Chilling audio reveals alleged MS-13 member’s wife begging judge for protection order

Deported alleged MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia is facing more allegations of abuse after an audio recording reportedly of his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, begging a judge for a temporary order of protection.

In a recording of an August 2020 court hearing obtained by USA Today, Sura describes the abuse she allegedly suffered at the hands of Abrego Garcia. Sura recalled multiple instances of alleged abuse, claiming that Abrego Garcia pushed her, grabbed her by the hair and slapped her.

“On Wednesday, he hit me, like around like, three in the morning, he would just wake up and like, hit me,” Sura told the court.

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At one point, Sura said she was trying to escape Abrego Garcia when she saw a neighbor walking their dog and screamed “help.” Sura said Abrego Garcia then “grabbed me from my hair, and then he slapped me.” 

The neighbor was allegedly stunned and “didn’t know what to do.”

Additionally, Sura alleges in the recording that she tried to get an order in December, presumably in 2019, but that Abrego Garcia’s family convinced her not to go through with it because his father was sick.

The filing, which was obtained by Fox News Digital, shows that Sura said she was “afraid of being too close to him. I have multiple photos/videos of how violent he can be and all the bruises he [has] left me.” The allegations were written in Sura’s handwriting.

Abrego Garcia was made a central figure in the debate surrounding the handling of illegal immigration and was repeatedly described as a “Maryland man.” However, the Salvadoran national was living in the U.S. illegally and is suspected of being a member of the notoriously violent gang MS-13. 

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In addition to the allegations of abuse and gang membership, Abrego Garcia is also suspected of participating in human trafficking. Bodycam footage shows Abrego Garcia interacting with the Tennessee Highway Patrol during a traffic stop that led to the trafficking allegations. According to a 2022 Homeland Security Investigations report, the trooper saw eight individuals in the vehicle, and Abrego Garcia said he had been driving for three days from Texas to Maryland via Missouri to bring them to work in construction.

Last month, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., traveled to El Salvador to meet with Abrego Garcia, a move that was criticized by both Republicans and Democrats, particularly after allegations against Abrego Garcia came to light. 

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Patty Morin, the mother of murdered Maryland woman Rachel Morin, criticized Van Hollen for making the trip. Morin also claimed that she has had “no interaction” with Van Hollen since Rachel’s murder. Illegal immigrant and Salvadoran national Victor Martinez-Hernandez was recently found guilty of raping and murdering Rachel in August 2023.

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While the Trump administration has pointed to considerable evidence showing Abrego Garcia’s gang affiliation, the Supreme Court in April upheld a lower court’s decision ordering the administration to arrange for Abrego Garcia’s return.

REAL ID mandate reunites Americans with their worst enemy

A stricter identity verification requirement for U.S. residents is slated to take force next week after 20 years of delay. And for many, the law will require a visit to one of the nation’s most notorious, time-honored places of dread: the Department of Motor Vehicles.

These facilities can vary slightly both in name and in acronym: Texans, for example, have a Department of Public Safety or DPS; Floridians dub theirs the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or HSMV. (Add to the mix the DDS, the BMV and the MVD, it’s a veritable alphabet soup.)

Despite the different names, each of these state-run facilities serves the same purpose: to license drivers and issue identification cards to residents living in the state. They share the same wait times and inspire the same feelings of burden and loathing.

But for individuals in some states, things are about to get a lot worse, fast.

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On May 7, all U.S. residents will be required to show a “REAL ID-compliant” form of identification to board any flights, including international and domestic travel, or to enter any federal buildings in compliance with a long-stalled federal law passed by Congress in 2005.

A REAL ID is a state-issued driver’s license or state-issued identification card that meets certain federal standards, and it requires individuals to provide additional documentation, such as several documents proving current state residency – a utility agreement and lease, for example – as well as a certified birth certificate, among other things. 

REAL IDs are now issued by all state DMVs (or BMVs or HSMVs) in anticipation of the fast-approaching enforcement date. REAL ID-compliant ID cards and licenses are marked with a star or other symbol in the right-hand corner, and some states, including Texas and Florida, have been issuing them for years.

