Amid Putin’s India visit, Delhi police issues traffic advisory, check affected routes, Delhi Metro schedule, more
As Russian President Vladimir Putin lands in India, the Delhi traffic police have issued traffic advisory for commuters. In this case, some metro stations will remain affected. PM Modi has welcomed Putin with a warm hug.
Deja Vu: After warm hug, PM Modi, Putin travel in same car from Delhi’s Palam Airport
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin travelled in the same car as they departed from the Palam Technical Airport in Delhi. Putin is on a two-day State visit to India.
PM Modi welcomes Putin in India, from hugs to sharing same car, Russian leader’s gets grand welcome, WATCH
Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin in a grand way going to extent of even breaking the protocol by receiving a head of state himself. In a rare but sweet gesture, while receiving Russian President Vladimir Putin at Delhi Airport on Thursday evening, PM Modi hugged the Russian leader, highlighting strong ties between India and Russia including the strategic partnership while showing the strong bond between the two leaders.
Hyderabad House: PM Modi to host President Putin in Rs 170 crore luxury palace; all you need to know about it
PM Modi will host a working lunch for President Vladimir Putin and his delegation at Hyderabad House on Friday.
Federal lawsuits challenging immigration detention flood Texas
The wave of legal challenges is in response to the Trump administration’s intensified immigration enforcement and its new policy expanding mandatory detention for undocumented immigrants.
Running water will finally reach West Odessa thanks to $17 million from state lawmakers
The Legislature approved $600 million for standalone water improvements, a dramatic increase over prior years.
2021 Afghan remarks haunt GOP lawmaker’s Senate bid after DC Guard shooting
Republican Kentucky lawmaker Andy Barr’s 2021 claim that the U.S. had an “obligation” to welcome Afghans after the Biden administration’s chaotic withdrawal is resurfacing and complicating his high-stakes 2026 Senate campaign after the footage went viral. “We have failed in our obligation to help many of these Afghans who risked their lives and, in many cases, died for the cause of their own country in assistance to the United States, and we owe them to help them get into our country with these visas, and the P1 and P2 visas as well,” Barr said in a 2021 interview with Kentucky Educational Television of Afghans. “And I voted for these special immigrant visas because it would send a terrible message to our allies around the world that we’re going to abandon you if you help us in your time of need.” Many Afghans worked as interpreters, cultural advisors and offered other assistance to the U.S. during the Afghan war. Dozens of Republican lawmakers and leaders supported welcoming Afghan allies amid the withdrawal, while simultaneously stressing the need to vet the refugees, including then-former President Donald Trump. Barr’s 2026 Republican Senate opponent, Nate Morris, slammed him as having “blood on his hands” for his comments and previous support of a bill broadening special visas for Afghan refugees. STATE DEPARTMENT ‘IMMEDIATELY’ HALTS ALL AFGHAN PASSPORT VISAS FOLLOWING DEADLY NATIONAL GUARD ATTACK But Barr’s campaign hit back against the criticisms in a comment to Fox News Digital, underscoring he did not vote for Biden’s Afghan resettlement program and that he wholeheartedly supports Trump’s immigration policies. “Andy Barr voted against Biden’s Afghan resettlement program,” the spokesperson said. “Andy Barr supports President Trump’s common sense border security plan — deporting all illegals and reforming our legal immigration system.” Footage of Barr’s interview has spread like wildfire on social media. It’s racked up millions of views following the horrific shooting in Washington, D.C., the day before Thanksgiving when two National Guard members were shot, leaving one soldier critically injured and leaving Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom dead. Authorities identified Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, as the suspect in the shooting, which unfolded just blocks from the White House. Lakanwal entered the U.S. legally in 2021 under the Biden administration’s Operation Allies Welcome, a program that evacuated and resettled Afghan refugees as the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. He reportedly worked with various U.S. government entities, including the CIA, as a member of a partner force in Afghanistan, Fox Digital previously reported. Other refugees who entered the nation under Operation Allies Welcome have been arrested for suspected terrorist ties. The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that ICE arrested a suspected ISIS-K Afghan terrorist, marking the third “Afghan national terrorist arrested in recent days.” Barr came under fierce scrutiny online recently as his 2021 comments spread. “WTF!???” Donald Trump Jr. posted to X on Black Friday. “Andy Barr voted to flood America with unvetted Afghans while our borders were wide open. Now we see the results. This blood is on establishment RINOs (Republican in name only) like Barr who sided with Biden & McConnell over America First,” another conservative account posted. Others pointed to the remarks as evidence that Barr should not be elected to the Senate during the 2026 midterms. Barr is among a handful of Republicans running to replace retiring Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell. Some Barr critics rallied around Morris, the CEO of Kentucky-based company Morris Industries, as the conservative candidate to replace McConnell. “Compare Barr to Nate Morris who is calling for an immigration moratorium and there’s literally no comparison,” Turning Point USA spokesman and executive producer of “The Charlie Kirk Show” Andrew Kolvet posted to X. “That’s why Charlie went out of his way to endorse @NateMorris. Our number one mission must be to save America, not destroy it through unfettered mass migration.” VANCE’S PAST WARNINGS REIGNITE AFTER AFGHAN NATIONAL NAMED AS SUSPECT IN DC GUARD SHOOTING Morris said, “Barr knows that he has been exposed for his role helping Biden bring these dangerous Afghan refugees to America and so now he’s trying to pretend that it never happened, but we’ve all seen the video footage. Just like Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell, Andy Barr has blood on his hands.” Barr’s campaign hit back at Morris’ remarks in comments to Fox Digital Wednesday, including highlighting that the lawmaker did not vote for an Afghan resettlement program under the Biden administration. “Nate Morris is spiraling and lying again,” a Barr campaign spokesperson told Fox News Digital. “Andy stands with Trump 100% on immigration; Nate Morris does not. If Nate Morris doesn’t support President Trump’s policies 100%, he can’t be trusted to vote with him in the U.S. Senate.” Barr voted against H.R. 5305 in September 2021, which provided more than $6 billion to resettle Afghan refugees, beyond people who assisted the U.S. during the war. He was among 192 Republicans who supported the Averting Loss of Life and Injury by Expediting SIVs Act of 2021, which expedited the special immigrant visa process for Afghan nationals who worked with the U.S. government or NATO in Afghanistan and increased the number of available special immigrant visas to 8,000. The bill passed the House, but did not become law. President Joe Biden instead signed a spending bill that added 8,000 Afghan special immigration visas and eased some of its rules. On Aug. 29, 2021, the Biden administration launched Operation Allies Welcome, a Department of Homeland Security led-project to “support vulnerable Afghans, including those who worked alongside us in Afghanistan for the past two decades, as they safely resettle in the United States.” Trump dropped the hammer on the visa program shortly after the recent D.C. shooting that took place at the end of November. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that officials are “actively re-examining” all the Afghan nationals who entered the U.S. during the Biden administration. More than 76,000 Afghans were evacuated and processed into the country, Fox News Digital previously reported. Barr published a statement denouncing
Florida CFO rolls out new push to block illegal immigrants from tapping state systems: ‘Lives have been lost’
Florida’s chief financial officer announced a slate of legislative priorities to discourage illegal immigrants from settling in the state – a strategy that rarely makes headlines as most states focus on criminal justice laws versus financial policies. Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia, who previously represented Hernando and Citrus counties in the state Senate, said Florida has already taken sweeping actions to blunt illegal immigrants from utilizing programs in Florida but that there are still many openings in law that would allow them to benefit if the state ever trends to the left again. “Illegal immigration has scourged our communities. Too many lives have been lost, and too many people have been hurt as a result of illegal immigration,” Ingoglia said late Wednesday. He specifically cited the case of an Indian illegal immigrant with a California commercial driver’s license (CDL) who allegedly killed a carload of people on Florida’s Turnpike earlier this year. Ingoglia said the state’s actions thus far to blunt illegal immigrant truckers and those who are illiterate in English is a good start, but there is much more to be done. ICE AND FLORIDA ARREST 230 CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS IN 10-DAY OPERATION “Florida has led the nation in fighting back against the mess that the Biden administration created, but we must keep our foot on the gas and continue to disincentivize illegal aliens from coming to our state,” he said. “I am proud to announce my anti-illegal immigration legislative priorities, and I look forward to working with the legislature and the Governor to get these proposals passed.” Ingoglia said 26 illegal immigrants were arrested on charges that fall under the financial services banner that his agency oversees, including four people nabbed on insurance fraud offenses, collectively totaling $800,000. DESANTIS TAPS FLORIDA’S ‘MOST CONSERVATIVE SENATOR’ FOR STATE CFO Ingoglia’s package included proposals to bar free down-payment assistance for illegal immigrants, arguing that similar programs in New York and California have burdened taxpayers and incentivized unlawful immigration. He said the practice is not allowed in Florida as a policy of the current DeSantis government, but that “you never know what the future of the state of Florida is going to look like.” Ingoglia also launched an effort to prohibit illegal immigrants from receiving any licenses sanctioned by his office, formally the Florida Department of Financial Services, and suggested that revocation of any current licenses found could be on the table. 146 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TRUCK DRIVERS ARRESTED IN INDIANA CRACKDOWN, AS NOEM SAYS, ‘YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED’ Referencing the fatal St. Lucie County truck crash, Ingoglia said he will also push to require CDL final exams to be administered only in English and to remove illegal immigrants as “covered employees” under workers’ compensation statutes. For insurance companies who have illegal immigrants among their policyholders in Florida, Ingoglia’s plan would also require the insurers to accept fault if such a person is involved in an auto accident. Ingoglia was joined in his efforts by several lawmakers who are backing his plan, naming state Rep. Kiyan Michael, R-Duval, and Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers. NOEM WARNS 18-WHEELERS BECOMING ‘WEAPONS’ AS NEWSOM, SANCTUARY STATES LICENSE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS “I know firsthand the tragedies that have resulted from rampant illegal immigration,” Michael said in a statement. “In Florida, we have leaders who are not afraid to take a stand and do what is right to protect the law-abiding citizens of Florida.” St. Johns County Sheriff Robert Hardwick also voiced support, saying the effects of the illegal immigration crisis are “far-reaching” and that Tallahassee must continue to “take steps to protect the citizens of our state.” Martin added that every Florida town has felt repercussions of illegal immigration and that Ingoglia’s plan would rightly protect law-abiding businesses. Ingoglia succeeded now-Rep. Jimmy Patronis, R-Fla., in the row office – as the latter was elected to fill the seat of the departed Matt Gaetz in the panhandle’s deep-red district.
