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- Trump-Appointed Judge Stops Admin From Forcing Minnesota to Cooperate With Feds ...
(Photo by Michael Nigro/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images) A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump has dismissed a lawsuit filed by his administration that was attempting to force Minnesota and several local governments within the state to cooperate with the federal government on immigration enforcement, finding the feds’ legal pleading to be insufficient in multiple ways. Minnesota has often been the focal point of the contentious debate about the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, especially after the president launched “Operation Metro Surge,” the deployment of federal immigration enforcement agents from multiple DHS agencies to Minnesota, specifically to the cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Protests spiked after two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens in Minneapolis: Renee Good on Jan. 7 by ICE agent Jonathan Ross, and Alex Pretti on Jan. 24 by Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez. Multiple court challenges have been filed by immigrants seeking to contest their detention and pending deportation, protesters accusing the federal government of violating their First Amendment rights, as well as a complaint filed by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) accusing the FBI of blocking its access to evidence in both the Good and Pretti shootings, as well the Jan. 14 shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, a Venezuelan immigrant who was shot in the leg by an ICE agent and survived. The state of Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul sued the Trump administration in January, alleging that the federal immigration operations are unconstitutional and unlawful, as violations of the First and Tenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the federal Administrative Procedure Act, Minnesota’s right to Equal Sovereignty, and violations of state and local laws. The Trump administration had filed its own lawsuit in September 2025 against Minnesota, the Twin Cities, Hennepin County, and several elected officials accusing the local and state governments of adopting “sanctuary” laws and refusing to participate in federal immigration enforcement, including blocking local law enforcement from participating in immigration enforcement activities and restricting the sharing of information in the possession of local government about noncitizens in their jurisdictions. On Monday, Judge Eric C. Tostrud, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, a Trump appointee, granted the defendants’ motions to dismiss on various grounds, throwing out the lawsuit. The ruling was reported by Politico senior legal affairs reporter Kyle Cheney, who noted that this was a… [TheTopNews] Read More.49 mins ago - Joe Scarborough Warns Against Rushing Iran War Exit Before Midterms in Jab at Fo...
Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough pushed back against demands to wind down the war with Iran before November’s midterm elections, warning against allowing electoral politics to shape national security strategy after Fox News host Laura Ingraham warned President Donald Trump that “the clock is ticking” to end the conflict. Speaking on MS NOW’s Morning Joe on Tuesday, Scarborough rolled back Ingraham’s comments, made on her Monday night show. Ingraham told viewers that “the clock is ticking for President Trump to get out of this war before voters head to the polls,” arguing that Republicans “cannot let this become an endless distraction, especially if they want to win in November.” After opening with the clip, the host cut in: “That’s some Fox News analysis of the political cost for Donald Trump and the Republican Party [over] the ongoing war in Iran.” “Fascinating, if you listen to them talking about politics,” he continued. “And it’s, of course, something that the Iranians always depend on. They depend on Americans being strapped down to elections coming up that create false deadlines, that put us in a weak place to negotiate so we always have to take a soft, weak, tepid line.” Drawing a comparison to the 1980 hostage crisis, he added: “Jimmy Carter had a hanging over him in the 1980 election against Ronald Reagan, so the Iranians knew time and time again they could take advantage of that weakness.” Scarborough also criticized what he described as the Trump administration’s previous diplomatic approach toward Tehran, saying: “We tried to bribe them, make no mistake of it, the Trump administration tried to bribe Iran with $500 billion, after worrying about $1 billion or $2 billion of cash on pallets [delivered to Iran by former President Barack Obama].” He continued: “The Trump administration tried to bribe Iran to the tune of $500 billion, half $1 trillion – that was more than Kaiser Wilhelm II had to pay for Germany after World War I.” While reiterating his long-held opposition to entering the conflict, Scarborough argued the U.S. should not allow election pressures to dictate its exit strategy: “Far be it for me to be the guy that’s talking about wanting to be in forever wars, I most certainly do not.” “In