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U.S. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) speaks to reporters following a meeting of the House Republican Conference on March 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images)

Texas: lawmakers launch ‘Sharia-Free America Caucus,’ aimed at countering Islam and Sharia law’s growing influence in U.S.

Two GOP lawmakers announced the launch of a new caucus in the House of Representatives, aimed at “protecting Western civilization in the United States” to educate Americans on the growing influence of Islam and specifically Sharia law.

A Brown University pennant is covered by flowers left by mourners at a makeshift memorial outside the Barus & Holley engineering building on the campus of Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island on December 14, 2025. US authorities on Sunday detained a person of interest in the mass shooting at Brown University that left two people dead and nine others wounded, the latest in a long line of school attacks nationwide. (Photo by Bing Guan / AFP via Getty Images)

Report: Brown University shooting suspect found dead inside storage unit

A reputable source who reached out to Fox News stated that the suspect in the Brown University shooting, which left two students dead, has been found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside of a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire.

(Background) WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 18: U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on December 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. During the ceremony, Trump signed the order reclassifying marijuana as a schedule III drug. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) / (R) Employees inspect cannabis plants at cannabis grower Hollandse Hoogtes, where regulated cannabis cultivation takes place in a grow center, in Bemmel on April 1, 2025. Weed growers are gearing up for the next phase of the cannabis experiment in which coffeeshops, in the participating municipality, switch entirely to cannabis solely from regulated growers. (Photo by Sem van der Wal / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by SEM VAN DER WAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump signs EO to expedite marijuana rescheduling to Schedule III, stops short of full legalization

President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue and expedite the potential rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III — a major shift in federal drug policy by advancing a process that could lead to federal recognition of the drug’s medicinal qualities.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 17: Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks to members of the media at a Brooklyn library to make a transition announcement for his administration on December 17, 2025 in New York City. Jahmila Edwards (right) will be the head of the Mayor's Office of Intergovernmental Relations and Cat Da Costa (left) will become the head of the Mayor's Office of Appointments. Upon taking office, the incoming administration will seek to address a $380 million budget deficit. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Resurfaced antisemitic tweets force Mamdani’s appointee to resign after 1 day of work

Catherine (Cat) Almonte Da Costa, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s former Director of Appointments, submitted her resignation just one day after being hired by Mamdani — following the resurfacing of antisemitic tweets from 2011–2012.

(L)Candles are lit by a framed photo of mass shooting victim Ella Cook at a makeshift memorial near Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. (Photo by Bing Guan / AFP via Getty Images) / (Top) a photograph posted onto X portraits Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) who was shot at his home near Boston.(Photo: Yahoo News on X) / (R) Candles are lit by a framed photo of mass shooting victim Mukhammad Aziz Amurzokov at a makeshift memorial near Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.(Photo by Bing Guan / AFP via Getty Images) / (Background) Brown University students and community members take a moment at a makeshift memorial for the victims of a mass shooting at the Van Winkle Gates outside Brown's college campus in Providence, Rhode Island. (Photo by Bing Guan / AFP via Getty Images)

Sources: Possible link between Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s murder

According to sources, New England investigators have identified the alleged Brown University shooter and are exploring a potential link to the murder of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor. This comes following reports that a similar car is allegedly connected to both shootings.

In a photograph shared on X, two men are seen detained with zipties as Armed Australian SWAT members loom behind them. (Photo: NDTV WORLD Via X)

Australian Counter-Terror Police detain 7 men in Sydney’s southwest following intelligence of potential violent plot

Heavily armed tactical police intercepted two vehicles on Thursday in Sydney’s southwest after receiving intelligence about a possible “violent act” being planned. Altogether, seven men were detained.