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Trump admin marks 15 straight months with zero border releases as apprehensions plunge 94%

August 13, 2026 12:26pm EDT / Fox News

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin says daily apprehensions are at the lowest level in 30 years

By Anders Hagstrom , Preston Mizell

Trump touts securing southern border as fentanyl deaths plummet

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President Donald Trump’s administration says it has gone 15 straight months without a single release at the border as of Thursday.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s office says daily apprehensions at the border are down 94% compared to former President Joe Biden’s administration and are at the lowest level seen in 30 years.

“Again this month, the results are clear: President Trump’s border security agenda is restoring order and putting the safety of the American people first,” Mullin said in a statement.

“DHS remains focused on enforcing our immigration laws, securing the border, and ensuring those who enter our country illegally are removed swiftly. Thanks to the strong leadership of President Trump, we have the most secure border in history,” he added.

‘AMERICA FIRST’ IMMIGRATION OVERHAUL BILL WOULD CODIFY TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN PROMISES ONCE AND FOR ALL

A U.S. Border Patrol agent works at the border to seal an illegal cross-border tunnel which was originally discovered on January 10, 2025, between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on March 11, 2025.(HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Meanwhile, seizures of contraband at the border in July were 26% higher than under Biden, with authorities seizing cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl and marijuana.

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) also helped enforce Trump’s tariff policies, flagging $23 billion in duties identified for collection in July alone.

“Clear policy, strong enforcement, and dedicated frontline personnel are delivering results at our borders,” CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott said in a statement.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recruiter Gabriel Montanez helps a man fill out an application during a CBP and Border Patrol recruitment event at a public library in El Paso, Texas, on September 25, 2025.(REUTERS/Paul Ratje)

“With the support of President Trump and Secretary Mullin, CBP is securing our nation against illegal crossings, dangerous individuals, and illicit drugs while keeping lawful trade and travel moving. These results show what is possible when border security is treated as a national priority,” he added.

The Trump administration is still moving to increase its immigration enforcement efforts. Last month, the House of Representatives moved toward codifying several of Trump’s immigration orders.

The Permanent Trump Secure Border Act would criminalize visa overstays and increase penalties for unlawful entry, would effectively end “catch and release” policies by requiring most illegal migrants to be detained or returned while their cases are pending and tighten asylum eligibility and humanitarian parole, among other provisions.

A U.S. Department Of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection sign is displayed at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Headquarters on May 18, 2025, in Washington, D.C.(Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

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The measure would also bolster the CBP by directing the DHS to modernize border facilities, expand staffing and workforce planning and deploy more surveillance technology, including drones, radar systems, biometric screening and DNA collection.

Fox News’ Adam Pack contributed to this report.

Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events.

‘Look at me!’ Justice fires back at critics who dare question his Blackness

August 13, 2026 2:42pm EDT / Fox News

The justice recalled being told at Yale Law School he ‘shouldn’t believe that’ because of his race

By Elaine Mallon

Clarence Thomas shared during a discussion with Peter Robinson hosted by the Hoover Institute that people have questioned his political beliefs because he is Black. (Credit: YouTube/Hoover Institution – Aug. 11)

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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said his views on race and politics have led critics to question his Blackness.

“I mean, how stupid is that? Look at me,” Thomas said, grabbing his arm. “You know, then they say things like, ‘Oh, black is a state of mind.’”

Thomas made the remarks during a Hoover Institution conversation with Peter Robinson that included a discussion about the role of Black Americans in politics. The conservative justice reflected on how economist Thomas Sowell, a Black conservative, helped transform his thinking on race and politics and gave him the confidence to challenge prevailing expectations about Black Americans’ political views.

CLARENCE THOMAS WARNS AMERICA: LIBERTY DIES WHEN WE CHOOSE COMFORT OVER COURAGE

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaks during a special lecture celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence at Hogg Memorial Auditorium at the University of Texas on Wednesday, April 15, 2026.(Jay Janner/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images))

Thomas said that as a young man, he felt pressure to embrace certain political beliefs because he was Black and faced resistance when he began questioning them.

“You have these views, you have these instincts, but you are getting inputs from the media, from the politicians, the people who have the megaphone, the people who have the loudest voices, that tells you you’re wrong, that tells you you’re bad, that there’s something awful about you,” Thomas said.

