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Maine Secretary of State on decision to run for U.S. Senate: ‘everything that we care about is at stake’

2026-07-13T21:49:44.752Z / CNN

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Mamdani ripped over record-high NYC rents with critics pointing to policy they say is fueling crisis

Research links illegal immigration to rising rents as NYC Comptroller Mark Levine urges making it easier to build homes.

July 13, 2026 1:14pm EDT / Fox News

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New York property owner opens up about the impact of rent freezes

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrates the Rent Guidelines Board’s approval of a rent freeze, impacting a significant portion of the city’s rental stock. Property owner Humberto Lopes warns this decision will hurt landlords due to rising expenses and zero rent increases. He discusses the potential for buildings to deteriorate and broader economic consequences for New York City.

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing renewed criticism over housing affordability as rents in Manhattan and Brooklyn hit record highs, with conservative commentators arguing that immigration-driven demand is adding pressure to an already tight rental market that the mayor campaigned to ease.

Manhattan’s and Brooklyn’s median rents reached $5,295 and $4,350, respectively, in June, according to an analysis conducted by the Corcoran Group, a real estate firm. The most recent available data shows roughly 38% of New Yorker residents were born outside the United States, and about 40% of rentals in the city are occupied by foreign-born individuals, though the data does not distinguish between legal and illegal immigration status.

“You declared yourself a sanctuary city. You ‘welcomed’ hundreds of thousands of illegals. Then you had to find places to put them,” conservative radio host Andrew Wilkow wrote on X, reacting to news of increased rents. “That put pressure on housing supply. Shortages create price increases. It’s pretty simple.”

BIDEN’S ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION SURGE CAUSED HIGHER RENT AND HOME PRICES, FED STUDY FINDS

A sign advertises an apartment for rent along a row of brownstones in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn.(Getty Images)

A 2003 paper published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia found that immigration “pushes up rents and housing values in destination cities,” with an immigration inflow equal to 1% of a city’s population associated with about a 1% increase in average rents and housing values. More recently, a paper published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in March found that a 1% increase in illegal immigrants working in a given area corresponded to a 1.4% increase in rental prices because localities did not build enough new housing to match population growth.

Both papers reflect the authors’ findings and do not represent official positions of the Federal Reserve System or its regional banks.

“Young Americans compete for housing with millions of foreign arrivals,” Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, wrote on Monday in response to the rent data out of New York City.

‘AMERICAN HOUSES ARE FOR AMERICAN PEOPLE’: TRUMP HOUSING CHIEF INSISTS IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN WILL LOWER COSTS

Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers a speech to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States of America at City Hall in New York, July 3, 2026.(Anna Connors/Pool via Reuters)

Between 2020 and 2023, the most recent years available, the share of renter households associated with foreign-born New Yorkers rose from 37% to 40%, according to the New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey. The data does not distinguish a resident’s legal status, making it unclear whether illegal immigrants represent an increased share of renters.

New York City Comptroller Mark Levine, responding to news of rising rents on Sunday, recommended that the city rezone neighborhoods to allow more homebuilding, invest in affordable housing development, and cut construction regulations to increase housing supply and bring down costs.

Conservative lawyer Mike Davis responded to Levine’s recommendations by asking, “How about deporting illegals?”

AMERICA’S HOUSING MARKET COULD RUN OUT OF SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN HOMES

Mamdani campaigned on addressing the housing crisis by freezing increases for rent-stabilized tenants, building 200,000 new affordable homes and expanding tenant protections.(Getty Images)

The White House claims that declining rental costs in the South and Southwest have been caused by its deportations, a claim disputed by critics who point toward broader market conditions. A March 2024 academic study found that deportations could actually increase overall housing prices by harming the construction industry, though the authors conceded that removing illegal immigrants could also cause housing demand to come down somewhat.

Mamdani campaigned on addressing New York City’s housing crisis by freezing increases for rent-stabilized tenants, building 200,000 new affordable homes and expanding tenant protections. Since taking office, he has successfully frozen rents on rent-stabilized leases, released a housing plan aimed at building and preserving 400,000 affordable homes and moved to expand rental vouchers.

“Zohran Mamdani ‘froze the rent’ and served himself some taxpayer-funded cake,” Red State writer Bonchie posted to X, referring to Mamdani’s celebrating the rent freeze with cake earlier this summer. “Then rents hit an all-time high, vacancy rates reached the highest since COVID, and he proposed a 20% raise for himself. Incredible stuff.”

