FIRST ON FOX: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Wednesday hauled in some of the "worst of the worst" illegal immigrants convicted of heinous crimes against children, part of an ongoing federal effort to target violent offenders living in the U.S. unlawfully.Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital that under President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, ICE is prioritizing arresting pedophiles, abusers and sexual predators.McLaughlin said 70 percent of ICE arrests target illegal immigrants who have criminal convictions or pending criminal charges in the U.S.ICE BUSTS SEVERAL CONVICTED CRIMINALS, INCLUDING CHILD RAPIST WHO THREATENED TO KILL 11-YEAR-OLD VICTIM"DHS is sending a clear message to illegal aliens: if you prey on children, if you victimize the innocent, ICE will find you, arrest you, and remove you from our country," McLaughlin said.According to DHS, some of the illegal immigrants arrested by ICE on Wednesday include:Juan Ortiz-Mora, an illegal Mexican national, was previously convicted of two counts of indecency with a child in Tarrant County, Texas.Ronald Echeverria-Tumbaco, of Ecuador, was previously convicted of aggravated indecent assault of a child under the age of 16 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.ICE IN HOUSTON RELEASES NEW DETAILS ABOUT ARRESTED ILLEGAL CHILD SEX OFFENDERSLeidy Linares-Rapalo, an illegal immigrant from Honduras, has been convicted of two counts of child abuse in Hall County, Nebraska.Jheremy Julian Morales-Juarez, a Mexican national, was previously convicted of possession of obscene material depicting minors in Riverside, California.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPJuan Espino-Escamilla, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was previously convicted of sexual assault in Reno, Nevada.

The Daily Beast faced widespread backlash on Wednesday after publishing an "absolutely bonkers" report claiming Florida Gov.Ron DeSantis is facing criticism for letting the state carry out executions of death row inmates who also happened to be military veterans including individuals convicted of murder and rape, which the piece largely failed to mention.The article, "Veterans Beg Ron DeSantis to Stop Killing Them," insisted the Florida governor is "under fire for turning against his fellow service members and letting executioners slaughter five veterans this year alone." It suggested DeSantis is backtracking on a previous claim that Florida is "the most veteran-friendly state" in the nation because extremely violent criminals arent spared the death penalty."Veterans statewide are nowpleadingwith DeSantis to stop the executions of fellow former service members, all of whom devoted part of their life to protecting the country," Kenneal Patterson, who is described as an intern on the liberal website, wrote in the story. The article had the word "backstabber" plastered in all caps and red font beneath the headline.TRUMP SIGNS NEW LAW HELPING VETERANS AVOID FORECLOSURE WITH PARTIAL CLAIMS PAYMENT PROGRAMThe story noted that DeSantis served in the U.S. Navy himself, and that more than 130 fellow veterans penned a letter asking him to "stop setting the executions of our fellow soldiers."The Daily Beast report named several veterans who have either been executed or are awaiting execution, failing to inform readers of the crimes that the majority of them were found guilty of.The only veteran whose crime was noted in the article was Jeffrey Hutchinson, who "was executed in May for the murders of his girlfriend and her three children."DESANTIS PICKS THE CHUCK NORRIS OF FLORIDA POLITICS AS NEW TOP DEPUTYWhen shared on X, the Daily Beast report was slapped with a Community Note: "The @thedailybeast defends Bobby Joe Long, executed in 2019, but omits why: Long was a serial killer who raped and murdered at least 10 women in Tampa Bay in 1984. He confessed and was convicted of eight homicides, plus additional rapes and abductions."Two other veterans named in the article were convicted of rape and murder, including a man who killed an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother, but the report didnt mention why they landed on death row.DeSantis Communications Director Alex Lanfranconi provided a comment to the Daily Beast."A simple trick to avoid execution in Florida is to not murder people," Lanfranconi said.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREThe article was widely criticized on social media:The Daily Beast did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

