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A plot to attack the UFC Freedom 250 event on Sunday was thwarted by the FBI and supporting law enforcement agencies, according to FBI Director Kash Patel.“On June 10, FBI and our law enforcement partners became aware of a potential threat to the UFC America 250 event in Washington, D.C. involving individuals outside of the National Capital Region — and thanks to the rapid action of this FBI, our partners, and the [Department of Justice in a multi-state operation], multiple individuals are now in custody and allegedly planned attacks were stopped cold,” Patel wrote in an X post Tuesday. 'We got to tell everybody to tone it down.'Officials claimed the plot included employing drones with explosive capabilities to target surrounding buildings, prompting event attendees to flee toward a team of snipers, according to Fox News. Between the crowds on the South Lawn and the Ellipse, approximately 90,000 gathered in the area to watch the event.The attackers then allegedly planned to rush the White House gate.Fox News also reported that a suspect allegedly revealed the targets to be "billionaires," "capitalist elites," and politicians with funding from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Signal chats obtained by the FBI allegedly featured “pre-operational activity” discussed among a network of 23 people. Five people are in custody, Fox News reported.In a statement on X, Secret Service Director Sean Curran said, “The U.S. Secret Service worked closely with the FBI throughout this investigation. In the days leading up to this weekend, our special agents, mission support personnel, and technical security teams worked around the clock to identify those responsible and hold them accountable."Curran added, “Equally important to our protective mission is ensuring accountability through the justice system.”RELATED: 'I prayed so much for this' — Justin Gaethje's UFC victory speech perfectly captures American spirit Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesWhen Trump was asked about the alleged attack at the G7 summit in France, he responded, “I haven’t heard of it,” adding, “The attack that I watched was the fighters.”On "Fox & Friends" Tuesday morning, Vice President JD Vance said, "This is what happens when people turn the rhetoric up so loud that disagreeing with somebody is a cause for violence. "We got to tell everybody to tone it down.""Everybody has a role to cut this stuff out, but I think a lot of my Democratic colleagues in Washington have got to look themselves in the mirror and say, why is so much of this political violence coming from our side of the spectrum?" Vance also said.The UFC Freedom 250 event featured 14 fighters from a range of countries on the White House South Lawn on June 14, the same day as Flag Day and Trump's 80th birthday.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A Nevada woman jailed in Mexico is expected to be extradited to the United States to face additional charges for allegedly using dating apps to prey on older men. Federal authorities say the woman drugged, robbed, and killed her victims in twisted romance schemes.The FBI's Las Vegas Division issued a bulletin in February 2025 about 44-year-old Aurora Phelps, who also went by the names of Aurora Alvarez, Aurora Flores, and Aurora Velasco.'Drop the case, or I will kill you.'The FBI said Phelps "met individuals online or exploited those known to her in order to steal their personal information" between approximately 2019 and 2022."Mrs. Phelps then used this information to fraudulently access their bank, Social Security, or retirement accounts," the statement read."It is believed Mrs. Phelps would sometimes drug her victims without their knowledge to obtain this information," the FBI added. "Mrs. Phelps primarily targeted elderly men; however, she was known to target all age groups as well as women."KTLA-TV reported that Phelps — a dual U.S.-Mexico citizen — targeted at least 11 individuals on both sides of the border.One of Phelps' alleged victims reportedly was Robert Erbach, a 67-year-old American retiree who lived in Guadalajara, Mexico.The Los Angeles Times reported that the pair connected on the Tinder dating app — Phelps under the username "Sissy" — and met at a casino that Erbach frequented in Guadalajara, according to his friends.Friends said Erbach invited Phelps to the Hard Rock Hotel in Guadalajara to see a friend’s rock band perform in December 2021.The Times said that "it was the last time Erbach was seen alive."U.S. and Mexican court records revealed that Phelps drove Erbach’s white BMW SUV to Las Vegas, where she used his personal documents to open a Wells Fargo account under his name.Surveillance video the FBI obtained captured Phelps using a Wells Fargo ATM to make cash withdrawals with Erbach’s debit card. Phelps drained $50,500 from two of his bank accounts, according to the FBI.In January 2022, Erbach's son received a text message from his father's phone written in broken English, the Times reported.According to the