Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said during a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) event Thursday that the Trump administration is making history with its approval of numerous waivers that will eliminate junk food from food stamp programs.Rollins was in Nebraska on Monday to sign the first alongside Republican Gov. Jim Pillen. She has also signed a waiver for Indiana and Iowa, "with half-a-dozen more coming down the line," she said. "We are on track to sign multiples of snap waivers to get junk food and sugary drinks out of our food stamp system," Rollins said at the Thursday afternoon event, centering around the release of a 69-page report from the Trump administration's MAHA Commission on how to effect change around childhood chronic disease.HOUSE REPUBLICANS UNVEIL NEW FOOD STAMP WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL'"That has never happened before under Republican or Democrat administrations," Rollins added. "We have never made that happen before. So I am so proud and so grateful."On average, 42 million low-income Americans receive food stamp assistance each month, according to the MAHA report released at Thursday's event. It added that 1 in 5 American children under 17 receive SNAP benefits.With Nebraska's waiver, it became the first state in the nation to bar recipients of federal food stamp programs from using the money to buy junk food, soda and other high-sugar items. The exemption will begin as a two-year pilot program, local media reported.REPUBLICAN BILLS PUT TAXPAYER-FUNDED JUNK FOOD ON THE CHOPPING BLOCKOther GOP-led states, including Texas and West Virginia, have applied for this waiver."SNAP was created to increase access to nutritious food; however, many SNAP purchases are for food with little to no nutritious value," Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott wrote in a letter to Rollins requesting a waiver last week."Under the Trump administration, for the first time since the program was authorized, states can take steps to eliminate the opportunity to buy junk food with SNAP benefits and assure that taxpayer dollars are used only to purchase healthy, nutritious food."West Virginia's Governor Patrick Morrisey, one of the leaders requesting a waiver, has also been spearheading other MAHA efforts in his state. In March, Morrisey signed House Bill 2354 into law, which made it the first state in the nation to begin prohibiting certain synthetic dyes and additives used in food items sold in the state.

Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Liam Hendriks struggled in the teams 5-1 loss to the New York Mets on Wednesday at Fenway Park.Hendriks, 36, gave up three earned runs on three hits, and was charged with the loss.The reliever took to social media on Thursday morning and posted that fans were sending him and his wife death threats.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"Threats against my life and my wifes life are horrible and cruel. You need help," Hendriks wrote on his Instagram story."Leaving comments telling me to commit suicide and how you wish I died from cancer is disgusting and vile.""Maybe you should take a step back and reevaluate your lifes purpose before hiding behind a screen attacking players and their families."WALKER BUEHLER OF RED SOX APPEARS TO TAKE SHOT AT METS' FRANCISCO LINDOR AFTER EJECTIONHendriks announced that he had been diagnosed with cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, in January 2023. The three-time All-Star returned to the mound less than five months later and pitched for the Chicago White Sox.However, after just five appearances since returning to the field after his bout with cancer, Hendriks needed Tommy John surgery. The Red Sox signed him to a two-year, $10 million contract in 2024 in his recovery, but Hendriks did not pitch last season as he rehabbed."Whether you (send death threats) from your fake accounts or are you dumb enough to do it from your real account. I think I speak for all players who have to deal with this in their career when I say," Hendriks wrote."Enough is enough."Hendriks has struggled this season with the Red Sox, as he has a 5.56 ERA in 11 games.In his 14-year career, Hendriks has a 33-35 record with a 3.85 ERA with 738 strikeouts in 661.1 career innings pitched.Follow Fox News Digitals sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

An eyewitness to the shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers said on Thursday he saw the same thing in the eyes of the shooter that he did in the eyes of protesters at Columbia University."We were in the secure room when he initially walked in,"Jonathan Epstein, a witness to the deadly shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum at around9:08 p.m. Wednesdaythat took the lives of Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, two employees at theIsraeli embassy who were about to be engaged.Elias Rodriguez, a 30-year-old male, is the suspect in the shooting and is in custody."I saw him screaming and then being handcuffed,"Epstein said on CNN. "But what I saw in his eyes, I mean, I went to Columbia for grad school, and I saw the same thing in his eyes as I saw in the eyes of all the protesters at Columbia. Nothing different between him and them."WITNESS RECOUNTS CHILLING MOMENT DC JEWISH MUSEUM SHOOTER CONFESSED 'I DID THIS FOR GAZA'OnMay 7, 2025, over100anti-Israel protesters stormed the campus library ofColumbia University to show support forMahmoud Khalil, the said instigator of pro-Palestinian protests at the school.Acting president of Columbia University, Claire Shipman,said the protesters allegedly damaged the