Photos: 'No Kings' Protests Across America
Yesterday, according to estimates by event organizers, millions marched in protest against the Trump administration, including its recent controversial immigration enforcement raids. Hundreds of 'No Kings' demonstrations took place in cities and towns throughout the U.S.
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Yahoo
7 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Netanyahu says Iran tried to assassinate Trump as he tries to justify air strikes on Fox News
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed during an appearance on Fox News that Iran has tried to assassinate Donald Trump twice. Netanyahu, who sought to justify Israel's recent waves of missile strikes in Iran, asked host Bret Baier whether 'these people who chant 'death to America'' and 'tried to assassinate President Trump twice' should 'have nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them to your cities.' Baier then pressed Netanyahu about his claim that Iran launched two assassination attempts. 'Through proxies, yes.' he said. 'Through, through their intel, yes, they want to kill him,' he added. 'He's enemy number one.' In July, the Secret Service ramped up security for Trump in the weeks leading up to an assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, after learning of a plot to kill then-candidate Trump. In September, the president claimed there were 'big threats on my life by Iran.' The Department of Justice in November charged Farhad Shakeri with trying to conduct a murder-for-hire plot against Trump. 'He's a decisive leader,' Netanyahu added. 'He never took the path that others took to try to bargain with them in a way that is weak, giving them basically a pathway to enrich uranium, which means a pathway to the bomb, padding it with billions and billions of dollars.' Netanyahu referenced Trump's decision to withdraw from the 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement brokered by former president Barack Obama's administration. The Israeli prime minister said missile strikes that have killed top military officials and nuclear scientists have sought to curb Iran's nuclear program and prevent the regime from obtaining a nuclear weapon. 'I think we've sent them back quite a bit,' he said. 'I think they were completely surprised. And, you know, surprise is the is a great element of success.' Baier also asked Netanyahu when he told Trump he would launch the strikes on Iran. 'Obviously, we informed our American friends and President Trump, our great friend, ahead of time,' he said. Administration officials have sought to distance the White House from the attacks, though Trump last week said last week — before the attacks — that a military operation against Iran would 'blow' negotiations his administration has tried to broker over its nuclear program. Talks scheduled for Sunday were canceled. The strikes — which preceded Iran conducting any strikes on Israel in kind — followed Trump's deployment of Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff to lead negotiations with Iran. Netanyahu said he would be open if Iran complied with Trump's demands. 'I said it is worth it if they'll do what the president wants, and that is eliminate their enrichment capacity,' he said. 'You know, that's a lot better than my having my country, my forces, my brave pilots, having to do it.'
Boston Globe
12 minutes ago
- Boston Globe
Justice Department's early moves on voting and elections signal a shift from its traditional role
Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up David Becker, a former department attorney who worked on voting rights cases and now leads the Center for Election Innovation & Research, said the Justice Department's moves represent a departure from focusing on major violations of federal law. Advertisement 'This would be like the police department prioritizing jaywalking over murder investigations,' he said. A Justice Department spokesperson responded with 'no comment' to an emailed request for more information about the actions, including whether similar ones had been taken in any other states. Conservatives for years have called for an overhaul of the Justice Department in both personnel and priorities. President Trump also has criticized how elections are run, falsely blaming his 2020 loss on widespread fraud. Earlier this year, he signed an executive order seeking a sweeping overhaul of election operations — an authority the Constitution grants to the states and Congress. Advertisement After his win last November, Trump installed key allies at the Justice Department, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has made similar claims about the 2020 election. Multiple reviews in the presidential battleground states affirmed Democrat Joe Biden's win in 2020, Trump and his allies lost dozens of lawsuits, and even Trump's attorney general at the time said there was no evidence of widespread fraud. Justin Levitt, a former deputy assistant attorney general in the department's civil rights division, said most of the DOJ's actions appeared reasonable and focused on issues that had already been raised by conservative activists in those states. They also are the type that would be expected from a conservative administration, he said, with the exception of the Colorado request. He called that 'well out of bounds.' 'This administration has prioritized grievance, even perceived grievance when there is no basis in fact,' said Levitt, who also served as a senior policy adviser in the Biden administration. 