Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned on Tuesday that “mass chaos” and potential airspace shutdowns will affect air travelers if the government shutdown continues into next week, with shortages of air traffic controllers and TSA agents reaching a critical level.
“If you bring us to a week from today, Democrats, you will see mass chaos, you will see mass flight delays,” Duffy told reporters at a Tuesday news conference held by Pennsylvania Sen. Dave McCormick (R) and Sen. John Fetterman (D), one of only three Democrats who have repeatedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-daily-wire-sits-down-with-john-fetterman-who-doesnt-hear-from-democrats-anymore">voted</a> to end the shutdown.
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BREAKING: The Department of Transportation might be forced to shut down airspace in certain parts of the country if the government shutdown continues into next week, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Tuesday.
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“You’ll see mass cancellations, and you may see us close certain parts of the airspace, because we just cannot manage it because we don’t have the air traffic controllers.”
Nearly 50% of major air traffic control facilities across the country already face critical staffing shortages as the shutdown extends into its 35th day, with approximately 13,000 controllers currently required to work without paychecks during the shutdown.
The Federal Aviation Administration <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/delays-safety-concerns-shortages-air-traffic-controllers/story?id=127055961">reported</a> on Friday that 80% of aviation staff in the New York area had called out, a problem Duffy only expects to worsen as the shutdown continues.
“If this shutdown doesn’t end now, air traffic controllers will receive another $0 paycheck,” Duffy wrote Monday on X. “Many controllers are not coming to work because they have to find a job that WILL pay them so they can survive.”
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Yesterday saw another horrible record set: 84% of delays were due to staff shortages.
If this shutdown doesn’t end now, air traffic controllers will receive another $0 paycheck.
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Delays and disruptions have already <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/10/07/flight-delays-shutdown-air-traffic-control-staffing-issues">impacted</a> airports in the Los Angeles area, Newark, and Denver over the past month, with Duffy stating that staffing shortages were the cause of 84% of the delays over the weekend.
The staffing shortages have led to many controllers working overtime or covering roles that other controllers would otherwise fill, in addition to their own.
“There is a level of risk that gets injected into the system when we have a controller that’s doing two jobs instead of one,” Duffy warned on Saturday amid a ground stop that was in effect at Newark Liberty International Airport due to staffing issues. “We will delay, we will cancel any kind of flight across the national airspace to make sure people are safe.”
The shutdown shows no sign of resolution in the near future, as nearly every Senate Democrat has <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/11/04/us-news/trump-admin-may-be-forced-to-close-parts-of-us-airspace-if-shutdown-lasts-into-next-week-duffy-says/">voted</a> 14 times against a stopgap measure that would fund the government until November 21, using it as leverage to force concessions from Republicans to extend Obamacare subsidies set to expire at the end of this year.
The Obamacare tax credits were expanded under former President Joe Biden during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the New York Post.
In an interview with The Daily Wire on Monday, Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman said he didn’t buy his party’s justification for the shutdown.
“I think shutting our government down simply because we have to ‘fight,’ or because that’s part of this resistance, I don’t agree with it,” the senator said. “And I think we’re gonna hurt the kinds of people who are at the center of our party.”

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress, called President Donald Trump &#8220;a vile creature,&#8221; adding that he is &#8220;the worst thing on the face of the earth.&#8221;
Pelosi made the comments during a sit-down interview with <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/politics/video/nancy-pelosi-california-trump-elex-michaelson-lead-jake-tapper">CNN</a> that aired on Monday. The hostile remarks come as political violence in the United States continues to rise, following two assassination attempts on President Trump in 2024 and the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk in September.
&#8220;He&#8217;s just a vile creature, and the worst thing on the face of the earth, but anyway,&#8221; Pelosi said of Trump.
&#8220;You think he&#8217;s the worst thing on the face of the earth?&#8221; asked CNN journalist Elex Michaelson.
&#8220;I do, yeah,&#8221; Pelosi replied.
She defended her harsh words about Trump, arguing that he &#8220;does not honor the Constitution of the United States.&#8221;
&#8220;In fact, he&#8217;s turned the Supreme Court into a rogue court. He&#8217;s abolished the House of Representatives. He&#8217;s chilled the press,&#8221; Pelosi added. &#8220;He&#8217;s scared people who are in our country legally.&#8221;
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Pelosi: Trump is &#8220;a vile creature. The worst thing on the face of the Earth.&#8221;
CNN: &#8220;You think he&#8217;s the worst thing on the face of the Earth?&#8221;
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The 85-year-old congresswoman was not asked to explain how Trump has made the Supreme Court a &#8220;rogue court&#8221; or what she meant by arguing that the House of Representatives has been &#8220;abolished.&#8221; The CNN interview focused on California&#8217;s special election on Tuesday, when voters will cast their ballots on Proposition 50, which aims to redraw the state&#8217;s congressional maps to further favor Democrats.
Democrats are reportedly preparing for Pelosi to announce her retirement from Congress in the coming days. The 20-term congresswoman is expected to address her future plans after Tuesday&#8217;s election, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-brace-nancy-pelosi-possible-retirement-rcna241336">reported</a>. Asked about her future political plans, Pelosi said she&#8217;s more concerned about getting the Democratic Party back in power and fighting the &#8220;poison of the Trump administration.&#8221;
&#8220;For me, it&#8217;s just a question about one thing: winning the House for the Democrats, and that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re doing with Proposition 50. It&#8217;s the first step,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And then we go from there to winning. And the only reason I&#8217;m in Congress this term is to win the House for the Democrats, to protect us from the poison of the Trump administration.&#8221;
Republicans have recently addressed the rise in political violence coming from the Left and have urged their Democratic colleagues to tone down their rhetoric on Trump and conservatives. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last week, committee chair Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) called out &#8220;left-wing extremism,&#8221; arguing that for the past 15 months, political violence “has been a constant fact of American life.”
Daily Wire host Michael Knowles <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-problem-lies-on-the-left-michael-knowles-brings-the-heat-to-senate-political-violence-hearing">testified</a> during the hearing and blasted Democrats for attempting to include those on the Right as main drivers of political violence.
&#8220;This seems to me confusing and misbegotten as one cannot solve a problem if one does not know where the problem lies,&#8221; Knowles said, adding, &#8220;In light of the murder of my friend Charlie Kirk by a leftist assassin, I am gratified to see that at least some members of our federal legislature are now confronting the consistent and escalating pattern of left-wing terrorism in the country.&#8221;
Pelosi has also been affected by political violence, when her husband, Paul, was attacked by a hammer-wielding man in 2022. The attacker, David DePape, <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-man-accused-of-attacking-paul-pelosi-with-a-hammer-says-he-wanted-to-end-corruption#:~:text=to%2Dend%2Dcorruption-,Man%20accused%20of%20attacking%20Paul%20Pelosi%20with%20a%20hammer%20testifies,the%20early%20hours%20of%20Oct.">espoused</a> right-wing conspiracy theories and testified that he wanted to interrogate Pelosi and get her to admit to corruption. President Trump called the attack on Paul Pelosi a &#8220;sad situation,&#8221; but also made light of the incident.
&#8220;Pelosi has a big wall wrapped around her house, but of course, it didn&#8217;t help too much with the problem she had, did it?&#8221; Trump said during a 2024 rally.