While at Yale Law School, Thomas said he bucked the push for school busing, questioning why Black families would want their children sent across town to unfamiliar schools and neighborhoods.

“I remember saying those things at Yale and people — the bottom line was, well, you shouldn’t believe that because you’re black,” Thomas said.

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Thomas argued there was often a disconnect between positions championed by Black political leaders and the views of ordinary Black Americans, pointing to debates over school busing and racial preferences.

“If you ask the leaders, they thought one thing. If you ask the people, they thought another,” Thomas said.

It was Sowell’s work, Thomas said, that helped him make sense of views he had already begun developing on his own.

A friend introduced Thomas to Sowell’s Race and Economics, which Thomas said helped free him from the isolation he had felt over his own views.

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Economist Thomas Sowell unleashed on the current state of the U.S. education system, arguing it is keeping students and families trapped in a cycle of failure.(Fox News)

“It was literally like a drink of water,” Thomas said. “Here’s someone who’s thought it through and it makes sense. What your instincts were have been now demonstrated in a logical, analytical way. You’re not alone.” He later sought out a friendship with Sowell.

But Thomas had not always embraced Sowell’s ideas.

As a Yale student in 1972, Thomas said he “reflexively” rejected Sowell’s Black Education: Myths and Tragedies, believing that “no black man” should think that way.

Thomas said Sowell’s example helped give him the confidence to voice his own beliefs even when doing so brought criticism.

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“If they can prove you wrong, fine,” Thomas said. “But if they call you names or say you’re not black, I mean, how stupid is that? Look at me.”

He tied those attacks to what he described as a broader pressure on Black Americans to conform to certain views.

“There’s this overriding public view that you’re not supposed to think this way, therefore you’re not black, therefore you’re discredited,” Thomas said. “Nothing you say matters.”

The U.S. Supreme Court as seen on February 20, 2026 in Washington, D.C.(Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

But for Thomas, the biggest lesson he took from Sowell was to think for himself.

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“He always says what he thinks, but he never tells you to say what he wants you to think,” Thomas said of Sowell. “That is yours.”

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“There seems to be this overwhelming pressure for us to agree with the prevailing notions which I consider almost illusory in a sense,” Thomas said.

Elaine Mallon is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business covering national politics.

Zoetis gets US FDA emergency use nod for treatment for screwworm in dogs

August 13, 2026 6:41 PM UTC / Reuters

New World screwworm and other botfly specimens are placed under a microscope as part of a demonstration at the Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory in Kerrville, Texas, U.S., July 14, 2026. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee/File Photo

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Aug 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued an emergency use authorization for Zoetis’ flea and ​tick drug to treat New World screwworm (NWS) infestations ‌in dogs and puppies.

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• Currently, most dogs in the U.S. are at low risk of exposure to NWS, which is ​a flesh-eating livestock pest, due to their geographic ​location, the FDA said.
• However, dogs that live in, ⁠travel to, or return from areas where screwworm infestations ​have been identified by animal health officials, as well ​as certain countries south of the U.S. border, should be closely monitored for signs of infestation, such as visible maggots, foul odors ​in wounds or body openings, the agency said.
• At present, ​NWS has only been detected in specific areas of Texas and ‌New ⁠Mexico.
• The FDA issues emergency use authorizations to allow the use of unapproved treatments during public health threats when no alternatives are available.
• Based on the totality of data available, ​the FDA ​said it is ⁠reasonable to believe that Simparica TRIO may be effective in the treatment of NWS ​infestations.
• The drug was approved by the FDA ​in ⁠2020 for heartworm, flea and tick-related indications in dogs and puppies. It is available only by prescription.
• Elanco Animal Health ⁠also received ​an emergency use nod for ​its drug, Credelio, last year to treat dogs infected with New World screwworm.

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Fury erupts as 37-year illegal alien demands citizenship in viral Spanish rant alongside Dem leaders

Margarita Cielo Balbuena called for amnesty and an end to ICE raids, sparking backlash online

August 13, 2026 3:15pm EDT / Fox News

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Illegal alien in New Jersey demands citizenship after ICE detainment

An illegal alien in New Jersey who has been present in the United States for 37 years demanded lawmakers grant amnesty for those who have been in the United States for at least seven years. (Credit: WNYW)

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Furious users took to social media to blast an illegal alien who has been present in the United States for 37 years after she demanded amnesty in a Spanish rant alongside top Democratic Party leaders.

