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Bumpy Weather Over Newark: House Democrats could face consequences for Delaney Hall incident

What’s dicier these days?
Flying into Newark Liberty Airport? Or finding yourself near the front gate of an ICE detention center in Newark?
To the mind of famous bandleader Raymond Scott – you’re in for «Bumpy Weather Over Newark» either way. That’s one of Scott’s most famous compositions. It ranks right up there with «Powerhouse» and the scores to 120 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons.
A trio of House Democrats scuffled with federal law enforcement officers last week at Delaney Hall in Newark. It’s possible they could face discipline from the House for the fracas. Or worse.
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Fox is told that arrests could be in the offing for Reps. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., Robert Menendez Jr., D-N.J., and Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J. (Getty Images)
Fox is told that arrests could be in the offing for Reps. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., Robert Menendez Jr., D-N.J., and Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J.
«What happened on May 9th was not oversight. It was a political stunt that put the safety of our law enforcement officers, our agents, our staff, and our detainees at risk,» said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to a House hearing Wednesday. «The behavior was lawlessness. And it was beneath this body.»
Noem should know something about that. She served in the House for eight years. On her way into the hearing, Noem said that an investigation is underway.
«I think that arrests are still on the table for this,» said Homeland Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin on Fox. «If it was a typical U.S. citizen and they tried to storm into a detention facility that’s housing dangerous criminals or any person at all, they would be arrested. Just because you are a Member of Congress or just because you’re a public official does not mean you are above the law.»
Democrats argue they did nothing wrong. They had a right, under the law, to request an inspection of the facility. That comports with their oversight responsibilities. But House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., assessed videotape of Democrats tangling with federal agents. He determined that wasn’t oversight.
«It looked like a battery to me,» said Johnson.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., saw it differently.

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during his press conference at the U.S. Capitol on April 28, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
«There is zero basis to hold any Member of Congress accountable,» said Jeffries. «No videos have been produced suggesting that they’ve engaged in any inappropriate activity. And if those videos existed, certainly they would have been put into the public domain by now. Those videos haven’t been released because they don’t exist.»
Chatter about possible arrests or sanctions for the Democrats rattled around Capitol Hill all week. McIver and her aides bowled past a wall of reporters en route to the Noem hearing Wednesday.
«Are you worried about being arrested potentially?» asked yours truly.
McIver’s aides pushed arms and hands holding microphones out of the way.
«Excuse me! Excuse me!» ordered McIver, never breaking stride.
«The Speaker has talked about censure, Ms. McIver. Do you have any response to that?» I asked.
The Congresswoman disappeared behind a doorway to the House Homeland Security Committee, never responding.
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Colleague Dan Scully tried valiantly to get McIver to comment on Thursday. But no dice.
«(Interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey) Alina Habba said she was going to announce an investigation. Was there any sort of deal made between you and what happened over there? Do you care to comment on that at all?» asked Scully.
Silence from McIver.
«Has anyone from DOJ reached out to you?» asked another reporter.
Crickets.
«Congresswoman, do you regret shoving officers? Did you think you would get away with that?» asked another scribe.
Nada.
«Do you have any comment at all?» queried Scully.
It’s doubtful that even the resourcefulness of TV’s MacGyver could have pried loose any response from McIver.
Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., introduced a resolution to strip McIver, Menendez and Watson Coleman of their committee assignments.
«Keep your hands off of Members of Congress,» warned Jeffries.
Yours truly followed up with Jeffries at his press conference Tuesday.
«What happens if they were to go and arrest these Members, or if they would try to sanction them in the House first?» I asked.
«They’ll find out,» replied Jeffries.
«What would you do?» I followed up.
«They’ll find out,» repeated Jeffries.
«What resource?» I countered.
«They’ll find out,» he said again.
«Doesn’t that broach…?»
«They’ll find out.»
«Does that go against…?»
«That’s a red line,» said Jeffries.
«What’s the red line?» I asked.
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«It’s a red line. It’s very clear. First of all, I think that the so-called Homeland Security spokesperson is a joke. It’s a joke. They know better than to go down that road. And it’s been made loudly and abundantly clear to the Trump Administration. We’re not going to be intimidated by their tactics,» said Jeffries. «There are clear lines that they just dare not cross.»
An arrest of these lawmakers would spark a firestorm on Capitol Hill. Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution generally shields lawmakers from charges – so long they as they are conducting official Congressional business. A lawmaker isn’t off the hook if they shoot someone. But the Founders were mindful of how politically-motivated arrests could undercut the work of Congress. So, they crafted what’s known as the «Speech or Debate» clause to inoculate lawmakers when conducting business.
«They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place,» reads the provision.
«I don’t think that’s Speech and Debate clause,» said Johnson about the rhubarb in Newark. «We have to set a standard here. You cannot have Members of Congress pushing law enforcement officials around and that’s exactly what everybody saw on the videotape.»
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., wondered how a prosecution might short-circuit Congressional prerogatives and privileges.
«I think it’s a sign of weakness to instill fear,» said Pelosi. «It does definitely step on the Speech or Debate Clause.»

