Pune: 26-year-old woman raped just 100 metres away from police station inside a bus
A 26-year-old woman was raped inside a bus at Pune’s Swargate Bus Stand, with the accused identified but not arrested yet, sparking political outrage.
Dem rep ripped after telling Musk to f— off in viral clip: ‘Classy as ever’
Texas Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett caused a social media firestorm after telling Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk to “f— off” in the latest example of her public opposition to the newly formed agency’s push to cut government waste and spending. “F— off,” Crockett told reporter Joe Gallina outside Capitol Hill on Tuesday when asked what she would tell Elon Musk if she could tell him anything. Crockett’s reaction immediately drew blowback from conservatives on social media, who took issue with the liberal firebrand’s tone. “The face of the American left, ladies and gentlemen,” conservative account Johnny MAGA posted on X. NEW DOGE BILL WOULD TARGET MORE THAN $200B IN ANNUAL IMPROPER PAYMENTS FROM SAFETY NETS, LAWMAKER SAYS “Classy,” conservative commentator Benny Johnson posted on X. “Jasmine Crocket = trash,” comedian Tim Young posted on X. MEET THE FAR-LEFT GROUPS FUNDING ANTI-DOGE PROTESTS AT GOP OFFICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY “Please make Jasmine Crockett the spokesperson of the Democrat Party,” former GOP congressional candidate Kathleen Anderson posted on X. “Classy as ever…,” Washington Examiner White House correspondent Paul Bedard posted on X. Crockett’s office did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. Many Democrats in Congress have been highly critical of Musk and DOGE, arguing that the billions in cuts the agency has announced are slashing important government resources and being done too quickly. “DOGE is pretty cruel. Let’s be blunt about that,” Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, said during a press conference last week with other Democratic governors. “These are people in our states that have worked long careers, very dedicated servants, and they’re getting kicked out of their lives.” A recent poll, amplified by Musk on social media, suggests that a majority of the American people support DOGE’s mission. The Harvard CAPS-Harris poll revealed a majority of Americans support reducing wasteful government spending. Most voters agree there should be a government agency dedicated to efficiency and that DOGE is helping to make major spending cuts, the nonprobability-based poll found.
Dem governor fundraises off dust-up with Trump over trans sports in Maine: ‘I told him we’d see him in court’
Gov. Janet Mills of Maine is attempting to capitalize on her moment in the national spotlight after she got into a public dust-up with President Donald Trump last week over her state’s defiance of his executive order demanding biological males who identify as transgender stay out of women’s sports. The pair got into a verbal skirmish on Friday at the White House after Trump said the night prior that Maine would not receive any federal funding until it started taking action to prevent transgender women from competing on women’s sports teams. “We’re going to follow the law, sir. We’ll see you in court,” Mills said after Trump asked if she would comply with his order. “Enjoy your life after governor, because I don’t think you’ll be an elected official afterward,” Trump shot back. A Maine state representative confirmed to Fox News Digital that following the verbal skirmish on Friday, Mills began sending out mass fundraising texts to Maine residents that cited her altercation with Trump, which played out on national TV. MAINE STATE REP TALKS ‘EXTREME’ TRANSGENDER ATHLETE POLICY “On Friday at a bipartisan meeting of governors, Donald Trump threatened to deny Maine school children federal funding unless we fall in line with his personal demands,” Mills’ text campaign said. “He even stated that he was ‘the law,’ never mind Congress or the states. I told him we’d see him in court.” Mills went on to say that while Trump campaigned on lowering prices for everyday Americans, he is now using his new power to “punish his enemies.” “I want to make one thing clear: Maine will not be intimidated by the president’s threats,” the campaign said. “The work to push back against Trump and his agenda begins at the state level. Can you donate $10 to the Maine Democratic Party to make sure they have the resources to fight for our state?” The same week Trump threatened to withhold funding from Maine for not complying with his executive order on women’s sports, a transgender woman who competed as a man until June last year won first place in the women’s pole vault at Maine’s Class B state indoor championship. MAINE FEMALE ATHLETE ‘GRATEFUL’ FOR TRUMP’S FOCUS ON TRANS COMPETITORS AFTER LOCAL LEADERS ‘FAILED’ GIRLS Maine’s primary governing body for high school athletics, the Maine Principal’s Association, confirmed that it did not intend to follow Trump’s executive order after it came out. Rather, the association said they would defer to state law that makes it illegal to determine someone’s athletic eligibility on the basis of their gender identity. Sarah Perry, a civil rights attorney who has extensive experience litigating Title IX issues, said that in addition to Trump’s executive order, Maine is also flouting directives from the Department of Education and previously established precedent from a slew of cases that challenged former President Joe Biden’s Title IX regulations allowing athletic eligibility to be determined by one’s preferred gender identity. “Within six weeks [after Biden’s Title IX ruling] we had 11 federal lawsuits brought by 26 states, in addition to a handful of others – the Biden administration has lost every time,” Perry pointed out. Perry added that besides the obvious risk of losing funding, these states also open themselves up to federal Title IX investigations, something she said could potentially force them to comply with Trump’s demands. Fox News Digital attempted to reach out to the governor’s office for comment but did not hear back.
