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Hollywood actor Vince Vaughn ripped into late-night shows for becoming far too political and driving away their audience.

Vaughn made the comments while being interviewed by comedian Theo Von on his podcast, “This Past Weekend.”

‘It felt like they had an agenda. It stopped being funny, and it started feeling like I was in f**king a class I didn’t want to take.’

Von blamed the falling ratings for late-night shows on the left-wing bias in the entertainment industry.

“Why a lot of the late shows have struggled, because all they did,” Von said, “the only person they could make fun of at a certain point was just white, redneck kind of people, and then everything tanked after that.”

“Think about that. They never get it right,” Vaughn replied. “The podcasts have gotten so much more popular with less production, less writers, less staff.”

“Oh yeah, we have two people working here, and both of them are hungover, and that one guy has shingles!” Von joked.

“Yeah, because people want authenticity,” Vaughn added. “I think that the talk shows, to a large part, became really agenda-based. They were going to [evangelize] people to what they thought. And so people just rejected it because it didn’t feel authentic. It felt like they had an agenda. It stopped being funny, and it started feeling like I was in f**king a class I didn’t want to take.”

He went on to tie the low ratings directly to entertainers’ politics.

“But if you look at what happened to the talk shows and why their ratings are low, it’s got only to do with the fact of what you just said, which is they all became the same show. And they all became so about their politics and who’s good and who’s bad,” Vaughn said.

“And it’s like, imagine sitting next to someone who’s like that on a f**king plane! Bro, you’d be like, ‘How do I get out of this f**king seat!'” Vaughn added.

Video of Vaughn’s comments was posted to social media, where it garnered more than 1.6 million views in less than a day.

RELATED: Vince Vaughn too ‘Old School’ for Hollywood wokesters

Vaughn, who has previously identified as a libertarian, said he escaped being ostracized in Hollywood by simply being honest without attacking people who disagree.

“If you’re constantly worried what someone else thinks of you and you’re only around them a couple hours a day, you’re miserable most of the time. You’ve got to … find the way to be yourself but be respectful.”

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California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) posted a bizarre message trying to mock President Donald Trump but instead was crushed by online mockery.

The post referenced an online joke that compared Newsom to the Patrick Bateman character, a sadistic serial killer in the popular film “American Psycho.”

‘Can’t decide if he’s the most or least self aware person alive.’

“For so many years people have been saying that Patrick Bateman and I look alike. Now this pic has been going all over the place. What do you think?” he wrote, with an image comparing the two men.

Newsom was referring to a post from the president using the same wording but comparing himself to rock ‘n’ roll icon Elvis Presley. Trump was visiting Graceland, the theme park former residence of Elvis.

Then the backlash hit the governor.

“I think yes, you are a psychopath,” commentator Bridget Phetasy said.

“Newsom seeing the Patrick Bateman comparisons and treating it like a looks question. That tracks,” GOP strategist Erin Maguire responded.

“This dude is so narcissistic it boggles the mind,” podcaster Mikhaila Peterson replied.

“Well he was a sociopathic narcissist and a douchbag in that movie so I think that’s probably the similarity people are seeing,” another popular response reads.

“Can’t decide if he’s the most or least self aware person alive,” another popular response reads.

“He played a narcissistic psychopath serial killer! Who in the hell is running this account?!” activist April Silverman replied.

RELATED: Gavin Newsom lashes out at Joe Rogan for accusing him of ruining California: ‘He did horrible s**t!’

“Everyone is commenting on how insane it is that he is embracing the psychopath image, but I haven’t seen anyone point out that he altered his photo so that he doesn’t have a pencil neck,” attorney Laura Powell said.

Newsom’s post garnered more than 4.5 million views after getting ridiculed.

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Police in Covington, Tennessee, on Monday said they responded to the 1400 block of South College Street in regard to a harassment complaint.

Arriving officers spoke to the 26-year-old victim who stated that she was showering and noticed she was being recorded on video, officials said.

‘We are working with DCS to identify all victims in this investigation and provide protective and medical services for these children.’

The victim identified the suspect as 22-year-old Deondre Dyson, who also resides at the residence and allegedly was outside the victim’s window when the incident occurred, officials said.

Officers found Dyson at the residence and escorted him to the police department’s Criminal Investigations Division for interviewing, officials said.

RELATED: Transgender sex offender accused of trying to kidnap boy at elementary school gets good news from DA

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Soon after Dyson provided detectives with consent to search his phone, detectives uncovered a “disturbing video of Dyson allegedly engaging in a sexual act with a 3-year-old toddler,” officials said.

Detectives determined the recording occurred at a residence in Lauderdale County, officials said.

Soon detectives contacted authorities with the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office, who launched a child sexual abuse investigation related to the video, officials said.

Dyson admitted to his role in the videos of both victims, officials said.

Detectives arrested Dyson and took him to the Tipton County Jail, officials said, adding that Dyson has been formally charged with unlawful photography and sexual exploitation of a child.

Tipton County General Sessions Judge M.O. Eckel III held Dyson in jail awaiting his arraignment, officials said.

Detectives anticipate additional charges after analysts finalize the forensic review of the electronic evidence, officials said.

“This is a troubling investigation on multiple levels. We are working with DCS to identify all victims in this investigation and provide protective and medical services for these children,” Covington Police Chief Donna Turner said, according to officials. “This case started with an adult but due to the thorough investigation by our detectives, an alleged monster was uncovered.”

