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EXCLUSIVE: An Angel Dad whose daughter’s life was tragically cut short by an illegal alien, is joining U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Fox News Digital has learned.”I am excited to accept the Executive Director role at VOICE because this is not simply a government position for me, it is deeply personal and rooted in a mission I have come to understand through unimaginable loss,” Joe Abraham said, announcing the new move he hopes will help serve others in his situation.VOICE stands for Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE), an office inside the agency that supports victims of illegal alien crime.Abraham’s daughter, 20-year-old Katie Abraham, and her friend Chloe Polzin were killed in a January 2025 drunk driving hit-and-run car wreck caused by criminal illegal alien Julio Cucul-Bol, a Guatemalan national.He was charged with multiple offenses following the crash and later pleaded guilty to charges including aggravated driving under the influence resulting in death and leaving the scene of a fatal crash. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison.PRITZKER CALLS FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO ICE AGENTS OVER ‘MIDWAY BLITZ’ CONDUCTSince then, Abraham has been an outspoken activist in favor of closing the borders and arresting and deporting illegal aliens. He is credited as the inspiration behind Operation Midway Blitz, a sweeping Chicago-area federal immigration enforcement operation from September to December 2025.The operation, which was heavily protested by Democrats, netted more than 4,000 arrests, according to the Department of Homeland Security.Now, Abraham will lead ICE’s Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office as the executive director.EXCLUSIVE: DHS HONORS ANGEL FAMILIES DURING NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS WEEK, CALLS CRIMES ‘COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE'”I want to use my experience, my voice and what I have learned through Katie’s story to make sure victims and their families are heard, treated with dignity and never become an afterthought in our immigration system,” Abraham continued.White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis praised Abraham as he prepares to begin his new role.DAD OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT DUI VICTIM ISSUES WARNING TO AMERICANS OVER LAX DRIVER’S LICENSE LAWS”Angel Dad Joe Abraham is the perfect choice to lead the VOICE office,” she said. “Since the murder of his daughter, Katie, in a drunk driving hit-and-run in sanctuary Illinois, he has been a staunch advocate for victims of illegal alien crime and a powerful critic of the Democrats’ sanctuary policies.””In his new role in the Trump administration, he will help countless families who lost a loved one to a preventable tragedy caused by open-border policies.”ICE NABS ILLEGAL ALIENS CONVICTED OF CHILD SEX CRIMES AND METH TRAFFICKING IN NATIONWIDE ENFORCEMENT SWEEPThe VOICE office was reestablished by the Trump administration in April 2025, after President Donald Trump directed DHS to revive the Biden-era-shuttered office upon taking office for his second term in January.Since then, it has had a major impact helping families of illegal alien crime victims.ANGEL FAMILIES PLEAD WITH LEADERS TO ‘CHOOSE’ AMERICAN CHILDREN OVER PROTECTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTSIt has received 897 total calls from victims, family members and advocates and has helped 588 victims seeking assistance and information, according to a report published in June.Further, it has assisted 185 victim family members seeking services and information.The most frequently reported crimes are assault, at 35%, rape and sexual assault, at 17%, and homicide and manslaughter at 10%.The Trump administration has a longstanding feud with the state of Illinois and Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker over his sanctuary state policies and refusal to cooperate with federal immigration officials.In May, when the state refused to cooperate with ICE after an illegal immigrant convicted of child sexual abuse was released from jail despite calls for state officials to turn him over to federal authorities, Bis, then the DHS assistant secretary, blasted the governor.”Governor Pritzker continues to refuse to do his job to protect his citizens from illegal alien crime and instead chooses to smear our law enforcement,” she said at the time. “Where is the investigation into his own policies that allowed this pedophile to be released from jail and be loose in Illinois communities?”

