State releasing nearly 1,800 criminal non-citizens despite deportation holds, ICE warns
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is warning that Illinois officials are releasing violent criminal illegal aliens despite active immigration detainers, a move the agency says is putting the public at risk.
In the letter shared with Fox News Digital, Todd Lyons, ICE’s senior official performing the duties of director, said Illinois has “tens of thousands of criminal illegal aliens” in custody – individuals who, he noted, have committed crimes ranging from murder and rape to child pornography and armed robbery.
Lyons said these offenders “should be swiftly removed from the United States … and not be returned to our streets to wreak havoc on law-abiding citizens.”
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According to data provided by ICE, Illinois has released 1,768 criminal aliens with active detainers since January 2025. ICE said the crimes tied to those offenders include homicides, assaults, burglaries, weapons offenses and sexual-predatory crimes.
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The agency also said another 4,015 criminal aliens with pending detainers remain in state or local custody, including individuals linked to 51 homicides and more than 800 sexual-predatory offenses.
ICE provided a list of some of the detainers that were not honored, requiring federal officers to track down offenders after their release.
They include Victor Manuel Mendoza-Garcia, convicted of three counts of aggravated kidnapping; Juan Morales Martinez, tied to a fatal vehicle crash; and Amilcar Waldo Gonzalez-Jimenez, convicted of two counts of criminal sexual assault. In each case, ICE says local agencies failed to notify the agency before releasing the individuals.
Some of the other cases cited by ICE involve offenders convicted of child abduction, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, attempted murder and aggravated kidnapping.
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Some of the offenders were later re-arrested or removed from the United States by ICE, according to the documents.
Lyons cautioned that Illinois’ ongoing refusal to honor immigration detainers “plainly jeopardizes public safety” and asked if the state intends to change course or continue releasing violent offenders who may otherwise “walk the streets of Illinois again.”
Patrick Mahomes makes curious remarks about Travis Kelce’s playing future
Travis Kelce failed to corral a pass from Patrick Mahomes in the closing moments of the Kansas City Chiefs’ 20-10 loss on Sunday night, leading to an interception and a subsequent Houston Texans field goal to go up 10 points.
Mahomes’ pass was a bit behind Kelce, who tried to make a play. The ball went off Kelce’s fingertips and into the hands of Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair. The star tight end was blasted by Myles Bryant as well.
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It was a tough night for Kelce as he only had one catch for eight yards on five targets. Mahomes made a curious comment about Kelce’s playing future as the Chiefs fell to 6-7 on the year and are now on the brink of missing the playoffs altogether.
“Every season I’ve had with him these last few years I’ve tried to cherish because you never know,” Mahomes told reporters after the game. “He’s got himself in great shape this year and he’s played great football. He’ll have the option to do whatever he wants to do after this season.
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“But I know one thing, he’ll give everything he has throughout the rest of the season to try to give us a chance to make a playoff run. We know the chances are getting lower and lower, but I know the guys on this team are going to give everything they have every opportunity they get.”
Kelce has put together a pretty solid season at age 36. He has 60 catches for 727 yards and five touchdowns. Kelce’s touchdown total is more than the 2024 season and the same number as the 2023 season.
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The 10-time Pro Bowler has not announced whether he will continue playing after this season.
Police chief resigns after federal takeover of DC department sparks controversy
Washington, D.C., police chief Pamela Smith is resigning her position after just two and a half years on the job, she announced Monday.
Smith has faced intense pressure from President Donald Trump‘s administration, which took over the Metropolitan Police Department earlier this year and deployed federal law enforcement throughout the city.
“There comes a time when you just know it’s time,” Smith told Axios, which first reported her resignation.
“I am deeply humbled, grateful, and deeply appreciative of my time with the District of Columbia. Serving as Chief of Police has been the greatest honor of my career, and I want to extend my sincere thanks to Mayor Muriel Bowser for appointing me to this position and to the DC Council for their steadfast support throughout my tenure,” she said in a statement.
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Bowser praised Smith’s work as police chief in her own statement on Monday, saying she weathered “attacks on our city’s autonomy.”
Smith has faced criticism from some D.C. residents who claim she has allowed MPD officers to assist federal agents in immigration enforcement, a claim she denies.
“We are not aligned with ICE. We do not, and have not since the crime emergency, worked alongside ICE,” Smith told Axios. “[Social media] videos lend one aspect of what you see. If they show up, they show up. They’re federal officers.”