“I ask that you be champions of a change in the immigration laws,” said Margarita Cielo Balbuena, flanked by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Rep. Rob Menendez, D-N.J., through an interpreter earlier this week.

“We need a path to citizenship for those of us that have been present for at least seven years in this country,” she continued. “We need a stop to these raids that immigration is using to terrorize Dover [New Jersey].”

Margarita Cielo Balbuena demand amnesty for illegal aliens at an August 2026 event in New Jersey with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.(FOX 5 New York)

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A clip of the video went viral online Wednesday.

“It is not just that someone like me, who has been in this country since 1989, who pays taxes, who is a homeowner, who is a business owner who gives work to others, someone who has children and grandchildren who are born in this country — that I have to suffer the psychological and physical abuse and that I also have to suffer the humiliation that is the violent arrest and detention in a detention center,” said Cielo Balbuena.

The foreign-born woman was detained in ICE’s Elizabeth Detention Center for two months, and claimed that she was treated inhumanely, according to the New Jersey Globe.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries faces growing pressure as democratic socialist-backed candidates gain influence in New York, raising new questions about the party’s ideological direction.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

But online opponents of illegal immigration were not sympathetic to Cielo Balbuena’s call.

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Among her most prominent and harshest critics was former U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) commander-at-large Gregory Bovino.

“You have lived in the United States since 1989. That is 37 years. You still need a translator,” he listed.

“At a Democratic event you stood up and demanded a path to citizenship for anyone who has been here just 7 years,” Bovino continued. “Notice the arrogance. Notice the entitlement.”

He went on to claim that Democrats’ open borders policies allowed so many foreigners into the country so quickly that “assimilation is no longer required.”

“There can be no amnesty and there can be no exceptions. All illegals must go,” the John Birch Society said on X in response to the video.

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – JUNE 03: Protestors gather outside the federal immigration center at Delaney Hall, where ICE is housing detained illegal immigrants, on June 03, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey.((Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images))

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“No English. No citizenship,” said popular online personality Brigitte Gabriel.

“No. Someone who wanted to be a citizen would care enough to learn the language. In any country,” said another post that garnered over 1,000 likes.

“Immediate deportation,” said actor Matthew Marsden. “A just country that cares about its citizens should defend it. That includes getting rid of people like this.”

Rep. Jeffries spoke at the event, and demanded the closure of Delaney Hall, another ICE detention facility in New Jersey that was subject to intense protests and sometimes violent riots for months earlier this year.

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Protestors, politicians and ICE agents gather outside Delaney Hall, an immigration facility in Newark, N.J., on May 27, 2026.(Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)

“Delaney Hall needs to be shut down,” Jeffries said. “That will remain a high priority for us until it takes place.”

“The behavior that ICE is engaging in is inconsistent with our values and what America should represent.”

The White House fired back in a statement to Fox News Digital, saying: “These types of smears by sanctuary politicians are contributing to our ICE law enforcement officers facing a more than 1,300% increase in assaults against them and an 8,000% increase in death threats.”

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“Our ICE officers are heroes who put their lives on the line to arrest murderers, rapists, pedophiles, gang members, and terrorists from American communities. Democrats must stop demonizing our officers for simply enforcing our nation’s laws,” White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis said.

Peter D’Abrosca is a politics reporter at Fox News Digital.

Costa Rica extradites two alleged drug traffickers to the US

2026-08-13 18:36:42 UTC / Reuters

By Alvaro Murillo

August 13, 2026 6:36 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago

SAN JOSE, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Costa Rica has extradited two alleged drug traffickers to the U.S. to face ​charges, Costa Rica’s attorney general said on Thursday, identifying ‌the suspects as Gilbert Bell Fernandez, known as Macho Coca, and Gabriel Lozano, nicknamed Compadre.

They are due to face trial in ​U.S. federal court in New York.

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The U.S. imposed sanctions ​on Bell, 62, in 2023 for what it ⁠said was his “significant role in the recent transformation of ​Costa Rica into a major narcotics transit hub.” He had ​been jailed in San Jose since 2024 on charges of stealing state-owned fuel.

Authorities accuse Lozano, a Colombian who obtained Costa Rican citizenship, ​of using the country as a key transit point ​for cocaine moving from South American producers to markets farther north.

