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Night driving used to be routine. Now for many drivers, it’s something they actively dread.

The reason is simple: Modern headlights are getting brighter — and for everyone outside the vehicle using them, that often means blinding glare. Drivers are dealing with harsh, white LED and laser lights that can overwhelm their vision in seconds. It’s not just uncomfortable. It’s a real safety issue.

Instead of flipping down a solid visor that blocks part of the windshield, the system uses a clear panel that darkens electronically.

Now Michigan-based auto tech company Gentex says it may have a solution.

Bright lights, big pity

Automakers have spent years pushing more powerful lighting systems in the name of safety. On paper, brighter headlights improve visibility for the driver behind the wheel.

But on real roads, the effect is more complicated.

For oncoming traffic, those same lights can reduce visibility, not improve it. Drivers report being dazzled, losing contrast, and struggling to see lane markings, pedestrians, or obstacles for several seconds after exposure.

That’s not a minor inconvenience. At highway speeds, even a brief loss of clear vision can have serious consequences.

And the data backs up what drivers already know.

A 2024 European survey found that 71% of drivers say headlight glare is intolerable or extremely annoying. More than half say they sometimes squint or briefly close their eyes to cope. A majority report difficulty seeing the road during those moments.

In the United States, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says glare is now the number one lighting-related complaint from drivers.

Nightly trade-off

This is a classic example of a well-intentioned change creating a new problem.

Headlights have become more powerful due to advances in LED and laser technology, along with evolving safety standards. But there has been less focus on how those lights affect everyone else on the road.

The result is a trade-off drivers feel every night: One driver sees better; everyone else sees worse.

That imbalance is now drawing regulatory attention. European regulators are studying whether lighting rules need to change, and in the U.S., complaints continue to rise.

But regulatory fixes take time — and in the meantime, drivers still have to deal with the problem.

RELATED: Why are modern car headlights so blindingly bright?

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Dim some

That’s where companies like Gentex come in.

The proposed solution is a transparent, dimmable sun visor designed to reduce glare from oncoming headlights. Instead of flipping down a solid visor that blocks part of the windshield, the system uses a clear panel that darkens electronically. You can still see through it, but the harsh light is softened.

The technology builds on something many drivers already trust: auto-dimming rearview mirrors. Sensors detect bright light, and the glass adjusts instantly to reduce glare.

Bringing that same concept to the front of the vehicle is a logical next step — and in practice, it works.

In testing and demonstration, the effect is noticeable. The glare is reduced without blocking the road ahead, which is the key difference from a traditional visor. It doesn’t feel like a work-around so much as a natural extension of a feature drivers already rely on.

Eye spy

For drivers who regularly deal with bright, poorly aimed headlights, this kind of technology could make a meaningful difference.

It reduces eyestrain. It makes night driving less fatiguing. And importantly, it does so without requiring drivers to change how they drive or where they refuel — something that has been a sticking point with other new automotive technologies.

That’s part of what makes this approach compelling.

Rather than waiting for a full redesign of headlight standards — or expecting perfect compliance across millions of vehicles — this is a solution that works within the reality drivers already face.

In many ways, this is how the auto industry has always evolved.

A problem emerges. Regulations lag behind. And suppliers step in with technology that improves the driving experience in the meantime.

Made in the shade

Gentex has done this before with auto-dimming mirrors. This visor builds on that same idea — using relatively simple, proven technology to solve a very real problem.

And because it doesn’t require a complete redesign of the vehicle, it’s easier for automakers to adopt.

Like most new features, the dimmable visor will likely appear first in higher-end vehicles when it launches around 2027. Over time, as costs come down, it could move into more mainstream models.

That matters because the underlying issue isn’t going away. Headlights will likely continue getting brighter as automakers pursue better forward visibility and new lighting technologies. Which means glare will remain part of the driving experience.

Practical work-around

Gentex’s dimmable visor doesn’t solve the root issue of headlight glare — but it doesn’t need to. What it does is something more immediate: It gives drivers a way to manage a problem they already deal with every night.

And based on early impressions, it does that in a way that feels intuitive, effective, and easy to live with. In today’s automotive landscape, that kind of practical innovation can go a long way.

Because for many drivers, the challenge isn’t seeing the road. It’s seeing clearly when the road lights up in front of them.

For more on this, check out my interview with Gentex’s Craig Piersma.

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The Senate has partially funded the Department of Homeland Security following a 42-day stalemate — but there’s a catch.

More than six weeks after DHS was first shut down in mid-February, the Senate agreed in the early morning hours on Friday to fund key agencies like the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Coast Guard, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and most notably, the Transportation Security Administration. Although the funding agreement was long overdue, the Senate continues to withhold funds for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.

‘Democrats have recklessly created a true National Crisis.’

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) called the supplemental funding “unfortunate,” saying it is only prolonging policy disagreements Democrats continue to move their goal posts on.

“The Dems wanted reforms,” Thune said. “We tried to work with them on reforms. They ended up getting no reforms, but, you know, we’re going to have to fight some of those battles another day.”

The Senate greenlit this funding bill by a voice vote around 2:00 a.m. ET and is now headed into a two-week-long recess. The spending package is now on its way to the House.

RELATED: Heroic ICE agent miraculously saves unresponsive child in TSA line

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This funding was put through just hours after President Donald Trump ordered his new DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin to “immediately pay our TSA Agents.”

“Because the Democrats have recklessly created a true National Crisis, I am using my authorities under the Law to protect our Great Country, as I always will do!” Trump said in a Truth Social post on Thursday evening. “Therefore, I am going to sign an Order instructing the Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, to immediately pay our TSA Agents in order to address this Emergency Situation, and to quickly stop the Democrat Chaos at the Airports.”

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

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“It is not an easy thing to do, but I am going to do it!” Trump added. “I want to thank our hardworking TSA Agents and also, ICE, for the incredible help they have given us at the Airports. I will not allow the Radical Left Democrats to hold our Country hostage any longer.”

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Fourteen months into Trump’s second term, the verdict is in. No mass deportations. No major immigration reform. And if Democrats return to power, they will rip the doors off the hinges again.

Trump did slow the flow and put a dent in some outdated visa programs. But the results remain too small relative to the scale of what came before him and what may come after him.

One day, red states will need to enact these deterrents. The only question is timing.

