ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Austin, Texas, officials say. AUSTIN, Texas — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and wounded a man from Venezuela who was working as a DoorDash driver Sunday in Texas’ capital, city officials confirmed, with protests erupting at the scene against U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Federal authorities have not said what led up to the shooting, which came as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement operations across the country and just two months after ICE agents fatally shot a Mexican man during a traffic stop in Houston.

“This is a pattern – it’s a disturbing pattern – and it’s got to stop,” said U.S. Rep. Greg Casar, a Democrat who represents part of Austin.

The man shot Sunday in Austin was identified as Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, by Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, an immigration lawyer who said she is representing his family.

Officials said Garces Perez was shot in the torso just before 1 p.m. Sunday in North Austin. DoorDash told CNN Garces Perez was working as a dasher at the time of the shooting.

The shooting was captured on video by Heidi Clark, who was livestreaming to Facebook while driving down Research Boulevard. As she neared the intersection with Anderson Square, her monologue was interrupted by loud tire screeches.

“Woah!” Clark said as she turned her phone camera toward the scene and a person could be seen in the distance running out of an SUV toward a blue sedan. Her surprise quickly turned to shock as gunfire broke out.

“Oh my God!” said Clark. “Holy f**kin’ sh*t, dude.”

Garces Perez is later seen sitting on the ground in video obtained by ABC News, hands handcuffed behind him, his shirt cut open to reveal what appears to be a gaping gunshot wound in his back.
Dispute over legal status

Garces Perez is an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela who had a final order for removal, the Department of Homeland Security said in a post on X. He was stable and “in federal custody pending removal,” DHS said.

Homeland Security Investigations, DHS’ investigative branch, will lead the investigation with assistance from the FBI, the post said without providing further details.

Lincoln-Goldfinch told CNN she could not confirm Garces Perez’s immigration status and Casar told CNN it is unclear if Garces Perez was the target of an ICE operation.

Casar said Sunday evening Garces Perez was out of the hospital and had been taken into ICE custody, writing on X: “If ICE deports him, the key witness to their shooting disappears. He must not be removed from this country, and he must receive proper medical care.”

Garces Perez’s wife said she wasn’t aware of an order of removal, believing he was going through immigration proceedings, Lincoln-Goldfinch said.

“What we do understand is that he previously held a valid work permit and that, based on the information available to us, he entered the United States lawfully,” Lincoln-Goldfinch said in a statement. “Our immediate concern is ensuring that his family receives accurate and timely information and that appropriate access and communication are provided while the matter is being addressed.”

Lincoln-Goldfinch said her office is working to obtain additional information.

Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis told reporters there may have been a foot chase with the ICE agent but cautioned the information was preliminary and said she had not yet been briefed by federal partners.

The Texas Department of Public Safety told CNN troopers were requested for assistance in a vehicle pursuit, but the officer-involved shooting took place before they made it to the scene.

Billionaires abound in California. Why not tax their wealth? unds for healthcare and is home to as many as 250 billionaires collectively worth upwards of $2 trillion.

But the Nov. 3 ballot initiative Proposition 40, which asks Californians whether to impose a one-time five per cent tax on the state’s billionaires, is far from certain to pass, political analysts say, amid a debate that has raised questions about income inequality and the state’s future business prospects.

Whether and how to tax the ultrawealthy are questions that extend well beyond the Hollywood Hills and Silicon Valley. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Democrat and democratic socialist, filmed a video in front of billionaire investor Ken Griffin’s penthouse as part of an ultimately successful campaign to tax high-end second homes in the city. Even a majority of Republicans see billionaires as creating unfairness and contributing to economic woes, one 2025 poll showed.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll in August found 64 per cent of independent registered voters in the six-day nationwide poll said they support increasing taxes on corporations and billionaires, compared to 15 per cent who oppose the idea.

“Billionaires are no longer very popular,” said University of California, Berkeley economics professor Emmanuel Saez, a researcher of wealth inequality who helped write Proposition 40. They have “enormous wealth, enormous power.”

Saez describes the proposal as very simply “a tax on billionaires to fund healthcare.”

California has more billionaires than any other state, according to a Forbes estimate last year, and is home to some of the country’s most valuable companies, including tech giants Google GOOGL.O, Apple AAPL.O, Meta META.O and Nvidia NVDA.O.

The US military relied on artificial intelligence (AI) when deciding to strike an elementary school for girls in the city of Minab in southern Iran, Bloomberg quoted sources involved in the investigation of the incident as saying.

According to their information, the US Central Command responsible for the strike relied too much on the AI built into Palantir's Maven Smart Systems (MSS) systems.

According to Bloomberg sources, just a few hours after the tragedy, Pentagon concluded that the United States was responsible for this strike. When studying the circumstances of the incident, the Ministry of War found that the strike was preceded by not one catastrophic decision, but a string of small decisions.

The US military did not take advantage of a whole series of opportunities to prevent the tragedy, the agency said.

Although the Pentagon almost completed its investigation a few months ago, the report has not yet been made public, Bloomberg says.

On February 28, Iran said that the United States and Israel had attacked an elementary school for girls in Minaba, killing 175 people, including 168 female students, and injuring 95 others. US President Donald Trump later blamed the attack on the Iranian army. Subsequently, it turned out that the rocket fragments found at the impact site were marked as US ammunition.

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Denmark’s leaders cautiously optimistic about Greenland announcement. The Arctic island’s top leaders echoed that stance and said the deal, which has not yet been made public, was long in coming.

