US Attorney Alina Habba announces Rep. McIver hit with federal charges over Newark ICE clash
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) was hit with a federal indictment for allegedly obstructing Homeland Security agents during the May 9 incident outside a Newark immigration detention facility in a move her attorneys call political payback. U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced the three-count indictment, charging McIver with forcibly impeding federal officers during the attempted arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka at the Delaney Hall immigration facility. According to a DOJ press release, McIver and two other members of Congress were conducting a congressional oversight visit that coincided with an immigration protest. After Baraka entered the facility’s secured area, federal agents warned him to leave. WHITE HOUSE HITS BACK AT DEM MAYOR SUING US ATTORNEY AFTER ICE ARREST: ‘DESPERATE ATTEMPT’ When officers tried to arrest him, McIver allegedly blocked them, putting her arms around the mayor, and “slammed her forearm” into one officer while grabbing another. Each of the first two counts carries a maximum eight-year prison sentence. The third carries up to one year. NEWARK MAYOR SUES INTERIM US ATTORNEY FOR FALSE ARREST, MALICIOUS PROSECUTION In a statement on X, Habba said: “While people are free to express their views… they must not do so in a manner that endangers law enforcement.” McIver’s attorney, Paul Fishman, dismissed the case as political in a statement given to Fox News: “This prosecution is political retaliation against a dedicated public servant… We fully expect the Congresswoman’s exoneration.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The preliminary hearing scheduled for Tuesday was canceled. An arraignment is expected within two weeks.
Fetterman emerges as Dems’ ‘voice of reason’ as LA burns, conservatives say
Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman has once again emerged as the his party’s “voice of reason” after he denounced the Los Angeles riots for their “anarchy and true chaos” and Democratic colleagues attempt to characterize the anti-ICE riots as “peaceful protests.” “John Fetterman is once again a voice of reason within the Democrat party,” University of Pennsylvania grad Eyal Yakoby, who has frequently spoken to the media about antisemitism on college campuses since 2023, posted to X Monday. Fetterman issued a strong message on X Monday evening denouncing the riots in Los Angeles and included a now-infamous photo showing a rioter standing on a car while waving the Mexican flag surrounded by raging flames. “I unapologetically stand for free speech, peaceful demonstrations, and immigration—but this is not that,” Fetterman posted. “This is anarchy and true chaos. My party loses the moral high ground when we refuse to condemn setting cars on fire, destroying buildings, and assaulting law enforcement.” FETTERMAN CALLS OUT ‘ANARCHY’ IN LA, NOTING THAT DEMS FORFEIT ‘MORAL HIGH GROUND’ BY FAILING TO DECRY VIOLENCE The message received strong support among conservatives who have balked at Democrats attempting to portray the riots as peaceful and only turning violent and chaotic when President Donald Trump activated the National Guard over the weekend. FETTERMAN DEFIES ‘PUNITIVE’ PUNISHMENT FOR BREAKING WITH DEMOCRATIC PARTY DURING BIPARTISAN DISCUSSION “We conservatives were wrong about John Fetterman,” one social media commenter posted, referring to how conservatives were quick to denounce Fetterman’s 2022 Senate run. “He seems to be the only voice of reason on the left at this point.” “You are welcome to come to the winning side like the rest of us…” comedian Rosenne Barr responded. “He is 💯 correct. As I have always said, anyone who engages in this type of conduct, whether in LA, in Minneapolis, in Portland, or on January 6th should be arrested and prosecuted,” New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler responded. “Causing violence, physical damage or harm is unacceptable and cannot be tolerated.” “Why aren’t more democrats saying this?” Republican Minnesota politician Joe Teirab posted. “To me, this is obvious and common sense.” “Senator John Fetterman should lead the Democrat party,” another account posted. FETTERMAN BREAKS RANKS, PRAISES TRUMP’S MIDDLE EAST POLICIES: ‘DID THE RIGHT THING’ “Sen. Fetterman appears to be the only prominent Democrat to denounce the rioting. Everybody else is as quiet as a mouse (or as a clenched fist). Didn’t they tell us that ‘Silence is Violence’?” another wrote. “True,” former Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker posted in response to Fetterman’s message. “Once again, my friend @JohnFetterman is simply telling the truth,” Republican Alabama Sen. Katie Britt posted in response. This is far from the first time Fetterman has found himself being praised by conservatives and typical critics of the Democratic Party. Fetterman was among a handful of Democrats to denounce anti-Israel protests that took over college campuses after war broke out in Israel in 2023. He praised Trump for ending