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The Hill [5/9/2026 4:16 PM, Ryan Mancini, 18170K] reports Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Saturday said that his department’s preparation efforts to keep the upcoming World Cup secure have not been “as proactive” due to the 76-day funding lapse. Mullin said during a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) press conference in Kansas City, Mo., alongside Rep. Mark Alford (R-Mo.), that the department “can still deliver” in providing security to the World Cup next month. But the shutdown put DHS’s position to keep the games secure “in jeopardy,” he said. Kansas City will host six World Cup matches between June 16 and July 11. “We haven’t been able to be as proactive on putting those positions –– those safety measures in place, and the first match is June 11,” Mullin said. “The first one in the U.S. is in L.A., June 12. That is around the corner. We have so much work to do.” The secretary said planning and contracts to provide housing for DHS officers “takes months.” He accused Democrats of putting “this process in jeopardy and really put the 600,000 people who are going to be at these matches over a period of 30 or 35 days –– put their safety in jeopardy.” “And that’s what disgusts me,” he added.

NewsMax [5/9/2026 6:00 PM, Staff, 3760K] reports Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin warned Saturday that a prolonged federal funding lapse has complicated preparations to secure next month’s FIFA World Cup matches in the United States, accusing Democrats of jeopardizing public safety by delaying resources for DHS operations, according to The Hill. Speaking at a Department of Homeland Security press conference in Kansas City alongside Rep. Mark Alford, R-Mo., Mullin said DHS still expects to successfully provide security for the international tournament but acknowledged the agency has lost valuable preparation time. "We haven’t been able to be as proactive on putting those positions — those safety measures in place," Mullin said. "We have so much work to do.” Kansas City is scheduled to host six World Cup matches between June 16 and July 11 as part of the broader tournament being held across the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Mullin said planning security operations for major international events requires months of coordination, including arranging housing, staffing, and logistics for DHS personnel deployed to host cities. The secretary blamed Democrats for the 76-day funding lapse, arguing they endangered both law enforcement readiness and the safety of hundreds of thousands of spectators expected to attend matches. "They really put the 600,000 people who are going to be at these matches over a period of 30 or 35 days — put their safety in jeopardy," Mullin said. "And that’s what disgusts me.” Mullin also accused Democrats of prioritizing open-border policies over national security and argued they had opportunities to address DHS funding issues while controlling Congress during the Biden administration. Despite the funding problems, Mullin praised DHS officers for continuing to work during the lapse. He warned the situation would have been far worse if front-line personnel had refused to continue reporting for duty without pay. Alford echoed the administration’s arguments, describing border enforcement and homeland security as matters of national safety rather than partisan politics. "Robust immigration enforcement is not a political issue," Alford said. "It’s a national security imperative.” The concerns come as federal officials continue ramping up security planning for one of the largest sporting events ever hosted in North America. Transportation Security Administration acting Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill previously warned Congress that staffing shortages caused by the funding lapse could hamper airport security operations ahead of the tournament. "At this point, newly hired officers will not be able to work on the checkpoint until well after the 2026 FIFA World Cup," McNeill told the House Homeland Security Committee earlier this year. Meanwhile, left-wing activists and human rights groups have criticized the Trump administration’s immigration and security policies surrounding the event. The American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, and more than 100 other organizations recently warned foreign visitors traveling to World Cup matches that they could face what the groups described as "serious violations" tied to immigration enforcement and security measures under the Trump administration.

FOX News [5/9/2026 3:32 PM, Staff, 37576K] reports DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin argues that Democrats’ opposition to CBP and I.C.E. funding is politically motivated and ‘has to change’ during a press conference in Kansas City. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

FOX News [5/9/2026 9:31 PM, Staff, 37576K] reports DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin shows his appreciation of law enforcement ahead of National Police Week, what DHS agents have been through and more on ‘My View with Lara Trump.’[Editorial note: consult video at source link]

Washington Examiner [5/9/2026 4:20 PM, David Zimmermann, 1147K] reports Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin took aim at Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) Saturday after the lawmaker accused the department of losing its "moral compass.". Cleaver was one of many House Democrats who voted against the Department of Homeland Security funding bill over concerns about the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement. Despite unified Democratic opposition, the measure ultimately became law late last month. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection still remain unfunded. Holding a press conference at Kansas City International Airport, Mullin name-dropped Cleaver while blasting the rest of the Democratic Party for prolonging the record-breaking government shutdown. "I’m going to read you his quote," Mullin told reporters. "He said, ‘I voted against funding for the Department of Homeland Security because I refuse to endorse an agency that’s lost their moral compass.’ How do we lose our moral compass? We’re simply enforcing the laws that Congress passed." "Cleaver needs to understand you’ve lost your moral compass when you’re willing to put the lives of your constituents at risk so you can have political talking points and get reelected," Mullin said. The secretary stressed the importance of funding DHS as the nation prepares to host the FIFA World Cup in 11 U.S. cities. In Kansas City alone, six games are being held. The competition will last 38 days, from June 11 to July 19.

