Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's apology to a Somali-American constituent amounts to "pandering" and he and other Minnesota Democratic leaders are diverting attention from substantive issues, Rep. Drew Roach, R-Minn., said on Newsmax on Friday.

'It's very sad because I feel like Queen grew up in America'

U.S. — Self-proclaimed journalist Don Lemon was arrested on Friday for allegedly raiding a church service and intimidating its congregation, prompting experts to warn that such actions taken by the DOJ could be a slippery slope that leads to arresting politicians and other people who deserve it.

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Department of Justice has opened a civil rights probe into the death of Alex Pretti in Minnesota, according to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.

Blanche confirmed the investigation during a press conference on Friday.

“All that that means is that [Department of Homeland Security], as they’ve, as the secretary has said, is conducting an investigation, as they should, and as they do every time there’s a tragic event like this,” Blanche said. “And the FBI, in their role, which is a separate role from DHS, is also looking into it and conducting an investigation. And that shouldn’t be treated as making news.”

Two Customs and Border Protection officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave.

There are “thousands, unfortunately, of law enforcement events every year where somebody is shot” that are not investigated by the division, Blanche later said.

“The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice does not investigate every one of those shootings,” he said, noting there have to be “circumstances or facts or maybe unknown facts” that warrant an investigation.

“We’re looking at everything that would shed light on that day,” he continued.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday that they are “continuing to gather information.”

“The FBI leading this investigation is important to make sure that we talk about both [the Renee Good and the Pretti] situations appropriately,” she said.

Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation

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Brian Polian, the son of legendary Buffalo Bills general manager Bill Polian, is pleading for people to leave his father alone.

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Catherine O'Hara, the actress who became one of American's most famous movie moms for her roles in iconic films from "Beetlejuice" to "Home Alone" and later in the hit comedy series "Schitt's Creek," as well as the 2000 comedy-drama "Best in Show," has passed at the age of 71. 

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An investigation recently showed that the Canadian Olympic team pulled a cheap stunt to keep a U.S. athlete from competing in the upcoming Winter Olympic games. 

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The Justice Department is joining a lawsuit against the University of California, Los Angeles medical school for alleged race-based admissions that it says violate a Supreme Court ruling.

Last May, student groups sued the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA regarding the continued use of race in admission practices, despite a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that barred universities from using race as a factor in admissions decisions.

Plaintiffs who brought the initial case included Students for Fair Admissions, which previously sued Harvard and the University of North Carolina in cases that were decided by the high court. The other plaintiff is Do No Harm. Both groups represent students denied admission into the UCLA medical school.

“Even after the Supreme Court banned race-balancing, the Geffen School kept discriminating by using illegal DEI preferences in admissions,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in a public statement Thursday.  

This case is being handled by the Educational Opportunities Section of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division.

“As the Supreme Court stated more than 80 years ago, a free people, founded on the doctrine of equality, regard distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry as inherently odious,” Dhillon added.

The Justice Department complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California asserts the UCLA medical school gathers data on the race of its applicants, then uses racial preferences to balance its admissions classes by race.

The complaint notes: “UCLA Med’s Associate Dean for Admissions, Jennifer Lucero, boldly states on her official profile that ‘she takes a special interest in diversity issues in medicine.’” Lucero’s page on the UCLA website lists her as vice chair for inclusive excellence in anesthesiology at the medical school.

The complaint further says large disparities exist between minority applicants and non-minority applicants in Medical College Admission Test scores. 

“According to data reviewed by the United States, UCLA Med’s class incoming in 2024 has median MCAT scores of 508 for Black, 506 for Hispanic, 515 for Asian, and 513 for White matriculants,” the DOJ complaint says. “These correspond to percentile rankings of 75, 66, 90, and 86, respectively.”

The DOJ press release called the practice “invidious racism” that “stigmatizes minority applicants as less qualified.”

“As the Supreme Court has made clear, admission into our nation’s educational institutions cannot be based on discriminatory racial policies,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement. “Today’s intervention is the Department of Justice’s latest effort to hold our universities accountable for unlawful policy—especially in the state of California.”

Almost three decades before the high court decision on race-based admissions, California voters in 1996 adopted Proposition 209, which banned racial consideration for public education, hiring, and contracting. 

The Daily Signal sought comment from spokespersons for both the David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA. Neither immediately responded. 

A spokesperson for the school of medicine told Reuters that it did not comment on pending litigation, and that the medical school was “committed to fair processes” in all programs and activities, including admissions, in line with federal and state anti-discrimination laws.

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Metropolitan State University of Denver is facing two civil rights complaints for scholarship programs reserved for undocumented immigrants and non-white students, the New York Post reported.

LOS ANGELES, CA — A movie studio with access to the entire collected works of humanity for use in its film adaptations reportedly opted to make yet another Spider-Man movie instead, sources revealed.

U.S. strikes on drug boats are saving American lives, and the only people they hurt are the narco-terrorists reckless enough to keep trying to traffic their product into this country. […]

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The Supreme Court of Panama ruled on Thursday that two decades-long contracts awarded to Panama Ports Company (PPC), a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Hutchison Port Holdings, to operate two ports in the Panama Canal were unconstitutional.

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The Senate appeared to be on track to fund vast portions of the government Thursday, but Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham put a hold on the package, citing the need to crack down on sanctuary cities. Graham, an immigration hawk, is demanding a vote on legislation to criminalize city officials who uphold sanctuary policies. […]

President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order declaring a national emergency over the threats to America posed by Cuba.

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No official cause of death has been released

U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett handed Luigi Mangione his most significant legal victory to date Friday by removing the death penalty from the federal case tied to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024.