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Critics argue that rent freezes will lead to increased prices for everyone else and disincentivize property owners from doing more than the bare minimum to maintain units that they aren’t being paid market rate to rent.

Mamdani’s office did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Monday.

Georgia family says they’re forced to sell home to help power AI data centers: “It’s theft”

2026-07-13T12:48:00-0400 / CBS News

By Shannon Luibrand
Updated on: July 13, 2026 / 12:49 PM EDT / CBS News

Sell your home, or the state will take it — that’s the ultimatum some homeowners in Georgia say they are facing amid the AI boom.

Utility giant Georgia Power is planning to build a new transmission line to in part help power new data centers. It estimates 70-80% of the power on the new line will help serve data centers and the remaining 20-30% of power will serve the state’s growing residential and commercial demand.

According to the company, increasing demand has outpaced the capacity of its existing grid and building a new transmission line requires acquiring more than 300 parcels of land, including residential properties.

Ansley Brown’s childhood home that she said was built when she was 5 or 6 years old is just one of the properties impacted.

“It’s ours,” she told CBS News. “It’s our family. We belong here.”

Her mother wanted the property to serve as “true generational wealth,” Brown said, adding that now “it’s being stripped from us.”

“It’s theft”

Brown’s mother recently came to an agreement with Georgia Power to sell. If she didn’t, Brown said the utility could have sought to acquire the property through eminent domain — which is a legal process that allows private property to be taken, with compensation, for projects determined to serve a public purpose.

“To us it’s theft. It’s literally a billion dollar company stealing land from smaller people, people who can’t fight back. We don’t have the money to fight Georgia Power,” Brown said.

Holly Lovett, a spokesperson for Georgia Power, said eminent domain “is always … a last resort for us and it’s something we never want to do.”

The company said it feels as if it’s done the process responsibly, but Brown disagrees.

“You can’t tear down 35 miles of rural Georgia and it not hurt something or somebody. And to say that you’re doing it in the name of data centers is a slap in the face to us, our community, our animals,” she said.

A few months ago Brown took her story to TikTok and began sharing stories of others in similar situations. She said that while she knows it’s too late to save her home, she doesn’t want to see this happen to others.

“My mom wants an apology. She wants an apology from Georgia Power. That’s it,” Brown said. “For an entire year, they have bullied her and there is no sorry. So that’s what we want. We want an apology from Georgia Power. “

When asked if the utility company is willing to apologize, Georgia Power told CBS News they “have worked hard to be transparent, negotiate in good faith” and “make the process as easy as possible.”

As for who is behind the data centers, the company said it doesn’t publish lists of customers to protect safety and security.

AI companies are creating “generative ghosts” of deceased loved ones

July 13, 2026 1:04 PM EDT / CBS News

By Megan Cerullo Reporter, MoneyWatch

Jack Manning knows firsthand the emotional and practical challenge of memorializing a loved one in a way that feels appropriate. After losing his sister more than 10 years ago, he and his family spent hundreds of hours raising funds to organize a volunteer project honoring her.

“It took years of bake sales and 5Ks to raise money to honor her memory in a way that was meaningful to us. We got to see how much effort is required to create a memorial that’s impactful,” he told CBS News. “I thought, surely there is a way that technology can help us.”

Enter artificial intelligence. Manning, a doctoral candidate in information science at the University of Colorado Boulder, is now studying the use of large language models (LLM) to create what some are calling “generative ghosts” — AI chatbots trained on a dead person’s social media posts, emails, audio and video recordings, photos and other data to create a digital simulation that family and friends can interact with after the individual’s death.

“It is definitely a growing sector. We’re seeing growth in interest in how AI and grief intertwine,” Manning said.

A “lifelike” avatar

A number of startups now offer these services, including Séance AI, You, Only Virtual and re;memory. For example, Re;memory, lets users create lifelike avatars of their loved ones based on photos and voice recordings.

“By allowing you to interact with a lifelike digital avatar of your loved one, you can find solace in expressing your love and forgiveness, creating a bridge to the cherished moments you hold dear,” the company says on its website. The tool “allows you to see and hear your parents as they were in their cherished photos, rather than just imagining them.”

In a June paper published in the Association for Computing Machinery by lead researcher Jed Brubaker, an associate professor at the University of Colorado Boulder who studies socio-technical systems, Manning and his colleagues observed study participants’ reactions to the AI ghosts of people they have lost.