California GOP rep makes re-election decision after considering running in Texas: source
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif, will not run in Texas and has chosen to remain in the Golden State to run in the newly gerrymandered 48th Congressional District, Fox News has learned. A source familiar with the matter told Fox News that Issa’s friends and congressional colleagues asked him to consider running in Texas after Prop. 50 passed in California, but the Republican has decided to fight it out in California and expects to have President Donald Trump’s full support. In a statement to Fox News Digital, Issa confirmed his decision to run in California despite his district being significantly reshaped toward a Democratic advantage. “I’m thrilled to set the record straight and here’s the truth: Texas House members and residents of that state did ask if I would consider running there following Gavin Newsom’s historically corrupt gerrymander,” Issa said. “I appreciate the opportunity, but California is my home. I told them I’m going to stay in Congress, and I don’t need to go to Texas for that.” GOP REP WEIGHS BOLTING CALIFORNIA FOR TEXAS SEAT AS DUELING REDISTRICTING WARS UPEND 2026 MAP: REPORT “I believe the people of Southern California in San Diego County and Riverside County who elected me so many times will, regardless of registration, consider my record in full and allow me to continue serving them,” he added. “I can hold this seat, I’m not quitting on California, and neither should anyone else.” Issa currently represents California’s 48th Congressional District — but the lines of the district will temporarily shift in several future contests because voters passed Proposition 50 last month. During a radio interview on Wednesday’s episode of “The Mark Davis Show,” Issa indicated that he had considered the possibility of running in Texas’s 32nd Congressional District. The lawmaker noted that he was slated to meet with Trump on Wednesday. GOP LAWMAKER FLIPS SCRIPT ON NEWSOM, BASS BY DEFINING ANTI-ICE RIOTS WITH 1 WORD Issa said during the interview that he needs to go where he can be most useful. The Texas legislature and Republican Gov. Greg Abbott greenlit redistricting plans in the Lone Star State, but those plans have been sidelined because a federal court enjoined the state from using the new map in the 2026 elections. FEDERAL JUDGES BLOCK TEXAS FROM USING REDRAWN CONGRESSIONAL MAP CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Republicans currently hold the House majority and will be aiming to maintain their grip on power in 2026, a task that could prove more difficult since Trump won’t be on the ballot like he was in the 2024 elections.
Former world leader thanks Trump for pardon: ‘You changed my life’
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández thanked President Donald Trump for pardoning him, writing on social media that he was “wrongfully convicted.” “My profound gratitude goes to President @realDonaldTrump for having the courage to defend justice at a moment when a weaponized system refused to acknowledge the truth. You reviewed the facts, recognized the injustice, and acted with conviction. You changed my life, sir, and I will never forget it,” Hernández wrote on X in his first remarks since he was released by the Bureau of Prisons. “I was set up by the Biden Harris administration and the deep state through a rigged trial. There was no real evidence, only the accusations of criminals who sought revenge. Yet the truth of my innocence prevailed,” he said in part. Hernández was sentenced to 45 years in prison in June 2024 for conspiring to distribute more than 400 tons of cocaine and for related firearms offenses. FORMER HONDURAN PRESIDENT RELEASED FROM US PRISON AFTER TRUMP PARDON Former Attorney General Merrick Garland said the ex-two-term president used his power to support one of the largest and most violent drug trafficking conspiracies in the world. “Hernández received millions of dollars of drug money from some of the largest and most violent drug-trafficking organizations in Honduras, Mexico, and elsewhere, and used those bribes to fuel his rise in Honduran politics,” the Department of Justice said. DHS TERMINATES TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR AROUND 76K HONDURAN, NICARAGUAN MIGRANTS Hernández’s brother, Juan Antonio Hernández Alvarado, was also convicted in October 2019 and sentenced to life in prison. Trump said he pardoned the former Honduran leader because “a lot of people in Honduras” asked him to, adding he feels “very good about it.” “Well, he was the president, and they had some drugs being sold in their country, and because he was the president, they went after him – that was a Biden horrible witch hunt,” Trump told reporters Tuesday. Several GOP lawmakers criticized the pardon amid the White House’s targeting of alleged drug boats off the coast of Venezuela. TRUMP ANNOUNCES PARDON FOR DEMOCRATIC REP HENRY CUELLAR Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., criticized the decision to pardon Hernández, saying it made little sense to free him while the U.S. continues to pursue Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on federal narco-terrorism charges. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., also criticized the move in an interview on CNN, saying he couldn’t understand how the U.S. could “threaten a potential land war against a thug and a narco-terrorist who plays like he’s the president of Venezuela, and then go easy on someone whose investigation that led to an indictment started in the Trump administration.”