ICE takes 5-year-old, dad after using boy as “bait,” school district says

School district officials in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, say their sense of security is shaken and their hearts shattered after four students from the district were recently taken by officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Columbia Heights Public School District says two children were taken on Tuesday, including a 17-year-old boy on his way to

Maryland Contractor Indicted on Charges of Leaking Classified Military Information to Reporter

The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Jan. 6, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times A federal grand jury has indicted a Maryland government contractor on charges of illegally transmitting and retaining classified national defense information, alleging he shared sensitive military intelligence reports with a Washington Post reporter. Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones, 61, of Laurel, Maryland,