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Officials: Dallas ICE Shooter Hated U.S. Government, Wanted To Incite Terror

The suspected gunman who opened fire on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas had searched for apps in August that track the location of ICE agents and had downloaded a list of local Department of Homeland Security facilities, the FBI director said on Thursday. The director, Kash Patel, also said in a social media post that investigators had determined the 29-year-old suspect, Joshua Jahn, researched video of the highly publicized conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination before the Texas attack. The evidence gathered thus far, Patel said, "indicates a high degree of pre-attack planning." Officials have said the attack appeared to be targeting ICE, which has been the primary enforcement agency of President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown. According to Patel, a handwritten note recovered from Jahn's home read: "Hopefully this will give ICE agents real terror, to think, 'Is there a sniper with AP rounds on that roof?'" He did not provide photos or other documentation of the evidence. The gunman shot "indiscriminately" at the field office in northwest Dallas early on Wednesday morning from a nearby building's rooftop, killing one detainee and badly wounding two others, officials have said. No law enforcement agents were injured at the office, where detainees were processed rather than housed. The suspect took his own life after the attack, authorities said. An unused bullet found near his body had the words "ANTI-ICE" written on it, according to a photo that Patel released on Wednesday. The Dallas shooting came two weeks after Kirk, co-founder of the conservative student political group Turning Point USA and a close ally of Trump, was shot dead by a rooftop sniper during a speaking event in Utah, fueling fears of a new wave of violence in the United States. Kirk's murder set off a firestorm of political recriminations, with Trump blaming the left for the violence before a suspect was even detained. The incident deepened concerns among Trump's critics that the Republican president would use the violence to justify going after his perceived political opponents. Trump and members of his administration immediately blamed left-wing activists for Wednesday's attack, even though there has been no evidence released to suggest the suspect was linked to any outside groups or individuals. On his Truth Social platform, Trump accused "Radical Left Democrats" of stoking anti-ICE violence by "constantly demonizing Law Enforcement, calling for ICE to be demolished, and comparing ICE Officers to Nazis." He said he would sign an executive order to go after "these domestic terrorism networks." In a joint statement, Democratic leaders in the House condemned the attack and called for less divisiveness. "The political and ideologically-motivated violence in America has reached a breaking point this year," they said. "We need leaders who bring the country together in moments of crisis – and that is what is required right now." Political violence has risen in the United States in recent years, with high-profile attacks targeting figures on both the right and the left, including Trump himself, who endured two assassination attempts during his 2024 presidential campaign. The older brother of the suspect in the Dallas attack spoke with a Reuters reporter on Wednesday as Joshua Jahn's name began circulating online in connection with the shooting. Noah Jahn, 30, said he was not aware that his brother harbored any negative feelings about ICE. "I didn't know he had any political intent at all," said the older brother, who lives in McKinney, Texas, around 30 miles north of Dallas, as did his sibling.

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White House Budget Office Tells Agencies To Draft Mass Firing Plans Ahead Of Potential Shutdown

The White House is telling agencies to prepare large-scale firings of federal workers if the government shuts down next week. In a memo released Wednesday night, the Office of Management and Budget said agencies should consider a reduction in force for federal programs whose funding would lapse next week, is not otherwise funded and is “not consistent with the President’s priorities.” That would be a much more aggressive step than in previous shutdowns, when federal workers not deemed essential were furloughed but returned to their jobs once Congress approved government spending. A reduction in force would not only lay off employees but eliminate their positions, which would trigger yet another massive upheaval in a federal workforce that has already faced major rounds of cuts this year due to efforts from the Department of Government Efficiency and elsewhere in the Trump administration. Once any potential government shutdown ends, agencies are asked to revise their reduction in force plans “as needed to retain the minimal number of employees necessary to carry out statutory functions,” according to the memo, which was first reported by Politico. This move from OMB significantly increases the consequences of a potential government shutdown next week and escalates pressure on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. The two leaders have kept nearly all of their Democratic lawmakers united against a clean funding bill pushed by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans that would keep the federal government operating for seven more weeks, demanding immediate improvements to health care in exchange for their votes. In statements issued shortly after the memo was released, the two Democrats showed no signs of budging. “We will not be intimidated by your threat to engage in mass firings,” Jeffries wrote in a post on X. “Get lost.” Jeffries called Russ Vought, the head of OMB, a “malignant political hack.” Schumer said in a statement that the OMB memo is an “attempt at intimidation” and predicted the “unnecessary firings will either be overturned in court or the administration will end up hiring the workers back.” OMB noted that it held its first planning call with other federal agencies earlier this week to plan for a shutdown. The budget office plays point in managing federal government shutdowns, particularly planning for them ahead of time. Past budget offices have also posted shutdown contingency plans — which would outline which agency workers would stay on the job during a government shutdown and which would be furloughed — on its website, but this one has not. The memo noted that congressional Democrats are refusing to support a clean government funding bill “due to their partisan demands,” which include an extension of enhanced health insurance subsidies set to expire at the end of the year, plus a reversal of Medicaid cuts that were included in Republicans’ big tax and spending cuts law. “As such, it has never been more important for the Administration to be prepared for a shutdown if the Democrats choose to pursue one,” the memo reads, which also notes that the GOP’s signature law, a major tax and border spending package, gives “ample resources to ensure that many core Trump Administration priorities will continue uninterrupted.” OMB noted that it had asked all agencies to submit their plans in case of a government shutdown by Aug. 1. “OMB has received many, but not all, of your submissions,” it added. “Please send us your updated lapse plans ASAP.”

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Shooter identified in deadly ICE facility shooting in Dallas

Authorities have identified the suspect in yesterday’s deadly shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas as Joshua Jahn. Officials say Jahn opened fire from a rooftop with a rifle, targeting a transport van in the facility’s sallyport. One detainee was killed, and two others were critically wounded before Jahn died from a self-inflicted gunshot. The FBI reports that ammunition recovered at the scene carried “anti-ICE” messaging and is investigating the attack as an act of targeted violence. Authorities confirmed that no ICE agents were injured.

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Camp Mystic To Reopen After Fatal Flooding In Texas

Camp Mystic has announced that it plans to reopen one of its Texas sites, where 27 girls and counselors died in a flood. The flooding that swept through Texas in July killed at least 136 people — including more than two dozen children and counselors at the century-old summer camp for girls that was among the first areas inundated. Located in a low-lying area along the Guadalupe River in a region known as flash flood alley, the camp was hit when historic floodwaters tore through its property before dawn on July 4.

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