Those with information related to this investigation are encouraged to contact the Covington Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at 901-475-1261. Tips may also be submitted via Facebook Messenger at Covington TN Police Department or through the City of Covington website.

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The landscape of college basketball is changing, and after noticing a larger amount of standout white players flooding the courts during this year’s NCAA Tournament, BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock has a theory as to why that is.

“The same thing that’s going on in the NBA is going on in college basketball. You got Nikola Jokic and Luka Doncic and Cooper Flagg running around everywhere all over college basketball,” Whitlock begins.

“This is the exciting whites storming the NCAA Tournament, and no one wants to talk about it. No one wants to know how we got here. Let me go a cut deeper about what’s going on here as well because it’s not just the players,” he says, pointing out that there are no black American coaches in the Sweet 16.

“Kelvin Sampson, we’ll claim him as a coach of color. You guys know Kelvin Sampson’s one of my favorite people. He’s Native American, but things have gotten so bad for black coaches that we have to pretend like Kelvin Sampson is a black American coach. He’s not,” he continues.

Whitlock believes none of this will be discussed because “it’s all connected to a bigger issue in the black community” that he points out is off limits.

“And that’s the fact that there’s a leadership problem in black America. And that’s because black America has a matriarchal culture. We’re led by women. Women are not great leaders. Period. End of story,” he explains.

“They keep shoving it and slamming it down your throats that these queens, black and white, and particularly lesbians, they’re great leaders. They’re just like men. And I keep telling you all, look at what’s happening to black America,” he continues.

“That’s the take today that no one else is going to make or give you or ask you to marinate on. But it is so crystal clear and so obvious,” he adds.

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While the Democrat-induced shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security enters its sixth week, Americans and even some airlines are looking for new ways to apply pressure on Congress to end it.

Most recently, Delta Air Lines announced that it would be revoking key perks afforded to members of Congress until DHS is reopened and Transportation Security Administration employees can get paid. These services include express lanes and dedicated congressional phone numbers to afford members and their staff extra flexibility.

‘I wait in line like everyone else.’

But with no clear end in sight to the DHS shutdown, Republican Rep. Mark Alford of Missouri offered his own defense of the congressional perks.

“The reason these are put into place is because of our irregular schedule in Congress,” Alford told Blaze News during a Republican Study Committee press conference Tuesday. “We don’t know what time of the day we’re going to leave after votes to get back to our district, to work in our district, to see our families.”

RELATED: Delta revokes major travel perk for Congress amid ongoing DHS shutdown

“It’s not like a special favor necessarily that we’re getting. It’s to accommodate a chaotic schedule in Congress so that we can represent the three quarters of a million people that we represent,” Alford added.

Alford went on to offer a financial justification for these congressional benefits, arguing they ultimately save taxpayers money.

“There’s also a discount for congressional travel,” Alford said, “because this is taxpayer money that we’re talking about. It comes out of our members’ representational account, and going through this special office, there is a government fare for these tickets, and I would submit to you that that is in the best interest of the American taxpayer.”

“These offices exist to help facilitate so that we can do our job, not for our pleasure, not to get through security any faster, but to do our job for the American people, and some use these services more than not,” Alford added.

RELATED: Trump adds new condition to ICE airport plan in DHS shutdown fight

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Although Alford defended some of these members-only services, he said it was “disconcerting” to see members of Congress cutting TSA lines and going around security, particularly during the DHS shutdown.

“I personally do not do that,” Alford said. “I wait in line like everyone else, and I think the more the American people see that we are — look, we’re a voice and a vote for three quarters of a million people.”

“We are not better because we have this pin,” Alford added. “We’re not better than anyone else, but we do have a job to do, and to get here and to get back home is part of that job.”

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Los Angeles residents appear to be souring on the Democratic mayor of Los Angeles after various scandals and controversies, according to a new poll.

The Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies/Los Angeles Times poll found that a majority of L.A. residents disapprove of Mayor Karen Bass just two months before she hopes to capture the Democratic nomination for her re-election.

‘That she’s having this much trouble against such a little-known field bodes very, very poorly for her.’

The poll found that Bass is still the front-runner for the nomination, with 25% support of Angelenos, but another 25% were undecided.

Far-left City Councilwoman Nithya Raman came in second place with 17%, and reality TV star Spencer Pratt has taken the third place spot with 14%.

Fifty-six percent of likely voters said they view Bass negatively, and 13% said they had no opinion. Only 31% said they had a favorable opinion of Bass.

“These are very discouraging, if not downright devastating, poll numbers for Karen Bass. She’s running ahead of her opponents only because her opponents are not very well known,” said USC and UC Berkeley political communications lecturer Dan Schnur to KABC-TV.

“That she’s having this much trouble against such a little-known field bodes very, very poorly for her,” he added.

Among the more damaging controversies hurting Bass is her apparent lack of leadership during the 2025 Palisades fires and her attempts to pass the blame onto others afterward. Pratt, whose house burned down in the fires, has been hammering away at Bass and other Democratic leaders over their incompetence.

RELATED: Video: LA Mayor Karen Bass has deranged meltdown over ICE operation near Newsom’s anti-Trump presser

Schnur added that Bass would be doing far worse if other candidates had run for mayor.

“The only thing saving her at this point is that top-tier candidates who were considering running decided to stay out of the race,” he said.

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A man who had been arrested and sentenced for threatening to kill President Donald Trump and others was sentenced to prison and released before allegedly making more threats.

Diedrich Holgate, 47, was sentenced to a year and a half of prison time for the original threats made when Trump was a 2024 candidate.