campus building and staked out one of the library's main reading rooms, blocking the building's front door.While CNN anchor Sara Sidner said the Columbia protesters"did not create this horrific shooting,"Epstein pushed back."They gave permission, they gave the permission, and theyve called for this," Epstein said. "They have called for intifada revolution, which is the same thing he yelled last night."FROM CAMPUS PROTESTS TO DEADLY VIOLENCE: ISRAELI EMBASSY STAFF MURDERED IN DCWhen Sidner questioned if there will come a time when there is a "conflation" of people who are protesting and "speaking their mind, who really care about what is happening in Gaza, and those people who are like this person who did this horrific shooting, who intend to do harm,"Epstein said he thinks that could already be happening."A conflation,"Epstein said. "I mean, they are calling for intifada at Columbia University. They call for intifada constantly. Theyre not quiet. Theyre loud. Theyre loud. You can hear it. They make recordings of themselves. So whats the difference?"In response toSidners question asking him if he was afraid, he said that he was, and "everyone should be," but that life must go on."Well, I think you just go on and live your life,"Epstein said. "Im a New Yorker. Iremember 9/11. You cant let them make you be afraid. You have to go on. You have to live your life. And hopefully your government does things to protect you. Last night, our government failed us."

EXCLUSIVE: The Trump Department of Homeland Security is calling out a Biden-appointed "activist" judge in Massachusetts who paused the deportation of an illegal alien who DHS says sexually assaulted a disabled woman with the mental capacity of a 3-year-old.The DHS shared a filing from the Nebraska Sex Offender Registry that says Burmese illegal Nyo Myint was convicted of attempted first-degree sexual assault of an individual incapable of consent.DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital that Myint, who was living in Lincoln, Nebraska, sexually assaulted a 26-year-old woman "with the mental capacity of a 3-year-old.""This Lincoln man is an illegal alien and one of the monsters that the activist Massachusetts district judge is trying to bring back to the United States after he was deported yesterday," McLaughlin said.IMMIGRATION EXPERT WARNS CHINESE ILLEGAL ALIENS USING CANADIAN CITY AS GATEWAY TO USDHS has said Myint had a final order of removal issued against him Aug. 17, 2023.U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy of Massachusetts issued the ruling Tuesday night, ordering President Donald Trump's administration to maintain custody of eight illegal immigrants deported to South Sudan in case he rules the removals unlawful and they must be transferred back to the U.S.Murphy's ruling said the government must "maintain custody and control of class members currently being removed to South Sudan or to any other third country, to ensure the practical feasibility of return if the Court finds that such removals were unlawful."After the ruling, McLaughlin called the decision "deranged," saying "these depraved individuals have all had their day in court and been given final deportation orders."MOM OF GIRL ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY ILLEGALS SAYS WILDLIFE REFUGE RENAMING 'MEANS THE WORLD' TO FAMILY"A reminder of who was on this plane: murderers, child rapists, an individual who raped a mentally and physically disabled person," McLaughlin added. "The message this activist judge is sending to victims and their families is we dont care. President Trump and Secretary Noem are working every day to get vicious criminals out of our country while activist judges are fighting to bring them back onto American soil."CLICK HERE FOR MORE IMMIGRATION COVERAGEAccording to DHS, the other illegals on the plane were Enrique Arias-Hierro, a Cuban national convicted of homicide and other crimes; Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Quinones, another Cuban convicted of attempted first-degree murder with a weapon; Thongxay Nilakout, a citizen of Laos, convicted of first-degree murder and robbery; Jesus Munoz-Gutierrez, a Mexican national convicted of second-degree murder; Dian Peter Domach, a citizen of South Sudan convicted of robbery and possession of a firearm; Kyaw Mya, a citizen of Burma convicted of lascivious acts with a child victim less than 12 years of age; and Tuan Thanh Phan, a Vietnamese national convicted of first-degree murder.The White House also issued a statement in response, saying the ruling is "another attempt by a far-left activist judge to dictate the foreign policy of the United States and protect the violent criminal illegal immigrants President Donald J. Trump and his administration have removed from our streets."ICE CAPTURES ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WANTED FOR ALLEGEDLY KILLING MOTHER IN DUI CRASHTrump chimed in on Truth Social, saying the ruling has forced the deportation flight to pause in Djibouti.Trump slammed Murphy as "a Federal Judge in Boston, who knew absolutely nothing about the situation, or anything else," and "ordered that EIGHT of the most violent criminals on Earth curtail their journey to South Sudan."The president urged the Supreme Court to end the trend of judges inhibiting his administrations deportation agenda."The Judges are absolutely out of control, theyre hurting our Country, and they know nothing about particular situations, or what they are doing And this must change, IMMEDIATELY!" he said. "Hopefully, the Supreme Court of the United States will put an END to the quagmire that has been caused by the Radical Left."