the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran and re-imposing sanctions against the nation in 2018. KNIVES OUT FOR FETTERMAN: MAVERICK SENATOR JOINS LONG LINE OF DEMS PUNISHED FOR BREAKING FROM LEFT FETTERMAN CALLS OUT ‘ABSOLUTELY ABSURD’ PANDERING TO FAR-LEFT DEMOCRATS Fetterman was vocal about Democratic missteps during the 2024 presidential election, remarking in the lead-up to Election Day that Trump support in the Keystone State was “astonishing” and condemning Democrats who slammed Trump as a “fascist” after the election. Conservatives are praising Fetterman as the Democrats navigate their future after a disastrous 2024 election cycle that saw Joe Biden exiting the race with just over 100 days left in the cycle and Kamala Harris launching a truncated presidential campaign that failed to rally support against Trump’s bid. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Fox News Digital reached out to Fetterman’s office for additional comment on the matter but did not immediately receive a reply.
Newsom addresses Trump’s threat to arrest him as the two spar over LA riot response: ‘Point of no return’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said he has crafted a plan in the event the Trump administration arrests him after he and President Donald Trump went head-to-head over the handling of the immigration protests in Los Angeles. Newsom said he and his team have “processed” what it would mean for him if the Trump administration secured a federal warrant for his arrest, Newsom said in an interview with the “Pod Save America” podcast hosted by former Obama administration officials that aired Monday night. “What’s so absurd about that question is I’ve actually thought about it,” Newsom said when asked about preparations in the event authorities take him into custody. “The fact that we are even having that conversation with our folks, and have had that conversation with our folks in the United States in 2025, I mean, it says everything you need to know about who’s in the White House right now,” Newsom said. TRUMP GIVES BLUNT RESPONSE TO NEWSOM DARING HOMAN TO ARREST HIM: ‘I WOULD’ Newsom also addressed the arrest threats in an interview with The Washington Post published Tuesday, signaling that the relationship between the two had reached a point beyond repair. “He just threatened my arrest. One would assume, or presume, that’s the point of no return,” Newsom told The Washington Post. “I’m constitutionally capable of working with people, even those that call for my arrest. So, I remain resolved in that respect, as I remain resolved to have the backs of kids whose lives are being threatened by his authoritarian tendencies.” Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, first suggested in an interview with NBC News Saturday that Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass could face arrest if they hamper any federal efforts to deport illegal immigrants. In response, Newsom appeared to taunt Homan to take him into custody. “He’s a tough guy. Why doesn’t he do that? He knows where to find me,” Newsom told MSNBC News Sunday. “That kind of bloviating is exhausting. So, Tom, arrest me. Let’s go.” When asked about threats to arrest Newsom, Trump told reporters Monday that Newsom’s primary crime “is running for governor because he’s done such a bad job,” adding he would arrest Newsom if he were Homan. Newsom voiced disappointment in response to Trump’s remarks and cautioned the threats amounted to a step toward authoritarianism. NATIONAL GUARD TO BE DEPLOYED IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AS ANTI-ICE PROTESTS RAGE: BORDER CZAR TOM HOMAN “The President of the United States just called for the arrest of a sitting Governor,” Newsom said Monday in a post on X. “This is a day I hoped I would never see in America. I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican this is a line we cannot cross as a nation — this is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.” Meanwhile, Homan appeared to soften his original statement, saying an arrest would only happen if a crime were committed by Newsom and Bass. “Well, that whole thing’s been taken out of context,” Homan said. “They haven’t crossed a line yet, but like any other U.S. citizen, if you cross that line, I don’t care who they are. The governor, the mayor, whatever — when you commit a crime against ICE officers, we will seek prosecution.” Newsom, who was first elected governor in 2018 and was re-elected in 2022, has drawn the ire of Trump for how he’s handled multiple issues in his state, including the wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles in January. FEDERAL OFFICIALS SLAM DEMOCRATS FOR ‘DANGEROUS’ RHETORIC AS ICE AGENTS FACE VIOLENT MOBS IN LA, NYC The two have sparred over Trump’s decision to deploy thousands of National Guard troops and 700 Marines to California after protests launched Friday in response to recent arrests in the city by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. While Trump has argued the National Guard troops are necessary to prevent destruction in Los Angeles, Newsom has said the deployment violated California’s state sovereignty. State governors usually oversee National Guard troops, but Trump invoked a law to place the troops under federal command so he could circumvent Newsom. On Monday, Newsom said most of the troops “are sitting, unused, in federal buildings without orders.” “This isn’t about public safety,” Newsom said in a Monday post on X. “It’s about stroking a dangerous President’s ego.” The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Amarillo breaks ground on psychiatric hospital, part of the state’s $1.5B investment in mental health
