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From helicopters churning in the skies above the French Quarter to Louisiana National Guard members toting M4 rifles alongside revelers gripping Hand Grenade cocktails on Bourbon Street, the full force of the massive law enforcement presence in New Orleans came into focus Wednesday as Super Bowl crowds began building. Heavy metal barricades, bollards, arches and wedges in varying configurations cluttered nearly every block of…

Attorney General Pam Bondi on her first day in charge put a freeze on Department of Justice funding to sanctuary cities, as Boston Mayor Michelle Wu got a date to testify before a Congressional oversight committee investigating sanctuary city policies. Bondi, who was approved as AG on Tuesday evening, issued a day-one memo about sanctuary jurisdictions, as President…

After a taxiing plane struck a parked aircraft at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Wednesday, passengers and regulators scrambled to understand what had happened — but with no injuries or major disruptions to air travel, the airport remained mostly calm amid a puzzling sequence of events. The incident happened around 10:15 a.m. Wednesday after Japan Airlines…

About 500 additional 10th Mountain Division soldiers will be deploying to the U.S. southern border to support a mission to secure the area and “protect the territorial integrity” of the border with Mexico as called for by President Donald J. Trump, the post announced Wednesday. The soldiers will join an unknown number of servicemembers with the 23rd Military Police Company who deployed from Fort Drum in…

A video shows a major brawl that occurred during a court hearing in New Mexico on Friday. The brawl has led to two individuals facing charges of assault and battery against a peace officer. According to KRQE, the brawl occurred during last Friday’s district court hearing for Alexander Ortiz, a murder suspect in Albuquerque, New…

A viral video shows a male suspect dressed in black being swarmed by members of the U.S. Secret Service on Monday after attempting to scale the security fence around the White House. According to Fox 5, the male suspect was recorded scaling the security fence located on the South Grounds of the White House on…