Smith has also faced controversy within her own department, with many rank-and-file officers accusing higher-ups of reclassifying crimes to make the city’s crime data appear more benign.
As of October, roughly three dozen rank-and-file officers and detectives had lodged complaints with the Justice Department, as the city faces an investigation into whether crime statistics were intentionally misreported under the Trump administration.
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According to officers, MPD leadership had for months — and in some cases years — instructed subordinates to downgrade serious offenses. Some precinct-level reports are said to have contained as many as 150 potentially misclassified incidents in the Southeast D.C. Seventh District alone. In about half of those cases, supervisors later upgraded the charges.
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“I as the chief of police never, would ever say to anyone to alter stats,” Smith said Monday.
While city leaders and Democrats point to data showing violent crime is at a 30-year low, the DOJ and House Oversight Committee are probing whether those numbers are being masked by internal manipulation.
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The DOJ’s criminal probe is being run out of D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office.
Sixth graders taught ‘binding’ and ‘coming out’ advice in ‘Transgender Week’ lesson
FIRST ON FOX: A Maryland middle school presented a slideshow to 6th graders celebrating “Transgender Awareness Week” where the children were given a lesson that included “advice for coming out” and “8 tips for being nonbinary.”
“A person’s gender is who they feel that they are,” middle schoolers at Westland Middle School in Bethesda, Maryland, were told last month in a video that was contained in a 12-slide presentation obtained by Fox News Digital.
“It is important to understand the difference between sex and gender so that we can better understand ourselves,” the slide says beneath the video, a video that was produced by the LGBT educational resource provider Pop’n’Olly.
Multiple slides in the presentation provide information on “what it means” to be transgender and students are then quizzed about what they learned.
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In another slide, students are told to discuss questions with their neighbor in class, including, “how do people know if they are a ‘girl’ or ‘boy?’”
Another question reads, “The first thing people announce about their new baby is the gender, why do you think that is?”
Students were shown a video titled “Advice for Coming Out” along with a video titled “8 Tips for Being Nonbinary.”
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In the video with nonbinary tips, a “nonbinary creator” named Laurenzo explains what to do if someone uses incorrect pronouns to describe an individual and how to find the best “label” that describes you.
Laurenzo, who has a large following on social media, also explains to students how to “bind” properly, referring to a term used to describe the process of flattening a female’s breasts in order to appear less feminine.
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The last slide of the presentation informs students that they can attend meetings for “Westland’s LGBTQ+ Club” called “SAGA,” which stands for “Sexuality and Gender Acceptance.”
“There isn’t a single justification for this cult-like propaganda being pushed on children at school,” Erika Sanzi, senior director of communications for Defending Education, told Fox News Digital.
“They are presenting a harmful ideology as gospel to other people’s children and manipulating language in ways that would almost be funny if it didn’t come with so much risk. Many kids will rightly scoff and be unfazed by the absurdity of it all, but others may be vulnerable, potentially set down a path from which they can never fully return. These are 11- and 12-year-olds and nothing about this is remotely appropriate or defensible.”
A spokesperson for Montgomery County Public Schools defended the lesson in a statement to Fox News Digital, explaining that it is the responsibility of the district to ensure that “every student feels safe, seen, and respected at school.”
“Westland Middle School has used advisory lessons on a range of topics to help students understand differences, treat each other with kindness, and follow school expectations,” the spokesperson said.
“These materials were communicated in advance, including clear information about opt-out procedures, which were followed. The lessons were about awareness, respect, and how to support peers in a school community that includes students of many backgrounds and lived experiences. Middle school is a time when questions come up, and schools must reinforce that bullying, harassment, and discrimination have no place in our buildings.”
Marjorie Taylor Greene challenges ’60 Minutes’ interviewer on ‘accusatory’ tone
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., briefly sparred with “60 Minutes” host Lesley Stahl over what she claimed was “accusatory” behavior from the journalist.
Greene gave her first sit-down interview with Stahl since announcing her resignation from Congress last month. During the segment, Stahl and Greene spoke about the Georgia lawmaker’s apology for taking part in “toxic politics.”
“I would like to say humbly, I‘m sorry for taking part in the toxic politics,” Greene told CNN in November. “It’s very bad for our country, and it’s been something I’ve thought about a lot, especially since Charlie Kirk was assassinated, is that we, I’m only responsible for myself and my own words and actions, and I am committed, and I’ve been working on this a lot lately to put down the knives in politics.”