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The Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trumps removal of two Democratic appointees from federal boards, handing the administration a legal victory and settling a high-stakes dispute over the president's power to fire agency officials.The Thursday ruling comes after Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts agreed to temporarily halt the reinstatement of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member Gwynne Wilcox and Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) member Cathy Harris, two Democrat appointees who were abruptly terminated by the Trump administration this year.Both had challenged their terminations as "unlawful" in separate lawsuits filed in D.C. federal court.However, the high court suggested that it could block attempts to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who, according to Trump, has complained has not cut interest rates fast enough.APPEALS COURT BLOCKS TRUMP FROM FIRING FEDERAL BOARD MEMBERS, TEES UP SUPREME COURT FIGHTThe issue confronting the justices was whether the board members, both appointed by President Joe Biden, can stay in their jobs while the larger fight continues over what to do with a 90-year-old Supreme Court decision known as Humphreys Executor, in which the court unanimously ruled that presidents cannot fire independent board members without cause.The courts three liberal justices dissented."Not since the 1950s (or even before) has a President, without a legitimate reason, tried to remove an officer from a classic independent agency," Justice Elena Kagan wrote, joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson.Kagan wrote that her colleagues were telegraphing what would happen."The impatience to get on with thingsto now hand the President the most unitary, meaning also the most subservient, administration since Herbert Hoover (and maybe ever)must reveal how that eventual decision will go," she wrote.Lawyers for the Trump administration urged the Supreme Court to either keep Wilcox and Harris off the job while the case moves through the lower courts, or to resolve the issue directly. They asked the justices to grant certiorari before judgment a fast-track procedure the court uses occasionally to bypass the appeals process in cases of significant national importance.They urged that Wilcox and Harris not be reinstated to their positions, arguing in their reply brief that the "costs of such reinstatements are immense."They argued that keeping both Wilcox and Harris in place would "entrust" the president's powers "for the months or years that it could take the courts to resolve this litigation," something they said "would manifestly cause irreparable harm to the President and to the separation of powers.""The President would lose control of critical parts of the Executive Branch for a significant portion of his term, and he would likely have to spend further months voiding actions taken by improperly reinstated agency leaders."Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit voted 74 to restore Wilcox and Harris to their respective boards, citing Supreme Court precedent in Humphreys Executor v. United States and Wiener v. United States landmark rulings that upheld limits on the presidents power to remove members of independent federal agencies.The majority noted that the Supreme Court has never overturned the decades-old precedent upholding removal protections for members of independent, multimember adjudicatory boards such as the NLRB and MSPB and said that precedent supported reinstating Wilcox and Harris.It also rejected the Trump administration's request for an administrative stay, which would have allowed their removals to remain in place while the challenge proceeds in court."The Supreme Court has repeatedly told the courts of appeals to follow extant Supreme Court precedent unless and until that Court itself changes it or overturns it," judges noted in their opinion.The ruling would have temporarily returned Harris and Wilcox to their posts but the victory was short-lived. The Trump administration quickly appealed to the Supreme Court, which granted an emergency administrative stay blocking their reinstatement.In their own Supreme Court filings, lawyers for Wilcox and Harris argued that the court should reinstate them to their roles on their respective boards until a federal appeals court can consider the matter.APPEALS COURT BLOCKS TRUMP ADMIN'S DEPORTATION FLIGHTS IN ALIEN ENEMIES ACT IMMIGRATION SUITBoth Wilcox and Harris opposed the administrations effort to fast-track the case, warning against skipping the normal appeals process and rushing arguments. "Rushing such important matters risks making mistakes and destabilizing other areas of the law," Harriss lawyers told the Supreme Court this week.Wilcox, the NLRB member, echoed this argument in her own brief to the high court.Counsel for Wilcox cited the potential harm in removing her