All Truckers and Bus Drivers Will be Required to Take Commercial Driver’s License Tests in English

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All Truckers and Bus Drivers Will be Required to Take Commercial Driver’s License Tests in English

(Headline USA)  All truckers and pass drivers will have to take their commercial driver’s license tests in English as the Trump administration expands its aggressive campaign to improve safety in the industry and get unqualified drivers off the road.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the latest effort Friday to ensure that drivers understand English well enough to read road signs and communicate with law enforcement officers. Florida already started administering its tests in English.

Currently, many states allow drivers to take their license tests in other languages even though they are required to demonstrate English proficiency. California offered tests in 20 other languages. And Duffy said that a number of states have hired other companies to administer commercial driver’s licenses tests, and those companies aren’t enforcing the standards that drivers are supposed to meet.

“And the third party tester is participating in the scam because they are not adequately testing the people who went through a sham school,” Duffy said.

He said every American wants drivers who get behind the wheel of a big rig to be well-qualified to handle those vehicles. But Duffy said that for too long the problems in the trucking industry were “allowed to rot and no one’s paying attention to it for decades.”

“Once you start to pay attention, you see that all these bad things have been happening. And the consequence of that is that Americans get hurt,” Duffy said. “When we get on the road, we should expect that we should be safe. And that those who drive those 80,000-pound big rigs, that they are well-trained, they’re well-qualified, and they’re going to be safe.”

The campaign will also now expand to go prevent fraudulent trucking companies from getting into the business while continuing to go after questionable schools and ensure states are complying with all the regulations for handing out commercial licenses.

Earlier this week, the Transportation Department said 557 driving schools should close because they failed to meet basic safety standards. And the department has been aggressively going after states that handed out commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants who shouldn’t have qualified for them ever since a fatal crash in August.

A truck driver who Duffy says wasn’t authorized to be in the U.S. made an illegal U-turn and caused a crash in Florida that killed three people. Other fatal crashes since then, including one in Indiana that killed four earlier this month, have only heightened concerns.

Duffy said that the registration system and requirements for trucking companies will be strengthened while Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration inspectors conduct more spot checks of trucks and commercial driver’s license schools.

Currently, companies only have to pay a few hundred dollars and show proof of insurance to get registered to operate, and then they might not be audited until a year or more later.

That has made it easy for fraudulent companies that are known in the industry as chameleon carriers to register multiple times under different names and then simply switch names and registration numbers to avoid any consequences after crashes or other violations.

Officials are also trying to make sure that the electronic logging devices drivers use are accurate, and that states are following all the regulations to ensure drivers are qualified to get commercial licenses.

After that Indiana crash, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration knocked the company that employed the driver out of service and pulled the DOT numbers assigned to two other companies that were linked to AJ Partners. Tutash Express and Sam Express in the Chicago area were also disqualified, and the Aydana driving school that the trucker involved in the crash attended lost its certification.

Immigration authorities arrested that driver because they said the 30-year-old from Kyrgystan entered the country illegally. Authorities say he pulled out and tried to go around a truck that had slowed in front of him and his truck slammed into an oncoming van.

In December, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration took action to decertify up to 7,500 of the 16,000 schools nationwide but that included many defunct operations.

Duffy said the companies involved in that Indiana crash were all registered at the same apartment. In other cases there might be hundreds of these chameleon companies registered at a single address.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press. 

US Civil Rights Agency Sues Coca-Cola Distributor for Excluding Men from Casino Work Trip

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US Civil Rights Agency Sues Coca-Cola Distributor for Excluding Men from Casino Work Trip

(Headline USA)  The U.S. federal agency that enforces workplace civil rights is suing a regional Coca-Cola bottler for sex discrimination, alleging the company discriminated against male employees by only inviting women to a company-sponsored networking event.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit on behalf of a male employee of Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast who complained about a two-day networking trip for about 250 women in September 2024 at the Mohegan Sun casino resort in Connecticut. The lawsuit alleged that the Bedford, New Hampshire-based company violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by excluding male employees from the event.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in New Hampshire district court, challenges the sort of diversity programming the EEOC has aggressively targeted since President Donald Trump overhauled the agency, which was created by Congress under the Civil Rights Act. It comes just two weeks after the EEOC revealed that it is investigating sportswear giant Nike for allegedly discriminating against white employees through its diversity policies.