CNN [5/9/2026 10:20 PM, Maria Santana, Fidel Gutierrez, Caroll Alvarado, Marlon Sorto, Zoe Sottile, 612K] reports the parents of an 18-year-old US citizen who has terminal colon cancer have been reunited with their son a day after they were released from a Department of Homeland Security detention facility in Arizona. The couple, Isidoro González Avilés and Norma Anabel Ramírez Amaya, reunited with their son Kevin González Saturday evening in Durango, Mexico. Their son, who was born in the US but raised in Mexico, fell ill while visiting family in Chicago over Christmas, according to CNN affiliate WLS. He was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. "What I want to say to people is thank you for helping my family to be able to have the choice," the 18-year-old – his face gaunt – told CNN in Durango shortly after reuniting with his parents. Avilés and Amaya were in tears as they embraced Kevin after taking a bus to Durango, a state in northwest Mexico. His parents, Mexican nationals, had both previously been deported from the US after entering "illegally," DHS told CNN Friday. In a desperate bid to see their son again after his diagnosis, the couple attempted to reenter the US in April, WLS reported. They were both arrested April 14 near Douglas, Arizona, according to DHS. They say they spent weeks in detention before they were deported and able to reunite with their son. DHS told CNN the couple had applied for B1/B2 visas – temporary nonimmigrant visas – "which were denied due to their previous unlawful presence and entries into the United States.” The couple were deported to Mexico Friday, DHS said. A US district judge in Tucson, Arizona, ordered the release of González’s parents on Thursday morning, according to WLS. Their son flew to Mexico around a week ago, according to WLS, hoping to be reunited with his parents before he dies. "We managed to make my son’s dream come true: to be with him again, to love him, to give him the love we could not give him during these months when he was not with us," said Avilés after reuniting with his son. "We sought every option. They denied us visas. They detained us at the border," he said.

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Breitbart [5/9/2026 12:00 PM, Neil Munro, 2238K] reports Washington Post is lamenting the "voluntary departure" of more than 80,000 economic migrants amid stepped-up pressure from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). "Judges issued more than 80,000 voluntary departure orders from January 2025 through March of this year … [to migrants] who request to leave on their own terms while giving up the opportunity to seek a new life in the U.S.," the newspaper reported on May 8. The numbers were provided by the Vera Institute of Justice, a pro-migration group whose federal funding was cut in 2025. They are also another sign of progress in the administration’s myriad small and large efforts to block migration and speed deportations, amid furious opposition from elite-backed pro-migration groups. ICE officials accept voluntary departure deals because they allow them to quickly deport migrants, freeing up detention space for the next case. Migrants accept the voluntary deportation deals because the deal gets them out of detention and still leaves them an opportunity to return legally to the United States in subsequent years. Forced deportations, in contrast, bar the future return of migrants. The rising number of voluntary deportations is just one of the administration’s many tactical successes in blocking and reversing the vast inflow of illegal migrants that has been welcomed by the federal government since 1990. For example, officials have reduced migrants’ asylum approvals by roughly 90 percent, which also increases the incentive for migrants to quickly self-deport. Business lobbies and progressives are pushing for a Democratic victory in the November midterm elections that may help them slow deportations in 2027. In contrast, Trump’s deputies are amping up the deportations, as citizens prefer. "Just yesterday, we arrested over 1,900 individuals," Homeland Security Chief Markwayne Mullin said on May 5, adding, "We have over 60,000 individuals that are currently being detained, going through the process of being deported. Last week, we deported over 2,700 [per day].".

NPR [5/9/2026 7:43 AM, Meghan Bowman and Elissa Nadworny, 28764K] Audio: HERE reports Florida’s controversial immigration detention center nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz" may be closing soon. It’s been very expensive to operate. [Editorial note: consult audio at source link]

Univision [5/9/2026 4:25 PM, Staff, 4937K] reports Allan Michael Marrero, 34, a New York resident, arrived in the US from the Cayman Islands seeking asylum, claiming he was persecuted because of his sexual orientation. He was detained by ICE and recounted the horrific conditions he endured, according to Newsweek , during his 150 days in various immigration detention centers, including the Cayman Islands detention center in Florida. Marrero was arrested, according to Newsweek , during an interview she was conducting with her husband Matthew Marrero to obtain her residency card through marriage. Marrero believed it was a routine interview, but apparently a previous deportation order, for not attending court in 2022 while he was in a rehabilitation program for alcohol addiction , led to his arrest. Following his arrest, he was transferred to a total of five migrant detention centers, including Alcatraz of the Alligators , Florida’s migrant jail located in the middle of the Everglades, which the federal government may be considering closing. According to Newsweek , Marrero said that in all the detention centers he was in, the conditions were similar , referring to the lack of hygiene and insecurity, but noted that "Alcatraz de los Caimanes was, by far, the worst." Marrero told Newsweek that “they kept us, literally, in cages, where the toilets and latrines were outdoors. There were about 30 of us per cage; we did our business right there and were allowed to shower maybe every three or four days, depending on the schedule or the officers’ rotation.” Department of Homeland Security officials denied Marrero’s accusations on Friday , Newsweek reported.

