Students Protest After Military Jet Crash Kills 31, Mostly Children

 Police used tear gas to disperse angry students in Bangladesh on Tuesday who demanded answers from the interim government after an air force fighter jet crashed into a Dhaka school and killed 31 people, at least 25 of them children.

The children, many aged under 12, were about to return home from class on Monday when the Chinese-manufactured F-7 BGI Bangladesh Air Force jet ploughed into their school and burst into flames, trapping pupils in the fire and debris.

The military said it had suffered mechanical failure.

Students from the school and others from nearby colleges protested as two government officials visited the crash site, demanding an accurate death toll and shouting, “Why did our brothers die? We demand answers!”

Elsewhere in the capital, hundreds of protesting students, some of them waving sticks, broke through the main gate of the federal government secretariat, demanding the resignation of the education adviser, according to local TV footage.

Police baton-charged them, fired tear gas, and used sound grenades to disperse the crowd, leaving dozens injured, witnesses said. Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Talebur Rahman said they had to use tear gas to disperse the protesters. He said he did not have information on the number of injured.

Rescue workers continued to scour the charred buildings for debris on Tuesday as distressed residents of the area looked on. Some parents were inconsolable.

Abul Hossain broke down as he spoke about his nine-year-old daughter, Nusrat Jahan Anika, killed in the crash. “I took her to school yesterday morning like every day. I had no idea it would be the last time I would be seeing her,” he said.

She was buried on Monday night.

Rubina Akter said her son Raiyan Toufiq had a miraculous escape after his shirt caught fire when he was on a staircase.

“He sprinted to the ground floor and jumped on the grass to douse it,” she said. “He tore his shirt and vest inside, which saved him from severe burns.”

The jet had taken off from a nearby air base on a routine training mission, the military said. After experiencing mechanical failure, the pilot tried to divert the aircraft away from populated areas, but it crashed into the campus. The pilot was among those killed.

Members of the Bangladesh air force investigate the site after a training aircraft crashed into a building belonging to Milestone School and College campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

On Tuesday, the military said in a statement that 31 people had died and 165 had been admitted to hospitals in the city. The health ministry said 68 remained in hospital, and the condition of 10 of them was critical.

The government announced a day of mourning, with flags at half-mast and special prayers at all places of worship.

Pope Leo said he was deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life in the crash and prayed that families and friends may be consoled in their grief, and for the healing and comfort of the injured, according to a Vatican statement.

The protesting students called for those killed and injured to be named, the decommissioning of what they said were old and risky jets, and a change in air force training procedures.

A statement from the press office of Muhammad Yunus, the country’s interim administrator, said that the government, the military, school, and hospital authorities were working together to publish a list of victims.

It also said the air force will be told not to operate training aircraft in populated areas.

The F-7  BGI is the final and most advanced variant in China’s Chengdu J-7/F-7 aircraft family, according to Jane’s Information Group. Bangladesh signed a contract for 16 aircraft in 2011, and deliveries were completed by 2013.

The Chengdu F-7 is the licence-built version of the Soviet era MiG-21.

The incident comes as neighboring India is still grappling with the world’s worst aviation disaster in a decade after an Air India plane crashed into a medical college hostel in Ahmedabad last month, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground.

Bangladesh has faced months of political uncertainty after then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to flee the country last August following weeks of deadly student protests.

The interim government of Nobel laureate Yunus has promised to hold elections next year amid mounting demands from political parties to advance them.

(Reporting by Ruma Paul, Sam Jahan and Sudipto Ganguly; Writing by Tanvi Mehta and YP Rajesh; Editing by Christopher Cushing, Kate Mayberry, Saad Sayeed, Alexandra Hudson)

Transportation Took A Back Seat As Buttigieg Pushed $80 Billion DEI Agenda

 During his four years in office, the former Transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg, reportedly oversaw a department that spent more than $80 billion on grants for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

That total represented “at least half of the DOT’s entire budget for a typical fiscal year,” The New York Post reported.

Sources told the Post that at a meeting, Buttigieg told an airline industry executive that improving existing air traffic control would simply increase air traffic, “and so why would that be in his interest?” sources said.

“He was definitely pushing an agenda,” one air industry official told the Post, adding that Buttigieg had “little to no interest” and took “definitely zero action” for bringing air traffic control up-to-date.