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In the four years since Governor Glenn Youngkin’s pivotal 2021 victory, Virginia conservatives have scored massive wins against leftism on college campuses. But with voters heading to the polls on Tuesday, new footage shows that the remnants of diversity, equity, and inclusion may be quietly re-emerging at its flagship university.
In an undercover video obtained by The Daily Wire, a University of Virginia official is caught saying that the “DEI office has been changed in name,” only before laying out how DEI programs continue to be pushed at the university in other ways.
“The DEI office has been changed in name, and I think [it&#8217;s] probably going to be a little more taken down,” said Alex Winkowski, the assistant dean and director of fraternity and sorority life. “But like the Multicultural Student Services unit is still here. It wasn&#8217;t called DEI. I mean that&#8217;s why it wasn&#8217;t really touched for a while. People didn&#8217;t know where to look.”
“People think everything that’s DEI is called DEI, which is bonkers to me,” the assistant dean added. Asked if the Multicultural Student Center is a “safe haven” for DEI, Winkowski replied, “Oh, absolutely. Oh, yeah.”
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UNDERCOVER VIDEO: University of Virginia official caught admitting that DEI finds a &#8220;safe haven&#8221; on campus.
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The hidden-camera video was recorded in August, five months after UVA’s Board of Visitors <a href="https://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2025/march/name-1042455-en.html">voted</a> to dissolve the university’s Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Community Partnerships.
The topic has been a hot-button issue at UVA in recent months. After the Trump administration began investigating colleges for pushing discriminatory programs and pressuring Virginia to end its DEI office, the university’s president, Jim Ryan, resigned. The Department of Justice <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/politics/uva-president-resigns-jim-ryan-trump.html">reportedly</a> demanded that Ryan resign to help settle an investigation into the university’s DEI practices. It’s still without a permanent replacement, months into the academic year.
In March, Governor Youngkin and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares praised UVA’s Board of Visitors for voting to close the school’s DEI office and “end illegal discriminatory practices.” The university also entered into an <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-agreement-university-virginia-0">agreement</a> with the Department of Justice last month, vowing that it would “not engage in unlawful racial discrimination in its university programming, admissions, hiring, or other activities.” Virginia also promised to provide the DOJ with quarterly data on its programming through 2028, adding that the university’s president “will personally certify each quarter that UVA is in compliance with the agreement.”
According to Winkowski, however, UVA’s Multicultural Student Center offers a cover for DEI programs to continue at the school. The Multicultural Student Center offers students a space where they can study or meet with other students. The center aims to “build community and encourage connection across diverse experiences.” The Multicultural Center is one of many student centers offered by Multicultural Student Services, a department that is dedicated to promoting diversity among the student body. The other student centers include the LGBTQ Center, Latinx Student Center, Interfaith Student Center, and Asian American Student Center.
“The LGBTQ Center here is very, very supported by alumni, to the point where they looked at the alumni support here and scholarships and [found] that we give more money than Harvard does to LGBTQ students who go here,” Winkowski said.
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Winkowski has spent much of his time at UVA developing “LGBTQ-related programs,” according to his <a href="https://studentaffairs.virginia.edu/staff/alex-winkowski">bio</a> on the university’s website. Winkowski’s bio refers to him as “they.”
The University of Virginia told The Daily Wire that Winkowski’s comments “do not represent official University policies or positions.”
“Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Students for Fair Admissions case and the federal administration’s issuance of related guidance, the University developed its own guidance for UVA schools and units to make clear that UVA does not tolerate discrimination in any form and that all programs, events, and spaces must be not only open, but genuinely welcoming to all people, regardless of race or other characteristics,” said university spokesman Brian Coy. “As part of that effort, the University has renamed some spaces, programs, and events in an effort to make absolutely clear that they are open and welcoming to all people.”
Coy added that Winkowski’s statements are not related “in any way” to the school’s agreement with the DOJ, adding that UVA remains committed to upholding the agreement.
“This hidden camera video was taken well before the University entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to suspend multiple civil rights violations and the content captured does not relate in any way to that agreement,” the spokesman said. “The agreement in question suspends 5 Department of Justice investigations and commits the University to follow the DOJ’s guidance on U.S. civil rights laws, as long as they are consistent with judicial decisions. The University is committed to honoring that agreement.”
The Daily Wire also asked UVA how it ensures that faculty and staff are following the DOJ’s guidance and not attempting to push DEI goals under other names. UVA has not responded to that question.
Winkowski’s comments are yet another example of how university administrators and faculty continue to prioritize DEI despite the Trump administration opening investigations into dozens of schools for alleged discriminatory practices. Earlier this year, The Daily Wire obtained a video showing a Vanderbilt University administrator admitting that the school is actively pursuing DEI goals, which would be in violation of President Donald Trump’s executive order on DEI.
“All the things that I would say are components of DEI work are part of what we do. Even if we don’t label everything as DEI work,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-video-vanderbilt-administrator-caught-saying-dei-remains-part-of-what-we-do">said</a> G.L. Black, Vanderbilt’s vice provost for student affairs and dean of students. After The Daily Wire published an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-video-vanderbilt-administrator-caught-saying-dei-remains-part-of-what-we-do">article</a> on Black’s comments, Vanderbilt released a statement saying that it hired the law firm Baker Donelson, which “will be tasked with reviewing the specific circumstances related to the recordings and identifying steps the university can take to ensure all employees fully understand the university’s policies and consistently act in accordance.”
A University of Tennessee department head was also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/university-of-tennessee-department-head-boasts-of-dei-flying-under-the-radar-in-red-state">caught on camera</a> boasting about DEI flying under the radar after the Trump administration’s crackdown. Casey A. Barrio Minton, professor and department head of counselor education, said that Tennessee’s “Access and Engagement” office, which used to be called the “Diversity and Inclusion” office, continues to push DEI.
In September, a controversy erupted at Texas A&amp;M when a video obtained by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-am-president-to-resign-after-leftist-politics-infiltrated-university-childrens-lit-course">The Daily Wire</a> showed an English professor pushing pro-LGBT talking points during a children’s literature course that devoted considerable attention to sex, gender, and “queerness.” Texas A&amp;M President Mark Welsh resigned after he was criticized for how he handled the controversy.