That leaves one durable partial solution: Use red-state supermajorities to deter illegal aliens from settling in those states when the next wave comes. States may lack the power to deport illegal aliens outright, but they can make daily life harder. They can deny jobs and benefits, impose criminal penalties, and create a lasting deterrent that survives any one presidency.

Ron DeSantis appears to understand this in Florida. Almost no other Republican governor does.

Idaho offers the clearest example of the problem. On paper, it looks like the kind of state where serious immigration enforcement should be easy. Republicans hold 61-9 and 29-6 majorities in the House and Senate. Conservatives gained ground in the House thanks to the Freedom Caucus. Yet when the time came to pass meaningful reforms, the GOP establishment folded.

The House moved several bills. The Senate is quietly killing them. Gov. Brad Little (R) remains publicly silent, apparently hoping the issue dies in committee while he cruises to re-election under Trump’s preemptive endorsement and keeps his donor class happy.

The bills now stalled in Idaho expose the fraud.

H704 would mandate E-Verify for all public and private employers and give the state attorney general real enforcement power. It passed the House 43-26 despite opposition from 17 Republicans. It now sits dead in the Senate State Affairs Committee under Chairman Jim Guthrie and Senate President Pro Tempore Kelly Anthon.

H700 would make it a misdemeanor knowingly to hire illegal aliens without using E-Verify. That bill is also dead in the Senate, and 22 House Republicans opposed it.

H659 would require all counties and cities to cooperate with ICE through 287(g) agreements. In a state with barely any elected Democrats, one might assume mandatory ICE cooperation would be the easiest of calls. Instead, the bill passed the House 41-27, with 18 lukewarm Republicans joining Democrats in opposition, and now sits dead in the Senate State Affairs Committee.

H660 would require police to inquire about immigration status after a lawful arrest and would mandate a twice-yearly report on crimes committed by illegal aliens. By definition, this involves people already suspected of some other offense. Even so, the bill passed only 40-30 and is now being blocked in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

RELATED: The TSA showdown reveals a brutal truth about our politics

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H764 would create a state analogue to the federal statute that penalizes anyone who knowingly or recklessly conceals, harbors, transports, or materially assists illegal aliens. It includes misdemeanor and felony penalties, license revocations, and forfeiture provisions. In other words, it would build precisely the kind of standing deterrent red states will need when Democrats reopen the border. It has not even advanced out of committee.

S1318 would audit refugee-resettlement contractors in Idaho, including the number of refugees served, their demographic and language data, participation in language programs, housing use, geographic distribution, and relevant public-health statistics. It would also require disclosure if those entities aided illegal aliens. It remains blocked in the Senate State Affairs Committee.

H592 would require the state to track how many illegal aliens receive hospital services and how much that costs taxpayers. It would not deny care. It would merely quantify the burden. A similar law in Florida led to a drop in illegal-alien use of the health care system. Idaho’s bill has not moved.

H656 would do the same basic thing in schools by auditing the number of illegal aliens enrolled. It has gone nowhere.

How does this happen in a state so red? The answer is simple: Many Republican officials remain functionally progressive on immigration.

Little is deeply unpopular with the grassroots, but he neutralized the threat of a primary by securing Trump’s endorsement. Everyone knows he opposes these bills. He simply does not want to say so out loud. Better to let them die quietly in committee than risk angering the base or the business interests that still demand cheap labor.

Call it political Murphy’s law. DeSantis is term-limited in Florida. Brad Little gets a third term.

RELATED: Memo to Trump: Stop negotiating and ramp up deportations

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Even Florida has not gone far enough. It already has E-Verify, but lawmakers failed to remove the 25-employee exception. Similar attempts to strengthen E-Verify have failed in West Virginia, Indiana, Oklahoma, and South Dakota, all solidly red states.

A few bright spots remain.

Tennessee may pass some worthwhile bills, though lawmakers gutted legislation to charge illegal aliens tuition. Arizona’s legislature is close to passing SB 1421, which would bar illegal aliens from opening bank accounts, cashing checks, or obtaining loans by prohibiting financial institutions from accepting foreign ID cards or ITINs as sole identification. It would make life in the United States much harder without legal status. The bill passed the Senate and awaits a House vote. Unfortunately, Arizona has a Democrat governor who will likely veto it.

That only raises the harder question: Why is this not already law in the 22 Republican trifecta states?

The same problem appears in commercial trucking. Amid the rash of crashes involving illegal-alien drivers, very few states have acted seriously. Oklahoma alone passed a law requiring proof of citizenship to reciprocate out-of-state commercial driver’s licenses. Florida appears to be the one state seriously enforcing the English-language requirement and checking for illegal aliens at truck stops.

Iowa let a bill die in committee that would have required driver’s license exams to be administered only in English. Indiana passed an English-only testing bill, but still failed to address out-of-state CDLs, even after two illegal aliens killed Indiana residents in separate incidents in less than two weeks in February.

One day, red states will need to enact these deterrents. The only question is timing. Will Republicans build them now, during the lull, or will they wait until hundreds of thousands of new invaders flood back in under a future President Gavin Newsom?

That choice will tell us whether Republicans ever meant a word they said about immigration.

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Pennsylvania State Police said troopers were called to a home Tuesday night near the intersection of 18th Street and Water Street in Brownsville Borough in Fayette County for a “reported disturbance,” KDKA-TV reported. Brownsville is about an hour south of Pittsburgh.

Investigators said a woman in the home heard someone beating on her door, after which a male allegedly broke a window to get inside — and then entered the woman’s bedroom, KDKA said. A criminal complaint said the male used a brick to break the window; it all happened around 11:30 p.m.

‘She got beat up a little bit, but she shot the guy.’

When the male wouldn’t leave and continued moving toward the woman, investigators said she shot him in the leg, the station noted.

The woman shot the male once more in the side of the head when he continued moving toward her, officials told KDKA.

A struggle between the male and the woman ensued after she shot him, investigators told the station, adding that she was able to escape the home as troopers arrived.

RELATED: Stalker shows up at woman’s workplace, begins punching her, cops say. But victim has a gun — and she uses it.

State police told KDKA the castle doctrine — which allows people to use deadly force to protect themselves inside their homes — applies in this case.

Troopers who responded to the home found a man who had been shot multiple times, state police added to the station.