‘I have the right to kill the president. I want to kill you.’

In 2024, Holgate threatened to kill the president nearly three dozen times in posts on social media and calls and voicemails sent to U.S. Secret Service.

“I will kill everyone,” he said, according to Fox News, citing a federal indictment. “The president is going to die. I don’t care if it is Trump or Biden. I will hang everyone for treason.”

In one call, when he was asked directly who he was targeting, he responded, “POTUS, FLOTUS, and SCOTUS. … I have the right to kill the president. I want to kill you.”

Holgate was also sentenced to supervised release, which he began to serve on Jan. 21 at the Northwest Regional Re-Entry Center in Portland, Oregon. Holgate was released to a halfway house, where he allegedly continued to make threats and was subsequently arrested again.

He was kicked out of the halfway house after being found vaping in a bathroom, according to testimony from Diana Leiseth, his federal probation officer.

Leiseth said Holgate would send her 20 to 40 messages a day and renewed his threat to kill the president and others. One message allegedly said: “Trump’s gonna fkn pardon me or I’ll kill him!!!!”

“I’m done playing — everyone is dead, dead, dead,” the man said to Leiseth, according to her testimony.

Leiseth added that Holgate refused to stay at approved residential housing and didn’t show up to a probation request.

RELATED: ‘Pew pew MAGA’: Florida TikToker threatened to shoot Trump supporters — and faces years behind bars

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A man by the same name in Austin, Texas, was arrested in 2017 and allegedly threatened to kill an Austin police officer and his family for violating his constitutional rights.

Holgate was ordered to be held in custody pending a new hearing in the trial.

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Six technically unrelated news stories are all pointing in the same direction, but nobody is noticing the common thread, says Glenn Beck.

Those stories are as follows, Glenn says:

1. Recently declassified documents revealed that the Biden administration had evidence that China was accessing American voter registration data in 2020, but it “was hidden from members of Congress” and “from the people.”

2. “There is so much fraud in this country” that recovering even “half of it” could “balance the budget,” with a new task force now being launched to go after it.

3. The national debt has now surpassed $39 trillion.

4.The Supreme Court is “quietly, patiently reconsidering” the doctrine of qualified immunity — a legal rule that protects government officials from being sued for violating rights unless the violation matches an exactly identical situation already ruled unconstitutional in a previous case.

5. In Las Vegas, the Metropolitan Police Department recently defied a judge’s order to release a suspect with 35 prior arrests and a conviction for involuntary manslaughter onto pretrial GPS monitoring, citing public safety risks.

6. Key allies, like Germany, France, the U.K., and others, are refusing to commit military support to reopen or secure the Strait of Hormuz — a vital global oil shipping route that Iran has heavily disrupted or de facto closed amid the ongoing U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict.

“Every story by itself is dismissible, until one day you realize they were never separate stories at all,” says Glenn

When you zoom out and see the big picture, it becomes clear that these aren’t really news stories at all, he says. “They’re signals; they’re sirens; they’re warnings.”

There are two possibilities when it comes to these six stories, Glenn argues: Either “the government is actually starting to do its job … confronting fraud, confronting corruption, restoring accountability, having our allies take a stand one way or another,” or “the system [is beginning] to lose control of itself.”

“If this is a correction and we lean into it, we fix it, we demand the truth, we rebuild. But if this is collapse, then the most dangerous thing we can do is pretend it’s normal,” he says.

“What is the solution?” he asks.

To those who aren’t connecting the dots between these six stories, Glenn’s advice is blunt: “Wake up and recognize where we are in history.”

To those who do recognize the imminent peril, he gives a choice: “There is a movement to correct [America’s deep-rooted corruption] right now. Are you part of that movement, or are you part of the movement that says, ‘I just can’t do anything about it’?”

“I know which side I’ve chosen,” he says. “I demand … we tear down the corruption; I demand we believe that this country is worth saving and taking the steps every day to preserve our principles in our own families, in our own neighborhood, in our own town, in our own state.”

To hear more of Glenn’s compelling analysis, watch the video above.

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In a last-ditch effort to stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Democrats have been attempting to defund the Department of Homeland Security — and their plan is backfiring miserably.

“Guess what, guys?” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales says. “You played yourselves, because now you’ve unleashed ICE agents at airports across the country.”

“The Radical Left Democrats have hurt so many people with their vicious and uncaring ways. What they have done to the Department of Homeland Security, our fantastic TSA Officers, and, most importantly, the great people of our Country, is an absolute disgrace,” President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“If the Democrats do not allow for Just and Proper Security at our Airports, and elsewhere throughout our Country, ICE will do the job far better than ever done before! The Fascist Democrats will never protect America, but the Republicans will,” he added.

And, as expected, the Democrats are not happy with Trump’s move to place ICE agents at airports around the country.

“The last thing that the American people need are untrained ICE agents to be deployed at airports all across the country, potentially to brutalize or in some instances kill them,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told Dana Bash in a segment on CNN.

“He is trying to do what they always do, and any time that they want to make this country less safe and any time that they don’t want to go along with what the majority of Americans decided when President Trump was elected on his agenda of deporting the criminals, the illegals,” Gonzales says, before showing a clip of what TSA lines have looked like across the country.

“You’re affecting a whole hell of a lot of Americans, Democrats. You are restricting their ability to just travel freely and be able to just show up at an airport and go through all the motions and go get to their flight and go wherever they need to go,” she continues.

However, while Jeffries and other Democrats claim it’s the fault of the Republicans, even ABC News is reporting that the blame can be placed squarely on the Democrats.