fact, we were very clear, I was very clear that I thought going into Iran was a mistake, but just as that was a… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Jon Stewart Goes Down Wild ‘Back-Up Trump’ Rabbit Hole After Mysterious Figu...Jon Stewart turned President Donald Trump’s World Cup final appearance into an extended roast Monday night, mocking the president’s victory lap after Spain’s 1-0 win over Argentina before fixating on an unidentified man standing behind Trump and wondering whether America had just discovered “back-up Trump.” Opening The Daily Show, Stewart summed up Sunday’s championship by joking that “the Spain-Argentina final was like a reverse Super Bowl, where the players spoke Spanish, and the halftime show was in English.” He also took aim at the tournament’s first-ever halftime spectacle, featuring Madonna, Shakira, Justin Bieber and the Muppets, questioning why Sesame Street’s Count von Count had been dragged into a daytime event. “You got all the Muppets to choose from, why would in God’s name make the vampire work during the day?” Stewart joked. “Not only is it in the bright glare of the afternoon sun, but for most of the game, the score was 0-0! You’re taunting this poor bastard! ‘I sat in traffic for one, two, three hours for this.'” Stewart quickly pivoted to Trump, who attended the final and drew attention by lingering onstage during Spain’s trophy lift celebration. “What the f*ck are you doing on the stage?” Stewart exclaimed. “It’s for the players! Goddamn! Why must everything be tainted by the overinflated ego of Cankles Muldoon? Why?” The host then rolled footage of Trump speaking to reporters alongside Air Force One after the match, where the president declared the tournament was “four times greater than any FIFA ever held.” “How do you hold ‘a FIFA’? How could our FIFA be four times greater than any other FIFA?” Stewart interjected before resuming the clip, in which Trump added: “That is probably about five times actually, they’re telling me today.” “Is that what they told you? You know, they’re telling you that because everyone around you lies to you because you’re a little baby!” Stewart jabbed. But Stewart abandoned that line of attack after spotting a man walking into frame behind the president. “What’s up with the guy behind Trump? Can we see that again? Can you bring that out? Who the f*ck is this guy? Who the f*ck is this? Is this… What? Who in the world is it? Oh my God! Is that a back-up Trump? Is that – Wait a minute, wait. Hold on a second.” “Wait, what? Wait, Who? What? Is that a back-up Trump… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Military Fitness Experts Bash Hegseth’s Workout Videos — One Says NONE of Hi...
Screenshot via X. It sounds plausible to say that America has seen Pete Hegseth in a T-shirt and shorts more than any prior Secretary of Defense, but his technique in those workout videos he loves posting would get a flunking grade, according to several military fitness experts interviewed by The Atlantic. The Secretary of Defense has made physical fitness and appearance a core part of his focus since making the transition from a Fox & Friends Weekend host to leading the world’s powerful military. He’s scolded older officers for getting “fat,” barred troops with facial hair from events, and posted numerous videos of himself working out with members of the military. One recent video Hegseth posted showed him and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promoting what they called “The Pete and Bobby Challenge,” which consists of trying to do at least 50 pull-ups and 100 push-ups in under ten minutes. Video clips of Hegseth and Kennedy went viral, with many commentators mocking Kennedy’s habit of working out in jeans and dissing the whole thing as cringy and awkward. I teamed up with @SecDef Hegseth for the "Pete & Bobby Challenge" — 50 pull-ups, 100 push-ups. This is the start of a nationwide push to get Americans fit again. We’re calling on our friend @SecDuffy to take the challenge. pic.twitter.com/TTlv9VvkCe — Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) August 19, 2025 Hegseth’s form is so bad, multiple military fitness experts said he “fails on form” the service’s tests based on his videos, according to a report by The Atlantic’s Tom Bartlett headlined “Pete Hegseth, You Call That a Pull-Up?” Bartlett noted that Hegseth and the agency he oversees are the ones recording, editing, posting, and heavily promoting these videos (which he mockingly refers to as “Boot Camp Pete” episodes), and he’s the one who declared strict and harsh judgment was the way to go on military fitness issues. With each one of these videos, Bartlett wrote, “critics skewer his form and mock his endurance,” dissing him as “all flex and no fundamentals.” In the video below declaring he “CRUSHED 44 reps” doing bench presses, Bartlett pointed out that Hegseth “doesn’t fully extend his arms, making the exercise far easier and inflating his total.” America’s @SECWAR CRUSHED 44 reps on the bench after a morning run with the troops yesterday in GTMO. pic.twitter.com/NSBs5pmZio — DOW Rapid Response (@DOWResponse) June… [TheTopNews] Read More.8 hours ago - Artist Who Made Life-Sized Charlie Kirk Sculpture Says He Has No Buyers, But Peo...