“Excluding men from an employer-sponsored event is a Title VII violation that the EEOC will act to remedy through litigation when necessary,” acting EEOC general counsel Catherine L. Eschbach said in a statement Wednesday announcing the lawsuit against Coca-Cola Northeast.

The EEOC said in court documents that it filed the lawsuit after failing to reach a conciliation agreement with Coca-Cola Beverage Northeast, an independent Coca-Cola bottler that serves New England and upstate New York.

But in a statement sent to The Associated Press, Coca-Cola Northeast said it “finds it disappointing that the EEOC did not conduct a full investigation and we look forward to having our day in open court when we can tell the full story and expect to be vindicated.”

In a LinkedIn post, Coca-Cola Northeast celebrated what it called its “first in-person Women’s Forum” attended by 250 female associates, describing it as a “networking reception and event.” Speakers talked about navigating a male-dominated industry, balancing work and personal life, and other topics, according to the post.

The EEOC’s lawsuit said the company paid for lodging, meals and other benefits for attendees and paid them their salaries while excusing them from regular work duties. The agency is seeking monetary compensation for a class of men who were excluded, saying they suffered not only financial losses but “emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, mental anguish.”

In its news release, the EEOC directed the public to its fact sheet on DEI-related discrimination, a document that takes aim at practices such as training, employee resource groups and fellowship programs. It stops short of declaring any one practice illegal, but warns they could veer into discrimination depending on how they are constructed.

EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas, a Trump appointee, has long been a staunch critic of many corporate DEI practices. In December, Lucas posted a social media call-out urging white men to come forward if they have experienced discrimination at work.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press. 

 

Report: US Will Withdraw All of Its Forces in Syria Over the Next Two Months

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Report: US Will Withdraw All of Its Forces in Syria Over the Next Two Months

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US is in the process of pulling all of its roughly 1,000 troops out of Syria, which is expected to take about two months, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Earlier this month, the US pulled out of the Al Tanf Garrison, a base in southern Syria near the borders of Iraq and Jordan, and the Al-Shaddadi base in northeastern Syria. Both facilities were turned over to the military of the new Syrian government, which is led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an offshoot of al-Qaeda.

News of the pullout comes as the US is building up a massive force in the region to prepare for a potential attack on Iran. US officials told the Journal that the Syria withdrawal was unrelated, though the US bases in the country are vulnerable to Iranian missile attacks.

The report said that one reason the Trump administration has decided to withdraw from Syria was to “reduce friction” with the Syrian military, which US officials have previously acknowledged to the Journal is “riddled with jihadist sympathizers, including soldiers with ties to al-Qaeda and ISIS and others who have been involved in alleged war crimes against the Kurds and Druze.”

The presence of jihadists in the Syrian military was demonstrated by the December 13 attack in Palmyra, Syria, which killed two members of the Iowa National Guard and an American civilian interpreter. While President Trump blamed the attack on ISIS, the gunman was a member of the Syrian military.

After the Palmyra attack, the US launched a new military operation in Syria, dubbed “Operation Hawkeye Strike,” which has involved over 100 strikes on what US Central Command describes as ISIS targets. A senior Trump administration official told the Journal that the US would still have the ability to “respond” to any ISIS-related threats in the region after the withdrawal, suggesting the US may continue conducting strikes in Syria.

 

This article originally appeared at Antiwar.com. 

Epstein Files Reveal an Accomplice Who Was Ready to Cooperate Before Going Silent

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Epstein Files Reveal an Accomplice Who Was Ready to Cooperate Before Going Silent

(José Niño, Headline USA) Jean-Luc Brunel was prepared to provide testimony against Jeffrey Epstein when he abruptly ceased cooperating with federal prosecutors in 2016, newly released Justice Department files reveal, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The French modeling scout was secretly negotiating with lawyers representing Epstein’s victims. Brunel’s attorney informed them his client recruited girls for Epstein and possessed incriminating photographs. They discussed a date for Brunel to enter the US Attorney’s office in New York in exchange for immunity.

