President Donald Trump has warned that he can invoke the Insurrection Act if local politicians in Minneapolis, Minnesota, fail to subdue the violent protestors attacking federal officers in the area.

To get attention, Theah Russell suffocated two babies, one of whom died. The 18-year-old confessed. She attempted to kill the four-month-old twice, and the infant miraculously survived. 11-month-old Harvey survived two attempts on his life, but died on the third. Russell has a history of attention-seeking behaviors, like making annoying phone calls and hanging up. […] The post Teen Daycare Worker Murders One Baby Suffocates Another for Attention appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Hard-line conservative Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) on Thursday bluntly called for the United States support regime change in Iran, saying America should help the Iranian people “take out the trash.” Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, posted a photo of himself earlier this week smoking a cigarette that appeared to have been lit by a burning photo of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameini. He appeared with Fox News host Dana Perino. Smoke ’em if you got ’em. #Iran https://t.co/vvBjCKDCcs pic.twitter.com/x3DfiMonqw — Tim Sheehy (@TimSheehyMT) January 11, 2026 “Whether we like it or not Iran has been at war with us for 47 years.” Sheehy pointed out. “They’ve been hunting down, murdering, torturing, and slaughtering Americans all over the world, from the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing through our wars in Iraq, in Afghanistan, to of course, how this regime started.” He then recalled the Iranian revolution in 1979 when the Iranian government held more than 50 American hostages at the U.S. Embassy during the failed presidency of Jimmy Carter, only releasing them the day President Ronald Reagan, who had threatened the Iranians, took office. “Let’s not forget how the Ayatollah’s regime started: by taking our embassy hostage and holding hundreds of Americans hostage for a year and a half,” he noted. “So this regime’s literal foreign policy is ‘Death to America.’ They chant it every day and they back up those chants with actions by actually killing Americans and fueling global terror networks. They are the largest state sponsor of terror in the world.” “What did you think about the threat towards President Trump?” Perino asked. “That’s nothing new; they’ve been threatening to kill our leaders for years,’ Sheehy replied. “So the fact that the people of Iran are now taking to the streets, an overwhelming display that they are ready for this regime to go away, it’s not our job to go and conduct regime change, but we should help these people take out the trash.” “I fully support the president’s action if he decides to get involved and help tip the scales here,” he continued. “It’s high time we finally get rid of this murderous regime; we’ve been placating them for far too long. They’re like a hobo on LSD with a knife in the street and everyone stands back, not wanting to touch them. The reality is they are trying to kill us every day; it’s about time we knock this guy out, and I hope the people of Iran get the full support they need.” The Iranian regime are a bunch of murderous bastards who chant “death to America” and have been killing Americans for 46 years. It’s time to take out the trash. To the brave Iranian people – we applaud your courage. Keep fighting. pic.twitter.com/uX6mw4Emli — Tim Sheehy (@TimSheehyMT) January 15, 2026

Minnesota State Senator Bobby Joe Champion attempted to defend the men who jumped in to assault an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on Wednesday, claiming that it was a clear example of Minnesotans pitching in to “help our neighbors.” Champion joined CNN’s Laura Coates to discuss the scene that unfolded on Wednesday when an ICE agent chased down a suspect who was believed to be Venezuelan, and two others — one of whom was wielding a shovel — joined the suspect in assaulting the agent. WATCH: ? State Sen. Bobby Joe Champion (D) says last night’s vicious assault of an ICE agent “is just an example of Minnesota being a place where we help our neighbors.” CNN: If they used weapons to attack the officer, would that change your opinion? Champion: “Actually, no.” SICK! pic.twitter.com/eWO8fPJzpl — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 15, 2026 “If there were neighbors and others who came out to help this person, that is just an example of Minnesota being a place where we help our neighbors,” Champion said. “And we are clear that the ICE agents have been coming here — and there’s over two thousand of them — and they’ve been attacking and terrorizing our state.” “So yes, neighbors will come out and be helpful, I’m not certain if they had brooms or a shovel, that is to be further investigated,” he added. Coates pushed back, asking, “If they did, in fact, have some sort of weapons to use to attack the ICE officer, would that change your opinion of whatever unfolded next?” “Actually, no, right?” Champion replied. “Because from our vantage point, we want to make sure, and always want to make sure that Minnesotans are being dealt with properly. And when we think in terms of any pursuit or any apprehension of anyone, there’s a way for you to do your work where it’s respectful and it’s fair.” He went on to claim that ICE was not being “respectful” or “fair,” and asserted that agents were choosing to be “illegal, and to attack, and to be very aggressive with Minnesotans.” Champion concluded by claiming that the federal government was making things worse as more and more agents were surged to the area and allowed to “misbehave.” “That’s a tragedy. And a travesty,” he claimed.