The man was flown by medical helicopter to a Pittsburgh hospital for emergency surgery, state police told KDKA, which added that his condition was not immediately released.

Ronald Rosiek, 69, was charged with multiple felonies related to the incident, including aggravated assault, criminal trespassing, and burglary, the station said, citing court records.

The victim’s brother arrived at the home Tuesday and feared something bad may have happened to his sibling, but he told KDKA that police put his fears to rest.

“I thought it was her,” the brother recalled to the station. “[The] officer said, ‘No, she took care of business. She got beat up a little bit, but she shot the guy.'”

Those with information about the incident are asked to contact troopers in the Belle Vernon barracks at 724-929-6262.

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Seasonal allergies are nothing to sneeze at, especially if you live in a hot zone. Between a runny nose, congestion, watery eyes, and everything else that comes with spring, bothersome symptoms can make it harder to focus and downright ruin your day. Stay on top of the allergy forecast with these essential apps for allergy season.

The Weather Channel

The Weather Channel isn’t just a great app for monitoring severe weather; it also includes a helpful seasonal allergy tracker. Scroll down to the Health & Wellness section, and you’ll find a graph with allergy metrics for the current week. Tap on each section to get specific data about tree, grass, or ragweed allergens. Below that, you’ll find a pollen breakdown with callouts of the most prevalent allergens in the air. The final graph below that offers a two-week look at when your allergy symptoms are most likely to spike so that you can prepare with the proper medications or schedule modifications.

You can identify bad allergy days, minimize your symptoms, and tailor your schedule to keep allergies at bay.

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AccuWeather

Also another contender in our must-have apps for storm season, AccuWeather is equipped with a 10-day seasonal allergy outlook graph. It includes a breakdown for the most troubling allergens, like tree pollen, ragweed pollen, mold, grass pollen, and dust and dander, along with color-coded warnings that indicate low to extreme levels of each so you know when your most sensitive allergies will be a problem. Swipe left on this graph to see how the air impacts common health conditions (arthritis, common cold, flu, and asthma), the best time to do certain outdoor activities (running, biking, fishing, and mowing the lawn), and even the best days to travel (either by car or plane).

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My Pollen Forecast (iOS only)

I normally wouldn’t include an app that is only available for one mobile platform in a list like this, but since this one is my personal favorite, I had to throw it into the mix. My Pollen Forecast starts with a glanceable color-coded map that shows the pollen count in your area. Green indicates low pollen, yellow is for medium levels, orange stands for medium-high pollen, and red can range from high to very high counts.

RELATED: Storm season is here. Yes, you need a better weather app.

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Tap into the forecasts tab to get a multiday forecast of allergy conditions, plus temperature and humidity. My favorite part about My Pollen Forecast, though, is that you can set notifications for your phone to automatically alert you if high pollen is predicted for your area, providing a helpful reminder to curb symptoms with any necessary allergy medications or nasal sprays.

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WeatherBug

WeatherBug is a powerful app that offers a wide range of helpful information about the weather, air quality, and seasonal allergies. The pollen widget on the front page highlights a quick breakdown of the pollen levels in your area, as well as the predominant offenders for the day (in this case, oak, hackberry, and cedar/juniper). Tap on the widget, and you’ll find a map view that can be enlarged to see color-coded pollen metrics for the entire United States ranging from green (lowest levels) to red (highest levels). Like My Pollen Forecast, WeatherBug can also send notifications to alert you when high pollen levels are expected in your region, making it a must-have for anyone with particularly pesky allergy symptoms.

Screenshots by Zach Laidlaw/WeatherBug

Zyrtec AllergyCast

Last but not least, Zyrtec AllergyCast is another option for your allergy-busting arsenal. It requires a free account to unlock all the features. Without an account, however, you can still see a four-day pollen forecast and a color-coded map with conditions for grass, tree, and weeds. The reason this app made the list, though, is for its logging capabilities. Whether you have bad seasonal allergies or you simply want to track your symptoms, the logging feature lets you rate your symptoms (from smiley face to a frowning face), mark down your most troublesome symptoms (itchy nose, runny nose, and sneezing), choose your treatment plan (including medications and nasal sprays), and even write down notes that describe how you feel. With a regular log, you can see how your body reacts to certain allergens over time, giving you broader insights into your seasonal health.

Screenshots by Zach Laidlaw/Zyrtec AllergyCast

Seasonal allergies are an unavoidable part of spring, but with a bit of knowledge and foresight gleaned from the apps in this list, you can identify bad allergy days, minimize your symptoms, and tailor your schedule to keep allergies at bay.

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A heroic ICE agent rushed in and saved a 1-year-old boy who had become unresponsive while waiting in a TSA line at John F. Kennedy Airport.

The Department of Homeland Security released footage showing a child going limp in a man’s arms before an ICE agent rushes to help. The agent was able to perform the Heimlich maneuver on the 1-year-old, ultimately restoring the child’s breathing, according to a statement from the DHS.

‘This officer’s extraordinary bravery embodies the selfless service of DHS law enforcement.’

“At JFK Airport, as travelers waited in hours-long lines, an infant became unresponsive and stopped breathing,” the statement read.

“The panic of the child’s family and nearby passengers were heard by an ICE agent stationed at a checkpoint. This heroic officer immediately sprang into action — rushing toward the cries, taking the child, and performing a Heimlich maneuver that restored the infant’s breathing after nearly two minutes.”

RELATED: Trump says Democrats’ scheme against DHS has backfired: ‘The Public is loving ICE’

“This officer’s extraordinary bravery embodies the selfless service of DHS law enforcement,” the statement reads.

According to Bill Melugin of Fox News, citing the DHS, the incident occurred Wednesday, and the child made a “full recovery.”

This lifesaving moment comes just days after President Donald Trump deployed ICE agents to assist TSA agents in airports across the country while Democrats drag the DHS shutdown into its sixth week.

Although ICE has been treated as a politically contentious group, countless reporters show travelers thanking agents for stepping up to the plate. Some videos even depict ICE officers handing out water bottles while travelers wait in unprecedented TSA lines.

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

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“They’re here to help,” one traveler at Newark said. “They’re not bothering nobody. As long as they can check my bags and get me on my flight, I’m good to go.”

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The gruesome discovery of the remains of two young girls in suitcases has led to more than two dozen charges for their mother in Cleveland.

