court recently ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze foreign aid and disburse millions of dollars through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), despite the President’s decision to halt the funding. The Supreme Court paused Ali’s order through an administrative stay, allowing Trump to freeze foreign aid while it considers the president’s request to block the federal judge’s ruling. But Ali’s history of leftwing activism, donations to Democrats, and involvement with explicitly anti-Trump organizations, threatens to throw the Canadian-born judge’s impartiality into question. Ali has donated to Democratic candidates, giving $2,000 to former President Joe Biden when he ran against Trump in 2020 and another $580 to Democrat Jaime Harrison, a former United States Senate candidate in South Carolina who chaired the DNC from 2021-2025. The federal judge opposed Trump well before the 2020 election, however. Ali’s anti-Trump agenda extends back to the early days of the president’s first term, when he articulated how federal courts could “doom” the president’s travel ban, which critics called the “Muslim ban,” and pointed to a legal approach that could “be a huge weapon for those challenging the ban.” “By continuing to block the entry ban, but allowing the government to conduct its 90-day review, the Ninth Circuit can give the challengers back this powerful argument to put an end to Trump’s Muslim ban,” he also wrote, using inaccurate leftwing rhetoric to describe Trump’s policy. He also wrote in The Guardian that Trump’s travel ban was rooted in a “campaign of animus against people of the Muslim faith.” Ali stated in an interview that he had hoped to inform the Supreme Court, which was ruling on the travel ban at the time, of “the full record of President Trump’s history of animus and hatred towards Muslim people.” He went on to charge that the legal profession should be diversified. “Within the Supreme Court bar in Washington, D.C., I am one of few people of North African or Middle Eastern descent, one of few immigrants to the country, and one of few Muslim Americans,” Ali said during the interview. “That’s true of many other backgrounds as well, and it is a problem.” He touted his work with the Appellate Project, which Ali stated “is breaking down the barriers to the representation of people of color and other minorities in the appellate profession.” Ali became formally involved in leftwing activism when he joined the MacArthur Justice Center, a far-left organization that pushed to defund the police, allied with the Black Lives Matter movement, and advocated for prosecutors to drop felony charges against Black Lives Matter rioters. Ali would go on to become its director in 2021. The group posted “#DefundPolice” in 2020, lobbied the New Orleans City Council to commit to defunding the police, and allied with the Illinois BLM Uprising Defense in “calling for prosecutors to drop felony charges against rioters at Black Lives Matter protests in Chicago.” “These protests occurred because our criminal legal system has continuously devalued and disregarded, brutalized, tortured and killed Black people,” a letter from the organizations read as it attempted to justify the rioting. Under Ali’s leadership, the organization filed a brief arguing that asking potential jurors about whether or not they support the Black Lives Matter movement “undermines judicial principles of equity and the public’s confidence.” The judge’s activism extends beyond his role with the MacArthur Justice Center. Ali documented his role as the director of another leftwing organization on his questionnaire for the Senate Judiciary Committee. Called Mosaic Theater, the organization celebrated the Black Lives Matter riots, writing on its website that “a summer of Black-led uprisings against state violence have made clear that this country requires fundamental changes, both systemic and institutional” and listing “equity and anti-racism” as its values. “We believe that anti-racism, promoting racial and gender equity, working against abuse, and reducing harm are imperative to the art we make and how we make it,” the organization states. The theater also hosted a pride festival in 2022 that celebrated a playwright behind a play called “Alma,” a “poetic riposte against Trump’s anti-Mexican rhetoric.” Ali’s activism won him the support of various other far-left organizations and activists. The federal judge was honored with a “Justice Tribute” award from the Arab American Civil Rights League in 2023. The organization not only supports the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement against Israel, but even counts on its board a member who openly supported both Hamas and Hezbollah. “Whether it’s called Hamas, whether it’s called Hezbollah, we stand with everybody who stands against the Israeli occupation,” said board member Amer Zahr, who was in attendance at the event in which Ali received his award. Ali was also lauded by the Michigan branch of the NAACP, led by Rev. Wendell Anthony, who claimed that the United States was “choking the life out of black America.”

FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly has proposed working with the mixed martial arts entertainment group the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to enhance the fitness of agents. The comments about improving agents’ physical fitness were reportedly made during a teleconference on Wednesday by Patel who was speaking with the heads of the FBI’s 55 field offices, ABC News reported. Patel, who was sworn in as director last Friday, reportedly said that he wanted to establish a relationship with the UFC to create a fitness program, though the details of what that would entail are still unclear. A source with the UFC told Fox News that while UFC President Dana White and Patel know each other, the UFC has not been made aware of any information regarding the two sides training with one another. White has been a longtime friend of President Donald Trump. JUST IN: Newly-installed FBI Director Kash Patel has proposed enhancing the FBI’s ranks with help from the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the martial-arts entertainment giant whose wealthy CEO, Dana White, helped boost President Trump’s reelection. https://t.co/BHSwfsOrh8 pic.twitter.com/YWOxMeWDbO — ABC News (@ABC) February 27, 2025 “There is training the FBI receives in physical altercations,” a former Justice Department official told the New York Post. “If Kash Patel believed that should be beefed up, the answer is not to go to Donald Trump’s best friend who runs the UFC.” The FBI declined comment to ABC News. Patel was sworn in to his role on February 21 after being confirmed by the United States Senate. In one of his first moves as head of the agency, Patel wants to relocate 1,500 FBI staff outside of Washington, D.C., including moving 500 staff to Huntsville, Alabama, according to the Associated Press. Patel was confirmed narrowly in a 51-49 vote in the Senate. At Patel’s swearing-in ceremony, President Trump said he nominated Patel in large part because “of the respect the [FBI] agents had for him.” “I think he’ll go down as the best ever at that position,” Trump said. After his swearing-in, Patel began his first remarks as FBI director thanking the president. “What a ride we have been on. What a courageous warrior and leader he has been, and the faith and trust he has put in me to lead the FBI is the greatest honor I will ever have in my life,” Patel said. Patel is taking the helm of an agency that has been battered by scandal and controversies in recent years, including the Russian collusion conspiracy and questions over the bureau’s role in the January 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. Tim Pearce contributed to this piece. Related: Kash Patel Reportedly Sworn In As Acting ATF Chief

Microsoft confirmed it would shut down Skype in May, directing users to its Teams platform and ending a chapter for the once-popular internet calling service. Microsoft purchased Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion, marking the company’s largest acquisition at the time, according to CNN. Launched in 2003, the service once dominated internet calling by offering free global connectivity, but struggled to keep pace with rivals such as FaceTime, WhatsApp, and, most recently, Discord and Zoom. “Skype has been an integral part of shaping modern communications and supporting countless meaningful moments, and we are honored to have been part of the journey,” said president of Microsoft 365 collaborative apps and platforms Jeff Teper in a statement. Skype’s ownership changed hands multiple times before Microsoft’s acquisition. In 2005, eBay purchased the voice-over-internet tool for $2.6 billion, but parted ways four years later by selling its majority stake to a separate investment group for $1.9 billion. That transaction set the stage for Microsoft to take over in 2011. After the purchase, Microsoft integrated Skype with other services such as its Office suite and the now-discontinued Windows Phone platform. Despite that, the platform lagged behind in a landscape increasingly dominated by Apple’s FaceTime and Meta’s WhatsApp as users gravitated toward apps centered on mobile messaging and video calls. Many organizations turned instead to tools that packaged conferencing, chat, and collaboration in one place. This broader shift contributed to Microsoft’s aggressive focus on Teams, which now offers what the company describes as “seamless file sharing” and expanded functionality that extends beyond basic voice or video calls.

In 2024, Del Taco topped USA Today’s Reader’s Choice list as the best fast-food restaurant in the United States. But even being the customer’s favorite couldn’t prevent Del Taco from the effects of the economy. According to Parade, the fast-food chain abruptly closed 19 locations in Colorado. The 18 of the 19 are reportedly closed temporarily, and the company expects them to reopen “as soon as possible.” “Del Taco is proud to have been serving the state of Colorado since 2003 and we appreciate the ongoing support of our loyal guests,” a spokesperson told the media, per Parade. “At this time, our Denver and Colorado Springs franchise locations are temporarily closed. We will reopen these locations as soon as possible and will share updates as they become available. Thank you for your patience and support.” Del Taco Is Continuing Business As Usual On Social Media The taco chain posted its strawberry lemonade on National Strawberry Day, February 27. Fans went to the comment section to ask about what was happening in Colorado. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Del Taco (@deltaco) One commented, “*not available in CO WHAT HAPPENED?” Another Del Taco fan wanted answers, “WTH! I go there every weekend! Doing us dirty in Colorado.” This Del Taco customer wanted answers: “Y’all just closed all of Colorado’s locations. We just ate there on Monday. Should we be worried about something? Y’all got the flu? Rona? Ebola? What’s up?” The news upset this fan, too: “I’m so Sad. I try to go every weekend to get Fries and Tacos… No Fair leaving Your workers Out of Work… Bring Them Back.. They Deserve Their Job and We Deserve DT!!!” This fan wants Del Taco to explain itself. “Justify leaving Colorado.” Plenty agreed, “So y’all just closed Colorado and didn’t say anything wild.” This story’s featured image is by Narsil via Shutterstock. The post Major Taco Chain “Temporarily” Closes Nearly 20 Locations appeared first on InspireMore.

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