Univision [5/8/2026 10:38 PM, Staff, 4937K] reports U.S. federal authorities canceled the visas of 27 cruise ship workers as part of an investigation related to child sexual exploitation material , in an operation carried out on ships that arrived at the port of San Diego in California. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported that the operation took place between April 23 and 27, 2026, when agents boarded eight cruise ships to interview crew members. According to the federal agency, 28 employees were questioned, and 27 of them were identified as allegedly involved in activities related to child sexual abuse images. The investigated conduct included possession, receipt, distribution, transportation, or viewing of such material. Authorities indicated that among the crew members under investigation were 26 people from the Philippines, one from Portugal, and one from Indonesia. CBP stated that the work visas of those involved were revoked and the individuals were subsequently sent back to their countries of origin. The agency noted that the cancellation of an immigration visa does not necessarily require the filing of criminal charges in the United States.

Washington Post [5/10/2026 5:00 AM, Tobi Raji, 24826K] reports the 28-year-old began to panic when she learned where the military cargo plane, newly departed from a tarmac in Louisiana, was taking her. The United States was deporting her and 13 other West Africans to Ghana, a country none of them called their own. From there, she feared, she would be sent on to neighboring Togo, the home she had fled to avoid genital mutilation. A U.S. judge had ruled that the Trump administration could not send her back there. But Ghana was under no such obligation. After two weeks last September in detention near Accra, the West Africa nation’s capital, armed guards dropped her and five others off at the Togo border, she said. She has been in hiding in Togo ever since. “I know God is with me but I’m tired,” she said in a tearful conversation. “I’m a human being. I have to live, like everybody.” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not respond to a request for comment on the deportations to Ghana. In a statement to The Post, the White House defended its use of third-country deportations, adding that it doesn’t plan to stop anytime soon: “The Trump Administration will continue using all lawful methods to carry out President Trump’s promise to deport criminal illegal aliens.”

New York Post [5/9/2026 4:25 PM, Tina Moore, 40934K] reports the city’s detective union is escalating its war against rabid cop haters, pushing to have NYPD officers added to a federal law that requires protesters stay 25 feet away from ICE officers, The Post has learned. The Halo Act would fine or imprison protesters who get within the buffer zone and impinge on the law enforcement officers’ ability to do their jobs, according to Detectives Endowment Association President Scott Munro, who said he’s traveling to Washington, DC this week to meet with legislators. "What’s exciting about this is if the federal government jumps in we don’t have to wait around for local politicians and their far-left agendas," Munro told The Post. Right now, the act is written to specifically protect federal immigration enforcement officers from harassment that causes "substantial emotional distress" and "serves no legitimate purpose.".

Univision [5/9/2026 1:13 PM, Staff, 4937K] reports a Bronx neighborhood in New York is engulfed in outrage and uncertainty after agents from a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) mistakenly detained and beat a teenager. In events that were recorded on camera, the moment is observed when an alleged federal agent points a firearm and runs towards Jeury Concepción, a 19-year-old and U.S. citizen. The incident occurred during a deportation operation when immigration agents surrounded and tackled the young man to the ground. Jeury was handcuffed and searched as fearful neighbors watched him being subdued. “I was walking to get my hair braided. I saw someone running behind me, I didn’t know who it was. I looked and they threw me to the ground with a gun,” he stated. In the chaos, the 19-year-old was forced into a vehicle . It wasn’t until several moments later, amid the confusion, that the officers realized they had arrested the wrong person. As a result, the alleged immigration agents abandoned him in a park with visible injuries : a bruise and an injury that required stitches. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

FOX News [5/9/2026 2:17 PM, Staff, 37576K] reports ICE agents and Florida troopers teamed up to arrest Luis Merary Peralta-Sevilla, an alleged MS-13 gang member from Honduras. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

My Texas Daily [5/9/2026 9:20 AM, Matt Richards] reports a coordinated operation led to the arrest of Luis Merary Peralta-Sevilla, a known MS-13 gang member and illegal immigrant from Honduras, according to a press release from ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations. Peralta-Sevilla, who entered the U.S. illegally in 2013, was apprehended during a vehicle stop by the Florida Highway Patrol, with ICE taking him into custody without incident. "He is a member of MS-13, a designated foreign terrorist organization, and he’s currently pending removal proceedings with a Department of Justice immigration judge," said ICE Director Todd M. Lyons. Peralta-Sevilla’s vehicle was seized due to violations related to driving without a valid license.