U.S., Greenlandic and Danish officials had quietly negotiated for months behind the scenes, searching for solutions to address some of Trump’s security concerns about the territory of roughly 56,000 residents. With the announcement of the pact, Trump is able to tout a foreign policy achievement ahead of the midterm elections in the United States.

Trump said Friday that the agreement would give the U.S. “permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland, completely addressing ALL of our many U.S. concerns.”

Denmark and the U.S. already have a long-standing security agreement that allows the U.S. to deploy forces in Greenland, and it was not immediately clear how this deal would be different from that.

“I think it’s obvious that we can expect more bases in Greenland. But it’s important to say that if we look in the past, especially during the Cold War, the U.S. had immense military presence in Greenland,” said Marc Jacobsen, an associate professor at the Royal Danish Defense College and the head of research at the Center for Arctic Security Studies.

He said it was a win for Trump. “It’s important for him to show that he’s a good businessman, that he kind of forced the pressure on Denmark and Greenland into something new.”
The deal is expected to be signed at the UN

After Trump’s announcement, the office of Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the deal will be signed next week at the United Nations General Assembly. Parliamentary action was still needed by the Danish and Greenlandic governments before it can be enforced, she added.

“Next week could be a good week … for Greenland, Denmark, and the United States alike,” Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen wrote on Instagram on Saturday morning.

“A period of uncertainty will hopefully be replaced by a binding agreement that strengthens security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic -- and thus also our shared security within NATO and Europe,” he added.

Greenland’s government leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen said the deal would benefit “not only our collective security, but also the continued development here in the country.”

The island’s foreign minister, Mute B. Egede, said he was pleased “we now have an agreement within reach.”

“I’m pleased that we finally have an end product within reach,” he told Denmark’s TV2 broadcaster. “It’s about time.”

Adm. Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, chair of the NATO Military Committee, said later Saturday in the Danish capital that the agreement was “very, very welcome,” without commenting on it further.

Trump said that with the agreement, the U.S. would “immediately” begin the process of developing a larger military presence on the mineral-rich Danish territory.

The U.S. had held several bases and installations on Greenland through the Cold War, before dialing back its presence. It still operates the remote Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland, built after the U.S. and Denmark signed the Defense of Greenland Treaty in 1951.

The base supports missile warning, missile defense and space surveillance operations for the U.S. and NATO.
Few details about the deal are known so far

A U.S. State Department official said the agreement bans any non-NATO base in Greenland, limits adversaries from being able to make investments in Greenland, and guarantees that China and Russia cannot have a base on the island. The official was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Denmark and Greenland did not explicitly confirm any of the specifics in Trump’s statements, nor did they provide more details.

After his return to the White House, Trump had called on Denmark to sell the island to the U.S., while insisting Greenland is crucial for U.S. security. He pointedly wouldn’t rule out taking the island by military force, even though Denmark is a NATO ally of the U.S.

Denmark and Greenland repeatedly said the island is not for sale and condemned reports of the U.S. gathering intelligence there. The U.S. push for Greenland was also fiercely opposed by Russia and much of Europe.

Greenland grassroots pro-sovereignty activist Orla Joelsen wrote on X that “our fight against Trump’s ambition to take over Greenland has been won.”

“The new agreement explicitly recognizes the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark and the Greenlandic people’s right to self-determination,” the activist added.

Ulrik Pram Gad, a senior researcher and Arctic security expert at the Danish Institute for International Studies, said that Trump tries to sell it as a win. “He obviously didn’t get in this agreement what he originally set out to have that is sovereign control over all of Greenland as a part of the United States.”
Relief that a deal seems close

In Denmark, many expressed relief that a deal with the U.S. seemed close.

Michael Burgaard from Gentofte, north of Copenhagen, was hopeful the crisis was over “because just a fortnight ago, Donald Trump posted this map showing Greenland ... as part of the U.S.”

“We were kind of worried that he would take all of Greenland by force,” added the 56-year-old telecommunications worker. “So, the fact that we can settle this in a diplomatic way ... I think it’s good.”

Michael Frees, a 51-year-old high school teacher in Copenhagen, said he thinks the agreement is “the most realistic solution for us right now.”

“We are a small nation and of course we have to cooperate with bigger countries and also the European Union,” he said.

Grieshaber reported from Berlin.

James Brooks And Kirsten Grieshaber, The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, September 17. The House of Representatives of the US Congress has passed the bill to toughen anti-Russian sanctions previously approved by the Senate.

During the vote, aired by the C-SPAN television channel, 262 members of the Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted in favor, while 159 were against.

The bill, authored by the late Senator Lindsey Graham (designated as a terrorist and extremist in Russia), was passed by Congress on August 7. Once approved by the House, it will be submitted to President Donald Trump for signing.

The document provides for restrictions on top Russian politicians and military officials, as well as state companies, along with secondary sanctions on Russia’s trading partners. The bill allows the US to impose 100% tariffs on the countries that are major buyers of Russian oil and gas, and also tighten sanctions on Iran.

US government agencies are tracking cyber threats against nearly 20 shipping vessels around the world, according to US officials

FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday defended his agency's decision to lower its hiring standards, after he faced a barrage of questions from incredulous lawmakers who demanded to know why engaging in acts of bestiality is no longer an automatic disqualifier for employment.

Singapore’s air quality hit unhealthy levels islandwide on Tuesday, as haze from wildfires in neighboring Indonesia continued to spread across Southeast Asia