An illegal immigrant has been jailed in Virginia after allegedly scuffling with a police officer and trying to take the officer’s gun.

Suspect Nehemia Noel Fuentes-Banegas is a criminal illegal alien from Honduras, according to a Department of Homeland Security news release.

The release said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has filed a detainer with Fairfax County hoping to prevent Fuentes-Banegas from being released.

Upon taking office, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger dissolved all agreements between local police agencies and ICE.

New: DHS told me the man who tried to violently disarm a Fairfax County police officer this week is an illegal immigrant.

The suspect is Nehemia Noel Fuentes-Banegas. DHS told WJLA he’s from Honduras and that he entered the United States illegally through Texas in 2022. DHS… pic.twitter.com/97hYScADo9

— Nick Minock (@NickMinock) July 30, 2026

“This criminal illegal alien from Honduras attacked a law enforcement officer and attempted to take the officer’s gun,” Assistant DHS Secretary Lauren Bis said.

“He has now been charged with attempted disarming of a law enforcement officer. ICE is calling on Governor Abigail Spanberger and her fellow sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this dangerous criminal from jail. Governor Spanberger’s sanctuary policies have made the Commonwealth a magnet for illegal alien crime,” she added.

Fuentes-Banegas illegally entered the United States in 2022. After crossing into Texas, the Biden administration released him into the country, the DHS release said.

Biden Illegal Shot While Trying to Disarm Cop in Virginia Sanctuary County

Federal authorities have confirmed that a suspect defensively shot by an officer during an attack in Virginia is an illegal alien unleashed by the Biden regime.

The harrowing incident unfolded at around… pic.twitter.com/0lXM2dhx87

— Border Hawk (@BorderHawkNews) July 30, 2026

According to Fairfax County Police, officers were called to a residence in Annandale, Virginia, after receiving a report of a domestic incident that involved a knife.

Police said arriving officers were told that Fuentes-Banegas, 26, of Annandale, had two knives and had stabbed himself before leaving the residence.

As officers searched a wooded area, Fuentes-Banegas emerged from an overgrown area of heavy brush, the release said.

An officer was grabbed by the arm by the suspect, who allegedly tried to disarm him.

During the scuffle, the officer fired his weapon, wounding the suspect. A second officer fired his taser at Fuentes-Banegas.

Police said the officer who fired a gun is a 12-year veteran of the department who serves in the K9 unit.

Fuentes-Banegas was taken to a local hospital for treatment before he was jailed.

Fuentes Banegas likes to drive unsafe. Here’s six No Drivers Licenses and a Reckless driving. Last one was July 3rd pic.twitter.com/19Lpq5W5l8

— Virginians for Safe Communities (VSC) (@VA4SafeComm) July 30, 2026

Fuentes-Banegas was being held at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center on a charge of Attempted Disarming of a Law Enforcement Officer. He is being held without bond.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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A politician who’s built his career on lies is suddenly worried about truth in advertising?

California Sen. Adam Schiff, a man with a documented record of deception, has introduced two bills aimed at regulating political speech in election campaigns — including one that would add prohibitions on content generated by artificial intelligence to a law that already prohibits campaigns from impersonating their opponents.

Maybe Schiff has forgotten his own past when it comes to impersonations — and the lies behind his attacks on President Donald Trump.

In a career of lowlights that would make a masochist blush, Schiff achieved one of his most notorious moments during the 2019 hearings that led up to Trump’s first impeachment, when the then-California congressman fabricated quotes from a phone call between Trump and Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelenskyy.

Schiff then defended playing fast and loose with the truth by claiming he was engaging in “parody.”

Well, reasonable people can disagree about whether Schiff was engaging in political “parody” or sinking to the belly-crawling tactics of a lying coward to further the cause of assassinating Trump’s character.  (The vote here is “belly crawling,” just for the record. Schiff’s record is so crooked even his mortgage reeks of fraud.)

But there’s no question that Schiff’s motivation for filing the bill comes from the campaigns that led up to California’s primary elections in June.

As the San Francisco Chronicle noted in its coverage of Schiff’s bills, Spencer Pratt, the insurgent candidate challenging Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, made effective use of “brazen AI videos to disparage his opponent in his bid to become mayor of Los Angeles.”

“Pratt, a former reality TV star, relied on AI videos made by his supporters in his run for office,” the Chronicle reported. “One depicted Mayor Karen Bass as the Joker and Pratt as Batman, fighting crime. Another used AI-generated women discussing why they would vote for Pratt after a Pilates class.”

