Ohio Governor Debunks Claims of Bomb Threats Against Haitians

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Ohio Governor Debunks Claims of Bomb Threats Against Haitians

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Remember the claim that Haitian nationals in Springfield, Ohio were facing bomb threats due to national scrutiny over rampant illegal immigration? It turns out it was all a hoax.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Monday that the state has received zero credible bomb threats against schools in Springfield—the same community affected by 20,000 Haitian nationals paroled into the U.S. by the Biden-Harris administration.

“These threats have all been hoaxes, none of them have panned out,” DeWine said during a press conference with law enforcement officials on Monday. 

“We have people unfortunately overseas, who are taking these actions,” the Republican governor added. “Some of them are coming from one particular country. We think that this is one more opportunity to mess with the United States and they’re continuing to do that.”

DeWine said that state law enforcement officials will continue to patrol schools to ensure parents feel safe even in the light of non-credible threats. 

DeWine’s comments debunked conspiracy theories spread by the legacy media in the aftermath of national criticism over the arrival of foreign nationals under the current administration. 

NBC News anchor Lester Holt and correspondent Maggie Vespa suggested on Sunday that comments from Trump and Sen. JD Vance against Haitian nationals led to the bomb threats. 

Neither Vespa nor Holt immediately responded to Headline USA’s email request for comment on Monday evening. The inquiries focused on whether they intended to issue an apology to Trump or Vance or to provide a correction to NBC News viewers. 

Independent journalist Nick Sortor confronted Vespa directly for spreading unsubstantiated claims about threats against Haitian nationals. 

Video footage of the confrontation has since gone viral on X, garnering over 6 million views. 

Social Media Claims that Ukraine-Tied Trump Assassin Will Get ‘Epsteined’

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Social Media Claims that Ukraine-Tied Trump Assassin Will Get ‘Epsteined’

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Critics on social media speculated that Ryan Wesley Routh, the accused-attempted assassin behind the second threat to Donald Trump’s life, could face a fatal outcome in jail. Some even suggested on Monday he might end up being “Epsteined.” 

The term refers to Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender whose controversial death left many questions unanswered, including the roles of powerful figures who visited his estates or may have assisted in his crimes. 

These comments suggested that Routh might face a similar fate, possibly being silenced about mounting questions surrounding his finances and connections to others involved in the foiled assassination attempt on Trump. 

“He’s in federal custody, unfortunately. Chances of being Epsteined just went up tremendously,” wrote independent journalist Nick Sortor to his 527,000 followers on X.

A user named Travis (@Travis_4_Trump), whose page boasts nearly 500,000 followers, also questioned, “How long before Routh gets Epsteined?” 

Another user chimed in, questioning, “Will Routh be Epsteined before he talks?” while a fourth user commented, “We wouldn’t want to see Routh get Epsteined now would we?” 

Other commenters suggested that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s independent investigation into the threat against Trump might provide answers to questions that many believe were left unresolved in the Epstein case. 

“Probably a far lesser chance of the guy getting ‘Epsteined’ this way,” one user wrote, referring to the DeSantis probe, which the governor announced on Sunday. 

DeSantis cited potential biases and credibility issues with the FBI and DOJ offices in Florida—the same agencies involved in the Mar-a-Lago raid and the now-dismissed criminal case of Trump. 

“We do believe there were multiple violations of state law, we also believe there’s a need to make sure that the truth about all of this comes out in a way that it’s credible,” DeSantis said in a press conference on Monday. 

“I look at the federal government, with all the due respect to them, those same agencies that are prosecuting Trump in that jurisdiction are now going to be investigating this. I just think that may not be the best thing for this country,” DeSantis added. 

Routh has been charged with two counts of firearm possession: one for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

 

More charges are expected, but if convicted, he faces up to 20 years in federal prison, $500,000 in fines, and six years of supervised release.

Some questions remain about whether Routh, linked to the Ukrainian war with Russia, received funding from others for what the FBI has described as an “attempted assassination” of Trump.

Biz Pac Review was the first outlet to report on these comments. 

Oregon Officials Admit 300+ Noncitizens Were Automatically Registered to Vote

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Oregon Officials Admit 300+ Noncitizens Were Automatically Registered to Vote

(Headline USA) The Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles admitted last week that it has wrongfully registered at least 300 noncitizens to vote in U.S. elections since 2021.

The registrations were the result of a program that automatically registered anyone who obtained a driver’s license or state ID, state officials said. Oregon has let noncitizens obtain driver’s licenses since 2019.

