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The siblings of late worship leader Mica Miller are sharing new details about what they describe as a painful and troubling marriage, claiming her estranged husband, South Carolina pastor John-Paul “JP” Miller, arranged for her to be involuntarily committed to a mental health facility.

The allegation is explored by Mica’s family in “Death of the Pastor’s Wife,” Netflix’s three-part true-crime documentary series that debuted Wednesday. The program examines Mica Miller’s life, her relationship with JP Miller and her death in April 2024, which investigators determined was a suicide.

According to Mica’s relatives, the alleged hospitalization was not an isolated incident but part of what they characterize as a wider pattern of coercive control within the marriage.

Her final hospitalization was involuntary, the siblings allege. They claim Miller contacted a mental-health facility and initiated the admission against his wife’s wishes.

According to her siblings, Mica was diagnosed with bipolar disorder while she was engaged to Miller, who reportedly took an active role in overseeing her care. They claim she was hospitalized multiple times during the relationship, including shortly before the couple married in 2017.

In a handwritten affidavit accompanying her divorce filing reviewed by News Media, Mica alleged that she had been abused “emotionally, sexually, spiritually, financially, and physically.”

The family further said that while Mica was hospitalized, Miller took possession of her vehicle, phone and laptop. Her siblings said the computer contained intimate photographs of her. Mica later reported the alleged incident to police, according to the Netflix series.

Miller reportedly declined to participate in the documentary. News Media has reached out to his attorneys for comment.

The documentary relies on interviews with Mica’s relatives, friends, former Solid Rock Church members and divorce attorney, the streaming platform said.

Mica, 30, was found dead at Lumber River State Park in North Carolina on April 27, 2024, two days after serving Miller with divorce papers.

The Robeson County Sheriff’s Office concluded that she died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and closed its investigation. Miller has denied involvement in her death and has not been charged in connection with it.

He is, however, facing an unrelated federal prosecution over his alleged conduct toward Mica before her death.

A federal grand jury indicted Miller in December 2025 on charges of cyberstalking and making false statements to investigators, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina on Dec. 18, 2025.

Prosecutors allege that he posted a nude photograph of Mica online without her consent, had tracking devices placed on her vehicle, contacted her more than 50 times in one day, interfered with her finances and damaged her tires.

Miller’s alleged cyberstalking put his wife in “reasonable fear of death and serious bodily injury,” according to the federal indictment, which added that his conduct “would be reasonably expected to cause [Mica Miller] substantial emotional distress.”

Federal authorities say that Miller also lied to investigators when he was questioned about damaging Mica’s tires. Investigators later found that Miller purchased a tire-deflation device online and sent messages to others referencing her vehicle, according to the indictment.

If convicted, Miller could face a maximum sentence of five years in prison on the cyberstalking charge and two years for making false statements, along with fines of up to $250,000. Miller pleaded not guilty and remains free on a $100,000 bond.

Mica’s relatives are also supporting a proposed South Carolina legislation, Bill 702, known as “Mica’s Law.”

The legislation would recognize coercive control, including sustained psychological, emotional and financial manipulation, within the state’s domestic-violence laws. The bill was referred to the state Senate Judiciary Committee but did not advance during the 2026 legislative session.

Fans of Landman may want to settle in, because the wait for fresh episodes is shaping up to be a long one.

Taylor Sheridan’s breakout Paramount+ drama has quickly grown into one of the platform’s most-watched titles, anchored by Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris, a hard-charging West Texas landman juggling the volatility of the oil industry with the constant turbulence of his own family life.

That mix has helped make Landman one of Sheridan’s most addictive series. It delivers the gritty, high-pressure storytelling viewers expect from his TV universe, but it also leans into an unexpectedly sharp comic streak. In one scene, Tommy might be scrambling to contain a disaster in the oil patch; in the next, he is caught in a wildly absurd argument with someone at home.

Audiences have clearly responded. Season 2 turned into a record-breaking success for Paramount+, prompting the streamer to bring Landman back for Season 3. The catch, however, is that the next chapter does not appear to be coming anytime soon.

Season 2 wrapped on January 18, 2026, and although some fans had hoped the series might return before the year was over, that now seems highly unlikely. James Jordan, who plays Dale, recently shared a production update that strongly suggests Landman Season 3 will not premiere in 2026.

“I believe we’re bringing back the same director, Stephen Kay, who I adore. So it’s going to be a great ride. We start that sometime in September and we’ll shoot that through the first quarter of next year,” Jordan told Us Weekly.

That’s a pretty clear indication that Landman is going to be a 2027 show. There still isn’t an official premiere date from Paramount+, but if production runs through the first quarter of next year, fans should probably be thinking about the middle or latter part of 2027 rather than holding out hope for a surprise return this year.