“Democrats have once again blocked a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security as they continue to insist on reforms to ICE and Customs and Border Protection in exchange for funding the agency,” a post on X from the network reads.

“The same ABC News that likes to call terrorists activists,” Gonzales adds.

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All of the top Democratic candidates running for governor of California accused the University of Southern California and KABC-TV of being racist against the minority candidates after none of them met the criteria to join a debate.

Two Republicans and four Democrats met the standard to appear in a debate scheduled for Tuesday, but some of the lower-tier candidates complained that those who qualified were all white. The criteria is a mix of polling performance and campaign donations.

‘Democrats in this state cannot organize anything.’

The Democrats who qualified for the debate are former Rep. Katie Porter, Rep. Eric Swalwell, billionaire Tom Steyer, and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan.

According to the New York Times, the candidates left out pointed to Mahan, a white candidate who would not have qualified but for the millions of dollars he has raised in Silicon Valley, as evidence of racial bias.

“This biased and bigoted action by USC to manipulate the data to exclude every qualified Black, Latino, and API candidate in favor of a less qualified white candidate is shameful,” former L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa railed.

“We are a minority-majority state, and the idea that the four candidates of color are not going to be on the stage to bring those perspectives, to really speak to those communities, is really not doing right by the voters,” said former California Controller Betty Yee.

“Criteria used to determine which candidates qualify to participate in a debate must be transparent, fair, and objective,” Porter responded. “I’m disappointed by how USC handled the process for Tuesday’s debate. Candidates and Californians deserve answers.”

“It is a shame that USC has decided to elevate one candidate at the expense of others,” Swalwell replied. “USC, and every host of a gubernatorial debate, should employ fair, objective, and honest criteria for all candidates. I remain hopeful they will do so Tuesday night.”

Steyer also accused USC of coming up with “retroactive standards that elevate some candidates that didn’t meet the initial criteria” in order to exclude other candidates.

Mahan called on the organizers to include four candidates who were excluded and are persons of color: Villaraigosa, Yee, Biden HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond.

“The organizers of the USC debate must include these qualified candidates, and I ask all my fellow candidates to support this request,” he wrote.

USC defended the “independence, objectivity, and integrity” of the researcher who created the criteria for the debate and then canceled the debate.

Republican candidate Steve Hilton mocked Democrats after the cancellation.

RELATED: Swalwell surges in California governor’s race — but Republican candidate still leads, says new poll

“It’s another example that Democrats in this state cannot organize anything. … This is a really important debate about the future of our state,” Hilton said. People want to hear from the candidates, especially in such a crowded field, but yet again, the needs of the insiders, the Democrats, come before the needs of the people.”

One recent poll shows Hilton and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco taking the lead at 17% and 16% respectively, while Swalwell and Porter tie at 13%. Steyer comes in fifth place with 10% support.

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A sanctuary state governor is refusing to confirm whether he will honor an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer request against an illegal alien accused of fatally shooting a college student.

Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old college student at Illinois’ Loyola University Chicago, was attacked at around 1 a.m. on Thursday when she was out on a walk with friends to view the northern lights.

‘We are calling on Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago’s sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this criminal illegal alien from jail back into American neighborhoods.’

Jose Medina-Medina, an illegal alien from Venezuela, approached Gorman while wearing a mask and armed with a gun, according to the Department of Homeland Security. When Gorman attempted to flee, Medina-Medina allegedly fired his gun, shooting Gorman. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

The DHS reported that Medina-Medina was apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol agents in May 2023 but was released into the country under the Biden administration. He was again released from custody the following month after he was arrested in Chicago for allegedly shoplifting.

On March 22, the DHS asked Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) not to release Medina-Medina from custody a third time and instead honor ICE’s arrest detainer.

RELATED: College student went to Chicago park to see northern lights — and was lethally shot by illegal alien suspect, DHS says

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The Federalist reported Monday that Pritzker’s office refused to say whether his administration would honor ICE’s request.

“Our thoughts are with the family, friends, and Loyola University community grieving the senseless murder of Sheridan Gorman,” a spokesperson for Pritzker’s office told the Federalist.

“Violent crime has no place in our streets, and we expect the alleged perpetrator to be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” the spokesperson continued. “The Trump administration needs to stop politicizing heinous tragedies and instead focus on real solutions, like reinstating federal funds to prevent violence that support our public safety efforts.”

RELATED: Parents enraged over adult illegal alien allegedly molesting Virginia high school girls

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Medina-Medina is facing several charges, including first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, and unlawful possession of a firearm.

“Sheridan Gorman had her whole life ahead of her before this cold-blooded killer decided to end her life. She was failed by open border policies and sanctuary politicians who RELEASED this illegal alien TWICE before he went on to commit this heinous murder,” DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis stated. “We are calling on Governor J.B. Pritzker and Chicago’s sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this criminal illegal alien from jail back into American neighborhoods.”

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A quadruple amputee who is also a professional cornhole player is accused of fatally shooting his car passenger, according to numerous reports. But how could he have fired a gun?

Two people flagged down police officers in La Plata, Maryland, at 10:25 p.m. Sunday, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said. La Plata is about 35 miles south of Washington, D.C.

‘It’s early in the investigation, but there’s no evidence to suggest anyone else was involved in the shooting and that he acted alone.’

Officials said a preliminary investigation revealed the two people in question were in the back seat of a car when the driver — Dayton James Webber, 27, of La Plata — shot and killed the front-seat passenger during an argument.