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., wondered how a prosecution might short-circuit Congressional prerogatives and privileges. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
One Democrat involved in the Newark skirmish said prosecution wouldn’t surprise her.
«The rule of law means nothing to them,» said Watson Coleman. «I think the majority of this country will see that this is not American. This is not upholding the Constitution.»
House Republicans would like to censure the triumvirate of New Jersey Democrats who were at Delaney Hall. Censure is one of the official modes of discipline in the House, just short of expulsion. That requires a vote on the House floor. The House voted to censure Rep. Al Green, D-Tex., after he hectored President Trump during his speech to a Joint Session of Congress in March.
Like all things, it’s about the math. And Fox is told the House likely lacks the votes to discipline the Members or oust them from committees.
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As for criminal charges? Those remain to be seen. But actually arresting a Member of Congress would undoubtedly trigger some «Bumpy Weather Over Newark.»
And a political firestorm in Washington, DC.
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Trump ends shutdown, faces backlash and makes surprise Epstein move amid chaotic week

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The 42nd week of his second administration was another busy one for President Donald Trump.
This week, Trump signed legislation ending the longest government shutdown in history, backed using H-1B visas to hire foreign workers, announced plans to order the Justice Department to evaluate ties between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and other U.S. figures, and issued pardons to those accused of seeking to overturn the 2020 election.
Here’s a look at what happened.
Government shutdown ends
On Wednesday evening, Trump signed legislation that the House and Senate passed earlier in the week to fund the government again, as consequences of the lapse in funding started to mount, such as missed paychecks for federal workers and airline delays due to air traffic controller staffing shortages.
The bill maintains funding for the government consistent with fiscal year 2025 spending levels through Jan. 30 to provide a window for lawmakers to nail down a longer appropriations measure for FY 2026.
The measure also allocates spending for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which more than 42 million Americans rely on, through September. The program supports non- or low-income individuals or families to purchase groceries on a debit card.
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President Donald Trump signed legislation that the House and Senate passed earlier in the week to fund the government again. (Mariam Zuhaib/The Associated Press)
Additionally, the measure reverses layoffs the Trump administration set into motion earlier in October, and pays employees for their absence.
Foreign worker visa criticism
Trump also conducted a sit-down interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham that aired both Monday and Tuesday, where he said that bringing foreign workers to the U.S. on H-1B visas is important to «bring in talent» to the U.S. After Ingraham claimed that the U.S. has talent at home, Trump disagreed.
«No, you don’t. No, you don’t. You don’t have, you don’t have certain talents, and people have to learn!» Trump said. «You can’t take people off an unemployment line and say I’m gonna put you into a factory where we’re gonna make missiles.»
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H-1B visas permit U.S. companies to hire highly skilled foreign workers for up to six years.
It’s an issue that has remained controversial among MAGA supporters. Those who back the program claim it is critical to U.S. competitiveness, but opponents say that the visa holders are taking away jobs from Americans.
Trump’s statements earned him criticism from those that make up his base. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., rebuked Trump’s statements afterward and said that she is «America First and America Only.»
«I believe in the American people,» Greene said. «I am one of you.I believe you are good, talented, creative, intelligent, hardworking, and want to achieve. I am solidly against you being replaced by foreign labor, like with H1Bs.»
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President Donald Trump speaks during a breakfast with Senate and House Republicans in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/The Assocaited Press )
In response to the criticism, the White House pointed to the Trump administration’s announcement in September that would require a $100,000 annual fee for companies seeking to obtain an H-1B visa. Plus, the White House noted that the Department of Labor launched Project Firewall in September in an attempt to ensure employers don’t abuse the H-1B visa process.
Separately, Trump also defended previous statements supporting allowing up to 600,000 Chinese students to come to the U.S. in his interview with Ingraham, and asserted that they must study in the U.S. so U.S. colleges don’t «go out of business.»
Former Trump U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley said doing so would be a «massive mistake.»
«That would be a huge gift to China and a threat to the United States,» Haley said in a post on X on Thursday.
More Epstein documents
Additionally, Trump announced Friday that he would order the Justice Department and the FBI to probe financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s relationship with those including former President Bill Clinton, former Treasury Secretary during the Clinton administration Larry Summers, and others.
The announcement came after both Democrats and Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released thousands of documents Wednesday related to Epstein — including emails where Trump was mentioned. However, the documents do not allege wrongdoing from Trump and simply show Epstein mentioning him.
«This is another Russia, Russia, Russia Scam, with all arrows pointing to the Democrats,» Trump said in a Truth Social post Friday. «Records show that these men, and many others, spent large portions of their life with Epstein, and on his ‘Island.’ Stay tuned!!!»

Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein (left) and real estate developer Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, Feb. 22, 1997. (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)
Clinton has denied that he ever visited Epstein’s island, and wrote in his 2024 memoir «Citizen» that he wished they’d never met. A spokesperson for Summers did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Presidential pardons
Late Sunday, the Trump administration announced the president had issued pardons for more than 70 people accused of seeking to overturn the 2020 election results.
But presidential pardons only apply federal charges and those involved don’t have any federal charges leveled against them – meaning the move is primarily a symbolic gesture.
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Those pardoned include Trump allies like former New York City mayor and the president’s former personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, who claimed that the 2020 election was «stolen» from Trump. Giuliani is currently caught up in a case in Arizona where he faces state charges for election interference for those statements.
Other prominent figures pardoned include former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell.
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El científico de Harvard, Kim Kardashian y el cometa 3I/ATLAS que quizás no sea una nave extraterrestre

Kim Kardashian le hizo una pregunta emocionada al líder de la NASA justo antes de Halloween. “Espera…. ¿cuál es la verdad sobre 3I/Atlas?!?!!!!!!!?????”, escribió en la red social X.
Kardashian preguntaba sobre un cometa llamado 3I/ATLAS que está pasando por nuestro rincón del universo.
Sean Duffy, administrador en funciones de la NASA y exestrella de telerrealidad, respondió con mucho ánimo, como profesor de ciencia de preparatoria .
Leé también: El enigma de 3I/Atlas: los científicos desafían a la NASA y afirman que no es un simple cometa
Respondió: “¡Gran pregunta!” y explicó que “3I” significa que se trata del tercer objeto conocido procedente de fuera de nuestro sistema solar.
Le aseguró que, sin importar lo que hubiera oído sobre los posibles orígenes del cometa, no había razón para alarmarse.
“No hay extraterrestres”, agregó. “No hay amenaza para la vida en la Tierra”.
El cometa que está de moda
Este cúmulo de roca, polvo y hielo, así como saber si lo envió algún ser inteligente, de repente es un tema de moda en la mente de mucha gente.
Kardashian preguntó al respecto al igual que Joe Rogan en su pódcast. Una oleada de gente consultó Google sobre las defensas planetarias de la NASA. Cuando fue descubierto, 3I/ATLAS viajaba a unos 221.000 kilómetros por hora. (Imagen: NASA)
Andrew Siemion es el investigador principal de Breakthrough Listen, que utiliza grandes radiotelescopios para buscar comunicaciones extraterrestres. Cuenta que hace poco se encontraba en un aeropuerto cuando un extraño que escuchaba su conversación “me tomó del hombro y me dijo: ‘¿Estás hablando del 3I/ATLAS?’”. Le respondió al desconocido que sí.
“La gente está al tanto”, comentó Siemion, “y la gente está muy entusiasmada con el objeto interestelar”.
La notoriedad de este cometa puede atribuirse a Avi Loeb, un astrofísico de Harvard muy reconocido por sus investigaciones sobre agujeros negros, materia oscura y otros temas de la ciencia convencional.Pero en los últimos años también ha especulado mucho sobre los extraterrestres.
Loeb ha aparecido en numerosos programas de noticias desde julio, cuando 3I/ATLAS fue detectado por primera vez por el Sistema de Última Alerta de Impacto Terrestre de Asteroides de la Universidad de Hawái (de ahí el nombre ATLAS). Rogan discutió el tema durante un par de horas, y ha publicado una serie de ensayos en los que se pregunta si el cometa podría ser un caballo de Troya enviado por extraterrestres para espiar la Tierra, o algo peor.