Schiff’s other bill, a campaign regulation bill, would force campaigns to disclose payments made to social media influencers for positive portrayals. Current federal law requires influencers to disclose the payments, but does not require the campaigns to make any public declaration themselves.

According to the Chronicle, that was driven by billionaire Tom Steyer’s use of social media influencers in his unsuccessful campaign for California governor.

The irony of the loathsome Schiff manufacturing a stand for honesty in politics would be laughable if it wasn’t so infuriating.

Schiff is the politician whose duplicity became a byword on Capitol Hill during the first Trump presidency.

He’s the man who swore to Americans that proof of the Democratic hysteria of “Russian collusion” was in “plain sight” — before years of investigation and tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer money were wasted on finding out that there was no there there.

He’s a man, in short, who has played the dirtiest kinds of political games in the dirtiest ways there are to play it in his time in Congress.

It’s the kind of behavior that got him kicked off the House Intelligence Committee he once chaired. (Fellow Democratic reprobate Eric Swalwell got the boot from the committee, too.) But it’s exactly the kind of behavior that convinced California Democrats to promote him to the Senate.

But give former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi credit as a talent spotter — she knew an amoral, conniving low-life like Schiff was exactly the kind of person she needed on the committee that “investigated” the Capitol incursion of Jan. 6, 2021, and wove a tapestry of half-truths and lies about that date thick enough to cover up her own considerable role in the events.

(She also hand-picked former Republican Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for the same committee. The devil looks after his own, as the saying goes.)

And this selfsame Adam Schiff is suddenly aflame with the ardor of honesty — consumed with agony at the prospect that American voters could be subjected to artificial intelligence ads doing exactly what Adam Schiff himself did in the flesh before the House of Representatives — lying about a political opponent by putting words into his mouth that he never once said.

Whatever it is that Schiff is really afraid of when it comes to AI in ads, it’s a rock-solid bet that it isn’t because he’s afraid they’re going to be dishonest.

Few men in American politics have ever been bigger strangers to the truth.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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A federal judge on Friday once again blocked the Trump Administration from terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalis.

The termination was supposed to take effect on March 17, however, a federal judge previously halted the termination.

On Friday, US District Judge Allison Burroughs, an Obama appointee, issued a new administrative stay after the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint and an emergency motion.

There are more than 100,000 Somalis living in the US. An estimated 5,000 Somalis are eligible for Temporary Protected Status.

The Justice Department responded to the judge’s order.

“Judge Allison Burroughs just entered yet another order preventing the termination of Somalia TPS. There is no serious debate about what is going on in these cases—defiance, obstruction, and delay,” Homeland Security general counsel James Percival said.

Judge Allison Burroughs just entered yet another order preventing the termination of Somalia TPS. There is no serious debate about what is going on in these cases—defiance, obstruction, and delay.

— James Percival (@DHSGenCounsel) July 31, 2026

Last month, the US Supreme Court ruled that the Trump Administration is allowed to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians.

The high court, in a 6-3 vote, ruled that the Temporary Protected Status is… temporary!

Last week, US District Judge Brian Murphy, a Biden appointee indefinitely extended a block on the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of Ethiopians.

In 2022, the Biden Regime allowed more than 5,000 Ethiopians to enter the US and live here with special protections.

Their TPS status was extended again in April 2024 and expired on February 13, 2026.

DHS General Counsel James Percival blasted Judge Murphy last week and called his decision a mutiny against the Supreme Court.

“Judge Brian Murphy just entered an order preventing us from terminating TPS for Ethiopia. These district judges are engaged in mutiny against the Supreme Court. It must stop!” James Percival said.

Judge Brian Murphy just entered an order preventing us from terminating TPS for Ethiopia. These district judges are engaged in mutiny against the Supreme Court. It must stop!

— James Percival (@DHSGenCounsel) July 24, 2026

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Indiana’s RINO Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray announced Friday that he will not seek another term as the chamber’s leader.

Bray, who has represented Martinsville in the Indiana Senate since 2012 and served as Senate leader since 2018, said he will step aside when Republicans elect a new leader in November.

He will remain in the Senate through the end of his current term in 2028.

His decision comes months after Bray joined 20 other Republican senators and 10 Democrats in voting down a Trump-backed mid-decade congressional redistricting proposal.

The plan would have redrawn Indiana’s congressional map ahead of the 2026 elections and was expected to give Republicans an advantage in all nine congressional districts.