The remains were found by a man who was walking his dog in a residential area near a field on March 4.

‘I went back and looked, and it was a suitcase that was half buried, and I pulled it up and looked in it, and it was a head. Somebody’s head in it.’

The man was identified as Phillip Donaldson, who spoke to WEWS-TV about what he witnessed.

“It was like a pile of dirt, and she stopped to sniff, and I usually just walk and she catch up with me, and she was taking too long. So I went back and looked, and it was a suitcase that was half buried, and I pulled it up and looked in it, and it was a head. Somebody’s head in it.”

Donaldson said he was shocked because the location was near a school.

“It’s really sad to see something like this, and I had been walking past that for at least a week — that pile of dirt for at least a week before I even just went across my mind that I would check it,” he added. “Was it buried? Yeah, it was buried pretty much, you could see just the very top of it.”

Police identified the girls’ 28-year-old mother, Aliyah Henderson, as a suspect and arrested her for the murders. In addition to murder, she was charged with kidnapping and abuse of corpses charges.

The children were later identified as 10-year-old Amor Wilson and 8-year-old Mila Chatman. Police said they were half-siblings.

Attorneys appointed for Henderson said she pleaded not guilty at a court hearing Thursday. Henderson is eligible for the death penalty if she’s convicted.

RELATED: Illegal alien coach who allegedly murdered 13-year-old now charged with horrendous sex crimes against 2 other underage boys

Henderson was given a $2 million bond.

Police also released video of Henderson’s arrest at her home. A third child was found living with her at the time, and that child was taken into custody of Ohio social workers.

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Washington Democrats just voted against the one rule every American family already lives by: balancing the budget. Last week, I brought my Balanced Budget Amendment to the House floor. It failed. Meanwhile the national debt has reached $39 trillion and counting.

My amendment would have required Washington to phase in a simple rule: Congress cannot spend more than it takes in.

Democrats would rather keep the autopilot running and the national credit card maxed out than make the tough decisions to bring spending in line with what Americans want and need.

Democrats once claimed to support that principle. Last week, only one voted yes. Let that sink in.

Opposing a balanced budget is not some noble policy disagreement. It is a refusal to confront a crisis. Interest on the national debt already costs more than national defense. By midcentury, interest payments are projected to double our defense spending.

This debate is not about making a spreadsheet look tidy. Revenues are not the problem. Overspending is. American families already understand the difference. They pay the mortgage and buy groceries first. They skip the extras. They live on what they earn.

That is far from radical. It’s common sense.

The debt passed $39 trillion on March 17, up $4.5 trillion in just two years. That works out to $289,000 per household. Interest payments alone are projected to hit $1.04 trillion this year, or about $7,700 per household, just to service Washington’s tab. By the time you finish reading this, the number will be higher.

And that is before you factor in the waste, fraud, and outright abuse.

Since 2003, the federal government has made nearly $3 trillion in improper payments. The states are hardly better. In Minnesota, a federal prosecutor said half or more of the roughly $18 billion in federal funds sent to 14 state-run programs since 2018 may have been stolen. Half or more. Billions of taxpayer dollars disappeared through fake autism centers, phony housing providers, and shell companies.

The federal government and the states are ripping you off.

We have known for years that government spending was out of control. But at this scale, waste no longer looks like a bug in the system. It looks like a feature.

RELATED: Running out the clock won’t save the majority

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Democrats’ refusal even to vote for a Balanced Budget Amendment shows they have no interest in fixing it. They would rather keep the autopilot running and the national credit card maxed out than make the tough decisions to bring spending in line with what American families want and need.

That refusal was on full display last week. Democrats chose more debt, more inflationary pressure, and more fiscal chaos. They are not worried about bankrupting the country.

But their “no” votes were not the only warning sign. Congress has already seen the consequences of fiscal irresponsibility and still refuses to change course.

The Biden-Harris years added trillions in new debt and helped deliver the worst inflation in 40 years. Prices surged while paychecks lagged. Working mothers stretching every grocery dollar felt it. Seniors on fixed incomes felt it. Families living paycheck to paycheck felt it.

That is the real-world price of refusing to balance the books.

I offered a real fix. My Balanced Budget Amendment would force Washington to do what every family already does: live on what comes in, pay the important bills first, cut the extras, and stop borrowing from the next generation to finance today’s spending.

This is not complicated. It is basic math. It is common sense. It is America First.

As we approach America’s 250th birthday, the best gift we can give the next generation is a government that finally lives by the same rule every family does and stops pretending this mountain of debt does not matter.

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Known to millions as “Ms. Rachel,” Rachel Griffin Accurso has built a massive following on YouTube through educational songs and videos for toddlers. But as a mother herself, BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales is not among the parents who allow their children to watch Accurso’s content.

“This is just a reminder for the parents that you never can be too careful with what your children are watching. There’s a lot out there that is going to completely indoctrinate your children,” Gonzales explains.

“And one of the ones to be on the lookout for is Ms. Rachel,” she says, calling her “the worst” for “multiple reasons.”

“She … brags about how she plans to brainwash your children. She has chosen her latest political stunt,” Gonzales says, pulling up an article from Fox News with the headline, “YouTube star Ms Rachel declares ‘I am political’ in new mission to shut down ICE facility.’”

“She said it’s her goal to close down the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas. And she wants the federal government to return the illegal immigrants to where they were living in the United States,” she explains.

“So crazy to me because I didn’t hear her say anything about the 300,000 unaccompanied alien children that were turned over to unvetted sponsors by the Biden administration. … I didn’t hear any outrage from Ms. Rachel about the children who have been impacted, who have been killed, who have been raped, who have been tortured by all these illegal immigrants that you want released back into the interior of the country,” she continues.

Gonzales points out that Ms. Rachel also was caught liking a comment on one of her political Instagram posts that read “Free America from the Jews.”

Accurso then released a social media video explaining herself, saying she’s “a human who makes mistakes” and that she would “never agree with an anti-Semitic thing.”

“I don’t understand how to work my phone,” Gonzales mocks.

“She knows what she’s doing. She also has a long and sordid history of being pro-Palestinian,” she adds.

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Several studies by biologists and ornithologists are raising alarms about the toll so-called eco-friendly technologies are taking on birds and other wildlife. Many researchers who support alternative energy in principle are dropping the pretense that wind and solar are benign.