“Participants filled out a simple survey sharing positive memories of a loved one, talking about their upbringing and core traits,” he explained. “And they were fascinated by how much an LLM can do with so little information.”

There are two basic kinds of generative ghosts, according to Manning. A simple “death bot” could be limited to playing back verbatim any statements recorded by a loved one, but would be incapable of simulating the deceased’s manner of communication.

“You can get a reasonable, although thin representation of a loved one with a single prompt on a free ChatGPT account,” Brubaker said. “The same way you might prompt it to say, ‘Talk to me like Shakespeare,’ you can say, ‘Talk to me like my grandfather — here are some details about how he acted.’”

Continuing the conversation

Generative ghosts go significantly further by recreating the deceased’s voice and manner of communication, and offering the ability to interact with the living, even responding to questions in a recognizably familiar way.

“They are capable of saying things a loved one might not have said. Ghosts are AI models that can talk for somebody, maybe answering a question that they didn’t answer when they were alive,” Manning said.

The cost to consumers is variable. Re;memory charges $24 a month for individuals to create three custom avatars. For $19.99 per month, Sceance AI users can create animated images of their loved ones that can smile, make gentle head movements and speak in the deceased’s voice.

The researchers found that study participants generally preferred communicating with an AI “ghost” of their loved one in the first person, with the chatbot serving as a direct reincarnation, rather than an avatar speaking in the third person. One turnoff: if a bot used a term of endearment, like “champ” or “pal,” that their loved one typically didn’t say, a user wanted to end the interaction.

Generative ghosts share some commonalities with so-called deepfakes, which can be designed to mislead the public by fabricating a public figure’s speech and actions. But Brubaker said there is a distinct difference.

“The fundamental premise of a deep fake is the intent to deceive,” Brubaker said. “The intent of generative ghosts is not to deceive another person.”

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Family shattered after 3-time deported illegal immigrant allegedly blew through stop sign, roiling House race

July 13, 2026 2:39pm EDT / Fox News

‘It’s horrific’: NC House candidate rips border failures after illegal immigrant charged in child’s death

North Carolina Republican congressional candidate Laurie Buckhout sounds off on the illegal immigration crisis hitting home after a young girl was killed in a car wreck caused by a previously-deported Mexican national.

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A sprawling, 25-county congressional district more than 2,000 miles from the Mexican border was thrust into the national immigration spotlight this month after a 6-year-old girl was killed in a crash allegedly caused by a three-time deported illegal immigrant with a history of driving while intoxicated.

The economy usually dominates politics in North Carolina’s 1st congressional district, which consistently ranks among the nation’s poorest districts by poverty rate. But, that changed after six-year-old Calli Toler was pronounced dead after a wreck allegedly caused when Mexican national Jaime Santiago Corona ran a stop sign west of Vanceboro last week – just a mile from the district line.

The illegal immigration crisis has been “hitting home … in North Carolina, when you saw fentanyl dealers being caught, you saw terrorists being caught,” Laurie Buckhout of Edenton, a retired Iraq War battalion commander and the Republican candidate seeking a rematch against incumbent Democratic Rep. Don Davis of Snow Hill, in what is now a slightly Republican-leaning; formerly Democrat-leaning swing district.

THREE-TIME DEPORTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED WITH KILLING NORTH CAROLINA GIRL, 6, AFTER RUNNING STOP SIGN

Rep. Donald Davis, D-N.C., left; Col. Laurie Buckhout [Ret.], right.(Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

“It has continued because, under the Biden administration with Don Davis’ oversight, you allowed so many illegals in the country [and] just a little bit ago, an illegal alien blew through a stop sign and killed a little girl,” Buckhout said in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital.

Davis, who is also a retired military officer, said in a statement that he supported the Laken Riley Act, adding federal immigration laws must be enforced to ensure “safe communities” for Carolinians. He said Corona was driving on a revoked license when he crashed into the Tolers on Warren Jones Road near US-17.

ABIGAIL SPANBERGER’S VIRGINIA A ‘HOTBED’ FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CRIME, DHS SAYS AFTER LATEST RAPE CHARGE

ICE agents surround suspects during a raid in the South.(AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Buckhout said Toler’s mother and sister survived after being treated at a Greenville hospital, adding that despite the Trump administration trying to crack down on illegal immigration, the repercussions of prior years’ leniency “continues to happen,” she said.

Corona was deported in 2019, 2023 and 2024 and re-entered illegally a fourth time before the Vanceboro crash, according to DHS. He also has a criminal record that includes DUI charges, DHS Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said.

