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The Department of Homeland Security has reportedly instructed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers across the country to temporarily stop conducting routine vehicle stops following two fatal shootings involving ICE agents in Texas and Maine. The move, if confirmed, represents a major change in the agency’s enforcement strategy as both incidents remain under investigation.

The Daily Wire first reported the directive on Tuesday, saying it was issued in response to the recent fatal encounters, which have prompted protests and intensified criticism of ICE’s enforcement methods.

According to the report, three Department of Homeland Security sources said ICE personnel nationwide have been told there will be “no more vehicle stops for now,” except in limited circumstances, such as when executing criminal warrants or participating in joint operations with other law enforcement agencies.

The reported policy change could have a substantial impact on immigration enforcement. Traffic stops have long been one of ICE’s primary methods for apprehending illegal immigrants away from their residences, where agents often face greater legal hurdles and believe suspects may have easier access to weapons.

One agency source told the Wire, “Numbers are going down, we can’t do [anything].”

Newsmax contacted the Department of Homeland Security seeking confirmation and comment regarding the reported directive but had not received a response as of publication.

The reported order follows Monday’s deadly confrontation in Biddeford, Maine, where ICE agents fatally shot a 26-year-old Colombian national during an attempted vehicle stop.

According to an ICE spokesperson, the driver tried to flee the scene, leading one officer to open fire while “fearing for public safety.”

Federal and local investigators, including the FBI, are reviewing the shooting, and DHS said its Office of Inspector General has also been notified of the incident.

Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine, told CNN that Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin informed him that the man who was killed was not the person ICE agents had originally set out to arrest.

The Maine shooting came just days after another fatal ICE-related shooting during a traffic stop in Houston.

According to The Associated Press, acting ICE Director David Venturella acknowledged that Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national who had lived in the United States for many years, was not the individual agents had intended to apprehend.

DHS has said officers believed Salgado Araujo matched the description of the suspect they were pursuing. The department also stated that an agent fired in self-defense after Salgado Araujo allegedly rammed an ICE vehicle.

Reuters reported that the two deadly incidents occurred as the Trump administration has intensified immigration enforcement efforts, with both shootings triggering anti-ICE demonstrations in Texas and Maine.

The Associated Press also reported that the Houston ICE agents involved were not equipped with body cameras during the encounter. DHS has said those officers are expected to receive body-worn cameras within the next 60 days.

If the reported directive is officially confirmed, the temporary suspension of routine vehicle stops would represent one of the most significant operational changes for ICE in recent years as federal authorities continue investigating both fatal shootings.

Americans may be one step closer to ending the twice-yearly ritual of changing their clocks after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on Tuesday that would make daylight saving time permanent across most of the country. The measure now moves to the Senate, where similar efforts have stalled in the past.

The legislation, known as the Sunshine Protection Act, cleared the House by a 308-117 vote. If enacted, the country would remain on the current daylight saving schedule year-round—currently observed between March and November—unless individual states chose to opt out before the law takes effect.

As the final vote was announced, Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Tenn., who was presiding over the House session, celebrated by playing the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” from his phone while reading the results.

President Donald Trump has strongly backed the proposal, which was introduced by Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla. In a Truth Social post on May 21, Trump pledged that he was “going to work very hard to see The Sunshine Protection Act signed into Law.”

“It’s time that people can stop worrying about the ‘Clock,’ not to mention all of the work and money that is spent on this ridiculous, twice yearly production. It will also be a very nice WIN for the Republican Party. Take it!” Trump wrote.

With House approval secured, the measure now awaits consideration in the Senate.

A similar Senate proposal lost momentum last year after Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., blocked an effort to pass it through unanimous consent in October.

Cotton argued that making daylight saving time permanent could create unintended problems in many parts of the country, noting that sunrise would not occur until 9 a.m. or even later in some areas. He warned that darker mornings could make commutes more hazardous and leave many Americans beginning their workday before daylight.

His office did not immediately indicate whether he intends to oppose an expedited vote on the legislation if it comes before the Senate again.

Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., said voters in his district have long supported ending the clock changes, though he questioned whether the Senate would ultimately move the bill forward.

“I’m kind of digging the fact that we’re going to fix it, I hope,” Burchett said. “See if the Senate takes it up. They probably won’t, but we’ll see.”

Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., also voiced support for the proposal, saying the issue should unite lawmakers from both parties while pointing to financial and health benefits.

“I think it’s popular. It shouldn’t be controversial. It should be bipartisan. It saves money,” McCormick said. Drawing on his experience as an emergency room physician, he added that “you get more depression, you get out of joint” with the time adjustments.

Public frustration with changing the clocks twice each year remains widespread, according to a 2025 AP-NORC survey. While most Americans dislike the current system, opinions remain split over whether the nation should adopt permanent daylight saving time or permanent standard time. Congress previously came close to addressing the issue in 2022, when the Senate unanimously approved permanent daylight saving time, but the bill never received a House vote.

The United States has experimented with permanent daylight saving time before. During the 1970s oil crisis, President Richard Nixon signed legislation establishing the system for a two-year trial in an effort to reduce energy consumption. However, widespread dissatisfaction over extremely dark winter mornings led Congress to repeal the law before the full trial period had ended.

State lawmakers have also taken action in recent years. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, nearly every state has considered legislation addressing the twice-yearly clock changes, and 19 states have already passed laws authorizing permanent daylight saving time if Congress grants federal approval.

Daylight saving time was first adopted temporarily during both World War I and World War II before becoming the national standard under the Uniform Time Act of 1966. Under current law, clocks move ahead one hour each March and fall back one hour every November.

Not every part of the United States follows the practice. Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and several other U.S. territories do not observe daylight saving time.

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In a major development for the olam haTorah, the Knesset on Tuesday gave final approval to legislation halting the arrest of yeshiva bochurim who have not reported for military service. The bill passed its second and third readings by a vote of 58-54, following a heated and emotional debate.

Prime Minister Binyomin Netanyahu participated in part of the Knesset deliberations but was not present for the final vote. According to sources within Likud, Netanyahu had hoped Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana would personally preside over the session, but Ohana instead delegated that responsibility to his deputy, MK Limor Son Har-Melech.

When Netanyahu entered the plenum during the debate and while lawmakers voted on several reservations to the bill, opposition members repeatedly interrupted the proceedings with chants of “shame” and “go.”

Not all coalition members supported the legislation. MK Yuli Edelstein, MK Sharren Haskel, and MK Dan Illouz of Likud, together with MK Moshe Solomon of the Religious Zionist Party, voted against the measure. Religious Zionist Party Minister Ofir Sofer and MK Michal Woldiger did not participate in the vote.

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi presented the legislation on behalf of the government and engaged in several sharp exchanges with opposition lawmakers during the debate.

As required under Knesset ethics rules, the chareidi members of Knesset disclosed during the proceedings that members of their own families could potentially be affected by the legislation.

MK Moshe Gafni, chairman of Degel HaTorah, hailed the bill’s passage as a milestone for the Torah community.

“We promised, and we delivered. This is an important step in protecting the Torah world and its students.”

Shas chairman Aryeh Deri also celebrated the vote, describing it as a historic correction of an injustice against bnei Torah.

“Today, with G-d’s help, we passed the law to end the arrests of Torah students. Today, the Knesset is sending a clear message to the dismissed attorney general: Enough persecution. Enough hatred toward Torah scholars. Who would have believed that in the Jewish state, yeshiva students, the cherished Tribe of Levi of the Jewish people, would be treated as criminals? Today, we began correcting that injustice.

“The overwhelming majority of the people of Israel love the Torah, respect its scholars, and understand that they safeguard the identity and spirit of the Jewish people. On this day, I remember the words of my teacher, Rav Ovadia Yosef, zt”l, who was deeply pained by the harm done to yeshiva students and said that the Jewish people are protected from their enemies by their Torah study. He also loved and embraced the soldiers of the IDF, who risk their lives for Israel’s security, and blessed them to return home safely. That is the way of the Torah, to embrace everyone and unite everyone. Do not allow the dismissed attorney general and those who incite to divide us. With God’s help, we will continue to prevail, together.”