Atlanta Democratic Mayor Andre Dickens drew criticism Thursday after telling constituent Jonathan Brimer to “shut up” when Brimer pressed the mayor on voter-approved transit and pedestrian-safety commitments.The exchange began after Dickens posted a video on his Instagram Friday showing his visit with Nature Gurlz, an Atlanta group that encourages Black women to spend time outdoors.Brimer responded to the post by pressing the mayor on transportation priorities.”Have some fun by restoring Peachtree St’s pedestrian-centric design in downtown and by delivering what we voted for with extra sales taxes for MARTA by getting Beltline rail done,” Brimer said.VIOLENT TRANSIT ATTACKS IN ATLANTA, NEW YORK AND CHARLOTTE FUEL CALLS FOR TOUGHER TRACKING OF REPEAT OFFENDERS”Shut up and respect our legacy Black women residents that made this city that you get to enjoy freely,” Dickens replied.In a statement provided to Fox News Digital on Thursday, Brimer said he was surprised Dickens responded and even more surprised by the nature of the reply.”I wasn’t expecting him to agree with me, but I also wasn’t expecting the mayor to tell a constituent to ‘shut up’ for raising a policy concern,” Brimer said.Fox News Digital asked Dickens’ office Thursday whether the mayor personally posted the response, whether he stood by it and whether he planned to apologize. The office declined to comment.”Not weighing in on that at all,” a spokesperson for the mayor’s office told Fox News Digital.MAN FACING FEDERAL CHARGES AFTER ATLANTA TRAIN PASSENGER STABBED ABOUT 20 TIMES; FBI INVESTIGATINGBrimer said his comment was aimed at the administration’s transportation decisions, not the women Dickens highlighted.”My comment wasn’t directed at them. It was directed at the mayor and at specific transportation and planning decisions his administration has made,” he said. “I think this exchange confirmed for me that I’m no longer particularly supportive of Mayor Dickens’ leadership.”Brimer said he lived on the city’s south side and respected his neighbors but objected to the mayor’s treatment of a constituent.The Peachtree Street request referred to a planned $4.85 million downtown safety project that called for a protected bicycle lane, narrower vehicle lanes and safer crossings. Construction was scheduled to begin in 2027 and be completed in 2029.Brimer’s Beltline criticism involved the More MARTA program, which Atlanta voters funded through a half-penny sales tax in 2016. Work on the proposed Streetcar East Extension was paused at 30% design in 2025 while city and transit officials reconsidered which projects to prioritize.DNC PANEL PICKS FIRST 2028 PRIMARY STATE AFTER BATTLE OVER KEY VOTING BLOCSBrimer said his concern extended beyond one project to the cooperation among the Dickens administration, MARTA and Atlanta Beltline.”My concern is not just with one project. It is with the overall lack of a clear, coordinated vision for improving public transportation and connectivity throughout Atlanta,” he said.On Thursday, Dickens also directed sharp criticism at his own party in a letter to the DNC obtained by Fox News Digital after Atlanta was eliminated from consideration to host the 2028 Democratic National Convention.Dickens accused DNC Chairman Ken Martin of disregarding Atlanta, the South and the party’s Black base.”They are abandoning Atlanta, abandoning the South and, once again, abandoning Black voters,” Dickens said.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREThe DNC narrowed its potential convention sites to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia Thursday but did not explain why Atlanta and Chicago were removed. A final host city was expected to be selected later this year.The organization said all five cities submitted strong applications and that the party considered arena size, hotel capacity, fundraising ability, partnerships with local leaders and alignment with Democratic values. Martin praised the three remaining cities in a statement provided to Fox News Digital on Thursday.”The 2028 Democratic National Convention will be an inspiring celebration of our party’s future nominee and a critical step on Democrats’ path towards retaking the White House. Boston, Denver and Philadelphia all presented incredibly strong bids to host the convention,” Martin said.”We look forward to continuing to work with them as the DNC makes a final selection in the coming months.”Fox News Digital reached out to Beltline but did not immediately receive a response.