The National Desk [5/9/2026 1:04 PM, Jessica A. Botelho, 571K] reports a confirmed MS-13 gang member living in Florida illegally was arrested during a coordinated operation involving multiple law enforcement agencies, according to federal authorities. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Saturday announced the arrest of 31-year-old Luis Merary Peralta-Sevilla, a Honduran national, on April 14 in Palm Beach County. “He is a member of MS-13, a designated foreign terrorist organization, and he’s currently pending removal proceedings with a Department of Justice immigration judge," ICE Director Todd M. Lyons said in a news release. "He’ll stay in our custody pending the outcome of those proceedings," Lyons added. ICE said Peralta-Sevilla was taken into custody during a traffic stop, with the operation involving ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, as well as the Florida Highway Patrol.

Univision [5/10/2026 2:27 AM, Staff, 4937K] reports a federal judge in Chicago has questioned the constitutionality of arrests made by ICE , ruling that they rely on administrative warrants without sufficient probable cause. The ruling points to potential Fourth Amendment violations and could open the door to lawsuits alleging unlawful detention. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

CBS News [5/9/2026 5:35 PM, Doug Myers, 51110K] reports a federal jury on Friday convicted a Cuban man of using his vehicle to damage two ICE‑owned vehicles in San Antonio, prosecutors said. Robyn Argote‑Brooks, 25, of Havana, Cuba, was found guilty of two counts of destruction of government property after a three‑day trial presided over by U.S. District Judge Fred Biery, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas. The conviction comes as a previously deported Mexican man is accused of ramming federal immigration officers’ vehicles during an attempted traffic stop in Lewisville. ICE Homeland Security Investigations led the investigation with support from ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations.

Univision [5/9/2026 1:01 PM, Staff, 4937K] reports a senior at an Austin ISD high school , who was weeks away from graduating , now faces possible deportation. Luis Fernando Cabrera, an outstanding soccer player and goalkeeper for his school team, was detained by Immigration agents at a traffic stop as he was returning home from work. “‘I’m going to call Immigration because you’re illegal’ (they told him), and my brother says he started crying and didn’t know what to do. He says they handcuffed him, like a common prisoner,” said Luis Fernando’s sister. Although he already has his cap, gown, and graduation ring, it is uncertain whether the young student will be able to attend his graduation on June 2nd. “My parents didn’t have the opportunity to have a career, so since we were little they always told us ‘give it your all, you can do it, go for it, go for it’, so Fernando was very excited (to graduate),” his sister told N+ Univision 62. The 18-year-old had a great desire to graduate from high school, as it represented an important triumph for the family, being the second to achieve this educational level. The arrest has been heartbreaking for Luis Fernando, but also for his family, who feel helpless as they are unable to get him out of the ICE detention center where he is being held. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

USA Today [5/9/2026 11:50 AM, Eduardo Cuevas, 70643K] reports the Justice Department moved to strip a dozen people of naturalized citizenship, a once-rare practice that the Trump administration has increasingly used. On May 8, federal prosecutors announced denaturalization actions filed in federal court against 12 people they accuse of offenses ranging from supporting terrorist groups and committing war crimes, to sexually abusing a minor. Between 1990 and 2017, there were an average of 11 denaturalization cases per year. In President Donald Trump’s first term, that increased to around 25 cases annually. Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, federal officials can revoke a naturalized U.S. citizen’s designation if they weren’t eligible and didn’t meet requirements when they were granted citizenship. Typically, this is based on officials accusing the person of fraud, deceit or misrepresenting information when they obtained citizenship. The denaturalization process must be adjudicated in federal court, as either criminal or civil cases. "The Trump administration is taking action to correct these egregious violations of our immigration system," Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement. "Those who intentionally concealed their criminal histories or misrepresented themselves during the naturalization process will face the fullest extent of the law.".