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The Department of Justice is reportedly investigating the national Black Lives Matter organization over allegations that the group’s leadership defrauded donors.
Federal agents are probing the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation after years of financial scandals and infighting at the group. Officials have issued multiple subpoenas and carried out at least one search warrant against the foundation and other leftist groups in recent weeks, according to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/black-lives-matter-fraud-doj-investigation-trump-371e3277ff3b78bc73d3467c4692c66c">Associated Press</a>.
The investigation began under former President Joe Biden, according to the AP.
In a statement, the foundation denied that it is the subject of a “federal criminal investigation.”
“We remain committed to full transparency, accountability, and the responsible stewardship of resources dedicated to building a better future for Black communities,” the foundation told the AP.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California in Los Angeles is leading the investigation into the foundation, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-prosecutors-investigate-blm-leaders-over-alleged-misuse-90m-donations">Fox News</a>.
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The Black Lives Matter foundation received a cascade of donations following the death of George Floyd, a chronic drug abuser and repeat criminal, during his arrest in Minneapolis in 2020. The foundation received an estimated $90 million in contributions following Floyd’s death, which kicked off nationwide protests and riots over alleged systemic racism within law enforcement that resulted in over <a href="https://www.axios.com/2020/09/16/riots-cost-property-damage">$1 billion</a> in damages.
No criminal charges have been filed in the investigation into the foundation or related groups. The investigation itself is part of the Trump administration’s effort to probe potential illegal activity within leftist organizations and identify the financial interests behind violent riots spurred by political agendas, according to <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/justice-department-investigates-black-lives-matter-leaders-for-potential-fraud/">National Review</a>.
The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation has been rocked by allegations of scandal and the abuse of donor funds in recent years.
In 2022, the national foundation <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/black-lives-matter-hemorrhaged-cash-in-2022-tax-documents-show/">hemorrhaged</a> funds while paying out substantial paychecks to its former executive director Patrisse Cullors and a number of her family members and friends. Part of the $90 million trove the national foundation raised in the immediate aftermath of Floyd’s death went toward luxury homes in Los Angeles and Toronto together worth about $12 million.
Another nearly $11 million was paid out for contracts, many of which went to companies run by Cullors&#8217; family and friends. For instance, Cullors’ brother, a graffiti artist, received $1.6 million between two companies for providing &#8220;professional security services&#8221; for Black Lives Matter.
The national group and its offshoots, particularly Black Lives Matter Grassroots, have <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/as-civil-war-consumes-black-lives-matter-8-7-million-goes-missing/">suffered</a> from infighting within the Black Lives Matter movement over millions of dollars-worth of donations that have seemed to go missing.