Police have identified the suspected masked menace who is accused of terrorizing women around the streets of Philadelphia.Now, they’re asking people to be on the lookout for him as he may have fled from Pennsylvania.Zymire Hughes, 22, has an active warrant out for his arrest, police report. Hughes is the man who police allege was wearing a creepy Chucky-style Halloween mask as he assaulted a woman.He reportedly hunted her down and chased her. It happened last Wednesday.ALLEGED ‘MIME’ STALKER STRIPPED TO UNDERWEAR, COVERED HIMSELF IN COOKING OIL: OFFICIALSHe allegedly yelled at a woman asking her if she was “ready to die” while chasing others, police told FOX 29.SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWSSurveillance cameras allegedly show Hughes running up to people in the city. A Dunkin’ Donuts in the city refused him service because he was wearing the mask.JUDGE BLOCKS PHILADELPHIA LAW TARGETING MASKED FEDERAL OFFICERSAfter terrorizing several people, police say, he allegedly came face-to-face with a woman who was ready to fight back, Fox News Digital learned.LISTEN TO THE NEW ‘CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO’ PODCASTA woman trained in combat, Jameka Wilson, was able to fight Hughes when he reportedly threatened her.”He was not guarding his midsection, so she kicked him hard in the chest. He stumbled and ran,” she said.GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAILPolice say Hughes has connections to California and Nevada.They describe him as a Black male with medium complexion, 5-foot-8, thin build, wearing a white Chucky-style Halloween mask with black hair, and a black/blue plaid backpack.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent goes off on Democrat Attorneys General after Target receives $1 billion tariff refund. – screengrab
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, arguably the greatest Secretary of the Treasury in decades, blasted Democrats and Democratic Attorneys General for taking tariff money from the people and redistributing it to multi-million dollar corporations.
In February, Senate Democrats served the Trump administration notice that refunds should start flowing to U.S. companies who paid for the president’s tariffs.
Democrats do not want to punish China and any foreign countries that flood American markets with their cheap goods. They want to punish Trump and America for placing tariffs on foreign competitors.
The US Supreme Court gave Democrats a lifeline. The court ruled 6-3 that Trump lacked the authority to invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs in support of American workers.
Following the SCOTUS ruling, FedEx, Target and other multinational corporations sued the Trump administration for a refund.
So Democrats got their wish and the money was stripped from US coffers and redistributed back to multi-nationals.
On Thursday, Treasury Secretary Bessent was asked about the massive $1 billion refund given to Target.
Reporter:  Target received a $1 billion refund for tariffs. What does that say about the size— besides the fact that it was done so quickly and efficiently, the refund— but what does it say about the amount of Chinese-made goods and foreign-made goods that our retailers are still selling in the United States?
Secretary Bessent:  Yeah, well, what it says is that the Democratic attorneys general who filed a ridiculous lawsuit against this administration wanted the money to go back to the payer of record. So that is corporate welfare.
The American people had that money. And if I hear another Democratic legislator say— make the inane remark, the American people should get the money – the American people had the money in the U.S. Treasury, and we were forced to give it back.  But using the 301s, which have survived more than 5,000 suits, that we will get that tariff income back.
But what you are seeing is that we don’t know the discount that Target got from the Chinese suppliers. So— You know, this is a corporate bonanza, which I said it would be at the time.

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Food Supply Alert: Ukraine Grain Exports Collapse As Black Sea Attacks Choke Global Shipments

Upward momentum in agricultural prices, as tracked by the Bloomberg Agriculture Spot Index, should be ringing inflationary alarm bells. The breakout comes just one week after JPMorgan analyst Nora Szentivanyi warned that the next global food crisis could materialize as early as next year.

Multiple shocks are converging all at once across the global food complex, including continued disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, rising El Niño risks, and adverse weather across the US agricultural belt.

This note focuses on another emerging chokepoint: Europe’s breadbasket, where intensifying attacks in the Russia-Ukraine war have shuttered critical Black Sea grain export terminals.

Reuters reports that global wheat importers are preparing for tighter supplies and higher prices as tit-for-tat attacks on Black Sea ports and bulk carriers continue to disrupt shipments during the region’s peak export season.

Those attacks have shuttered grain terminals and forced shippers to delay or cancel dozens of cargoes. Ukraine reported 35 attacks on vessels in port, 22 at sea, and 67 against port facilities in July, compared with just 14 such incidents during all of 2025.

Ukraine has damaged Russia’s grain export terminals in an attack on the Novorossiysk port, while Russia has struck grain infrastructure in Ukraine’s Odesa region. Tit-for-tat attacks between the world’s major grain exporters threatens food security in import-dependent countries. pic.twitter.com/YxwIQApNYI
— Shogri (@shogri786) August 14, 2026
Asian processors booked between 2 million and 2.5 million tons of Black Sea wheat for delivery from July through September, representing about 30% to 50% of regional import demand, according to Singapore-based traders. Traders are fretting over some grain shipments won’t arrive in time because of the widespread disruptions. 