FIRST ON FOX: Louisianas attorney general brought a lawsuit Thursday against Roblox, alleging the widely-used online gaming platform is rife with child predators and harmful content.Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said Roblox, an interactive online gaming program for children that touts more than 80 million users, cared more about driving profits than installing safeguards that would help protect young users."Due to Robloxs lack of safety protocols, it endangers the safety of the children of Louisiana," Murrill said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital. "Roblox is overrun with harmful content and child predators because it prioritizes user growth, revenue, and profits over child safety.205 ARRESTED IN FBI CHILD SEX OPERATION, PATEL AND BONDI ANNOUNCEThe complaint, filed in the Livingston Parish district court, cited an instance of local law enforcement in the town of Livingston executing a search warrant last month on the home of a man suspected of possessing child sex abuse materials.At the time of the arrest, the complaint stated, the man was actively using Roblox and also possessed voice-altering technology to make himself sound like a young woman.The company has faced numerous other lawsuits from individuals, including a recent one brought by a Georgia mother who alleged her nine-year-old son was sexually exploited through his use of Roblox.Louisiana's attorney general has zeroed in on Roblox's sign-up process, alleging the company does not verify a user's age and therefore makes it easy for child predators to pose as children."The end result is that Defendant, through its failure to implement adequate safety features and its failure to provide notice of the danger, provides the perfect place for pedophiles,"Fox News Digital reached out to Roblox for comment.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Provocative and profanity-labeled merchandise has long been a feature of oceanfront stores in Virginia Beach, but that could soon be a thing of the past if local officials get their way.The Virginia Beach City Council passed a resolution Tuesday strongly encouraging retailers on the popular Atlantic Avenue boardwalk to voluntarily remove what they call "indecent" or "vulgar" clothing from display in an effort to maintain the areas image as family-friendly and welcoming to people of all ages.The tourism hub is lined with hotels, restaurants, shops and entertainment spots, but the council says lewd messages sprawled across the backsides of storefront mannequins and tongue-in-cheek T-shirts are tarnishing the areas wholesome image. For instance, in one display, shorts on lower-leg mannequins bear slogans such as "All you can eat" and "It ain't going to spank itself."BEACH TOWN CRACKS DOWN ON HALF-NAKED TOURISTS WITH HEFTY FINES FOR INAPPROPRIATE ATTIRE"Along Atlantic Avenue, there has been a proliferation of indecent and/or vulgar T-shirts and displays in storefronts," background text to the resolution reads. "The proliferation of such displays creates an unwelcoming environment for the very families to whom the city markets itself and the citys residents."A resolution is not legally binding in the way an ordinance or statute is, so officials are calling on retailers to act in good faith and remove such material given the areas heavy dependence on tourism. Virginia Beach welcomed 14.1 million visitors in 2023, generating $2.5 billion in spending, according to a tourism study by the Virginia Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau."Because the standard for criminal enforcement obscenity is a difficult standard to reach, the City Council desires voluntary action by retailers," the text reads.BEACH TOWN BANS MEN'S TOO-SHORT SWIM TRUNKS, SPARKING DEBATE AND RULE FLIPFLOPCouncilman Worth Remick, who represents part of the Oceanfront and has fielded numerous complaints, said he is fed up with the displays."Enough is enough," Remick told The Virginian-Pilot. "This is a calm, gentle, nice way to say this is not good for our brand, for our city."Businesses, mostly small, independent retailers, are being asked to remove or refrain from placing lewd or suggestive items on public-facing displays.The move has divided locals and tourists alike, and retailers selling the merchandise say the items are major moneymakers."The new generation, they like this so much," Adam Desouki, the store manager at Ocean 11 clothing and gift shop, told the outlet. He said the stores shorts, priced between $25-$35 a piece, are top sellers in the businesss coveted summer months and they have no plans to stop displaying them.One 18-year-old resident said he doesnt have a problem with the clothing and believes the lewd phrases entice customers into stores."I dont think theyre that offensive," Perry Clay told WAVY.com. Theyre trying to spur business things like that. I havent been offended."The city passed a similar measure in 1992, discouraging lewd products in shop displays.Fox News Digital's Erik Hoffman contributed to this report.