Officials said Webber pulled over and asked the two passengers to help pull the victim out of the car — but the two witnesses refused, exited the car, and left the scene.

Webber then fled with the victim still in the car, officials said, adding that all the occupants of the car are known to each other.

A search began, and nearly two hours later, a resident of Charlotte Hall, Maryland, called 911 to report a body in a yard, officials said.

Officers responded and found the victim — Bradrick Michael Wells, 27, of Waldorf — who was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.

Charles County Sheriff’s Office detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Webber and found his car in Charlottesville, Virginia, officials said.

Webber was found at a nearby hospital seeking treatment for a medical issue, officials said.

Upon Webber’s release from the hospital, officers with the Albemarle County Police Department arrested Webber, officials said.

Webber soon was arraigned in the District Court of Maryland for Charles County, WTTG-TV reported, adding that he was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and two counts of first-degree assault.

RELATED: All-out brawl … at a cornhole tournament fundraiser? Sadly, yes: ‘Alcohol and beanbags do not mix’

WTTG, citing a statement of charges filed by Det. M. Bigelow of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, said Webber picked up two people from work in a vehicle with Wells already in the front passenger seat.

While the vehicle was in motion, an argument broke out between Webber and Wells, the station said, citing the documents.

The two witnesses told police that Webber pulled out a firearm and shot Wells twice in the head during the argument, WTTG reported.

The statement of charges also indicates that Webber soon pulled the vehicle over and asked the passengers to remove Wells from the car, but they refused, exited the vehicle, and flagged down a police officer, the station said. Webber drove off with Wells still inside the car, WTTG said.

Around 12:41 a.m. Monday, a Charlotte Hall resident found Wells’ body on the side of a road, the station said, citing the documents.

The statement of charges notes that both witnesses from the car positively identified Webber as the shooter and Wells as the victim, WTTG reported, which provided the basis for the murder and assault charges against Webber.

Police have not explained how Webber — a quadruple amputee — was able to drive a car or fire a weapon, the station said.

“It’s early in the investigation, but there’s no evidence to suggest anyone else was involved in the shooting and that he acted alone,” Diane Richardson of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office told WTTG in a statement.

However, the station in its story included links to videos posted on social media that WTTG said “do appear to show Webber shooting rifles and 9mm handguns.”

The station, citing reports, said Webber underwent quadruple amputation as a baby after a blood infection.

What’s more, WTTG said Webber is a professional cornhole player in the American Cornhole League.

“That’s one of the great things about our sport, how accessible it is, and how we like to say anyone can play, anyone can win, because if you want to put your mind to it, you want to put the time into practice, you can become competitive,” ACL Commissioner Stacey Moore told Fox News Digital earlier this month, according to the station.

Those who have more information about this case are asked to call Det. R. Johnson at 301-609-6453, WTTG said.

Tipsters who want to remain anonymous may contact Charles County Crime Solvers by calling 1-866-411-TIPS, the station said, adding that tips also can be submitted online at www.charlescountycrimesolvers.com or by using the P3Intel mobile app.

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Delta Air Lines is apparently pressuring members of Congress to restore funding to Transportation Security Administration agents amid the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown.

The decision by Democratic lawmakers to withhold funding for DHS has resulted in lengthy airport security lines, particularly in Atlanta, which is home to Delta’s headquarters. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, one of the world’s busiest airports, has advised air travelers to arrive at least four hours before their scheduled flights.

‘It’s ridiculous to see them being used as political chips.’

Meanwhile, the callout rate for the airport’s TSA agents reached 41.5% on Sunday, according to the DHS.

TSA agents have not received their full paychecks since Feb. 14. They received partial paychecks on Feb. 28, missed their next pay period on March 13, and are set to miss their second full paychecks on March 27.

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian called the situation “inexcusable” during a March 17 interview with CNBC.

“It’s inexcusable that our security agents, our frontline agents, that are central to what we do, are not being paid. And it’s ridiculous to see them being used as political chips,” Bastian stated. “So yeah, we’re outraged.”

“If there’s a call to action here, and I think over 90% of the American public support those people getting paid, ask our folks right here in Washington to do their job. Get our people paid. They can do it,” Bastian added.

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Delta appears to be pressuring Congress members to act by suspending a special benefit typically granted to them.

The airline announced that it has halted its dedicated flight assistance service for Capitol Hill legislators, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution first reported.

“Due to the impact on resources from the longstanding government shutdown, Delta will temporarily suspend specialty services to members of Congress flying Delta,” a statement from the company reads, according to the AJC. “Next to safety, Delta’s No. 1 priority is taking care of our people and customers, which has become increasingly difficult in the current environment.”

Members of Congress will be treated like all Delta travelers, according to their SkyMiles status, a spokesperson told the news outlet.

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Last week, Bastian joined nine other aviation CEOs in an open letter to Congress, stressing the importance of paying TSA agents. Leaders of American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines also signed the letter.

“Americans — who live in your districts and home states — are tired of long lines at airports, travel delays and flight cancellations caused by shutdown after shutdown,” the letter reads. “Yet, once again air travel is the political football amid another government shutdown.”

“First, leaders should immediately come together to reach an agreement to fund the Department of Homeland Security,” it continues. “Then they need to act so this problem never happens again.”

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An American hostage has been released by the Taliban after more than a year in custody.

Fox News reported Tuesday that Dennis Coyle, an American academic who spent nearly two decades in Afghanistan before being detained by the Taliban without charges, has finally been released after more than a year in near-solitary confinement.

