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Wanted ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding captured in Mexico, FBI Director Kash Patel flies him back to US
Wedding is accused of orchestrating multiple murders and attempted murder as a part of his drug trafficking operation
Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive
Ryan Wedding has been captured in Mexico with the help of local
authorities, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel
confirmed Friday.
Bondi announced Wedding's capture in a post on X, adding the Canadian
national was flown into the United States, where he will "face
justice." Patel accompanied Wedding on the flight to the U.S., sources
said.
The FBI announced Friday that they had captured former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding after a monthslong manhunt. (FBI)
"At my direction, Department of Justice agents @FBI have apprehended
yet another member of the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted List: Ryan Wedding,
the onetime Olympian snowboarder-turned alleged violent cocaine
kingpin," Bondi said.
FBI Arrests 'Most Wanted' Former Olympian Ryan Wedding
Huge US Armada Heading to Middle East
A U.S. military aircraft carrier strike group and other assets will
arrive in the Middle East region in the coming days, two U.S. officials
said on Thursday, even as U.S. President Donald Trump voices hopes of
avoiding new military action against Iran.
U.S. warships including the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln,
several destroyers and fighter aircraft started moving from the
Asia-Pacific last week as tensions between Iran and the United States
soared following a severe crackdown on protests across Iran in recent
months.
One of the officials said additional air defense systems were also being eyed for the Middle East.
US Power Protects Greenland
Vice President JD Vance defended President Donald Trump's Greenland
policy push, telling Newsmax on Thursday that the United States already
provides implicit protection for the Arctic territory and should share
in its resources because of its strategic importance.
Trump on Wednesday announced a "framework" for a Greenland deal is in
place after talks with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in Davos,
Switzerland.
Trump revealed few details of the deal but told CNBC it would include
access to mineral rights for the U.S. and its European allies, as well
as collaboration on the Golden Dome missile defense system.
Nearly 1,300 flights canceled ahead of historic winter storm set to blast over 40 states
Nearly 1,300 flights have been canceled across the country through
Saturday as a sprawling winter storm that is set to blast more than 40
states from Arizona to Maine makes its way across the US.
Thousands more flights are expected to be canceled into early next week.
American Airlines announced Thursday that 16% of its Saturday flight
schedule had been canceled, while Delta Air Lines canceled flights in
five states ahead of the storm set to begin Friday and last through
Monday.
This comes days after most major airlines issued travel waivers for
flights this weekend across the majority of the eastern two-thirds of
the country.
House Republicans revive push to impeach 'activist' judges after Johnson's green light
Rep. Brandon Gill's impeachment resolution against Judge Boasberg gained 2 new GOP supporters
House conservatives are reviving various pushes to impeach judges
accused of blocking President Donald Trump's agenda after Speaker Mike
Johnson, R-La., gave his tacit approval earlier this week.
"I just spoke to him on the House floor, and he's still in support, so
we're going to push to move forward on at least one," Rep. Andy Ogles,
R-Tenn., told Fox News Digital in the early evening on Thursday.
Ogles was among the conservative Trump allies who led the push to
impeach judges last year as the administration engaged in legal battles
with federal courts across the country over various rulings.
He previously introduced impeachment articles against U.S. District
Judge John Bates for blocking a Trump executive order targeting
transgender recognition under federal law, as well as District Judge
Theodore Chuang after his ruling to stop a crackdown on foreign aid by
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Gavin Newsom reacts after White House revokes his USA House entry at Davos
California Governor Gavin Newsom said organizers at the USA House venue
at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, denied him entry to
speak with the media after pressure from the White House and the State
Department.
Newsom, a Democrat, commented on the post from his team on X Wednesday,
saying, “How weak and pathetic do you have to be to be this scared of a
fireside chat?”
The allegation surfaced as Newsom continued a high-profile presence at
Davos, where he criticized European leaders’ responses to President
Donald Trump’s policies and the administration’s efforts concerning
Greenland, comments he made in exchanges with reporters and outlets
earlier in the week.
White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told Newsweek on Wednesday: “No one
in Davos knows who third-rate governor Newscum is or why he is
frolicking around Switzerland instead of fixing the many problems he
created in California.”
Fortune magazine told Newsweek in an emailed statement on Wednesday,
“Governor Newsom had been invited to participate in a Fortune
conversation at USA House in Davos. Subsequently, USA House determined
it would not be able to accommodate the Governor’s participation and
communicated that decision to Fortune.”
California’s massive fraud is way worse than Minnesota’s — totals $7 billion: JD Vance
Vice President JD Vance revealed that about $7 billion worth of fraud has been discovered in California.