But because DMVs are operated at a state and not federal level, compliance with the tighter verification standards has until recently been optional. That’s prompted a patchwork of compliance across the U.S. and a recent, frenzied panic from residents in states whose DMVs have not met the REAL ID standards.

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In the final days before the new law takes effect, some U.S. residents are learning for the first time, to their horror, that their IDs are not up to snuff. 

That’s prompted a surge of last-minute appointments in some states as drivers frantically look to obtain these new IDs. In others, appointments are nearly impossible to come by. 

New Jersey, for example, currently has no appointments available at any of its DMV facilities in the state. That could be a major problem for travelers in the Garden State, whose REAL ID compliance is the lowest in the country at 17% last month, according to data compiled by CBS News. 

Other nearby states are reporting similar compliance rates, with Pennsylvania at 26% compliance and New York with 43%, which is less than half of all residents living in the state.

For individuals in these states, the REAL ID compliance standards amount to what could be a travel nightmare, especially ahead of the summer holiday season when airports brace for a sharp uptick in traffic.

As of January 2024, just 56% of state-issued drivers’ licenses and identification cards were compliant with the new REAL ID requirements, according to DHS estimates. It’s unclear how much that percentage has changed in the last year.

“DHS anticipates that a significant number of individuals seeking to use their DL/ID for a REAL ID official purposes on and after May 7, 2025, may not have a compliant DL/ID,” the agency said in a memo last September.

In January, DHS issued a slightly more optimistic projection in the Federal Register, anticipating that by May 7, up to 66% of U.S. ID holders would have the new legally required ID. 

But in the final days before the law takes force, it’s hard to ascertain exactly where things stand. Horror stories persist in some states of drivers struggling to obtain the new ID, and in others, state lawmakers are hoping to be granted a delay.

In Kentucky, a group of state lawmakers led by Senate Transportation Committee Chair Jimmy Higdon, R-Lebanon, urged DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to delay the REAL ID enforcement date, citing “growing concerns” from state residents who have been unable to access driver’s licensing services due to “limited appointment availability and long lines for walk-ins.”

“This simple request is to protect Kentuckians from bureaucratic burdens,” Higdon said in the letter. “Rural residents, seniors, and families still have hurdles in front of them, and in a lot of cases, may not be aware of their options. Only about 40 percent of our residents have a REAL ID, but I would also like more time to help Kentuckians understand that they may not need a REAL ID. Kentucky has made a good faith effort, but we just aren’t there yet.”

TSA has warned that individuals who don’t have the right ID before that date could be subject to significantly longer wait times or other disruptions to travel. This could impact travel plans for millions of Americans ahead of what is expected to be a busy summer traveling season.

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Others could be barred from accessing certain federal buildings.

And the problem persists in other states as well: CBS News found in its April survey that at least 17 states have compliance rates of 50% or less, with 30 states at less than 70% compliance.

AOC draws spotlight with her latest move amid 2028 speculation

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is hosting an in-person town hall in Jackson Heights, Queens, on Friday night amid speculation she is considering a 2028 presidential run. 

After speaking at a May Day protest in New York City on Thursday, rejecting Trump’s agenda and warning protesters that Republicans “are going after Medicaid next,” Ocasio-Cortez is returning home to New York’s 14th congressional district to “share updates on her work in D.C., provide important constituent updates, and take questions from the audience.”

Ocasio-Cortez has been jet-setting across the United States with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour. The campaign confirmed to Fox News Digital that Friday night’s town hall was originally scheduled for the April congressional recess, but had to be rescheduled because Ocasio-Cortez was sick. She posted an Instagram story two weeks ago apologizing for canceling. 

Earlier this week, Ocasio-Cortez did not rule out 2028 presidential aspirations when asked by Fox News Digital about the viral video that had pundits guessing whether she were soft-launching her campaign. 

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“I think what people should be most concerned about is the fact that Republicans are trying to cut Medicaid right now, and people’s healthcare is in danger. That’s really what my central focus is,” the New York Democrat said when asked whether she is considering a run for president, despite President Donald Trump’s assurances that he wouldn’t cut Medicaid. 

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“This moment isn’t about campaigns, or elections, or about politics. It’s about making sure people are protected, and we’ve got people that are getting locked up for exercising their First Amendment rights. We’re getting two-year-olds that are getting deported into cells in Honduras. We’re getting people that are about to get kicked off of Medicaid. That, to me, is most important,” Ocasio-Cortez said on Capitol Hill on Trump’s 100th day in office. 

Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign account posted a video on X last week that invigorated those rumors as the four-term Democrat from New York City and a progressive leader proclaimed, “We are one.”

“I’m a girl from the Bronx,” Ocasio-Cortez said on a campaign-style stage in Idaho. “To be welcomed here in this state, all of us together, seeing our common cause, this is what this country is all about.”

Americans reposted Ocasio-Cortez’s video across X, pointing to the video as proof of her 2028 presidential ambitions. “Get ready America. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will almost undoubtedly run for president in 2028,” political reporter Eric Daugherty said in response to the video. 

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As rumors swirl over Ocasio-Cortez’s ambition for higher office, back at home in New York, a Siena College poll found that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s favorability is down, at 39% among New York state voters questioned in the poll, which was conducted April 14 through 16. Meanwhile, Ocasio-Cortez’s favorability soared to 47%.

The longtime senator from New York faced pushback from the Democratic Party in March for supporting the Republican budget bill backed by Trump that averted a government shutdown and stirred up outrage among congressional Democrats who planned to boycott the bill.

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That growing disapproval among Democrats was reflected in the poll, and the shifting perception comes as DNC vice chair David Hogg, through his political arm, Leaders We Deserve, faced blowback from the DNC for investing $20 million into electing younger Democrats to safe House Democrat seats.

Ocasio-Cortez raked in a massive $9.6 million over the past three months. The record-breaking fundraising haul was one of the biggest ever for any House lawmaker. Ocasio-Cortez’s team highlighted that the fundraising came from 266,000 individual donors, with an average contribution of just $21.

“I cannot convey enough how grateful I am to the millions of people supporting us with your time, resources, & energy. Your support has allowed us to rally people together at record scale to organize their communities,” Ocasio-Cortez emphasized in a social media post.

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Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment about the 2028 presidential speculation. 

Populist party led by Nigel Farage beats establishment parties in election shocker

The right-wing Reform UK Party saw a series of electoral wins early Friday after it secured parliamentary, mayoral and several local election seats in what leader Nigel Farage said is proof that Reform UK is “now the opposition party to this Labour government.”

Farage, who predicted earlier this year in an interview with Fox News Digital that there would be a “political revolution,” said the centurylong, two-party system that has dominated British politics was “now dead” after both the liberal Labour Party and Conservative Party saw losses in a Thursday election. 

Reform UK secured a fifth parliamentary seat after Sarah Pochin flipped the Runcorn & Helsby constituency, which is, according to Reform leaders, considered Labour “heartland.”

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“Victory in Runcorn & Helsby proves we are now the opposition party to this Labour government,” Farage said on X. “With this and other results tonight, it’s clear that if you vote Conservative you will get Labour. But if you vote Reform, you get Reform.”

The race for the Runcorn & Helsby seat was the most closely watched race and required a full recount, after which it was confirmed that Reform secured the seat by just six votes.

Farage championed the victory as “a small margin” but “a huge win.”

The Labour Party – which is led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer – currently holds 403 seats in Parliament, followed by the Conservative Party, which holds 121. Liberal Democrats hold 72 seats, while Independents hold 14. The remainder of the 40 other seats are divided between 11 other parties, including Reform. 

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Andrea Jenkyns also snagged the mayorship for Greater Lincolnshire, which has for years been dominated by the Conservative Party.

Reform UK’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, reportedly told Times Radio on Friday, “It’s certainly a political earthquake because up and down the country in some 650 elections, give or take, voters have voted and the votes are coming in against the main two parties.”

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According to Farage, the rise in Reform UK supporters suggests the Conservative Party – which he was a former member of but left in the 90s and eventually started the Brexit Party before changing the name to Reform UK in 2021 – is losing support.

“You’re witnessing the end of a party that’s been around since 1832,” he told reporters, according to a Reuters report. 

Relationship expert talks legendary coach’s whirlwind romance with 24-year-old

Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson’s whirlwind romance came to light last summer.

Hudson posted about Belichick on her social media while the legendary NFL coach kept a toe in the spotlight as he remained on the sidelines looking for his next move in football.

