MaryAnn Martinez, US Texas Bureau Chief

Born and raised on the border in El Paso, Texas, MaryAnn Martinez serves as the Texas Bureau Chief for Daily Mail. Based in Dallas, she travels the state for major news coverage. Her deep and personal knowledge of border and immigration issues also means she leads story-telling of the border crisis in the Lone Star State and across the US for the publication. Martinez attended Baylor University and has previously been a television news reporter in El Paso, Tucson, Las Vegas, San Diego, Miami, San Antonio, Dallas and Houston. She is fluent in Spanish.

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Whistleblower accuses Trump admin of Minneapolis shooting cover-up in explosive behind-the-scenes account

24/01/26 11:55

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) addressed the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, 37, within hours of it unfolding at 9am on Saturday. But an insider has now made bombshell 'cover-up' claims....read

Married congressman's alleged mistress was drunk when she set herself on fire... as autopsy reveals heartbreaking discovery
16/01/26 06:29
The autopsy for the alleged mistress of Texas Congressman Tony Gonzales reveals the horrific extent of her injuries after setting herself on fire.
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Inside the life of a woman who won the lottery four times
13/01/26 06:11
She's been called the 'luckiest woman in the world' for winning the lottery four times before vanishing. But now the Daily Mail can reveal her full story.
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America's luckiest woman won the lotto FOUR times... then VANISHED. Now we've uncovered her extraordinary secrets
13/01/26 04:18
She's been called the 'luckiest woman in the world' for winning the lottery four times before vanishing. But now the Daily Mail can reveal her full story.
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ICE splinters over Minneapolis shooting: Whispers of 'murder'... exodus fears... and terror over what comes next
09/01/26 09:58
The killing of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis this week has ignited fierce debate about the use of deadly force by federal agents.
Report: ICE agent involved in deadly shooting identified
08/01/26 08:46
Multiple videos show the agent, identified as Ross, opening fire on Good and hitting her in the face while she was behind the wheel.
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ICE agent involved in deadly shooting of Renee Nicole Good identified as Jonathan Ross
08/01/26 07:30
Multiple videos show the agent, identified as Ross, opening fire on Good and hitting her in the face while she was behind the wheel.
ICE agent Jonathan Ross's terrifying encounter with migrant driver in Minneapolis just months before he opened fire on Renee Good
08/01/26 06:53
Anti-ICE protesters are clashing with police in Minnesota today.
Neighbor says she heard arguing before Texas A&M student plunged to her death
07/01/26 06:05
A month after a Texas A&M student plunged to her death, her family presented new evidence that her death was not a [self-murder], as police have claimed.
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Neighbor heard screaming and arguing from Texas A&M student's apartment moments before she plunged 17 stories to her death... as family insists it was NOT suicide
06/01/26 10:33
A month after a TexasA&M student plunged to her death, her family presented new evidence that her death was not a suicide, as police have claimed.
Chilling warning that bloodthirsty Venezuelan migrant gangsters hiding in your city could be 'activated' after Maduro's capture
06/01/26 04:50
Despite going underground recently, bloodthirsty gangsters could return to prominence after Trump's audacious military operation.
Duke University football team 'GHOSTS' hospital full of sick children excitedly waiting for visit from 'superhero' athletes
01/01/26 09:34
A Texas hospital claims the sick children in their care were ghosted by a college football team visiting their city for a college bowl game and who were billed as 'superheroes' by the kids.
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Angry border sheriff says his corner of Texas is still wide open to illegal migrants -with nearly 600 gotaways this year
31/12/25 08:48
Despite claims by the Trump administration that the border is secured, one Texas sheriff says his corner of the border is still wide open.
Cheater Texas AG breaks cover with his mistress... as insider reveals all the details from their ultra-fancy ski trip to Aspen
20/12/25 05:57
After exposing the extra-martial affair of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his Christian mistress, Daily Mail has now obtained photographs of the politician with 'the other woman.'
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Texas rabbi fighting for life in ICU after Bondi Beach terror attack as growing list of American victims emerges
15/12/25 10:24
New information on some of the victims of the terrorist attack in Australia have emerged, showing some have ties a world away in Texas, including a mother who hid her baby in the sand to survive.
