A woman’s serious accusations against federal and local law enforcement officials have allegedly turned out to be a hoax, and a sheriff is suing her for defamation over the claims.

Sundas “Sunny” Naqvi said in March that she and some co-workers had been held for over 30 hours despite being U.S. citizens and got nationwide coverage from sympathetic news outlets.

‘They have not been supported by any — any — verified evidence at all.’

Twenty-eight-year-old Naqvi claimed she arrived at O’Hare airport in Chicago from Turkey on a work trip and was transported to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview and also taken to the Dodge County Jail in Wisconsin.

Her story was amplified by Democratic Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison, who is a friend of the family and a critic of the president’s immigration policies.

“I don’t think they want to own up to the fact that once again they have illegally detained American citizens without due process,” said Morrison days after the alleged detention.

Her story seemed to begin falling apart after the multinational software company she claimed to work for reportedly said she was not an employee and that none of its workers had been detained at O’Hare.

Weeks after the accusations, Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt filed a defamation lawsuit against Naqvi as well as Morrison and explained the evidence that contradicted her claims.

“They have not been supported by any — any — verified evidence at all,” Schmidt said at a media briefing on Friday. “At no point was Sundas Naqvi in the custody of the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office.”

He released video and text messages that he claimed undermined her account and showed that she was able to leave the O’Hare airport less than 90 minutes after landing. He also cited statements made by her boyfriend to the sheriff’s office.

“I don’t have any charges here in Dodge County to bring against her. My only recourse is to make sure that the public knows that she can’t do this,” Schmidt added.

The lawsuit also includes 10 “John Doe” people accused of publication or republication of the false claims against the sheriff. Their names will be added to the suit once they are identified.

The Chicago Sun Times has also documented numerous prior alleged incidents of false accusations made by Naqvi, including a conviction related to lying about sexual assault and a stabbing.

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Schmidt is seeking $1 million in the lawsuit.

Morrison, meanwhile, has changed his previously strident tone about the case.

“It is my understanding that a lawsuit has been filed. I have not seen it. And if a suit has in fact been filed, I cannot comment on pending litigation,” he said in a statement.

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President Donald Trump deleted a post that angered many Christians and explained his rationale to reporters on Monday.

The image seemingly showed the president depicted as Jesus Christ healing a sick man with angels behind him. Trump admitted that he personally posted it but said the image had been misunderstood.

‘It’s supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better, and I do make people better. I make people a lot better.’

Trump addressed the issue after receiving a DoorDash driver who had brought a McDonald’s order to the White House.

“It was me. I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do with the Red Cross, as a Red Cross worker there, which we support, and only the fake news could come up with that one,” said the president.

The post was deleted Monday after getting criticism online.

“I just heard about it, and I said, ‘How did they come up with that?'” he added. “It’s supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better, and I do make people better. I make people a lot better.”

The White House posted video of his response to the Rapid Response account on the X platform.

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The biblical brouhaha came at a time when the president is also taking aim at the pope over his statements against the war in Iran.

Sharon Simmons of Arkansas was identified as the first DoorDash driver to deliver to the White House, and she said in an interview afterward that she had saved $3,000 to $4,000 in taxes because of the president’s policies. She also said her husband is undergoing cancer treatment.

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Pop songstress Sabrina Carpenter dared to express discontent with a different culture, and now she’s apologizing for it.

In fact, the young singer had no idea what she was making fun of at the time, but she has been properly re-educated since the incident.

‘I don’t like it.’

Swiss miss

It was Friday night at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, when Carpenter heard what she thought was “yodeling” from a member of the crowd.

“I think I heard someone yodel,” Carpenter said while seated at a piano. “Is that what you’re doing?” she asked.

“It’s Arab! It’s an Arab call!” an audience member can be heard yelling back.

“I don’t like it,” Carpenter firmly replied.

The 26-year-old offered an awkward smile as the audience member provided further explanation.