Blue state’s abortion-pill shield law harms women by depriving follow-up care, pro-life docs say
FIRST ON FOX: A pro-life medical group is urging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to reverse course on a recently passed state law that shields the identities of healthcare providers who prescribe and mail the abortion pill mifepristone. In a letter to Hochul on Wednesday, the American Association of Pro-Life OBGYNs (AAPLOG) said the law “recklessly endangers” patients who cannot follow up with their provider in the case of complications. “Concealing doctors’ identity recklessly endangers the patients we’re meant to serve,” the group wrote. “It compounds the risks of telehealth prescription of mifepristone without in-person consultations, and the barriers it creates to identifying prescribing physicians could mean the difference between life and death for patients.” NEW YORK GOV. HOCHUL SIGNS LAW PROTECTING ABORTION PILL PRESCRIBERS AFTER DOCTOR INDICTED IN LOUISIANA Contact with the prescribing physician is an essential component of any follow-up care, the OBGYNs wrote, “which is so common and necessary with mifepristone that it was required as part of the original FDA approval.” “Many irresponsibly understate the risks of drug-induced abortions, but the dangers for women who take it are all too real,” the group wrote. The group appealed for reconsidering the law, stating, “This new law makes doctors less accessible to the patients they’re serving” and “erects hurdles for patients with follow-up questions.” They also warned it could introduce “time-consuming and potentially fatal roadblocks” to consultations in cases of complications. Mifepristone, the most commonly used medication for medical abortions for up to 10 weeks gestation, is the first combination of an oral abortion. A second medication, misoprostol, is usually taken 24 to 48 hours later to expel the fetus. A dozen states have passed laws in the last year to restrict access to abortion pills. NEW YORK GOV. HOCHUL FUELS HATE CRIME SPECULATION IN TRANSGENDER SLAYING; STATE POLICE FIND ‘NO INDICATION’ “Women taking the drug may require transfusion, develop sepsis, or need surgery to complete their abortion,” the OBGYNs wrote. “The rate of complication for drug-induced abortion is four times higher than for surgical abortions. In fact, 2.9-4.6 percent of patients taking the drug will need to be seen in the emergency room, as happened in the case of the Louisiana patient reported days before New York enacted its legislation.” AAPLOG Action Executive Director Rebecca Weaver told Fox News Digital the law is “essentially allowing pro- abortion states to override the pro-life states … and allowing the mailing of the abortion drugs.” “It’s kind of overriding and undercutting what Dobbs was prescribing to move forward after the overturning of Roe,” Weaver said. REPUBLICANS RIP HOCHUL’S INFLATION REFUNDS: BRIBE TO MAKE NYERS LIKE HER Hochul signed the legislation into law in early February following the indictment of New York physician Margaret Carpenter, her company and an associate by a grand jury in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. They were accused of using telemedicine to prescribe abortion pills to a minor who suffered complications. The New York law, effective immediately, allows providers’ names to be omitted from abortion pill packaging and bottles and instead replaced with the name of their healthcare practice. Louisiana authorities discovered the doctor’s identity after it was found on the abortion pill label. “After today, that will no longer happen,” Hochul said at the bill signing. Fox News Digital has reached out to Hochul’s office for comment.
