FBI Releases New Video of Brown Gunman as Search Continues

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FBI Releases New Video of Brown Gunman as Search Continues

(Headline USA) Authorities have asked the public for any footage they might have of the gunman who fatally shot two students and wounded nine others at Brown University, even as they released a new video timeline and a slightly clearer image of a possible suspect.

Investigators provided no indication Tuesday that they were any closer to zeroing in on his identity. In all the videos made public, the suspect’s face was masked or turned away, and authorities have only been able to give a vague description of him as being stocky and about 5 feet, 8 inches tall.

Officers have been canvassing around Providence in search of clues that might help them figure out who was behind Saturday’s campus shooting.

Surveillance video the FBI posted online before it was removed showed a person in dark clothing walking along multiple sidewalks for about an hour starting shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday. The streets were all within a few blocks of the Brown University engineering building where the shooting occurred.

Some clips show the person walking in front of some properties several times. In one, the person abruptly turns around and runs in the other direction when someone approaches.

Two clips taken minutes after the shooting show the person walking away from a parking lot and then along a street.

Authorities ask public for help

Police have received about 200 tips, and Col. Oscar Perez, the Providence police chief, asked the public on Tuesday to look at their camera systems in the area to see if they have footage that might help officials identify the suspected gunman.

“We’re looking for a moment that is shorter than someone taking a breath,” Perez said.

A lack of cameras and clear video of the gunman has continued to frustrate both authorities and the community. While Brown President Christina Paxson confirmed Tuesday that the campus has 1,200 cameras, law enforcement says there is no clear video of the shooter from inside the engineering building.

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha defended the investigation as going “really well” as he pleaded for public patience in locating the suspected killer.

Large questions remain, particularly about the shooter’s motive. When pressed about a connection to ethnicity, political motive or culture, Neronha said, “That is a dangerous road to go down.”

Seeking solace

Brown alumnus Chris Kremer joined about 200 others at a somber church service on campus for the victims Tuesday. He lives a block from the scene and often goes to the building where the shooting happened. Many in the community are thinking how easily they could have been among the shot, he said.

He said it was better to attend the service than to sit alone being sad, depressed and scrolling through his phone.

“It’s always nice to be in a big exalted space when you’re thinking kind of big heavy thoughts,” Kremer said. “I guess people for thousands of years have found that to be something of a salve, so I’m hoping that a little bit of that works for me tonight.”

Campus security

The attack and the shooter’s escape have raised questions about campus security, including a lack of cameras, and led to calls for better locks on campus doors.

Paxson said the university has two security systems. One system, activated at a time of emergency, sent out text messages, phone calls and emails that reached 20,000 people. The other system features three sirens across the campus and was not activated Saturday, a decision Paxson defended because doing so would have caused people to rush into buildings, including the one where the shooting was happening.

“So that is not a system we would ever use in the case of an active shooter,” she said.

Brown’s website says the sirens can be used when there is an active shooter, but Paxson said it “depends on the circumstances” and the location of the shooter.

A city on edge

Providence remained tense on Tuesday as additional police were sent to city schools to reassure worried parents that their kids would be safe. Ten state troopers were assigned to support police sent to beef up security at schools, district Superintendent Javier Montañez said.

Providence public schools canceled after-school activities and field trips for the week as a precaution.

Locals expressed fear as well as defiance as the investigation continued Tuesday.

“Of course it feels scary. But at the same time, I think that if the person really wanted to scare us, we shouldn’t allow him or her to win,” said Tatjana Stojanovic, a Providence parent who lives next door to the Brown campus.

Others say the attention on security measures does little to address the real issue.

“The issue isn’t the doors, it’s the guns,” said Zoe Kass, a senior who fled the engineering building as police stormed in Saturday.

After spending of her life in schools where every door was locked and school shootings continued to persist, Kass said such security measures only created “the illusion of safety.”

A fuller picture of the victims emerges

Details have emerged about the victims, who were in the first-floor classroom in the school’s engineering building studying for a final.

Two of the wounded students had been released as of Tuesday, Brown spokesperson Amanda McGregor said. Of the seven people that remained hospitalized, Mayor Brett Smiley said one remained in critical condition, five were in critical but stable condition and one was in stable condition.

