Fairfax County prosecutor Descano faces DOJ civil rights probe


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Embattled Soros-backed prosecutor Steve Descano is facing scrutiny again, this time for dismissing a Justice Department probe into allegations that he gave favorable deals to illegal immigrants, calling it one of President Donald Trump’s “partisan attacks.”

Jennifer Harrison, head of the Victim Rights Reform Council, responded to Fairfax County, Virginia, Commonwealth’s Attorney Descano’s claim by writing on X, “Hey scumbag … This has NOTHING to do with President Trump and it’s not going to be the fundraising tool you thought it would – no Soros blood money for you today.”

The DOJ opened a “pattern or practice” civil rights investigation into Descano last week, examining whether his office violated federal law by weighing “immigration consequences” in charging decisions and plea deals, amid an ongoing spate of violent crime in Fairfax County involving illegal immigrants.

Victim Rights Reform Council requested that the DOJ launch an investigation on behalf of Cheryl Minter, whose daughter, Stephanie Minter, was fatally stabbed at a bus stop earlier this year, allegedly by Abdul Jalloh, a 32-year-old illegal immigrant from Sierra Leone.

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Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano speaking at an event in Fairfax County Virginia

Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano speaks at an event in Fairfax County, Va. (Sarah Voisin/Getty Images)

Descano responded to the DOJ investigation through spokeswoman Laura Birnbaum, who wrote in a statement that “this investigation is the latest example of the Trump administration’s own ‘pattern or practice’ of misusing the Justice Department to launch partisan attacks.”

Birnbaum said the “DOJ’s letter announcing the investigation distorts the office’s policy,” which she said has “been in place publicly for over five years – and happened to arrive just a week before Commonwealth’s Attorney Descano is set to testify before Congress.”

Descano, whose entry into political office was propelled by a massive $627,653 donation from the Soros family’s Justice and Public Safety PAC, is set to testify before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement on Thursday.

The hearing is titled “Fairfax County, Virginia: The Dangerous Consequences of Sanctuary Policies.” County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid will also testify, along with Minter, former Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, a Republican, and Virginians for Safe Communities President Sean Kennedy.

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Abdul Jalloh and Stephanie Minter shown in separate images

Abdul Jalloh, 32, is accused of killing Stephanie Minter, 41, at a bus stop in Virginia. (Fairfax County Police Department; provided)

Birnbaum insisted, “Our office’s policies are fair, legal, and reflect the values of Fairfax County.”

She said Descano’s office “will not be distracted from our mission of keeping this community safe and holding individuals accountable when they commit crimes.”

In response, Harrison said the civil rights investigation was initiated after a request from a victim’s loved one.

“Hey scumbag – Cheryl Minter, mother of Stephanie filed the complaint that initiated the investigation. I know bc I filed it on her behalf,” wrote Harrison.

She continued, “We are also well aware that your deadly and disastrous policies were in place for quite some time – if not Cheryl’s daughter Stephanie would still be alive which is why we filed the complaint and asked for this investigation.”

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Harmeet K. Dhillon speaks at the IAC National Summit 2026 at The Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Fla., on Jan. 17, 2026. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)

In another X post, Harrison called the victim’s mother “an amazing, brave woman,” writing, “We cannot bring Stephanie back but we can make sure this does not keep happening in her honor.”

Fox News Digital reached out to Descano’s office for comment.

In a press release following Minter’s death, the Department of Homeland Security claimed that Descano’s office had been warned about Jalloh and the danger he posed to the public ahead of Minter’s death.

Last week, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said the investigation into Descano would zero in on his plea bargaining, charging decisions and sentencing policies.

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“Under my leadership, the Civil Rights Division will not allow local prosecutors to pick and choose winners based on their immigration status,” said Dhillon, adding, “This investigation will uncover whether this prosecutor is putting the community at risk in offering sweetheart deals to illegal immigrants charged with serious crimes.”

Fox News Digital also reached out to the DOJ and White House for comment.

Fox News Digital’s Leo Briceno and Ashley Oliver contributed to this report.