Though they have, thus far, identified 300 noncitizens who were registered in this way, officials said they expected to find more wrongful registrations before Election Day. At least two of the noncitizens identified have cast ballots in an election, officials admitted.

The 300+ noncitizens “will be notified by mail that they will not receive a ballot unless they demonstrate that they are eligible to vote,” said Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin–Valade.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek defended the state’s automatic voter-registration program, arguing the discovery will “not impact” the upcoming election.

“The error in data entry which may have affected the voter eligibility of some Oregonian’s voter registration was discovered because the Oregon DMV and the secretary of state were doing their due diligence ahead of the 2024 election,” Kotek claimed in a statement.

“My office will continue to closely monitor the situation,” she continued. “This situation will not impact the 2024 election in any way.”

Oregon Republicans, however, blasted state Democratic leaders for opening the state’s election system to potential fraud.

To ensure the integrity of Oregon’s election in November, Kotek should immediately take action to clean the state’s voter rolls, just as Ohio and Virginia have done over the past several months, said Oregon Senate Republican Minority Leader Daniel Bonham.

“This is a deeply troubling development, and I fear it could be just the tip of the iceberg,” Bonham wrote in a letter to Kotek’s office.

“If such errors are occurring, it calls into question the accuracy of our voter rolls and the security of our elections,” he added. “The integrity of the entire system could be at risk if we fail to act now to prevent further issues.”

While Democrats and their leftist media allies have routinely tried to downplay the issue, the automatic issuance of mail-in ballots to ineligible voters is believed to play a significant role in the irregularities that the 2020 and 2022 election cycles exposed, particularly in swing states where the margins are much more narrow than Oregon.

Despite the concerns, Democrats in the Senate are refusing to take up the SAVE Act, a bill that would close many such election loopholes and ensure universal ballot integrity.

Congressional Leftists Admit Kamala Is Just Cosplaying as a Centrist

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Congressional Leftists Admit Kamala Is Just Cosplaying as a Centrist

(Headline USA) Progressive lawmakers admitted that they weren’t worried about Vice President Kamala Harris abandoning her leftist beliefs—even if she’s claimed to do so on the campaign trail.

Harris’s presidential campaign has flip-flopped on several key policies she once supported, including “Medicare for All,” banning fracking and decriminalizing illegal immigration.

But that doesn’t make any difference to the Left, said Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass.

“I’m from Massachusetts, she’s from California. On climate, on abortion, on racial, LGBTQ issues, we are absolutely in agreement on her agenda,” he told The Hill. “That’s why Elizabeth Warren and I are so passionately campaigning for her and supporting her.”

When asked if he expected Harris to back “Medicare for All,” which he co-sponsored in the Senate, if she were to be elected to the White House, Markey claimed he was more worried about former President Donald Trump trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Unlike Trump, Harris would be a “big proponent of ensuring of an expansion of healthcare in our country,” Markey said, adding that he “absolutely” considers Harris a progressive leader.

Last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., also expressed support for Harris, acknowledging that she was simply saying what she must to win the election against Trump.

“I don’t think she’s abandoning her ideals,” he told NBC News when asked about her policy shifts. “I think she’s tried to be pragmatic and doing what she thinks is right in order to win the election.”

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, likewise downplayed her campaign’s flip-flop on fracking.

“I want her to be a pragmatist and I want her to win. Nothing’s more important for the climate than winning,” he said. “I don’t have any doubt that Kamala Harris would be a great president for climate action but I don’t think we should be asking her to say certain magic words and I certainly don’t think we should be demanding that she take unpopular positions in key states.”

Harris herself acknowledged in a sit-down interview with CNN that her “values have not changed” since she previously went on the record endorsing an extreme agenda during the 2019 Democratic primary.

DeSantis: Fla. to Conduct Separate Probe into 2nd Trump Assassination Attempt

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DeSantis: Fla. to Conduct Separate Probe into 2nd Trump Assassination Attempt

(Headline USA) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Sunday that his state would be conducting its own investigation into the second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

“The people deserve the truth about the would-be assassin and how he was able to get within 500 yards of the former president and current GOP nominee,” DeSantis said in a post on X.

Secret Service opened fire on Ryan Wesley Routh around 1:30 p.m. Sunday after noticing the muzzle of his rifle protruding from a fence within sniper range of where Trump was golfing.

A bystander was able to get photos of Routh fleeing in his SUV. He was apprehended after a short pursuit on Interstate 95, and has since been hit with several federal charges.

Several questions have been raised about Trump’s security detail in the wake of the attack, including whether he is properly staffed given the threats against him.

Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw admitted that Secret Service details Trump as a “former president,” but not as a “sitting president,” which means they do not always conduct full perimeter sweeps.

Others have expressed concern over how Routh knew Trump would be golfing at the club on Sunday afternoon, since the former president’s schedule is not publicly available. He reportedly was staking out the Trump International Golf Club, not far from the president’s residence at Mar-a-Lago, for about 12 hours. 

In a statement on Monday, Trump thanked his Secret Service protection but blasted Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden for constantly using “highly inflammatory language” about his campaign.

“He believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and he acted on it,” Trump said of Routh. “Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at, when I am the one who is going to save the country, and they are the ones that are destroying the country — both from the inside and out.” 

Colorado Suburbs Considering Lawsuit against Denver over Sanctuary Policies

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Colorado Suburbs Considering Lawsuit against Denver over Sanctuary Policies

(Headline USA) A suburb outside of Denver, Colorado, is considering a lawsuit against the Democrat-controlled city over its sanctuary policies, which town officials said have led to an increase of immigrant gang activity and crime across the metropolitan area, CBS News reported.

The Castle Rock Town Council passed a resolution this month instructing the town’s attorney to consider a lawsuit against Denver. According to City Council member Max Brooks, several other nearby municipalities have said they’d consider signing on to the lawsuit.

“Our town attorney’s office has already had conversations with the county attorney with Douglas County, already had conversations with the city of Aurora, and also had conversations with the city of Parker,” Brooks said.

Aurora, Colorado, has been in the headlines over the past few weeks after a violent Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, took over an apartment complex in the area. 

 “It has been like pulling teeth to get anyone, the media, other elected officials, to get anyone to acknowledge the presence of this trend and to acknowledge that there is even a problem,” Aurora City Council member Danielle Jurinsky said this month. 

Brooks said Castle Rock has experienced its own “instances of crime” as a result of increased migration to the Denver area.

“You don’t wait until the hurricane is on you to board up your windows and leave town. We understand that there is a storm coming,” Brooks said.

Colorado is facing a lawsuit of its own from Denver’s surrounding counties—including Douglas, El Paso, Elbert, Garfield, Mesa and Rio Blanco counties—over policies limiting officials’ ability to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The lawsuit cites two bills passed by state lawmakers, “which prohibit local governments from cooperating with the federal government in immigration matters” and thereby have created “dangerous conditions for the state” and its citizens.

NYC Dept. of Education Employees Used City Funds to Take Their Kids on Trips

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NYC Dept. of Education Employees Used City Funds to Take Their Kids on Trips

(Maire Clayton, Headline USA) A New York City Department of Education manager and five other employees used grants intended for homeless students to bring family members on city-funded trips, according to a report from the Special Commissioner of Investigation for the New York City School District.

The DOE “Students in Temporary Housing” employees allegedly used the information of homeless students to forge “permission slips” to take their children and grandchildren on trips.

The commissioner’s office opened an investigation in March 2019 after it received a complaint regarding the alleged fraud.

Between 2016 and 2019, staffers and their families took trips to destinations including Washington, D.C.; New Orleans; a New York off-Broadway show; and Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

Linda Wilson, Queens regional manager for the Students in Temporary Housing program, allegedly encouraged employees to bring family as the trips were paid for and homeless students would reportedly drop out, according to a whistleblower from the SCI report.

After canceling a Philadelphia trip due to the investigation, an employee told the New York Post Wilson allegedly stated that “everyone should stick to the same story that we did not take our children on the trip.”

The commissioner’s report added that Wilson and STH Program Manager Shaquieta Boyd were responsible for determining employees who could attend trips, assigning students to chaperones and purportedly replacing those students with family of staff.

The agreements were allegedly “made in person to avoid having anything in writing,” the report stated.

Mishawn Jack, Virgen Ramos, Maria Sylvester and Joanne Castro were also accused of bringing children and grandchildren on STH trips.

Wilson denied claims she brought her children or allowed employees to bring family members on trips.

DOE spokeswoman Jenna Lyle told the Post, “All staff identified in this report are no longer employed by New York City Public Schools.”

The January 2023 report recommended the employees be terminated and the “DOE should seek reimbursement for all expenses incurred.”

Wilson stated she retired from the DOE and was not terminated. The DOE did not reveal if any employee was disciplined or paid restitution.

Descendants of Iconic Ex-Redskins Mascot Call for Team to Restore Old Logo

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Descendants of Iconic Ex-Redskins Mascot Call for Team to Restore Old Logo

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) The family of the the Blackfeet chief who was long depicted as the logo for the football team formerly known as the Washington Redskins has asked that his likeness be added back to NFL fields, Fox News reported.

