David Hogg slams critical Dems, says they must acknowledge Party has a ‘real problem'
Robby Soave and Niall Stanage discuss former DNC Vice Chair David Hogg stating that he is ""not going away,"" whether Democrats like it or not. #DavidHogg #Dems #DNC
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Los Angeles Times
19 minutes ago
- Los Angeles Times
Congresswoman pleads not guilty to assault charges stemming from immigration center visit
NEWARK, N.J. — U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges accusing her of assaulting and interfering with immigration officers outside a New Jersey detention center during a congressional oversight visit at the facility. 'They will not intimidate me. They will not stop me from doing my job,' she said outside the courthouse in Newark after the brief hearing. McIver, a Democrat, was charged by interim U.S. Atty. Alina Habba, a Republican appointed by President Trump, following the May 9 visit to Newark's Delaney Hall. Immigration and Customs Enforcement uses the privately owned, 1,000-bed facility as a detention center. This month she was indicted on three counts of assaulting, resisting, impeding and interfering with federal officials. Two of the counts carry a maximum sentence of up to eight years in prison. The third is a misdemeanor with a maximum punishment of one year in prison. During Wednesday's hearing, McIver stood and told U.S. District Judge Jamel Semper: 'Your honor, I plead not guilty.' The judge set a Nov. 10 trial date. Outside the courthouse, McIver warned that anyone who pushes back against the Trump administration will find themselves in a similar position. McIver's lawyer, former U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Paul Fishman, said McIver pleaded not guilty because she is not guilty. He said federal agents created a risky situation at Delaney Hall. A message seeking comment Wednesday was left with Habba's office. Among those at McIver's side Wednesday were her family and elected officials, including Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who was outside the detention center with McIver and other legislators on May 9. Baraka was also arrested on a trespassing charge that was later dropped and is suing Habba over what he called a malicious prosecution. Baraka accused the Trump administration of using law enforcement as 'an appendage of their ideology to begin to hammer us.' The indictment of McIver is the latest development in a legal-political drama that has seen the Trump administration take Democratic officials from New Jersey's largest city to court amid the president's ongoing immigration crackdown and Democrats' efforts to respond. The prosecution is a rare federal criminal case against a sitting member of Congress for allegations other than fraud or corruption. A nearly two-minute video clip released by the Department of Homeland Security shows McIver at the facility inside a chain-link fence just before Baraka's arrest on other side of the barrier, where other people were protesting. McIver and uniformed officials go through the gate, and she joins others shouting that they should circle the mayor. The video shows McIver in a tightly packed group of people and officers. At one point her left elbow and then her right elbow push into an officer wearing a dark face covering and an olive green uniform emblazoned with the word 'Police.' It is not clear from police bodycam video if the contact was intentional, incidental or the result of jostling in the chaotic scene. The complaint alleges that she 'slammed' her forearm into an agent and then tried to restrain the agent by grabbing him. The indictment also says she placed her arms around the mayor to try to stop his arrest and says again that she slammed her forearm into and grabbed an agent. Democrats including New Jersey Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman and Rob Menendez, who were with McIver at the detention center that day, have criticized the arrest and disputed the charges. Members of Congress are legally authorized to go into federal immigration facilities as part of their oversight powers, even without notice. Congress passed a 2019 appropriations bill spelling out that authority. McIver, 39, first came to Congress in September in a special election after the death of Rep. Donald Payne Jr. left a vacancy in the 10th District. She was then elected to a full term in November. A Newark native, she was president of the Newark City Council from 2022 to 2024 and worked in the city's public schools before that. Catalini writes for the Associated Press.
Politico
24 minutes ago
- Politico
Bove confirms POLITICO report on his harsh management style
With President Donald Trump's July 4 deadline drawing near, Senate Majority Leader John Thune told POLITICO on Tuesday night he believes the Senate is 'on a path' to start voting on the megabill Friday. But he's got several fires to put out first. For one, he's under immense pressure to water down the Medicaid provisions the Senate GOP is counting on for hundreds of billions of dollars worth of savings. Speaker Mike Johnson is warning in private that Senate Republicans could cost House Republicans their majority next year if they try to push through the deep Medicaid cuts in the current Senate version, according to three people granted anonymity to describe the matter. That comes as Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) cautions GOP senators that those same cutbacks could become a political albatross for Republicans just as the Affordable Care Act was for Democrats. '[Barack] Obama said … 'if you like your health care you can keep it, if you like your doctor we can keep it,' and yet we had several million people lose their health care,' the in-cycle senator told reporters Tuesday. 'Here we're saying [with] Medicaid, we're going to hold people harmless, but we're estimating' millions of people could lose coverage. GOP leaders are trying to ease concerns by preparing to include a fund to help rural hospitals that could be harmed by the reductions, even as Thune insisted Tuesday 'we like where we are.' Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who's been pushing for the fund, said while that 'helps lessen the impact,' she remains 'concerned about the changes in the funding for Medicaid in general.' The other drama hanging over the bill are several imminent, critical rulings from Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough. Several committees that already have rulings in hand are due to release revised text as soon as this morning, according to a person familiar with the plans. And Republicans could know as soon as Wednesday whether MacDonough will clear major parts of their tax package. As of late Tuesday, the parliamentarian had not yet ruled on provisions linked to the so-called current policy baseline, an accounting maneuver that zeroes out the costs of $3.8 trillion of expiring tax cuts, according to two people granted anonymity to disclose the private discussions. Make no mistake: Adverse rulings could send Republicans back to the drawing board on making their tax plan permanent or otherwise force them to go nuclear and override or ignore MacDonough altogether. There's uncertainty from all sides about how that would play out, given the gambit has never been tried before with tax legislation. This much is already clear: With the tax package in flux and Medicaid savings under threat, GOP leaders have a major math problem on their hands. And House fiscal hawks are watching to see, regardless of the accounting method, whether the Senate sticks to the budget deal they agreed to with Johnson earlier this year. What else we're watching: — Bove on the Hill: Senate Judiciary lawmakers will convene the first blockbuster judicial hearing of the second Trump administration later Wednesday, where they will grill Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official and former criminal defense lawyer for Trump who has a shot at a lifetime appointment on the federal bench. Some even see him as a potential future Trump Supreme Court nominee. — Vought testifies on rescissions: OMB Director Russ Vought will testify in front of the Senate's full bench of appropriators Wednesday afternoon to justify the White House's request for $9.4 billion in cuts of previously approved money. Expect pointed questioning from various Republicans on the panel, including Collins, who has publicly opposed cuts to PEPFAR, the HIV and AIDS foreign aid program. — Iran briefings incoming: Senators will have a postponed briefing on the situation in Iran on Thursday, after which Democrat Tim Kaine (Va.) is aiming to call a vote on his resolution seeking to block further U.S. military action against Iran. On the House side, Speaker Johnson said that members will now be briefed Friday. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Tuesday there had been no Gang of Eight meeting yet. Jordain Carney, Meredith Lee Hill and Hailey Fuchs contributed to this report.