“It’s my culture!” they offered.

“That’s your culture, is yodeling?” the puzzled singer asked back.

Still the fan tried to culturally enrich the Quakertown, Pennsylvania, singer.

“It’s Arab, it’s a call. It’s a call of celebration,” they went on, according to 7News Australia.

Seemingly ready to end the exchange, Carpenter jumped in, “Is this Burning Man? What’s going on? This is weird.”

RELATED: Sabrina Carpenter condemns White House’s ‘evil and disgusting’ use of her song — it responds with ridicule

Trilling tales

Fortunately, the internet stepped in to educate Carpenter, noting that the ululation she heard is called a zaghrouta.

A helpful community note on X described the screams as a “pre-Islamic cultural expression of joy used by Arabs across religions, including Christians, at celebrations.”

It added, “It is not an Islamic practice, so Sabrina Carpenter’s reaction to the sound does not indicate islamophobia.”

OK, but what about … Arabaphobia? A few cultural commissars tried to make the charge stick, but for the most part, fans were happy to chalk it all up to a misunderstanding.

Carpenter offered a playful apology on her X page, saying that she would welcome any further cultural cries, or yodels, in the future:

“My apologies i didn’t see this person with my eyes and couldn’t hear clearly,” she wrote. “My reaction was pure confusion, sarcasm and not ill intended. could have handled it better! now i know what a Zaghrouta is! I welcome all cheers and yodels from here on out.”

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ICE-capades

Carpenter has not shied away from controversial interactions, especially of the political nature.

In December, she demanded the White House cease using her music in a video that showed people getting arrested, presumably illegal immigrants.

“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” Carpenter replied,

The singer also offered voter registration during her 2024 tour, registering more than 35,000 voters and officially engaging with more than 260,000, according to Variety.

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“The View” is back in the headlines for spewing more ignorant nonsense.

During a discussion reacting to conservative activist Isabel Brown’s comments at CPAC, where she encouraged young women to have more children, Sunny Hostin said it was “reckless” to encourage people to have kids during the current economic climate.

“I think it’s just really reckless to be suggesting that people should have children when you now know in this country there’s this affordability crisis,” Hostin began.

BlazeTV host Pat Gray says just this statement alone is “outrageous.”

“It’s reckless to suggest people have children? Are you kidding me?” he asks in shock. “We’re already below replacement level right now … so do you want America to just disappear eventually?”

But Hostin wasn’t done.

“For a two-person household, a married household, you need over $400,000 for child care — over $400,000. Most people don’t make over $400,000,” she continued, accusing Brown of “advocating for people to be born into poverty, people not being able to feed those children, people not being able to educate those children, and people not being able to house those children at the same time when this government is cutting all of the services that would allow people to have families.”

Co-host Ana Navarro then asked a clarifying question: “$400,000 over the lifetime of the child?”

“No, it’s a year! It’s an annual income exceeding $400,000 to afford child care,” Hostin doubled down.

Pat can’t help but laugh at the absurdity of Hostin’s claim. “It’s not $400,000 a year to have a baby!” he howls.

“They are so butt stupid. It’s embarrassing. I’m embarrassed for them, and I can’t stand them.”

Pat is shocked that “The View” wasn’t forced to address Hostin’s fallacious numbers. “Is that something that the lawyer or somebody could fact-check somewhere along the lines so they come back and correct that garbage?” he asks.

But thus far, no such correction has been made.

Pat wonders how the audience of “The View” is stomaching Hostin’s lie about childrearing — “How many of their viewers have children and understand the fact that it’s not $400,000 a year to clothe them, feed them, house them?” he asks.

“They have to,” says Jeffy, arguing that “anyone with any kind of brain, even a numbskull … knows that it doesn’t take $400,000 a year for a child.”

To hear more of the conversation, watch the episode above.