‘Today, Dennis is on his way home.’

Coyle, 64, was taken from his home in Kabul in January 2025.

“The United States welcomes the release of American citizen Dennis Coyle, who was wrongfully detained in Afghanistan for more than a year,” Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs Adam Boehler said in a statement to Fox News.

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Earlier this month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated Afghanistan as a state sponsor of wrongful detention, writing on social media, “The Taliban continue to use terrorist tactics to seek policy concessions, but it won’t work under this administration. The Taliban must release Dennis Coyle, Mahmood Habibi, and all Americans unjustly detained in Afghanistan.”

On Tuesday, Rubio celebrated Coyle’s release as “a positive step towards ending the practice of hostage diplomacy.”

“Earlier this month, I met Molly, Amy, and Patti as they asked for help freeing their brother Dennis Coyle from detention in Afghanistan. Today, Dennis is on his way home. We thank the UAE and Qatar for their support,” Rubio said on social media.

Coyle’s family told Fox News that Coyle had been working legally as an academic researcher to support language communities in Afghanistan.

He was seized on January 27, 2025, just days after another American, Ryan Corbett, was released at the start of President Trump’s second term, CBS News reported on the anniversary of Coyle’s detention.

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Coyle’s release on social media. A section of the translated post on X reads: “[The release] has further strengthened the atmosphere of trust between the two countries. Likewise, it expresses the hope that both countries will, in the future, find ways to resolve the remaining issues through mutual understanding and constructive dialogue.”

Habibi’s status is unclear. The U.S. government, including the House Foreign Affairs Committee, claims he was taken hostage by the Taliban in August 2022. The State Department has offered a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to his whereabouts.

CBS News reported in January that the Taliban denies that they arrested him.

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Even though the COVID-19 pandemic is quickly fading into a distant memory for many Americans, BlazeTV host Matt Kibbe refuses to let the unanswered questions from that corrupt era fade into obscurity. His docuseries “The Coverup” is both a deep dive into COVID fraud and lies and a demand for accountability.

In episodes 1-5, Kibbe teamed up with a number of experts and whistleblowers — Stanford professor of medicine and current NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), former coronavirus task force adviser Scott Atlas, molecular biologist Dr. Richard Ebright, and Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi. Together, they exposed the gamut of COVID-era scandals, including widespread censorship, risky gain-of-function research, suspicious behind-the-scenes White House dynamics, Anthony Fauci’s smoking-gun history of funding dangerous virus experiments, and the network of health bureaucracies that together formed a pandemic industrial complex.

The series now arrives at its sixth and final installment: “The Separation of Science from State.”

It stares at one of the most consequential unanswered questions of our time: What is the true origin of the virus — and why has it been so difficult to nail down the answer?

In this episode, Kibbe partners with science writer and former House of Lords member Matt Ridley. A longtime advocate for scientific innovation and institutional trust, Ridley initially dismissed the lab-leak theory, but after weighing the mounting evidence — from genetic anomalies in the virus to inconsistencies in early reporting — he arrived at a conclusion that shocked him: “This isn’t a conspiracy theory. This is a conspiracy.”

Episode 6 explores how the “natural origin” narrative became gospel — and why it was so aggressively protected.

The evidence paints a far more complex picture. From genetic anomalies and a bat virus with a suspicious name change to sick mine workers whose samples ended up in a Wuhan lab and the flow of U.S. dollars into risky gain-of-function research, the narrative the world was told to accept and never question starts to unravel in surprising ways.

Together, Kibbe and Ridley pull back the curtain on how one story took over, how inconvenient questions were silenced, and how everyday researchers refused to let the truth stay buried.

Episode 6 of “The Coverup” is available now on BlazeTV. If you’re not already a subscriber, join the BlazeTV family today. Use code LABLEAK to get $40 off your subscription.

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More details and responses have emerged after tragedy struck New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Sunday night.

Blaze News previously reported that an Air Canada Express CRJ-900 plane operated by regional partner Jazz Aviation struck a Port Authority Airport Rescue and Firefighting vehicle that was responding to a separate incident.

‘I feel like the pilots saved our lives.’

The incident, which occurred between approximately 11:40 p.m. and 11:47 p.m. on Sunday, according to multiple official sources, was likely caused by “multiple failures,” according to a lead investigator.

An air traffic controller could be heard saying, “I messed up,” shortly after the incident, which killed both pilots and hospitalized 41 other people, including the two workers in the emergency vehicle involved in the collision.

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The air traffic controller was coordinating the response to another, unrelated issue with a United Airlines flight across the tarmac. There were reports of a strange odor.

National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy appeared on “Fox & Friends” Tuesday and said that “we have a lot of questions” about the incident. She said it was “too early” to begin casting blame on any one actor involved.

“We have found in all of our investigations that it is not a single error that led to a terrible tragedy,” Homendy said.

“It takes multiple failures to occur for an accident like this. So we’re going to look very comprehensively.”

Thirty-two of the 41 injured had been released from the hospital as of Monday morning, Kathryn Garcia, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said during a press conference. However, she reported that there were some serious injuries as well.

Many of the passengers of the flight told reporters that they felt they owed their lives to the late pilots, who did everything in their power to prevent a worse collision.

The New York Post reported that Rebecca Liquori told CNN on Monday that she is “forever indebted” to pilot Antoine Forest and first officer Mackenzie Gunther.

“I feel like the pilots saved our lives,” Liquori told CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday. “They’re the reasons I was able to make it home safe to see my boys, and my heart goes out to their families.”