FBI, one of messages said Erbach was moving to Quito, Ecuador, and ordered the son to tell family and police to halt any searches for him.Prosecutors said there were attempts to redirect Erbach's pension payments, but they were unsuccessful because a verified signature was required.Two days after Erbach's rendezvous with Phelps at the casino, the unidentified body of a man with no identification reportedly was found along a road near Guadalajara. Authorities said the man died from asphyxiation.It was later revealed that the deceased man was Erbach, according to Newsweek.In addition, the Times reported that Phelps met a 69-year-old divorced expat from the United States who had a "thriving practice" in Guadalajara. She allegedly met the chiropractor on Tinder in May 2022 and called herself "Sisy."According to court testimony, Phelps and the chiropractor went to a restaurant where he ordered a chocolate milkshake. The pair went to a hotel after the restaurant, according to the Times.At the hotel, they allegedly had drinks, and the chiropractor passed out.Phelps testified that the chiropractor had gotten drunk, but police later concluded he had consumed 1,000 milligrams of Valium "most likely added to his drink or the unattended milkshake," the Times reported.When the chiropractor regained consciousness, he reportedly asked Phelps to take him back to his home.According to the Times, a surveillance camera at the house showed the chiropractor barely able to walk outside, and he "fell by the front door, cracked his head on the concrete and began bleeding."The chiropractor's live-in maid reportedly drew a bath to try to help him wake up.The Times reported that the maid became suspicious after Phelps told her she was the landlord and that the maid "should consider herself fired."'She truly believes her lies.'The maid allegedly called Carmen Garduño — a clinic employee who had worked with the chiropractor for 13 years. Court testimony said Garduño grew suspicious when the maid said the chiropractor appeared drunk, as Garduño said she had never seen him drink alcohol.Garduño rushed to the house where she found the "pale" chiropractor unconscious in the bathtub, breathing heavily and wearing his doctor’s scrubs backward, according to the Times."He was practically absorbing his lips into his mouth," Garduño said in court.Garduño said she began performing CPR on the chiropractor, and then he vomited, and his breathing steadied, but he remained unresponsive.When police arrived at the home, Phelps told officers she was the chiropractor's fiancée, court records show.The Times reported that the chiropractor "would remain unconscious for nearly a week."Once the chiropractor recovered, he reportedly filed a report against Phelps with the Jalisco state police. The chiropractor claimed Phelps stole approximately $25,000 in cash, electronics, and jewelry, including his wedding ring.A Jalisco state judge issued an arrest warrant for Phelps for aggravated theft.The Times reported that the chiropractor then received a call — and the voice on the other end of the line was one he did not recognize. The paper said a man speaking in a thick Mexican accent told him, "Drop the case, or I will kill you."The chiropractor reportedly ceased pressing his case.An FBI investigation connected the death of Erbach to the alleged drugging of the chiropractor, the Times reported. FBI agents informed the chiropractor that the threatening call was made by Phelps using a voice-altering app.The chiropractor agreed to cooperate with authorities and file a separate civil lawsuit against Phelps, according to the Times.RELATED: He led cops to a dismembered body — now he's charged with murder along with two others The FBI said a month later, Phelps met Miguel Carrillo — a dual Mexican-U.S. citizen — in Chapala, near Guadalajara.The Times reported Carillo days later was found dead in an abandoned lot, and his car was found outside a bank — and his bank account was drained.In November 2022, Phelps reportedly used the Plenty of Fish dating app to meet John Wiens — a 78-year-old divorced and retired mechanical engineer living in Las Vegas.Wiens' son allegedly was unable to connect with his father."Stranger still, his Facebook profile now featured a picture of Wiens photoshopped into a city in Brazil," the Times said.The son told Mexican investigators he received a text message from his father’s phone that said he had moved to Brazil, which was odd since Wiens did not speak Portuguese.A neighbor purportedly noticed the front door open at Wiens' home, but he was nowhere to be found.The Times said Wiens’ dog was left alone with no food or water, plus there were "feces everywhere."The son reportedly traveled from California to his father's house, obtained his dad's laptop, and was able to access his dad's email account."The inbox was crammed with orders from Christian Dior, Gucci, and other designer brands for women’s apparel," the Times said. "The purchases were sent to Phelps’ Las Vegas home under the name of her daughter or to 'Abraham Flores,' the name