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he's confident he could defeat Democratic Party nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani in a two-candidate race for New York City mayor."I believe I beat the assemblyman," Cuomo said in a recent interview with Bloomberg News, as he pointed to Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist state lawmaker from Queens who shocked the political world in June by topping Cuomo and nine other candidates in the Democratic primary.But Cuomo, the former three-term governor who resigned in 2021 amid multiple scandals, said in order to defeat Mamdani, there must be a successful effort to "winnow down" the current five-candidate mayoral field in the nation's most populous city.MAMDANI, CUOMO, CLASH IN NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL BATTLENearly every recent poll in the New York City mayoral race indicates that Mamdani holds a healthy double-digit lead over Cuomo and the other contenders in November's general election.Mamdani stood at 37% support in the most recent survey, a small-sample Siena Research Institute poll conducted Aug. 4-7, with Cuomo at 23%.WHERE THE NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL RACE STANDS IN NEW POLLGuardian Angels co-founder Curtis Sliwa, who for a second straight election is the Republican mayoral nominee, grabbed 12% support, with Mayor Eric Adams, the embattled incumbent who announced earlier this year that he would seek re-election as an independent candidate, at 7%.Also on the ballot in the general election is Jim Walden, a former federal prosecutor running as an independent.Walden earlier this summer proposed that an independent survey be conducted in September to determine which candidate would have the best shot of defeating Mamdani, with the other candidates agreeing to drop out.MAMDANI FACES HECKLERS IN TRUMP DOMINATED PART OF NEW YORK CITYWhile Cuomo has partially embraced the proposal, saying he would drop out if Adams were ahead of him in pre-election surveys, Adams and Sliwa have not signed on."The people who are running they are harmful to our city and the progress weve made. And I owe it to New Yorkers to get my story out to them and to run a campaign," Adams said this week in a Politico interview as he once again pledged to stay in the race.MAMDANI TAKES AIM AT TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES IN FIERY STATEN ISLAND SPEECH: 'WE ARE FIGHTING TO KEEP NYC A SANCTUARY CITY'Sliwa, in a FOX Business interview Wednesday, dismissed "this idea of everybody dropping out" and argued that "if we debate the issues, we are going to weaken Zohran Mamdani."Mamdani surged to a primary victory thanks to an energetic campaign that put a major focus on affordability and New York City's high cost of living. It was fueled by a grassroots army of supporters and backing from top national progressive champions, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.MAMDANI ZINGS CUOMO IN RENT-STABILIZED HOUSING SPAT DURING ANTI-TRUMP TOUR STOPMamdani made smart use of social media platforms, including TikTok, as he engaged low-propensity voters. He proposed eliminating fares to ride New York City's vast bus system, making CUNY (City University of New York) "tuition-free," freezing rents on municipal housing, offering "free childcare" for children up to age 5 and setting up government-run grocery stores.Mamdani, enjoying a lead in the polls, is now training his political fire on the biggest boogeyman in Democrat-dominated New York City President Donald Trump.The candidate this week is crisscrossing New York City on a "Five Boroughs Against Trump" tour."My administration will be Donald Trumps worst nightmare," Mamdani declared last week, ahead of launching the tour.

For decades, the infamous Figueora Street corridor in downtown Los Angeles has been a seedy haven for sex workers and human trafficking.In a new effort to take down a particularly heinous gang that allegedly runs a sex ring in the area, the federal government and Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) executed a sweeping pre-dawn bust targeting eleven suspects wanted for allegedly drugging, raping, and selling women and children as young as 14-years-old.The bust was a partnership between the Department of Justice, Homeland Security and LAPD.Fox News was exclusively embedded during Wednesday's early-morning operation aimed at taking down the Hoover street gang. The feds say members of the Hoover gang brazenly posted pictures on social media with stacks of cash, designer clothes and cars to lure vulnerable women into sex work with the promise of a lavish lifestyle.Instead, the 150-page criminal complaint says women ended up enslaved in a human trafficking enterprise in which they were mercilessly beaten, raped and sold for sex.16 IN CUSTODY AFTER IMMIGRATION RAID AT LA HOME DEPOT, DHS SAYSOperation Broken Blade successfully took into custody 10 out of 11 of its targets. One suspect, 31-year-old Bryan Isrel managed to flee and remains at large but Isrel is considered a fugitive by the DOJ, which is actively searching for him.Federal investigators say a female, Amaya Armstead, who goes by the street name "Lady Duck" was a lead target and prolific human trafficker. Armsted's moniker Lady Duck is even tattooed on at least four victim's bodies.AOC'S 'RED LIGHT' DISTRICT RULED BY VIOLENT MIGRANT GANG TAKEN DOWN BY FEDSThe criminal complaint alleges one instance when: "Armstead posted a video of herself beating a woman in a convenience store, holding her down by the hair and repeatedly kicking and kneeing her ...The woman shouts that shes pregnant, but defendant ARMSTEAD continues to beat her."At a downtown motel, which the Feds allege is a site that the gang uses to sell women and minors, federal agents surrounded one of their eleven suspects and took him into custody.2 ARRESTED AT LA HOME LINKED TO IRANIAN 'HUMAN SMUGGLING HUB': CBPPolice say during the operation they also rescued four victims, including a minor.The defendants are charged with various crimes including sex trafficking of minors, sex trafficking through force, fraud, or coercion; drug trafficking and gun charges, according to the criminal complaint. Each faces decades in prison if convicted.