Illegal trucker flunks English after deadly crash

The Justice Department is investigating whether D.C. police juiced crime stats to make the city look safer, after Trump blasted “fake numbers” and one commander was placed on leave. In Florida, an illegal alien trucker who killed three people in a U-turn crash flunked basic English and road-sign tests, raising new questions about licensing loopholes and ICE enforcement. Meanwhile, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revealed Trump’s newest border wall twist—painting it black to absorb heat and make it tougher to climb—as crews push construction at half a mile per day with added sensors and barriers. Back home, Michigan’s Jocelyn Benson is under fire over ballot drop-box footage in Hamtramck, a Chinese student tied to U-M labs pleaded no contest to smuggling biomaterials, and FBI data rank Detroit and Saginaw among the nation’s most violent cities.

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DOJ investigating fudged DC crime numbers
The Justice Department is investigating whether D.C.’s police manipulated crime stats to make the city look safer. The probe, run out of the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C., follows Trump’s claim of “fake crime numbers,” while Mayor Bowser points to a 27% drop in violent crime; one MPD commander was placed on leave after being accused of juicing the stats amid an internal review.
Illegal alien trucker who caused deadly accident fails English/signs test
Harjinder Singh—the trucker accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida—failed basic English and road-sign tests after the crash. Records show Singh entered the U.S. illegally, later obtained CDLs from California and Washington, and now faces vehicular homicide charges as feds probe licensing failures; DHS says ICE is weighing tougher checks at weigh stations nationwide.
Trump’s border wall gets hot upgrade
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem unveiled a twist to Trump’s border plan: painting the southern border wall black—at Trump’s request—to heat the steel and make it harder to climb, while boosting durability. She says wall work is moving at ~½ mile per day, funded by the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” alongside new cameras, sensors, and waterborne barriers.

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Michigan

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson pushes back after President Trump vowed to end mail-in ballots and scrap voting machines, while Michigan State Police probe Hamtramck surveillance video that appears to show bulk absentee-ballot drop-offs at a City Hall box ahead of the Aug. 5 primary. Benson says mail voting is secure and violations are rare and prosecuted; critics cite the Hamtramck clips as proof safeguards are needed.

Chinese student tied to a University of Michigan lab pleads no contest to federal charges after agents say she shipped concealed biological materials to campus and was arrested at Detroit Metro Airport. Prosecutors say she admitted to three smuggling counts and making false statements, after allegedly mailing four packages with biomaterials (including roundworms) to two U-M lab workers. She faces up to 25 years at sentencing.

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