State Department says it will ‘aggressively’ revoke visas for Chinese students
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday the U.S. will begin “aggressively” revoking visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields. “Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the U.S. State Department will work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields,” Rubio wrote in a statement. The State Department will also revise visa criteria to enhance scrutiny of all future visa applications from the People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong. JOHN MOOLENAAR: WE DON’T WANT A COMPANY THAT IS AFFILIATED WITH THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY In March, House Republicans introduced the Stop Chinese Communist Prying by Vindicating Intellectual Safeguards in Academia Act, also known as the Stop CCP VISAs Act. In an interview with FOX Business on May 12, Florida Senator Ashley Moody criticized providing visas to Chinese nationals. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “How can we keep offering 300,000 student visas to Chinese nationals every year when we KNOW they are legally required to gather intelligence for the CCP? The answer is simple: we can’t,” Moody wrote in a post on X. “@StanfordReview’s report on CCP espionage on campus should shock everyone and verify what I have been saying. We need to pass my STOP CCP Visas Act to protect our national security.”
Trump admin working to fly back Guatemalan migrant erroneously deported from US
The Trump administration told a federal judge on Wednesday it is working to charter a plane to return to the U.S. an immigrant from Guatemala who was deported in March without due process and despite fears of persecution. The Justice Department said in a court filing Wednesday that they are working to return the individual, identified only as O.C.G., to the U.S. The update is significant, and marks the first known instance that the Trump administration appears to be complying with a federal court’s order to return to the U.S. a migrant who was deported in what administration officials have since acknowledged to be the result of erroneous information. The news comes after U.S. District Court Judge Brian Murphy in Massachusetts ruled last week that the man was deported to Mexico without due process and ordered that the administration secure his return to the United States. Lawyers for the Trump administration told the court late Wednesday that ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Phoenix Field Office made contact over the weekend with O.C.G.’s attorneys, and is “currently working with ICE Air to bring O.C.G. back to the United States on an Air Charter Operations (ACO) flight return leg.” US JUDGE ACCUSES TRUMP ADMIN OF ‘MANUFACTURING CHAOS’ IN SOUTH SUDAN DEPORTATIONS, ESCALATING FEUD The update comes after Judge Murphy rejected a request from the Department of Homeland Security to amend his earlier order requiring the Trump administration to “take all immediate steps” to return the individual to the U.S., citing a lack of due process. Murphy said in the Friday ruling that O.C.G. had not been granted due process, nor had he been given a chance to contest his removal to a country where he could face threats of torture, a right afforded under U.S. and international law. These “reasonable fear interviews” allow migrants a chance to formally seek protection from removal to a country where they face reasonable fears of persecution or torture. Murphy noted in his ruling that O.C.G. was previously held for ransom and raped in Mexico, but was not afforded the chance to assert those fears prior to his removal, according to his attorneys. “In general, this case presents no special facts or legal circumstances, only the banal horror of a man being wrongfully loaded onto a bus and sent back to a country where he was allegedly just raped and kidnapped,” Murphy said Friday. IDENTITY OF SECOND DEPORTED MAN WHO JUDGE WANTS RETURNED TO US REVEALED AS TRUMP ADMIN FIGHTS ORDER “The return of O.C.G. poses a vanishingly small cost to make sure we can still claim to live up to that ideal,” Murphy added. The Trump administration did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment as to how long it will take to return O.C.G. to the U.S., or if it plans to follow suit in other cases in which a federal judge has ordered the administration to return an individual deemed to have been wrongfully deported. In Maryland, a U.S. judge in Baltimore ordered the administration to return a young migrant deported in March to El Salvador, ruling that his removal violated an earlier settlement agreement struck with DHS. Separately, U.S. Judge Paula Xinis sparred with the Trump administration repeatedly in a case centered on Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadorian migrant and alleged MS-13 member who was deported from Maryland to El Salvador in March in what officials have acknowledged was an administrative error. “America’s asylum system was never intended to be used as a de facto amnesty program or a catch-all, get-out-of-deportation-free card,” DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement over the weekend.