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that Sen. Elizabeth Warren has "got to take a drug test" when asked to respond to her claims of him trying to cut Social Security.Trump made the remark during an event at the White House celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Social Security Act, where the president said he would strengthen the program "for generations to come.""It's so vicious what they do. Elizabeth Warren said she was an Indian. We call her Pocahontas. She's a liar. She lied her whole career," Trump said. "Based on the fact that she was an Indian, she was able to get into certain colleges, get certain jobs, get into certain universities to work there. And she's a liar and a mean person. "She's a nutjob. I watched her the other night. She's all hopped up endorsing a communist in New York City, and she was all excited and jumping up and down," Trump said in reference to Warren supporting democratic socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. "She's got to take a drug test. She really, though, she's got to take a drug test. There's no way somebody can act that way and be normal."TOP DEMOCRAT SENATOR REVEALS SOCIALIST MAMDANI IS WHAT HER PARTY SHOULD LOOK LIKEWarren, a Democrat representing Massachusetts, wrote an op-ed for Fox News earlier this year in which she said that under the Trump administration, "Social Security is under attack like it has never been before. "Billionaire Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said seniors wont complain if they miss a Social Security check. Elon Musk called Social Security the worlds biggest Ponzi scheme. Musk then sent his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to gut the agency by indiscriminately firing workers, closing down offices, and trying to cut phone services," Warren wrote.WARREN: SOCIAL SECURITY IS UNDER ATTACK. GUTTING IT IS A BROKEN PROMISE"We shouldnt be cutting Social Security services and threatening Americans benefits we should be making the program stronger. People are struggling with sky-high prices while their retirement savings are evaporating," Warren added. "We need atemporary increase in benefitsright now to give people some relief. We should also protect the long-term security of the system by lifting the cap on the amount millionaires and billionaires pay into Social Security, which would also yield enough money to permanently expand benefits."Trump also said Thursday, "We've already kicked nearly 275,000 illegal aliens off of the Social Security system. "These are people many of them have already left the country. And yet we were sending them checks all the time," Trump added. "And what that's doing is making the system strong. It's making it strong. Biden never kicked anybody off. Everybody joined."

Police in Kentucky are searching for a suspect who shot a woman dead at a school bus stop.It happened around 8 a.m. Wednesday, the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) said, adding on its Facebook page that a suspect was detained "but after being interviewed and reviewing more video, we determined this person was there but did not pull the trigger."The victim was identified by her family as Redaja Williams, 23, WLKY reported.Police posted two pictures of someone in a red sweatshirt and dark sweatpants with dark shoes that investigators are looking to speak to.WOMAN GUNNED DOWN IN 'SAFE' DC NEIGHBORHOOD AS TRUMP LAUNCHES FEDERAL POLICE TAKEOVERThe shooting happened near Chestnut Street Family YMCA, Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary School, Central High School and several bus stops, WDRB reported.MASS SHOOTING IN BALTIMORE LEAVES 6 PEOPLE WOUNDED, INCLUDING 5-YEAR-OLD: POLICEThe child the woman was with was not injured. Several children were at the bus stop and witnessed the deadly shooting, WDRB reported."It is unacceptable that people simply trying to go to school must fear for their safety," LMPD Chief Paul Humphrey said, according to the TV station."The Jefferson County Coroners Office will release the name of the victim once the next of kin has been properly notified," a spokesperson for the department told Fox News Digital.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPAnyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the anonymous tip line at 502-574-LMPD or use the online anonymous crime tip hotline.

