President Donald Trump closed out a major Navy shipbuilding announcement in Maryland the way only he can, by breaking into his signature dance to the Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” while midshipmen and sailors roared, laughed, and filmed him on their phones.
The scene was captured Tuesday at Tradepoint Atlantic in Sparrows Point, the old Bethlehem Steel yard outside Baltimore, where Trump addressed Naval Academy midshipmen and sailors after Anduril Industries unveiled plans for a new “software-defined” shipyard.
The Baltimore Sun reported that “Y.M.C.A.” started as Trump wrapped his remarks and left the stage. Before he did, he told the crowd, “We will build the future of America’s Navy right here in Baltimore.”
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LOL Trump hits the dance for midshipmen and sailors and they break out laughing and cheering https://t.co/IqoXt0NzWY
The announcement behind the music is real money and real steel. Anduril said it will put $3.7 billion of its own capital into Arsenal-2 at Sparrows Point, a facility meant to manufacture components for Virginia-class attack submarines, including torpedo tubes.
The Navy awarded a contract worth up to $2.9 billion tied to production outcomes.
Together the package is valued at up to $6.6 billion. The company says the yard should create more than 3,100 permanent jobs and support roughly 11,000 more, with operations expected in 2030.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was also on the program. The site once built Liberty ships. It has been idle as a major yard for years.
The Mexican Cartel is threatening to kidnap federal agents at the Texas-Mexico border according to an internal alert obtained by NewsNation.
According to NewsNation, a known ‘alien smuggler’ was planning on bringing illegals from Colombia and Venezuela to the US with the intent to kidnap border patrol officials in the El Paso region.
“CBP maintains proactive intelligence on all foreign actors that are a threat to the homeland. All relevant information is diligently vetted with appropriate partners to determine validity,” the CBP said in a statement to NewsNation.
“The specific tactics, procedures, and methods CBP uses to mitigate these threats and ensure the safety of CBP personnel and equities is robust. CBP does not comment on these methods to ensure the continued safety of our interests and the American Homeland,” the CBP said.
#EXCLUSIVE: The cartel is threatening to kidnap federal agents and officers at the Texas southern border according to an internal alert obtained through DHS sources.
The alert says a known “alien smuggler” is planning to smuggle multiple illegal immigrants from Colombia and Venezuela into the United States— “Initial reporting indicates that the purpose of this operation may include attempts to target and kidnap CBP law enforcement personnel within the Presidio and El Paso areas of operation.”
Via @CBP, “CBP maintains proactive intelligence on all foreign actors that are a threat to the homeland. All relevant information is diligently vetted with appropriate partners to determine validity. The specific tactics, procedures, and methods CBP uses to mitigate these threats and ensure the safety of CBP personnel and equities is robust. CBP does not comment on these methods to ensure the continued safety of our interests and the American Homeland.”
In January 2025, the Trump Administration designated the cartels and other organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO).
Late last month, Trump’s State Department sanctioned Sinaloa Cartel leaders and other individuals tied to the cartel.
“The United States is today sanctioning 21 individuals and 25 entities tied to the Sinaloa Cartel, including cartel leader Ismael Zambada Sicairos (“Mayito Flaco”) and the network of Tijuana- and Mexicali-based cell leaders, financial facilitators, and corrupt Mexican officials who enable the cartel to operate with impunity along the U.S.-Mexico border,” the State Department said.
“This action underscores the Trump Administration’s commitment to dismantling the Sinaloa Cartel’s operational and political infrastructure in Mexico, disrupting the networks that fuel fentanyl trafficking, violence, and corruption, and threaten communities on both sides of the border. Today’s designations reflect the whole-of-government approach the United States is taking to combat transnational criminal organizations and the Foreign Terrorist Organizations with which they intersect,” the State Department said.
“Today’s designations highlight the corrosive reach of cartel influence into Mexican governance, particularly in Baja California, where associates of the governor’s ex-husband, a former Mexicali public security director, and other political operators allegedly accepted bribes to shield Sinaloa Cartel operations from law enforcement,” they said.
While there is no official count, the Trump Administration’s border and financial crackdowns have cost the Mexican Cartels well over $1 billion in losses per year.
Two planes collided on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday.
A Delta Air Lines plane and an Air Canada plane were involved in a minor ground collision at around 10:30 am.