New York Post
25 minutes ago
- New York Post
Trump admin puts California put on notice over transgender athletes: ‘Clear violation'
WASHINGTON — California discriminated against women and girls by letting biological men compete on their sports teams and enter their bathrooms and locker rooms, a Trump administration civil rights probe concluded Wednesday. The US Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights determined that California's Education Department and Interscholastic Federation, which has received state funding, were in 'clear violation of Title IX' for having 'actively prevented this equality of opportunity by allowing males in girls' sports and intimate spaces.' The civil rights office has given the Golden State 10 days to reverse course — or face 'imminent enforcement action' that could include a referral to the Department of Justice. Advertisement 5 The US Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights determined that California's Education Department and Interscholastic Federation were in 'clear violation of Title IX.' Getty Images 'Although Governor Gavin Newsom admitted months ago it was 'deeply unfair' to allow men to compete in women's sports, both the California Department of Education and the California Interscholastic Federation continued as recently as a few weeks ago to allow men to steal female athletes' well-deserved accolades and to subject them to the indignity of unfair and unsafe competitions,' Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a statement. 'The Trump Administration will relentlessly enforce Title IX protections for women and girls, and our findings today make clear that California has failed to adhere to its obligations under federal law. The state must swiftly come into compliance with Title IX or face the consequences that follow.' Advertisement The 1972 law is meant to protect equal opportunities regardless of sex in schools receiving federal funds. 5 California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on his podcast in March that it was 'deeply unfair' to allow men to compete in women's sports. JOHN G MABANGLO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Most Americans — and as many as 69% of Democrats — support sex-segregated sports participation, a New York Times poll found in January. Several Western nations — including the UK — have also banned or severely limited the practice of hormone therapy and providing puberty-blocking drugs to children, citing physical and psychological harms and the need for further study of long-term effects. Advertisement Past research studies show that transgender female athletes maintain a competitive advantage over their biological female peers even after undergoing hormone therapy to transition genders. 5 Trump's Education Department's word of warning for California also comes after the US Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law prohibiting hormone therapy for minors. Image of Sports/Newscom via ZUMA 'It wouldn't be a day ending in 'Y' without the Trump Administration threatening to defund California. Now Secretary McMahon is confusing government with her WrestleMania days — dramatic, fake, and completely divorced from reality,' said a spokesperson for Newsom. 'This won't stick.' The Trump Education Department's word of warning for California also comes after the US Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law prohibiting hormone therapy for minors. Advertisement To reverse course, the California educational entities must inform any recipients of federal funding to 'adopt biology-based definitions of the words 'male' and 'female,'' according to Trump's Education Department. California's Interscholastic Federation must also 'restore to female athletes all individual records, titles, and awards misappropriated by male athletes competing in female competitions' — including Katie McGuinness, who placed second against a trans athlete in the long jump at the federation's Southern Section Final last month. 5 The US Education Department launched the investigation into California's interscholastic sports federation on Feb. 12 after the organization said it was going to flout the president's executive order. Getty Images California's Education Department must in addition 'send a personalized letter apologizing on behalf of the state of California for allowing her educational experience to be marred by sex discrimination.' And the state office will have to annually certify that any recipients of federal funds are in compliance with Title IX. In California, there are nearly 6 million K-12 athletes but fewer than 10 are transgender, a state official noted. Just around 10 are transgender of the more than 500,000 NCAA student-athletes nationally. The Education Department launched the investigation into the state's interscholastic sports federation on Feb. 12 after the organization said it was going to flout the president's executive order preventing transgender athletes from competing in women's and girls' sports. 5 Katie McGuinness placed second against a trans athlete in the long jump at the California state federation's Southern Section Final last month. FOX News Advertisement The department has dubbed June 'Title IX Month' and is 'commemorating women's continued push for equal educational and athletic opportunity.' Reps for California's Education Department, Interscholastic Federation did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