from the three-member NLRB panel which they argued in their filing could bring "an immediate and indefinite halt to the NLRBs critical work of adjudicating labor-relations disputes.""The Presidents choice to instead remove Ms. Wilcox does not bring the Board closer in line with his preferred policies; it prevents the agency from carrying out its congressionally mandated duties at all," they said.Harris and Wilcox's cases are among several legal challenges attempting to clearly define the executive's power.Hampton Dellinger, a Biden appointee previously tapped to head the Office of Special Counsel, sued the Trump administration over his termination. Dellinger filed suit in D.C. district court after his Feb. 7 firing.He had maintained the argument that, by law, he could only be dismissed from his position for job performance problems, which were not cited in an email dismissing him from his post.Dellinger dropped his suit against the administration after the D.C. appellate court issued an unsigned order siding with the Trump administration.The Justice Department, for its part, said in February a letter to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., that it was seeking to overturn Humphrey's Executor.The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Zac Brown is aware of the many sacrifices made by service members and their families. Its why he meets with veterans before his shows and honors them onstage."Theyre such incredible people," Brown told Fox News Digital. "Their stories are so inspiring, and getting to bring them up on stage and share just a moment of gratitude with them for that entire crowd, and everyone in the crowd cheering them on and just reminding them that all of their sacrifices are appreciated. I have lots of friends that are in the military. I've lived with a lot of them over the years, and they're just really, truly incredible people. They have the ultimate servants heart."On Memorial Day, Brown will be honored at the American Music Awards by the Easy Day Foundation with the inaugural Veterans Voice Award for his "unwavering support to the veteran community.""This award means a lot to me because of the awareness that it's going to create for our veterans programs," Brown explained to Fox News Digital. "The more people that are aware of how deserving that these incredible people are, the more help that we can bring to them.VETERANS DAY: DENNIS QUAID, TRACE ADKINS AMONG HOLLYWOOD STARS HONORING OUR MILITARY"They're such incredible, dynamic people that make a lot of sacrifices from their family, the quality of their family life when they return home, their mental wellness, all of those things so that we can be free and able to be here."Brown says many people dont even think of the sacrifices made by service members "just so we can live in such an amazing country where we feel safe. It's an honor and privilege to get to serve them back."The country star founded a camp in Georgia that serves veterans and children more than a decade ago."We do 34 weeks of veteran programs," he told Fox News Digital. "We serve Bernie Marcus' program Warrior Path at our camp. We were one of the first campuses to be chosen to serve their program. They help with transition to and from service and help serve those with PTSD and other challenges that they find when they come home. And they help them find community and purpose and what their new chapter is going to be like."The camp also has the Warrior Song program through which "we help them to tell their story, which they may not be comfortable telling a civilian. But they get to tell their story with some amazing talented songwriters so that they can sing their story or can play it back to someone and help to share that part of them and get it out of the shadows because a lot of them carry that weight around that they're only willing to share with other fellow soldiers."Camp Southern Ground also hosts a family camp, which Brown says helps service members "see their family as their unit when they come back.""It helps them to have tools. It helps them to be with other veterans and their families as well, and they spend time learning how to see their family as their unit and have the tools to integrate together so that they can have a successful marriage and successful parenthood so that they themselves are well," he explained."Im really, really proud of all the things that were doing there."LEE GREENWOOD ON AMERICA'S VETERANS AND PRIDE IN OUR COUNTRY: 'I HAVE GREAT FAITH'The Veterans Voice Award was created to highlight artists like Brown, who are using their platforms to help veterans.The "Chicken Fried" singer says its difficult to single out a personal story a service member has told him because hes heard so many amazing anecdotes."My friend Ollie told me a story about how he thinks about things and how he doesn't ever want his demons to be behind him. He wants them to be chained down in front of him so he can see them and know when they're trying to