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Now public will do ‘cleanliness ranking’ in Uttarakhand, QR codes installed at intersections, scan for direct feedback

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If there is garbage lying in the streets of your locality, drains are running or you feel bad after seeing the condition of public toilets, then just complaining will not help. Now you have a simple and easy way to mirror the system, just scan a QR code and register your request.

Uttarakhand government has made an important change regarding ‘Swachh Survekshan 2025-26’. This time, in deciding the cleanliness ranking of cities, more weight will be given to the opinion of the common man (Citizen Feedback) who passes through the same roads and markets every day, than the inspection reports of government teams.

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‘QR Code’ campaign will start simultaneously in 107 bodies

This feedback campaign will be run simultaneously in all 107 urban bodies (Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayat) of the state. Dehradun Municipal Corporation is leading it. Under this, QR codes will be pasted outside shops in markets, on notice boards of schools, on the walls of government offices and in public places like parks. Any citizen will be able to directly enter his feedback by scanning this code from his smartphone.

No food supply, this time 13 important questions will be asked

In last year’s cleanliness survey, 10 questions were asked to the citizens, but this time this number has been increased to 13. These questions are not just for satiation. Through these, public opinion will be taken on concrete and ground issues like cleanliness of the city, regularity of door-to-door garbage collection, condition of public toilets and functioning of local bodies. That is, if the sweeper comes to your area only twice a week, then you can complain about it directly.

‘Public opinion’ will weigh more than government report in ranking

Till now the ranking of Swachh Survekshan largely depended on the visits and inspections of government teams. But it was often seen that just before government visits, cleaning would be done overnight and later the city would be in the same condition again. This time the policy has been changed to end this ‘game’. Municipal bodies clearly say that this time only citizen feedback will reveal the real picture of a city. The more people give feedback, the more accurate the ranking assessment will be.

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This Swachh Survekshan is not just a competition. Its results decide which city will get the award for cleanliness from the central government and additional budget for the development of the city. Therefore, a small feedback from citizens can change the fate of their city.

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Repeatedly flashing others at a park is how you turn underwear hikes into an indecent exposure arrest


Going for hikes around a park in your underwear is bizarre. Dropping your underwear to flash people and commit lewd acts in front of them is criminal.

That’s what the Louisville Metro Police Department in Kentucky is accusing Gregory Mack, 59, of doing on at least two occasions at Cherokee Park. They reached out for the public’s help after a witness took a picture of the man.

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The pictures taken by multiple witnesses of a man in his underwear at the park led to Mack’s arrest on Friday after police received anonymous tips. WHAS 11 reported that court documents allege that at least two incidents were reported to authorities.

One of the two reported incidents that took place occurred in late April when a man was seen by two victims sitting on a park bench with his underwear around his ankles “manually stimulating himself as they walked past.”

The second of the two alleged incidents happened on May 4 in front of a woman and a 5-year-old child who were in the park photographing an owl’s nest. Police say a man once again flashed the victims before touching himself.

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The pictures taken by the witnesses helped investigators identify the underwear-wearing hiker who allegedly has a hard time keeping his underwear on.

A man walking barefoot through a natural outdoor setting.

A Louisville man spotted in a park in his underwear has been arrested after being accused of repeatedly exposing himself to others. (Getty)

Mack was arrested and charged with first-degree indecent exposure and second-degree indecent exposure. WHAS 11 reported that he was given a $2,500 bond.

I don’t know if there are any scientific studies regarding the benefits of walking around parks in your underwear, but it’s for sure a good idea to refrain from the activity.

Also, no matter what you’re wearing, keeping everything out of view of others is an even better idea, especially at the park. People are trying to enjoy nature. They don’t want a guy in his underwear whipping it out all over the place.

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Hackers Used AI to Develop First Known Zero-Day 2FA Bypass for Mass Exploitation

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Zero-Day 2FA Bypass for Mass Exploitation

Google on Monday disclosed that it identified an unknown threat actor using a zero-day exploit that it said was likely developed with an artificial intelligence (AI) system, marking the first time the technology has been put to use in the wild in a malicious context for vulnerability discovery and exploit generation.