And there’s plenty waiting for Tommy whenever the show does come back.

Season 2 ended with Tommy officially breaking away from M-Tex after Cami Miller (Demi Moore) fired him. Rather than simply find another job, he decided to take a much bigger gamble and start his own oil company, CTT Oil Exploration and Cattle, with his son Cooper (Jacob Lofland) serving as president. Tommy also brought several familiar faces into the new operation, including T.L., Dale, Rebecca, Nate, Boss and Ariana.

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Of course, Tommy’s shiny new business comes with a pretty significant catch: Gallino (Andy Garcia) is backing it.

That means Tommy may have escaped M-Tex, but he’s hardly free of trouble. Gallino has a lot of money riding on the new company, and he made it very clear that Tommy will pay a steep price if the venture fails.

Cooper also ended the season in a much better place than it initially looked like he would. After killing the man who attacked Ariana, he was facing the possibility of a murder charge. Rebecca stepped in to help, and Tommy eventually convinced the authorities to leave Cooper alone after it became clear that the attacker had died from a heart attack rather than the injuries Cooper inflicted.

By the end of the finale, the Norris family had somehow gone from Tommy losing his job to launching an entirely new oil company. Not a bad turnaround for a single episode.

There’s also a nice bit of irony to where Season 2 leaves things. Tommy spends much of the season worrying about everything that could go wrong, only to finish the finale surrounded by his family and longtime colleagues, with a new business and a fresh start in front of him.

But this is Landman, so nobody should expect that good fortune to last forever.

For now, fans will just have to wait. Season 3 is coming, but with production stretching into 2027, 2026 is officially off the table. And considering the mess Tommy, Cooper and the rest of the Norris clan have created for themselves, the wait might be frustrating — but there’s a pretty good chance it’ll be worth it.

In a significant development during Donald Trump’s second term, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported the arrest of nearly 50,000 migrants in July, marking a notable increase in enforcement activity.

ICE data shared with the University of California, Berkeley, revealed that immigration authorities made 49,571 arrests, representing a 15% uptick from the 43,021 detainments in June and a staggering 70% surge since February.

Texas and Florida were standout states, contributing nearly 20,000 detainees to July’s figures. According to PBS News, in the month preceding Trump’s return to the presidency, ICE arrests stood at around 8,000.

This spike in arrests is attributed to ICE’s aggressive recruitment efforts. The agency bolstered its workforce to approximately 29,000 by June, a significant rise from the 21,000 employees when Trump resumed office in January 2025, as reported by the New York Times.

Additionally, ICE has ramped up a program that enlists local police forces to assist in immigrant arrests. These collaborations now account for about 14% of ICE’s nationwide arrest operations.

Florida has credited the program with 15,000 arrests, while Texas says local officers have made another 10,000 on behalf of ICE. In smaller states, such as Wyoming and West Virginia, it accounts for more than half of all ICE arrests. 

The latest data dump has seen arrests double in two Democratic-led states, New Mexico and New Jersey, even as both states passed laws earlier this year restricting state officials from cooperating with ICE. Sparsely populated states such as Vermont and Montana also saw their arrest numbers double.

Trump has poured billions in new funding into ICE through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and expanded contracts with firms such as Palantir to assist with immigration and border enforcement. 

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin promised to shift the administration’s approach to mass deportations, telling senators at his confirmation hearing that he intended to focus on arresting criminal migrants, ‘the worse of the worse.’

However, most immigrants ICE arrested last month had no criminal charge or conviction, and fewer than 4 percent had a past violent conviction, according to the data.

The former Oklahoma senator took over from Kristi Noem, whom Trump fired roughly six weeks after DHS agents shot and killed two American citizens during immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis.

The data itself has become contested because Marc Rosenblum, the official in charge of publishing information on immigration arrests and deportations, resigned in late July after a decade at DHS, citing a ‘challenging and often hostile work environment.’

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His office grew to 45 people under Biden and has been downsized under the second Trump administration, according to multiple reports.

ICE released no detention or deportation figures between April 9 and July 24, missing multiple semimonthly reports that typically cover arrests, detentions and removals.

Trump began his second term with immigration as his strongest issue, riding four years of Republican fury over what the party called an open border under Joe Biden. 

But 19 months into his second White House stint, his standing on the issue has collapsed. 

An Economist/YouGov poll conducted in August found 53 percent disapprove, a net rating of minus 13, down from plus 11 at the start of his second term. 

A separate AP survey released earlier this month put him at 39 percent approval and 58 percent disapproval on immigration. 

Mullin has also drawn fire from the right, where hardliners accuse him of going soft on immigration enforcement. 

Former Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino argued the secretary was undermining mass deportations during a recent interview with Tucker Carlson.