In February 2023, on the same day a FedEx cargo plane almost crashed into a Southwest Airlines plane in Austin, Texas, Buttigieg posted a video to celebrate “Transit Equity Day.”

“Transit is not just about getting from A to B, it’s about reaching jobs, education, health care, and so much more,” Buttigieg wrote on X. “On this Transit Equity Day, we reinforce our commitment to transportation systems that serve those who count on them the most. Transit is not just about getting from A to B, it’s about reaching jobs, education, health care, and so much more.”

That same month, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy ripped the Federal Aviation Administration, saying, “We’ve essentially given you the road map on how to improve safety. … Too often we’ve seen the federal government and industry act after an incident, after lives are lost, once headlines are made. Our entire mission at the NTSB is to prevent that next accident.”

In August 2023, Buttigieg’s DOT announced the appointment of 24 members to the Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity (ACTE). “They include experts in community engagement, transportation planning, design, research, policy, advocacy, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA),” the Department of Transportation wrote.

In February 2025, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stated, “Effective immediately, the Department of Transportation will no longer participate in celebrations based on immutable traits or any other identity-based observances. These distractions do nothing to keep planes in the air, trains on the tracks, or ports and highways secure.”

Dem Strategist Says His ‘Cracked Out Clown Car’ Of A Party Needs ‘An Actual Savior’

 Longtime Democratic Strategist James Carville let loose on his own party in a scathing op-ed, calling it “constipated,” “leaderless,” and “a cracked-out clown car” that was barreling down the road toward a “civilized civil war.”

Carville has often taken Democrats to task in recent years – particularly with regard to their obsession with “wokeness” — and his column in Monday’s edition of The New York Times was no exception.

“Our party is headed for a civilized civil war. It’s vital that we have it, and even more vital that we delay it,” Carville teased the column in an X post, acknowledging that there had to be some changes made within his party but calling on the people to try to keep it together at least until after the 2026 midterms.

“Constipated. Leaderless. Confused. A cracked-out clown car. Divided. These are the words I hear my fellow Democrats using to describe our party as of late. The truth is they’re not wrong: The Democratic Party is in shambles,” Carville wrote.

Carville went on to lay out the divisions made obvious by the rise of Democratic socialists in places like New York City — Queens councilman turned Democratic Mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, for example — and argued that the party would have to face a reckoning of sorts. It needed to happen, he conceded, but said that it should wait until after the 2026 midterm elections.

The solution, Carville claimed, would come in the form of a “savior” — one candidate who could bring about a New Democratic Party that brought both sides together. His assessment was that such “saviors” had arisen before in former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.

“The Democratic Party is steamrolling toward a civilized civil war. It’s necessary to have it. It’s even more necessary to delay it. The only thing that can save us now is an actual savior, because a new party can be delivered only by a person — see Barack Obama in 2008 and Bill Clinton in 1992,” he said. “No matter how many podcasts or influencer streams our candidates go on, our new leader won’t arrive until the day after the midterms in November 2026, which marks the unofficial-yet-official beginning of the 2028 presidential primary contest. No new party or candidate has a chance for a breakthrough until that day.”

Whether or not Carville’s message will be well-received by Democrats remains to be seen. If former President Joe Biden’s embattled son Hunter is any indication, the likelihood is that it won’t.

“James Carville hasn’t won a race in 40 f***ing years,” the younger Biden said during a recent interview, sharply criticizing any Democrat who’d conceded that it was time for Joe Biden to bow out. “[David Axelrod] had one success in his political life and that was Barack Obama and that was because of Barack Obama.”

Judge Partially Blocks Trump Admin Push To Slash Planned Parenthood Funding

 A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from defunding certain Planned Parenthood facilities after President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” was set to slash the abortion provider’s funding for one year. 

District Court Judge Indira Talwani issued a preliminary injunction that said the Trump administration could not stop funding Medicaid payments for Planned Parenthood facilities that don’t directly provide abortions or take less than $800,000 in Medicaid funding. Talwani, an Obama appointee, claimed that the provision of the recently signed “Big, Beautiful Bill” that cut funding for Planned Parenthood violated its First Amendment rights. 