The activity is said to be the work of cybercrime threat actors who appear to have collaborated together to plan what the tech giant described as a “mass vulnerability exploitation operation.”

“Our analysis of exploits associated with this campaign identified a zero-day vulnerability implemented in a Python script that enables the user to bypass two-factor authentication (2FA) on a popular open-source, web-based system administration tool,” Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) said in a report shared with The Hacker News.

The tech giant said it worked with the impacted vendor to responsibly disclose the flaw and get it fixed in order to proactively disrupt the activity. It did not disclose the name of the tool.

Although there is no evidence to suggest that Google’s Gemini AI tool was used to aid the threat actors, GTIG assessed with high confidence that an AI model was weaponized to facilitate the discovery and weaponization of the flaw via a Python script that featured all hallmarks typically associated with large language model (LLM)-generated code.

“For example, the script contains an abundance of educational docstrings, including a hallucinated CVSS score, and uses a structured, textbook Pythonic format highly characteristic of LLMs training data (e.g., detailed help menus and the clean _C ANSI color class),” GTIG added.

The vulnerability, described as a 2FA bypass, requires valid user credentials for exploitation. It stems from a high-level semantic logic flaw arising as a result of a hard-coded trust assumption, something LLMs excel at spotting.

“AI is already accelerating vulnerability discovery, reducing the effort needed to identify, validate, and weaponize flaws,” Ryan Dewhurst, watchTowr’s Head of Threat Intelligence, told The Hacker News in a statement. “This is today’s reality: discovery, weaponization, and exploitation are faster. We’re not heading toward compressed timelines; we’ve been watching the timelines compress for years. There is no mercy from attackers, and defenders don’t get to opt out.” 

The development comes as AI is not only acting as a force multiplier for vulnerability disclosure and abuse, but is also enabling attackers to develop polymorphic malware and conduct autonomous malware operations, as observed in the case of PromptSpy, an Android malware that abuses Gemini to analyze the current screen and provide it with instructions to pin the malicious app in the recent apps list.

Further investigation of the backdoor has uncovered a broader set of capabilities to allow the malware to navigate the Android user interface and autonomously monitor and interpret real-time user activity to determine the next course of action using an autonomous agent module.

PromptSpy is also equipped to capture victim biometric data to replay authentication gestures, such as a lock screen PIN or a pattern, to regain access to a compromised device. On top of that, it’s capable of preventing uninstallation by making use of an “AppProtectionDetector” module that identifies the on-screen coordinates of the “Uninstall” button and serves an invisible overlay just over the button to block a victim’s touch events and give the impression that the button is unresponsive.

“While PromptSpy initializes using hardcoded default infrastructure and credentials, the malware is designed with high operational resilience, allowing adversaries to rotate critical components at runtime without redeploying the PromptSpy payload,” Google said.

“Specifically, the malware’s command-and-control (C2) infrastructure, including the Gemini API keys and the VNC relay server, can be updated dynamically via the C2 channel. This configuration model demonstrates the developers anticipated defensive countermeasures and engineered the backdoor to maintain presence even if specific infrastructure endpoints are identified and blocked by defenders.”

Google said it took steps against PromptSpy by disabling all assets related to the malicious activity. No apps containing the malware have been discovered on the Play Store. Some other cases of Gemini-specific abuse spotted by Google are listed below –

  • A suspected China-nexus cyber espionage group dubbed UNC2814 prompted Gemini by asking it to assume the role of a network security expert to trigger persona-driven jailbreaking and support vulnerability research into embedded device targets, including TP-Link firmware and Odette File Transfer Protocol (OFTP) implementations.
  • The North Korean threat actor known as APT45 (aka Andariel and Onyx Sleet) sent “thousands of repetitive prompts” that recursively analyze different CVEs and validate proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits.
  • A Chinese hacking group known as APT27 leveraged Gemini to speed up the development of a fleet management application with an aim to likely manage an operational relay box (ORB) network.
  • A cluster of Russia-nexus intrusion activity targeted Ukrainian organizations to deliver AI-enabled malware dubbed CANFAIL and LONGSTREAM, both of which use LLM-generated decoy code to conceal their malicious functionality.