FBI investigating claims of Comey-era ‘honeypot’ operation against Trump 2016 campaign: report
The FBI is reportedly beginning an investigation into allegations that the agency, when headed by then-Director James Comey, launched a “honeypot” operation to infiltrate the 2016 Trump campaign with two female agents. The Washington Times reported that the agency is looking into an alleged 2015 operation, which was revealed by a whistleblower in a disclosure to the House Judiciary Committee last year and was said to involve two agents acting as “honeypots” while traveling with the Trump team. “Honeypots” typically refer to undercover agents who act romantically interested in a target in order to draw out information. In the disclosure, a copy of which was obtained by Fox News Digital, the whistleblower is said to be an FBI employee and was involved in an “off-the-books” investigation targeting then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. The whistleblower reportedly claimed that they knew Comey had ordered a probe into Trump and had “personally directed it” shortly after Trump announced he was running for president. FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL VOWS TO RESTORE TRUST IN BUREAU, HUNT DOWN BAD ACTORS ‘IN EVERY CORNER OF THIS PLANET’ The whistleblower claimed two agents were inserted into the high levels of the campaign and were directed to act as “honeypots” and travel with Trump and his campaign staff. However, the investigation was allegedly closed because a media outlet obtained a photograph of one of the agents and was about to publish it. The whistleblower said they observed one or more employees being directed to never discuss the operation with anyone, including those involved in the operation. The Washington Times reported that the bureau, now headed by FBI Director Kash Patel, is looking for those employees. “The FBI has no comment,” the agency told Fox News Digital when reached for comment on Wednesday. HERE’S WHAT KASH PATEL’S FORMER COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING ABOUT HIM Patel was sworn in as FBI director last week and promised to rebuild trust in the FBI and end what he saw as the politicization of the agency. “The politicization of our justice system has eroded public trust — but that ends today,” he told Fox News Digital. “Let good cops be cops,” he said. “And rebuild trust in the FBI.” “Working alongside the dedicated men and women of the bureau and our partners, we will rebuild an FBI the American people can be proud of,” he said. FBI IGNORED ‘CLEAR WARNING SIGN’ OF CLINTON-LED EFFORT TO ‘MANIPULATE’ BUREAU FOR ‘POLITICAL PURPOSES’ Patel previously served as the chief investigator for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Throughout his investigation, he led the effort to uncover FISA abuse and exposed the FBI and the DOJ’s unlawful actions before federal court to illegally surveil Americans, including members of the 2016 Trump campaign. The alleged honeypot investigation is said to be separate from a 2016 FBI investigation, known as “Crossfire Hurricane,” which investigated whether the Trump campaign was colluding with Russia to influence the outcome of the election. Trump fired Comey in May 2017. Days later, Robert Mueller was appointed as special counsel to take over the “Crossfire Hurricane” probe and investigate whether the Trump campaign had colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election cycle. That investigation yielded no evidence of criminal conspiracy or coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia to influence the 2016 election.
Eric Adams lawyers seek to dismiss charges with prejudice
Attorneys for New York City Mayor Eric Adams asked a U.S. judge to dismiss with prejudice all charges against their client on Wednesday, seeking to expedite the dismissal nearly two weeks after prosecutors moved to drop the corruption case. In the filing, Adams’ legal team asked the presiding judge in the case, U.S. District Judge Dale Ho, to grant the Justice Department‘s request to dismiss charges against Adams swiftly and with prejudice, arguing that an “extraordinary flurry” of leaks by prosecutors had violated Adams’ right to a fair trial. In particular, Adams’ lawyers pointed to the leaking of a Feb. 12 resignation letter by former acting U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon, which they said “destroyed whatever presumption of innocence Mayor Adams had left.” TRUMP STRIPS SECURITY CLEARANCES FROM LAW FIRM TIED TO JACK SMITH CASES “In addition to violating Mayor Adams’s fundamental constitutional rights and ability to receive a fair trial, the government’s leaks violated numerous statutory and court rules, including the Justice Department’s own longstanding policies aimed at curbing prosecutorial misconduct,” they argued in the filing. The charges against Adams will remain intact until Judge Ho agrees to dismiss them. Adams was indicted last fall on five federal corruption and bribery charges tied to the alleged solicitation of illegal campaign contributions and the alleged receiving of luxury travel perks on behalf of Turkish foreign nationals, according to Justice Department documents. Adams pleaded not guilty to all charges and has strenuously denied any wrongdoing. DEMOCRAT REP RITCHIE TORRES ENDORSES CUOMO FOR NEW YORK CITY MAYOR OVER ERIC ADAMS: REPORT U.S. Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove asked federal prosecutors earlier this month to drop all corruption charges against the mayor— an unusual move, and one that requires the formal sign-off of the presiding judge in the case. In the motion to dismiss, Bove said the legal proceedings against Adams were detracting from other Justice Department priorities, such as illegal immigration and violent crime. However, Judge Ho declined to immediately grant the motion to dismiss at a court hearing last week, telling Bove and Adams’ legal team that he needed more time to further consider the facts. Ho also appointed former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement to argue against the motion to dismiss and to look into the Justice Department’s motives for dismissing the charges. He has instructed legal briefs to be filed on March 7 and, if necessary, said there would be a hearing on March 14. “This is a very complicated situation, at least from where I sit,” Ho said after the roughly 90-minute hearing last week, adding, “I’m not going to shoot from the hip right here on the bench.” Not dropping the charges against Adams is highly unusual, and no U.S. appellate court has ever sided with a federal judge who declined to grant an unopposed motion to dismiss. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on its view of the new filing and if it agreed with the assertion that the case against Adams should be dismissed with prejudice.