Is college basketball broken? The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced on Thursday the indictment of 26 suspects, including 20 former NCAA college basketball players from 17 schools for allegedly attempting to fix games through performance manipulation during the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons. Officials said the scheme started in September 2022 when defendants bribed players in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) to participate in “point-shaving” their games, before moving to NCAA basketball. Point-shaving occurs when the final score is manipulated to satisfy the point-spread of the game, not the win-or-lose outcome. “Over the past two years, the FBI’s Philadelphia Field Office led an investigation into a point-shaving and sports-bribery conspiracy resulting in the indictments announced today,” said FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey. United States Attorney David Metcalf called the gambling scheme “historic,” and said the point-shaving scheme involved more than 39 players who were part of more than 17 teams who attempted to fix at least 29 men’s college basketball games “Certain players were targeted because they were missing out on NIL money,” Metcalf said, also adding: “This is the corruption of college sports.” According to the indictment, the suspects in the case include the following former college basketball players: Alberto Laureano, Arlando Arnold, Simeon Cottle, Kevin Cross, Bradley Ezewiro, Shawn Fulcher, Carlos Hart, Markeese Hastings, Cedquavious Hunter, Oumar Koureissi, Da’Sean Nelson, Demond Robinson, Camian Shell, Dyquavion Short, Airion Simmons, and Jalen Terry. “We allege an extensive international criminal conspiracy of NCAA players, alumni and professional bettors who fixed games across the country and poisoned the American spirit of competition for monetary gain,” Metcalf said. Other names listed in the indictment include trainers Jalen Smith and Roderick Winkler, as well as “high-stakes sports gamblers” Marves Fairley and Shane Hennen. Per the indictment, the defendants approached and communicated with NCAA basketball players, in person and through social media, text messages, and phone calls. The “fixers” offered the players bribe payments, usually ranging from $10,000 to $30,000 per game, to participate in the scheme. The suspects face charges including sports bribery and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, among others. The games that were allegedly fixed include matchups in China, as well as games involving the following schools: Nicholls State, Tulane, Northwestern State, Saint Louis, LaSalle, Fordham, Buffalo, DePaul, Robert Morris, Southern Miss, North Carolina A&T, Kennesaw State, Coppin State, New Orleans, Abilene Christian, Eastern Michigan, and Alabama State. “When criminals rig the outcome of games for the purpose to lose, we all lose,” Metcalf said. Antonio Blakeney, who is listed in the indictment as “charged elsewhere” from a previous sports gambling case, was one of the CBA’s top scorers and was allegedly recruited by Hennen and Fairley to join the point-shaving antics. According to the indictment, Blakeney received a $200,000 payment in Florida, which another defendant dropped into a storage unit. The former All-American from LSU went on to recruit college players to join the scheme. There are four current players this season who are listed in the case: Kennesaw State’s Simeon Cottle, Eastern Michigan’s Carlos Hart, Delaware State’s Camian Shell, and Texas Southern’s Oumar Koureissi. All players have played within the last week. Koureissi, at the time of the alleged crime, played for Nicholls State. The document states Koureissi was involved in fixing Nicholls State’s game against McNeese State in February of 2024. Koureissi allegedly fixed the game through point-shaving to ensure Nicholls State didn’t cover the spread against McNeese. Koureissi scored 0 points in that contest and won the fixers their bet. This is just one of the countless examples of fraud in the indictment. “There is integrity in sports,” Metcalf said. “You have the teammates of the players who were working their tail off.” NCAA President Charlie Baker released this statement Thursday: “Protecting competition integrity is of the utmost importance for the NCAA. We are thankful for law enforcement agencies working to detect and combat integrity issues and match manipulation in college sports. … The Association has and will continue to aggressively pursue sports betting violations in college athletics using a layered integrity monitoring program that covers over 22,000 contests, but we still need the remaining states, regulators and gaming companies to eliminate threats to integrity – such as collegiate prop bets – to better protect athletes and leagues from integrity risks and predatory bettors. We also will continue to cooperate fully with law enforcement. We urge all student-athletes to make well-informed choices to avoid jeopardizing the game and their eligibility.” This bombshell gambling case follows two others from last fall involving former NBA and MLB players. Sports gambling in some form is legal in 40 states. “I will say that the evidence in this case shows that the monetization of college athletics and athletics generally … furthered the enterprise in this case,” Metcalf said. The United States Attorney added that this case is extensive and the investigation is ongoing.