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Americans support stringent public safety measures when it comes to violent crime and homelessness, according to a new poll first shared with The Daily Wire.
The Cicero Institute’s annual National Public Safety Poll found that 75% of Americans believe violent crime is either going up or staying the same, with only 18% of those surveyed believing it’s going down. Meanwhile, 61% said they would back court mandates for “treatment and stabilization” of repeat offenders with a “history of mental illness.” 
In addition, 64% of those surveyed said they want it to be easier for people to be entered into mental health facilities if they have “violent tendencies.”
“Americans have made their voices heard. They want safe streets for their families, accountable solutions for homelessness, and serious repercussions when our justice system fails,” Stefani Buhajla, Senior Director of Communications for the Cicero Institute, said in a statement.
The new polling data comes amid a nationwide discussion about how to tackle crime in light of President Donald Trump ordering National Guard troops and federal law enforcement agencies into Washington, D.C., and other cities throughout the United States, like Memphis. The Wall Street Journal reported that the surge in Memphis has been considered a positive move by “many” residents, despite major pushback in other cities where the policy has been floated.
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For those with mental illness who are facing a conviction for “aggravated murder,” 46% said life in prison should be considered, 18% said the death penalty, and 18% said both should be weighed as options, compared with 17% who said neither should be a consequence.
“Voters have lost patience with activist leniency that endangers communities. They rightly want violent individuals removed from the streets and overwhelmingly support removing incompetent judges who repeatedly let them off with a slap on the wrist,” she continued.
Other noteworthy numbers from the poll were 60% saying that federal investigations should occur if states have a history of releasing “repeat violent criminals.” And 63% said a judge should be booted from their job if they are “too lenient” on violent offenders.
The poll also revealed heavy support for better tracking of sex offenders and mandating treatment or job programs in order to get “taxpayer-funded housing.”
The poll surveyed 2,102 likely voters, and results were weighted based on demographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey Voting and Registration Supplement and the state election authorities.

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Coast Guard security personnel fired at a U-Haul truck that ignored &#8220;multiple verbal commands&#8221; and approached the entrance to Coast Guard Island Alameda in California late Thursday night.
Video of the incident posted by CBS News Bay Area shows the U-Haul backing up toward Coast Guard security personnel who had formed a line on a road that leads to the entrance to the base. As the truck approaches the security team, numerous shots are fired, and the driver stops before speeding away.
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The shooting happened as anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters gathered near the entrance of the military installation. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents recently <a href="https://apnews.com/article/federal-immigration-enforcement-coast-guard-island-05d4c04c4936e85205e4c2320a5be945">arrived</a> at the Coast Guard base as part of the federal government&#8217;s illegal immigration crackdown.
Earlier on Thursday, federal agents and California Highway Patrol officers clashed with protesters outside of the Coast Guard base, as civilian employees left the base located on a small island on San Francisco Bay. The base has only one entrance, reached by a bridge. The Coast Guard security personnel were positioned on the bridge as the protests continued late into the night.
The Coast Guard said in a <a href="https://x.com/USCG/status/1981669551264715196">statement</a> on Friday morning, &#8220;When the vehicle’s actions posed a direct threat to the safety of Coast Guard and security personnel, law enforcement officers discharged several rounds of live fire.&#8221;
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Two men arrived at the hospital with gunshot wounds after the shooting, Mercury News <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/24/coast-guard-shooting-oakland-immigration-protest/">reported</a>. One of the men is believed to be the driver of the U-Haul, while the second man&#8217;s identity was unclear. The rental truck was later found by law enforcement.
The Trump administration said earlier this week that it planned on surging federal law enforcement officers to San Francisco as the president cracks down on illegal immigration and violent crime in American cities. President Donald Trump, however, said on Thursday that he was backing off those plans after some of his friends in San Francisco urged him to give Democratic San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie more of a chance to clean up crime in the city.
“I spoke to Mayor Lurie last night and he asked, very nicely, that I give him a chance to see if he can turn it around,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-warns-california-democrats-arresting-ice-agents-is-a-criminal-conspiracy?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Warns+California+Democrats%3A+Arresting+ICE+Agents+Is+A+%E2%80%98Criminal+Conspiracy%E2%80%99">wrote</a> on Truth Social. &#8220;I told him I think he is making a mistake, because we can do it much faster, and remove the criminals that the Law does not permit him to remove.”
The Justice Department also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-warns-california-democrats-arresting-ice-agents-is-a-criminal-conspiracy?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Warns+California+Democrats%3A+Arresting+ICE+Agents+Is+A+%E2%80%98Criminal+Conspiracy%E2%80%99">warned</a> California Democrats, including Gov. Gavin Newsom and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on Thursday of potential charges, after Pelosi suggested that federal immigration agents could be arrested by state and local police.
“We urge you and other California officials to publicly abandon this apparent criminal conspiracy, to stop threatening law enforcement, and to prioritize the safety of your citizens,” U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote in a letter to the Democrats. “In the meantime, federal agents and officers will continue to enforce federal law and will not be deterred by the threat of arrest by California authorities who have abdicated their duty to protect their constituents.”