of her brother."Authorities said they discovered Wiens' minivan at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.FBI agents obtained surveillance video showing Phelps and Wiens boarding a plane bound for San Diego on Nov. 4, 2022 — just one day after their first date.The pair reportedly then traveled to Mexico City and checked into a hotel.The Times said Wiens the next day was found dead in a hotel room bathtub, and an autopsy found he died of a heart attack.Of 11 possible victims identified so far, three of them were found dead shortly after their encounters with Phelps, according to Spencer Evans, who at that time was a special agent for the FBI Las Vegas Division.One of the victims spent five days in a coma after Phelps drugged him, Evans said. The Times reported that Phelps allegedly liquidated $3.3 million of the man’s Apple stock and tried to transfer the proceeds to a bank account she controlled.Mexican authorities arrested Phelps at a Guadalajara bank on Feb. 27, 2023, the Times noted.The Department of Justice released a statement in February 2025 saying Phelps "has been charged in a 21-count superseding indictment for allegedly luring older men she met through online dating services and stealing their monies for her personal benefit."Phelps was charged with one count of kidnapping resulting in death, one count of kidnapping, three counts of identity theft, three counts of mail fraud, six counts of bank fraud, and seven counts of wire fraud.The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that a Mexican judge last week sentenced Phelps to 37 years, six months in prison on charges related to the disappearance and death of Erbach.Sandy Breault, a spokesperson for the FBI's Las Vegas field office, told Newsweek that Phelps "will be extradited to the U.S.— but no date has been set yet."Evans also stated that "once she incapacitated her victims, Phelps stole their cars, accessed their bank and brokerage accounts to withdraw cash, used their credit cards to make a variety of purchases, including luxury retail goods and gold, and even attempted to access their Social Security and retirement accounts."Christopher Delzotto, FBI special agent in charge in Las Vegas, said that "the white-collar criminal, especially when it comes to Aurora Phelps, is no different than a violent criminal. They are psychopaths. She truly believes her lies. She visualizes all of this stuff. She believes it. It has become her reality."Those with information about Phelps’ alleged romance scams are urged to contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

If Prime Minister Mark Carney has is way, logging on to social media in Canada may one day require more than a password.Critics say the Liberal Party's latest legislation is a backdoor attempt to normalize digital ID while creating a powerful new bureaucracy to police online speech.Platforms that fail to comply could face fines of up to $10 million and an additional penalty of 3% of global revenue.This is but the latest step in a years-long campaign to expand government oversight of the internet that began under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and appears to be accelerating under Carney.Harm's way Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, would prohibit anyone under the age of 16 from using social media platforms. To enforce that restriction, users would have to verify their age online, prompting concerns that Canadians could ultimately be required to use digital ID or comparable age-verification systems simply to access social media.The bill also establishes broad categories of prohibited “harmful content.” Platforms that fail to comply could face fines of up to $10 million and an additional penalty of 3% of global revenue. Those companies may in turn seek to shift liability onto individual livestreamers and content creators, creating what this reporter has previously described as “trickle-down censorship.”It remains unclear whether Bill C-34 is intended to replace the Trudeau government’s proposed Online Harms Act or simply add another layer to Canada’s growing regime of internet regulation.Hate reachMeanwhile, Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, awaits final approval before becoming law — a step widely expected to proceed without difficulty. The legislation expands Canada’s hate speech laws and removes the long-standing defense for good-faith religious expression in certain criminal hate speech cases, raising alarms among civil liberties advocates and religious freedom groups.The earlier Online Harms Act (Bill C-63) never became law after Parliament dissolved before it could be passed. Even so, it remains one of the most alarming assaults on free expression ever proposed in Canada.Among its most controversial provisions, the bill would have allowed courts to impose preventive peace bonds — including curfews, travel restrictions, electronic monitoring, and even house arrest — on people who had not been convicted or even accused of a hate crime, but who authorities feared might commit one in the