pull up and get out of their chains, and he knows that he can be aware of that," Brown said. "It's an everyday choice to conquer those things."Other veterans have also told him how much his music meant to them while they were serving."I've been over several times to play for USO, to play in Iraq and Afghanistan and Kuwait and going out to some of those Ford operating bases where they have not seen anyone that reminds them of home for a really long amount of time," he said."Some of them had just lost one of their members to an (improvised explosive device), and they were painting his name on a tank when we got there."The band ended up filming the music video for its song "Free" at that base.GARY SINISE HOPES VETERANS SEE HIS NEW MOVIE, BROTHERS AFTER WAR"As soon as we got our guitars out and the speakers out, and we started playing music, it was like a light came on in their eyes and reminded them of what they're fighting for and what they're doing," he explains. "The things that we ask of them. We spent 10 days over there, and they give years and years of sacrifice for our country so that we can be free here and enjoy our lives. Those stories and remembering being around those incredible people, it moves me, and it's important to give thanks and gratitude to the people that protect us."Its especially significant that Brown will be honored on Memorial Day."It's important that Americans pause on Memorial Day because a lot of people have fought and died and suffered for our freedom,and Im grateful that the American Music Awards and Easy Day Foundation are making a point of recognizing this during Mondays event," he said."People can complain about America, complain about whatever, but they haven't gone and lived in other countries," he added. "Most of them haven't gone to live and see what it's like in some of the other places in the world. In America, there are challenges with anything that you're going to do and accomplish, but you can do things here that you cannot do anywhere else."He says people in the United States can "live that American dream no matter what background you're from, no matter what your history was, to create an amazing life for yourself," adding that veterans provide security "so that we can live the American dream."Getting to make music for a living is one of the greatest things in my life," he said. "It's such a privilege to get to do what I love to do. And I wouldn't be able to do that if we didn't have the freedoms here that we have and that is due to our veterans and our service people."Brown says his personal connections to the military go "really deep," adding "its an honor getting to sit down and hear their stories," like Joe Maynard's story about launching a knife company.DONNY OSMOND SAYS UNITED STATES OWES ITS GREATNESS TO MILITARY VETERANS PERIOD, FULL STOP"My buddy Joe Hartbank, who I lived with, to Joe Maynard, who is an incredible guy. He had to do a lot of things that he still kind of suffers from at times, but seeing him find purpose and being able to be a friend for him, getting to lead him into making knives and finding new purpose into things," he explained."He does all kinds of things now, but such an incredible guy."Hartbank gave Brown a medal he won for saving troops who were under fire in an ambush because of what Browns music, especially the song "Natural Disaster," meant to him."Its a privilege to get to know these people," Brown said. "I invite anybody that has a heart for veterans and heart for kids to learn more about Camp Southern Ground. If you don't have a higher purpose other than yourself in your life that you're contributing to, you need to find something like this. and if you want to join forces with us, we'd love to have you.""It's so much more than a camp," he said. "It's on a university level of quality, the build and everything like that. Weve got an incredible staff. We learn every single year about how to be better. Its a privilege to be recognized, but it's a privilege to share the awareness of these things so that we can all figure out how to help each other. God bless America. God bless the people that protect us there."The American Music Awards collaboration with the Easy Day Foundation, an organization that provides support to veterans transitioning back into military life, will also include two performances and inspirational stories from active-duty service members and veterans.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPMoney raised for the Easy Day Foundation will also benefit other veterans organizations across the country, including theBob Woodruff Foundation, Boot Campaign, Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Fisher House, The Folded Flag Foundation, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Team Rubicon and UNLVs Military and Veteran Services Center.A portion of ticket sales will benefit the Easy Day Foundation and its partners.A portion of audience seating at the AMAs will also be reserved for veterans.