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Hero border officer fights off cartel smuggler with his bare hands before shooting him dead as he tried to haul drugs across southern border
12/12/25 06:26
A hand-to-hand fight between a US Border Patrol agent and a cartel smuggler on the US-Mexico international boundary turned deadly after the agent shot the smuggler, officials allege
Jilted teen boy kills brother, sister and mother of ex-girlfriend in deadly rampage in Texas
11/12/25 11:12
A triple murder has rocked a town in West Texas, with police saying the alleged shooter is a 15-year-old boy who was planning to murder his ex-girlfriend and instead shot her mom and two siblings dead.
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The $71-a-ticket megachurch Christmas show tearing Dallas apart… and the furious fans saying 'Jesus would be flipping tables'
11/12/25 04:41
A Christmas show at a church in Plano, Texas has become a flash point in America- a Rorschach test in today's hyper-political culture.
Police defend handling of probe into Texas A&M student's death
09/12/25 02:17
Police in Texas are defending their handling of the investigation into how a Texas A&M student died after falling 17 stories from a high rise apartment.
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Police respond to family's explosive 'new evidence' claims in Texas A&M student's balcony fall death
08/12/25 10:08
Police in Texas are defending their handling of the investigation into how a Texas A&M student died after falling 17 stories from a high rise apartment.
Family of Texas A&M student says new video and evidence of a 'fight' will prove her death wasn't suicide
05/12/25 08:08
One day after police in Texas revealed evidence the death of a Texas A&M student is a suicide after she fell 17 stories from a high-rise apartment, her family refuted the cops' narrative.
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Police reveal key evidence in death of Texas A&M student
04/12/25 08:17
Authorities in Texas have gone to extraordinary lengths in the case of Texas A&M student Brianna Aguilera, 19, who died after falling 17 stories from a high-rise apartment after a tailgate.
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Police uncover tragic evidence on Texas A&M student's phone after she left rowdy tailgate party and fell 17 stories to her death
04/12/25 05:40
Authorities in Texas have gone to extraordinary lengths in the case of Texas A&M student Brianna Aguilera, 19, who died after falling 17 stories from a high-rise apartment after a tailgate.
Texas Muslim city rebrands with unthreatening new name
03/12/25 03:05
The cleric behind the community has a decades-old record of preaching hatred, homophobia and Holocaust-denial to his followers.
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Texas Muslim city rebrands with unthreatening new name after Governor Greg Abbott accused it of trying to bring Sharia law to Lone Star State
03/12/25 02:40
The cleric behind the community has a decades-old record of preaching hatred, homophobia and Holocaust-denial to his followers.
I was a TikTok star who was internally decapitated by an extremely drunk driver. Look what this monster did to me... before I got my revenge
29/11/25 08:32
Four different doctors told Camryn Herriage's family to take her off the ventilator as she lay motionless in her hospital bed.
Tragedy as grandfather, 88, shoots dead his loving wife of 65 years at their seaside home in failed murder-suicide
27/11/25 10:03
A Texas man admitted to the cops that he was 'going crazy' when he shot and killed his terminally ill wife and then turned the gun on himself.
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Female runner's frightening encounter with hammer-wielding migrant
18/11/25 01:46
Federal immigration officials reveal the man who attacked a female jogger with a hammer and planned to kidnap her was living in the US illegally and had previous run-ins with police.
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Female runner's terrifying ambush by baby-faced hammer-wielding migrant, 17, who should ALREADY have been deported
17/11/25 10:17
Federal immigration officials reveal the man who attacked a female jogger with a hammer and planned to kidnap her was living in the US illegally and had previous run-ins with police.
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Matthew McConaughey sparks wild rumors he's running for office with mysterious posters
14/11/25 09:29
A viral video showing a stage adorned with American flag bunting and signs reading ' McConaughey for governor' sent Matthew McConaughey fans into wild speculation.