It is unclear what led to the collision.
The Air Canada plane was reportedly ‘clipped’ by the Delta Airbus.
No injuries were reported.
“Nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and people, and we apologize to our customers for the experience and delay in their travels,” Delta said in a statement.
A departing Delta Air Lines jet “clipped” an Air Canada plane that arrived from Toronto at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement that it was investigating the incident that occurred at 10:30 a.m. local time.
Delta Air Line Flight 7, an Airbus A350, was taxiing for departure when, according to the FAA, its left wingtip “clipped” the horizontal stabilizer of Air Canada AC 785, a Boeing 777.
The FAA added that the Air Canada plane was being towed when it stopped short of its gate.
In separate statements, both airlines confirmed the two planes “made contact” and no injuries were reported.
A Kyiv school damaged by a Russian drone strike on October 1, 2026. Students and staff were sheltering inside; no injuries were reported. Photo courtesy of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/DSNS Kyiv.
Russian drones struck Kyiv throughout October 1, hitting a school, a residential high-rise, a warehouse and, for the first time since the full-scale invasion, one of the capital’s bridges. The Kyiv Independent reported that overnight attacks nationwide killed at least six people and injured 38. Regional reports below cover separate reporting periods, including September 30 and October 1.
That morning, a drone hit a Solomianskyi district school, damaging the facade at the third-floor level and starting a fire. More than 100 students and about 60 staff were in the shelter, and police reported no injuries. A 16-story residential building in the same district caught fire, and drones hit a non-residential complex in the Pechersk district. A warehouse fire in the Obolonskyi district left one person needing medical care.
Around 11:30 a.m., two drones struck near the supports of the Pivdennyi (Southern) Bridge, which carries road and metro traffic across the Dnipro, as a metro train was crossing. The blast wave pushed dust into the cars through ventilation, but no passengers were hurt.
In Kyiv Oblast, the regional administration reported 42 damaged sites across six districts and six people injured. In the Obukhiv district, 20 private houses, a power line, a store and two vehicles were hit, and one person was injured. Four people were injured in the Brovary district and one in Boryspil, while homes, vehicles, industrial buildings and a school were damaged in the Bucha, Fastiv and Bila Tserkva districts.
In Rivne Oblast, an overnight drone strike damaged a house and left a woman hospitalized with shoulder and face injuries, regional administration head Oleksandr Koval said.
Over 24 hours, Russian forces carried out 80 strikes on 23 settlements in 12 communities of Sumy Oblast using artillery, mortars, drones and guided aerial bombs. Two men, ages 40 and 64, were killed and 15 people were injured, many elderly.
In Kharkiv Oblast, regional administration head Oleh Syniehubov said Russian forces attacked Kharkiv and 14 settlements with six missiles, six guided bombs and 32 drones over 24 hours, injuring eight people. The General Staff said Ukrainian forces repelled 13 attacks in the South-Slobozhansky direction near Hrafske, Symynivka, Mala Vovcha, Kozacha Lopan, Ternove and Izbytske, and two more near Novoplatonivka and Kupiansk.
In Donetsk Oblast, Russian strikes on September 30 injured five people, three in Kramatorsk and two in Sloviansk, according to regional police. Eleven private houses were damaged in Yakovlivka, and an administrative building was hit in Stepanivka.
In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Russian forces struck four districts more than 30 times with drones, artillery and guided bombs on October 1, injuring four people. Three were hospitalized after a strike on an administrative building in Pavlohrad. An enterprise, a hotel, private homes and vehicles were damaged in the Nikopol district.
In Kherson Oblast, Russian forces attacked 22 settlements, including Kherson city, killing one person and injuring four, regional administration head Oleksandr Prokudin said. In Odesa, an overnight drone attack damaged the roofs and facades of two business center buildings and started a fire, injuring one person.
The General Staff reported about 1,900 Russian personnel losses over 24 hours and 107 Shahed-type drones launched overnight. Ukrainian losses were not disclosed. Energy strikes left some consumers in the Kirovohrad, Rivne, Sumy, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions temporarily without power. Attacks on Sumy and Kharkiv continue a pattern covered in a recent field report.