A recent excavation in Texas yielded some "colossal creatures," according to local officials and archaeologists are hopeful more will be uncovered soon.The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) announced the discovery in a recent press release. In a statement, officials said the excavation took place in Lubbock during the environmental review for Loop 88, a proposed state highway.During the archaeological survey, diggers uncovered ancient bones dating back to prehistoric times. The remains belonged to megafauna, which are large mammals.ANCIENT BEDROCK KITCHENS REVEAL EVIDENCE OF HISTORICAL FOOD PRACTICES, EXPERTS SAYChris Ringstaff, a project planner with TxDOTs environmental affairs division, said that megafauna bones "[are] not unusual in the region."Ringstaff also noted that at least one giant ground sloth was identified, thanks to its distinctive tooth."Whether all the bones are giant ground sloth or there are different animals such as mammoth or mastodon, were not sure," he said."Paleontologists will give us positive identification."'WELL-PRESERVED' BABY MAMMOTH DATING BACK TO ICE AGE DISSECTED BY SCIENTISTS: PHOTOS"Were here to get the road built, but who doesnt love digging up big ol animals?" Ringstaff added.TxDOT noted that the Lone Star State is home to many dried-out lakes called playas, which date back to the Ice Age."In prehistoric times, animals and humans used playas as water sources and these sites can sometimes contain evidence of human activity," the press release noted.For more Lifestyle articles, visit foxnews.com/lifestyleArchaeologists are still searching for small artifacts. They're also using dating techniques to determine the age of the remains.If any proof of human settlement is found, the project will be temporarily halted.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER"Should the site reveal human activity with megafauna from the Ice Age, it would be [the] first of its kind for a TxDOT project," the statement said.Several prehistoric bones are found in the U.S. every year.Last summer, archaeologists in Iowa unearthed a 13,000-year-old mastodon skull.Later in 2024, a New York homeowner found a complete mastodon jaw in his Scotchtown backyard.

A Colombian woman living illegally in the United States lived under a stolen identity for more than two decades, improperly received more than $400,000 in stolen federal benefits, and illegally voted in the 2024 presidential election, federal prosecutors said Thursday.Lina Maria Orovio-Hernandez, 59, also obtained welfare benefits, a REAL ID and eight other state ID's, the Justice Department said.Orovio-Hernandez allegedly used the stolen identity to submit a fraudulent voter registration in January 2023, and cast a ballot in last years presidential election, prosecutors said. She was captured on surveillance camera at a bank wearing an "I voted" sticker on Nov. 5, 2024, Election Day, according to court documents.MOM OF GIRL ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY ILLEGALS SAYS WILDLIFE REFUGE RENAMING 'MEANS THE WORLD' TO FAMILYShe is charged with false representation of a Social Security number; making a false statement in an application for a United States passport; aggravated identity theft; receiving stolen government money or property; fraudulent voter registration; and fraudulent voting. Orovio-Hernandez has been held in federal custody since February, when she was charged with identity theft and other offenses.Authorities said Orovio-Hernandez improperly received $400,000 in federal benefits: $259,589 in Section 8 rental assistance benefits from October 2011 through January 2025; $101,257 in Social Security disability benefits from July 2014 through January; and $43,348 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits or SNAP, from April 2005 through January.IMMIGRATION EXPERT WARNS CHINESE ILLEGAL ALIENS USING CANADIAN CITY AS GATEWAY TO US"For more than 20 years, this defendant is alleged to have built an entire life on the foundation of a stolen identity including illegally voting in our presidential election and collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in government benefits intended for Americans in need," said U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley. "The right to vote is one of the many privileges of being a U.S. citizen. Government funded programs for those in need are intended to be safety nets for those living in our country lawfully not support an illegal alien without a right to be here."She also applied for a U.S. passport, claiming to be a U.S. citizen who was born in Puerto Rico, authorities said.Orovio-Hernandez wasn't entitled to any of the benefits she received, said Foley, citing her illegal presence in the U.S."Stealing someones identity to unlawfully obtain Social Security benefits is not just theftits a long-term abuse of a system meant to support those truly in need," said Amy Connelly, the special agent in charge for the Social Security Administration (SSA), Office of the Inspector General in the Boston-New York field division.