House DOGE hearing erupts over Democrat deeming Trump ‘grifter in chief,’ referring to ‘President Musk’
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Tuesday was slated to discuss billions of dollars in government waste identified by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), but first devolved into chaos when one Democrat repeatedly referred to the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as “President Musk” and to President Donald Trump as the “grifter in chief.” Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., kicked off the hearing by accusing Democrats of declining to participate with Republicans in their oversight plan. “Instead of working together that the Democrats informed us that they have amendments to the plan but are refusing to discuss them with me in advance. They kept any changes. They wanted a secret,” Comer said in opening remarks. “Democrats have rejected every opportunity offered to contribute to the oversight plan. So how am I supposed to incorporate secret opinions that they refuse to share? You may be asking yourself, ‘Why would the Democrats do that?’ Democrats say they want to participate in oversight, but if that were true, why would they decline multiple opportunities to actually engage in the plan for that oversight? Because they don’t want to participate. They want to stonewall and engage in theater.” Comer further charged that Democrats “would rather hear themselves talk about President Trump and the evil Elon Musk than work together on actual oversight that the American people are demanding,” adding that polling this week suggests “the American people overwhelmingly support the work President Trump and DOGE are doing.” FEDERAL WATCHDOG RELEASES FIRST DOGE-ERA REPORT DETAILING AREAS OF GOVERNMENT PRONE TO FRAUD, WASTE AND ABUSE Ranking Member Gerry Connolly, D-Va., shot back, criticizing the Republicans’ oversight plan over what he deemed leniency toward the Trump administration. “The sins of omission in this plan are damning,” Connolly contended. “My amendment would restore the committee’s proper role as a watchdog, not a lapdog.” Tensions across the aisle escalated when Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., addressed the committee. “People like the grifter in chief Trump and President Musk are openly using their public offices to enrich themselves to the tune of billions of dollars,” Frost charged. “So if we want to look at waste, fraud and abuse, which I’m down to do, why is there a complete silence on the other side of the aisle about looking at the complete grifter that is the President of the United States and the richest man on the earth…. Why don’t we investigate the real corruption?” An objection was raised by Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., and Comer called a point of order. Frost contended he could refer to Elon Musk as the president and Connolly asserted that the First Amendment had not been suspended. Comer asked Frost if he would like to “revise” his remarks regarding the president, who is protected by House and committee rules of decorum, but Frost did not back down. “I’ll say President Musk and grifter in chief Trump,” Frost began, before another point of order was called. Committee members began to shout over one another, until Comer again gave Frost a chance to revise his statements. WHITE HOUSE PUSHES BACK ON REPORT CLAIMING SOME CANCELED DOGE CONTRACTS WON’T SAVE TAXPAYERS MONEY “President Musk and the President of the United States, Donald Trump, who is engaged in grifting of the American people, often use their public offices to enrich themselves,” Frost said, until Comer stopped him. Addressing the motion against Frost for “disparaging the president,” Comer told Frost, “If you’re willing to request unanimous consent to withdraw the disparaging comments about President Trump, I guess you can disparage Elon Musk if you want.” “I will withdraw grifter in chief,” Frost said. “I will say the president’s grifting because you spent the last two years saying President Biden was corrupt.” “I can say that Trump is grifting. What I will withdraw is calling him grifter in chief,” Frost added. Comer said Frost was barred from further participating in the hearing, but Connolly challenged the chair’s ruling and called for a vote. It was voted that Frost’s words should be taken down, and he was not permitted to speak for the rest of the hearing, but he interjected, “It’s despicable that this committee is going to silence me.” “Mr. Ranking Member, I’m going to have the sergeant remove him if he doesn’t refrain,” Comer said. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., and other Democrats further shouted in defense of “free speech,” before Comer again attempted to get the hearing back on course. “We have a hearing on waste, fraud and abuse that hasn’t even begun,” Comer said. “The organizational thing just normally lasts five or 10 minutes. We’ve been in here 35 minutes arguing over the same things…. We’ve got to get to business. If we want to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse, we’ve got witnesses waiting. We have tried to do this. The debate has gone on well beyond what was expected.” After about 40 minutes of back and forth, the hearing went into recess. When it returned, the committee heard from GAO Comptroller General Gene Dodaro regarding the watchdog’s recommendations for DOGE. Frost continued the feud online, writing in an X post, “James Comer can hide behind the Sergeant in Arms and try to have me removed, arrested, and silenced… But that’s not going to stop me from calling out Donald Trump’s grift and his bullsh–” “These snowflakes are really pissed off about me saying President Musk and calling Trump the Grifter-in-Chief. I guess the truth can be tough for some people,” he added from his campaign account.