OKLAHOMA STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION STAFF ATTORNEY UNDER REVIEW AFTER VIDEO OF ANTI-ICE TIRADE

Signage greets travelers entering North Carolina on US-64 at the Tennessee State Line near Hothouse, marking the beginning of the Tarheel State’s longest highway, as the mileage indicates.(Charlie Creitz)

Pitt County authorities, who have custody of Corona, indicated they plan to cooperate with ICE.

Buckhout said President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda and DHS’ mass deportation actions have gone a long way to stem the tide of cases like the Tolers’, but that if elected she would push for higher pay for agents, and improved technology at the Mexican border like funding for sensors and other tools the feds can use to secure the homeland.

“We need to support them more… More technology, more access roads going down to the border so that they can access the border safely. We need to let them safely do their jobs with every technology available,” Buckhout said.

“The safety of the American people depends upon it. You don’t have sovereignty without a border. I mean, that’s just the bottom line.”

Buckhout also pointed to two other illegal immigrants’ cases in the district – the arrest of Jose Valdez-Masias on homicide charges near Warrenton and Josue Cano-Landero on child fondling and strongarm rape charges in the Inner Banks.

She also returned to the importance of reviving the economy in her area, noting that jobs are as important as national security for the people of NC-1.

“We need to protect our food sources, protect our farmers, protect our fishermen. And once again, build up the economy from the ground up because the Democrats have been ignoring it for so long,” she said – as inland NC-1 is historically significant in the tobacco and peanut industries while the coastal areas are home to key fishing areas.

A spokesperson for Davis’ campaign countered that the Democrat’s record “speaks for itself” in his expected-to-be-tight race against Buckhout.

“Laurie Buckhout seems to be increasingly bothered by the resources Congressman Davis continues to deliver for ENC, and was most recently perturbed by the fact that he is fighting for a local hospital to be reopened in Martin County,” the spokesperson said.

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“Congressman Davis will continue to do what he does best: fight for and be a voice for the people of Eastern North Carolina.”

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Fox News Digital reached out to Biden for comment.

Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report.

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12 states sue to block Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger

2026-07-13T12:27:00-0400 / CBS News

A coalition of a dozen states on Monday sued to block Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, posing a new challenge to the $110 billion deal that would unite two of the nation’s largest media companies.

Attorneys general from the 12 states, led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, claim that the merger would harm competition in the movie industry and result in lower pay and fewer job opportunities for industry professionals. The states also argue that the merger would hurt consumers by driving up cable package and movie ticket prices and offering fewer news and entertainment choices.

“We have antitrust laws and merger controls for a reason, because competition is the lifeblood of a healthy and vibrant economy. Competition pushes companies to produce their best work, to innovate, and to offer fair and reasonable prices,” Bonta said in a Monday press conference.

The states suing are Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Washington. The lawsuit alleges that the merger is illegal under the Clayton Act of 1914, which prevents mergers that may undermine competition or create a monopoly.

Paramount Skydance vowed to fight the lawsuit.

“The lawsuit filed by the state attorneys general, in the most generous light, reflects a fundamentally flawed application of the antitrust laws and is wrong on both the facts and the law,” a Paramount Skydance spokesperson said in a statement.

A Warner Bros. spokesperson referred CBS News to Paramount Skydance.

If combined, Paramount and Warner Bros. would control nearly a third of cable programming and more than a third of blockbuster films, according to Bonta’s office.

The coalition of states has requested that the two companies halt the merger until “after the judicial process concludes.”

“If they do not agree, the coalition will be filing a temporary restraining order,” Bonta’s office said.

Paramount has previously said it expects the transaction to close in the third quarter. If the merger isn’t completed by Sept. 30, Paramount has agreed to pay shareholders a 25-cent per share “ticking fee,” amounting to $650 million per quarter.

The lawsuit comes after the Justice Department closed its investigation into the deal in June, clearing the way for Paramount and Warner Bros. to merge. At the time, the DOJ said the transaction “is not likely to result in harm to competition or American consumers.”

Paramount Skydance, the parent company of CBS News, has argued that the deal would promote competition and result in a stronger company. The entertainment company, led by CEO David Ellison, had committed to releasing 30 films a year in theaters through the combined business, a move it said will help support job growth.

The proposed deal would create a media giant, combining Paramount, which owns Paramount studios and cable networks such as Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, with Warner Bros., owner of the “Harry Potter” franchise and cable networks including CNN, HBO Max, TBS and TNT.