Trump pardons ex-Connecticut Governor Rowland and commutes Chicago gang leader Hoover’s sentence
President Donald Trump has pardoned Connecticut’s former Republican Gov. John Rowland, who was convicted in two federal criminal cases, including one that contributed to his resignation Trump also commuted the prison sentence for notorious Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, a White House spokesman told Fox News Digital. Rowland was released early from federal custody in 2018 after his 2014 conviction for election fraud and obstruction of justice. That was his second stint in prison after his 2004 federal corruption conviction. In July 2004, Rowland resigned less than halfway through his third term as governor instead of testifying before a special House Committee inquiry. He pleaded guilty that year to his role in a pay-to-play scheme that included $90,000 in luxury flights on Key Air, an Oxford, Connecticut-based airline, to Las Vegas and Florida. TRUMP ANNOUNCES PARDON FOR TODD AND JULIE CHRISLEY AFTER REALITY TV STARS’ FRAUD, TAX EVASION CONVICTIONS He served 10 months in federal prison and several months of house arrest in that case. Trump also commuted the sentence of Larry Hoover. Hoover, the co-founder of the Chicago gang Gangster Disciples, has been serving a life sentence at a supermax prison in Colorado. TRUMP PARDONS FORMER VIRGINIA SHERIFF CONVICTED OF TAKING $75K IN BRIBES He was originally imprisoned for a 1973 murder and later convicted in 1998 for operating a criminal enterprise. At the time of his 1998 conviction, Hoover was serving a 200-year sentence for the killing of drug dealer William “Pooky” Young. He later renounced his criminal activities and sought a reduced sentence. It was unclear when Hoover would be released from prison. During a 2018 meeting with Trump, Kanye “Ye” West campaigned for Hoover’s freedom. “So, it’s very important for me to get Hoover out, because in an alternate universe, I am him,” West said, according to a White House transcript of the meeting. “And I have to go and get him free because he was doing positive inside of Chicago, just like how I’m moving back to Chicago, and it’s not just about, you know, getting on stage and being an entertainer and having a monolithic voice that’s forced to be a specific party.” Trump also pardoned rapper Kentrell Gaulden, the Louisiana-based artist known as NBA YoungBoy who was convicted of possessing weapons as a felon and released from prison earlier this year. Also pardoned were former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y.; Kevin Eric Baisden; Mark C. Bashaw; former reality television personalities Todd and Julie Chrisley; and Tanner Mansell and John Moore, who were both convicted of stealing fish gear in federal waters. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Senators condemn fatal shooting of Israeli embassy employees as families mourn
A community in Kansas gathered to celebrate the life of Israeli Embassy employee Sarah Milgrim Tuesday after she was fatally shot alongside her boyfriend, fellow Israeli Embassy employee Yaron Lischinsky, leaving the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington last week. Lischinsky had purchased an engagement ring and was planning to propose to Milgrim before they were both killed, those close to the couple said. The suspect, Elias Rodriguez, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder; murder of foreign officials, a federal capital offense; and multiple gun-related counts. He could face the death penalty if convicted. The suspect shouted “Free Palestine” while in police custody, and the fatal shooting is being investigated as a hate crime, according to the FBI. Lawmakers have condemned the violence as an act of antisemitism. Speaking with Fox News Digital on Capitol Hill, both Republican and Democratic senators condemned the fatal shooting. ISRAELI AMBASSADOR CONNECTS EMBASSY STAFFERS’ SLAYING TO ‘VERY IMPORTANT’ BIGGER PICTURE WHITE HOUSE DECRIES ‘EVIL OF ANTISEMITISM,’ VOWS JUSTICE AFTER FATAL SHOOTING OF ISRAELI EMBASSY STAFFERS “These two young people died senselessly. Israel’s engaging in a war for its very survival. My heart breaks for these two young people in the prime of their lives,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said. Lischinsky was 30, and Milgrim was 26. “There’s no room for violence in America,” Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., told Fox News Digital. “I appreciate my colleague, Sen. Rosen, moving a resolution today that no colleagues objected to, bringing attention to antisemitism in America. Anytime anyone is targeted, we need to speak up, not just here, but around the world.” Senators Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Rick Scott, R-Fla., last week on the Senate Floor condemned what they described as an “antisemitic attack” and celebrated the passage of their bipartisan resolution that recognizes May as Jewish Heritage American Month. “This is everybody’s worst nightmare that people would not only engage in antisemitic rhetoric, but act on it,” Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said it “reminds us all how festering hate and prejudice leads to violence. We have to redouble our efforts to stop any form of prejudice or bigotry.” “Obviously, there’s been a rise in antisemitism over the last several years,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., told Fox News Digital. Gillibrand is one of two Democratic senators representing New York, which is home to the largest Jewish population in the United States and also includes Columbia University, the elite Ivy League school in Manhattan that has been accused of allowing antisemitism to fester on campus. President Donald Trump has condemned the anti-Israel protests at elite universities, threatening to cut federal funding to institutions that do not condemn antisemitism and threatening to revoke international students’ visas. “It is disgraceful that two young people with their whole lives in front of them can’t go to a reception in a public building in Washington, D.C., and be safe. It is criminal. It is disgraceful. It is intolerable, and we have to do everything we can to stop antisemitism in its tracks and protect people,” Gillibrand added. In an unusual move for active federal court judges, four of them said in a Dispatch opinion piece Wednesday, “Societies that persecute Jews are societies that are sick and dying. Societies that allow the moral rot of Jew hatred to proliferate are societies on their way out of the pages of history.” The Associated Press contributed to this story.