Threat actors have also been found experimenting with a specialized GitHub repository named “wooyun-legacy” that’s designed as a Claude code skill plugin featuring over 5,000 real-world vulnerability cases collected by the Chinese vulnerability disclosure platform WooYun between 2010 and 2016.

“By priming the model with vulnerability data, it facilitates in-context learning to steer the model to approach code analysis like a seasoned expert and identify logic flaws that the base model might otherwise fail to prioritize,” Google explained.

Elsewhere, a suspected China-aligned threat actor is said to have deployed agentic tools like Hexstrike AI and Strix in an attack targeting a Japanese technology firm and a major East Asian cybersecurity platform to conduct automated discovery with minimal human oversight.

Google also said it continues to see information operations (IO) actors from Russia, Iran, China, and Saudi Arabia using AI for common productivity tasks like research, content creation, and localization, even as it called out China-affiliated threat activity from UNC6201 that involved the use of a publicly available Python script to automatically register and immediately cancel premium LLM accounts.

“This process highlights the methods adversaries leverage to procure high-tier AI capabilities at scale while insulating their malicious activity from account bans,” GTIG pointed out.

“Threat actors now pursue anonymized, premium-tier access to models through professionalized middleware and automated registration pipelines to illicitly bypass usage limits. This infrastructure enables large-scale misuse of services while subsidizing operations through trial abuse and programmatic account cycling.”

Another China-linked activity flagged by Google originates from UNC5673 (aka TEMP.Hex), which has employed various publicly available commercial tools and GitHub projects to likely facilitate scalable LLM abuse.

The findings overlap with recent reports about a thriving grey market of API relay platforms that allow local developers in China to illicitly access Anthropic Claude and Gemini. These relay or transfer stations route access to these AI models through proxy servers that are hosted outside mainland China. The services are advertised on Chinese online marketplaces Taobao and Xianyu.

In a study published in March 2026, academics from the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security found 17 shadow APIs that claim to provide access to official model services without regional limitations via indirect access. A performance evaluation of these services uncovered evidence of model substitution, exposing AI applications to unintended safety risks.

“On high-risk medical benchmarks like MedQA, the accuracy of the Gemini-2.5-flash model drops precipitously, from 83.82% with the official API to approximately 37.00% across all examined shadow APIs,” the researchers said in the paper.

What’s more, the proxy services can capture every prompt and response that passes through their servers, providing the operators with unlawful access to a goldmine of data that could then be used for fine-tuning models and conducting illicit knowledge distillation

In recent months, AI environments have also become the target of adversaries like TeamPCP (aka UNC6780), exposing developers to supply chain attacks and enabling attackers to burrow deeper into compromised networks for follow-on exploitation.

“For example, threat actors with access to an organization’s AI systems could leverage internal models and tools to identify, collect, and exfiltrate sensitive information at scale or perform reconnaissance tasks to move deeper within a network,” Google said. “While the level of access and particular use depends heavily on the organization and the specific compromised dependency, this case study demonstrates the broadened landscape of software supply chain threats to AI systems.”



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Fox and NFL partnership shows no tension, Lachlan Murdoch says, as network adds historic Sunday to schedule


Lachlan Murdoch, the executive chairman and CEO of Fox, announced on an earnings call Monday morning that Fox will televise an NFL tripleheader this coming season which is a broadcast television first.

The tripleheader will begin with an early morning (on the east coast of the United States) game in Munich that will feature the Detroit Lions and a team that will be announced on Thursday, and proceed with another game in the 1 p.m. window and then another game in the 4 p.m. window.

Yes, that’s a lot of NFL football of Fox in Week 10 of the upcoming season.