The facility will bring mental health resources closer to the largely rural region that’s home to nearly 436,000 people.
Anti-ICE riots force HUD offices to close weeks after ‘Squad’ Dem, Maxine Waters said Trump would close them
Three Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) field offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York City have temporarily closed their doors in the face of violence stemming from anti-ICE riots and protests, HUD confirmed to Fox News Digital on Tuesday. The temporary closures due to the violence come just weeks after Democrats such as California Rep. Maxine Waters and Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib claimed HUD field offices would permanently close due to Department of Government Efficiency efforts, with Waters saying such closures would affect “families and communities across the country who rely on HUD for housing assistance, community and economic development projects.” HUD Secretary Scott Turner exclusively told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that liberals’ claims in recent weeks that HUD would shutter field offices were “fake news” while lambasting Democrats for “encouraging riots” that have caused the three offices to temporarily shutter. “The left and legacy media spread fake news over false reports that HUD is closing field offices,” Turner told Fox News Digital Tuesday. “Now they’re encouraging riots that have actually forced at least three field offices to temporarily close.” ‘DELUSIONAL’ HILLARY CLINTON SAVAGELY MOCKED FOR LA RIOTS RESPONSE: ‘ONLY LEFTISTS DISABLE COMMENTS’ “Democrat-run blue states like California are suffering from failed leadership, resulting in record homelessness, unchecked illegal alien crime and, as we’re seeing now on full display, pandemonium, chaos and destruction,” he added. “The American people deserve better. HUD will continue to serve communities in the face of this reckless violence while prioritizing safety and security.” SEN KENNEDY TELLS DEMOCRATS TO ‘POP A ZOLOFT’ OVER TRUMP’S HANDLING OF LOS ANGELES ANTI-ICE RIOTS Now, three field offices are temporarily closed as riots and protests spiral in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York City. Los Angeles has seen widespread riots since Friday, when federal law enforcement officials converged on the city to conduct immigration raids as part of President Donald Trump‘s campaign vow to deport the millions of illegal immigrants who crossed the border under the Biden administration. Other anti-ICE protests have broken out in New York City and San Francisco since the L.A. riots began, which have led to dozens of arrests. Fox News Digital obtained more than a dozen images showing graffiti strewn across a federal building in downtown L.A., which is home to a HUD field office. HUD’s satellite office is located just blocks from City Hall, where some of the violent riots have unfolded. Media outlets earlier in 2025 ran headlines that the Trump administration had plans to shutter dozens of HUD field offices across the country, which was reported as a potential violation of federal law as HUD must be represented in each state. Turner said on X on Tuesday that his department “hasn’t closed a single field office.” Waters led a group of Democrat lawmakers and anti-DOGE protesters in March in an attempt to enter HUD headquarters and hand-deliver a protest letter to Turner that demanded “answers on efforts to decimate federal housing programs.” NATIONAL GUARD TO BE DEPLOYED IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AS ANTI-ICE PROTESTS RAGE: BORDER CZAR TOM HOMAN Waters, and a handful of other House Democrats, were permitted to enter HUD headquarters, while the California Democrat warned they would “stay all night” until they met with Turner, Breitbart News exclusively reported in March. HUD staffers informed the group they would deliver the letter to Turner, while Waters protested for a meeting with the HUD secretary. Tlaib also attempted to take part in the gaggle of lawmakers demanding to meet with Turner, but was seen stopped at HUD’s entrance in video footage. Tlaib was heard shouting,”You don’t give a sh–!” at HUD employees as the group of lawmakers and DOGE protesters ultimately left the building without meeting with Turner. A month after the HUD trip, Waters sent a letter in April to the Government Accountability Office’s comptroller and HUD’s acting inspector general calling for an investigation into allegations “the Administration plans to shut down local field offices and terminate housing agency staff.