Senators go to Canada to meet PM Carney, smooth Trump tariff, 51st-state tensions
A bipartisan group of senators, led by North Dakota Republican Kevin Cramer and New Hampshire Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, recently traveled to Ottawa, Ontario, to help ease rising tensions between the U.S. and Canada. The quintet, which also included Sens. Peter Welch, D-Vt., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., was photographed glad-handing Prime Minister Mark Carney, a liberal who had been aided in his election over conservative favorite Pierre Poilievre in part due to American right-wing overtures. As the lone Republican, Cramer was in the difficult spot of balancing representing the president’s party and engendering goodwill with Carney, whose government has been targeted by U.S. tariffs and pledges by President Donald Trump to be made the “51st state.” He did not respond to a Fox News request for comment in that regard, but Kaine told Punchbowl News that Trump respects Cramer and his “insight and loyalty.” CANADA’S PM CARNEY VOWS TO ‘FIGHT’ TRUMP’S TARIFFS; OTHER WORLD LEADERS WEIGH IMPACT “That means the president can probably hear some things from him that, if I said it, I wouldn’t get paid attention to,” Kaine said. In a statement, Cramer said the two nations share “more than a border” and that working through challenges requires “frank dialogue.” “I was encouraged by the meetings, and the Prime Minister’s transparent and thoughtful words were smart and instructive. I look forward to working with our friends, business partners, and neighbors in Canada to strengthen our relationship and address mutual issues facing our great countries,” he added. The delegation, joined by Ambassador Pete Hoekstra, a former border-state congressman from Michigan, was geared toward joint defense and economic priorities, according to Cramer. The White House directed Fox News Digital to the State Department when asked about its response to the diplomatic overture from Cramer and the four Democrats. But Foggy Bottom did not provide comment for the record. But Cramer told Punchbowl he didn’t want to get in Trump’s way and that no trade deal could happen without the White House but that Canada needs to know they have a partner in the U.S. “Hopefully I navigated it OK, but I’ll find out on Truth Social,” he said. CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY SAYS ‘OLD RELATIONSHIP’ WITH US ‘IS OVER’ AMID TENSION OVER TRUMP TARIFFS Kaine plans to force a Senate vote on a resolution to block Trump’s China tariffs if détente isn’t reached between Ottawa and Washington. His office directed Fox News Digital to a Punchbowl story on the matter, where the Virginian was quoted saying that there will be negative effects on the U.S. economy if “this doesn’t get sorted out.” “I hope I don’t need to,” Kaine said. The U.S. imposed 25% tariffs on Canadian steel, automobiles and other goods not currently covered under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, according to the Wall Street Journal. Canada retaliated by imposing $43 billion worth of its own tariffs against the U.S. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “We’ve got more that we need to do before we’re satisfied that we have a partnership that is in Canada’s interest. We’ve made a lot of progress,” Carney said Tuesday after the visit concluded. Every congressional participant except Kaine hails from a state that borders Canada. One report said that annual Canadian visitation to Cramer’s North Dakota outnumbers its own population, while Welch has been vocal about Vermont’s symbiotic reliance on Canadian residents’ dollars, especially in its recreation sector. “The U.S.-Canada relationship has made us all safer and more prosperous, protecting our continent from foreign threats and transforming North America into a hub of global trade, innovation and investment,” Welch said in a statement co-signed by the other lawmakers. “The trip has reaffirmed our joint desire to move past current tensions in the bilateral relationship and lay the groundwork for a stronger partnership moving forward.”