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The Department of Justice warned multiple top Democratic California politicians, including Gov. Gavin Newsom and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, of potential charges on Thursday, after Pelosi suggested that federal immigration agents could be arrested by state and local police.
Earlier this week, Pelosi, along with Democratic Rep. Kevin Mullin, <a href="https://pelosi.house.gov/news/press-releases/pelosi-mullin-statement-reports-planned-federal-immigration-operation-bay-area">threatened</a> that ICE agents could be detained as President Donald Trump considered a major immigration operation in San Francisco. In response, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche sent a letter to Newsom, Pelosi, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, and San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, urging them to &#8220;abandon this apparent criminal conspiracy.&#8221;
&#8220;The Department of Justice views any arrests of federal agents and officers in the performance of their official duties as both illegal and futile,&#8221; Blanche wrote. The deputy attorney general then cited multiple federal laws that prohibit interfering with federal law enforcement operations.
The California Democrats addressed in the letter were told to &#8220;preserve all written and electronic communications and records related to any attempts to or efforts to impede or obstruct federal law enforcement officials.&#8221;
&#8220;We urge you and other California officials to publicly abandon this apparent criminal conspiracy, to stop threatening law enforcement, and to prioritize the safety of your citizens,&#8221; Blanche added. &#8220;In the meantime, federal agents and officers will continue to enforce federal law and will not be deterred by the threat of arrest by California authorities who have abdicated their duty to protect their constituents.&#8221;
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California politicians want to arrest federal agents for enforcing federal law. 
We just sent them a letter: Stand down or face prosecution. 
No one threatens our agents. No one will stop us from Making America Safe Again. <a href="https://t.co/xe0EK8QssO">pic.twitter.com/xe0EK8QssO</a>
— Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) <a href="https://twitter.com/DAGToddBlanche/status/1981495700450893894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://x.com/JesseBWatters/status/1981528588516987011">told</a> Fox News host Jesse Watters Thursday night that if Democratic officials are telling state and local police to arrest ICE officers, they will face charges.
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&#8220;If they think I won’t [charge them], they have not met me,&#8221; Bondi added. &#8220;Because we will charge them if they are violating the law. We will protect our federal agents.&#8221;
Pelosi and Mullin, who both represent parts of the Bay Area, wrote in a <a href="https://pelosi.house.gov/news/press-releases/pelosi-mullin-statement-reports-planned-federal-immigration-operation-bay-area">press release</a> on Wednesday that California law &#8220;prevents federal agents from taking certain actions.&#8221; The Democratic lawmakers added, &#8220;Our state and local authorities may arrest federal agents if they break California law — and if they are convicted, the President cannot pardon them.&#8221;
California Democrats have also moved to make ICE agents show their faces while on the job. Late last month, Newsom signed a bill into law that bans ICE agents from wearing masks during arrests. The bill was signed as federal immigration agents face a massive increase in attacks on them, including shootings and car rammings. ICE sources told <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nice-try-gavin-newsom-cant-stop-ice-agents-from-wearing-masks-sources-say">The Daily Wire</a> that the new California law would not apply to the federal officers, and U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli told “Fox &amp; Friends” that California “does not and cannot have jurisdiction” over the federal agents.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-to-target-san-francisco-with-immigration-raids">announced</a> on Monday that the Trump administration would soon target San Francisco as part of its crackdown on crime and illegal immigrants. However, after Trump said some of his friends in San Francisco urged him to hold off on the federal law enforcement &#8220;surge,&#8221; the president had a phone call with Democratic San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and decided to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-calls-off-deployment-of-federal-agents-to-san-francisco">hold off</a> on the operation.
“The Federal Government was preparing to ‘surge’ San Francisco, California, on Saturday, but friends of mine who live in the area called last night to ask me not to go forward with the surge in that the Mayor, Daniel Lurie, was making substantial progress,” Trump <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1981406531926315028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">wrote</a> on Truth Social Thursday. “I spoke to Mayor Lurie last night and he asked, very nicely, that I give him a chance to see if he can turn it around. I told him I think he is making a mistake, because we can do it much faster, and remove the criminals that the Law does not permit him to remove.”
Jennie Taer contributed to this report.

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Trump Admin Warns California Democrats: Arresting ICE Agents Is A ‘Criminal Conspiracy’

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The Treasury Department announced a new round of sanctions against Russia on Wednesday, targeting the country&#8217;s two largest oil companies that &#8220;fund the Kremlin’s war machine.&#8221;
The sanctions target Open Joint Stock Company Rosneft Oil Company, Lukoil OAO, and dozens of their subsidiaries. In a <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0290">press release</a>, the Trump administration said the sanctions were necessary because of &#8220;Russia’s lack of serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine.&#8221;
“Now is the time to stop the killing and for an immediate ceasefire,” said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. “Given President Putin’s refusal to end this senseless war, Treasury is sanctioning Russia’s two largest oil companies that fund the Kremlin’s war machine. Treasury is prepared to take further action if necessary to support President Trump’s effort to end yet another war. We encourage our allies to join us in and adhere to these sanctions.”
Just before the sanctions were announced, Bessent discussed the move in an interview on Fox Business on Wednesday afternoon,  saying it will be &#8220;one of the largest sanctions that we have done against the Russian Federation.&#8221;
&#8220;President Putin has not come to the table in an honest and forthright manner, as we&#8217;d hoped,&#8221; he added. &#8220;There were talks in Alaska. President Trump walked away when he realized that things were not moving forward. There have been behind-the-scenes talks, but I believe that the president is disappointed at where we are in these talks.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SecScottBessent?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecScottBessent</a>: &#8220;President Putin has not come to the table in an honest and forthright manner, as we&#8217;d hoped&#8230; we are going to be announcing a substantial increase in Russia sanctions&#8230; one of the largest sanctions that we have done against the Russian Federation.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/V4I8lg1WJi">pic.twitter.com/V4I8lg1WJi</a>
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U.S. sanctions on Russia come as the European Union approved the 19th batch of sanctions against Moscow on Wednesday, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/eu-approves-19th-package-russian-sanctions-including-lng-ban-2025-10-22/">reported</a>. The latest E.U. sanctions package includes a ban on liquefied natural gas imports from Russia. The sanctions will end short-term liquefied natural gas contracts with Russian companies after six months, while long-term contracts will end beginning on January 1, 2027.
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In July, Trump threatened to punish Russia with sanctions if it did not agree to end the war within 50 days. After meeting with Putin in Alaska in August, Trump said he was still considering &#8220;very serious&#8221; sanctions on Russia.
The Trump administration finally moved forward with sanctions after a planned second summit with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/second-trump-putin-summit-in-doubt-after-rubio-talks-with-russian-foreign-minister">placed on hold</a> on Tuesday. Trump had a &#8220;lengthy&#8221; <a href="about:blank">call</a> with Putin last Thursday, after which he announced that he would meet with the Russian dictator for another round of peace talks in Budapest in the near future. On Tuesday, the White House said that following a call between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, “there are no plans for President Trump to meet with President Putin in the immediate future.”
Trump commented on the summit in the Oval Office later on Tuesday, leaving the door open for a meeting with Putin, but adding, “I don’t want to have a wasted meeting. I don’t want to have a waste of time.”
Trump also met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, one day after his call with Putin, to discuss next steps in the peace negotiations. Zelensky has long been asking the United States for Tomahawk missiles, which would allow Kyiv to fire at targets deep inside Russia, but Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-zelensky-meeting-trump-indicates-he-is-not-ready-to-give-ukraine-tomahawk-missiles">suggested</a> during the meeting with Zelensky that he wasn’t ready to provide Ukraine with the long-range cruise missiles.