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Democrats and Republicans alike are eyeing the home stretch before the 2026 primaries, but the latest forecast suggests the GOP is facing a major disadvantage.

Republicans have enjoyed a supermajority following the 2024 election after Americans elected President Donald Trump back to the White House and the GOP took back the Senate and maintained its narrow House majority. The electoral forecast is now indicating that the pendulum will swing back in favor of Democrats, with four key races shifting away from Republicans.

None of the Democrat-held seats seem to be leaning Republican.

The Cook Political Report was initially tracking Senate races for Georgia, which is held by incumbent Democrat Jon Ossoff, and North Carolina, which is held by retiring Republican Thom Tillis, as toss-ups that could go either way. The same report also had the Ohio Senate race leaning Republican and the Nebraska Senate race as a solid Republican rating.

As of Monday, all of these races have shifted in favor of Democrats.

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None of the Democrat-held seats seem to be leaning Republican. Michigan’s Senate seat, which is held by retiring Democrat Gary Peters, is rated as a toss-up. Maine’s Senate seat, held by Republican Susan Collins, is also notably rated a toss-up.

Republicans currently hold 53 seats and can afford to lose a maximum of just two Senate seats in order to maintain their majority, though Vice President JD Vance could always break any tie votes.

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A longtime communications director for Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is leaving Capitol Hill for the tech world.

Interestingly, the move comes six months after the CEO of the company he’s joining apologized for suggesting President Trump should send troops into California.

‘My earlier comment came from an abundance of caution.’

Alex Nguyen, Schumer’s communications director for the past seven years, is headed for civilian life after nearly two decades working in the nation’s capital.

According to Capitol Hill outlet Punchbowl News, Nguyen will become director of corporate communications for Salesforce, a customer service and automation-software company. Ally Biasotti, a previous national press secretary for Schumer, will take over Nguyen’s old role.

In October 2025, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff apologized for saying he would welcome the deployment of National Guard troops to San Francisco — where the company is headquartered — stating, “We don’t have enough cops, so if they can be cops, I’m all for it.”

According to CNBC, Benioff faced blowback, and his remarks even sparked a resignation from board member Ron Conway, who reportedly told Benioff in an email that their “values were no longer aligned.”

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This prompted Benioff to walk back his comments in a post to his X page, stating that he no longer believed “the National Guard is needed to address safety in San Francisco.”

“My earlier comment came from an abundance of caution,” Benioff wrote, adding that he sincerely apologized for “the concern” his remarks caused.

In a subsequent post, Benioff shared a graph purporting to show that San Francisco Police numbers had plummeted since 2019, while noting that Salesforce had pledged $1 million in sign-on bonuses to SFPD recruits.

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Nguyen’s transition to the Salesforce C-suite comes amid a data breach and rumors of increased layoffs at the company.

Salesforce has confirmed that thousands of customer records were breached, allegedly through a connected third-party app. The app provides a live-chat function that connects to Salesforce to convert customer leads.

At the same time, Salesforce has disputed rumors that the breach also revealed the company was planning to cut approximately 4,000 customer support roles.

According to Storyboard 18, Salesforce said the reported figure does not refer to new layoffs but rather a planned redeployment that was initiated in September 2025.

Schumer’s team did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

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CNN’s chief media analyst is applauding the mainstream media for exposing sexual misconduct allegations against the top Democratic candidate for California governor, including an alleged rape, and now faces the wrath of online critics.

California Rep. Eric Swalwell had a tenuous lead above the other Democrats, but he has suspended his campaign in the wake of allegations of sexual assault from a former staffer and accusations from others about sexual misconduct. He has denied the claims.

‘Rumors were abound for years on the hill. … You just shills for political parties.’

On Monday, Brian Stelter of CNN said the report was a victory for journalism while ignoring that many had looked the other way for a decade about rumors of the allegations.

Stelter said it was a “testament to the power of investigative reporting” and credited CNN and the Chronicle for ending Swalwell’s gubernatorial hopes.