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“But you contributed to that,” Stahl asked Greene Sunday. “You. You, you were out there pounding, insulting people.”
Greene pushed back, claiming that Stahl had contributed to toxic politics herself.
“You’re accusatory, just like you did just then,” Greene said.
“I know you’re accusing me, but I’m smiling,” Stahl responded.
“You’re accusing me,” Greene said. “But we don’t have to accuse one another.”
The two continued to go back and forth, with Greene repeatedly insisting that Stahl should also acknowledge her own contribution to toxic politics.
“I don’t insult people,” Stahl said.
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“You just, you do in the way you question,” Greene said. “And you are, you’re accusing me right now.”
Fox News Digital reached out to CBS News for comment.
Greene previously sat down with Stahl in April 2023, when the two had a fiery exchange over the congresswoman’s claim that Democrats are the “party of pedophiles.”
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“They are not pedophiles. Why would you say that?” Stahl exclaimed.
“Democrats support — even Joe Biden, the president himself — supports children being sexualized and having transgender surgeries. Sexualizing children is what pedophiles do to children,” Greene said.
“Wow,” Stahl reacted.
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Greene shocked the political landscape last month when she revealed she would leave Congress Jan. 5. Many believe her abrupt exit was the result of her soured relationship with President Donald Trump.
After $550M bribery ring, Republican moves to halt Biden’s no-bid contracts
EXCLUSIVE: Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, who chairs the Senate Small Business Committee, is urging 24 federal agencies to halt funding for a Biden-expanded program for “socially and economically disadvantaged” business owners now under fire for alleged fraud and corruption, Fox News Digital has learned.
“Despite concerns with the 8(a) program, Joe Biden opened the floodgates to fraud,” Ernst told Fox News Digital about the program. “I have found evidence of alarming, potentially fraudulent 8(a) awards made across government that need to be investigated. The program must be halted at every agency while a thorough review is conducted to ensure taxpayers are not being ripped off by con artists. Tax dollars designed to help small businesses must actually benefit all small businesses.”
The federal government’s 8(a) program is an initiative under the Small Business Administration (SBA) to assist “socially and economically disadvantaged” small businesses, according to the agency’s website, including training and counseling, and exclusive access to federal contracting opportunities.
Ernst sent letters to the chiefs of 24 federal agencies that have established 8(a) programs — stretching from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem — calling on them to halt funding amid fraud concerns.
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“The SBA’s 8(a) program is the largest set-aside program at the agency, which dished out $40+ billion in contract awards during fiscal year 2024 (FY 24) alone,” Ernst wrote in the letters. “Yet decades of Government Accountability Office (GAO), SBA’s Office of Inspector General, and DOJ probes expose the same rot. Sloppy oversight and weak enforcement measures allow 8(a) participants to act as pass-through entities, snagging unlimited no-bid deals with little transparency.4 Every loophole guts public trust and rigs the system against honest competitors.”
Ernst said the Biden administration tripled the initiative’s contracting goals from an original aim of awarding 5% of federal contracts to 8(a) companies, up to 15% during his tenure. Ernst pointed to a recent Department of Justice bust in her push to halt funding, as well as an October guerrilla-style sting interview conducted by James O’Keefe that allegedly uncovered an 8(a) firm admitting “to Violating Federal Law, Using Minority-Owned Status as a Front to Obtain $100M+ No-Bid Government Contracts While Outsourcing 80% of the Work.”
The Department of Justice in June arrested four individuals in Maryland and Florida for running an alleged decade-long bribery scheme involving at least 14 8(a) contracts worth over $550 million in U.S. taxpayer dollars. One of the four men arrested was a government contractor for the United States Agency for International Development, according to the Department of Justice. The men pleaded guilty in the scheme.
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The scheme involved bribes such as cash, NBA tickets and a country club wedding, Fox News chief Washington correspondent Mike Emanuel reported in June.
SBA Chief Kelly Loeffler ordered a full audit of all government contracting officers who have exercised grant-awarding authority under the agency’s business development program over the past 15 years back in June. She said the agency’s audit would begin with high-dollar and limited competition contracts within SBA’s 8(a) business development program.
Loeffler, following O’Keefe’s investigation, opened an investigation related to that contract, she reported on X in October.
