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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons said Tuesday the agency is carrying out the “largest immigration operation ever” in Minneapolis that has already nabbed a suspected murderer and accused sexual predator.Lyons said that Department of Homeland Security (DHS), under the leadership of Secretary Kristi Noem, has surged to Minneapolis to target fraud, arrest perpetrators and remove criminal illegal aliens. It comes amid the massive welfare fraud scandal that continues to unfold in the state. “We have the largest immigration operation ever taking place right now. It is a great…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ousted Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro appeared for the first time in federal court in the U.S. on Monday, where the presiding judge ticked through the charges filed against him: narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, and weapons charges.  Maduro, who pleaded not guilty, was defiant. “I’m still the president of my country,” he said, furiously scribbling on a legal pad for the duration of the arraignment. “I’m a prisoner of war,” he proclaimed later, as he was led out of the court and back to the Brooklyn detention center where he is being held.Maduro’s…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Seven U.S. service members were injured in the Venezuela operation to capture Nicolás Maduro, an administration official told Fox News Digital Tuesday. Five service members already have returned to duty and two are still recovering from the operation. “They are receiving excellent medical care and are well on their way to recovery,” the official said. “The fact that this extremely complex and grueling mission was successfully executed with so few injuries is a testament to the expertise of our joint warriors.”On Saturday, service members landed in Caracas, Venezuela, during a secretive mission to strike…

NEED TO KNOW A man filed a lawsuit filed on Friday, Jan. 2 in New York County Supreme Court against Donnie McClurkin, claiming that the singer and pastor sexually abused him for several yearsIn the complaint obtained by PEOPLE, the man claimed that he worked as a personal assistant for McClurkin, and that the singer molested him at “pray the gay away” sessions and assaulted him several times in the years afterMcClurkin’s attorney, Greg Lisi, called the allegations “categorically false” in a statement A lawsuit has been filed against Donnie McClurkin by a man who alleged that the gospel singer…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former Georgia state Democrat lawmaker was federally charged for allegedly fraudulently obtaining nearly $14,000 in coronavirus-era unemployment benefits. The development comes after Karen Bennett, who used to represent state House District 94, wrote a letter to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Dec. 30 announcing that she would be “retiring” from her position on New Year’s Day after 12 years of service, according to FOX 5 Atlanta. “As a result of the false application and certifications, Bennett collected a total of $13,940 of PUA [Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program] benefits and federal supplements to which…

NEED TO KNOW The machete-wielding man killed by police in New Jersey this week is related to the three people subsequently found dead inside a homePiscataway Mayor Brian C. Wahler said the victims were the armed man’s mother and grandparentsPolice encountered the man outside the home after responding to a 911 call and fatally shot him after multiple unsuccessful attempts to subdue him with Tasers A New Jersey mayor revealed that the machete-wielding man killed by police this week murdered three relatives subsequently found inside a home. Officers with the Piscataway Police Department responded to a home on River Road…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A North Carolina man is behind bars on felony charges after allegedly shooting a juvenile playing “ding-dong ditch” in his residential neighborhood, according to police. The incident occurred around 11:20 p.m. in Statesville, North Carolina, on Saturday, when deputies with the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office heard gunshots coming from a nearby neighborhood while conducting a traffic stop, authorities said in a statement. As authorities arrived in the area of Absher Farm Loop to attempt to locate the origin of the gunfire, they received a 911 call regarding an individual suffering from a gunshot wound…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In a resurfaced tweet and video clip, a top housing official in newly minted New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration previously called homeownership a “weapon of white supremacy” and argued that property should be treated as a “collective good.”Cea Weaver, a longtime housing activist and member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), was tapped by Mamdani to be his director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants.Since taking office, Weaver has gone viral for several tweets she posted on her since-deleted X account. A screenshot of an Aug. 21, 2019, tweet…

NEED TO KNOW Monique Tepe, 39, and husband Spencer Tepe, 37, are believed to have been killed between 2:00 and 5:00 a.m. on Dec. 30The deceased couple was found in their Columbus, Ohio residence where their children were found crying but physically unharmedA family member tells PEOPLE they are trying to keep the couple’s 4-year-old distracted with games The family of Monique and Spencer Tepe say they don’t know how to explain the killings to the couple’s 4-year-old daughter. The young girl was inside the residence along with her 1-year-old brother when the Tepes were killed in the early morning…