One of the wounded students, 18-year-old freshman Spencer Yang of New York City, told The New York Times and the Brown Daily Herald that there was a mad scramble after the gunman entered the room. Yang said he wound up on the ground between some seats and was shot in the leg.

Jacob Spears, 18, a freshman from Evans, Georgia, was shot in the stomach, “but through sheer adrenaline and courage, he managed to run outside, where he was aided by others,” according to a GoFundMe site organized for him.

Ella Cook, a 19-year-old sophomore who was one of the two students killed, was vice president of the Brown College Republicans and was beloved in her church in Birmingham, Alabama.

The other student killed was MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an 18-year-old freshman from Brandermill, Virginia, who was majoring in biochemistry and neuroscience. His family immigrated to the U.S. from Uzbekistan when he was a kid.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

 

Dan Bongino Reportedly Set to Depart the FBI

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Dan Bongino Reportedly Set to Depart the FBI

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) After a roughly 10-month stint that left many of his supporters disappointed, Dan Bongino is set to quit his job as FBI deputy director, according to multiple reports.

Fox News reported Monday that Bongino is set to decide about his future in the next few weeks. But according to other reports, the decision has already been made.

“Staffers say that Bongino’s office has been empty for ‘close to two weeks,’ indicating he has already left the agency,” Salon reported Tuesday, adding that FBI Director Kashyap Patel could be leaving soon, too.

The New York Sun also reported that Bongino’s chief of staff, Jimmy Paul, has left to go run the Baltimore field office—another sign of the deputy director’s impending departure.

Bongino has been rumored to be on his way out since former Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey was appointed as “co-deputy director” in August—the first time there have been co-deputy directors at the FBI in its entire history.

Bongino’s indicated that he’ll return to the media when he leaves the bureau. If so, he’ll be coming back with a heavily damaged credibility.

In May, he falsely claimed that the FBI had video proving that deceased multimillionaire sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein killed himself. However, the DOJ Inspector General had already released a report stating that no such video footage exists—and indeed, the video released by the FBI this year didn’t even show Epstein’s cell.

Bongino also defended the FBI’s investigation into the July 2024 Trump assassination attempt, insisting that the would-be assassin acted alone and that the FBI acted properly by releasing his body for cremation and hosing down the AGR rooftop the day after the event. Bongino told the widow of the firefighter who died in the attempt, Helen Comperatore, that the FBI would be releasing more information on the event—but the bureau never did.

Most recently, Bongino has touted the arrest of an autistic black man in the Jan. 6 pipe bombs case, flip-flopping on his earlier remarks as a podcaster that the incident was an inside job.

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

DOJ Epstein Files to be Made Public on Friday; Democrats Say There Are More

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DOJ Epstein Files to be Made Public on Friday; Democrats Say There Are More

(, The Center Square) The Justice Department is required to make all of the Epstein files public by Friday, after months of back-and-forth between Congress and the Trump administration.

On Nov. 18, with almost unanimous support, Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act. President Donald Trump signed the bill into law the next day. The law demands the department’s full release of the files into a downloadable, searchable PDF format within 30 days of its signing.

The files include thousands of pages from two criminal investigations into the deceased financier and sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein. In December, two judges also unsealed grand jury records from sex trafficking cases against Epstein and his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Congress and the administration have been at odds for months, after Attorney General Pam Bondi signaled that large quantities of files were going to be made public and then a Justice Department memo in July abruptly ended their release. The memo said that investigators had found “no incriminating ‘client list’ and “no credible evidence…. that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.”

Congress launched its own oversight inquiry into the handling of the Epstein files, through which a handful of news-making files have come to light – like an alleged bawdy 50th birthday letter from Trump to Epstein, which Trump denies sending; Epstein emails calling Trump “the dog that hasn’t barked,” and some photos of the president and other public figures at events with Epstein or multiple women.

One of those public figures was former President Bill Clinton. The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to testify before the committee on Dec. 17 and 18, but those depositions were pushed back Tuesday to mid-January.