During the same overnight attack, Russian drones entered Moldovan airspace, and one exploded near Hîrbovăț in the Anenii Noi district, according to Moldova’s Ministry of Defense. Romania tracked an aerial target near its border but detected no breach of its airspace.
Estonia banned the transit of Russian and Belarusian grain through its territory. Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said, “Russia attacks Ukrainian ports, blocks Ukraine’s grain exports, and then looks for new routes for its own grain. Estonia will not provide one.” Russia and Belarus had not used Estonian routes for grain, making the ban preventive.
The United Kingdom announced 31 new sanctions against Russia, targeting individuals tied to the torture of Ukrainian civilians, Novatek Gas and Power Asia and eight shadow fleet vessels. London also extended licenses allowing Japan and South Korea to keep importing Russian liquefied natural gas from Sakhalin-2.
Last week, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti published and deleted a column calling for a “very short” special military operation against Lithuania using nuclear-armed missiles. The piece responded to Lithuania’s parliamentary vote to lift restrictions on stationing nuclear weapons there.
A Marine unit intercepted a smuggling vessel with 14 illegal aliens near Newport Beach, California, over the weekend.
Newport Beach is a wealthy, conservative enclave in Orange County about 95 miles from the Mexican border.
Several smuggling vessels have made it to Newport Beach’s Balboa docks over the last few months.
This time, CBP intercepted the smuggling boat before it reached land and arrested the illegals at gunpoint.
“On October 3, the Long Beach Marine Unit intercepted a vessel south of Newport Beach, California, carrying 14 illegal aliens,” CBPAMO said.
“The crew safely transported all 14 individuals to the US Coast Guard dock in Newport Beach, where one individual was evaluated and cleared by EMS. US Border Patrol assumed custody for processing, and the vessel was seized,” CBPAMO said.
The vessel was carrying 11 military aged males, two women and one minor male, Fox News reported.
Video courtesy of Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations:
Last month, a boat full of illegals docked in Newport Beach, and the occupants of the vessel ran into the coastal neighborhood and disappeared.
According to Fox News, federal court records revealed a Mexican national previously convicted of human smuggling was waiting near the Balboa Fun Zone over the weekend waiting to pick up the illegal aliens arriving by boat.
A Newport Beach councilmember wants to install security camera’s at the harbor’s entrance.
Christa Pike is conscious and speaking at a hospital nearly one week after the botched execution, her attorneys said on Tuesday.
“Against all odds, Christa Pike is conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care. Despite the severe damage she endured to her arms, she is still handcuffed and shackled to the bed. Her recovery is medically unprecedented. Her prognosis remains unclear but, at a minimum, we expect a long recovery,” attorneys for Pike said in a statement, according to The Associated Press.
Christa Pike’s attorneys thanked the first responders and the medical team at the hospital “who treated Christa like a human and have provided exceptional care to her.”
Christa Pike, 50, was sentenced to death for a 1995 fatal stabbing, torture and beating of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.
An inverted pentagram was carved into Slemmer’s chest during the gruesome murder.
Pike was 18 at the time of the murder. Pike’s boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, was also convicted of the 1995 murder.
Last Wednesday, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to halt the execution to determine whether Pike’s allegations of childhood sexual abuse were taken into consideration during her death penalty sentencing.
Tennessee’s Attorney General immediately appealed to the Supreme Court. A few hours later, the Supreme Court allowed Tennessee to go forward with the execution.
The drama wasn’t over yet because late Wednesday night, Christa Pike’s attorneys said that Tennessee executioners administered two syringes of pentobarbital and Pike was still alive.
Pike was snoring as she was strapped down to a gurney inside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.
She was later rushed to a hospital and was intubated.
Legal experts warned last week that the Supreme Court has barred the execution of a condemned prisoner who is medically unconscious.
An unconscious or comatose person cannot be executed because they lack awareness, legal experts said.
Christa Pike is now awake and talking so stay tuned!
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A North Texas mother of two is behind bars on Tuesday morning after police say she turned a knife on her husband and her own young children in the dark, hours before sunrise.
Northlake police were dispatched at about 4:20 a.m. Tuesday to a home in the 1200 block of Daylily Drive, in the Canyon Falls area east of I-35W, after a man called 911 and reported that his wife had a knife and had stabbed him, according to NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth.