Univision [5/9/2026 9:14 PM, Staff, 4937K] reports the U.S. Department of Justice has begun the process of revoking the U.S. citizenship of Óscar Alberto Peláez , a Colombian Catholic priest convicted of sexually abusing a minor in California. According to federal documents, Pelaez, 75, allegedly concealed his criminal record and lied to immigration authorities during his naturalization process. The case was announced on May 8 by the Department of Justice as part of a series of civil actions against people accused of obtaining U.S. citizenship through fraud or false statements . According to authorities, between 1998 and 2000, Pelaez sexually abused a minor on multiple occasions from the age of 14 until he was 17. The federal government maintains that in 2002 the priest pleaded guilty and was convicted on 13 counts of sexual assault against a minor, including crimes of oral copulation and sodomy with a person under 18 years of age. The accusations occurred while he was performing religious duties in California as a Catholic priest. The lawsuit filed by the government argues that Pelaez did not meet the "good moral character" requirement necessary to obtain U.S. citizenship and that he deliberately concealed the crimes during the immigration process. Federal authorities filed four civil claims to try to revoke his naturalization, including immigration fraud and making false statements to immigration officials. The Pelaez case is part of a Justice Department strategy to pursue denaturalization cases of naturalized citizens accused of concealing serious criminal records . In the same announcement, the federal government reported similar actions against other individuals accused of supporting terrorist organizations, war crimes, and other serious offenses. Denaturalization is a civil procedure by which the government seeks to remove U.S. citizenship from a person who allegedly obtained it fraudulently. Although the Justice Department has already filed the lawsuit, Pelaez’s citizenship will not be automatically revoked. The government must prove its allegations in federal court and obtain a court order. If he loses his citizenship, additional immigration processes could subsequently be initiated, including possible deportation. Public records from organizations that document abuse within the Catholic Church indicate that the Diocese of Stockton, California, previously reached a civil settlement related to the case.

AP [5/9/2026 4:20 PM, Staff, 35287K] reports Iran’s soccer federation said on Saturday the country "definitely" will participate in the 2026 FIFA World Cup and insisted that tournament hosts — the United States, Canada and Mexico — consider Tehran’s concerns around the team’s travel and how it will be treated. "All players and technical staff, especially those who served their military service in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, should be granted visas without problems," Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran president Mehdi Taj said, according to Iranian media. The team represents a country in a fragile ceasefire with the United States after the U.S. and Israel sparked a war with attacks on Iran on Feb. 28, and whose citizens are subject to a travel ban imposed by the Trump administration. In the statement carried by the state-run IRNA news agency, Taj said Friday that Iran had presented conditions tied to participation — including guarantees over visas, security and treatment of Iranian players and officials — and added that the Islamic Republic would take part "without retreating from our beliefs, culture and convictions.".

Univision [5/9/2026 6:02 PM, Staff, 4937K] reports a Mexican man in the United States pleaded guilty on April 28 to impersonating a Border Patrol agent and following federal immigration agents to divert them while they were conducting immigration enforcement missions in Southern California. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California, Jamie Ernesto Alvarez-Gonzalez admitted to following a Border Patrol agent on January 8 while driving through a San Diego neighborhood. According to the prosecution, Álvarez-González’s black Ford F-150 pickup truck, a model also used by undercover federal agents, had a license plate with the inscription "Federal Truck" was written in small letters on the frame, although the word "federal" was misspelled. He had placed a Border Patrol sticker on the windshield and non-functional radio antennas on the roof, according to the complaint. Handcuffs were hanging from the rearview mirror. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the agent aborted his mission when he saw that Álvarez-González was following him, mistakenly believing that other agents were responding to the call. When Álvarez-González was confronted by law enforcement officers, he "shouted obscenities and demanded that the officers leave the Linda Vista community," prosecutors said. Three other vehicles also arrived at one point and began harassing the retreating officers and pursuing them down the road. According to prosecutors, Álvarez-González had recorded an audio message in which he claimed to be actively seeking out federal agents working in immigration enforcement and that he had brought in his "reinforcements." He was also carrying a fake FBI badge. He pleaded guilty to one count of impersonating a federal agent and three counts of illegal possession of firearms. His federal public defender did not respond to an emailed request for comment.

FOX News [5/9/2026 10:32 AM, Staff, 37576K] Video: HERE reports a Frontier Airlines jet struck and killed a person who was walking on the runway at Denver International Airport late Friday night, according to a statement from the airport. "Frontier Flight 4345 reported striking a pedestrian during takeoff at DEN at approximately 11:19 p.m. on Friday, May 8, 2026. There was a brief engine fire that was promptly extinguished by the Denver Fire Dept.," the airport wrote in a post on X. "Emergency crews responded to the scene and bussed passengers to the terminal. 231 souls were on board. Emergency response and investigation are ongoing. The NTSB has been notified. Runway 17L will remain closed while the investigation is conducted," the statement concluded. The airport confirmed to Fox News that the person is deceased. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

Wall Street Journal [5/9/2026 1:57 PM, Benoît Morenne, 646K] reports a Frontier Airlines plane bound for Los Angeles hit and killed a person on the runway at Denver International airport late on Friday. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said that a trespasser breached airport security, scaled a perimeter fence and ran out onto a runway. He said the person was then struck by Frontier Airlines Flight 4345 during takeoff at high speed. The pilot stopped takeoff procedures immediately. Preliminary reports show 12 people were hurt, with five taken to the hospital, Duffy said. “We are deeply saddened by this event,” Frontier said in a statement, adding that it was investigating the incident along with airport and other authorities. Shortly after the plane was cleared for takeoff, a pilot said to a controller, “We’re stopping on the runway…We just hit somebody, we have an engine fire,” according to recordings of communications. The pilot then added that “there was an individual walking across the runway.” The person hasn’t been identified. Duffy said local law enforcement is investigating the accident with support from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Transportation Security Administration. The National Transportation Safety Board has been notified, the airport said.