Costa Rica ‌Attorney ⁠General Carlo Diaz said in a video statement that the extraditions were the result of cooperation with U.S. and international authorities “in which we share common objectives in the fight ​against crime, ​especially international drug ⁠trafficking.”

Confronted with a surge in violence tied to the spread of drug trafficking groups, ​Costa Rica in 2025 approved the extradition ​of its ⁠citizens on drug trafficking or terrorism charges.

The first Costa Ricans were extradited under the measure in March. Authorities have said ⁠about ​20 Costa Rican suspects are currently ​facing extradition proceedings, along with a similar number of foreign nationals.

Reporting by ​Alvaro Murillo; Writing by Fabiola Arámburo; Editing by Cynthia Osterman

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Hasan Piker event cancellation sparks intervention from top House progressive

August 13, 2026 3:30pm EDT / Fox News

Jayapal says she is personally communicating with the University of Washington over free speech concerns

By Elizabeth Elkind, Fox News

A top House Democrat is speaking out against a university’s decision to cancel an appearance by controversial far-left activist Hasan Piker on its campus.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., the former Congressional Progressive Caucus chair, publicly called on students at the University of Washington to “work with the university to ensure” that Piker was able to speak.

Jayapal also said in a statement posted to X on Thursday that she was personally working with the university on the issue.

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Rep. Pramila Jayapal is speaking out against the University of Washington’s decision to cancel Hasan Piker’s speaking engagement.(Noushad Variyattiyakkal/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“As a Member of the Judiciary Committee, I have been absolutely clear that free speech is a constitutional right that we must all stand up and protect. I have been communicating my concerns about the cancellation of the Hasan Piker event directly to the University, and they have informed me that they are doing an internal review to ensure this never happens again,” Jayapal wrote.

Piker posted on X earlier this week that the event was canceled due to his criticism of Israel.

“i wish the dems were smarter & didn’t let the right-wing groups be the only people who speak out against this clear violation of the First Amendment but unfortunately my position as a prominent critic of israel stops them from using this moment to show gop as arch cancel culture warriors,” Piker wrote.

The University of Washington faced bipartisan criticism for canceling Piker’s appearance.(Karen Ducey/Getty Images)

The University of Washington said in a statement that Piker’s event was canceled because it “was determined that the process for organizing this event did not meet the necessary level of rigor for University-hosted events.”

The decision also prompted backlash from the right.

“Let the radical Mao loving communist Hasan Piker speak, so long as he can resist the urge to call for the death of his political opponents. Universities do this to TPUSA often and blame some admin error etc.,” Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet posted on X. “It’s wrong. Let him speak. Let conservatives speak. Peacefully.”

Piker, a streamer, has long made headlines for controversial and far-left statements.

In 2019, he said “America deserved 9/11” over its foreign policy decisions, though he later walked it back on “The Young Turks,” stating, “Every part of what I advocate for is against violence” and insisting his statement was misconstrued.

HASAN PIKER’S DEFENSE OF HAMAS HAVING ‘RIGHT TO RESIST MILITARILY’ DRAWS CONDEMNATION FROM HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS

Piker said at a Yale University event in April 2026 that “the fall of the USSR was one of the greatest catastrophes of the 20th century.”

Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate who won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, talks poolside with streamer Hasan Piker at a party for content creators supporting his campaign on Aug. 3, 2026, in Detroit.(Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)

He also drew backlash from the Anti-Defamation League for calling terror group Hamas a “lesser evil” compared to Israel.

The far-left activist and his past statements have been back in the national conversation in recent weeks as he campaigns with socialist-aligned candidates across the country. That includes Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and failed Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong.

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Fox News Digital reached out to Piker for comment on Jayapal’s and Kolvet’s defense of his speaking engagement.

Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.

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Becky G reflects on advocacy in new music, rise to fame and “settling into” herself

August 13, 2026 12:11 PM EDT / CBS News

By Kelsie Hoffman, Alicia Alford, Gisela Perez

Multi-platinum singer Becky G’s mission goes beyond music with her latest album.

The global star said in an exclusive interview with “CBS Mornings” that visuals for her new music are where her advocacy and art “really came together.”

“It was emotional for me,” she told “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King while reflecting on the music video for her track “EPA,” where she’s seen breaking a block of ice in response to recent immigration raids.