John Two Guns White Calf served as the face of the Washington Redskins football team for 48 years. However, his likeness was removed from the team’s logo when the franchise changed its name to the “Washington Football Team” in 2020, after corporate sponsors threatened to pull out during the cancel-culture panic that ensued in the wake of the George Floyd riots.

That team is now called the Washington Commanders, and both the team and the Blackfeet want to undo some of its previous anti-racist decisions.

“The fans want him back and we want him back,” Thomas White Calf, a great nephew of the John Two Guns White Calf, told the media.

Thomas White Calf and his family reportedly met with Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., to seek political support in pressing the issue.

“Our ancestor was the most famous and most photographed native in history,” said White Calf, who noted that his image is a source of pride for the Indian people.

He noted that his great uncle was also the model for the “Indian head” nickel, which preceded the current Jefferson nickels in the early 20th century.

“It’s a point of pride and represents the rich Native American history that helped make our nation great, and it should be enthusiastically celebrated across our culture,” he said.

According to Daines, “this is about righting a wrong,” the wrong being the hysterical Left’s partnership with the likes of Nike and Pepsi to strongarm the NFL franchise into changing its name and removing its logo.

Fortunately for the White Calf family, however, it appears that the Washington Commanders franchise is interested in bringing back the revered logo.

“We are collaborating with Sen. Daines to honor the legacy of our team’s heritage and the Native American community,” a Commanders spokesperson said in a statement.

FBI Received Tip on 2nd Trump Shooter in 2019

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FBI Received Tip on 2nd Trump Shooter in 2019

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Jeff Veltri, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Miami Field Office, told reporters Monday that the bureau received a tip on alleged failed Trump assassin Ryan Routh in 2019—but didn’t take any action.

“[Routh] was the subject of a previously closed 2019 tip to the FBI, where it was alleged that he was a felon in possession of a firearm,” Veltri said at a Monday press conference.

“In following up on the tip, the alleged complainant was interviewed and did not verify—I repeat, did not verify—providing the initial information. The FBI passed that info to local law enforcement in Honolulu.”

Routh has a criminal history dating back to at least 2002 that includes possession of stolen goods, concealed weapons and possession of weapons of mass destruction, resisting arrest and multiple traffic charges.

His federal charges announced Monday included possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession and receipt of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

At Monday’s press conference, the FBI said it’s still investigating whether others were involved in the second assassination attempt against Trump in as many months.

Additionally, Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe told reporters that Routh never fired at Trump. The Secret Service spotted him with a rifle along the tree line and fired at him—causing him to flee the scene. He was apprehended some 45 minutes later by Martin County Sheriff’s Officers.

Officials declined to say how Routh was able to escape the scene and make it to another county before his arrest.

Sunday’s assassination attempt on Trump was the latest case where a deranged gunman had already been on the FBI’s radar before.

Prominent examples of mass shooters who were on the FBI’s “radar” include Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza, Orlando Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen and Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz.

In Lanza’s case, FBI agents had reportedly previously questioned him for hacking computers.

With Orlando shooter Mateen, the FBI reportedly went as far as investigating him in direct relation to possibly being a terrorist threat—twice. “But the F.B.I. soon ended its examination of Mr. Mateen after finding no evidence that he posed a terrorist threat to his community,” the New York Times reported in June 2016.

Matteen’s father was also an FBI informant for more than a decade, as was reported by NPR in March 2018.

Then, there’s Parkland. In 2018, The New York Times report that “The F.B.I. received a tip last month from someone close to Nikolas Cruz that he owned a gun and had talked of committing a school shooting, the bureau revealed Friday, but it acknowledged that it had failed to investigate.”

Additionally, Buffalo shooter Payton Gendron was possibly communicating with a retired federal agent within as little as 30 minutes of his killing spree. Gendron’s possible links to a retired federal agent are more bizarre when coupled with a July 2019 story from the Buffalo News about FBI agents tracking potential mass shooters in the area.

Most recently, the 14-year-old student who opened fire at a Georgia high school and killed four people earlier this month was revealed to have been on the FBI’s radar since at least May 2023.

“In May 2023, the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center received several anonymous tips about online threats to commit a school shooting at an unidentified location and time. The online threats contained photographs of guns. Within 24 hours, the FBI determined the online post originated in Georgia, and the FBI’s Atlanta Field Office referred the information to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office for action,” the FBI said in a statement earlier this month.