“One of Epstein’s bfs, Jean Luc Brunel, has helped get girls. He is wanting to cooperate,” according to handwritten notes taken by a federal prosecutor in February 2016 that are now accessible on the Justice Department’s website. “Brunel is afraid of being prosecuted.”

Then Brunel went silent. Epstein had discovered the negotiations were occurring. On May 3, he sent an email to Kathy Ruemmler, an attorney with whom he corresponded regularly. He wrote that Brunel planned to visit the US Attorney’s office the following week and one of Brunel’s friends had “asked for 3 million dollars so that Jean Luc would not go in.”

Epstein told Ruemmler that Brunel feared arrest if he failed to appear. “I want to know more,” Epstein wrote, dismissing Brunel’s lawyer and friend as “scammers.”

Ruemmler responded hours later requesting Epstein call and explain the situation. The next day she wrote “Awake now. Talking to Poe in 20 mins.” Gregory Poe was Epstein’s Washington DC lawyer.

The documents do not clarify why Brunel ultimately remained quiet. What is clear is Brunel did not cooperate with prosecutors and Epstein remained free for another three years until his 2019 arrest. He allegedly died in jail in what was ruled suicide by New York’s medical examiner.

“It set us back a couple of years,” said David Boies, one of the attorneys who filed civil lawsuits on behalf of Epstein victims, referring to Brunel’s withdrawal. “We know from our lawsuits that there were more than 50 girls that were trafficked after this.”

Brunel was a central figure in Epstein’s operation who used his position atop a US modeling agency to recruit foreign girls and young women, securing work visas and providing the appearance of legitimate employment. He traveled on Epstein’s plane, visited his island and exchanged hundreds of emails with him.

The files also show federal prosecutors in New York received briefings on Epstein’s scheme in 2016. The handwritten notes detailed Epstein’s trafficking operation and allegations that Brunel, Ghislaine Maxwell and others recruited dozens of underage girls.

The Justice Department did not move on Epstein until after a Miami Herald investigation in late 2018 brought renewed attention to his case. When authorities arrested Epstein in 2019, Brunel and Maxwell were named as co-conspirators in FBI investigative files.

Joseph Titone, Brunel’s attorney, told the Wall Street Journal he advised Brunel to cooperate and cut ties with Epstein. “I recommended and advised him to stop communicating with Epstein, but he never did,” Titone said.

Brunel was arrested in 2020 in France where prosecutors were investigating rape allegations and supplying girls to Epstein. He died in jail in 2022, per a report by the WSJ. Maxwell was found guilty in 2021 and is serving a 20 year sentence.

José Niño is the deputy editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/JoseAlNino 

SCOOP: FBI Agent Lost an M-4 Rifle Later Used in Juvenile Shooting

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SCOOP: FBI Agent Lost an M-4 Rifle Later Used in Juvenile Shooting

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Last month, an FBI agent pled guilty to lying about having his government-issued firearm stolen from him, when he in fact had lost it. The firearm was later used in a juvenile shooting.

The FBI agent, Mose Countryman, is set to be sentenced on May 1 for making a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement and representation. He faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

According to court records, Countryman participated in an FBI raid on Aug. 2, 2024, in Louisiana. When agents finished executing their search warrant, he asked his colleagues about the whereabouts of his FBI-issued Colt M-4 carbine rifle. No one else knew where it was. Nevertheless, Countryman didn’t report the missing rifle.

Nearly two months later, the Lafayette Police Department officers were dispatched on Sept. 25, 2024, to a report of shots being fired. After a brief chase, police arrested some juveniles, who were in possession of a Colt M-4 carbine rifle.

It turned out, the rifle was the one Countryman lost.

Nearly another two months later, Countryman reported to FBI management that his rifle was stolen out of his government vehicle between Dec. 15 and 16, 2024. He also filed a police report with the Broussard Police Department.

On March 13, 2025, the DOJ Inspector General interviewed Countryman about the series of events. The FBI agent again lied.