Pushback from states, Hollywood, international community

The merger has drawn opposition from multiple sources, among them California Attorney General Rob Bonta. In February, he announced that the California Department of Justice was launching an investigation into the deal, writing that his office intended to conduct a “vigorous” review.

Some major players in Hollywood have also opposed the combination. In April, more than 5,000 industry professionals — including celebrities such as Sofia Coppola, Kevin Bacon, Jane Fonda and Robert De Niro — signed an open letter against the merger, saying that it would result in “fewer opportunities for creators, fewer jobs across the production ecosystem, higher costs, and less choice for audiences in the United States and around the world.”

In response to the letter, Paramount Skydance said in April that the merger would give creators “more avenues for their work, not fewer.”

“This transaction uniquely brings together complementary strengths to create a company that can greenlight more projects, back bold ideas, support talent across multiple stages of their careers, and bring stories to audiences at a truly global scale,” Paramount said in a statement.

Paramount has touted additional regulatory clearances from several other countries, including China, Canada and Australia. But other reviews remain in progress, including in the European Union and the U.K., which has separately suggested it may intervene.

In another case earlier this year, a coalition of states sued to block a merger between Nexstar Media Group and broadcast company Tegna. A federal judge subsequently blocked the $6.2 billion merger until the antitrust lawsuit is resolved, finding the state AGs and DirecTV, which also sued, were likely to prevail in their legal bid to stop the merger.

Edited by Aimee Picchi

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Capitol Police arrest man with a firearm at north barricade of the US Capitol

2026-07-13T16:29:36.639Z / CNN

By Annie Grayer

Updated Jul 13, 2026, 12:48 PM ET

PUBLISHED Jul 13, 2026, 12:29 PM ET

Video shows Capitol Police arrest man at north barricade of the US Capitol

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US Capitol Police arrested a man at the Capitol’s north barricade who they said had a firearm, which is prohibited on Capitol grounds.

CNN captured video of the man being taken into custody. It shows six officers surrounding an SUV, two of whom have their guns drawn and pointed at a man emerging from the driver’s side with his hands above his head.

The man walks backward away from his car and officers lower their weapons. Then a group approaches the man and cuff his hands behind his back, as more officers arrive on the scene.

The man appears to talk with one officer, who gestures toward the inside of the vehicle. A dog sitting inside the vehicle barks at an officer through an open window.

Capitol Police said the north barricade would be closed while they investigate, and staff and other personnel were advised to avoid the area.

Police did not identify the man who was taken into custody.

Armed man arrested at US Capitol barricade as police probe why he drove onto restricted grounds

2026-07-13T13:24:12-04:00 / Fox News

Investigators are working to determine why the suspect drove to the heavily protected Capitol grounds

By Stepheny Price Fox News

Published July 13, 2026 1:24pm EDT

WATCH: Armed suspect’s vehicle towed from US Capitol after barricade arrest

A tow truck removes a Ford Bronco from the North Barricade of the U.S. Capitol after Capitol Police arrested an armed man Monday. Investigators are working to determine why he drove to the Capitol.

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An armed man was arrested Monday after driving to a security barricade outside the U.S. Capitol, prompting a police investigation into why he came to the heavily protected complex and temporarily shutting down part of the Capitol grounds.

U.S. Capitol Police said officers arrested the man at the North Barricade after discovering he had a firearm.

Firearms are prohibited on Capitol Grounds, and authorities immediately closed the area while investigators processed the scene.

“Our investigators are working to learn more about the suspect and why he drove to the U.S. Capitol,” Capitol Police said in a statement.

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A U.S. Capitol Police officer at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 10, 2025.(Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Authorities have not identified the suspect or announced any charges.

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Police remained at the scene Monday afternoon, where officers were seen removing items from a Ford Bronco parked diagonally in front of the barricade.

From a distance, the items appeared to include water bottles and other belongings.

Fox News obtained video showing the suspect’s Ford Bronco being towed away from the North Barricade following the arrest.

The SUV, which displayed Florida license plates, was removed from the scene by authorities as investigators continued processing evidence and working to determine why the armed man drove to the U.S. Capitol.

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A dog that had been inside the vehicle was removed safely and taken away in an SPCA vehicle.

The North Barricade remained closed as the investigation continued.

Fox News’ Dan Scully, Chad Pergram, and Kelly Phares contributed to this report.