Jack Cabot, another passenger, had similar thoughts on the incident. “Right as we hit the ground, we kind of felt, like, the brake was pretty hard, and we all felt something was wrong,” Cabot told the CBC News Network. “And then, it was just this sudden, overwhelming, like, panic, because we’d hit something, and there was nobody in control.”

LaGuardia reopened at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, though Runway 4, the scene of the crash, is expected to be closed for longer due to the investigation and removal of debris.

There will reportedly be a more detailed press conference on Tuesday, though Homendy told Fox that “conclusions will take time.”

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The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem has announced that at least some traditional Holy Week observances have been canceled or postponed as the military conflict in the Holy Land rages on.

On Sunday, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa issued a statement to note that the ongoing war in the region and the “restrictions” imposed as a result will not permit the faithful “to experience the traditional Lenten journey in Jerusalem.”

‘The empty tomb is the seal of the victory of life over hatred, of mercy over sin.’

In particular, the traditional Palm Sunday procession from Jerusalem to the Mount of Olives has been canceled, he said. The Chrism Mass, a Mass traditionally offered during Holy Week, during which a bishop consecrates sacred oils, has been “postponed to a date to be determined.”

Pizzaballa claimed that he is working with “competent authorities” as well as leaders of other Christian churches to find a way for the public to “celebrate the central mystery of our salvation” during Holy Week. However, since “the situation is constantly evolving,” decisions will still be made “on a day-to-day basis,” he added.

The Catholic churches within the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which covers Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and Cyprus, will remain open, his statement noted.

The cardinal then called on Christians to turn to prayer.

“The harshness of this time of war, which affects us all, today bears the added burden of not being able to celebrate Easter together and with dignity. This is a wound that adds to the many others inflicted by the conflict. But we must not allow ourselves to be discouraged. Though we may not gather as we would like, let us not give up prayer.”

Pizzaballa then invited the faithful everywhere to recite the rosary on March 28 “to implore the gift of peace and serenity, especially for those suffering because of the conflict.”

He closed the announcement by offering a message of hope: “Easter, which we celebrate in the name of Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection, reminds us that no darkness, not even that of war, can have the last word. The empty tomb is the seal of the victory of life over hatred, of mercy over sin.”

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Meanwhile, the Custody of the Holy Land issued a statement Saturday to note that the community of Franciscan friars at the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre have “never ceased, day or night, to carry out the scheduled celebrations, the rites, the daily processions, and the liturgical prayers according to the provisions of the Status Quo.”

However, the Custody also admitted that the situation remains in flux on account of the military strikes.

“At the present time, it is not possible to make any predictions regarding the celebrations of Holy Week. The Custody of the Holy Land remains in constant dialogue with the competent authorities and with the other Churches responsible for the Holy Sepulchre. As soon as clear indications are available regarding the celebrations, official communications will be issued through the institutional channels,” the statement said.

President Donald Trump has indicated that the U.S. is close to meeting its “objectives” regarding the strikes in Iran and that he is considering “winding down our great Military efforts in the Middle East.” He even said Monday that the U.S. and Iranian officials had discussed “A COMPLETE AND TOTAL RESOLUTION OF OUR HOSTILITIES.”

However, even as Trump suggested that peace might be on the horizon, Israel launched a series of strikes on “Iranian terror regime headquarters” in Tehran, casting doubt on imminent peace.

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Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma went outside the world of politics to fill the Senate seat of newly confirmed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.

On Tuesday morning, Stitt tapped energy executive Alan Armstrong following Mullin’s Senate confirmation Monday night. Mullin is now set to be sworn in Tuesday afternoon to replace current DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, who leaves the department on March 31.

‘He’s a strong business leader.’

Stitt first praised President Donald Trump in a press conference Tuesday morning, applauding him for selecting Mullin to head the DHS. He also congratulated Mullin before naming Armstrong as his temporary replacement.

“I’m incredibly proud now to announce that my pick as the next U.S. senator of the state of Oklahoma is Mr. Alan Armstrong,” Stitt said at the press conference.

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Stitt referred to Armstrong’s extensive career in the energy industry, serving as CEO and president of Williams Companies, a Tulsa-based energy firm. He later stepped down to serve as executive chairman of the board of directors at Williams Companies last year and previously chaired the Department of Energy’s National Petroleum Council.

“He’s a strong business leader who understands the power of free markets and limited government,” Stitt said. “He’s spent his career fighting for Oklahoma’s energy industry and providing affordable, reliable energy to all of America.”

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Armstrong will serve the short remainder of Mullin’s term, which ends in January 2027.

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A kooky segment by a team of radio hosts turned awkward when they were confronted by a Catholic interviewer.

Three radio hosts performed in a “rage room” recently and were seen smashing statues of both Jesus and Mary in what was meant to be a comical segment showcasing the stress-relieving benefits of participating in the group activity.

‘That would be inappropriate.’

“We had a ‘Rage Room’ because we were beating the blue out of the Monday,” said Eva De Roo, a host from Studio Brussel in Belgium.

“People could text us, like, ‘I have a really a blue Monday because my car broke and everything,’ and [we say], ‘Okay, we’ll smash something for you,'” the host continued as her colleagues chuckled.

However, reporter Colm Flynn — from the EWTN Global Catholic Network — was interested to find out whether the hosts were willing to smash statues of religious figures that represent other faiths.

“I know you laugh, but do you think that for many listeners, they would find that so deeply offensive to take a bat and to smash Jesus into pieces?”