The vote understandably sparked a fierce backlash from conservatives and President Trump.

More than $13 million was spent during the 2026 Republican primaries backing challengers to senators who voted against the redistricting proposal.

According to a statement from Bray’s office, the prospect of additional primary challenges against senators who supported his continued leadership played a major role in his decision to step aside.

“He has determined he will not put members in jeopardy from their own party simply because he is asking members to support his reelection as Pro Tem,” the statement said.

Bray said he would continue serving as Senate leader until a successor is chosen and will remain a member of the chamber.

In his statement, Bray pointed to his supposed accomplishments during his eight years as a leader.

“Serving as the President Pro Tem of the Senate for eight years has been among the most significant honors of my life, but it’s time for the Senate to choose another leader,” Bray said.

“Our caucus has led the way in numerous policy areas, passing laws that resulted in more than 20 tax cuts, initiatives to lower the cost of health care, laws that resulted in a sharp increase in literacy rates in our schools, and measures that ushered in record capital investment through 2024.”

Trump, meanwhile, celebrated his impending departure in a post on Truth Social.

“I am pleased to announce that the man who so foolishly led the Indiana State Senate, with almost every Candidate losing their Race, many of them in Office for years, will not be seeking Re-Election as Senate President because he wouldn’t have had a chance to be elected — Better yet would be if he would resign from Office, completely, but he will be met by us at the Indiana Polls.

“Rodric Bray should be ashamed of himself for costing our Country, mainly the Republican Party, two U.S. House Seats, and for costing all of his colleagues who went along with him, an Election loss! Isn’t it amazing how Politics works?”

BREAKING: Indiana Senate President RINO Rodric Bray — who led the charge against the state’s 2026 redistricting — SURRENDERS, will NOT seek reelection

FAFO, GOOD RIDDANCE!

TRUMP: “I am pleased to announce that the man who so foolishly led the Indiana State Senate, with… pic.twitter.com/BDCZxRzp9R

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 31, 2026

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Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger announced on Friday that her administration has restored voting rights for more than 66,000 felons since taking office in January. 

The Democrats gained 66,085 new voters with this move.

Their rights to serve on a jury, run for public office, and become a notary public were also restored under Spanberger’s direction.

“By giving these Virginians back their ability to make an impact at the local, state, and national levels, we are empowering our neighbors to take hold of their second chance,” Spanberger said in a statement.

Virginia is one of three states that strips convicted felons of their right to vote.

Spanberger’s predecessor, Republican Glenn Youngkin, previously rolled back a policy of automatically restoring felons’ rights and chose to evaluate applications on a case-by-case basis.

According to the Blaze, Youngkin had restored the right to vote for about 10,000 felons.

“The right to vote is foundational to who we are as Americans. As a Member of Congress, as a candidate for Governor, and in the months since I took office, I have heard from many Virginians who have shared their personal stories of redemption with me — and heartfelt reflections of the moment their voting rights were restored by previous Governors,” Spanberger said.

“I’m proud that — after contending with my predecessor’s efforts to deny Virginians their fundamental rights — we have restored the rights of more than 66,000 Virginians who have served their time. These Virginians deserve the right to use their vote, make their voices heard, and be recognized as contributing citizens to our Commonwealth and country.”

She further urged voters to vote yes on a constitutional amendment that would automatically restore voting rights to convicted felons upon completing their sentences. She called the practice of stripping voting rights from felons “a shameful relic of our Jim Crow past.”

The governor wrote, “This fall, voters can cast their ballots for Virginia to no longer strip so many of our neighbors of their fundamental rights — a shameful relic of our Jim Crow past. I hope Virginians will join me in voting yes.”

Not only is Spanberger trying to get as many convicted-felon voters as possible, but her state is now pausing the removal of noncitizen voters from the voting rolls 90 days before the election in accordance with a court settlement between Virginia and the Campaign Legal Center.

According to Judicial Watch, “Virginia cancelled 6,531 declared non-citizen voter registrations. But Virginia entered into a settlement with leftist groups to pause the program to remove declared noncitizens from voting rolls for the 90-day period before federal elections.”

According to Judicial Watch, The more than 6,500 noncitizen voters were removed between 2024 and June 2026.

NEW: @JudicialWatch just found that Virginia cancelled 6,531 declared non-citizen voter registrations. But Virginia entered into a settlement with leftist groups to pause the program to remove declared noncitizens from voting rolls for the 90-day period before federal elections! pic.twitter.com/xeXb8QrG88

— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) July 31, 2026

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