A shooting at a Dallas ICE facility has left one person dead and two others critically injured. Where the U.S. will store data if Trump’s TikTok deal is completed. And, Democrats’ anger toward their own party shapes the 2026 primaries.
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Dallas ICE shooter attacked from a rooftop with engraved bullets, authorities say
A shooter opened fire at an ICE field office yesterday, killing one detainee and leaving two others in critical condition. The gunman was found dead with a self-inflicted gun wound. He has been identified as Joshua Jahn, according to authorities.
No ICE officers were hurt, Dallas police said. The victims’ identities have not been publicly released. One of the injured victims is a Mexican national, Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said.
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The motive or what the shooter was targeting was not immediately clear. A bullet found near Jahn bore messages that were “anti-ICE in nature,” special agent in charge of the Dallas FBI office, Joe Rothrock, said. He said the attack was an act of “targeted violence.”
The victims were struck while in a van in the facility’s sally port while the shooter fired multiple rounds from a nearby roof, the second instance in two weeks of a gunman setting up with a gun on a rooftop, opening fire and using bullets with writings.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said more ICE agents and law enforcement officers will be hired in response to the attack.
“My heart goes out to that detainee’s family. We’re charged with their protection, their custody. Nothing like that should happen,” Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said.
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Trump set to sign TikTok deal
President Donald Trump is expected to sign a deal today to facilitate the sale of TikTok from a Chinese-based company to a group of American investors, two senior White House officials said.
The White House has signaled for days that a deal was being finalized, in compliance with a bipartisan law that sought to ban the popular social media platform if it wasn’t sold to U.S.-based owners.
One official said as part of the agreement, American users’ data will be stored in the U.S. and overseen by Oracle, a software and cloud computing company. Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, Dell CEO Michael Dell and the Murdoch family would all play a role in the deal, according to the president.
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Democratic candidates frustrated with their party see an opportunity
A trend of Democratic outsiders end-running party leaders to launch their campaigns, sometimes in explicit opposition to them, looks set to define the 2026 primaries.
A crisis of confidence among Democratic voters has given encouragement to the types of nontraditional candidates who have been walloped by leadership-aligned rivals in the past, creating a number of crowded and competitive-looking Senate primaries.
Democratic angst following the loss to Trump last year has contributed to the trend in at least five races that could determine the majority, from core battlegrounds like Michigan and Maine to long-shot targets like Iowa and Texas.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has not endorsed in any competitive Senate primaries so far, though Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., who chairs the committee, has not ruled out doing so. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who serves as a DSCC vice chair, said the committee would only intervene in primaries if it was necessary to stop a politically toxic candidate.
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More politics news:
The Justice Department is weighing whether to charge former FBI Director James Comey with lying to Congress.
The White House is raising the stakes of a potential government shutdown by drafting a request for federal agencies to prepare “reduction in force” plans.
Vice President JD Vance said that pregnant women should follow their physicians’ advice in deciding whether or not to take Tylenol, striking a different tone after Trump strongly discouraged its use.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian lashed out at the U.S and Israel for their attacks in June during a speech at the United Nations.
A federal judge said that Trump and other administration officials may have violated the law with their recent public statements about Luigi Mangione.
Statues depicting Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands were removed from the National Mall one day after being placed near the Capitol.
Analysis: Trump is suddenly bullish when it comes to Ukraine’s chances of repelling Russia’s invasion and regaining all its territory, yet it means little unless he is prepared to ramp up pressure on the Kremlin.
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Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late-night television drew 6.26 million total viewers, making it the show’s highest-performing regularly scheduled episode in over a decade.
Some educators who were fired over their social media posts about Charlie Kirk’s assassination are taking legal action to get their jobs back.
State and federal law enforcement agencies warned earlier this year that young people were at risk of radicalization on the chat platform Discord.
Sean “Diddy” Combs faces a new lawsuit from a former personal stylist who accused the rapper of sexual, physical and psychological abuse that lasted a decade.
Two Syracuse University students have been charged with a hate crime after allegedly throwing a bag of pork into a Jewish fraternity house as people gathered to observe Rosh Hashanah.
This week, dozens of Christian creators on TikTok prepared for what they thought would be a biblical Rapture.
Jessica Chastain said she isn’t “aligned” with Apple on its decision to postpone the debut of her new series about an investigator who infiltrates online hate groups.
Staff Pick: A New York Giants castoff is now another team’s MVP candidate
Quarterback Daniel Jones had essentially worn out his welcome with the New York Giants by November of last year. As the sixth overall pick in the 2018 draft, Jones led the Giants to a surprise playoff run in 2022, but went only 3-13 in his next 16 starts. By the time he was benched and subsequently released in November 2024, his record was 24-44-1.
After a brief stint on the Minnesota Vikings practice squad to finish last season, Jones signed with the Indianapolis Colts last spring. And now, he’s not only the Colts’ starter, he’s playing like one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL for an undefeated team.
This is the story of a castoff turned savior.
— Rohan Nadkarni, sports reporter
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