“ “I am concerned about what effects this will have on families and communities across the country who rely on HUD for housing assistance, community and economic development projects, as well as enforcement of federal fair housing and civil rights laws,” Waters wrote in the letter. SEN CORY BOOKER CALLS LOS ANGELES RIOTS ‘PEACEFUL,’ SLAMS TRUMP FOR DEPLOYING NATIONAL GUARD “Employees across approximately 54 field offices have localized expertise and work in communities to carry out face-to-face technical assistance, provide timely guidance to local grantees and officials to help speed up project timelines, and manage oversight and enforcement of federal statutes in each region,” she continued. “The Trump Administration’s proposal to close 34 field offices would severely disrupt federal housing programs, stall local development projects, and threaten the jobs of approximately 360 full-time employees.” Fox News Digital reached out to Waters’ and Tlaib’s respective offices inquiring whether they are still concerned about HUD office closures due to violence in the left-wing cities, but did not immediately receive responses. Riots broke out in L.A. on Friday evening after federal law enforcement officials converged on the city to carry out immigration raids. Local leaders such as Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom quickly denounced the raids in public statements while offering words of support for illegal immigrants in the state. Protests over the raids soon devolved into violence as rioters targeted federal law enforcement officials, including launching rocks at officials, with videos showing people looting local stores, setting cars on fire and taking over a freeway. Trump announced on Saturday that he was deploying 2,000 National Guard members to help quell the violence, and the administration deployed hundreds of Marines to respond to anti-immigration chaos on Monday evening as the violence continued. “If I didn’t ‘SEND IN THE TROOPS’ to Los Angeles the last three nights, that once beautiful and great City would be burning to the ground right now,” Trump posted to Truth Social on Tuesday morning.
Republican attorneys general accuse California of excusing ‘lawlessness’
FIRST ON FOX: Nearly all Republican attorneys general blasted California’s Democratic leaders on Tuesday in a joint statement, accusing them of condoning criminal behavior and saying they left President Donald Trump with no choice but to activate thousands of National Guard soldiers. “In California, we’re seeing the results of leadership that excuses lawlessness and undermines law enforcement,” 26 attorneys general wrote in the statement, first provided to Fox News Digital. “When local and state officials won’t act, the federal government must.” The attorneys general said Trump’s decision to federalize the National Guard to address anti-immigration enforcement riots and protests that broke out in parts of Los Angeles County over the weekend was the “right response.” DEMS WALK BACK PRO-COP, LAW AND ORDER RHETORIC FROM J6 ERA IN THE FACE OF SPIRALING IMMIGRATION RIOTS Their remarks stand in direct contrast to those of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats across the country, who widely condemned Trump’s decision to send the military into California as an unnecessary escalation. Newsom sued Trump over the move and accused the president of stripping California of its sovereignty. Presidents federalizing the National Guard, which is a state-based military force that falls under the dual control of governors and presidents, is rarely carried out without the consent of a governor. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, who led the attorneys general in issuing the statement, told Fox News Digital in a brief interview he felt Newsom was “gaslighting” the public by saying California’s local and state law enforcement had the unrest under control and did not need Trump to intervene. ‘STATE OF REBELLION’: EXPERT WEIGHS IN ON NEWSOM CHALLENGE TO TRUMP DEPLOYING NATIONAL GUARD “We all saw what was happening,” Carr said. “There were federal law enforcement officers that were being attacked by mobs. And in fact, I read articles where local law enforcement were saying they were overwhelmed and they needed help. My question is, why in the world would he not accept the help of the federal government at a time where there was mob rule, where there was arson that was taking place, where assaults were occurring, instead of coddling the criminals that are doing this again?” Carr said those opposed to the Trump administration’s immigration raids could “peacefully disagree with what the federal government is doing.” Newsom, for his part, alleged that Trump exacerbated the riots, echoing a position some criminal justice advocates take that an immediate show of force in response to intensifying protests is an ineffective approach. In Newsom’s lawsuit, attorneys wrote that Trump’s decision was not only unwise but also an unlawful and “unprecedented usurpation of state authority and resources.” Fox News Digital reached out to the California Attorney General’s Office for comment.