Fox News Politics Newsletter: AOC Thaws Out ‘Abolish ICE’ Pitch to Fire Up Fundraising
Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content. Here’s what’s happening… –Jeanine Pirro sworn in as DC’s interim US Attorney, pledging ‘no more mercy for criminals’ -White House sending $9.4 billion DOGE cuts package to Congress next week -Federal judge refuses to reconsider order to facilitate deportee’s return to US Republicans are ripping progressive New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for renewing her call to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a recent fundraising email. “I believe that ICE, an agency that was just formed in 2003 during the Patriot Act era, is a rogue agency that should not exist,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a fundraising email obtained by Fox News Digital. The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), House Republicans’ campaign arm, criticized the potential 2028 presidential candidate in an X post for fundraising on wanting to abolish ICE, a progressive rallying cry that rejects President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration…READ MORE TRUMP CHECKS BIBI: Trump confirms he told Netanyahu to back off Iran strikes amid nuclear talks LAWFARE CONTINUES: Obama-nominated judge allows lawsuit targeting Musk’s role with DOGE to proceed, drops claims against Trump ‘INTENSELY LOYAL’: ‘Intensely loyal’ Jill Biden aide despised by White House staffers, new book claims ‘NO EVIDENCE’: Watchdog finds ‘no evidence’ Biden knew of crucial climate EOs, demands answers on who signed autopen ELIMINATED: Netanyahu says Israel has killed Hamas’ Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar EXECUTION IN IRAN: Iran hangs a man convicted of spying for Israel ‘DOES NOT UNDERSTAND’: Russia says ‘Trump is not being sufficiently informed’ after calling Putin ‘absolutely CRAZY’ FIRST ON FOX: Rubio urged to punish Iraq with ‘maximum pressure’ sanctions for its ‘complete subjugation’ by Iran NEPOTISM IN ACTION: Longtime Democrat senator’s daughter takes aim at Trump, Musk, RFK Jr, in launch for key House swing seat BURGERS AND BARBS: Senate Republican campaign committee ‘grills’ Chuck Schumer on National Hamburger Day DOCTOR’S ORDERS: A new law in this state bans automated insurance claim denials TERROR AT THE BORDER: DHS video honors Marine killed by Mexican cartel, touts Trump’s crackdown on ‘terrorists’ US STRIKES BACK: Rubio announces visa restrictions for foreign authorities ‘complicit’ in censoring Americans’ free speech ILLEGAL MIGRANT: Texas border sheriff says illegal crossings have seen ‘dramatic decline’ as CA migrant center shuts down DESANTIS ON DOGE: DeSantis goads Congress to follow FL’s DOGE blueprint as Musk’s cuts still wait for vote ‘INACCURATE’ VOTER LISTS: DOJ sues North Carolina over voter rolls BULLET POINTS REPEALED: Defense Department workers no longer required to submit DOGE’s weekly production reports Get the latest updates on the Trump administration and Congress, exclusive interviews and more on FoxNews.com.