FOX News [5/9/2026 10:00 AM, Kelly McGreal, 37576K] reports a Southwest Airlines flight was delayed for about an hour recently for a most unusual reason. A humanoid robot had been brought on board as a passenger. But it couldn’t take to the skies right away. The 75-pound robot, named Bebop, was traveling from Oakland, California, to San Diego on Thursday, April 30 — and attracted a crowd at the gate as it danced for everyone before boarding. "A lot of people came, took videos and had their kids come and give it high-fives," Eily Ben-Abraham, an employee with Elite Event Robotics of Dallas, Texas, told Fox News Digital. Elite Event Robotics rents out interactive robots for events. The delay in the flight stemmed from an issue with the robot’s battery — which exceeded airline limits, the company said. The situation began when the team realized the robot, together with its case, exceeded the airline’s 100-pound carry-on limit, said Ben-Abraham. As a last resort, the robot’s handler asked if the robot could have its own seat, he said. "They all concluded that it would be possible and had it registered as a spot for an inanimate object," Ben-Abraham said, noting that anyone can technically purchase an extra seat. But after boarding, airline staff raised concerns about the battery — leading to a delay of about an hour. At the airline’s request, Ben-Abraham removed the battery from the robot, he recounted. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

NewsNation [5/9/2026 8:58 PM, Kellie Meyer, 4464K] reports a Republican request for $1 billion tied to President Donald Trump’s elaborate plans for a White House ballroom has been misconstrued amid economic challenges for ordinary Americans, an administration spokesperson tells NewsNation. Senate Republicans included the funding request in a broader package tied to immigration enforcement. The request comes as Trump has promoted plans to build a White House ballroom, which he has said would be funded privately at an estimated cost of $200 million to $400 million. A White House spokesperson said the $1 billion request is not solely for the ballroom project. “That funding that is in the reconciliation proposal is earmarked under what’s known as the East Wing Modernization Project,” White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson said in an interview. “That includes security features for the East Wing, for Secret Service, but it also includes Secret Service funding for a variety of other priorities.” Jackson said the funding would cover training, enhanced protection for individuals under Secret Service guard and security measures for major national events. “Secret Service is using this money for a variety of priorities, not simply the East Wing Modernization Project,” she said. Democrats have criticized the proposal, linking it to Trump’s ballroom plans and arguing it is out of touch with Americans facing high living costs. “Republicans are on a different planet than American families,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D‑N.Y., said on X last week. “Republicans looked at families drowning in bills and decided what they really needed was more raids and a Trump ballroom.” Trump has said a White House ballroom with enhanced security features is necessary, citing concerns highlighted by the April 25 assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton.

New York Times [5/9/2026 4:38 PM, Hannah Ziegler, 148038K] reports at least 13 people were injured on Saturday in what the authorities described as a “possible boat explosion” near a sandbar north of Miami Beach. More than 25 units from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, along with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the U.S. Coast Guard, responded to a call around 12:50 p.m. near the Haulover Sandbar, a shallow sand flat about 10 miles north of Miami Beach. When emergency responders arrived, they found multiple people with burns and other minor injuries, Batallion Chief Juan Arias of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said. Chief Arias added that other people had “somewhat traumatic injuries.” Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said that it took 11 people from the scene to hospitals. Initial reports had put the number of injured people at 15. Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami was treating 13 people who were injured, according to Carla Palmer, a spokeswoman for Jackson Health System. Four of those taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital were in critical but stable condition, while seven others were in good condition, Ms. Palmer said. Two pediatric patients were also in good condition, she added. A charter vessel was carrying passengers in Biscayne Bay near the sandbar when an explosion happened on board, said Melissa Brevik, a spokeswoman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Some passengers on the vessel were injured and taken to hospitals, she said. A preliminary investigation indicated that only one vessel was involved. Officials did not offer additional details about what led up to the emergency call. The Haulover Sandbar in Biscayne Bay is a popular social destination that frequently draws large crowds of boaters on weekends and holidays. The sandbar is known for its shallow, clear water and party-like atmosphere, where visitors swim, kayak, snorkel and sunbathe.