He was immediately assailed by critics pointing out the problems with his characterization of the reporting.

“Is there an Emmy/Oscar/Tony we can create for @brianstelter for this bit of comedic genius? Testament to investigative reporting??? @TheDemocrats knew. You knew,” replied Roxanne Hoge, the chair of the Los Angeles County Republican Party.

“10 years late. Imagine how many people might have been saved from Swalwell had the media done its job at the start, rather than covering for a fellow Democrat,” responded former California Assemblyman Chuck DeVore.

“And all it took was seven terms in Congress and about a half-dozen victims for investigative journalists to break the news of behavior apparently everyone knew about,” said columnist Becket Adams.

“Investigative reporting? People have been sitting on this knowledge for years and it only came out because they needed him to drop out of the governor‘s race so he didn’t split the vote,” said another critic.

“Rumors were abound for years on the hill. If you truly were investigative reporters you would have looked into this years ago. You just shills for political parties,” read another online response.

On Friday, several staffers left the campaign, and Swalwell lost the endorsements of former supporters.

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Swalwell said he was suspending his campaign in order to fight the allegations, but because of California election law, his name will stay on the ballot. That may give Republicans an opening if support for Swalwell splits among the other Democrats in the race.

The top two vote-getters in the June 2 primary, regardless of party, will face off in the general election in November.

“To my family, staff, friends, and supporters, I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past,” said Swalwell in a statement Sunday.

Others are calling for Swalwell to resign from his office in the U.S. Congress.

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While it can be dangerous for pro-life Americans to stand up for what they believe in and pray for an end to abortion, one battle has finally drawn to a close — with a happy ending.

In a blog post late last week, 40 Days for Life announced that the Department of Justice has settled with pro-life volunteer Mark Houck after a years-long legal battle following a case involving a dispute outside an abortion clinic.

‘All Americans who believe in the rule of law and in the nonpartisan administration of justice should celebrate Mark Houck’s victorious settlement.’

In a video statement announcing the legal win, 40 Days for Life CEO and President Shawn Carney touted the case as a “huge legal victory for free speech.”

Carney added that the change in administration aided efforts immensely, saying, “We got so much persecution from the DOJ under Biden, and President Trump has corrected that.”

RELATED: Pro-life activist arrested by FBI raid for abortion clinic assault

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Houck reached a settlement with the DOJ resulting in a payout of over $1 million, according to 40 Days for Life.

C.J. Doyle, the executive director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, said in a statement to Blaze News: “All Americans who believe in the rule of law and in the nonpartisan administration of justice should celebrate Mark Houck’s victorious settlement with the Department of Justice. Houck was the victim of ideologically driven prosecutorial overreach by a corrupt, politicized Biden DOJ which had a history of selective prosecutions of FACE Act cases.”

“This unwarranted prosecution was preceded by a gratuitous, grossly excessive display of force by FBI agents in arresting Houck in front of his family. The attorneys from 40 Days for Life, who represented Houck, are to be commended for their successful defense of the First Amendment guarantees of free speech and the free exercise of religion,” Doyle added.

Houck’s case started in 2021, when he and his son were confronted by an angry abortion escort outside an abortion clinic in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Houck reportedly pushed the escort away in order to protect his son.

The abortion escort fell to the ground but did not sustain any serious injuries.

Subsequently, Houck’s home was raided by armed state and federal agents, after which he was reportedly chained to a table for six hours and threatened with 11 years in federal prison related to violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. He was ultimately charged with intimidating and shoving the clinic escort in violation of the FACE Act.

Houck was quickly acquitted by a jury in January 2023, and because he did not take a deal with the DOJ, he was able to sue for damages after the dramatic arrest in front of his wife and children.

Houck was an early volunteer with 40 Days for Life, which has helped save the lives of over 26,000 babies and helped close over 180 abortion clinics since 2007, according to the organization’s website.

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