Pentagon eyes 50% reduction in permanent changes of station as military families brace for moving high season
Just ahead of summer, the high season when military families are packing up for another round of having to relocate, known as permanent change of station (PCS) moves, the Pentagon is now signaling a dramatic shift in policy that could reshape military life for years to come. The Department of Defense (DoD) recently released a memo ordering all military branches to update their PCS policies in an effort to slash relocation spending by half by fiscal year 2030. The May 22 memo directs each service to focus on cutting discretionary travel for operational, rotational and training assignments. “At approximately $5 billion annually, PCS moves are a significant expense,” the memo reads. “Lower-priority PCS moves should be reduced for Service members and their families seeking greater geographic stability.” HEGSETH ORDERS SWEEPING ARMY OVERHAUL AND CONSOLIDATION AIMED AT COUNTERING CHINA AND GOLDEN DOME CAPABILITIES The directive mandates a staged budget reduction: 10% by FY 2027, 30% by FY 2028, 40% by FY 2029, and 50% by FY 2030, based on FY 2026 figures adjusted for inflation. Services have 120 days from the memo’s signing to submit implementation plans, including career model revisions that support long-term geographic stability. In a briefing with reporters, Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Tim Dill confirmed that the target is ambitious, but not final. “We want them to come back and tell us if that seems like the right number for them,” Dill said. “If they come back and say, well, this specific course of action could be harmful, then we don’t want to accomplish it.” While the effort is framed as a cost-saving measure, the move comes as pressure mounts over quality-of-life issues facing military families. According to the 2024 active duty spouse survey, 32% of military spouses favor leaving the military altogether, a historic high for the biennial survey. Only 48% report being satisfied with military life, the lowest level in nearly two decades. PCS moves are at the center of that discontent. “We just reviewed the results of the 2024 active duty spouse survey, and we hear from them frequently about all of the concerns that are typically associated with PCS moves,” Dill said. “It’s clear that it’s time for the [DoD] to look at reducing the frequency of those moves, especially if we want to maintain the momentum that we have today both in recruiting and the retention of service members.” PENTAGON TO CUT UP TO 60K CIVILIAN JOBS, BUT FEWER THAN 21K HAVE VOLUNTARILY RESIGNED Dill stressed the wide-ranging disruption PCS causes: “Families have to go find a home, they need new arrangements for their children… and they’re displaced from the community of support that they’ve developed over the years in their previous duty station.” He emphasized that the new PCS guidance is not about shifting hardship from families to single troops. “PCS moves affect everyone,” he said. “We just think we need to take the moves away from the families and put it on someone else — it’s for everyone.” Still, Dill acknowledged that family experience weighs heavily on whether service members choose to reenlist: “If your family is not supportive of the service member staying in service, that’s a very high predictor of whether or not the service member will decide to stay. We want them to stay.” MILITARY SPOUSE AND MOM OF 5 FIGHTS BACK AS VACCINE DISPUTE BLOCKS FAMILY’S PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION The Pentagon estimates roughly 80% of PCS moves are discretionary. “What we’re directing the departments to do is purely to examine potential reductions in things that would be defined as discretionary,” Dill said. “If they see [a move] as mandatory for mission needs, we’re not even asking them to come back with a plan to reduce it.” In a statement, Chief Pentagon Spokesperson and Senior Advisor Sean Parnell clarified that this initiative is separate from a broader PCS Task Force established to improve the efficiency of current moves. “This initiative focuses on reducing the costs of PCS and is distinct from the Secretary’s direction to establish the PCS Task Force, which is focused on the timely and efficient execution of PCS moves,” Parnell said. The PCS overhaul isn’t happening in a vacuum. It comes on the heels of a series of other cost-efficiency pushes at the DoD. In a statement issued May 23, Parnell confirmed that the department would be ending its much-criticized “What You Did Last Week” initiative, requiring civilian employees to report weekly accomplishments. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP First launched in February 2025 under Secretary of Defense guidance, the program was intended to “foster accountability.” Parnell said the program would officially conclude May 28, and employees were asked in their final submissions to offer “one concrete idea to enhance efficiency or root out waste.”