As Belichick took over as head coach for the North Carolina Tar Heels football program in January, the curtain on his relationship with Hudson began to peel back a bit. Reports showed just how much influence he wanted Hudson to have, as he requested her to be copied in emails. It came to a head on Sunday as she appeared to take the form of a publicist and shot down a question from CBS about how her and Belichick’s relationship got started.

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The awkward interview fully put the relationship between the 73-year-old Super Bowl champion football general and the 24-year-old state champion cheerleader and beauty pageant contestant. A report from Realtor.com on Wednesday showed that Hudson had built up a multimillion-dollar real estate portfolio since the two began dating, which was reportedly in late 2023 before they went public.

The questions and scrutiny over their relationship, specifically the near-50-year age gap and the real reasons why the two are together at all, hit a fever pitch.

Jackie Dorman, a relationship expert with 25 years of experience in the field and the creator of “Last Year Single,” told Fox News Digital that the speculation about the nature of their relationship because it is not something that Belichick has ever done.

“There are influential men that date younger women all the time and no one thinks anything of it,” Dorman explained. “But this is not what Bill does. Bill married his childhood sweetheart. He had three decades of a marriage that produced three children, obviously a family man, all of his kids followed him into coaching. 

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“And then you have a relationship after his divorce. And I’m sure people were heartbroken that he got divorced. People are rooting for the childhood sweetheart love story. People really want that to be successful. But then he has a really committed 16-year relationship with a woman that’s closer to being his peer. Someone who’s just 11 years younger than him and they work together. They run a foundation together. And that makes sense.”

Dorman said she believed a lot of people have kept a close eye on the relationship and wondered if Belichick was “OK.”

“You say he’s your twin flame, but we’re not buying it because it doesn’t feel like a fairy tale. It feels more like a fumble on Bill’s part because here he has this legacy and is it being tarnished? That’s what people are really asking right now, like, what’s happening? How does your family really feel about this? And the reason why is because once again, it’s not his M.O.,” she said “It’s not something we’re used to seeing from him. We’re used to seeing him on the field, really focused, the greatest of all time, one of the iconic coaches of football history. I mean, he had a Super Bowl ring before Jordan was born. And so, I think that’s why people are speculating, ‘hey, what’s really going on here?’”

Former New England Patriots star Julian Edelman said of the CBS interview that people were given an “unfair reality” of what was going on because Hudson was acting more like a publicist rather than a girlfriend at the time when she chimed in.

Dorman suggested to Fox News Digital that with the choices that Hudson has made, she will have to expect opinions from all angles.

“I mean she’s not a child, so the narrative out there like, oh, she’s just a child. No, she’s 24 years old. She’s an adult woman,” Dorman said. “She can make her own choices. But with those choices come other people’s opinions, and she doesn’t seem to be bothered by it so that’s great, but of course, people are going to say those things. 

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“Now, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with age difference but when you have almost a 50-year age gap people are gonna say it’s transactional – where there’s an aging ego and possibly someone who wants access to influence and whether that’s true or not, only they know, but the bottom line is that people are going to say that because it doesn’t feel like a fairy tale. It feels kind of icky to a lot of people.”

Dorman expressed that it is a long shot for making the relationship work if they do hear wedding bells ring. She said statistically, 95% of marriages with a more than 15-year age gap end in divorce.

The two have reportedly discussed marriage.

“I don’t know if he’s marriage-minded at this season of his life. And that’s important to note. In your 70s, you’re thinking about family, and legacy, and health. And in your 20s, you’re thinking about exploration and discovery,” she said. “Like how much can we really have in common? Even though this relationship is, I believe, 1,000% consensual, is it compatible? 

“And that’s why 95% May-December romances that have smaller age gaps than this one divorce if they would marry or they just break up if they’re not married. And so, statistics are against them fore sure. How can they make it work? I mean, if there truly is affection, if it really is truly a love story, then I guess they’re gonna have to figure that out.”

The “Married in 12 Months or Less” and “The Heart Work” author stressed that she does believe age is just a number and what is more important is that they are on the same page with what they want in life.

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“My answer always is match seasons. Are you in the same season of life? Do you want the same things right now in this time in your life? That’s kind of where you need to start.”

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