Billionaire ex-Mayor Bloomberg endorses Cuomo in NYC Democratic primary showdown
Former three-term New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is taking sides in New York City’s Democratic mayoral race. Bloomberg, the billionaire entrepreneur and media magnate who launched a brief and unsuccessful run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, endorsed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo Tuesday. The move came two weeks before the June 24 primary in the nation’s most populous city and four days ahead of the start of early voting June 14. “I care deeply about the future of our city, and since leaving office, it has been difficult to watch its struggles, especially since the pandemic. In sizing up the field in the race for mayor, there is one candidate whose management experience and government know-how stand above the others: Andrew Cuomo,” Bloomberg said in a statement. AOC BACKS RISING PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE IN NYC DEM PRIMARY IN PUSH TO DEFEAT FRONTRUNNER CUOMO Bloomberg, in his statement, acknowledged past political “differences” with Cuomo during their overlapping tenures as New York City mayor and New York State governor. But he highlighted that “I also know his strengths as a leader and manager. Of all the candidates, Andrew has the skills our city needs to lead us forward.” ANDREW CUOMO THE BIGGEST TARGET AS NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL PRIMARY HEATS UP Fox News confirmed that Cuomo and Bloomberg met Monday to discuss the mayoral race after the former governor stopped by Bloomberg Media’s offices in New York City to record a radio segment. Cuomo, in a statement, called Bloomberg New York City’s “preeminent statesman” and highlighted that “after 9/11, when New York City was in crisis, torn apart and broken, under Mike Bloomberg’s leadership our city was rebuilt — both our buildings and our soul.” The former three-term governor, who resigned from office in 2021 amid multiple scandals, is aiming for political redemption as he works to pull off a campaign comeback. Cuomo has spent the past four years fighting to clear his name after 11 sexual harassment accusations, which he has repeatedly denied, forced his resignation. He was also under investigation at the time for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic amid allegations his administration vastly understated COVID-related deaths at state nursing homes. Last month, the Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into Cuomo after Republicans accused him of lying to Congress about the decisions he made as governor during the coronavirus pandemic. But thanks in part to his near-universal name recognition among New Yorkers, Cuomo was topping the mayoral polls even before he announced his candidacy March 1. Bloomberg, a lifelong Democrat, ran for mayor in 2001 and re-election in 2005 as a Republican. He had become an independent by the time he won a second re-election in 2009. Bloomberg later switched his voter registration back to the Democratic Party. Similar to Cuomo, Bloomberg is no fan of the Democratic Party’s left flank and is also a strong supporter of Israel. That may have been a motivating factor in Bloomberg’s endorsement of Cuomo, which comes as Zohran Mamdani has been rising in the most recent public opinion polls in the mayoral primary race and is now a clear second to Cuomo. Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assembly member from Queens, is a person of color and a democratic socialist who is originally from Uganda. His primary bid was boosted last week after landing an endorsement from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive champion and New York City’s most prominent leader on the left. With multiple progressive candidates in the primary race, the endorsement of Mamdani by Ocasio-Cortez was seen as a move to unite fractured progressive voters toward a single candidate in an attempt to block the more moderate Cuomo from returning to power.