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Paul Ingrassia, a Trump administration official tapped by the president to lead the Office of the Special Counsel, withdrew his name from consideration on Tuesday following a POLITICO report on some of his past alleged text messages.
Ingrassia, who currently serves as President Donald Trump&#8217;s special liaison to the Department of Homeland Security, <a href="https://x.com/PaulIngrassia/status/1980770237130608774">said</a> that he was taking his name out of consideration &#8220;because unfortunately I do not have enough Republican votes at this time.&#8221;
&#8220;I appreciate the overwhelming support that I have received throughout this process and will continue to serve President Trump and this administration to Make America Great Again!&#8221; he added.
POLITICO published a <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/20/paul-ingrassia-racist-text-messages-nazi-00613608?stream=top&amp;amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;amp;utm_medium=email&amp;amp;utm_source=newsletter">story</a> on Monday that dug up a group chat where Ingrassia reportedly made inflammatory remarks about black holidays and claimed to have a &#8220;Nazi streak.&#8221; Two people, who were reportedly in the chat with Ingrassia and were given anonymity, showed POLITICO the text chain and the number they said belonged to Ingrassia.
“MLK Jr. was the 1960s George Floyd and his ‘holiday’ should be ended and tossed into the seventh circle of hell where it belongs,” read one text reportedly from Ingrassia. A month later, the Trump official reportedly brought up black holidays again and used an Italian slur for black people.
“No moulignon holidays … From kwanza [sic] to mlk jr day to black history month to Juneteenth,” the message read, adding, “Every single one needs to be eviscerated.”
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In another exchange, a person in the group chat wrote, &#8220;Paul belongs in the Hitler Youth with Ubergruppenfuhrer Steve Bannon,&#8221; to which Ingrassia allegedly replied, &#8220;I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time, I will admit it.&#8221;
Ingrassia, a political commentator who previously wrote for The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit, sent a letter to Republicans on Tuesday addressing multiple POLITICO &#8220;hit pieces.&#8221;
&#8220;I have no recollection of these alleged chat leaks, and do not concede their authenticity,&#8221; Ingrassia wrote. &#8220;They could well be outright falsehoods, doctored, or manipulated with AI, or at the very least, lack critical context.&#8221;
Ingrassia argued that some people &#8220;cloak themselves in anonymity while executing their personal agendas to harm me at all costs.&#8221; The Trump staffer went on to highlight his efforts to address antisemitism in the White House and his &#8220;great support among the Jewish community.&#8221;
Ingrassia also pointed to another published POLITICO report that put him in a negative light. In a story earlier this month, POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/09/ingrassia-trump-harassment-dhs-00596545?nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&amp;nname=playbook&amp;nrid=00000166-fa8b-d7a1-afee-fedf35770002">reported</a> allegations that Ingrassia arranged to cancel the hotel reservation of one of his female colleagues so she would have to stay in his room. Ingrassia denied the allegation and said that the woman in the piece &#8220;is a longtime friend&#8221; who &#8220;never once complained about me.&#8221;
Despite his letter to Republicans, three GOP senators on the Homeland Security Committee signaled that they would oppose Ingrassia&#8217;s confirmation, meaning his nomination likely would have died in the committee, NBC News <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/trump-special-counsel-nominee-paul-ingrassia-withdraws-after-racist-texts-flap.html">reported</a>. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) stated simply on Tuesday, &#8220;He’s not going to pass.&#8221;

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Trump Pick Paul Ingrassia Withdraws After Text Leak, Blames Media ‘Hit Pieces’