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Los Angeles Times [5/10/2026 6:00 AM, Keegan Hamilton, 14672K] reports the indictment is remarkable in its detail, laying out a web of corruption at the highest levels of the Mexican government. At the center, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, is Sinaloa Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya, accused of allowing his state’s eponymous cartel to operate with impunity after its leaders guaranteed his election by sending gunmen to intimidate rival candidates, steal ballots and threaten voters at the polls. Rocha Moya, who maintained he’d done nothing wrong as he took leave as governor this month to address the charges, is allegedly in league with “Los Chapitos,” a cartel faction led by four sons of the infamous Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. While prosecutors in the Southern District of New York described damning evidence, the indictment was equally notable for all that was not mentioned. One name in particular was conspicuously absent: Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a longtime partner of El Chapo with a reputation as the Sinaloa cartel’s most powerful godfather. Beyond a ledger of monthly bribe payments to top Sinaloan officials that prosecutors said was “recovered from Mexico” during the investigation, the indictment appeared to rely on evidence that had to have been obtained through extraordinary surveillance — or from people intimately familiar with Los Chapitos.

Breitbart [5/9/2026 6:25 PM, Elizabeth Weibel, 2238K] reports Deputy Assistant to President Donald Trump and Senior Director for Counterterrorism Dr. Sebastian Gorka shared that "America is back in the business of counterterrorism," days after President Donald Trump signed a new counterterrorism strategy document. While speaking to host Matthew Boyle on Breitbart News Saturday, Gorka spoke about the White House Counterterrorism (CT) Strategy document, and how the Trump administration was conducting "threat-based counterterrorism." Gorka added that the Trump administration was "not using the government as a tool of politics" like former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden did. "America is back in the business of counterterrorism. Since the President authorized our first CT mission on the eighth day of the administration, we have killed more than 820 jihadis, and we have liberated 106 Americans who were previously hostages," Gorka said. "We are concentrating on three major threat groups. Number one are the cartels the President designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) on his first day back as the Commander-in-Chief. Secondarily, the legacy, the well-known global jihadist movement threat groups such as, Al-Qaeda and ISIS. The third one, we are hunting down, we are arresting, prosecuting, neutralizing those violent left-wingers who are either unconstitutional, anti-western, targeting Christians or conservatives under the banner of Antifa.” "We are back in the business of counterterrorism, and we are basing it on reality. Not hunting down Catholics that go to Latin Mass in Richmond. We’re not going after parents who stand up at school board meetings, or using the FBI to raid the home of a former president like they did to my new, or former boss, President Trump, when he was former president. We are doing threat-based counterterrorism, we are not using the government as a tool of politics like Obama and Biden did.” When asked what "steps" the Trump administration was taking to "counter" the terrorist threat from the cartels, Gorka highlighted how people such as Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller were "identifying" cartel members who were let into the country under the Biden administration. "We have, of course the new Secretary of Homeland Security, we have Senator Mullin, we have the Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller, and then we have Tom Homan as the Border Czar, who are identifying those cartel members who were let into the United States when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris literally dismantled our borders.” "We are removing them by the bushel from the country. Number one, we’ve secured the border and we are deporting, arresting, and removing the worst of the worst cartel members. Secondarily, thanks to the designation by the president on day one, we are able to employ all the tools of the U.S. government that are applicable to terror threats against the cartels. That includes the Department of War’s incredible strikes against the drug shipments, and then the incredible work, also, of Scott Bessent and his team at Treasury.” "Once you have an FTO, once you designate an entity a Foreign Terrorist Organization, a whole toolbox of weapons is opened at the DOJ and at the Treasury to sanction those organizations, sanction individuals, sanction those who collaborate with them, and then you strangle the money. If you strangle the flow of money, the organizations cease to be able to function," Gorka explained.

Univision [5/9/2026 12:05 PM, Staff, 4937K] reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that 115 people were infected with a norovirus outbreak on the Caribbean Princess cruise ship, operated by Princess Cruises. The cruise ship departed from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale on April 28 and is expected to return to Port Canaveral on May 11 . According to the CDC , of the 3,116 passengers on the cruise ship, 102 contracted norovirus , representing 3.3%. Similarly, of the 1,131 crew members, 13 were infected by this outbreak , representing 1.2%. In total, 115 people on the cruise ship have been infected with norovirus so far.