Elias Rodriguez, the man accused of fatally shooting two Israeli Embassy employees outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, could face the death penalty if convicted, according to a newly unsealed FBI affidavit.Rodriguez, 31, has been charged with the murder of foreign officials, a federal capital offense, along with multiple firearm-related counts and two counts of first-degree murder.If convicted of either of the first two counts, he could face the death penalty. Under D.C. law, a conviction for first-degree murder carries a minimum sentence of 30 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life behind bars.Rodriguez waived his right to a detention hearing and will be held without bond while he awaits trial. He was ordered back to court on June 18 for a preliminary hearing.POLICE RAID DC SHOOTING SUSPECT ELIAS RODRIGUEZ'S CHICAGO APARTMENTThe shooting Wednesday night happened during an event hosted by the American Jewish Committee, which brought together Jewish professionals and members of the diplomatic community.According to the affidavit, one of the victims, Yaron Lischinsky, 31, was an Israeli citizen who had been granted "official guest" status by the U.S. State Department. The other victim, Sarah Milgrim, 26, was also employed by the Israeli Embassy. The young couple was set to be engaged.Surveillance footage, according to the affidavit, showed a suspect, who was wearing a blue jacket with a hood, a large dark-colored backpack and blue pants, approaching the couple from behind as they were about to enter a crosswalk.Investigators say Rodriguez drew a 9 mm handgun and opened fire without provocation.After the victims collapsed, he moved closer and continued firing, the affidavit said. Milgrim tried to crawl away, but Rodriguez continued shooting at her.Investigators say Rodriguez paused to reload and then fired at her again before fleeing toward the museums entrance. Authorities recovered 21 shell casings, an empty handgun and a discarded magazine at the scene.READ THE AFFIDAVIT APP USERS CLICK HEREA preliminary autopsy found that Milgrim suffered from multiple gunshot wounds. She was taken from the scene by the District of Columbia's Fire and Emergency Medical Services (DCFEMS) to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the District of Columbia. She was pronounced dead at 9:35 p.m. Wednesday. Autopsy results are pending.Lischinsky was pronounced dead by DCFEMS at 9:14 p.m. Wednesday. His autopsy results are pending.WHITE HOUSE DECRIES 'EVIL OF ANTISEMITISM,' VOWS JUSTICE AFTER FATAL SHOOTING OF ISRAELI EMBASSY STAFFERSRodriguez did not resist arrest. When members of the Metropolitan Police Departments First District arrived at 9:08 p.m. and approached Rodriguez, he allegedly told them, "I did it for Palestine. I did it for Gaza. I am unarmed," and later shouted, "Free Palestine," as he was arrested.Investigators said they spoke with witnesses who reported seeing the suspect wearing a red keffiyeh, a head covering often associated with Palestinian protesters.In an interview with law enforcement, Rodriguez reportedly expressed admiration for a protester who self-immolated outside the Israeli Embassy in 2024, by calling the act courageous and saying the individual was a "martyr."The affidavit said Rodriguez told authorities that he purchased a ticket for the Israeli event three hours before opening fire on Lischinsky and Milgrim.Federal authorities say Rodriguez flew from Chicago to Washington, D.C., the day before the shooting and legally transported the firearm used in the attack as checked luggage.The weapon was purchased legally in Illinois in 2020.FROM CAMPUS PROTESTS TO DEADLY VIOLENCE: ISRAELI EMBASSY STAFF MURDERED IN DCSpeaking at a press update on Thursday, interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Washington Jeanine Pirro said the community "is reeling as a result of one person's actions.""Two families are now left to grieve for dreams that will never be realized," she said."And as I speak right now, there is an individual who is being presented in court and charged with various crimes. Thirty-one-year-old Elias Rodriguez of Chicago, Illinois, is now charged by complaint after his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharp."Rodriguez is charged with murder of foreign officials because one of the victims was an Israeli citizen and classified as an "official guest" of the United States by the State Department.He is also charged with causing the death of a person through the use of a firearm, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, and two counts of first-degree murder.