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Federal immigration agents killed a man during a mistaken traffic stop in Houston, and now both sides are battling over whether this was self-defense or another deadly sign that the system protects officers more than the people they police. Story Snapshot ICE says Lorenzo Salgado Araujo tried to ram agents with his van and was shot in self-defense. The Harris County medical examiner ruled his death a homicide, and no agents had body cameras. Surveillance...

The federal government has now taken Maryland to court over a new law that tells local police to step back from helping immigration agents, turning a long-running fight over who really runs the country’s laws into a direct showdown. Story Snapshot The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing Maryland over its new Community Trust Act, calling it an illegal “sanctuary” policy that blocks immigration enforcement. Maryland’s law sharply limits when police and jails can...

Florida’s new terror designation law has opened a fierce clash between state power, civil rights, and free speech, leaving many Americans wondering how far governments can go to police “terrorism” at home. Story Snapshot Florida Governor Ron DeSantis used a new state law to label CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood, Antifa, and dozens of foreign groups as terrorist organizations. State officials say the law mainly blocks taxpayer money and state benefits from going to these groups...

China is building J-20 stealth fighters fast, but the harder job is finding enough pilots who can fly them well.Quick TakeChina’s pilot pipeline has been cut from four years to three, yet Air University says full modernization still runs to 2030.The People’s Liberation Army Air Force has also moved more training into academies and away from combat units.Some reports say Chinese fighter pilots now get more training hours than American pilots because of low...

China just solved the engine problem that had kept its biggest military transport jet dependent on Russia — and now it can build as many as it wants.At a GlanceChina's upgraded Y-20B transport aircraft now runs entirely on homemade WS-20 engines, cutting its last major tie to Russian military hardware.The Y-20B can carry up to 66–70 tons of cargo, putting it among the most capable heavy transport jets being built anywhere in the world...

A Russian missile may have just hit a Ukrainian jet from over 100 miles away, but the truth of what really happened is buried under layers of wartime spin and silence.Story SnapshotUkrainian officials confirm a MiG-29 was lost over Poltava, but not how or by whom.Russian outlets claim a record 190 km air-to-air kill from inside Russian airspace using an R-37M missile.Technical data shows the R-37M can reach such ranges, yet this specific strike...