The problem begins with energy density. To generate the same reliable electricity as a natural gas plant or nuclear facility, wind and solar require thousands of additional acres. That is not ideology. It is physics. Yet in the rush to satisfy arbitrary “net zero” targets, the environment supposedly being protected gets destroyed.

The Mojave Desert tortoise, an ancient survivor of harsh conditions, is also losing to the solar boom.

Wind and solar facilities kill wildlife, fragment habitats, disrupt ecosystems, and leave ecological wreckage far beyond what the green lobby cares to admit. Politicians and well-funded environmental NGOs still sell wind and solar as the natural world’s saviors. The data shows something else entirely: These projects are not merely displacing wildlife. They are killing it on an industrial scale.

One shocking assessment found that wind and solar farms overlap with 2,310 threatened amphibian, bird, mammal, and reptile species globally, or 36% of the world’s threatened species. The green utopia is being built on the graves of the vulnerable.

Another study found that 2,206 operational renewable-energy facilities had degraded 886 protected areas, 749 key biodiversity areas, and 40 distinct wilderness areas. Researchers project that footprint will expand another 30% as more natural refuges are industrialized.

A review of 84 peer-reviewed studies of onshore wind installations documented 160 cases of species displacement affecting birds, bats, and various mammals.

For the golden eagle, the toll is measured in death. In the Western United States, documented mortalities more than doubled between 2013 and 2024, rising from 110 to 270.

An assessment of 42 African raptor species documented an 88% decline over 20 to 40 years and identified wind farms as a major factor. In China, the rush for wind power coincided with a nearly 10% decline in overall bird populations after wind-farm construction. In Changdao County, a critical migration route for 330 bird species, local communities reported reduced bird populations and increased pest activity. In a stunning admission of failure, officials demolished 80 wind turbines to save the ecosystem.

Solar power brings its own damage. Recent research shows that in humid regions, large-scale solar plants can trigger near-total vegetation collapse. Panels block sunlight, alter the microclimate, and destabilize soil. When roots disappear, the ecosystem’s foundation goes with them.

In desert ecosystems, solar arrays disrupt plant growth cycles and harm the microorganisms that keep the desert alive. In China, photovoltaic development has fragmented and degraded more than 2,100 square miles of agricultural, sandy, and grassy terrain.

Solar development also reduces species richness on intact landscapes. Perimeter fencing creates barriers that trap animals and block the genetic flow healthy populations need.

RELATED: America tried to save the planet and forgot to save itself

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In the United States alone, solar energy is estimated to cause between 37,800 and 138,600 bird deaths each year. One reason is the “lake effect”: From the air, vast fields of solar panels resemble water.

A study from Poland confirmed this effect, showing that photovoltaic farms attract waterfowl because of water-like reflections. Birds descend expecting a lake and instead collide with scorching glass. Researchers identified 70 bird species at risk across six sites, with the highest collision risk concentrated within 650 feet of the installations.

The Mojave Desert tortoise, an ancient survivor of harsh conditions, is also losing to the solar boom. From 2004 to 2014, its population fell 39%. Industrial-scale solar projects have destroyed roughly 100,000 acres of its habitat. We are pushing out a species that has lived in the Mojave for millions of years to make room for panels that will be obsolete in 20.

The reckless expansion of low-density energy projects into valuable ecosystems must stop. The green transition is running red with the blood of the creatures we’re supposed to protect.

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Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania criticized the members of his own party after video surfaced of left-wing protesters wishing death on U.S. military members.

Fetterman posted the video on his social media account and wondered why other Democrats had not reacted with anger and condemnation to the offensive demonstration.

‘These a**holes chanting for the death of our servicemembers. Where’s the Dem outrage and condemnation?’

“Until we have done everything in our power to bring the United States to its knees, let us not lose sight of the enemy! For every military U.S. base that crumbles, or for every U.S. soldier who returns home in a casket, we cheer!” the lead protester said to the crowd.

At this point in the video, a few dozen protesters cheered and clapped.

“Hamas! Hezbollah!” … All of the resistance forces we celebrate!” he continued. “These popular forces on the ground spend every waking moment in direct confrontation with Zionism, and they rely on a strong Iranian state to maintain their fighting capacity!”

Fetterman excoriated the protesters in a post on his X account.

“Here in Philadelphia. Truly appalling. These assholes chanting for the death of our servicemembers. Where’s the Dem outrage and condemnation?” he wrote.

Fetterman has broken with the Democratic Party often and led to many wondering if he’s going to split away and join the Republican Party.

The senator angered many in the party when he said that Democrats had no leader but were being led by “Trump Derangement syndrome.”

“We don’t, we don’t have one,” Fetterman said. “I think the TDS that — I think that’s the leader right now. You know, right now our party, is governed by the TDS, and now it’s made it virtually impossible, without being punished, as a Democrat, to agree something’s good, or, ‘I agree with the other side,’ and I would define that by Epic Fury.”

RELATED: Liberals viciously attack Sen. John Fetterman for defending ICE: ‘F**k you, f**k your mom, your family’

Fetterman’s support for Israel and occasional support for Republican policies have led to a catastrophic drop in support from his voters. A recent Quinnipiac poll found that the vast majority of Pennsylvania voters disapproved of the senator.

“There is no historical analog to this,” CNN poll analyst Harry Enten said. “That is how unpopular John Fetterman is with Pennsylvania Democrats. There is basically no doubt in my mind that if Fetterman decides to run for re-election as a Democrat, he will face a primary challenge, and it will be a very competitive one.”

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The Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League are facing a lot of backlash from fans decrying the team’s support for the LGBTQ+ agenda.

The team said that it would have the “Cowgays” group sing the national anthem at the game Thursday against the New Jersey Devils and would feature a nonbinary LGBTQ+ country music artist.

‘Gross. Why associate your brand with bringing sexual experiences to a freaking hockey game?’

“Preds fans — Put your paws up!” the official account for Bridgestone Arena said in a post Wednesday. “We’re celebrating PRIDE in Smashville tomorrow night, March 26, with appearances by Medium Build, The Cowgays, Brady Riley & more!”

The post included a rainbow emoji.

The post immediately got negative responses from people objecting to politics being shoehorned into a sports event.