Stepheny Price is a Writer at Fox News with a focus on West Coast and Midwest news, missing persons, national and international crime stories, homicide cases, and border security.

Innocent bystander shot by police is one of dozens of cases nationwide, CBS News investigation finds

2026-07-13 13:10 EDT / CBS News

By Jonathan Vigliotti Correspondent
Jonathan Vigliotti is a CBS News correspondent based in Los Angeles. Vigliotti’s reporting has taken him to more than three dozen countries and territories across six continents.

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When police responded to a Chandler, Arizona, neighborhood for a call about a man armed with a gun making threats, Mark Trujillo said he went outside to warn officers his wife and young children were inside their home next door. What happened next would change his life forever.

Body camera and Ring camera footage obtained by CBS News show a second-by-second account. Officers on one end of the street yelled for the neighbor to drop his gun and then opened fire on him. Officers on the other end never got the message the suspect was down.

“I remember making a gesture with my hand, but saying, ‘you’re gonna hit my house,’ and that’s it,” Trujillo told CBS News.

Five seconds later, Trujillo was also hit — shot by an officer who, according to Chandler Police, mistook Trujillo for the suspect.

“We have an innocent,” one officer can be heard saying on the bodycam footage.

Trujillo’s spine was severed. The father of five will never walk again.

“I fell right there and my children and my wife saw me from that door. I was laying right here yelling for help,” he said.

Dozens of cases around the country

A CBS News review of police records, body camera footage, court documents and local news reports from around the country found more than 50 cases since 2015 of innocent bystanders shot by police. Chaotic bodycam footage from some of the incidents shows the collateral damage when bystanders are caught in the crossfire.

Law enforcement watchdogs told CBS News the number of cases is likely higher. There’s no organization officially tracking this issue.

“The Department of Justice, our federal government, should be keeping track of these stats,” attorney Benjamin Taylor, who represents Mark Trujillo, said.

Aside from the trauma, injury or death of a loved one, in most if not all cases families have no path to get financial assistance to cover medical or funeral bills.

Because of the surgeries and medical care he’s needed, along with lost wages, Trujillo filed a lawsuit against the Chandler Police Department and city, demanding $50 million.

Mark Trujillo was left paralyzed after being shot by police in Chandler, Arizona, when they responded to a call about his neighbor. CBS News

Taylor told CBS News these cases are hard to win because officers are covered by what’s known as qualified immunity, which can shield government employees from civil lawsuits.

In legal filings, attorneys for the city of Chandler and its police department argue the officers were doing their jobs and were not negligent. The litigation is ongoing and has not been resolved yet.

The officers in Trujillo’s case were cleared of any criminal wrongdoing. CBS News reached out to the Chandler Police Department to request an interview with the chief about this case. A spokesperson said that because of the lawsuit, they are not granting interviews.

Lawsuits face challenges

The Fraternal Order of Police has pushed to have qualified immunity put into law, instead of relying on Supreme Court precedent.

“This doctrine is especially important to law enforcement officers, who need this protection to perform discretionary functions fundamental to law enforcement and public safety,” the group’s president, Patrick Yoes, wrote to Congress this year.

In May, a California family was unable to seek recourse after a Los Angeles jury found the LAPD was not liable for an officer’s fatal shooting of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta. The girl was in a changing room behind a wall inside a Burlington Coat Factory store when officers opened fire at a suspect in 2021. Her father filed the wrongful death lawsuit.

The family’s attorney called the case “the most devastating loss” of his career.

In interviews with police officers across the country, many told CBS News the threat of being sued for using their firearms in the line of duty makes it more difficult to do their jobs. There is also genuine concern in the law enforcement community about how this may impact the ability to recruit new officers.

“We understand that there are good officers out there, but when an officer makes a mistake, they need to be held accountable for their actions,” Taylor said.

Sen. Thune says Graham will be ‘really, really missed’: ‘He was so good and so effective at talking to the president’

2026-07-13T17:44:58.165Z / CNN Politics

By Dana Bash, CNN

Published 1:44 PM EDT, Mon July 13, 2026

Sen. Thune says Graham will be ‘really, really missed’: ‘He was so good and so effective at talking to the president’

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Majority Leader John Thune joins Dana Bash after the sudden passing of South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham on Saturday. “His voice is going to be really, really missed in terms of the relationship that Senate Republicans have with the president and his team, because he was so good and so effective at talking to the president. And he was so respected by the president,” Thune tells her.

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