Democrats held a press conference Tuesday saying they expect the administration to only partially comply with the law on Friday, but that there would be consequences for anything less than full compliance.

“We fully expect Trump, Bondi and their minions to dodge, delay or partially release these files,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY. “Stop hiding, stop delaying. Come clean with the American people. And if you don’t, the question will only get louder and louder and louder.”

“If they abuse narrow exemptions to hide the truth, we will know and there will be serious legal and political consequences,” Schumer warned.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., also said the Treasury Department has numerous files on Epstein transactions and financial operations that could hold important information, but that the Trump administration won’t release those. The Nov. 19 law only requires that the Department of Justice hand over its files.

“My investigators saw a large, large portion of these records in 2024, under the Biden administration, but the Trump administration is denying us the file today. It’s important for the American people to find out how all of this was financed, and that means getting our hands on the file to investigate further,” Wyden said.

Though called to release all of its files by Friday, the Justice Department can withhold or redact records that needlessly expose victims’ identity, show the sexual abuse of children or pertain to an active federal investigation.

Report: Alleged Charlie Kirk Assassin Was Playing Online Game 55 Minutes before Shooting

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Report: Alleged Charlie Kirk Assassin Was Playing Online Game 55 Minutes before Shooting

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Washington Post published an investigation into alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson on Wednesday, revealing—among other facts—that Robinson was playing the online game “Wordle” less than an hour before Kirk was killed.

“It was the morning of Sept. 10. Robinson had guessed the answer — ‘pouty’ — on his third attempt. He sent his results and a celebratory meme to a friend, who responded with a meme of his own and conceded that it had taken him five tries,” said the Post, which interviewed 21 Robinson acquaintances and obtained hundreds of online messages, and also reached Robinson in jail for a 40-minute call.

Robinson again messaged the friend about 80 minutes after the assassination, the Post reported.

“You see the news????? Utah gets a national headline for the first time in a while and it’s someone sliming charlie kirk,” he reportedly wrote.

“He’s reported dead, and the footage looks BAD.”

The acquaintances interviewed said Robinson wasn’t very political, though he did become increasingly pro-trans as he started to date his male roommate, Lance Twiggs, who was reportedly changing his gender. When he was drinking Robinson did occasionally remark about right-wing politicians being shot—but everyone thought he was joking, one friend said.

When Thomas Crooks allegedly tried assassinating Donald Trump in July 2024, Robinson reportedly joked on Discord: “Snowflake liberals cant shoot straight cause they too busy being gay.”

Along with interviewing his friends and documenting his alleged actions and messages in the final days before the attack, the Post reached Robinson himself in jail in October for a video call.

“The camera appeared to be covered, and he did not make himself visible. ‘I can’t answer any questions,’ he said. ‘You’re welcome to talk.’ In four calls spanning about 40 minutes, he maintained that disciplined approach, listening silently as a reporter described what friends and acquaintances had said about him,” the Post reported.

“He did not audibly react to hearing that Kirk’s wife, Erika, had publicly forgiven him or that Trump had posthumously awarded Kirk the Medal of Freedom,” the newspaper added.

“Eventually, Robinson asked that reporters communicate with him only in writing. He did not respond to messages sent through the jail’s email system, and his attorneys declined to answer questions for this report.”

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

Trump Declares ‘Total and Complete Blockade’ of ‘Sanctioned Oil Tankers’ in Venezuela

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Trump Declares ‘Total and Complete Blockade’ of ‘Sanctioned Oil Tankers’ in Venezuela

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump on Tuesday issued a post on Truth Social where he declared a “total and complete blockade” of all “sanctioned oil tankers” going into or out of Venezuela, as he continues to take aggressive action against the country with the aim of ousting President Nicolas Maduro.

“Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America. It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before,” Trump said in his post, which came less than a week after US forces boarded and seized a tanker off the coast of Venezuela.

The president said the blockade, an action that’s generally considered an act of war under international law, would continue until Venezuela “returns” its own oil and land to the US, underscoring that Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, the largest in the world, are a primary motive in Trump’s effort at regime change.

“Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us,” Trump wrote. The president appears to be referring to the nationalization of oil projects under Hugo Chavez, Maduro’s predecessor, who forced foreign-run projects to be converted into joint ventures in which Venezuela’s state oil company, PDVSA, held a majority stake.

Some Western oil companies accepted Chavez’s terms, including the US firm Chevron, which continues to operate in Venezuela today, while others rejected the deal — most notably ExxonMobil — exited the country, and sued the Venezuelan government in international arbitration over the expropriations. But the oil remains the property of the Venezuelan state, and it’s unclear what Trump means when he claims Venezuelan “land” was stolen from the US.

Trump also claimed that Maduro’s government was a “Foreign Terrorist Organization,” referring to his administration designating a non-existent cartel, called the “Cartel of the Suns,” as an FTO and claiming Maduro is its leader.

The term Cartel of the Suns, or Cartel de los Soles, was first used in the early 1990s to describe Venezuelan generals with sun insignias on their uniforms who were involved in cocaine trafficking and were actually working with the CIA at the time.

Today, the Cartel of the Suns is used to describe a network of Venezuelan officials allegedly involved in the drug trade, but it doesn’t exist as a structured organization. Regardless of the facts, the Trump administration appears ready to use the non-existent cartel as a pretext to launch a war.

In his post, Trump also accused the Venezuelan government of sending “Illegal Aliens and Criminals” into the US during the Biden administration, while also acknowledging Maduro was cooperating with the US on deportation flights by saying they are “being returned to Venezuela at a rapid pace.”

Trump concluded his post by saying, “America will not allow Criminals, Terrorists, or other Countries, to rob, threaten, or harm our Nation and, likewise, will not allow a Hostile Regime to take our Oil, Land, or any other Assets, all of which must be returned to the United States, IMMEDIATELY.”

This article originally appeared at Antiwar.com.

 

Trump Admin Demands Tim Walz’s Resignation after Another Fraud Discovery

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Trump Admin Demands Tim Walz’s Resignation after Another Fraud Discovery

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Education Secretary Linda McMahon demanded on Monday that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz step down over allegations that his administration allowed millions in taxpayer money to be stolen by “ghost students.” 

McMahon’s scathing letter, published on X, came after the Education Department reportedly uncovered at least 1,834 fraudulent college applicants in Minnesota received $12.5 million in grants and loans.  

Overall, the Trump administration reportedly found that $90 million had been disbursed to alleged scammers in 2024 alone, in addition to $30 million in loans to dead people and over $40 million to companies using AI bots.

These suspected fraudsters, also known as “ghost students,” use stolen identities to obtain the funds.  

McMahon said a newly launched fraud control system had blocked “more than $1 billion in attempted financial aid theft by fraudsters,” including foreign rings and AI bots. 

The letter comes as Walz faces scrutiny for failing to stop the theft of more than $1 billion in COVID-19-related relief funds since 2020. 

One of the exploited programs, designed to provide meals for those in need during the pandemic, was reportedly targeted by a group of Somali Americans in Minnesota.  

Whistleblowers said the Walz administration ignored red flags in some applications to avoid alienating the Somali community, a key Democratic voting bloc in the state. 

“Shame on you, Governor Walz, for allowing this to happen—and for benefiting from it,” McMahon wrote, seemingly referring to the political advantages noted by whistleblowers. 

“Stop defrauding American taxpayers,” she added. “No politician is above the law, and my department, alongside every other agency under the leadership of President Trump, will continue to ensure that you will not be able to dodge accountability for your actions.” 

McMahon concluded with a scorching plea: resign.  

“Given your dereliction of the office entrusted to you by Minnesotans, I implore you to resign and make way for more capable leadership,” she wrote. 

Trump Stands by Susie Wiles after She Tells All to Vanity Fair Interview

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Trump Stands by Susie Wiles after She Tells All to Vanity Fair Interview

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) President Donald Trump defended White House chief of staff Susie Wiles after she granted unfettered access to leftist magazine Vanity Fair, which published a hit piece on Tuesday. 

Wiles’s Vanity Fair interview, which spanned 11 months and included 12 sit-downs, was widely viewed as a major unforced error.  