“A team called the Predators with a fan base nicknamed ‘Smashville’ is having a pride night during a game with the Devils, and a band called the ‘Cowgays’ is singing the national anthem. There is so much material here and none of it makes you look good,” former Texas state Rep. Matt Rinaldi responded.

“This isn’t a family-friendly environment. NHL has to stop pushing this radical LGBTQ agenda,” Jon Root of OutKick replied.

“Entirely unnecessary and inappropriate. Have some class, decency and decorum. Have some respect for your customers,” another user said on the X platform.

“I love the predators but I absolutely will never celebrate a sin nor will I ever go to a game where they do celebrate it. May God have mercy on your soul,” another detractor replied.

“Gross. Why associate your brand with bringing sexual experiences to a freaking hockey game?” another post reads. “No hate for gay people but let’s leave all sexual innuendo and celebrations for more appropriate events. This is just weird.”

RELATED: Pro-transgender Seattle Kraken jersey enrages NHL fans: ‘Feel some trans joy’

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“GAY PREDATORS! YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS S**T UP!” one insightful critic said.

The team will also raise funds by selling specialty Pride jerseys and auctioning player nameplates. The proceeds will be donated to LGBTQ+ organizations.

The Predators, the Devils, and the National Hockey League did not respond to Blaze News’ request for comment.

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Opponents of the controversial Rooney Rule in the National Football League got a powerful boost from the attorney general of the state of Florida.

AG James Uthmeier posted a video Wednesday explaining that the rule requiring teams to interview minority candidates for open hiring positions violates Florida laws against discrimination.

‘We are putting Commissioner Roger Goodell on notice: the Rooney Rule violates Florida law, and it must stop.’

“Professional sports are a visible example of a merit-based system, but through the Rooney Rule, the NFL requires its teams to use race-based hiring practices,” Uthmeier wrote on the post on social media. “We are putting Commissioner Roger Goodell on notice: the Rooney Rule violates Florida law, and it must stop.”

He demanded that the NFL suspend the Rooney Rule and threatened legal action if it refused.

“Florida law is clear. Hiring decisions cannot be based on race, and the Rooney Rule mandates race-based interviews and incentivizes race-based decisions. That’s discrimination,” he added.

Former “SportsCenter” commentator Jemele Hill appeared to be outraged by the demand.

“So just to be clear: Florida is trying to challenge the NFL on the Rooney Rule when there are 3 Black coaches in the NFL, two Black offensive coordinators, and four Black general managers,” she wrote on social media.

“This is out of 32 teams. It seems like the system has worked swimmingly well for white guys, so … what’s the issue?” she added.

Others have spoken out against the rule, including BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock.

“The Rooney Rule inspired, encouraged, fosters racism. The Rooney Rule has been a mistake and needs to end. The Rooney Rule was the NFL saying, ‘Yep, we’ll hire any player. We’ll pay any of these black players $10, $15, $20, now $50 and $60 million a year. But you know what? When it comes to the head coaching position and these executive positions, we’re racist,'” Whitlock said in Aug. 2025.

“It hasn’t ended racism,” he added. “It hasn’t ended the allegations of racism. It’s actually inspired them.”

RELATED: Chicago Bears GM calls NFL’s race-based hiring ‘strange’ as league struggles with DEI incentive

“NFL teams and their fans don’t care about the race of the coaching staff. They want a merit-based system that gives their team the best chance to win,” Uthmeier concluded.

In February, Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles admitted that he didn’t see the rationale for the rule.

“I’ll be honest. I think it is a little strange,” he said. “I mean, at the end of the day, you should want to develop your staff regardless of the color of their skin.”

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Since most of the media outright ignores or denies President Trump’s wins since taking office last year, BlazeTV host John Doyle is taking a moment to appreciate them.

And the first win is the homicide rate.

“This is obviously something that America has struggled with, we’ll say, in the advent of diversity, civil rights law, police brutality, things of that nature,” Doyle explains.

According to the Council on Criminal Justice, the U.S. homicide rate is at a projected 125-year low, which is the lowest level in recorded history at four per 100,000 people.

“So yeah, we are very optimistic about the crime thing because nobody trusts the Democrats to actually handle that properly,” he says.

“Another thing that I think has been very good for us, the construction of the patriot border wall,” he adds, pointing out that Trump is making good on one of his major first-term promises.

“Perhaps his most famous campaign promise,” Doyle says, pulling up a recent article titled “A massive border wall expansion is underway” by the Washington Post.

The article details Trump’s $46.5 billion plan to build hundreds of miles of new southern border barriers at a pace of three new miles per week.

“Being the Washington Post, it’s going to spend a lot of time complaining about environmental impacts. But … this is obviously a major victory for the Trump administration, for America,” he continues. “It’s proof that we are indeed heading in the right direction.”

But there’s more good where that came from.

“Another thing, which is immediately affecting American patriots: rent. Rent prices. They are actually at the national level beginning to decrease. It’s unbelievable,” he says, pointing out that according to the reventure app — which is a real estate data and analysis platform — rent prices are down across the country.

“As rent prices decrease and renting becomes cheaper than owning, like theoretically, selling prices on homes will also be forced to drop,” Doyle says.

And to Doyle, these wins have crowned Trump “the true patriarch of the nation.”

“He will make our cities great again,” he adds.

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A Chicago Democratic leader is slamming his own party, including Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, for ignoring the Biden-Harris administration’s role in the nation’s immigration crisis.

During a Fox News interview shared on Wednesday, Alderman Raymond Lopez reacted to the recent murder of 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman, who was fatally shot while out on a walk with friends in Chicago.

‘We will not allow the Trump administration to remove them simply because we don’t want to look as though we’re capitulating to him.’

The suspect in the attack, Jose Medina-Medina, is an illegal alien from Venezuela who was captured by U.S. Border Patrol agents in May 2023 and released into the country under the leadership of former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris. One month after his release, he was arrested in Chicago for allegedly shoplifting, but he was released from custody once again.

“Her death was 100% avoidable. And the culmination of the choices made here, in the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois, to protect noncitizens even when they choose to engage in dangerous criminal behavior — that mindset has to change,” Lopez told Fox News.

Lopez accused Pritzker of wrongly blaming President Donald Trump for Gorman’s death. The alderman made this comment in response to a clip of Pritzker from earlier in the week, where the governor attributed Gorman’s killing to “national failures.”