Rwanda slams UK sanctions over DR Congo violence
Kigali condemns London’s sanctions over the M23 advance in DR Congo as ‘punitive measures’. Rwanda has said international sanctions will reduce the likelihood of peace with M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after the United Kingdom said it would pause some bilateral aid and impose other diplomatic sanctions on Kigali. “The punitive measures announced today by the UK government in response to the conflict in eastern DRC – where the UK has now clearly chosen a side – are regrettable,” Rwanda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Tuesday. “The measures do nothing to help the Democratic Republic of Congo, nor do they contribute to achieving a sustainable political solution to the conflict in eastern DRC.” The UK said the measures on Kigali would remain in force until there was significant progress in ending hostilities and a withdrawal of all Rwandan soldiers from Congolese territory, estimated by the United Nations to number several thousand. Rwanda denies providing arms and troops to M23 and says its forces are acting in self-defence against the Congolese army and groups hostile to Kigali. Advertisement M23 has seized large swaths of the mineral-rich eastern DRC, including the main cities of Goma and Bukavu, in a conflict that has displaced about half a million people since January. The diplomatic sanctions undertaken by the UK include ending high-level attendance at events hosted by the government of Rwanda and limiting trade promotion activity. In a statement, it said it would also coordinate with partners on potential new sanctions, suspend future defence training assistance and review export licences for the Rwandan Defence Force. Direct bilateral financial aid would be put on hold, excluding support to the poorest and most vulnerable. “Rwanda may have security concerns but it is unacceptable to resolve these militarily. There can only be a political solution to this conflict,” a UK government spokesperson said. “We encourage DRC to engage with M23 as part of an inclusive dialogue. We will continue to keep our policy under review.” UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy met last week with Rwandan President Paul Kagame in Kigali and DRC President Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa. A UK government spokesperson said Lammy had “been clear that there would be a strong response from the international community in response to the escalating conflict”. Similarly, the US Department of the Treasury last week imposed sanctions on a Rwandan government minister and a senior member of an armed group for their alleged role in the conflict. It said Rwanda’s Minister of State for Regional Integration James Kabarebe was being targeted because he is “central to Rwanda’s support” for the M23 armed group. Advertisement The US sanctions also targeted Lawrence Kanyuka Kingston, a senior member and spokesperson for the Congo River Alliance – which includes the M23 – and two companies he controls in the UK and France. Adblock test (Why?)