“I feel like, for a lot of us in our communities, you know, with the discrimination and the oppression that we have felt for decades, it’s one of those things where you can’t rain on our parade. We are the people who dance in the rain, you know?”

Rise to fame

From Inglewood, California, Becky G, born Rebbecca Marie Gomez, began her singing career when she was just 9 years old.

The oldest of four children, she grew up in a Mexican household with her parents, grandparents and siblings.

As a teen, the superstar’s viral cover songs would eventually lead to a record deal – making Becky G the primary provider for her family. She revealed she used to “carry resentment” as a child, feeling the pressure to be the family’s breadwinner.

“We had to do a lot of work as a family to get to a place where I could heal from that and also be seen in that way and also have my family show up differently in that.”

But today she feels “a lot different” from when she was younger.

“I feel really thankful that my parents have actually been able to just be my mom and dad, especially in this, it’s never too late, you know, in that sense.”

New music and major collaborations

Today, Becky G’s music has 28.3 billion streams worldwide as she collaborates with global powerhouses like Selena Gomez, Bad Bunny and Karol G, who she’s currently on tour with as a special guest.

“I wake up every day like I haven’t done anything the day before and in Spanish we say, like … I have the desire to eat the world,” she said. “Like, literally, like, the entire world. I just want to, like, devour it and just take over.”

But she hasn’t forgotten one of her first hits. “Shower” came out 12 years ago and recently made a comeback on social media, reaching over 1 billion streams on Spotify.

“I love it,” Becky G said about the song. “I have so much gratitude for that song. I think it was such a blessing for me to kind of get a crash course experience in what it is to have a song that almost goes No. 1.”

Her new album is “Baraja Bendita,” which loosely translates to “a blessed deck of cards.”

“We all know that quote of we can’t necessarily control the cards that we were dealt – but what we can control is how we play them,” she said.

“I feel like throughout my years of, of doing what I do, personally and professionally, I’ve gotten really good at playing the game and I think that that’s something that especially as women, as we’ve become more empowered, we’re almost taught to feel more shameful about that and I think I’m just owning it.”

One of the biggest names in Latin music, she said the album reflects every part of her.

“I feel like this album really marries the Rebbecca side of me … the sensual, more vulnerable side of me, the intimate side of me, and then also, you know, who I am,” she said. “The boss in the boardroom and the boss on the stage.”

Navigating relationships and her future

The singer has also had to navigate dating in the public eye. She’s been in a relationship with professional soccer player Sebastian Lletget for nearly a decade.

The couple called off their engagement in 2023. Becky G has been open about infidelity in the relationship, but now says “it’s a new relationship” and that they’re both happy.

“We’ve done the work and we continue to do the work, and I think that’s the most important part of it, is that it’s work, relationships are work,” she said.

“I think at the end of the day, what I would want for anybody that I love is to not make decisions based off of what’s happening in the comment section, but more based off of their life experience and what they know to be true to them and what they feel is right for themselves.”

The 29-year-old said she’s “really settling into” herself and caring more about what and who she wants “to become and less about anything else outside of that.”

Poland arrests Russian allegedly hired to kill Ukrainian-American who was ‘inconvenient to the Putin regime’

Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the suspect was recruited by Russian intelligence services to target a man in Warsaw

August 13, 2026 2:26pm EDT / Fox News

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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk revealed Thursday that his country arrested a Russian man hired by Moscow to kill a Ukrainian-American citizen who was “inconvenient to the Putin regime.”

Tusk said the suspect was taken into custody Friday, with the alleged target being a man in Poland’s capital of Warsaw, according to a report from Reuters.

“Thanks to the truly brilliant action of our services … we detained a Russian citizen recruited by Russian intelligence services,” Tusk was quoted saying, adding that the target held both Ukrainian ‌and ⁠U.S. passports. “At the last minute, thanks to the action of the Internal Security Agency and the police, we managed to ⁠prevent this execution, this attack.”

Fox News Digital has reached out to the State Department for comment.

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FILE – Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting aboard the missile cruiser Varyag in Russia’s far eastern Sakhalin region on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. Putin previously said Russia is not waging a sabotage campaign against Europe.(Reuters)

Tusk also said Thursday that it was the first time that “someone on the order of Russia” sought to attack an American citizen on the territory of another NATO country, The Associated Press reported.