Alexandra Buxbaum/Sipa USA via AP Images A sculptor who spent $100,000 to make a life-sized statue of the late conservative influencer Charlie Kirk said he has no takers for the work, but multiple people have told him that they would like to urinate on it. Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinated in September 2025 while speaking at Utah Valley University. Sergio Furnari, an Italian-born New York artist, told the Guardian he spent $100,000 of his own money making the statue, which depicts Kirk as he was before he was killed with a single bullet to the neck: sitting down while holding a microphone and wearing a shirt that says “FREEDOM.” Furnari said the bulk of the money was spent on steel, resin, and labor. While working on the statue, Furnari broke his foot after he tripped over a roll of tape in his studio. He said he believed that some wealthy individual would buy the figure. But, to add insult to literal injury, he has had no takers. “I was thinking that it was going to resonate with the world, with whoever, but man, people are strange out there,” Furnari said. “Meaning like, nobody is really coming up with support, especially financial support. So far I’ve spent all my money on this.” Instead, he said, he received a flood of messages from people saying they wanted to pee on the statue. Ironically, Furnari said he did not even like Kirk. “I wasn’t a fan of Charlie,” he told the Guardian. “Like one thing that I couldn’t stand about him while he was alive [was] when he was talking about Palestine. [Kirk would say]: ‘Oh no, Palestine doesn’t exist.’ I thought: ‘Well, this guy must be out of his mind.’” Furnari said his financial situation is an “absolute nightmare” after spending $100,000 on his project. “People are cheap, man,” he said. “You know, people talk, talk – I know lots of people out there, and everybody’s so cheap. You know, like, it’s disgusting how cheap they are.” Tyler Robinson, 23, has been charged with murdering Kirk. So far, he has not entered a plea in the case.The post Artist Who Made Life-Sized Charlie Kirk Sculpture Says He Has No Buyers, But People Told Him They Want to Urinate On It first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.9 hours ago - Benny Johnson Mocks AOC for Adopting Southern Accent: ‘Very Cringe’MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson mocked Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) “very cringe” adoption of a Southern accent during a Memphis rally. After Ocasio-Cortez spoke at the rally for House candidate and Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson (D) on July 17, many critics accused her of breaking out a faux southern accent, equipped with a heavy drawl as she repeated the word “behind.” “We cannot afford to leave Tennessee behind,” she said in the speech. “We cannot afford to leave Kentucky behind, Alabama behind, Mississippi behind, Georgia behind, South Carolina behind.” On Monday night, Fox News host Sean Hannity pointed out that Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) also rallied for progressive Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, and she has campaigned with progressive activist Hasan Piker, who has blamed the U.S. for 9/11. Before he could seem to form a question, his guest, Johnson, jumped in. “You know, I’m surprised AOC is not trying to speak in an Arabic dialect when she is in Michigan,” Johnson said. “This is a theater kid-occupied government, Sean. We have been warning about this for a long time. It’s called live action role playing, LARPing. These people don’t know who they are or where they are, they will change their accents. It’s this change of your accent I can’t get over. Barack Obama does this, Hillary Clinton famously does this.” To prove his point, Johnson turned the tables, directing a question at Hannity. “Do you do this?” he asked Hannity. “You have millions of viewers across the south, you have millions of viewers in Texas, but I have never seen you do this show in a southern drawl, Sean. Why is that?” Hannity affirmed he had not altered his accent for viewers. In response, Johnson answered the “why is that?” of his own question. He claimed the reason Democrats like Ocasio-Cortez appear to alter their accents is because “they don’t know who they are,” in contrast to conservatives like Hannity. “The fundamental difference is these people don’t believe anything,” he said. “They don’t know who they are, they don’t know where they are from, and they don’t know what they stand for. People that know who they are, they don’t have to pander. You don’t use a Chinese accent when you go to a Chinese restaurant because you know who you are and where you’re from.” He continued: Conservatives have a fundamental bedrock of who we are as… [TheTopNews] Read More.9 hours ago
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