BREAKING: The price tag for the California High Speed Rail’s leg between Bakersfield and Merced may grown, again.

Project leaders quietly warned last week it could grow up to $38.5 Billion, creating an even bigger project budget hole of $10.2B.

More: https://kcra.com/article/california-high-speed-rails-budget-gap-bakersfield-merced/64814770

⚠️A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma until 7 PM CDT

Sexual predator removed off the streets of Bloomington, CA. by ERO Los Angeles. This noncitizen is pending removal to his home country of El Salvador.

ERO Los Angeles

BREAKING: A tougher approach on immigration and crime is yielding significant results in Denver, with the city experiencing a 58% drop in homicides during the first three months of 2025 compared to the same period last year.

Nearby Aurora also reported a 36% decline in homicides, according to new data from the Major Cities Chiefs Association.

This decline is attributed in large part to Immigration and Customs Enforcement's crackdown on the Tren de Aragua gang members, who had been causing chaos in the area.

The Trump administration prioritized Denver for immigration removals and acted swiftly upon taking office.

Read more: https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/immigration-crackdown-credited-for-dramatic-crime-dip-in-denver-aurora-in-early-2025

BREAKING! STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP:

Just completed my two hour call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. I believe it went very well. Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War. The conditions for that will be negotiated between the two parties, as it can only be, because they know details of a negotiation that nobody else would be aware of. The tone and spirit of the conversation were excellent. If it wasn’t, I would say so now, rather than later. Russia wants to do largescale TRADE with the United States when this catastrophic “bloodbath” is over, and I agree. There is a tremendous opportunity for Russia to create massive amounts of jobs and wealth. Its potential is UNLIMITED. Likewise, Ukraine can be a great beneficiary on Trade, in the process of rebuilding its Country. Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will begin immediately. I have so informed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, of Ukraine, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, President Emmanuel Macron, of France, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, of Italy, Chancellor Friedrich Merz, of Germany, and President Alexander Stubb, of Finland, during a call with me, immediately after the call with President Putin. The Vatican, as represented by the Pope, has stated that it would be very interested in hosting the negotiations. Let the process begin!

Karoline Leavitt

💰Increased rewards, again!!

Crimestoppers has increased their reward to $5,000 and the FBI has increased their reward to $10,000.

LA State Police

Los Angeles: Dispensary owned by Woody Harrelson & Bill Maher targeted by burglars multiple times, security fired shots at the thieves stopping another burglary on the last attempt.

🎥 @catalyst_ceo IG

China's latest development, DeepSeek-R2, "which AI development leaders say is smarter than anything previously seen. They also note that it’s an entirely different kind of AI they have not previously fathomed."

If true, that’s a deeply unsettling reality.

Read more: https://lawenforcementtoday.com/reported-chinese-ai-development-game-changer-or-a-terrifying-new-development

LIVE: President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump Participate in a Bill Signing - 5/19/25
https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/live-president-trump-and-first-lady-melania-trump-participate-in-a-bill-signing-5-19-25/

Watch: California’s High Speed Rail project may soon face a $10.2 billion budget gap, even larger than what lawmakers expected two months ago, as project leaders look to complete the first segment between Bakersfield and Merced.

The update, which was first reported by KCRA 3 on Monday, was provided to transportation consultants and some state lawmakers late last week after the governor pitched his proposed state spending plan for the upcoming year.

Project leaders have been focused on completing the 171-mile Bakersfield to Merced line, which was expected to cost taxpayers an estimated $35.3 billion with a completion date sometime between 2030 and 2033, according to the California High Speed Rail Project’s 2024 business plan.

French foreign intelligence confirmed they met with me — allegedly to fight terrorism and child porn. In reality, child porn was never even mentioned. They did want IPs of terror suspects in France, but their main focus was always geopolitics: Romania, Moldova, Ukraine.

Since 2018, Telegram has fought child abuse in many ways: content fingerprint bans, dedicated moderation teams, NGO hotlines, and daily transparency reports on banned content — all verifiable. Falsely implying Telegram did nothing to remove child porn is a manipulation tactic.

Pavel Durov

Many believe the Biden administration aimed not only to drain our weapons reserves but to dismantle manufacturing, leaving our defenses weakened.

https://lawenforcementtoday.com/top-u-s-military-official-says-there-is-a-defense-missile-shortage

⚠️A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Kansas and Missouri until 9 PM CDT

EXCLUSIVE: We witnessed an incredibly rare sight in the sanctuary city of Los Angeles, as Twin Towers jail transferred an illegal alien inmate to ICE custody, not because sanctuary policies have changed, but because the jail is being *forced* to cooperate w/ ICE as part of a new federal operation designed to "neutralize" California's sanctuary state law.

The new Trump-appointed US Attorney in Los Angeles, launched "Operation Guardian Angel" last week, and it's already forcing sanctuary jails to make transfers to ICE.

How does it work?

Essayli has organized a federal task force made up of ICE, FBI, HSI, DEA, and ATF, working out of an office in downtown LA. Every single day, they are now scanning criminal databases w/ fingerprints and identifying illegal aliens in jails throughout Southern California who have been previously deported from the United States.

If they've come back to the US after a deportation, they've committed a federal felony under 8 USC 1326 known as "illegal re-entry".

As soon as the task force ID's an alien booked into a local jail who has a previous deportation, they seek a federal criminal warrant on them for felony re-entry, signed off on by a federal judge.

Unlike an administrative ICE warrant or ICE detainer request, these criminal judicial warrants for 8 USC 1326 *CANNOT* be ignored by sanctuary jurisdictions, and California's sanctuary state law cannot shield aliens from these criminal warrants. Instead of releasing the alien inmates and ignoring ICE detainers, jails must hand the aliens over to the Feds, regardless of sanctuary policy.

"With this operation, we're going to be neutralizing California sanctuary state policies," Essayli told me. "We're going to flood the system with warrants for criminal illegal immigrants who are in county jails, they can ignore a detainer, but they cannot ignore a criminal arrest warrant. They have no choice, they will comply, and if they don't, if they interfere with our ability to arrest a federal felon, they can expect to face consequences for that.

FoxNews was granted exclusive access to the task force as they scanned databases and found a previously deported Mexican alien in jail in downtown LA who had just been arrested for robbery in the city of El Monte. They filed a warrant, and we joined them at LA County's Twin Towers jail as the sanctuary jurisdiction handed the alien inmate over to the task force - potentially one of the first on camera transfers to ICE since California's sanctuary state law took effect in 2017.

The task force says once they're at full steam, they project they will be arresting 40-50 aliens from local jails every week, and that if it's successful in LA, US Attorneys can use it as a model to neutralize sanctuary jurisdictions in other parts of the country.

Bill Melugin

Chicago

A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Texas until 9 PM CDT

⚠️A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Iowa and Nebraska until 9 PM CDT

ICYMI - Deputy Sheriff Timothy Challes of Atascosa County is a seasoned protector with decades of experience. He’s confronting the surge in crime head-on, standing strong against the impacts of the border crisis.

We’re grateful for heroes like him keeping us safe!

Watch the full video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGCW88Uy0NY

Happening Now at the White House!

President Trump is joined by First Lady Melania Trump for the signing of the Take it Down Act! ✅

Karoline Leavitt

President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive for the signing of the Take It Down Act in the Rose Garden 🇺🇸

Margo Martin