“Instead of merely prohibiting Planned Parenthood Members that receive Medicaid funds from providing abortions, the statute prohibits them from affiliating with entities that do. Moreover, the record is devoid of evidentiary support for Defendants’ suggestion that Planned Parenthood entities share funds that are ultimately used for abortions,” the judge said. “Therefore, restricting funds based on affiliation with an abortion provider operates only to restrict the associational right of Members that do not provide abortion.”

The injunction will remain in place while the case is being litigated.

Talwani previously issued a temporary injunction against the Trump administration from pulling funding after multiple Planned Parenthood affiliates filed a lawsuit following the passage of Trump’s signature spending bill. The law bans Medicaid coverage for entities that provide abortion. From 2022 to 2023, Planned Parenthood received nearly $800 million in taxpayer dollars.

“All three democratically elected components of the Federal Government collaborated to enact that provision consistent with their electoral mandates from the American people as to how they want their hard-earned taxpayer dollars spent,” the Trump administration wrote, saying that Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit was seeking to “supplant duly enacted legislation with their own policy preferences.”

In a statement, Planned Parenthood said that it was disappointed that the judge’s order did not shield all of its facilities. 

“The court has not yet ruled on whether it will grant preliminary injunctive relief to other members,” the abortion giant said. “We remain hopeful that the court will grant this relief. There will be nothing short of a public health crisis if Planned Parenthood members are allowed to be ‘defunded.’” 

Conservative advocates, like Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser, criticized the judge’s order. 

“An activist judge just prolonged the forced taxpayer funding of Big Abortion, a desperate attempt to run out the clock, and a shameful abuse of our tax dollars,” she said. “Planned Parenthood’s desperate ploy for our tax dollars only underscores why the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ is such a historic win. It halted, for the first time, over half a billion taxpayer dollars from propping up the corrupt abortion industry.”

American Father Who Fled to Russia is Tricked and Sent to Fight on Frontlines Against Ukraine

 

Derek Huffman

The family of a Texas man who moved to Russia to escape liberal indoctrination says he has been “fed to the wolves” after being sent to the frontlines in Ukraine.

Derek Huffman, 46, relocated to Moscow in search of “traditional values” and joined the Russian military to gain citizenship, having been assured he would not be placed in a combat role.

The Huffmans settled in a village outside Moscow founded by American blogger Tim Kirby, which markets itself to Western families looking to reject “liberal gender norms” and avoid liberal indoctrination of American society.

Although Huffman was initially promised work as a war correspondent or vehicle mechanic, he has instead received rushed combat training and is now being deployed to the frontlines of the war with Ukraine.

Derek Huffman, an American dad who moved his family to Russia to escape LGBT “indoctrination,” has been drafted into front-line military service in Ukraine despite expecting a non-combat role as a welder.

Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/nyoEB3F5zO

— AF Post (@AFpost) July 20, 2025

“He feels like he is being thrown to the wolves right now, and he is kind of having to lean on faith,” his wife DeAnna said.

“Derek was told he would not be training for two weeks and going straight to the front lines.”

“But it seems as though he is getting one more week of training, closer to the front lines, and then they are going to put him on the front lines.”

An American Dad Joined the Russian Army: The Real Reason

Did you know an American village has emerged near Moscow? The first settlers are the Huffman family: Derek, Deanna, their three cheerful daughters, and a Siberian Husky with multicolored eyes.

“America was just going… pic.twitter.com/39rCk9CJ3y

— Russian Road (@RussianRoad_) July 4, 2025

In a video recorded last month, Derek Huffman explained that he was drawn to enlist in the Russian military both by a generous sign-up bonus and a desire to demonstrate his loyalty to his adopted homeland.

“I don’t want anyone in Russia saying we don’t belong here,” he said. “If I risk my life defending this country—our new country—I’ll have earned our place.”

The Huffmans relocated under Russia’s recently introduced “Shared Values” visa initiative, which offers residency to foreigners who express disillusionment with their home governments and share the Kremlin’s moral and ideological stance.

Since their move, the family has shared their journey online and relied on crowdfunding to support themselves.

Sadly, the family’s romanticized expectations of life in Russia and military service quickly collided with harsh reality.

Derek and his fellow recruits were ordered to hand over 10,000 roubles to cover the cost of their own equipment.

Meanwhile, DeAnna has said that aside from the initial month, her husband has received neither his promised salary nor the signing bonus.