ABC News [5/10/2026 6:17 AM, Staff, 34146K] reports the passengers dressed in protective clothing and masks were escorted to the shore and expected to continue on flights back to their home countries. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

Telemundo [5/9/2026 8:00 PM, Eduardo "Yusnaby" Rodríguez, 162K] reports playing both sides in South Florida now has criminal consequences. Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 905 into law, a measure that includes jail time and the revocation of business licenses for any local company that maintains financial ties with the Cuban regime. Miami-Dade Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez, one of the driving forces behind this legislation, issued a direct warning to the county’s business owners: the rule leaves no room for error and applies to all business sectors. “Any company that has commercial relations with Cuba, in this case with the Castro-communist socialist dictatorship, must abide by this law,” Fernández asserted. Over the past few months, the tax collector’s office has been scrutinizing several businesses in South Florida. Starting July 1, when the law takes effect, local authorities will be able to revoke or deny renewal of business licenses to those who violate it. Furthermore, lying on a sworn statement about these activities will constitute a third-degree felony. Although the travel sector is the most visible, the offensive encompasses all areas. Fernández was emphatic when referring to common practices within the community, such as the sale of tour packages linked to entities controlled by the Cuban military. When asked about agencies that sell stays at hotels belonging to the Gaviota group, the official responded without hesitation: “Exactly, that’s illegal. Gaviota is part of that dictatorship. It couldn’t be done even under the previous laws, and I think this legislation makes the rules even clearer in the state of Florida.” The law also seeks to curb the export of luxury goods, a trade that, according to authorities, directly benefits the Cuban military leadership while the population faces severe shortages. “We have companies in the United States that have long sent jet skis, Ferraris, and other luxury items to Cuba,” Fernández explained. “A doctor in Cuba earns around $20 a month. People on the island don’t need a jacuzzi when they don’t have water or electricity. What they need is freedom.” Governor DeSantis signed the law into law this Friday at the Brigade 2506 Museum in Little Havana. With this signing, Florida strengthens controls over its local economy and seeks to cut off the flow of funds to the Cuban regime from within the community itself. The message is clear: starting in July, violating this law could cost you your business and your freedom. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

NewsMax [5/9/2026 5:19 PM, Staff, 3760K] reports Iran’s Revolutionary Guard navy on Saturday warned that any attack on Iranian oil tankers or commercial vessels would be met with a "heavy assault" on one of the U.S. bases in the region and enemy ships, even as a tenuous ceasefire appeared to be holding. Iranian state TV reported the warning a day after the United States struck two Iranian oil tankers, casting doubt on the month-old ceasefire that the U.S. has insisted is still in effect. The U.S. military said the tankers were trying to breach its blockade of Iran’s ports. Meanwhile Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Navy’s regional headquarters, said it arrested dozens of people it alleged had links to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. Washington awaits Iran’s response to its latest proposal for a deal to end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping and roll back Tehran’s disputed nuclear program. And Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow’s proposal to take enriched uranium from Iran to help negotiate a settlement remains on the table.

Washington Examiner [5/9/2026 6:26 PM, Carter Schroppe, 1147K] reports Iran publicly detailed the injuries suffered by Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei for the first time, with an Iranian official claiming that he "is now in good health." The Iranian supreme leader has not been seen since the Feb. 28 attack that killed his father and longtime supreme leader Ali Khamenei. Iranian official Mazaher Hosseini confirmed he was hurt in the attacks, saying he suffered injuries to his back and kneecap. He added that Khamenei’s knee is expected to heal soon and that his back problem has been resolved, according to the Wall Street Journal. The public announcement to an Iranian crowd came after the United States and Iran exchanged fire throughout the week, as the tentative ceasefire remains intact. The U.S. Central Command provided an update to the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, saying that forces "have redirected 58 commercial vessels and disabled 4 since April 13 to prevent ships from entering or leaving Iranian ports." President Donald Trump said Thursday that the world will see "one big glow" if Iran doesn’t agree to a deal soon, echoing continued threats of escalation. The public confirmation of injuries comes after Trump said earlier in the month that Iranian negotiators "don’t know who their leaders are."

FOX News [5/9/2026 11:56 PM, Michael Sinkewicz, 37576K] reports North Korea has updated its constitution to require a retaliatory nuclear strike if leader Kim Jong Un is assassinated, according to a report. The Telegraph reported the change comes amid heightened global tensions following the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other officials during a recent conflict. Khamenei was killed in an Israeli strike in Tehran as part of a coordinated U.S.-Israeli military operation earlier this year, Fox News Digital previously reported. The constitutional revision was approved during a session of North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly, which opened March 22 in Pyongyang, the outlet said. South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) briefed senior government officials this week on the update, according to the report. The revised policy outlines procedures for retaliatory action if North Korea’s leadership is incapacitated or killed. "If the command-and-control system over the state’s nuclear forces is placed in danger by hostile forces’ attacks … a nuclear strike shall be launched automatically and immediately," the updated provision states. Reuters previously reported that North Korea revised its constitution to define its territory as bordering South Korea and remove references to reunification, reflecting Kim’s push to formally treat the two Koreas as separate states. That marked the first time North Korea included a territorial clause in its constitution. Last month, Kim pledged to further strengthen the country’s nuclear capabilities while maintaining a hard-line stance toward South Korea, which he has called the "most hostile" state. Kim has also accused the United States of "state terrorism and aggression," and signaled North Korea could take a more active role in opposition to Washington amid rising global tensions.

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