Congressman evades media regarding alleged affair with late staffer
14/11/25 11:40
Two months after his alleged mistress doused herself with gasoline and set herself on fire, Congressman Tony Gonzales finally answered cheating accusations.
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Married Congressman finally breaks silence on alleged affair with aide who set herself on fire... after he dodged the media for months
13/11/25 11:09
Two months after his alleged mistress doused herself with gasoline and set herself on fire, Congressman Tony Gonzales finally answered cheating accusations.
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Texas city sparks fury by trying to divert millions from ambulances and firefighters to the homeless
12/11/25 12:29
Voters in Texas ' capital overwhelmingly rejected a plan to raise taxes to pay millions for homeless services last week, but that isn't stopping local leaders from looking for the money in other places.
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Texas TV station sparks outrage after partnering with 'hood news' social media influencer
10/11/25 09:17
A Texas TV station that touts itself as a trusted news leader has taken on the unusual step of partnering with a social media influencer known for reporting from the 'hood.'
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The 'Baby Whisperer' who betrayed parents: Her elite client list, the four-month-old girl who died... and the shocking twist that could set her free
08/11/25 12:56
A woman known as the 'baby whisper' among elite families in a Texas town could be a free woman soon, as her conviction for poisoning a baby girl who died comes under review.
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Dem-run Houston invite New York cops after Mamdani's victory
06/11/25 01:44
Hours after New York City voters elected Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani to be their next mayor, a Texas police union pounced on the opportunity to lure new recruits.
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Democrat- run Houston rolls out the red carpet for New York cops 'disgusted' with Zohran Mamdani's victory
06/11/25 01:11
Hours after New York City voters elected Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani to be their next mayor, a Texas police union pounced on the opportunity to lure new recruits.
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Report: Cause of death for Congressional aide who burned herself
05/11/25 03:55
The cause of the death for the Congressional aide who doused herself with gasoline and later became engulfed in flames at her home in Texas has been released, the Daily Mail can exclusively confirm.
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Cause of death for Congressional aide Regina Aviles who allegedly had an affair with married Republican confirmed
05/11/25 02:44
The cause of the death for the Congressional aide who doused herself with gasoline and later became engulfed in flames at her home in Texas has been released, the Daily Mail can exclusively confirm.
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Family of Congressional aide who set herself on fire cite 'highly intimate' facts to keep details of her death secret after alleged affair with married Republican
01/11/25 05:36
The family of a Congressional aide who died after she set herself on fire is calling for public documents related to her death to be kept secret due to the information being 'embarrassing.'
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Congressman who allegedly had affair with aide vows to be re-elected
28/10/25 05:48
In what political insiders are calling a defiant and delusion move, a Texas Congressman rocked by an alleged affair scandal is vowing to he'll win his campaign to stay in office.
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Congressman ridiculed for vow to win re-election despite allegedly having affair with aide who set herself on fire
28/10/25 05:14
In what political insiders are calling a defiant and delusion move, a Texas Congressman rocked by an alleged affair scandal is vowing to he'll win his campaign to stay in office.
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The secret calls and frantic meetings over Congressman's alleged affair with aide who set herself on fire
22/10/25 10:46
The GOP is scrambling to replace an embattled Texas congressman after Daily Mail revealed the alleged affair between US Rep Tony Gonzales and his staffer who died after setting herself on fire.
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Congressman's alleged affair with aide before she set herself on fire
22/10/25 01:17
The Republican allegedly had an affair with his senior aide, multiple sources have told the Daily Mail. She later died after dousing herself with gasoline and setting herself on fire at home.
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Married Congressman had alleged affair with aide... before she set herself on fire: Bombshell revelation as police block release of 911 call and other evidence
20/10/25 07:00
The Republican allegedly had an affair with his senior aide, multiple sources have told the Daily Mail. She later died after dousing herself with gasoline and setting herself on fire at home.
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Texas sues man allegedly forming 'melanated' community
20/10/25 06:35
Texas is suing a man state officials claim is trying to 'overthrow the local government' of an oil-rich county in West Texas by offering 'only melanated' people free houses.