The operation was carried out in cooperation with U.S. services, Tomasz Siemoniak, Poland’s minister overseeing intelligence services, told the AP.

The news agency reported that it has mapped about 200 acts of sabotage, arson and other disruption across Europe since the start of the Ukraine war that officials have linked to Russia. President Vladimir Putin claimed to the AP in May that Russia is not waging a sabotage campaign against Europe.

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FILE – Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks to the media at the site where an unidentified flying object, believed to be a Russian missile, fell after violating Polish airspace in a field near Tarnawa Kolonia, near Lublin, Poland, on July 30, 2026.(Jakub Orzechowski/Agencja Wyborcza.pl/Reuters)

In June, a Russian artist who was critical of Putin was shot and killed at close range near his home in eastern Poland. Tusk said at the time that the killing had the hallmarks of a political assassination. He suggested it was possible Russia was behind it, but Polish officials have not yet attributed it to Moscow.

Last year, French officials disrupted a plot which they believe was aimed at killing Vladimir Osechkin, a Russian exile who lives under police protection and works to help military defectors flee Putin’s war.

Lithuanian officials also disrupted a plot last year to kill a Lithuanian supporter of Ukraine and another against a Russian activist.

FILE – Tusk said the alleged target was a citizen in Warsaw, Poland.(dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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Officials in Germany have similarly broken up two plots: one to target the head of a German weapons company supplying Ukraine, the other against a Ukrainian military official.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.

“CBS Sunday Morning” launches new series of live events at the 92nd Street Y in NYC, debuting with Sylvester Stallone

Updated on: August 13, 2026 / 3:31 PM EDT / CBS News

“CBS Sunday Morning” and the 92nd Street Y in New York City are presenting a new series of conversations featuring the biggest newsmakers in the arts, politics and more before a live audience. “CBS Sunday Morning at 92NY” will kick off on Monday, Sept. 28, at 6 p.m. with correspondent Tracy Smith talking with three-time Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone.

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Smith will talk with Stallone (star of “Tulsa King” on Paramount+) about his career, the creation of “Rocky,” his life, and his new memoir, “The Steps.” She will preview the event and profile Stallone on the Sept. 27 edition of “Sunday Morning.”

“CBS Sunday Morning at 92NY” is the first in an ongoing series of conversations that “Sunday Morning” will present in collaboration with 92NY. It also marks an exciting brand extension for America’s #1 Sunday morning news program, which has been best-in-class for 23 seasons and counting.

“Our viewers are passionate about our show and always ask for more,” said Rand Morrison, executive producer of “Sunday Morning.” “This is a way to bring what makes ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ special – fascinating, deep conversations with interesting newsmakers – to more people on additional platforms.”

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“For over 150 years, the 92nd Street Y has been a world-class beacon for culture, deep conversation, and intellectual curiosity,” said 92NY CEO Seth Pinsky. “We are honored to work with ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ on this incredible new programming series. By bringing two great American institutions together, we are creating the kind of deeply engaging experiences our communities crave and expect.”

“CBS Sunday Morning at 92NY” will stream live online at www.92ny.org and be featured later on CBSSundayMorning.com, YouTube and Paramount+. Highlights will be featured across “CBS Sunday Morning”‘s social media feeds. Additionally, “CBS Sunday Morning” will preview the interviews on the broadcast leading up to every “CBS Sunday Morning at 92NY” event.

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Colombia earthquake survivors are reliving a nightmare from 1999: “You feel a sense of powerlessness”

2026-08-13T12:46:00-0400 / CBS News

By Luis Giraldo

Updated on: August 13, 2026 / 3:01 PM EDT / CBS News

Jahir Rodríguez knew what was happening when he saw thick, dark clouds forming near his home in western Colombia on Monday morning. Parts of his dear Pereira were crumbling.

The urban planner and former professor also knows what happens next after a powerful earthquake devastates whole communities. He sprang into action after a deadly 1999 quake in Armenia, about 30 miles away from his current home, that killed around 1,200 people. He did so again three days ago when a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the same region, killing at least 265 people and trapping hundreds under debris across several states.

“You feel a sense of powerlessness,” Rodríguez said as he recalled seeing glass shattering and water seeping through the cracked and fallen walls of shaken buildings.