The 8(a) program is facing intensifying heat after Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announced “a comprehensive audit of all contracts and task orders awarded under preference-based contracting, totaling approximately $9 billion in contract value across Treasury and its bureaus” in November.
The audit is focused on the “Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Business Development Program, and other initiatives that provide federal contracting preferences to certain eligible businesses,” the department reported at the time.
That same month, Ernst introduced legislation, “Stop 8(a) Contracting Fraud Act,” to halt funding to all new no-bid awards until a thorough audit and report of the program is conducted.
Loeffler additionally sent letters to all 4,300 8(a) contractors across the federal government, which ordered “them to produce financial records as part of a comprehensive effort to root out fraud, waste, and abuse,” she posted to X Friday.
“Evidence indicates that the 8(a) Program, initially designed for ‘socially and economically disadvantaged’ businesses, has become a pass-through vehicle for rampant abuse — especially during the Biden Administration, which aggressively prioritized DEI over merit in federal contracting,” Loeffler added.
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“While there’s no doubt that the Biden Administration’s indifference toward 8(a) program integrity enabled swindlers and fraudsters to treat federal contracting programs like personal piggy banks, 8(a) program flaws have raised alarm bells for decades,” Ernst continued in her letters.
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Ernst is calling on the chiefs of the 24 agencies to pause contracting, audit current contracts, review set-aside contracts awarded by the respective agencies since fiscal year 2020 and to report to the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship with any findings by Dec. 22.
Fox News Digital reached out to Biden’s office regarding his administration’s expansion of the program and recent investigations into alleged fraud schemes, but did not immediately receive a reply.
Titans mock Shedeur Sanders after big turnover helps set up late touchdown
Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders got a taste of his own medicine on Sunday after a late turnover in a game against the Tennessee Titans.
Sanders threw a short pass to running back Dylan Sampson in the fourth quarter. Sampson lost the ball, and it was recovered by linebacker Cedric Gray, which helped set up a crucial touchdown late in the game. Gray and the rest of his teammates went down to the end zone and mocked the rookie quarterback.
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Titans players held up their wrists to do Sanders’ watch flex celebration, which he’s been doing after big moments since he was at Colorado. Sanders did it multiple times as he made big plays against the Titans. Cleveland just couldn’t hold on and lost the game 32-29.
Sanders finished 23-of-42 with 364 passing yards, three passing touchdowns and a rushing touchdown. He also had a pivotal interception in the game, which also set up a Titans touchdown.
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“He fought throughout the game, which we knew he would,” Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said. “With any young player, there’s going to be ups and downs, and I thought there were some really, really, really good moments. He’ll keep learning from some of the plays that he wants back, but some really good moments.”
One of Sanders’ touchdown passes was a 60-yarder to Jerry Jeudy.
Sanders acknowledged that they had a small tiff during last week’s loss against the San Francisco 49ers, but they got on the same page for the score.
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“Obviously, me and Jerry had that dispute or whatever last week. But I have faith in him, he has faith in me, and everybody put everything aside,” Sanders said. “It was truly exciting being able to connect with him, because I know the season hasn’t gone the way he wanted to this year.”
Everyday millionaires reveal how simple habits quietly built their wealth
Financial influencer JC Rodriguez, who interviews “quiet millionaires” for his platform “The Frugal Rich,” joined FOX Business’ “Varney & Co.” to discuss how the secret behind their massive net worths isn’t a lottery-ticket, stock or crypto bet, but one simple strategy: consistency.
Rodriguez calls them “quiet millionaires” because you’d never pick them out of a crowd. No fancy cars, no private jets, no viral flexes, just ordinary people who have quietly crossed the seven-figure mark.
Varney opened the conversation by asking whether the people featured in Rodriguez’s street interview were truly millionaires, prompting Rodriguez to explain, “Yeah, so we just started going out on the streets… to show young people that… we don’t have to romanticize the wealth-building journey. It’s not a question of luck. It’s not about getting a great inheritance… And we did find out these people were in fact millionaires just walking amongst us…”
His street interviews highlight people who look more like your neighbor than the influencers typically associated with wealth on social media. Yet behind their modest appearances are decades of steady saving, disciplined investing and a long-term mindset.
One of those quiet millionaires is a company president Rodriguez stopped on the street. When asked what he does for a living, the man said, “I’m the president of a company,” and when Rodriguez asked if he was now a net-worth millionaire, he responded, “Absolutely.” He described how his investing strategy shifted over the years, “Stock market goes up and down. When you’re younger, you can take risks, but when you get older and ready to retire, less risks and more conservative.”