“That’s a very good question,” host Sam De Bruyn replied.

“I think in Belgium, not really. We’re not a very religious country.”

De Bruyn also qualified the sketch by saying all the statues they smashed were “already broken.”

That’s when Flynn turned the tables.

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“Let me ask you this: If you were doing the video again, would you smash a symbol of the prophet Muhammad?”

De Bruyn replied, “That is a very dangerous one,” before De Roo jumped in.

“No, because that would be inappropriate,” she claimed, noting that there are many Muslims in Belgium.

Flynn said, “There are Christians, too. I know the pope visited Belgium recently.”

De Roo and colleagues then clarified that they thought the stunt was okay because they were raised in the “Christian tradition.”

With the hosts floundering, the reporter jumped to the third host, Dries Lenaerts, and asked if he would smash a Star of David.

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“Uhh, I wouldn’t do it. I wouldn’t do it,” Lenaerts quickly replied.

De Bruyn said being raised Catholic gave the group more leeway to perform such an act and that it would be harder to do so about a religion “you know nothing about.”

The reporter, who revealed that he covers religion for major networks, did not let the group off the hook.

“You see that hypocrisy: Jesus Christ statue, smash it in two, but [you] never [see it] for Muhammad or for anything to do with the Jewish faith.”

The hosts, specifically De Bruyn, went on to defend their actions by describing their publicly funded audience as “very alternative” and “not “very religious in any way.”

However, De Roo soon jumped in to apologize, said the hosts did not think about the activity very much beforehand, and claimed that any offense they cause to listeners is often discussed on the air.

Broadcaster VRT Studio Brussel later issued another apology for the video, saying the company “misjudged the ‘Blue Monday’ sketch.”

Spokeswoman Yasmine Van der Borght said the team apologized for what was “intended to be a humorous action, and they have underestimated how sensitive religious symbols can be. They understand that this was hurtful to some people and would make different choices today.”

The apology concluded, “VRT believes it’s important that all of its employees show respect for every religion. We are not concerned with comparing religions, but with dealing with everyone’s beliefs with care.”

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A Colorado school employee has been accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old student, and authorities believe the employee is on the run from law enforcement.

The Greeley Police Department said in a statement that officers on Feb. 12 responded to reports that a Greeley-Evans School District 6 staff member sexual assaulted a 13-year-old student.

‘This can get me fired.’

Police identified the staffer as 34-year-old Brenda Meza.

“During the investigation, it was determined Meza engaged in continuous sexual abuse of the minor for several months,” police said.

The New York Post reported that Meza could face 12 felonies, including sexual assault of a child, internet luring of a child, and tampering with physical evidence, as well as one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

However, Meza now may be on the run. Police said attempts to contact Meza have been “unsuccessful.”

Police questioned Meza’s husband during a March 11 traffic stop, but he said he didn’t know where his wife was — and that he was on his way to the Mexican border, according to Post.

Meza was a staff member at Franklin Middle School at the time of the accusations.

KDVR-TV obtained a letter that school Principal Suzette Luster sent to parents of students.

“Student safety and security is always our first priority. We are very sorry if these allegations have negatively impacted our school, staff, and students,” Luster said.

Luster also noted, “If your student needs extra support during this time, please reach out to our counseling office.”

Meza was placed on administrative leave on Feb. 12 and terminated on Feb. 25, according to KDVR.

Citing the letter, KDVR reported that Meza was hired in February 2020.

“While employed at the middle school, she worked as the school secretary, assisted with club games and coached cross-country, and had also served as a substitute for a year beforehand,” according to KDVR.

Luster also said in the letter that police told her investigators believe Meza has fled the state to avoid prosecution.

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According to an arrest affidavit the New York Post obtained, Meza told police during an interview that the teen discovered her Instagram during Thanksgiving break last year.

According to the affidavit, Meza sent photos of her buttocks and breasts after the 8th-grader at Franklin Middle School messaged her pictures of his genitals.

During the interrogation, Meza told investigators that she and the boy “got super close to each other … almost the point of having sex,” the affidavit said.

In January, Meza met the boy at a Walmart parking lot, where they consumed ready-to-drink cocktails and marijuana before having sex for the first time, the affidavit said.

Police later found photos of the school secretary and the student inside a car showing the boy drinking alcohol and holding marijuana, court documents said.

Meza had sex with the student two more times over the next few weeks, according to the Post.

The Post, citing police, also reported that Meza “allegedly bragged that the victim’s manhood was bigger than her own husband’s …”

The affidavit stated that Meza sent several “I love you” text messages to the boy and told the teen she would get jealous if she caught him talking to female classmates at school.

Franklin Middle School received an anonymous tip about the alleged child sex abuse on Feb. 12.

The Post reported that school officials confronted Meza about the allegations, and she confessed to her husband that she “got high” and had creepy interactions with a student.

The husband called police after his wife’s alleged admission, the Post reported.

The affidavit said Meza admitted to knowing the boy’s age and texted the alleged victim, “This can get me fired.”

Greeley Police told Blaze News on Monday that Meza is still at large and that there are no updates on the case. Greeley Police also told Blaze News that Meza wasn’t arrested when police interviewed her Feb. 12 because it’s a “complex case” and that they were still working on compiling evidence and interviewing victims and potential witnesses. Greeley Police added to Blaze News that when officers went to arrest Meza about a month later, she was gone.

The investigation is ongoing.

Officials said those with information regarding the case or where Meza can be located should call the Greeley Police Department at 970-502-2186.

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