Congressional Gold Medals for 13 service members killed in Kabul

Congress on Tuesday posthumously bestowed its highest honor on 13 U.S. soldiers killed in a bomb attack at Kabul's airport during America's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. Lawmakers gathered in the Capitol Rotunda alongside tearful relatives of fallen heroes for the awards ceremony, which came on the heels of a scathing House report on the withdrawal […]
House honoring 13 US service members killed in 2021 Abbey Gate bombing during Afghanistan withdrawal

House Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York, will host a gold medal ceremony to honor the 13 U.S. soldiers killed at Abbey Gate during the withdrawal from Afghanistan. President Johnson will posthumously award Congress' highest honor, the Gold Medal, to the 13 Americans killed in […]
Congress Honoring The 13 Service Members Killed In Afghanistan Withdrawal

Photos of the 13 U.S. service members killed in the suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan are displayed ahead of a Gold Medal ceremony in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on September 10, 2024. Senate and House leaders will attend the ceremony along with the families of the 13 service […]
MS-13 members plead guilty to murdering NYC teen for gang initiation

Two members of the brutal MS-13 gang have pleaded guilty to accidentally killing a 17-year-old boy from Queens, admitting they did it to gain membership in the group. Queens residents Juan Amaya Ramirez, 26, and Oscar Flores Mejia, 24, confessed to the 2018 murder of teenager Andy Peralta in Flushing's Quisena Park, mistakenly believing Peralta […]
Congress to Honor 13 Service Members Killed in the Afghanistan Withdrawal

Congress will honor 13 American service members killed in the Biden-Harris administration's botched Afghanistan withdrawal at a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Tuesday. The ceremony is scheduled for 11 a.m. ET in the Capitol Rotunda, just hours before the first debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, who has sought to […]
2 suspected Tren de Aragua gang members released from custody despite alleged ties to Colorado shooting

The two men, believed to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang and believed to have been involved in a shooting in Aurora, Colorado, were recently allowed back on the streets. Two brothers from Venezuela, Dixon Azuaje Pérez, 20, and Nixon Azuaje Pérez, 19, were released from custody after being charged with attempting to […]
FDNY and NYPD members follow in the paths of heroic 9/11 dads

When the North Tower collapsed on 9/11, Thomas Gambino III had a hunch that his father, Thomas Gambino II, an FDNY firefighter, had been killed. At his father's funeral, he knew what he was going to do with the rest of his life. Gambino, who was 20 years old at the time, is one of […]
Suspected Tren de Aragua gang members in Aurora, Colorado released on $1,000 bond

Two suspects, a member of the Tren de Aragua gang and a Venezuelan national, were released on $1,000 bail, police said. Nixon and Dixon Azuaje-Perez were arrested by Aurora police on suspicion of tampering with evidence in connection with the July 28 shooting. Sanctuary city Denver considering proposal to house migrants in elementary schools: mayor's […]
Tren de Aragua members arrested in shooting released from custody

Two suspected members of the Tren de Aragua gang arrested in connection with an attempted murder in the migrant hotbed of Aurora, Colorado, have been released from custody, The Washington Post has learned. Venezuelan brothers Dixon Azuaje Pérez, 20, and Nixon Azuaje Pérez, 19, who were charged with conspiring to tamper with evidence in the […]
ICE confirms Aurora, Colorado gang members are in the United States illegally, released by Biden admin

The four Venezuelan members of the Tren de Aragua gang arrested in Colorado are illegal immigrants, an ICE spokesperson confirmed in a statement to Fox News. The four Venezuelan nationals, ages 19 to 24, illegally crossed the southern border through Texas under the Biden administration in 2022 and 2023. All four are currently in ICE […]