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A Fox Sports cameraman operates a broadcast camera during the NFL game between the Carolina Panthers and the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga., on Nov. 16, 2025. (Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire)

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“The NFL has been a key partner with Fox for more than 30 years in what is a mutually beneficial relationship,” Murdoch said on the call. “To underscore this relationship with the NFL, yesterday, Fox acquired rights to two additional NFL games in national windows for this coming season.

‘The first will appear in Week 10. They’re both national games … That’ll give us, I think it’s the overseas game from Munich. That’ll give us a tripleheader that Sunday, which I think will be the first tripleheader on broadcast TV in history.”

Murdoch said the second game Fox has acquired will be telecast on a Saturday in Week 15.

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The additional games for the network speak for themselves, but Murdoch and Chief Financial Officer Steve Tomsic were asked about possible tension between Fox and the NFL and whether the media giant expects the league to try to renegotiate its current contract in the wake of various media reports.

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Fox Sports broadcast team Tom Brady, Tom Rinaldi, Kevin Burkhardt, Erin Andrews, and Dean Blandino pose before the NFL game between the Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys at Soldier Field in Chicago, Ill., on Sept. 21, 2025. (Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images)

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Murdoch pushed back, saying there have been no “substantive talks” about renegotiating the contract that has four years remaining.

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 “I think the important note to take here, and this goes to your second question, is there is no tension really with the NFL,” he said. “We’re partners for 30 years. We’re looking forward to being partners for the next 30 years. You know, as we’ve noted before, we have four years left on our current deal.

“We’ve read the speculation that the NFL would like to renegotiate and extend the current deal or the current deals that are in the marketplace, but we’ve had no substantive discussions with the NFL about that. It’s hard apart from what we’ve read in the press around speculation around that. I wouldn’t want to add to that speculation at all.”

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Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch are pictured together. (FOX Corp.)

Murdoch, indeed, wants the relationship with the NFL to continue to bloom if the environment allows.

“…We’d like to sort of broaden and deepen our relationship with the NFL, but we’ll only do so in a disciplined way,” he said. “You know, really takes some, creates value for a long-term shareholder value for our shareholders.”

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Tampa police make 22 arrests after chaotic teen takeover at city park


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Florida authorities arrested nearly two dozen individuals after yet another viral teen takeover turned chaotic over the weekend.

The incident unfolded in the area of Curtis Hixon Park in Tampa on Friday night, where the rowdy group caused “significant disruptions, fights, and other issues in the park and surrounding areas,” according to the Tampa Police Department.

Officers were subsequently dispatched to the scene, and the department deployed air patrols to monitor the youngsters, with body camera footage showing the chaotic moment police officers rushed onto the scene and began making arrests. 

“This type of reckless and criminal behavior will not be tolerated in our city,” Chief Lee Bercaw said in a statement. “What began as a large gathering quickly escalated into disorder and activity that placed others at risk.”

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Authorities arresting individuals at Curtis Hixon Park in Tampa Florida

Authorities arrested 22 individuals during a teen takeover at Curtis Hixon Park in Tampa, Fla., on May 8, 2026. (Tampa Police Department)

The incident led to 22 individuals between the ages of 12 and 21 years old being taken into custody, with only four of the arrestees over the age of 18, police said.

Police officers making arrests at a teen takeover event in Tampa, Florida

Police officers responded to a teen takeover in Tampa, Florida, on May 8, 2026, deploying air patrols and making arrests to control the situation. (Tampa Police Department)

The arrests were on various charges, including affray, possession of narcotics, resisting without violence and unlawful possession of a weapon, according to the Tampa Police Department. 

Group of teenagers detained by police officers in Tampa Florida

Police in Tampa, Florida, took 22 individuals aged 12 to 21 into custody during an incident, with four of the arrestees over 18, authorities said. (Tampa Police Department)

Authorities also seized two firearms and one vehicle from the scene.

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Parents need to know where their children are and who they are with,” Bercaw added. “Unfortunately, the poor decisions made by these 22 individuals last night could have lasting consequences that follow them well into adulthood.” 

Fox News Digital reached out to the Tampa Police Department for comment.



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