Pritzker claimed that Trump failed to “follow his own edict to go after the worst of the worst” criminals unlawfully present in the U.S.

RELATED: Will Pritzker honor ICE detainer against illegal alien accused of murdering 18-year-old college student?

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“If you’re going to blame the federal government, then blame it where this problem began, which was under the Biden-Harris administration that allowed 15 million people from South America, Central America, and across the oceans to come through our southern borders, manipulate asylum, be poorly vetted, and then scattered to the seven winds of the United States,” Lopez told Fox News.

“I have yet to hear a single Democrat hold Biden and Harris accountable for what has happened,” he added.

RELATED: Chicago residents won’t get to vote on city’s sanctuary status after lawmakers block referendum

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Lopez explained that there are currently 2,000 high-priority targets in Chicago who are known dangers to the community, but noted that Democratic leaders “refuse to work” with Trump to remove them.

“We will not allow the Trump administration to remove them simply because we don’t want to look as though we’re capitulating to him,” Lopez stated.

Lopez has previously fought to roll back the city’s sanctuary laws to allow the Chicago Police Department to cooperate with federal immigration agents when illegal alien suspects have been arrested or convicted of certain crimes. He stated that his amendment to Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance “would NOT have protected” Medina-Medina from federal immigration enforcement.

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While criticizing opposition to the H-1B program, comedian Hasan Minhaj attempted to highlight the role of skilled foreign workers in fields like tech and engineering — but BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales isn’t having it.

“If you’re a Democrat, you would rather just allow foreigners to come in, exploit our system, abuse our system, rip off Americans, and steal American jobs. You would rather do that than just admit there’s a problem,” Gonzales says.

“And one of the biggest culprits of this type of gaslighting is Hasan Minhaj,” she adds, before playing a clip from the former “Daily Show” host’s latest YouTube video titled, “Why MAGA hates H-1B visas.”

“Now, the H-1B is under attack because MAGA has suddenly become obsessed with hating them,” Minhaj said.

Minhaj then played a clip of Jack Posobiec claiming that “India milks the H-1B system dry” and replaces “American workers in our own tech companies.”

Even Gonzales was featured in his video, where he chose a clip of her saying, “The only way to stop it for good is to end the H-1B program.”

“He just talks really fast and makes it seem like he understands the issue. But in the first minutes, he completely blew up his own argument,” Gonzales comments.

“H-1B visas are special visas granted to skilled foreign workers, mostly in STEM fields. I’m talking about science, tech, engineering, and math. And indians f**king dominate that s**t,” Minhaj said proudly.

“Of the 85,000 new H-1B visas issued a year, about 70% of them go to Indians. And since their creation in 1990, they have been a critical rung on the ladder to citizenship,” he continued.

“You just blew up your own argument. Correct. It is meant for skilled workers. Yes, that’s what the system is supposed to bring in — not for the endless farm of fake software engineers, not for the food service managers that we’re finding, not for administrative assistants, not for ice cream sales analysts, not for the ones that we have been seeing play out,” Gonzales explains.

“Here’s the other issue, Hasan. An immigrant visa is issued to a person wishing to live permanently in the United States, OK? A non-immigrant visa is issued to a person with permanent residence outside the United States — notice the word ‘permanent’ — but wishes to be in the United States on a temporary basis for tourism, medical treatment, business, temporary work, or study, as other examples,” she continues.

Minhaj also used a clip of the late Charlie Kirk explaining that when hiring for an organization, you should “prioritize merit,” which the comedian followed up by saying, “If America is all about letting the best rise to the top, how do you justify shutting down legal immigration? I mean, that’s anti-competitive.”

“So, it’s not anti-competitive. … They are replacing American jobs for cheaper labor,” Gonzales responds, pointing out that many of the jobs aren’t even hiring for “specialized skill sets.”

“I’m going to go out on a limb and tell you, I don’t need an Indian to come in and teach elementary school science in this country. It’s not anti-competitive. It’s gaming the system,” she says.

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Socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s efforts to cut his administration’s budget while calling for massive new spending has hit a rather embarrassing snag.

The socialist scion said he asked all government offices to come up with spending cuts that would add up to $1.7 billion savings for the annual budget of about $127 billion. He gave them a deadline of March 20.

The sum of the savings he reported was about $200 million — which comes to about one-tenth of 1% of the entire budget.

After the date came and went, the administration faced tough questions about how well it was meeting its targets.

Almost comically, he posted a video Wednesday touting a few of the meager savings by pretending to find money under cushions and behind paintings in the mayor’s mansion.

The sum of the savings he reported was about $200 million — which comes to about one-tenth of 1% of the entire budget.

The New York Post reported that city officials refused to release any information about the cuts but said to trust that they were hitting the targets.

Mamdani’s budget director, Sherif Soliman, was unable to answer many questions about the plan at a preliminary budget hearing with the city council on Wednesday. Instead he defended the controversial decision from City Hall to raid a rainy day fund as well as a retiree health benefit trust fund to balance the budget.

“We want to replenish reserves, and we want to grow reserves,” he told council members. “This was out of necessity for what was an inherited significant budget challenge that stems from under-budgeting.”

“We will continue to update as we identify more savings,” Soliman added.

He also blamed former Mayor Eric Adams (D) for the massive $5.4 billion deficit that needed to be filled by law. Mamdani also passed the buck onto Adams in a separate press conference Wednesday.

“While we all predicted that it would be a difficult fiscal situation that we would find in January, there are very few who believe that it would be at the scale that we have found,” the mayor said. “This is a fiscal crisis that has been entirely created within city government as opposed to one that can be blamed on external factors as we’ve seen in 2008.”

RELATED: Mamdani reverses controversial policy after 19 NYC residents die outdoors

Mamdani has demanded that the state pass new taxes on the wealthy to help him fulfill his promise for new massive social welfare spending, but even other state Democrats said they would oppose the effort.

The mayor then threatened to raise property taxes, but that effort was opposed by members of the city council and likely wouldn’t pass.

It has been 84 days since the socialist was sworn into office.

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President Trump started a task force on corruption led by JD Vance — and it’s a move that Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck believes is telling when it comes to whom President Trump will be choosing as his successor in 2028.