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Texas declares war on plan to seize one of America's richest counties and turn it into a 'melanated' community
20/10/25 06:16
Texas is suing a man state officials claim is trying to 'overthrow the local government' of an oil-rich county by offering 'only melanated' people free houses.
Man arrested over alleged TikTok plot to put bounties on ICE agents
17/10/25 04:48
A horrifying scheme to find people willing to kill ICE agents for $10,000 a head has been disrupted, as authorities arrested a man in Texas.
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Chilling TikTok plot to put bounties on the heads of ICE agents exposed as illegal immigrant is arrested in Dallas
17/10/25 03:56
A horrifying scheme to find people willing to kill ICE agents for $10,000 a head has been disrupted, as authorities arrested a man in Texas.
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Body count from Houston's bayous rises
04/10/25 05:00
As America's fourth largest city is gripped by rumors of a serial killer, officials confirm the number of bodies found is greater than previously known.
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Body count from Houston's bayous rises as serial killer whispers grip city and residents are told: 'Be vigilant'
03/10/25 05:16
As America's fourth largest city is gripped by rumors of a serial killer, officials confirm the number of bodies found is greater than previously known.
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Mystery deepens over aide who set herself on fire
03/10/25 10:50
After one of his staffer's died from dousing herself with gasoline and catching fire, a Texas Congressman has canceled all media events-- seemingly to avoid questions about her death.
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Mystery deepens over aide who set herself on fire as congressman cancels events and police withhold records
02/10/25 09:53
After one of his staffer's died from dousing herself with gasoline and catching fire, a Texas Congressman has canceled all media events-- seemingly to avoid questions about her death.
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How American couples paid $14,000 for babies cut from mothers' wombs by a woman called 'the devil'
30/09/25 08:51
The arrest of a woman known as the 'she devil' has lifted the veil on a cartel scheme to cut babies out of their mothers' womb and sell the infants across the border.
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Congressional staffer, 35, doused herself in gasoline before she caught fire and burned to death
30/09/25 02:56
Regina Santos-Aviles, 35, a staffer for Republican US Representative Tony Gonzales, was found engulfed in flames at her Uvalde home on September 13.
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Serial killer rumors grip Texas after five bodies found in five days
28/09/25 01:30
Police have confirmed that the remains of five people were discovered in separate bayous between September 15 and 20.
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Dallas sniper's 'anti-ICE' plot revealed: A covert app promoted by liberals... and the simple miscalculation that prevented a massacre
25/09/25 08:53
Chilling new details have emerged of 29-year-old Joshua Jahn's plot that could have ended in even more bloodshed had he not made a blunder.
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Serial killer fears grip Texas city after five bodies are pulled from water in less than a week
25/09/25 02:06
Police have confirmed that the remains of five people were discovered in separate bayous between September 15 and 20.
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Suspected Dallas ICE shooter pictured
24/09/25 07:15
Joshua Jahn, 29, the sniper who killed two migrants and wounded a third in a horror shooting at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility has been pictured from the first time.
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Dallas ICE shooter Joshua Jahn who killed two migrants then himself, as brother reveals how he'd gone off rails
24/09/25 06:19
Joshua Jahn, 29, the sniper who killed two migrants and wounded a third in a horror shooting at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility has been pictured from the first time.
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Report: Dallas ICE shooter identified
24/09/25 04:22
A sniper who killed at least one migrant and wounded several others in a shooting at a Dallas ICE facility has been identified as Joshua Jahn, 29, Daily Mail can reveal.
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Dallas ICE shooter named as Joshua Jahn who murdered a migrant then killed himself
24/09/25 03:37
A sniper who killed at least one migrant and wounded several others in a shooting at a Dallas ICE facility has been identified as Joshua Jahn, 29, Daily Mail can reveal.
'Brazilian Josef Fritzl' makes chilling claim to police after 'holding stepdaughter captive for 22 years'
22/09/25 09:26
A man accused of holding his stepdaughter captive for 22 years while fathering her children is denying the horrific accusations against him.