“I think we have a fraud problem that is much worse than California
than it is in Minnesota,” Vance said in an interview Thursday, noting
the head of US Small Business Administration gave him the shocking news.
“This is unfortunately a problem that is much bigger than Minnesota.”
Vice President JD Vance revealed that about $7 billion worth of fraud has been discovered in California.
The vice president also said efforts to block immigration enforcement
were a uniquely blue-state phenomenon, adding that some Democratic-led
states are engaged in a “small-scale civil war” with the federal
government over immigration.
Arizona AG: 'Stand Your Ground' Could Apply to Masked ICE Agents
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes earlier this week suggested
residents could use lethal force against masked Immigration and Customs
Enforcement agents under the state's "stand your ground" law.
"It's kind of a recipe for disaster because you have these masked
federal officers with very little identification, sometimes no
identification, wearing plain clothes and masks," Mayes told 12News on
Monday, calling ICE "very poorly trained."
"And we have a stand your ground law that says that if you reasonably
believe that your life is in danger, and you're in your house or your
car or on your property, that you can defend yourself with lethal
force."
Arizona's stand your ground law eliminates the duty to retreat before
using force in self-defense if a person is lawfully present and not
committing a crime, allowing physical or deadly force when an
individual reasonably believes it is necessary to prevent imminent
death or serious injury.
Zelenskyy: Territorial Issue to Be Discussed at Trilateral Talks in UAE
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday that the vital question of
territory in Ukraine's war with Russia would be discussed at
U.S.-brokered trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi on Friday and Saturday.
Kyiv is under mounting U.S. pressure to secure a peace deal in the
nearly four-year-old war with Moscow, which has demanded Ukraine give
up its entire eastern area of Donbas before it stops fighting.
Responding to questions in a WhatsApp media chat a day after meeting
President Donald Trump for talks both leaders described as positive,
Zelenskyy said the issue would be a top priority of talks.
Iran Denies Trump Claim 800 Prisoners Spared Execution
Iran’s top prosecutor on Friday called President Donald Trump’s
repeated claims that he halted the hangings of 800 detained protesters
there “completely false.”
Meanwhile, the overall death toll from a bloody crackdown on nationwide demonstrations rose to at least 5,002, activists said.
Activists fear many more are dead. They struggle to confirm information
as the most comprehensive internet blackout in Iran's history has
crossed the two-week mark.
Gold Hits New Peak Near $5,000
Gold prices steadied as investors booked profits after prices struck
another record high near $5,000 an ounce on the uncertain geopolitical
outlook.
Silver and platinum also hit record peaks.
Spot gold was steady at $4,935.39 an ounce at 1228 GMT, having touched a record $4,967.03 earlier in the day.
U.S. gold futures for February delivery added 0.5% to $4,935.60 an ounce.
Prices have risen by 14% since the beginning of the year, partly on
concerns around U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs
on European allies over Greenland.
How Trump’s ICE enforcement record blows Obama’s out of the water— by a lot
By John R. Lott Jr.
The media narrative against President Trump’s effort to enforce
immigration law was on full display last week at a White House press
briefing.
“Earlier you were just defending ICE agents … that they were doing
everything correctly,” Niall Stanage of the Hill challenged press
secretary Karoline Leavitt.
“Thirty-two people died in ICE custody last year; 170 US citizens were
detained by ICE. And, uh, Renee Good was shot in the head and killed …
How does that equate to them doing everything correctly?”
NPR, to cite just one example, recently claimed that “many” American
citizens “have been mistaken” for illegal immigrants, and that there’s
“a long history of immigration agencies not having a good track record.”
But the numbers tell a very different story about how ICE is doing under Trump.
Let’s set the baseline: Between the
president’s Jan. 20, 2025, inauguration and the end of November,
Trump’s administration arrested an extraordinary total of 595,000
illegal aliens and deported 605,000.
The 170 ICE-detained US citizens cited in Stanage’s diatribe included
about 130 arrested for interfering with or assaulting officers,
according to the left-leaning ProPublica — justifiable under any
reading of the law.
Only about 40 or so of those who were detained claimed to be US
citizens accidentally or erroneously arrested by ICE, and just half of
those people were held for more than a day; most were released in a few
hours.
Any error is serious, but 40 mistakes out of 595,000 arrests amounts to
an error rate of just 0.0067% — roughly one wrongful detention for
every 14,925 arrests.
Compare that with the final two years of President Barack Obama’s administration.
In fiscal years 2015 and 2016, ICE recorded 263 mistaken arrests, 54 mistaken detentions (book-ins), and four mistaken removals.