“I want you to think of everything through the eyes of 2028. And let’s look at the board the way a strategist would look at it,” Glenn begins.

“Where’s Marco Rubio right now? Marco Rubio has more jobs than anybody I’ve ever met. He is, right now, exactly where you’d expect him to be: deep in foreign policy, standing shoulder to shoulder with Donald Trump and the administration in one of the most volatile geopolitical moments in my lifetime,” he explains.

Glenn calls the current situation in Iran and Israel the “highest stakes” he’s “ever seen a president play at.”

“High visibility, high risk, and whoever is with it is either a hero or a villain. And if it works, there’s stability. There’s lower oil prices. There’s a real peace dividend by ’26 or ’27. And Rubio will look like an amazing statesman. He becomes the natural heir, the man who helped steady the world,” he explains.

However, if the war doesn’t end and costs continue to rise, Rubio’s position “is an absolute anchor.”

“Where’s JD Vance right now on this issue?” Glenn asks.

“I’ve heard rumors — he’s not really with the president on this one — but I haven’t seen any statements, and I haven’t seen the president say, ‘Yeah, he’s kind of weak on this,’” he says, though he notes that Vance is very big on rooting out fraud and corruption.

“You have one potential successor tied to global outcomes that he can’t fully control, but he’s going to be tied with that. Another one being given a domestic mission that can be prosecuted daily, case by case, headline by headline, building a narrative that feeds directly into the next campaign,” Glenn says.

“JD Vance is going to be the guy against Gavin Newsom, because he’s going to find the corruption in California. So that pits him against Newsom. By 2028, we’ll know what the Republican message will be. Not just growth, not just strength abroad, but this: Your government was looted. The biggest theft in American history happened,” he explains.

“And we stopped it. That’s a pretty powerful argument against governors like Gavin Newsom or any other Democrat running on expanding programs and increasing spending and promising more systems, because the counter is going to be simple,” he continues.

“If it goes well, you have the possibility of the two best candidates I’ve ever seen in my lifetime, because we will know on record what they are capable of doing. We will have seen them in action,” he says. “This is how you build a successor without naming one.”

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Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James now faces two additional criminal referrals after a federal judge dismissed a previous criminal indictment accusing her of mortgage fraud.

Like the previous allegation, the new referrals come from evidence gathered by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte.

‘They continue this improper revenge campaign instead of helping bring down the rising cost of living in this country.’

Pulte said that James may have falsified information in documents submitted to the Allstate Insurance Company in Illinois and Universal Property Insurance in Florida. He cited information posted by Mike Davis, an attorney and activist.

In a referral to U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros for the Northern District of Illinois, Pulte wrote that James “made representations” in insurance documents “that the house would be occupied by a single adult, with no children.”

He added, “Instead, according to the post, she knew the house was actually occupied by four people — three children and her niece.”

In the referral to U.S. Attorney Jason Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida, Pulte accused James of falsely claiming her property would be unoccupied during five months of the year.

“The house was, in fact, occupied year-round by her niece,” he wrote.

James’ attorney, Abbe Lowell, denied the allegations and blamed President Donald Trump.

“Trump and his political enablers keep abusing their power to pursue a vendetta against her by trying to rename, refile, and repeat baseless allegations,” Lowell said.

“They continue this improper revenge campaign instead of helping bring down the rising cost of living in this country,” Lowell added. “These desperate tactics will fail — just as every previous attempt has failed — and exposes an administration that has abandoned its responsibility to the American people in favor of petty political payback.”

RELATED: Letitia James gives unhinged rant after court hearing for bank fraud allegations: ‘This is not about me!’

The Trump administration has unsuccessfully tried to prosecute James multiple times for the previous mortgage fraud allegations.

James headed up the Sept. 2022 civil lawsuit against Trump and the Trump Organization, accusing them of committing real estate fraud. She won and obtained a massive $464 million judgment, but it was struck down on appeal as “excessive.”

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A video from a home renovation site in Maryland has gone viral over the detainment of several Guatemalan laborers.

On Monday morning, a group of men showed up to remodel a family home in Cambridge, Maryland. According to one of the workers, it did not take long for the job to turn into a federal investigation.

‘The owner of the house kind of called immigration.’

The men had reportedly traveled about an hour and a half from Glen Burnie to Cambridge to complete a remodeling job on a house that included roofing.

As the men were on the roof, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement appeared and began calling the laborers to come down.

Video of the exchange, posted online, was reportedly recorded by one of the workers, Bryan Polanco, who claimed the homeowner had notified authorities.

“We practically had a project to start today … when they started the work, the owner of the house kind of called immigration,” Polanco told N+ Univision DC, according to a translation.

Six Guatemalan workers, reportedly between 18 and 40 years old, were subsequently detained by ICE. Polanco was not detained because he is said to be a permanent resident.

RELATED: Soros-backed Democrat DA threatens ICE agents helping at airport: ‘President cannot pardon you’

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The viral video, which has been seen nearly 5 million times, contains claims from Polanco that ICE agents are “just hurting working people” who “contribute positively” to the United States.

Polanco also described the homeowner as harboring hate for the workers.

“Instead of going out and looking for criminals on the streets — for drug addicts — they come here to screw over people who are just trying to work. And it’s that same woman. … We were fixing up her house, and yet she still harbors such hatred in her heart.”

Polanco went on to tell Univision that the homeowner told him that “if immigrants return again to finish the project, she will always call ICE.”

The worker continued to conflate legal workers with illegal immigrants, telling the outlet, “Many Hispanics here in the United States have felt persecuted. We left home, and we don’t know if we are going to return.”

“Seeing it is not the same as living it. It is because I have already seen many videos, and sadly, today, I had to experience it. And I feel that it is something that really moves you a lot,” he recalled.

RELATED: The TSA showdown reveals a brutal truth about our politics

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According to Spanish-language outlet Conexion Migrante, Polanco can also be heard in the video calling the ICE agents “animals.”

“Even the neighbors and passersby here were trying to support us, but there’s nothing to be done with these animals.”

The wife of one of the Guatemalan workers spoke to Univision in a phone call under the promise of anonymity. The woman said she felt “sad” and “desperate” for her husband, who was detained.

“We are here to get ahead, not to do evil,” she stated.

Although no official information has been provided, Univision, citing relatives, reported that those detained do not have the required documentation to remain in the U.S.

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