future. In other words, Canadians could have had their liberty restricted not for something they had done, but for something the government believed they might do.Pre-crime divisionThe legislation also would have revived Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, exposing citizens to steep civil penalties for certain forms of online expression, and expanded hate-related penalties elsewhere in Canadian law. It is little wonder that critics denounced the proposal as a form of “thought crime” or “pre-crime” legislation — a dramatic departure from the traditional principle that people should be punished for their actions, not for what governments fear they may think, say, or do.Bill C-34 identifies seven categories of prohibited “harmful content”:Intimate content communicated without consent.Content that sexually victimizes a child or revictimizes a survivor.Content that induces a child to harm himself.Content used to bully a child.Content that foments hatred.Content that incites violence.Terrorism or violent extremism content.Notably, the legislation does not define “hatred,” even as it devotes extensive language to defining “terrorism” and “violent extremism” as politically, religiously, or ideologically motivated acts intended to intimidate the public or undermine institutions or social stability.The bill would also establish a digital safety commissioner, a position critics say could function as a de facto national internet censor with sweeping authority to assess and enforce rules governing online content.RELATED: Canada-US coalition emerges against Mark Carney's surveillance bill JCCF board member John Robson. David Krayden'Blank check'Among the organizations condemning the legislation is the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.“Greater transparency and accountability from tech companies is long overdue. But that must come through clear, targeted rules, not sweeping obligations and an open-ended government authority over any regulated service,” said Howard Sapers, the association’s executive director. “A blank check for federal power is the wrong answer to a real problem.”“Bill C-34 introduces obligations which are so alarmingly broad that providers of regulated services will be tempted to over-comply at the expense of users’ freedom of expression and privacy rights,” Sapers added.Another Carney government proposal, Bill C-22, would require technology companies to disclose user communications when requested by federal authorities or Canadian law enforcement agencies, potentially overriding their own privacy commitments.Two Republican members of Congress have also raised concerns about the legislation. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast (R-Fla.) have written to Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree warning that Bill C-22 could threaten privacy rights in both Canada and the United States.

While many on the left have framed the murder of Austin Metcalf and conviction of Karmelo Anthony through the lens of race, BlazeTV host Liz Wheeler argues that the real story is being deliberately ignored.“There’s a reason the mainstream media doesn’t want you to know the truth, the reality, and the facts. Because if you know what actually happened, you are much less likely to fall for the lies that they’re telling you,” Wheeler says, explaining that what the left refuses to discuss is the element of “black culture” involved in the case.“What I’m talking about is gang culture and rap culture that has infiltrated and broken black families — a culture that glorifies violence, that dehumanizes people. Young men, young black men specifically, who are raised in broken black families, who don’t have male role models, who instead look to these celebrities, whether it’s gang members for community or rap culture for their idols — they are not being molded from young men into actual men,” she says.“And nobody wants to say this. It’s unpopular. It’s uncomfortable. You’ll be accused of saying racially charged things,” she explains, “But it’s true. The murder of Austin Metcalf by Karmelo Anthony is also an indictment on wokeness. An indictment of ‘The 1619 Project,’ which told us that America is racist. It’s an indictment on critical race theory.”“Every politician, every corporation, every celebrity, every leftist influencer, every teacher, every liberal white woman who spews, ‘White privilege,’ and, ‘America is inherently racist,’” she continues, “seeds and feeds this anger and forms this lens through which Karmelo Anthony sees the world.”And the lens through which he sees the world is one where he believed bringing a knife to a track meet was a good idea.“It’s not a normal reaction to grab a knife and stab the other person to death,” Wheeler says. “That’s not normal human behavior. The behavior of Karmelo Anthony in the tent, even before he got the knife out of his backpack and stabbed Austin Metcalf to death, that behavior is deliberate.”Want more from Liz Wheeler?To enjoy more of Liz’s based commentary, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.