Were noncitizens on ‘terror’ list ‘let loose’ in the US? It’s complicated
A United States House Judiciary Committee report says 99 noncitizens on the “terrorist watchlist” were released in the country. Is this true? Claudia Tenney, a member of the US House of Representatives, recently claimed that people on the watchlist were “let loose” in the US. The claim came as part of her argument against New York state’s law that grants driver’s licences to New Yorkers regardless of their immigration status. “New York is one of the worst,” the Republican representative said on Fox News. “We had almost 99 people I think, or 100 people, on the terror watchlist just let loose. That’s the ones we know of.” Tenney, whose congressional district includes more than a dozen counties along the shores of Lake Ontario, which shares borders with Canada, also claimed that people who appear on the list can get licences. We will focus on her claim that 99 or 100 immigrants who appear on the “terror watchlist” were “let loose”. What does US CBP data show? US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers encounter citizens and noncitizens at the border who have “terrorism-related” records, including those from the government’s Terrorist Screening Dataset. This list contains names of people who are known or suspected to have ties to “terrorism”, though critics say the list is overly broad, containing two million names. It contains not just suspicious people, but also people connected to them. Advertisement Noncitizens who try to cross the border at land ports of entry and match a “terrorism” record “are most commonly found inadmissible to our country and immediately repatriated or removed”, according to CBP. They could also be turned over to another government agency for enforcement action. If CBP officers encounter them after they have entered the country without being screened, “these noncitizens are most commonly detained and removed or turned over to another government agency for subsequent detention and law enforcement action, as appropriate”. Data from fiscal year 2024, which ended on September 30, shows that there were 410 encounters with all people who matched in ‘terrorism’ records, which could include US citizens, at ports of entry. “Encounters” could represent multiple attempts by the same person to cross the border. This represents a small fraction of the 2.9 million total enforcement encounters at the border that year. Since 2022, most of these encounters occurred at the US-Canada border. In 2024, 358 of these encounters occurred at the northern border and 52 at the southwest border. The agency also tracks encounters between ports of entry of noncitizens who match a “terrorism” record. There are far fewer of these, just 106 in the year that ended September 30, with 103 of those at the southwest border, and 13 from October 1 to January, all at the southwest border. We contacted Tenney’s office to get evidence for her claim, but received no response. What’s the basis for Tenney’s claims? It is likely that Tenney’s source is a report released in August from the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio. The report cited “information provided” by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). However, it did not supply any other corroboration or details. It states at least 99 noncitizens who were matches on the “terrorist watchlist” were released into the US from 2021 to 2023. Advertisement An additional 34 immigrants from the list were in DHS custody. The report uses language to suggest that immigration authorities knew at the time of release that the noncitizens were on the list. The report states the 99 came from a pool of 250 noncitizens who tried to cross at the southern border and who were identified as being on the list. CBP statistics show 250 encounters with people on the watchlist during the years 2021 through 2023 at the southern border. There could be multiple encounters with the same person in those statistics. The report notes other instances in which people on the list crossed undetected and were subsequently arrested, including the case of eight Tajik nationals with potential ties to the ISIL (ISIS) group who entered the country and were arrested in June. Their possible “terror” ties were not known when they crossed the border, according to NBC News. A similar case involved an Uzbek man who stayed for two years without detection. Other examples involve migrants whose place on the watchlist was initially unverified. The report also claims that immigration judges granted bonds to 27 migrants who appeared on a “terrorist watchlist” but came over the border between ports of entry from 2021 to 2023. However, the judges might not have known about the migrants’ status on the list, the report states. Four others on the list were granted asylum. A Venezuelan citizen who was known by authorities to appear on the watchlist was released into the US over concerns about COVID-19 in detention facilities, according to government documents a reporter obtained. Advertisement CBP referred our questions about the report’s veracity to DHS, which did not respond to our inquiries. So what’s the truth behind the claims that people on the ‘terror watchlist’ were released in the US? Migrants with possible “terror” ties have been in the news recently. There have also been at least two other reported cases where migrants should have been detained because they were on the “terrorist watchlist” but were not. NBC News reported in April about an Afghan migrant who was on the watchlist and released. He was arrested a year later in Texas, hours after the NBC report. The man was not held initially because border agents did not have enough information to corroborate his place on the list, the network reported. The Daily Caller reported in 2024 about the release of a migrant whose name did not match a name on the watchlist. He was arrested nearly a year later, two days after authorities confirmed his ties to a Somali “terrorist” group. A counterterrorism expert told PolitiFact that there is no credible reporting that any kind of state, local, or
Echoes of Water: Morocco | Africa’s New Directions
Morocco tackles pressing water scarcity through a blend of ancient and modern solutions. Morocco has always had water supply challenges, and they are becoming more urgent. It has set out to integrate ancient and modern water management techniques to combat water scarcity and ensure sustainability, but there are technical, financial and logistical limitations. Villagers with innovative solutions contrast with the government’s large-scale interventions. Can Morocco reduce its water dependency and become self-sufficient in the face of environmental challenges? Adblock test (Why?)