Right-wing figures such as, Laura Loomer and Steve Bannon, have also piled on after Mullin said the claim that immigrants steal American jobs holds in some industries but not all. 

Immigration and the cost of living are among several issues dogging Republicans as they head into a midterm election that could cost them their majorities in both chambers of Congress. 

The surge in ICE arrests comes after Border Patrol has recorded fewer than 10,000 encounters a month at the southwestern border since February 2025. 

Their numbers represent the lowest totals in more than 25 years of available monthly data, according to a Pew Research Center. 

Fresh questions are swirling around the mysterious 2020 death of Georgia resident Natalie Jones, especially in light of a negative toxicology report, the discovery of several missing teeth, and the curious positioning of her car’s driver’s seat.

Titled “The Truth About Natalie,” a gripping six-part series from Audiochuck delves into the 27-year-old’s life before she vanished, the puzzling circumstances of her death, and looks closely at the debatable overdose scenario.

The podcast blends evidence from case files, crime scene details, revealing interviews from Natalie’s family and a dedicated volunteer advocate, as well as independent forensic examinations.

Elaine Gordon, Natalie’s mother, recounted to News Media the difficult interactions with investigators, saying that a detective accused her of interference as she persistently sought the truth about her daughter’s fate.

“What did they expect me to do, sit at home and be quiet? And I still want somebody to answer this for me: How do we even know Natalie left that lake house in the first place?” Gordon told News Media.

Gordon also questioned whether investigators thoroughly interviewed everyone connected to her daughter’s final hours.

The final text

Jones disappeared after reportedly leaving a friend’s lake house in Jackson’s Gap, Alabama, on July 4, 2020, in a bright pink 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier. She planned to drive home to Heard County, Georgia.

At 12:52 a.m. the following morning, her phone sent its last outgoing text to the mother of a former boyfriend.

“I made it. Thanks.”

The message did not indicate where Jones had arrived.

Cellphone data reviewed in the podcast indicated that on July 5, Jones’ phone connected with towers across Heard County in a scattered pattern, including on the opposite side of the county from her home. Cellular activity stopped shortly after 5 a.m.

Later that morning, Jones failed to arrive at her sister’s home to babysit her children, prompting the family to contact police.

Nearly three months passed without answers. Then, in October 2020, a property owner’s nephew discovered Jones’ vehicle off Roosterville Road in rural Heard County, covered in thick vegetation.

Heard County Sheriff’s Office deputies found Jones deceased in the driver’s seat, slumped toward the driver’s side door, wearing the same clothes she had worn to the gathering. Her body showed advanced decomposition and partial mummification.

The medical examiner could not determine Jones’ cause or manner of death.

Questions inside the car

Although investigators said they found no evidence of foul play, the podcast highlighted several details that left Jones’ family scrambling for answers.

Crime-scene photos showed the driver’s seat reclined and pushed farther back than Jones, who stood 5 feet, 5 inches tall, would have kept it. Strands of her hair were wedged along the driver-side door jamb, and the vehicle’s trunk had been popped open.

Jones’ cellphone, rhinestone sandals, belt and white sunglasses were unaccounted for. Several of her teeth were also missing.

Investigators found a small bag inside the car, possibly containing methamphetamine, but the GBI Crime Lab recovered no fingerprints from it. Jones’ toxicology screening came back negative for drugs.

Family seeks new review

In 2021, family advocate Jennifer Peterson petitioned the Heard County Superior Court to impanel a special grand jury to examine Jones’ death, including the possible involvement of a former boyfriend who had been identified as a person of interest, but never charged in the case.

In 2022, the district attorney told Peterson that the case was being closed.

“We have raised serious questions, inconsistencies and concerns, and too often it feels like they are dismissed, minimized or ignored,” Peterson told News Media.

By 2023, law enforcement and the district attorney’s office had stopped responding to her, Peterson said.

“At some point, you have to ask, ‘Who polices the police?’ And what does it take for someone with the authority to simply say, ‘I’ll listen, I’ll look at it, and I’ll help?’ We are still waiting for that person. Hopefully, someone can help us.”

Peterson contacted Audiochuck podcast host Sean Kipe in March 2023.

“What bothers me most is that authorities pushed an accidental overdose theory even though Natalie’s toxicology report came back completely clean,” Kipe told News Media.

“Combining that negative drug test with missing evidence like her phone, shoes and teeth makes it nearly impossible to accept the official explanation.”

Kipe said Heard County authorities have not contacted him since the podcast’s release. He added, however, that several law enforcement officers from the area reached out to him with doubts about the overdose theory.

The Heard County Sheriff’s Office told News Media that investigators are still seeking leads in the case and that if “anything comes in, we will be glad to run it down.”