FIRST ON FOX: Former Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, who has long promoted fiscal responsibility and supported tax hikes on families and small businesses, failed to pay a $50,000 tax bill on time while spending nearly $500,000 on consultants and luxury perks, including lodging at a Los Angeles hotel and New York City catering.In March 2025, after he was ousted from the Senate by a pro-MAGA candidate, current Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, last November, Brown converted his "Friends of Sherrod Brown" campaign fundraising account into a political action committee called Dignity of Work PAC. Following the move, a spokesperson for the Columbus-area Democrat told local Ohio media that, despite the fiscal changes, Brown was not ruling out a re-election bid. Meanwhile, during the first half of 2025, Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings show Brown's Dignity of Work PAC spent lavishly on hotels in D.C., San Francisco and on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, including one establishment where the cheapest rooms went for around $600 per night. Spending from the PAC also included thousands for catering services around the country, such as nearly $6,000 to an Ohio whiskey distillery. The PAC also spent thousands of dollars on catering in D.C. and New York City.At the same time, the Dignity of Work PAC spent hundreds-of-thousands of dollars on expenses that could be used for re-election purposes.SENATE DEMOCRATS ARE FEVERISHLY RECRUITING TOP CANDIDATES TO WIN BACK MAJORITY IN 2026 MIDTERMSAccording to a representative for the PAC, the $50,000 tax bill incurred during this period, which includes taxes owed to both the District of Columbia and the federal government, while late, was eventually paid in full by July after the mid-year reporting period ended. The representative said the now-paid-for debt would be reflected in its year-end filing with the FEC."Sherrod Brown has spent decades advocating for the rich to pay more in taxes yet failed to pay his organizations taxes on time all while spending lavishly at luxury hotels in major cities," said Caitlin Sutherland, executive director of conservative nonprofit Americans for Public Trust. "This is the exact type of hypocrisy that everyday Americans are sick of. Ordinary taxpayers would face serious consequences for a missed tax payment, but limousine liberals like Sherrod Brown expect to skate by."The former Ohio senator's recent delinquency would not be the first time he has been late to pay his taxes.GOP MOCKS DEMOCRATS WITH MEMO ABOUT WILDLY UNPOPULAR PROJECT 2026 GOALS, DEMS SHOOTBACK In 2023, NBC News reported that Brown was late on property tax payments for his Cleveland home at least seven times. Brown also reportedly improperly claimed an owner-occupancy tax credit on multiple properties, per public records.While running for re-election in 2012, Brown's Republican opponent, Josh Mandel, called the then-incumbent senator "a serial delinquent when it comes to not paying his property taxes" because he "failed to pay his own taxes three separate times." The claim was subsequently investigated by liberal-leaning fact-checker PolitiFact and was determined to be "true.""The irony is not lost on us that Sherrod Brown, whos only ever held a taxpayer-funded job and who voted repeatedly to raise taxes on Ohio families, has all along refused to pay his own tax bill," Chris Gustafson, communications director for Senate Republicans' main campaign fundraising arm, the Senate Leadership Fund, told Fox News Digital.Election finance experts Fox News Digital spoke with surmised that while Brown's late payment may look bad, it does not necessarily appear to present any sort of campaign finance violation. "I dont necessarily see a violation of campaign finance rules although this is certainly evidence of financial mismanagement and luxury spending that, if I were a donor, would upset me," Hans von Spakovsky, former commissioner of the FEC, said.However, one expert did suggest that if the 527 organization's income or assets were being used for the personal benefit of insiders, it could be a legal issue."They can't be just lavishing, you know, a super lifestyle on somebody," said James Bopp Jr., a campaign finance attorney in Indiana who has sued the FEC multiple times. "Even though the event may be something he could go to, and get reasonable reimbursement for his expenses for going there, it's not to subsidize a lavish lifestyle. And that's personal inurement. So there is a legal issue on the reasonableness of the expenses."Brown, who, while previously in Congress, voted against major tax-cut legislation and in favor of a Clinton-era budget that included tax increases, was reported this week as planning a run to regain his spot in the U.S. Senate after losing to Moreno by roughly four percentage points.As a senator, Brown also slammed Republicans for fiscal mismanagement and corruption. "This is a Republican Party that is intrinsically corrupt," Brown reportedly said in 2020.If selected as the Democratic Party's candidate, Brown's likely GOP opponent would be Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, who was appointed to fill Vice President JD Vance's seat after he left for the White House. A 2026 special election will decide who will serve out the remainder of Vance's term, which lasts until 2029.