At the importer level, Egypt and Indonesia are among some of the top countries exposed to Black Sea shipments. Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, sourced more than 82% of its first-half imports from Russia and Ukraine. Indonesia contracted for roughly 600,000 tons from suppliers in the region for delivery in July to September.

One Singapore-based trader who sells Black Sea wheat to millers in Asia told the outlet, “The cargoes were due to start arriving from mid-August, but many ships could not go in to load. Buyers are thinking about replacing some of these cargoes with other origins, such as Australia, North America and Argentina.”

Maxence Devillers, a grain analyst at Argus Media, said buyers facing delayed or entirely canceled shipments from the region “will have to find other solutions by the end of the month.”

🌾 #Ukraine and #Russia dropping out of the market could trigger a new global #grain #crisis
Further escalation of attacks on Ukraine’s and Russia’s port and grain logistics could sharply reduce Black Sea supplies.
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— UkrAgroConsult (@UkrAgroConsult) August 20, 2026
Separately, Bloomberg pointed out that Russian attacks on Odesa have nearly halted Ukraine’s grain exports this peak harvest season. Total grain shipments from Ukraine have amounted to about 500,000 tons since the start of August, equivalent to roughly 20% of the country’s potential exports. The Greater Odesa ports normally handle about 90% of Ukraine’s grain shipments. 

The escalating Black Sea attacks across Europe’s breadbasket have pushed Chicago wheat futures to a two-year high.

A broader gauge of agricultural commodities, the Bloomberg Agriculture Spot Index, is also breaking out, signaling real-time inflationary pressure building at the raw-material level of the food system.

A must-read: “Won’t Be Short-Lived”: JPMorgan Warns Next Global Food Crisis Could Erupt Next Year

Tyler Durden
Thu, 08/20/2026 – 15:20

A Philadelphia woman’s art school training came in handy in an unexpected way as she was chased through the streets of Philadelphia by a man wearing a doll mask.Jameka Wilson, a 25-year-old Philadelphia-based actress, said a man in what police described as a “Chucky” Halloween mask chased her while she was on her way to an early morning workout class on Wednesday, Aug. 12. After the man chased her for “a few seconds,” Wilson said, she decided that the wisest thing to do in the scenario was turn around and fight.”He seemed surprised that I had turned around initially,” Wilson said in an interview with Fox News Digital. “I saw his head like tilt from side to side, like trying to figure out what he’s supposed to be doing in the scenario.””Essentially what he did in defense terms was that he opened up all of the lines of attack that I could possibly make to him,” she said.MASEKD MENACE FILMS HIMSELF CHASING RESIDENTS AS TERRIFIED VICTIMS SCREAM FOR HELP: POLICEThat’s when Wilson decided to kick her attacker, “boom, right into the center of the chest.”Wilson credits her ability to defend herself and read her attacker to her art school education in stage combat.”My alma mater was the University of the Arts, and I trained with fight masters there for stage combat,” said Wilson. “The whole goal is to understand what the consequences of contact and violence are and hopefully keep your scene partner safe.””I feel like these experiences helped me fight off the attacker, as crazy as that might sound,” she said.GEORGIA JOGGER RUNS FOR HER LIFE AFTER STRANGER ALLEGEDLY TRIES TO MOW HER DOWN 3 TIMESWilson said she first saw the masked man as he approached another woman across the street who was “absorbed” in her phone. She described seeing the man accelerate toward the woman, “closing distance really quickly.””I started to wave my arms and started yelling, ‘Hey, there’s someone behind you,'” Wilson told Fox News Digital. “And at that point she heard me, she saw me, and then she started to run away.”The masked man eventually turned his focus toward Wilson, chasing her until she turned around to fight.”As for intent, I’m not really sure what exactly it was. I don’t know if he even knows,” Wilson said.ALLEGED ‘MIME’ STALKER STRIPPED TO UNDERWEAR, COVERED HIMSELF IN COOKING OIL: OFFICIALSPolice have identified 22-year-old Zymire Hughes as the masked suspect. An arrest warrant is active, and police believe Hughes may have fled Pennsylvania.Hughes was also seen that morning near City Hall and asked one woman if she was “ready to die” while chasing others, police told FOX 29. Police said the masked man chased a 40-year-old woman and made threatening comments while holding his hand behind his back.Philadelphia Police Capt. Jason Smith said, “He was able to accost a good many of people, most of which haven’t come forward yet.”Hughes was seen on surveillance cameras running up to several people, and was refused service at a Dunkin’ because of his mask. He left the restaurant after showing erratic behavior.