Varney asked Rodriguez to break down the core strategy behind these quiet millionaires’ success and he explained, “It really comes down to your behaviors with money, not so much your income… people who don’t even have an outlier salary are still able to build wealth through consistent habits and investing into the market…”
Another story comes from a married couple Rodriguez interviewed, ordinary, practical people who began investing the moment they started building a life together. When Rodriguez asked how long they had been investing, the husband said, “Since we got married,” adding, “Prior to kids, I think I had a 529 plan before they were born.” Their investment approach avoids trendy bets, a point the husband made clear when he explained what they choose to buy: “A diversified equity portfolio. Don’t put fifty percent of your money in Nvidia.” And when discussing their lifestyle, the wife summed it up simply, “I consider myself frugal. Not cheap, but frugal.” Nothing about their approach screams overnight success. It is steady and thoughtful.
A third couple revealed a very different beginning. They started their adult life buried under debt from a mortgage, college loans and a car payment. Over time, with patience and discipline, they dug themselves out, eventually sharing, “We’re debt free for a long time now.”
Their path shows that financial success is not reserved for people starting from a clean slate, it’s accessible even to those who begin deep in debt.
Rodriguez reflects on these interviews alongside his own background as the son of first-generation Filipino immigrants. He emphasizes that the true differentiator in wealth-building is not an extraordinary income or rare opportunities, but behavior. Consistent contributions, disciplined decisions and long-term commitment are what matters in the end.
Later in the interview Varney offered his own perspective on building wealth, which led Rodriguez to respond, “…Starting young, that’s really the key… time in the market is more important than timing the market.”
These stories may feel old-fashioned in an era where instant wins and viral success is the norm, but the data backs them up. The number of millionaires worldwide is climbing, and it is not because of luck. Everyday households have spent years letting compound interest quietly work in the background. With millions joining the millionaire ranks worldwide and hundreds of thousands more added each year in the U.S., Rodriguez’s interviews point to a simple truth: the rise isn’t fueled by flash, but by people who built wealth slowly, steadily and consistently over decades. According to a 2025 update from UBS, the U.S. added more than 379,000 new millionaires in 2024 alone. This averages to over 1,000 new millionaires per day.
This may clarify why Rodriguez’s ‘quiet millionaires’ attract interest: their examples highlight links between everyday financial decisions and long-term wealth outcomes.
Blue dogs in Chernobyl spark wild theories, but expert reveals ‘likely’ truth
There may be a surprising reason behind the mysterious blue dogs that were recently spotted roaming the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Photos taken earlier this year showed several dogs with bright blue fur wandering the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster in Ukraine, fueling widespread speculation online, including theories of radiation exposure and mutations.
However, a scientific advisor for the organization that cares for the strays says those ideas could not “be further from the truth.”
“The blue dye likely came from a tipped over port-a-potty where the dogs were rolling around in the poop, as dogs are prone to do,” Timothy Mousseau of the University of South Carolina was quoted saying on the Dogs of Chernobyl Facebook account.
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Mousseau noted this behavior is similar to how some dogs are drawn to cat litter boxes.
“The blue coloration was simply a sign of the dog’s unsanitary behavior!” Mousseau said. “As any dog owner knows, most dogs will eat just about anything, including feces!”
Despite the social media speculation, the dogs’ blue fur does “not reflect any kind of mutation or evolutionary adaptation to radiation,” he added.
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Dogs of Chernobyl, the program that cares for the roughly 700 dogs in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and is affiliated with the nonprofit Clean Futures Fund (CFF), first shared images of the blue-tinted dogs in October.
At the time, the group had been unable to capture the animals to determine the source of their unusual coloring.
“We are on the ground catching dogs for sterilization, and we came across three dogs that were completely blue,” Dogs of Chernobyl posted to Instagram. “We are not sure exactly what is going [on]. … We do not know the reason, and we are attempting to catch them so we can find out what is happening.”
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Many dogs were left behind following the Chernobyl nuclear plant explosion, when more than 120,000 evacuees were told to leave immediately, according to CFF.
“The evacuees were not allowed to bring anything that they could not carry, and their pets had to be left behind,” the CFF website notes. “They were told they would return in 3 days, but they were never allowed to return. Their pets became abandoned.”
Timothy Mousseau did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.