Officers were on scene within minutes and detained 37-year-old Holly Leeann Flores.
What they found inside the house was worse.
A 34-year-old man, the caller, identified by police and local outlets as Flores’s husband, had been stabbed in the head.
A 3-year-old girl and a 10-month-old boy were found with stab wounds to the chest. All three were rushed to a Fort Worth hospital.
NBC 5 reported that police believe Flores is the mother of the two children. The same outlet said investigators could not immediately confirm whether the injured man is the children’s father.
Northlake Police Chief Robert Crawford said he believed the children would survive their injuries, NBC 5 reported. No formal condition update had been released as of Tuesday morning. Motive has not been disclosed.
Flores was also hurt. She was taken to a Denton hospital for observation, treated and released, then booked into the Denton County Jail. Preliminary charges: two counts of attempted capital murder and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth.
This was not the first time police had been to that address. Chief Crawford told NBC 5 officers had been called to the home about five times since March, mostly for welfare concerns.
He said the calls came from the residence itself, not from neighbors. He did not elaborate.
The Northlake attack lands in the middle of a grim run of Texas cases in which authorities say a parent turned on their own children.
The Gateway Pundit reported last week that 42-year-old Colleen Nichole Lemmon was charged with two counts of capital murder after Ellis County deputies say she shot and killed both of her sons — ages 21 and 15 — inside their Waxahachie home in the pre-dawn hours of October 1.
Deputies were dispatched at about 4:13 a.m. The older son was pronounced dead at the scene. The 15-year-old died at the hospital. Lemmon was booked on a $2.5 million bond.
Days earlier, The Gateway Pundit reported on a west Houston case in which police say a mother shot and killed her 4-year-old daughter inside a Memorial-area townhome after a custody hearing, then shot herself in the face. The child was found dead. The mother was expected to survive.
RINO Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) appears on ABC’s “The View”
Outgoing RINO Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) apparently wants President Donald Trump to know that the phone-number game can go both ways.
During an appearance Monday on ABC’s far-left daytime program “The View,” Tillis delivered what sounded like a thinly veiled warning to President Trump after the hosts brought up Trump’s decision to publicly post Senator Tom Cotton’s phone number over the weekend.
Co-host Sunny Hostin said, “Last year, you announced you’re retiring from the Senate after this term, following a very public fallout with the president over his Big Beautiful Bill. In the book, you include some private exchanges with the president after he called you a ‘loser’ and took credit for forcing you out of the Senate, actually. You claim to have written him, denying his account and saying, ‘I would have immediately told you to go blank yourself’ and ‘I don’t take this B.S. from anyone, including you, Mr. President.’ Did you hear back from him?”
Tillis said, “Actually, we’ve talked or texted back and forth several times since then.”
Co-host Ana Navarro said, “He’s gonna give your phone away after this.”
Tillis said, “With all due respect, I have his number, too.”
Hostin said, “Earlier we talked about the president supposedly giving out the cell number of Senator Tom Cotton, so you should be concerned about your phone number, in a dispute over policy. Are you concerned about the president coming after you after he has someone read this book to him?”
Tillis said, “Not at all. Look, we could dedicate a whole show to me, the book ends of overreach and vindictive prosecutions, etc. For people to forget about their party’s overreach puts that party in peril in the next election. That’s my whole point. Most of the people in this country live between the 35 yard lines in politics. And the party that figures that out first is going to have a structural majority because the rest of us are tired of the garbage.”
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Retiring RINO Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) took his war on President Donald Trump to the friendliest possible audience on Monday, the ladies of ABC’s “The View”, and answered a joke about getting his phone number posted with a threat of his own.
“With all due respect, I got his number too,” Tillis told the panel.
https://t.co/zYwFwv8VAY
The North Carolina senator was on the show to hawk How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents, the memoir The Gateway Pundit reported on last week after Tillis handed screenshots of profanity-laced texts to the press.
In one May 22 message he wrote, “I don’t take this bull**** from anyone, including you Mr. President.” In a June 6 text he bragged that if Trump had ever threatened him with a primary, “I would have immediately told you to f*** yourself.”
He never actually said it to the president’s face. He is saying the version that sells books, on a daytime panel that has spent years calling Trump a threat to democracy.
(@ConradsonJordan) October 6, 2026