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Numerous organizations have latched onto the homelessness crisis in the United States to advocate for &#8220;Marxist, anti-capitalist, or anti-American ideologies,&#8221; according to a report published last week by conservative watchdog, Capital Research Center (CRC).
In the 113-page <a href="https://capitalresearch.org/app/uploads/Infiltrated-Report-1.pdf">dossier</a>, CRC identifies multiple groups that are part of &#8220;extremist ideological movements advocating&#8221; for certain policies to address homelessness. The report refers to this network of leftist groups as the &#8220;Homelessness Industrial Complex,&#8221; which helps shape policies that are &#8220;counterproductive&#8221; and fail to address the root problems of the homelessness crisis.
&#8220;Many of the groups over time have moved away from a focus on directly serving people who suffer to advocacy, which is to say political fighting,&#8221; CRC President Scott Walter told The Daily Wire, adding, &#8220;Some groups have gotten seriously radical.&#8221;
The report, which CRC put together in cooperation with the Discovery Institute, a conservative think tank, combs through numerous organizations and highlights how they have pushed some of the most extreme leftist talking points. The report also analyzes the financial data of leftist networks and identifies how they have spent billions of dollars in their supposed effort to address homelessness, while the crisis has only spiraled further out of control.
Researchers with CRC looked into dozens of nonprofits that signed onto a Supreme Court amicus brief in last year&#8217;s Grants Pass v. Johnson case, opposing arrests and fines for homeless individuals who violated city ordinances. In that list of organizations, researchers found many groups that don&#8217;t focus solely on addressing homelessness, but also push radical leftism on other issues.
The National Harm Reduction Coalition, for example, supported defunding the police and told drug abusers that “no one knows what’s best for you better than you. Whatever drugs you use, we want you to be safe and healthy.&#8221; In 2022, the National Harm Reduction Coalition received 73% of its $12.8 million funding from government grants.
San Francisco Rising, another leftist organization that signed onto the Grants Pass v. Johnson amicus brief, is open about its political activism, calling itself an “electoral alliance” working “to build political power with working-class communities of color.”
The Center for Constitutional Rights filed another brief for the Grants Pass v. Johnson case, urging the court to oppose the city&#8217;s efforts to enforce the law against homeless individuals. The Center for Constitutional Rights <a href="https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/legal-group-israeli-colonial-domination-necessary-context">defended</a> Hamas&#8217; October 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel, arguing that “Palestinian resistance fighters” had the right to “carry out attacks on military targets.”
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The Western Regional Advocacy Project, another nonprofit highlighted by CRC, espouses anti-capitalist rhetoric and has made <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CA_k3KChdZ1/">calls</a> to &#8220;Abolish Police.&#8221; The group&#8217;s executive director, Paul Boden, <a href="https://thestreetspirit.org/2025/05/07/the-roots-of-neoliberal-fascism-in-america-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/">wrote</a> an article in early 2025 arguing that the Trump administration is instituting &#8220;neoliberal fascism&#8221; in America.
&#8220;The essence of extreme radicalism is fury that America is a horrible place, and for those people, they want to exploit the homeless because they can point to the homeless as supposed evidence that the country is horrible,&#8221; Walter said. &#8220;If that is what you&#8217;re doing, you don&#8217;t want there to be fewer homeless people. You want their suffering as vivid and as widespread as possible. And if they were in an institution that was helping them with their mental or their substance abuse, instead of being out on the streets, that&#8217;s not very good for your PR campaign.&#8221;
Other far-Left groups that are involved in housing and homelessness advocacy have openly pushed Marxism. The Autonomous Tenants Union Network <a href="https://atun-rsia.org/who-we-are">says</a> that it fights &#8220;for a world without landlords and without rent&#8221; and then adds that it wants to &#8220;end capitalism itself.&#8221;
Stomp Out Slumlords, a D.C.-based member of the Autonomous Tenants Union Network, <a href="https://www.stompoutslumlords.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SOS-2023-report_web.pdf">wrote</a> in 2023, &#8220;We’re not going to get to communism without moving people to talk to their neighbors first, and more importantly, doing it ourselves. Here in DC, exercising tenant purchase rights or pushing for rent freezes aren’t going to immediately decommodify housing, true. But these are the small-scale sites of disruption from which we can build working-class power into something much bigger.&#8221;
The Manhattan Institute&#8217;s Christopher Rufo, who has written extensively about America&#8217;s homelessness issue, said in the foreword to CRC&#8217;s report, &#8220;The rhetoric of &#8216;housing is a human right&#8217; and &#8216;abolish homelessness&#8217; is seductive, but it functions as a smokescreen.&#8221;
&#8220;Behind it lies a set of interests dedicated to dismantling enforcement, expanding bureaucracies, and keeping streams of funding flowing into activism rather than into effective service delivery to those in desperate need,&#8221; Rufo added.
The Trump administration has sought to address the homelessness crisis by focusing on law enforcement and rehabilitation. President Donald Trump also signed an <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/ending-crime-and-disorder-on-americas-streets/">executive order</a> in July that aims to move &#8220;homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings for humane treatment through the appropriate use of civil commitment&#8221; to &#8220;restore public order&#8221; and to redirect federal funds toward &#8220;Effective Methods of Addressing Homelessness.&#8221;
&#8220;Surrendering our cities and citizens to disorder and fear is neither compassionate to the homeless nor other citizens,&#8221; the order stated. &#8220;My Administration will take a new approach focused on protecting public safety.&#8221;
The Trump administration has faced backlash from leftist groups over its move to clean up homeless encampments. The Southern Poverty Law Center is another group that has inserted itself in the homelessness debate while advocating for leftist ideologies. The SPLC has frequently been slammed for smearing conservatives. CRC found that the SPLC often &#8220;engages in homelessness policy by submitting amicus filings that oppose enforcement.&#8221;
After Trump signed his July executive order, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/resources/guides/trump-executive-order-homelessness-faq/">argued</a> that the order &#8220;promotes unlawful and out-of-date approaches that are rooted in anti-Black racism and bias against people with disabilities.&#8221;
Walter said that rooting out the &#8220;Homelessness Industrial Complex&#8221; in the United States remains a &#8220;huge challenge&#8221; that &#8220;will take years.&#8221;
&#8220;It will take years because there&#8217;s so much money and inertia behind the current bad industrial complex on this,&#8221; Walter added. &#8220;So much of this is state and local, not federal. The federal money is often funding bad state and local things, so it&#8217;s not like the feds have no role or no leverage, But if Portland and Seattle and San Francisco and Los Angeles want to continue to be foolish and hurtful, it will not be easy to change because they are the tip of the spear for dealing with this.&#8221;