The Heard County DA’s Office referred the inquiry to the West Georgia Judicial Circuit DA’s Office, which was not immediately available for comment.

“My ultimate hope is to bring Natalie’s mother and children the closure they deserve after years of unanswered questions,” Kipe said.

“By sharing this story with a wide audience, we want to compel authorities to reopen the investigation into Natalie’s death and encourage anyone with information about the case to come forward.”

For Gordon, the podcast also offers an opportunity to show listeners who her daughter was beyond the unanswered questions surrounding her death.

“I want everybody to know how loved Natalie was and how much she loved her boys, Trent and Isaac. She wanted a better life for the three of them,” Gordon said. “She was excited about her future.”

Gordon said that before she disappeared, Jones had bought land and was planning to build a home there for her two young sons. She also had plans to attend college.

The first three episodes of “The Truth About Natalie” are available now, with new episodes released each Monday.

In a political move that’s stirring significant controversy, Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has directed a racially charged comment at Second Lady Usha Vance. This action appears to be backfiring, potentially alienating Michigan’s 130,000 Indian-American voters along with crucial female constituents, sources revealed to The Post.

The ill-advised remark showcases El-Sayed’s vulnerabilities, according to a GOP source. The insider criticized the anti-Israel Democrat for targeting women to project toughness. El-Sayed’s controversial post on platform X questioned, “So do we think JD is taking Usha with him back in time to meet Papaw, or no …”

“I believe Abdul suffers from a Napoleon complex, choosing to victimize women to seem formidable, rather than confronting the men he professes to challenge,” the insider conveyed to The Post.

While JD Vance has yet to respond directly to the remark aimed at his wife, strategists expect him to address it head-on. Vance is scheduled to campaign in Michigan’s 10th Congressional District near Detroit on Monday, where insiders anticipate a strong rebuttal to El-Sayed’s comments.

State GOP party co-chair Sunny Reddy expressed confidence that Vance will adopt an assertive stance, telling The Post, “He’s definitely going to come out swinging. Expect a significant response from the community,” Reddy added.

The swing state ranks third nationally in female voter participation, with 69% of women turning out, according to Census Bureau data, about 10 points above the national average.

Republicans see an opportunity to try to peel away South Asian voters from El-Sayed, whose parents are Egyptian immigrants, in a race that pits him against former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.).

El-Sayed leads Rogers by less than a percentage point in the RealClearPolitics average.

Michigan state GOP chair Reddy said family members should be off limits.

“We may have differences. We attack each other. But going to the family and the kids is a disaster,” he fumed. “They are not the one running.”

Reddy predicted it would hurt El-Sayed with middle-aged women, Indian-Americans, and other ethnic groups, and slammed him for dragging Usha’s recent pregnancy into his attacks.

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“Enough is enough,” he said, adding that the party is already working to put El-Sayed’s comments into an ad. The state party and Indian-American leaders demanded Friday that El-Sayed apologize.

Reddy was referencing another crude El-Sayed remark that brought up Usha – this one during the candidate’s April appearance on “The Allen Analysis Show” podcast. “What do you think is going through Usha’s head when [JD Vance] talks? She’s like, ‘Damn, I have to sleep with him,’” he said. “I guess she’s pregnant so something is happening.”

The nasty attack, which relates to the vice president’s late father James Lee Vance, known as “Pawpaw,” ultimately fell flat on its face as Vance deftly neutralized the smear.

She told Fox News in an interview last week she “kind of laughed” when she heard it – but then punctured the attack by saying how “incredibly loving” his children were to her and that the late Pawpaw would have done the same.

Vance invoked his Pawpaw on a trip to Ohio last Friday when he accused El-Sayed of saying if you criticize Sharia law “you’re a white supremacist.”

Pawpaw features prominently in Vance’s autobiography, “Hillbilly Elegy,” where Vance called it “one of the great regrets of my life that Mamaw and Papaw never met” Usha.

The Post reached out to El-Sayed’s campaign for comment.

The Usha flap comes as El-Sayed is trying to insulate himself against critics from within his own party demanding he end his association with Hasan Piker, who is accused of antisemitism and said “America deserved 9/11.” He appeared with Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a prominent Jewish House member, and Debbie Dingell (D-Mich) in Ann Arbor Thursday.

“Don’t any reporter ask me again about Hasan Piker,” Dingell told a crowd of supporters. “It’s not what November is about.”

Former Bill Clinton advisor James Carville wasn’t so willing to side-step the issue in a race that has El-Sayed leading by less than a percentage point in the RealClearPolitics average.

“I find this guy [El-Sayed] to be really, really troubling. I think he’d do himself some good if he made very clear the specific things that Hasan Piker said that he disagrees with, because I gotta tell you, they make me really, really uncomfortable,” Carville said on his “Politics War Room” podcast.