Family of migrant who 'beheaded' manager of Dallas hotel make chilling claim he was treated like a 'slave'
17/09/25 09:57
In a stunning interview, the family of an illegal migrant accused of beheading his boss at a motel in Texas claims the Cuban was not paid for his work and felt like a 'slave.'
Texas AG's mistress' shock new life after sex scandal was exposed
16/09/25 10:03
The Daily Mail broke the news of Ken Paxton's latest affair, releasing astonishing details of their months-long relationship he hid from his wife Angela.
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Illegal migrant who 'beheaded' boss in argument over washing machine
13/09/25 01:12
The suspect in a horrific beheading of a motel manager in Texas had been detained by federal immigration officials -- only to be released despite his rampant history of crimes across three states.
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Migrant who 'beheaded' boss escaped deportation despite gruesome criminal record
12/09/25 10:34
The suspect in a horrific beheading of a motel manager in Texas had been detained by federal immigration officials -- only to be released despite his rampant history of crimes across three states.
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Texas AG is caught in shocking sex scandal as details of secret affair with married Christian influencer mom-of-seven are exposed
12/09/25 10:14
The Daily Mail can exclusively reveal Ken Paxton, 62, was secretly seeing a married Christian influencer behind the backs of his wife and her husband.
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Texas store that sold $1.8B Powerball ticket says winner is a mystery
08/09/25 10:30
It's a mystery as big as Texas itself; Who has the record $1.8 billion lotto ticket sold in the Lone Star State.
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Powerball frenzy sweeps tiny Texas town after rural gas station sold $1.8 billion ticket... but the winner is a mystery
08/09/25 05:05
It's a mystery as big as Texas itself; Who has the record $1.8 billion lotto ticket sold in the Lone Star State.
Migrant children lost under the Biden Administration found dead or working as sex slaves
06/09/25 02:43
The Trump administration has started to find migrant children who were lost in the system during the Biden years-- only to learn of the horror some of the kids have faced.
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Austin spends $1M on new logo
05/09/25 06:54
It's Cracker Barrel 2.0. Taxpayers in a Democrat city are outraged after learning their leaders spent over $1 million on a new city logo all while warning they will have to pay more in taxes.
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Austin pulls a Cracker Barrel with disastrous logo rebrand that took seven years and cost $1 million
05/09/25 06:31
It's Cracker Barrel 2.0. Taxpayers in a Democrat city are outraged after learning their leaders spent over $1 million on a new city logo all while warning they will have to pay more in taxes.
Daughter of Nazi who 'stole' missing painting from Jewish man is charged with crimes linked to genocide
04/09/25 05:56
The daughter of a Nazi who stole a painting from a Jewish art collector during WWII was dragged before a judge after the Argentine woman has been accused of also hiding the art work.
Girl, 16, returns home to find her parents dead in murder-suicide after calling police over 'argument'
01/09/25 05:35
The terrified 16-year-old girl was outside the Texas home waiting for the cops and both her parents were dead inside the house when police arrived.
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Cops get a surprise during raid on Nazi heiress's home
28/08/25 10:15
Police raided the home of a Nazi heir looking for a painting stolen from a Jewish man in an investigation that had spanned several continents and decades.
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Cops raid Nazi heiress's home to seize masterpiece stolen by her dad...but are shocked to see what was hanging on wall
27/08/25 07:09
Police raided the home of a Nazi heir looking for a painting stolen from a Jewish man in an investigation that had spanned several continents and decades.
Minneapolis school shooter Robin Westman revealed as transgender and anti-Trump as Democrats call for shooting to be de-politicized
27/08/25 06:28
Court records seen by the Daily Mail indicate that Westman had previously been known as Robert, having petitioned to have her name changed in 2019.
Illegal migrant sobs as he's arrested by ICE for warped 'Russian roulette' torture of woman in his native Venezuela
26/08/25 05:09
A Venezuelan puts on a theatrical display while being arrested in Texas. ICE says the migrant is wanted for terrorizing a woman in his version of 'Russian roulette.'
Trump's new black-painted border wall is cooler than the old wall
26/08/25 10:30
A Texas man claims he's proved the new painted black border wall isn't actually hotter to the touch, as the Trump administration claimed it would be.
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