Leftist Groups Exploit The Homelessness Crisis To Push ‘Anti-American Ideologies,’ Watchdog Says

Leftist Groups Are Using The Homelessness Crisis To Push 'Anti-American Ideologies': Watchdog

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A man pardoned by President Donald Trump after taking part in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot was arrested over the weekend for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).
Christopher Moynihan, 34, was taken into custody on Sunday after he wrote in a text message that he was planning to &#8220;eliminate&#8221; Jeffries at an event in New York City on Monday, according to court documents, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pardoned-capitol-rioter-charged-threatening-hakeem-jeffries-nyc-trump/">reported</a>. Jeffries, who represents New York&#8217;s 8th Congressional District, spoke at the Economic Club of New York on Monday.
Moynihan, who lives in Clinton, New York, is accused of writing in a text message, &#8220;Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live.&#8221;
&#8220;Even if I am hated, he must be eliminated, I will kill him for the future,&#8221; Moynihan allegedly added.
New York State Police <a href="https://troopers.ny.gov/news/clinton-man-arrested-making-terroristic-threats-toward-member-congress">arrested</a> Moynihan after an FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force investigation, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/10/21/us-news/pardoned-capitol-rioter-arrested-for-allegedly-threatening-to-murder-hakeem-jeffries/">reported</a>. He is charged with making a terroristic threat, a felony. Moynihan is set to make his first court appearance on Thursday in Dutchess County, New York. He will remain in jail &#8220;in lieu of $10,000 cash bail, a $30,000 bond, or an $80,000 partially secured bond,&#8221; according to the New York State Police.
Jeffries is in the midst of a fierce battle with Republicans over the government shutdown. Last week, Jeffries <a href="https://democraticleader.house.gov/media/press-releases/leader-jeffries-msnbc-protests-are-going-take-place-today-peaceful-expression">criticized</a> White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt after she said that the Democratic Party is catering to &#8220;Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals.&#8221; Jeffries responded to Leavitt&#8217;s comments, calling her &#8220;sick&#8221; and &#8220;out of control.&#8221; He then argued that the Trump administration was unleashing &#8220;unprecedented extremism on the American people.&#8221;
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Moynihan was one of the more than 1,500 Capitol riot defendants who received a blanket pardon from President Trump shortly after Trump was sworn into office in January. The New York man was seen in photos walking on the Senate floor on January 6, 2021, after rioters breached the Capitol. Prosecutors alleged that while on the Senate floor, &#8220;Moynihan rifled through a notebook on top of a Senator&#8217;s desk, saying &#8216;There&#8217;s gotta be something in here we can f***ing use against these scumbags.'&#8221; He pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor charges and was sentenced to 21 months in prison in February 2023.
Since Trump pardoned hundreds of J6 defendants, Democrats have condemned the move by pointing to a few instances where people were charged with other alleged crimes in the weeks following their pardons. Earlier this year, a 42-year-old Indiana man who Trump pardoned was shot and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-who-received-j6-pardon-shot-and-killed-during-traffic-stop">killed</a> during a traffic stop after he allegedly resisted arrest and raised &#8220;a firearm at police.&#8221; Another man who was convicted for his role in the Capitol riot was arrested weeks after his pardon for allegedly breaking into a home in Virginia.

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Pardoned J6 Defendant Arrested After Threatening To Kill Democrat Leader

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The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the ongoing legal battle over the deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago.
“This case presents what has become a disturbing and recurring pattern. Federal officers are attempting to enforce federal immigration law in an urban area containing significant numbers of illegal aliens,&#8221; Solicitor General John Sauer <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/934568050/25A443">wrote</a>. &#8220;The federal agents efforts are met with prolonged, coordinated, violent resistance that threatens their lives and safety and systematically interferes with their ability to enforce federal law.&#8221;
Judge April Perry of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois initially <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5560445-trump-national-guard-chicago-illinois/">blocked</a> the deployment of the National Guard to Chicago. Her ruling was upheld by a three-judge federal appeals court on Thursday. The judges claimed there was “insufficient evidence of rebellion or a danger of a rebellion” and that with “regular forces,” the president could still maintain the law.
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Sauer argues that the resistance forces federal agents to “scramble to protect themselves and federal property” in the face of “violent, hostile mobs.” Thus, presidential authority is warranted.
“Federal officers in Chicago have been threatened and assaulted, attacked in a harrowing pre-planned ambush involving many assailants, rammed in their government vehicles, shot at with fireworks and other improvised weapons, injured and hospitalized, and threatened in person and online, including by a $10,000 bounty for the murder of a senior federal official,” he wrote.
“This court should stay the district court&#8217;s October 9 injunction in its entirety, the injunction improperly impinges on the President&#8217;s authority and needlessly endangers federal personnel and property.”
The Supreme Court has <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5561225-national-guard-deployment-chicago/">told</a> state and city officials to respond to the Trump administration’s arguments by Monday night.

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