DeAnna and Derek Huffman and their 2 kids moved from Texas to Russia in 2022. They were motivated by “concerns over LGBT indoctrination in American schools, unhealthy food, and a desire for a safer environment that is aligned with our Christian values”.

Derek decided to join… pic.twitter.com/VCJv3IfisR

— usurp tha chef (@usurpthachef) June 23, 2025

Law Breakers: University of Oklahoma Boasts ‘Safe Place’ for Illegal Aliens

 Despite tremendous efforts by the Trump administration, according to Campus Reform, “the University of Oklahoma (OU) continues to provide services for illegal alien students through its admissions and financial aid processes.”

On its website, Oklahoma’s “undocumented admissions is described as a “safe space” for illegals.

It also states on its website that “In the Office of Admissions and Recruitment, we do our best to find and provide the resources to better serve undocumented and DACA students as they are students who work hard to pursue their education and deserve access to higher education and become members of the OU family,” the website reads. “This is a safe place.”

Although this non-law-abiding university admits illegal aliens are not eligible for federally funded financial help, there is a loophole that they use.

According to Oklahoma House Bill 1804, students who attended high school in Oklahoma for at least two years with a parent or guardian may still qualify for in-state tuition through an Affidavit of Intent.

The Oklahoma University website also states that illegal aliens are eligible to apply for state and university scholarships.

This all comes at a time when our federal government is cracking down on illegal alien public assistance.

According to Campus Reform “In June the Department of Justice sued Minnesota for providing unlawful tuition benefits to non-citizens, claiming that the scholarships given to illegals “unconstitutionally discriminate against U.S. citizens.”

It’s a relief for many Americans knowing we finally have a president and federal government that views illegal aliens as criminals and does not wish to offer them benefits for breaking American law.

Despite all this, the university is engaging in insurrection by disregarding federal law and becoming a virtual sanctuary university.

We can expect the Trump administration to remind them that “no one is above the law”.

Ken Paxton: Texas Sues US Masters Swimming for Defying President Trump’s Order By Allowing Men to Compete in Women’s Events

 

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced a lawsuit against US Masters Swimming (USMS) for defying President Trump’s order to protect women and girls by allowing men to compete in a women’s swim competition in May.

In February, President Donald Trump signed a landmark executive order ensuring that biological men cannot compete in women’s sports.

The signing ceremony, held at the White House, featured President Trump surrounded by young female athletes, symbolizing the administration’s commitment to safeguarding opportunities for women and girls in sports.

“Under the Trump administration, we will defend the proud tradition of female athletes, and we will not allow men to beat up, injure, and cheat our women and our girls. From now on, women’s sports will be ONLY FOR WOMEN!” Trump said during the signing ceremony.

Paxton shared details of the lawsuit, writing on X, “BREAKING: I’m suing U.S. Masters Swimming for engaging in illegal practices by allowing men to compete in women’s competitions. The organization has cowered to radical activists pushing gender warfare, and this lawsuit will hold USMS accountable for its actions.”

BREAKING: I’m suing U.S. Masters Swimming for engaging in illegal practices by allowing men to compete in women’s competitions.

The organization has cowered to radical activists pushing gender warfare, and this lawsuit will hold USMS accountable for its actions. pic.twitter.com/2E3wr8hnnl

— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) July 17, 2025

In a press release, Paxton announced an investigation determined USMS “engaged in false, deceptive, and misleading practices” by allowing men to compete in women’s events following the 2025 Spring Nationals swim meet in San Antonio.

“U.S. Masters Swimming’s insane policy of allowing men to participate in women’s competitions is both deeply unfair to female competitors and unlawful,” said Attorney General Paxton.

“The organization has cowered to radical activists pushing gender warfare, and it has deprived female participants of the opportunity to succeed at the highest levels by letting men win countless events. This lawsuit will hold USMS accountable for its actions, and we will continue to fight to protect the integrity of women’s sports.”

“Attorney General Paxton’s lawsuit highlights USMS’s past false, deceptive, and misleading practices of representing that its women’s sports would be exclusively for females to participate in and win, only to turn around and steal awards and recognitions for women by giving them to men competing in women’s events.”

“The lawsuit aims to hold U.S. Masters Swimming accountable to the women that it has harmed and the consumers that it has deceived.”

You can read the full filling  here.