Opposition parties immediately announced plans to challenge the legislation. Yisrael Beytenu and several members of Yesh Atid confirmed that they had filed a petition with Israel’s High Court of Justice seeking to overturn the newly approved law.

In their petition, Yesh Atid lawmakers argued that the legislation institutionalizes unequal treatment among Israeli citizens.

“This is what the Knesset and the government regard as their crowning achievement after four years in office and three years after the events of October 7: deepening discrimination between one citizen and another, applying one set of rules to secular, traditional, and religious Israelis subject to military service, and a different set of rules to those subject to conscription from the chareidi community.”

Opposition leader Yair Lapid sharply criticized the coalition following the vote, accusing it of abandoning both the military and the broader public.

He called the coalition a “government of refuseniks, draft dodgers, and the corrupt,” and charged that it had voted “against the IDF, against the Chief of Staff, against Judaism, and against mutual responsibility. That is how they will be remembered. Soon we will return, and together we will amend.”

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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is aware of the conspiracy theories surrounding the sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham but believes federal investigators are pursuing the wrong path, saying the FBI is “wasting their time” by looking into such claims.

Trump made the remarks in the Oval Office after reporters questioned him about the presence of FBI agents at Graham’s Capitol Hill home on Monday, two days after the South Carolina senator died suddenly on Motzoei Shabbos at the age of 71.

“I don’t see a lot of evil there,” Trump said. “I know there’s all sorts of conspiracy theories going along, and I think the FBI is wasting their time if they’re doing that.”

Officials with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Washington, D.C., have said a preliminary examination determined Graham died from “aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease,” meaning his aorta ruptured as a result of hardened arteries.

Investigators are continuing to await toxicology results and the completion of additional medical testing before issuing a final report.

Despite handling high-level foreign policy matters, including meetings with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and developments involving the Strait of Hormuz, Trump indicated he had closely followed the circumstances surrounding Graham’s death. Graham was one of Trump’s closest allies in the Senate, and the two men spoke by telephone on the evening before the senator passed away.

The president said he had personally reviewed the available medical findings and had also been briefed by White House physicians. Trump added that he had learned Graham’s father also died from heart-related complications at a relatively young age.

“They say it’s almost undetectable. You can detect it if you have a very bad back. That’s a sign. It’s a bad sign,” Trump said. “So if anybody has a bad back … that’s one of the primary signs. And he would tell me he had a bad back, but little did anyone realize it was for that. So, when that bursts, which it did, it bursts.”

NBC News said it had contacted the FBI seeking comment on Trump’s remarks.

During an appearance Monday night on Newsmax, Trump was also asked about online speculation suggesting Russia may have been involved in Graham’s death. The senator had been one of the strongest congressional advocates for Ukraine and Israel, had repeatedly called for harsher sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin, and had met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv the day before he died.

“Just to answer the conspiracy theory, I’d love to say yes, but I think he — he had some problems,” Trump told Newsmax. “And his father died just about at the same age. … I’m a believer in the racehorse theory, you know, if you have problems, you have problems. And he had some problems that were a little bit deep-seated and not easy to find.”

On Monday afternoon, NBC News reported seeing nearly 20 FBI agents and other federal investigators gathered outside Graham’s townhouse near the Capitol. Agents entered the residence, photographed the interior, and later exited without appearing to remove any evidence.

FBI Director Kash Patel has said the bureau is “assisting local authorities” with the investigation. Two law enforcement sources familiar with the case also told NBC News that federal authorities remain involved as a precaution while the inquiry continues.

Those same sources said investigators have uncovered no new evidence since Motzoei Shabbos that would indicate Graham’s death resulted from foul play.

Meanwhile, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Graham’s sister, Darline Graham, on Monday to serve the remainder of the senator’s term, which expires in January. She was scheduled to be sworn into office Tuesday afternoon.

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