RINO Senate Majority Leader John Thune is now telling frustrated Republican voters to redirect their anger away from Senate Republicans and toward Democrats after the GOP-controlled chamber failed to send President Trump’s SAVE America Act to his desk.
The South Dakota RINO argued that Republicans should stop fighting among themselves over the stalled election-integrity legislation and instead use the bill as a campaign issue ahead of the November midterms.
And Thune once again made clear that he has NO intention of eliminating the legislative filibuster to get Trump’s election legislation across the finish line.
The SAVE America Act would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and impose photo-identification requirements for voting. Republicans currently control the Senate, but the legislative filibuster generally requires 60 votes to advance major legislation.
President Trump has repeatedly demanded that Thune and Senate Republicans find a way to pass the legislation and has publicly called for terminating the filibuster if necessary.
Speaking to reporters, Thune said:

“First is, there are no Democrats who are gonna vote for this. All 47 voted against the SAVE Act five times. So, let’s make this an issue in the campaign. How about we go out and turn our fire on Democrats and make it about them opposing the SAVE Act?
He’s turned fire on you. So we’re not—that’s the point. So we’re not getting any Democrats.
The second thing is, we are not getting rid of the legislative filibuster. The votes aren’t there to do that. I’ve made it abundantly clear many, many times. And it seems to me, some days, that I’m the only one here who can count to 50 in this town.
But we don’t have the votes to get rid of the filibuster, and there aren’t—we aren’t flipping 10 Democrats to vote for the SAVE America Act.”

WATCH:

In an interview with Fox News, Thune criticized Democrats for being out of touch with the American people.
“The president made the argument, ‘Well, pass the SAVE America Act, it will motivate our base,’” Thune said. “Yeah, but I think the base can be plenty motivated by other issues, and particularly by the president getting out there on the campaign trail and telling them why it’s important that they elect Republicans to the Senate.”
Thune continued:
“Everybody has their own ideas about how best to communicate our message, but I think our message between now and November ought to be why the Democrats are completely out of step with the American people and why we need to elect more Republicans so we can do things like the SAVE America Act.”
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Thune said, “Why not turn [the SAVE America Act] into a campaign issue,” and argued that the key to winning out this cycle will be independent voters who aren’t moored to either party.
But the Beltway issues, like nuking the filibuster and squabbling over legislation that has stalled since March, aren’t helping make the case to those voters, for now, that Republicans should be in charge.
“If you look at Maine, in North Carolina, in Ohio, in Iowa, in Alaska, you know, it’s the Indy voters, it is the middle of the electorate, and we are not talking to them when we are arguing with each other over whether or not to eliminate the filibuster,” Thune said.
“I mean, that’s just not an issue that’s going to win the hearts and minds of the American people in November,” he continued. “So, I’d turn my fire on the Democrats, attack them for being against something that is fundamentally straightforward, simple to understand for the American people, and realize that the best way to get the SAVE Act across the finish line is to elect more Republican senators.”

Democrats absolutely deserve to be hammered for opposing proof of citizenship and photo ID. Every vulnerable Democrat should be forced to explain why noncitizens should not have to prove their eligibility before entering the federal voter-registration system.
But Senate Republicans cannot expect the base to ignore their own failure to break the logjam. The American people gave Republicans control of the Senate to fight, and they failed horribly.

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving to increase the domestic gasoline supply by enacting a temporary emergency fuel waiver to go into effect on September 1, Breitbart News has learned.
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Michigan’s Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers and Democrat nominee Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed are virtually tied in the general election race, an AARP survey reveals.
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Former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard shared an update on Thursday about her husband’s struggle with a rare bone cancer, saying “the battle isn’t over yet.” 
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