FIRST ON FOX: The National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), Americas largest union of border patrol officers, is endorsing former top Trump Department of Justice official Aaron Reitz to be the next attorney general of Texas.This comes as current Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican and Trump ally, has declined to run for re-election, instead choosing to challenge GOP Sen. John Cornyn for the U.S. Senate.Reitz is a former Marine who has also served on the staffs of Paxton and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.Fox News Digital broke the news in June that Reitz was resigning his high-ranking position with the Trump DOJ to run for attorney general of Texas, entering what he is calling a "fight for the soul of Texas."TEXAS STATE SENATE PASSES NEW REPUBLICAN DRAWN CONGRESSIONAL MAP AS HOUSE DEMS REMAIN ON THE LAMUntil then, he was serving under U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi as the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy.Reitzs campaign is now gaining new momentum with a key endorsement from the NBPC, a national group that represents nearly 20,000 Border Patrol agents and personnel.In a statement shared with Fox News Digital, NBPC President Paul Perez called Reitz "a principled fighter with a deep sense of duty and an unwavering commitment to supporting the mission of Border Patrol agents."Perez said that Reitz "has had our backs time and again" throughout his career and that the NBPC is "confident Aaron will be a fierce and effective ally to defend every inch" of Texas over 1,200-mile-long southern border."As Border Patrol agents, we take pride in standing on the front lines of Americas security. As a Marine, Aaron understands that commitment," said Perez.THREE STATES SIGN NEW AGREEMENTS WITH ICE FOR EXPANDED IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONSPerez pointed to Reitzs role as deputy attorney general for legal strategy under Paxton, saying he "led the legal fight against the Biden administrations disastrous border policiesquarterbacking dozens of lawsuits challenging the deportation freeze, changes to the public-charge rule, ICE arrest restrictions, the rollback of Remain-in-Mexico, the termination of Title 42, halting border wall construction, the Central American Minors program, asylum, and parole authority."He said that later, as Cruzs chief of staff, Reitz "drove key legislative initiatives to secure the borderfrom resuming border wall construction and criminalizing visa overstays, to defunding NGOs aiding illegal entry and reinforcing ICE and the Border Patrol."He also said that Reitz was "instrumental" in advancing the Justice for Jocelyn Act, a piece of legislation that would crack down on illegals being released under the Alternatives to Detention program following the killing of 12-year-old Houston girl Jocelyn Nungaray, who was murdered by an illegal released under the program."As President Trumps head of the DOJs Office of Legal Policy," Perez said that Reitz "continued his mission-focused work to defend Americas borders and sovereignty" by reversing Biden-era border policies, fighting against sanctuary jurisdictions and supporting operations to crack down on cartel networks.In response, Reitz said he was "deeply honored" by the endorsement, calling it "a sacred trust from the men and women who put their lives on the line every day to defend our countrys sovereignty."TEXAS DEMOCRATS WHO FLED COULD FACE FELONY BRIBERY CHARGES, GOVERNOR SAYSHe vowed that the NBPC "will have no stronger ally than me in the Texas Attorney Generals Office," which is one of the most powerful positions in Texas politics.He pledged to "use every tool available under Texas law" to "help secure the border and stand in solidarity with the U.S. Border Patrol."The Texas Primary Elections will be on March 3, 2026. Reitz is facing off against state Sen. Mayes Middleton, an oil executive and conservative Republican serving in the Texas Senate. Middleton is also running on a pro-Trump, "America first agenda," advancing policies such as suing sanctuary jurisdictions, cracking down on crime and gender ideology and eliminating waste, fraud and abuse in the government.This comes as the state of Texas is embroiled in a showdown between Republican and Democratic lawmakers over redistricting that has made national headlines. Following Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives fleeing the state to break quorum to foil the GOPs redistricting plans, the attorney general has filed legal action to arrest the AWOL lawmakers and return them to Austin to resume voting.