Blue state governor sounds off about ‘disturbing’ ICE operations on affluent liberal islands
Massachusetts Democratic Governor Maura Healey is sounding off about her frustrations with ICE’s latest operations in her state, saying she found it “disturbing” to hear about the arrests of some 40 illegal immigrants in Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. ICE, working with several other federal law enforcement agencies, conducted a series of immigration enforcement operations in Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard on Tuesday. An ICE statement said “around 40” individuals were arrested as a result of the operations, including an MS-13 gang member and at least one child sex offender. ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston acting Field Office Director Patricia Hyde said that “ICE and our federal partners made a strong stand for prioritizing public safety by arresting and removing illegal aliens from our New England neighborhoods” and that “operations like this highlight the strong alliances that ICE shares with our fellow law enforcement partners.” Healey, however, took a very different tone about the operations. The governor said that “it was very disturbing, needless to say, to wake up to that news about that activity on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket,” according to the Boston Herald. DEM GOVERNOR THREATENS TO USE ‘EVERY TOOL’ TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST TRUMP-ERA DEPORTATIONS “Local police chiefs have zero information about what’s happening in their communities. We at the state level have zero information about what’s happening in communities. And that needs to change. We need to get answers. We need to get clarification from ICE,” said Healey. The outlet also reported Healey saying the arrests raised “real questions” about whether federal immigration authorities are complying with due process. “It’s one thing to go after and target those who have committed crimes, who are here unlawfully,” said Healey. “It’s concerning when we see people, moms and dads, being ripped away from families. Neighbors, coworkers taken away, literally it looks like, on the way to job sites in Nantucket and on the Vineyard.” Trump DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, however, told Fox News Digital that “ICE did notify local authorities about the enforcement operations.” “Before the Governor criticizes our brave law enforcement, she should get her facts straight—apparently, she is the one with ‘zero information,’” continued McLaughlin. AOC FUNDRAISES ON TRYING TO ABOLISH ICE AMID TRUMP’S CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION “What we find ‘disturbing’ and ‘concerning’ is politicians like Massachusetts Gov. Healey fighting to protect criminal illegal aliens,” she continued, adding, “Our ICE officers will continue putting their lives and safety on the line to arrest murderers, kidnappers, and pedophiles that were let into our country by the Biden administration’s open border policies.” CLICK HERE FOR MORE IMMIGRATION COVERAGE Martha’s Vineyard, which is a heavily affluent and deeply blue area, made headlines in 2022 when residents promptly removed the migrants being sent to the island from southern states like Florida and Texas. After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sent two planes with 50 migrants to Martha’s Vineyard in September 2022, the island activated the National Guard in response and released a statement calling the situation a “humanitarian crisis.” The 50 migrants were ultimately loaded onto buses two days after arriving and transported off Martha’s Vineyard to military housing on the Cape Cod mainland. WHITE HOUSE RAGES AT HOUSE DEMOCRAT FOR ‘SHAMEFUL’ MEMORIAL DAY TRIP TO VISIT SUSPECTED MS-13 GANGBANGER On Wednesday, Jon Fetherston, a former Massachusetts migrant-shelter director, told Fox News Digital that “it’s deeply troubling that Governor Healey finds the arrests of nearly 40 undocumented individuals on Cape Cod ‘disturbing,’ yet continues to refuse cooperation with federal agencies like ICE and ERO Boston—even when those agencies are targeting individuals with known criminal records.” He continued, saying, “law enforcement was doing its job — removing people who pose a danger to public safety” and asserted that “the majority of the public— including right here in Massachusetts — supports the work of Tom Homan, ICE, and ERO because they understand that public safety must come first, regardless of political affiliation.” “Even in one of the bluest states in the country, people expect their leaders to prioritize their safety over partisan agendas,” said Fetherston. “The real concern here should be the safety of our communities, not political optics.” Healey’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Cuomo says he’ll raise NYC’s minimum wage to $20 an hour if elected mayor
Democratic New York City mayoral candidate and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that, if elected, he would seek to raise the city’s minimum wage to $20 an hour by 2027. “The businesspeople are going to say, ‘Oh, no, you can’t raise the minimum wage, because that’s going to slow the economy,” Cuomo said at a campaign rally, addressing prospective critics of such a plan. “Baloney – not to use another word. FORMER NY GOV CUOMO HOLDS DOUBLE-DIGIT LEAD IN NYC MAYORAL RACE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY “Their pundits are going say, ‘Oh, it’s going be too hard to get it passed politically. The politicians are going to be afraid to get it passed,” the former governor added. “Well, I tell you this, they’re wrong. And you know how we know they’re wrong? Because we did it before, and we’re going to do it again. “We raised it to $15, the highest minimum wage in the United States,” he noted, likely touting a law he signed during his second term as governor. “And what happened when we did it? The economy went up, not down. We protected small businesses with a tax credit. “And if you had indexed that $15, you know what it would be today?” Cuomo posited. “Twenty dollars — that is the fair wage, and that’s what we want. And that’s what we’re going to get back.” A public relations firm linked to the Cuomo campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. DOJ INVESTIGATING ANDREW CUOMO FOR ALLEGEDLY LYING ABOUT COVID DECISIONS, SOURCE CONFIRMS The city’s minimum wage was raised twice in the past two years. In 2024, it was raised to $16 an hour from the $15 previously set in 2018, during Cuomo’s governorship. This year, there was another 50-cent increase to the current $16.50 an hour. Cuomo leads a crowded Democratic primary field in his bid to become the Big Apple’s mayor, and he is most closely trailed by state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist. The primary will be held June 24.