“During that interview, Countryman told the OIG investigators the same false account about first discovering his rifle having been stolen from his FBI G-Car on December 17, 2025,” court records state.

Countryman agreed to plead guilty on Jan. 29. In exchange, the DOJ agreed to “not prosecute the defendant for any other offense known to the United States Attorney’s Office, based on the investigation that forms the basis of the bill of information.”

He remains out of jail on bond.

Ken Silva is the editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/jd_cashless.

Supreme Court Strikes Down Bulk of Trump’s Tariffs

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Bulk of Trump’s Tariffs

(, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said a 1977 law doesn’t give the president broad authority to issue tariffs, dealing a significant setback to President Donald Trump’s economic agenda.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion that “the Framers did not vest any part of the taxing power in the Executive Branch.”

Roberts said the tariffs violated the major questions doctrine. Trump’s interpretation of the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act would be an “expansion of the President’s authority over tariff policy” that Congress didn’t intend.

“There is no exception to the major questions doctrine for emergency statutes,” the majority wrote. “Nor does the fact that tariffs implicate foreign affairs render he doctrine inapplicable. The Framers gave ‘Congress alone’ the power to impose tariffs during peacetime.”

Twelve states, five small businesses and two Illinois-based toymakers have challenged Trump’s authority to impose tariffs under the 1977 law without Congressional approval.That law, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, does not mention the word “tariff” and, as the challengers stress, has never been used to impose tariffs.s.

The Supreme Court noted that in Friday’s decision.

“It is also telling that in IEEPA’s half century of existence, no President has invoked the statute to impose any tariffs, let alone tariffs of this magnitude and scope,” the high court wrote.

In November, Trump’s legal team had argued that the law is a clear delegation of emergency power, granting the president broad authority to act in times of crisis.

In August, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a lower court’s ruling that Trump did not have the authority, but said Trump’s tariffs could remain in place while the administration appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court. In the 7-4 decision, the Federal Circuit majority held that tariff authority rests with Congress.

Man Throws Away His Gold, Learns Valuable Gold Storage Lesson

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Man Throws Away His Gold, Learns Valuable Gold Storage Lesson

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) You work hard to earn your money. You budget and save. And you’re smart. You don’t save in rapidly depreciating fiat dollars. You save in gold, preserving your wealth.

And then you throw your gold in the garbage.

Wait, what!?!?

Yup. This happened to a poor guy in Italy.

Lesson: You work hard to build your savings. Make sure you protect it.

So, why in the world did this Italian man trash his gold?

As you probably guessed, it wasn’t intentional. But it was certainly avoidable.

The accident was the result of a very poor gold storage plan.

According to People, over the years, the unnamed 57-year-old had accumulated 20 gold bars valued at around $142,000. So far, so good, right? The guy had a great savings plan. However, his storage solution consisted of a tin box sitting out in the open.

Earlier this month, the man took out the trash, not realizing he had mistakenly thrown the tin away.

The man dumped his trash in a public bin at a nearby beach resort.

Happy Ending

Fortunately, this story has a happy ending.

The man realized his mistake the next day and reported the lost gold to the local police department. Investigators traced the man’s movements using security footage, verified his story, and determined the trash was ultimately dumped in a local landfill.

Shockingly, they found the tin with the gold bars still inside.

“After several hours of careful sifting, the officers managed to find the box which, though damaged, still contained all the gold bars … which were then returned to their rightful owner.”

We offer a lot of good educational resources here at Money Metals. We offer tips on the best ways to buy gold and silver in 2026. We have a guide to help you include precious metals in your IRA. We even have a silver-buying guide for beginners.

And now, I have a little precious metals storage advice to add to our resources.

Don’t store your gold and silver in a tin box.

If I were going to store thousands of dollars’ worth of precious metals in my house, I would get a safe. I might even hide the safe. Perhaps I would install a security system in my house.

Even with those security measures, a home still isn’t the most secure place for gold and silver, so I might even consider storing my valuable precious metals in Money Metals’ state-of-the-art bullion depository.

What I wouldn’t do is leave $142,000 worth of gold in a tin box sitting on some shelf or on the counter.

If you do, you might accidentally pitch it in the trash.

