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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling that allows President Trump’s administration to end Temporary Protected Status for about 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians. Mamdani claimed the ruling “sparked one of the largest attacks on immigrants in modern American history.” The case, described as Mullin v., centers on executive authority over TPS designations.

Translation: the White House says TPS is temporary, and the Supreme Court just gave Trump room to act like it. Mamdani’s answer is not enforcement. It is resistance from City Hall.

This is where the immigration fight gets real. Court orders matter. Federal authority matters.

But if blue-city mayors tell local agencies to ignore detainers, block cooperation, and turn city budgets into shields, the battle moves from Washington into police stations, shelters, courts, and schools. The media wants to frame this as compassion. They skip the cost. New Yorkers pay for the housing.

They pay for the strain on hospitals. They pay when repeat offenders cycle through the system while ICE gets stonewalled. Watch next for how far Mamdani pushes sanctuary rules, and whether Trump’s DHS responds with targeted enforcement in New York.

The IDF said it dismantled a Hezbollah tunnel complex in southern Lebanon near Israel’s border. Israeli forces said the site contained hundreds of weapons, stored munitions, attack gear, and several rocket silos. This is how Hezbollah fights: hide underground, fire from civilian areas, then cry victim when Israel hits back.

Watch the northern front. One major Hezbollah barrage can pull Israel, Iran, and U.S. policy into a fast-moving crisis.

The Texas Supreme Court temporarily barred Harris County from spending taxpayer money on legal defense for people in federal deportation proceedings. State officials say the county stepped outside local authority. Harris County allies call it legal aid.

I call it the obvious fight: can a blue county use your money to fight federal immigration law? The spending is frozen while the case continues.

President Trump warned on Truth Social that Iran “will no longer exist” if America is forced to “militarily complete the job.” The warning followed another round of U.S. retaliatory strikes tied to Iranian actions. Tehran understands power, not diplomatic poetry. If Iran keeps hitting U.S. interests, Trump is telling the regime the next move may not be symbolic.

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Breitbart that 2026 deportations will soon exceed the total for all of 2025. He said DHS is removing illegal aliens from the interior, not just turning people around at the border. That is the number that matters.

Border optics are one thing. Interior enforcement hits the magnet that pulled millions here in the first place.

Folarin Balogun told Fox Sports the U.S. is ready for knockout pressure as the USMNT chases its first World Cup knockout win in 24 years. Christian Pulisic remains the face of the squad, but Balogun is the finisher America needs now. This is where hype either becomes history or turns into another excuse. A win changes how the world treats American soccer.

I keep coming back to the same pattern today. The law is not enough if officials refuse to enforce it. You see it with Mamdani in New York, Harris County in Texas, and Iran testing U.S. resolve abroad. You are not crazy for noticing that the same people who demand rules for you keep finding loopholes for everyone else.

I’ll keep tracking the fights where power meets your wallet, your border, and your safety. Reply with one story you want me to cover this week.

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Brett Lee Editor, Project Liberty projectlibertyus.com

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