“You will be here for years”

Rodríguez, who is 68 and retired, learned how to respond to earthquakes after the disaster in Colombia’s coffee region at the turn of the century. He gained valuable insights from a delegation of Japanese responders who had faced a deadly quake in Osaka in 1995.

“It is a mistake to think that you will be here for days or months,” Rodríguez said they told him. “You will be here for years.”

Rodríguez, who also assisted after a major earthquake in Talca, Chile, in 2010, is referring to the encampments forming in parks across the city, a common sight after people lose their homes to natural disasters.

In Colombia, the new government, which took over just days before the quake, is helping set up the encampments, Rodríguez said. But that tactic may be shortsighted, he said, since people will remain displaced for years and need permanent living quarters now. He also says the primary concern right now is more dire.

“The first is to count people, the second is to organize them where they will be placed, and the third is the reconstruction plans,” he said.

Getting people to leave their uninhabitable homes is hard, Rodríguez said. He spent the day after Monday’s earthquake visiting with a friend and fellow urban planner whose apartment building toppled onto others. When he arrived, Rodríguez said, his friend would not move from the site out of fear that vandals would enter the building — something that was more prevalent after the 1999 quake.

Toppled residential buildings in Pereira, Colombia, where Jahir Rodríguez assisted a day after the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that rocked the coffee region. Jahir Rodríguez

“People are here in front of the sidewalk, watching their house,” Rodríguez said with immense sadness.

He’s seeing people making meals on the side of the road, and says it’s hardest to think about what will come next for them.

“Days and days and days, nights and nights and nights, months and months and months in a shelter waiting to be helped,” he said.

A blueprint for earthquake recovery

Everardo Murillo created a blueprint for long-term recovery efforts following the 1999 earthquake. Colombia’s then-president, Andrés Pastrana, tasked him with creating the fund and organization to allocate money for people who lost their homes and businesses.

Since then, he’s been consulting for other governments at the behest of organizations such as the World Bank, and he recently visited Venezuela after back-to-back earthquakes devastated parts of the country. In La Guaira, the hardest-hit city, he met with the governor and other local heads, businesspeople and members of the community to help with their recovery.

All those groups are vital to solve what Murillo calls the “social engineering” issue after disasters.

“People lose the route of their life. It’s the hardest thing for a human being,” he said. “How do I help that family who lost everything, whose home collapsed, who lost children, and also lost their belongings inside and is now on the street?”

Murillo said in the first phase of a disaster, responders must act fast. They need food, shelter and quick monetary help, along with temporary schooling for children. Then comes longer-term assistance like government handouts and loans.

He likes to hire those affected directly to work on recovery efforts.

“The first thing that emerges from within a disaster victim when something like that happens is a new kind of leadership,” Murillo said. “Natural leaders emerge — people who step up.”

Murillo said solidarity is something that can’t be explained and helps responders learn from victims. He likes to pair up those who are feeling stuck and depressed about the catastrophe with those who are invigorated.

Lessons learned in a disaster’s aftermath

Much of the response depends on how the governments react. Murillo, who also consulted in Haiti after its deadly 2010 earthquake, says Colombia benefits from established models and response systems.

He says that in Haiti, local leaders and victims didn’t understand some things he took for granted — like the need for an ID card, documentation for their home or other basic information.

“There are a number of problems in the social realms that one only discovers by going there and seeing for oneself,” Murillo said.

Murillo said Colombia got out of this disaster more easily than others. He compares the dozens of fallen buildings this week to the hundreds that toppled in Venezuela.

Many structures in the area where the earthquake struck this week were built to withstand the seismic rocking that destroyed entire neighborhoods in 1999.

But even those whose homes remain are going to be affected, Murillo said. Some people may have lost businesses and don’t have the resources to bring them back, and communities may lack the infrastructure to recover.

That’s part of the challenge for responders. There is a mix of people and problems to address all at once.

Jahir Rodríguez’s sister, 65-year-old Liliana Rodríguez, lost her apartment in Monday’s earthquake. Looking into her eyes, he said he sees hopelessness, pain and uncertainty, a look he knows well.

“They are just recovering from the earthquake,” Rodríguez said. “They have not yet thought about tomorrow’s story.”

He’s worried about what survivors will face next, like living in cramped shelters and navigating the financial logistics of finding a new home or job — all while grieving what they lost.