All’s well that ends well for our intrepid Italian man. Thankfully, he got his gold back and hopefully learned a valuable lesson.

And now, you’ve learned it too.

Mike Maharrey is a journalist and market analyst for Money Metals with over a decade of experience in precious metals. He holds a BS in accounting from the University of Kentucky and a BA in journalism from the University of South Florida.

JPMorgan Raises Gold Forecast to $6,300, Makes Case for $8,000

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JPMorgan Raises Gold Forecast to $6,300, Makes Case for $8,000

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Another big bank has raised its gold forecast. This time, it’s JPMorgan expressing more bullish sentiment despite the recent correction.

The big bank raised its 2026 gold forecast from $5,055 per ounce to $6,300.

JPMorgan analysts note that the 11 percent correction late last month ranks alongside some of the largest down days in gold’s history, including January 1980’s 13 percent fall and the 12 percent slump in February 1983.

However, they emphasize gold bugs shouldn’t be worried.

“Even with the recent near-term volatility, we remain firmly bullishly convinced in gold over the medium-term on the back of ⁠a clean, structural, ‌continued diversification trend that has further to run amid a still well-entrenched regime of real asset ‍outperformance vs. paper assets.”

JPMorgan analysts also lay out a case for $8,000 gold if households meaningfully increase their allocations. This underscores that while gold may become oversold at times, it is still significantly underinvested.

There has been growing interest in gold as a portfolio diversifier. Last fall, Morgan Stanley CIO Michael Wilson said investors should consider abandoning the traditional 60/40 equity/bond portfolio allocation and adopt a 60/20/20 distribution with 20 percent allocated to precious metals.

On average, Western investors (institutional and private) currently hold less than 1 percent of gold in their portfolios.

JPMorgan analysts estimate private investors currently hold around a 3 percent allocation to gold. If that share rises moderately to 4.6 percent, the incremental demand would challenge a market already constrained by limited new mine supply and persistent central‑bank buying. This “could suggest a price range for gold” between $8,000 and $8,500 an ounce.

To support this scenario, analysts say gold appears to be evolving into a “core holding” that is being “rebased higher” in investor portfolios rather than a hedge that occasionally spikes during a crisis.

According to a CNBC report, JPMorgan strategist Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou said households are substituting “duration risk” bonds with more gold exposure. He described it as a rebalancing between yield and purchasing‑power risk.

The decline in purchasing power is a growing concern as the U.S. government plunges deeper into debt. The only way it can manage its borrowing and spending is through the inflation tax. Despite the cooling CPI, we see increasing inflationary pressure in the money supply.

JPMorgan analysts point out that gold is up over 170 percent in the last five years.

“There’s a laundry list of reasons why, but the biggest driver may be a new era of geopolitical volatility and fragmentation, incentivizing investors to buy the precious metal. Now add on worries about currency debasement, growth, inflation, and irresponsible fiscal finances that haven’t been fully reflected in sovereign assets. It’s no wonder the precious metal has been a popular asset for investors during times of stress.”

JPMorgan analysts believe central bank gold buying will continue to support the market.

“Net purchases of gold have doubled since Russia’s war on Ukraine began in 2022. Central banks have fueled demand for the precious metal in efforts to diversify reserves away from the U.S. dollar after the United States froze Russian assets.”

And while the JPMorgan analysts conceded there is a case for an end to the gold rally, it’s wrong.

“While this rally in gold has not, and will not, be linear, we believe the trends driving this rebasing higher in gold prices are not exhausted. The long-term trend of official reserve and investor diversification into gold has further to run.”

That’s because this rally is based on fundamentals, not mere speculation.

“In addition to hedging against short-term geopolitical risks, gold is a long-term diversifier. It’s an asset that can protect against inflation, outperform during drawdowns and reduce overall portfolio volatility, given its relatively low correlation to other assets.”

Mike Maharrey is a journalist and market analyst for Money Metals with over a decade of experience in precious metals. He holds a BS in accounting from the University of Kentucky and a BA in journalism from the University of South Florida.