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

Gunman Waited at Golf Course for 12 Hours; Unclear How He Knew Trump Would Be There, Too

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Gunman Waited at Golf Course for 12 Hours; Unclear How He Knew Trump Would Be There, Too

(Headline USA) Federal prosecutors’ complaint against alleged failed Trump assassin Ryan Routh has been filed in court.

According to the complaint, cell phone records show that Routh was in the area of the golf course tree line for about 12 hours, from approximately 1:59 a.m. until 1:31 p.m. on Sunday. The license plate on the Nissan SUV in which Routh was stopped was registered to a 2012 Ford truck that has been reported stolen, according to authorities.

But all that begs the question: How did Routh know Donald Trump would be golfing at his club in West Palm Beach in the first place?

While the Secret Service has grappled with how to keep Trump safe as he campaigns across the country, holding rallies that often draw thousands, less attention has focused on his protection when he is off the trail, often at his own clubs and properties.

The fact that there are places along the perimeter of the property where golfers — including Trump — are visible to those standing behind the fence has long been known to law enforcement. While Trump was president, news photographers were often able to capture images of him on the greens by finding gaps in the shrubbery.

While Trump’s plans to golf Sunday were not part of any public schedule, on days he is not campaigning, he can often be found golfing at one of his courses. Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach, about a 10-minute drive from his Mar-a-Lago residence, is a favorite. One of three golf clubs he owns in Florida, it boasts 27 holes of championship golf, as well as event spaces. Trump often eats lunch and holds meetings in the clubhouse between rounds.

Trump had just returned from a West Coast swing that included stops in Las Vegas and Utah, and had announced on social media that he would be delivering remarks Monday from Mar-a-Lago about cryptocurrency as he launches a new crypto platform.

Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw noted at a briefing that because Trump is no longer in office, security protocols around the course had loosened.

“He’s not the sitting president. If he was, we would have had this entire golf course surrounded. But because he’s not, his security is limited to the areas that the Secret Service deems possible,” he told reporters.

Law enforcement officials praised the work of the agents assigned to protect Trump. One agent, tasked with jumping one hole ahead of the former president to scope out potential threats, managed to spot the gunman’s rifle barrel sticking out of the fence that surrounds the golf club and “immediately engaged that individual,” Bradshaw said.

In an email to campaign staff Sunday night, senior campaign advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles credited the Secret Service for saving Trump, who has praised the agents in his own protective detail for their bravery as they rushed on stage to protect him in Butler, Pennsylvania.

“President Trump and everyone accompanying him are safe thanks to the great work of the United States Secret Service,” they wrote.

Unlike other past presidents and typical VIPs who live in private residences with tall fences or in gated communities, Trump has his official residence at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach. The club is open to dues-paying members, who mingle with the former president at meals and at events and can invite their own guests to the property.

Many nights, Trump holds court on the club’s patio, playing DJ with his iPad. While president, he once plotted a response to a North Korean missile launch from the candlelit terrace, the meeting captured and posted on social media by a club member.

The club is also a popular Palm Beach venue and hosts a constant stream of fundraisers, weddings and other events that sometimes see Trump drop by unannounced.

Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said in a social media post that the agency is working closely with the FBI, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and other law enforcement to investigate what happened.

Trump will be briefed in person Monday by acting Secret Service director Ronald Rowe about the investigation, according to a person familiar with the plan who was not authorized to speak publicly.

The incident sparked immediate finger-pointing and calls for answers on Capitol Hill.

New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, the House Republican Conference chair and a close ally of the former president, said she was grateful Trump was safe. “However, we must ask ourselves how an assassin was allowed to get this close to President Trump again?” she asked in a statement.

The leaders of the bipartisan task force that has been investigating the security failures in Pennsylvania said they were monitoring the situation and had requested a briefing from the Secret Service.

“We are thankful that the former President was not harmed, but remain deeply concerned about political violence and condemn it in all of its forms,” said Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., and Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., in a joint statement.

Meanwhile, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, one of Trump’s rivals in the GOP primary, said his state will conduct its own investigation.

“The people deserve the truth about the would be assassin and how he was able to get within 500 yards of the former president and current GOP nominee,” he wrote in a social media post.

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna echoed that message. “Two assassination attempts in 60 days on a former President & the Republican nominee is unacceptable,” he wrote. “The Secret Service must come to Congress tomorrow, tell us what resources are needed to expand the protective perimeter, & lets allocate it in a bipartisan vote the same day.”

President Joe Biden said in a statement that he was “relieved” that Trump was unharmed and said “there is no place for political violence or for any violence ever in our country.” He said he had directed his staff “to continue to ensure that Secret Service has every resource, capability and protective measure necessary to ensure the former President’s continued safety.”

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