The piece featured cherry-picked quotes from Wiles, including a quote that Trump has an “alcoholic’s personality,” along with uncontextualized comments about other cabinet officials. 

Vanity Fair also published unflattering photos of Vice President JD Vance, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a major violation of journalistic norms. 

Trump on Tuesday afternoon dismissed the Vanity Fair piece and stood by Wiles in remarks to the New York Post. 

“I didn’t read it, but I don’t read Vanity Fair — but she’s done a fantastic job,” Trump said of Wiles, as quoted by the Post. “I think from what I hear, the facts were wrong, and it was a very misguided interviewer, purposely misguided.” 

Trump affirmed he retained full confidence in Wiles, calling her “fantastic.” 

He also dismissed concerns about Wiles granting broad access to legacy media, telling the Post that the Vanity Fair reporter behind the piece “didn’t have great access” and the meeting amounted to “very short interviews.” 

Trump went on to blast the outlet directly. 

“If anybody knows the interviewer, and if they know Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair is a totally — it’s lost its way. It’s also lost its readers, as you know. No, she’s fantastic,” he continued. 

Trump even appeared to partially agree with the “alcoholic’s personality” comparison, saying he has a “possessive” personality. 

“I’ve said that many times about myself. I’m fortunate I’m not a drinker. If I did, I could very well, because I’ve said that — what’s the word? Not possessive — possessive and addictive type personality. Oh, I’ve said it many times, many times before,” he stated. 

Trump’s comments came as legacy media figures aggrandized Vanity Fair’s claims, with images from the story circulating widely on social media.

Some cable news outlets went as far as to suggest that Trump was an alcoholic, though he has repeatedly stated he does not drink. 

Headline Geopolitics: The Real Story Behind the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Headline Geopolitics: The Real Story Behind the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

(José Niño, Headline USA) In this Headline Geopolitics episode, José Niño interviews Stanislav Krapivnik, military-political analyst and commentator. Krapivnik shares his unique perspective on the Russia-Ukraine war, drawing from his extensive military background and experience in both the US and Russia.

The conversation covers the historical roots of Western-Russian relations, the realities of modern warfare, the pitfalls of Western narratives, and the ongoing dynamics on the battlefield.

🎧 Watch the full interview here:

Follow Stanislav Krapivnik:

Twitter: https://x.com/STANISKRAPIVNIK

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MrSlavikman

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

11 Firefighters and 2 Other People Injured After North Carolina House Fire and Explosion

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11 Firefighters and 2 Other People Injured After North Carolina House Fire and Explosion

(Headline USA)  Eleven firefighters and two other people were injured in a house fire explosion in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, officials said.

Salisbury Fire Chief Bob Parnell said firefighters did not have life-threatening injuries but were getting treated for contusions, concussions and smoke inhalation following the fire Monday evening. Two other people were taken to the hospital, but Parnell said he didn’t know their conditions and couldn’t confirm whether they were in the house at the time of the fire.

The Salisbury Fire Department responded to the single-family home around 5 p.m. and found it engulfed in flames.

Eleven of the 22 firefighters at the scene went inside the house to search for occupants and “get water on that fire,” which preceded the explosion, Panell said at a news conference.

“It was enough force that the outside walls blew out, the roof came up and went back down,” Parnell said.

An investigation of the fire and explosion is continuing.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press. 

 

Gunman Still on the Loose after Killing MIT Professor

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Gunman Still on the Loose after Killing MIT Professor

(Headline USA)  Authorities near Boston say they have no suspect in custody in the death of an Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor shot at his home.

Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, died at a local hospital on Tuesday morning after the Monday night shooting in Brookline, the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

Loureiro was the director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and a professor in both the Nuclear Science and Engineering and Physics departments, the school said. MIT said it was offering support and other services to his students, colleagues and others in the community.

Brookline police referred questions about the shooting to the prosecutor’s office, which gave only limited information about what it called “an active and ongoing homicide investigation.”

Loureiro pursued his studies in Portugal and London and did postdoctoral work at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, according to his MIT faculty page. He was a researcher at the Institute for Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion at IST Lisbon before joining MIT in 2016, it said.Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press.

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