Sniper attack at ICE in Dallas, DOJ prepares indictment against Comey: Unbiased Updates, Sept. 25, 2025
A sniper opened fire on an ICE facility in Dallas, killing one detainee, critically injuring two others and leaving a chilling message carved into the shell casings.
Plus, James Comey, once President Donald Trump’s FBI director, is now on the verge of an indictment. Prosecutors are preparing to present the case to a grand jury as early as this week.
And TikTok’s future in America depends on a deal expected to be signed Thursday by Trump. The deal will keep the app operational in the U.S., but at what expense?
These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025.
Dallas attack ‘could have been worse’: ICE director
The fallout continues to grow from the Wednesday shooting at a Dallas U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. Homeland Security has ordered tighter security nationwide, and questions mount over the shooter’s motive.
Authorities said the gunman, 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, fired from a rooftop at dawn, spraying bullets into vehicles outside the ICE field office in Dallas.
The shooter killed one detainee and critically injured two others before he turned the gun on himself.
Investigators recovered ammunition and said one bullet had the message “Anti-ICE” written on it.
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have attempted to tie the shooting to Democrats. Vance described Jahn as a “left-wing extremist.”
On Truth Social, Trump said the shooting is “the result of the radical left Democrats constantly demonizing law enforcement, calling for ICE to be dismantled and comparing ICE officers to ‘nazis.’”
In an interview with CBS News, ICE director Todd Lyons said it was pure luck that more people were not caught in the crossfire.
“The shooter fired indiscriminately into vehicles. The detainees were in the vehicle at the time; they weren’t outside. There was no way he could have known they were in there,” Lyons said. “What’s even scarier is the location where the field office is, there’s businesses around there, busy I-35, you know, it was 6:40 in the morning, people going to school, people going to work. He had a high-powered rifle. He could’ve, in his indiscriminate fire, hit people traveling to work, civilians on the ground.”
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has now ordered additional security at ICE facilities nationwide as the investigation continues.
White House orders agencies to prepare for firings, not furloughs
The White House is warning federal agencies: if the government shuts down next week, don’t expect furloughs; expect firings.
In a memo first reported by Politico, the Office of Management and Budget directed agencies to prepare for mass layoffs in programs that would lose funding and are “not consistent with the president’s priorities.”
That marks a major shift from past shutdowns, when most federal workers were furloughed and eventually returned to their jobs once Congress cut a deal.
The memo advises agencies to revise their plans to retain only the bare minimum staff necessary to fulfill their legally required functions.
Lawmakers have until Wednesday, Oct. 1, to pass a spending bill and avoid a shutdown.
Justice Department prepares indictment against James Comey: Reports
The Justice Department prepares to seek an indictment against former FBI director James Comey, accusing him of providing false testimony to Congress about the FBI’s handling of the Russia investigation.
The case focuses on Comey’s September 2020 testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the probe into possible links between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.
According to multiple reports, prosecutors in Virginia are expected to present the case to a grand jury as early as this week, just days before the five-year statute of limitations expires.
Trump has publicly called for charges against Comey and other political opponents. Just last week, he ousted the U.S. attorney who previously declined to prosecute the case.
He appointed a White House aide as interim U.S. attorney, and the case against Comey was swiftly revived.
Comey has long maintained that his testimony was truthful.
His attorney and Department of Justice officials have not commented.
Italy and Spain send naval ships to protect Gaza aid flotilla
A major escalation in the Gaza flotilla crisis. Both Italy and Spain have dispatched naval ships to protect their citizens on the aid vessels, after organizers claimed drones attacked multiple ships.
The Global Sumud Flotilla is a coalition of over 50 boats that set sail from Barcelona in August, loaded with food and supplies for Gaza. Organizers called it a humanitarian mission to break Israel’s naval blockade. But the voyage has become dangerous, with reports of at least a dozen drone strikes and damaged vessels in the Mediterranean.
Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said his country would send a naval ship to “ensure safe passage and, if needed, rescue our citizens.” About 15 Spaniards are aboard.
On Thursday, Italy deployed a second frigate to support the flotilla.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the strikes but urged activists to provide their help through official channels, calling the mission dangerous and irresponsible.
Israel maintains the flotilla will not be permitted to reach Gaza, asserting it breaches a legal blockade. The government said it’s willing to transfer the aid through its ports, but organizers have rejected that as illegal.
Trump admin to sign off on new TikTok deal today
Trump is expected to approve a new deal Thursday to keep TikTok operational in the U.S., ending months of deadlines and threats that the app could go offline.
Under U.S. law, China-based ByteDance had until Dec. 16 to sell or sever ties with TikTok, or it would lose access to American app stores.
CBS and NBC reported that the administration reached a compromise: ByteDance’s algorithm will be rebuilt, and U.S. tech giant Oracle will oversee Americans’ data, with oversight aimed at securing the app’s code and preventing China from accessing personal information. Oracle will also take an ownership stake in ByteDance.
Officials said the deal meets legal requirements, while critics warned China’s influence over TikTok still presents a national security risk.
NASA launches mission to map the sun’s ‘bubble’
NASA is targeting the sun with three new spacecraft now en route to chart the vast, invisible bubble around our solar system. This region, known as the heliosphere, is a large protective shield formed by solar winds that encases our solar system.
NASA launched its I-MAP mission Wednesday, with help from NOAA and a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, to determine how that shield really works.
Scientists hope I-MAP will explain how the sun generates solar wind, how it interacts with interstellar space and how it can help us improve predictions of solar storms. When those storms hit Earth, they can wreak havoc, knocking out GPS, radio signals and even power grids.
NASA has said that understanding the heliosphere is also vital for someday returning humans to the moon — and eventually to Mars.
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