Asian American Representation at Harvard Jumps Following End of Affirmative Action

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Asian American Representation at Harvard Jumps Following End of Affirmative Action

(José Niño, Headline USA)  ​Asian enrollment at Harvard University is skyrocketing as white student participation continues to plummet, according to the latest statistics.

Twitter user AF Post recently pointed out the startling statistics, stating: “Despite the Trump administration’s efforts to enforce the Supreme Court ruling against race-based school admissions, Harvard is now discriminating against White applicants instead of Asian ones. The share of White students admitted in the Classes of 2028 and 2029 fell from 47% in 2025 to 31% in 2028 and 2029, while the share of Asian students rose from 26% to 41% in 2028 and 2029. Black and Latino admissions stayed the same.”

The Supreme Court ruled in June 2023 in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard that race conscious admissions programs violate constitutional protections, effectively ending decades of affirmative action at colleges. The original lawsuit alleged Harvard discriminated against Asian American applicants by capping their admission numbers and assigning them lower personal ratings compared to other racial groups.

In certain respects, actual demographic data from Harvard tells a different story from the AF Post tweet. Asian-American representation rose from approximately 37 percent in the Class of 2027 to 41 percent in the Class of 2029. Black enrollment dropped from 18 percent before the ruling to 14 percent for the Class of 2028 and 11.5 percent for the Class of 2029. Hispanic enrollment declined from 16 percent to 11 percent, according to The Harvard Crimson.

The claim about white student percentages contains significant problems. Harvard has not published white student figures for the Classes of 2028 or 2029, making the cited 31 percent figure impossible to verify at the moment. According to a report by WBUR, the university changed its reporting methodology and stopped disclosing white student percentages. Eight percent of students chose not to report their race.

The assertion that white students comprised 47 percent of the Class of 2025 is also questionable. A Harvard Crimson freshman survey for that class showed 53.1 percent of survey respondents identified as White.

The demographic shift shows Asian American students as the primary group benefiting from race neutral admissions. This aligns with the original SFFA lawsuit’s argument that affirmative action artificially suppressed Asian enrollment. 

José Niño is the deputy editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/JoseAlNino

Son of Latest Trans Shooter is in Jail for Burning Black Church

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Son of Latest Trans Shooter is in Jail for Burning Black Church

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) One of the adult children of the transgender shooter in Rhode Island is serving a seven-year federal sentence after torching a predominantly black church in North Providence.  

Kevin Colantonio, 37, is one of six children Robert Dorgan had before carrying out a mass shooting and then killing himself during a high school boys’ hockey game on Feb. 16, according to media reports.

Dorgan, who went by Roberta Esposito, shot and killed his former wife, Rhonda Dorgan, 52, and their son, Aidan Dorgan, 23. He also injured his former parents-in-law, Linda and Gerald Dorgan, as well as a family friend, Thomas Geruso, before taking his own life. 

The sickening attack marked the latest high-profile act of violence involving a transgender-identifying individual. It also cast renewed scrutiny on the Dorgan family because years earlier, Dorgan’s son had committed a violent crime of his own, according to WPRI 12 News.

In February 2024, Colantonio set fire to Shiloh Gospel Temple Ministries in North Providence after calling it a place of worship for “Atheist God mockers” in a text message to his family. The church’s congregation consists of roughly 100 members. 

Investigators also found racist writings in a notebook seized during the arson probe. In one passage, Colantonio wrote: “Gun everyone down that isn’t white, if one is white spread the gospel. Always give our bloodline a chance.” 

He ultimately received a seven-year sentence after pleading guilty to malicious damage by means of fire, obstruction of the free exercise of religious beliefs and two counts of assault on a federal officer. 

As reported by the New York Post, locals said Dorgan had influenced Colantonio’s racism, noting the now-deceased shooter had neo-Nazi tattoos and published antisemitic and racist posts on social media. 

Colantonio’s guilty plea was secured under the Trump administration, with Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon highlighting the case in a press statement at the time.

“This defendant acted with disdain against people of faith and complete disregard for law enforcement officers,” Dhillon said. “The Civil Rights Division will continue to vigorously prosecute anti-Christian bias in the United States and ensure Americans are free to worship without fear.” 

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