Noem takes aim at Tim Walz for letting his ‘city burn’ in 2020 as she justifies Trump’s LA riot response
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem took a shot at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for how he handled the 2020 riots in his state, claiming that the Trump administration wouldn’t let history repeat itself in Los Angeles amid immigration protests. Noem, who previously served as governor of South Dakota, defended the Trump administration’s decision to deploy thousands of National Guard troops and hundreds of Marines to address the protests in Los Angeles, using Minnesota as an example of what happens when a “bad governor” is in charge. “I was a governor of a neighboring state to Tim Walz and watched him let his city burn,” Noem told reporters Tuesday. “And the president and I have talked about this in the past, and he was not going to let that happen to another city and to another community where a bad governor made a bad decision.” ICE SWEEPS THROUGH LA BUSINESSES AS LOCAL DEMOCRATS CRY FOUL OVER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS Walz was first elected governor of Minnesota in 2019, leading the state as protests broke out after the death of Black man George Floyd at the hands of a White police officer in 2020. While Walz has said he takes the blame for a delayed response activating the National Guard in his state, he has also said he is proud of how Minnesota reacted. “I’m proud of Minnesota’s response. I’m proud of Minnesota’s first responders who were out there, from firefighters to police to the National Guard to citizens that were out there,” Walz said in a 2022 gubernatorial debate. Walz’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. FEDERAL OFFICIALS SLAM DEMOCRATS FOR ‘DANGEROUS’ RHETORIC AS ICE AGENTS FACE VIOLENT MOBS IN LA, NYC Meanwhile, the Trump administration is dispatching a total of 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles after protests broke out Friday stemming from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests in the city. President Donald Trump has gone head-to-head with California’s governor, Democrat Gavin Newsom, over the activation of the troops. While Trump has argued the National Guard troops are necessary to prevent destruction in Los Angeles, Newsom said most of the troops “are sitting, unused, in federal buildings without orders.” ICE OFFICIAL PUTS POLITICIANS ON BLAST, DEMANDING THEY ‘STOP PUTTING MY PEOPLE IN DANGER’ Additionally, Newsom argued that the move violates state sovereignty because state governors typically oversee National Guard troops. However, Trump invoked a law to place the troops under federal command to bypass Newsom. “This isn’t about public safety,” Newsom said in a post on X on Monday. “It’s about stroking a dangerous President’s ego.” The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Trump vows consequences for ‘animals’ burning American flags in LA, slams those waving other countries’ flags
President Donald Trump slammed anti-ICE protesters in Los Angeles, whom he described as “animals,” for carrying flags of other countries and burning the American flag amid their efforts to protest federal deportation actions. Trump also floated the potential of imposing criminal penalties, specifically a one-year jail sentence, for burning the American flag, during comments at Fort Bragg Tuesday afternoon commemorating the United States Army’s 250th anniversary. “These are animals, but they proudly carry the flags of other countries. They don’t carry the American flag. They only burn it. Did you see a lot of the flags being burned?” Trump asked the crowd of service members, veterans, and their families. TRUMP SAYS ‘DISRESPECT’ TOWARD NATIONAL GUARD IN LA ‘WILL NOT BE TOLERATED’: ‘IF THEY SPIT, WE WILL HIT’ “They weren’t being burned by people from our country, or from people that love our country. People that burn the American flag should go to jail for one year,” Trump continued. “We’ll see if we can get that done. We’re going to try and get that done. We’re working with some of your senators.” The president’s appearance at Fort Bragg comes amid controversy over his deployment of over 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 U.S. Marines to Los Angeles in response to violent immigration protests. Critics, including Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom, argue that the deployment is an overreach of federal authority. Trump reiterated his stance about potential jail time for those who burn American flags during an interview on a new podcast hosted by New York Post columnist Miranda Devine that debuted Monday. “I happen to think if you burn an American flag — because they were burning a lot of flags in Los Angeles — I think you go to jail for one year,” he said during his appearance on the new podcast. “Just automatic.” TRUMP TAKES ACTION AGAINST ‘ORCHESTRATED ATTACK’ ON LAW ENFORCEMENT BY DEPLOYING MARINES TO LA: ASSEMBLYMAN In addition to potential criminal penalties for rioters, Trump has suggested he may try to go after Gov. Newsom for interfering with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Los Angeles. Newsom filed a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration, alleging the president violated California’s 10th Amendment rights by invoking a law that enabled federal control of the National Guard. “Come after me. Arrest me,” Newsom said. “Let’s just get it over with, tough guy.” During the president’s comments at Fort Bragg, Trump also noted that his administration is looking into who may be “financing” the protests, saying “we’re going to find out through Pam Bondi and Department of Justice who it is.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP U.S. Attorney General Bondi, in her first appearance since the riots broke out, indicated that the Justice Department has “nine open cases” connected to the ongoing protests, which critics have deemed amount to riots. “As President Trump said: You spit we hit,” Bondi said. “Get ready.”