'And it's dismaying, but not surprising, that the civil rights division would do the same.' The department's request to Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat, asked for all records relating to last year's presidential election. Federal law requires those to be kept for 22 months. In the request, the department stated it had received a complaint alleging that Griswold's office was not in compliance with federal law relating to voter registration. The request also directs Griswold to preserve any records of the 2020 election that might still be in the state's possession. Advertisement Griswold, in an interview, called the request a 'fishing expedition' and said her office responded by providing state voting files. 'I'm not even sure they know what they are looking for,' Griswold said. 'They can request all the data they want, and it's not going to prove anything.' In North Carolina, where Republican lawmakers recently wrested control of the state election board from the Democratic governor, Justice Department lawyers filed a lawsuit accusing state election officials of failing to ensure that all voter records include identifying information, such as a driver's license. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who oversees the civil rights division, said in a statement announcing the lawsuit that accurate voter rolls are critical to ensuring elections are conducted 'fairly, accurately, and without fraud.' The previous board had acknowledged the issue and updated the state's voter registration form. The new board leadership has vowed to address it. In Wisconsin, which Trump won in 2016 and 2024 but lost in 2020, department lawyers recently sent a letter to the state election commission accusing it of not providing a complaint process for those raising concerns. This comes as Republican state lawmakers are pushing legislation to expand the ability to appeal decisions made by the six-member commission, which is equally divided between Republicans and Democrats. Republican lawmakers have long complained about commission decisions they perceive as benefiting Democrats. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, a law firm that frequently defends Republicans on election issues, supports both efforts, said Lucas Vebber, the firm's deputy counsel. 'It's ensuring that Wisconsinites are entitled to have their complaints heard and adjudicated,' he said. 'As something as important as our elections, it's vital to ensure that process is transparent and available to everyone.' Advertisement Representative Lee Snodgrass, a Democrat on the Wisconsin Legislature's elections committee, said state law needs some tightening around how election complaints are handled, but she's dubious about the motives of the Trump administration and conservative activists in the state. They are looking for ways 'to cast doubt on election integrity, so if they don't get the results they want, they can cry foul,' Snodgrass said. In Arizona, DOJ lawyers said the state was not clearly telling voter registration applicants to provide a driver's license if they have one and asked the state to conduct a review to identify any noncitizens. Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, a Democrat, responded by saying Arizona requires those registering to vote in state and local elections to provide proof of citizenship and conducts checks using the state's motor vehicle records. In Oregon, Justice Department lawyers weighed in on an ongoing lawsuit filed by the conservative group Judicial Watch. It alleges the state has failed to comply with federal laws on maintaining voter lists and making these records available for public inspection. John Powers, a former Justice Department attorney who now serves as legal director for the Advancement Project, said he was concerned about the moves coupled with the Justice Department's staff departures and its withdrawal from voting rights cases. Powers said he hoped, with midterm elections next year, that the department would not pursue minor technical issues in a way that could undermine public confidence in elections. 'I would be lying if I said I wasn't concerned about what the future might hold,' he said. Advertisement
The Hill
14 minutes ago
- The Hill
Cotton on Trump ICE pause on select industries: ‘I don't think we should pull back on any kind of enforcement'
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Sunday said he doesn't believe Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should 'pull back on any kind of enforcement' after the Trump administration directed the agency to pause raids against workers in the agriculture, hotel and restaurant industries. Cotton told CBS News's Margaret Brennan on 'Face The Nation' that 'we need to have robust worksite enforcement' after being asked if he agreed with the move given agricultural business in his state. 'I don't think we should pull back on any kind of enforcement at all,' Cotton said. 'I think worksite enforcement in all industries needs to be able to move forward. And I think ICE agents on the front lines need the support of political leadership.' The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed a shift in deportation policies in a statement to NewsNation on Saturday, days after President Trump signaled that 'changes are coming' in a post on Truth Social. 'Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace…,' the president wrote on Thursday. 'This is not good. We must protect our Farmers, but get the CRIMINALS OUT OF THE USA. Changes are coming!' he added. DHS officials said they would follow the White House's lead on removals and detainments, according to a report by The New York Times. 'We will follow the president's direction and continue to work to get the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens off of America's streets,' DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said.