Trump says he will meet with Putin, Zelenskyy ‘if necessary’ amid negotiations to end war
President Donald Trump said he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksyy in the coming weeks “if necessary.” The president’s comments come just after he condemned Russia’s recent large-scale strike against Ukraine. Russian forces launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukrainian cities overnight Sunday. The attack, which has been called the largest aerial attack of the war so far, targeted the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. TRUMP SAYS HE’S ‘NOT HAPPY’ WITH PUTIN AFTER MASSIVE UKRAINE STRIKE Ukrainian officials said that at least 12 people were killed and dozens more were injured. Though past strikes have proven more deadly, the attack is the largest-scale aerial assault of the war in terms of the number of weapons: 298 drones and 69 missiles were launched. The president on Wednesday was asked if he believes Putin actually wants to end the war with Ukraine, to which Trump replied: “I can’t tell you that, but I’ll let you know in about two weeks.” “Within two weeks, we’re going to find out whether or not he’s tapping us along or not,” Trump told reporters at the Oval Office during a swearing-in ceremony for Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney. “And if he is, we will respond a little bit differently.” Trump said his special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, is “doing a phenomenal job” and “dealing with them very strongly right now.” “They seem to want to do something,” Trump said. But Trump again condemned Russia’s attack, saying he is “very disappointed at what happened a couple of nights now where people were killed — in what you would call a negotiation.” “I’m very disappointed by that,” Trump said. “Very, very disappointing.” TRUMP WARNS PUTIN IS ‘PLAYING WITH FIRE’ AFTER DECLARING THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT HAS ‘GONE ABSOLUTELY CRAZY’ Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed a willingness to sit down again with Trump and with Putin in Geneva. When asked if he was planning to sit down with Putin and Zelenskyy, Trump said he would be willing. “Well, if it’s necessary… we have to, I think at this point. I wish you would have been that way a couple of months ago, but at this point, we’re working on President Putin, and we’ll see where we are,” Trump said. “I think we’re doing fine, but we’ll see.” Special Envoy Keith Kellogg is preparing for possible talks in Geneva, though it remains unclear when they will be held. Russia has yet to agree to the U.S.’s peace proposal, and its foreign ministry Tuesday claimed it was still working on its memorandum of terms. Russia has suggested a possible meeting in Istabul, Turkey. Meanwhile, the president again on Wednesday said: “I don’t like what’s happening. It’s one thing I’ll say — I don’t like when I see rockets being shot into cities. That’s no good. We’re not going to allow it.” The president, over the weekend, blasted Putin, saying he is “killing a lot of people.” “I don’t know what the hell happened to Putin,” he said over the weekend. “I’ve known him a long time, always gotten along with him, but he’s sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don’t like it at all.” In a post on Telegram, Zelenskyy called for an international response to the attack. “The silence of America, the silence of others in the world only encourages Putin,” he wrote on Telegram. “Every such terrorist Russian strike is reason enough for new sanctions against Russia.” Trump expanded on his comments later Sunday, writing on Truth Social that Putin “has gone absolutely CRAZY!” while also criticizing Zelenskyy. “I’ve always said that (Putin) wants ALL of Ukraine, not just a piece of it, and maybe that’s proving to be right, but if he does, it will lead to the downfall of Russia!” the social media post read. “Likewise, President Zelenskyy is doing his Country no favors by talking the way he does. Everything out of his mouth causes problems, I don’t like it, and it better stop.” “This is a War that would never have started if I were President,” Trump concluded. “This is Zelenskyy’s, Putin’s, and Biden’s War, not ‘Trump’s,’ I am only helping to put out the big and ugly fires, that have been started through Gross Incompetence and Hatred.”