148 Democrats back noncitizen voting in DC as GOP raises alarm about foreign agents
The majority of House Democrats voted in favor of allowing non-citizens to participate in Washington, D.C. elections on Tuesday. The House of Representatives passed a bill led by Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, to prohibit non-U.S. citizens from voting in elections in the nation’s capital. It passed 266 to 148, with 56 Democrats joining Republicans in passing the measure. One Democrat voted “present,” while 148 voted against the bill. “I believe strongly in not having federal overreach, but we have jurisdiction, Congress has jurisdiction over Washington, District of Columbia…and we don’t like to utilize our jurisdiction and our authority, but in this case, they’ve gone too far,” Pfluger told Fox News Digital in an interview before the vote. D.C.’s progressive city council passed the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act in 2022, granting non-U.S. citizens the ability to vote in local elections if they’ve lived in the district for at least 30 days. SCOOP: HOUSE GOP MEMO HIGHLIGHTS REPUBLICAN WINS IN TRUMP’S ‘BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL’ Noncitizens can also hold local elected office in the D.C. government. The local measure has been a frequent target of GOP attacks, with Republican national security hawks raising alarms about the possibility of hostile foreign agents participating in D.C. elections. But progressive Democrats like Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., who spoke out against the bill on Tuesday afternoon, have dismissed that as an implausible scenario. “Republicans claim that Congress has a constitutional duty to legislate on local D.C. matters, but this is historically and legally incorrect. Republicans legislate on local D.C. matters only when they think they can score political points, such as by demonizing immigrants,” Frost said during debate on the House floor. “They only bring it up to the floor when they think they can score political points, taking away the democratic rights of people here in D.C. and home rule.” Frost also argued that it was “highly unlikely” foreign officials would vote in those elections, claiming they would have to “renounce their right to vote in their home country” and because “DC has no authority in federal matters.” But Pfluger, who spoke with Fox News Digital before the vote, was optimistic that it would get at least some Democratic support. He noted that 52 Democrats voted for the bill when it passed the House in the previous Congress. It was never taken up in the formerly Democrat-controlled Senate, however. “It’s hard to go back to your district as a Democrat and say, yeah, I want foreign agents to be able to vote in our elections – ‘Oh yeah, it’s not federal elections,’ some may say. But it has an impact on the way the city is run,” Pfluger said. MEET THE TRUMP-PICKED LAWMAKERS GIVING SPEAKER JOHNSON A FULL HOUSE GOP CONFERENCE “This could be Russian embassy personnel, they could be Chinese embassy personnel – a number of folks. It’s just wrong. It goes against the fabric of our society,” he added. Another bill receiving a vote on Tuesday is legislation that would grant D.C. police the ability to negotiate punishments via collective bargaining, and would help shield the capital’s police force from at least some liability by installing a statute of limitations against the Metropolitan Police Department. That legislation was introduced by New York Republican Rep. Andrew Garbarino.