¿3I/ATLAS es una nave espacial?
“¿Lleva 3I/ATLAS un disfraz de cometa”, escribió Loeb hace poco, “o de verdad es una roca helada de origen natural?”.
Señaló que el 19 de diciembre, seis días antes de Navidad, el cometa alcanzará su punto más cercano a la Tierra, a una distancia de casi 273,6 millones de kilómetros. “¿Enviará 3I/ATLAS minisondas hacia la Tierra como regalo de Navidad a la humanidad?”, preguntó.
Según Loeb, las probabilidades de que 3I/ATLAS tenga un origen artificial oscilan entre el 30 y el 40 por ciento. Su argumento se basa en coincidencias al parecer improbables y en características inusuales observadas en el cometa.
Esta interpretación contrasta con la de muchos otros científicos, que afirman no ver indicios de nada antinatural.
“Todo el tema está contaminado por la afirmación de que podría tratarse de una nave espacial”, señaló David Jewitt, astrónomo de la UCLA. “Así que creo que en la mente de la gente sí es una nave espacial”. 3I/ATLAS: el 19 de diciembre es la fecha que esperan los astrónomos para estudiar al cometa. (imagen: GeminiAI)
Además, añadió, cuando los expertos dicen que no lo es, mucha gente piensa que “lo están encubriendo”.
Todo lo que se ha observado tanto con telescopios en tierra como en el espacio “encaja con lo que vemos en otros cometas”, aseguró Jewitt. “Puede explicarse perfectamente, pero, de manera sistemática, Avi ha recogido toda esa información y la ha interpretado de otra manera, lo cual me parece decepcionante”.
Amenazas y teorías conspirativas
Loeb insiste en que está abierto a cambiar de opinión a medida que se realicen más observaciones, pero quiere que los líderes políticos se lo tomen en serio como una amenaza potencial.
“Deberíamos considerar esta posibilidad”, dijo Loeb en una entrevista.
Un gran número de personas comparte la voluntad de Loeb de considerar esa posibilidad, que combina una pregunta filosófica perdurable – “¿Estamos solos en el universo?”- con teorías conspirativas según las cuales los expertos y el gobierno ocultan, o ignoran, la verdad. (Kardashian llamó por primera vez la atención de Duffy cuando dijo en su programa que creía que la NASA había falsificado los alunizajes del Apolo).
Expertos en comunicación científica como Dan Fagin, director del Programa de Periodismo Científico, de Salud y Ambiental de la Universidad de Nueva York, afirman que no es necesariamente malo que los científicos aborden temas que, de manera comprensible, fascinan a mucha gente, como los extraterrestres.
“Es importante despertar la curiosidad científica, incluso en personas como Kim Kardashian”, afirmó Fagin.

A black space background with stars as white streaks and a single fuzzy white dot, comet 3I/ATLAS in an image created from ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter October 3, 2025. ESA/TGO/CaSSIS/Handout via REUTERS. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Pero, añadió, “es igual de importante, y podría decirse que incluso más, hablar de lo probable que es algo, hablar tanto de la probabilidad como de la posibilidad”.
Loeb admite que “del 30 al 40 por ciento” es una impresión, no una conclusión científica a partir de datos estadísticos. “No se basó en un cálculo”, dijo, “porque es imposible hacer un cálculo sobre eso”.
En su mayor parte, 3I/ATLAS parece y se comporta como un cometa, hecho del mismo material que los cometas corrientes del sistema solar: agua, polvo, dióxido de carbono y monóxido de carbono. Las observaciones realizadas con el telescopio espacial Hubble indican que tiene como máximo 5,5 kilómetros de ancho, y Jewitt dijo que podría ser considerablemente más pequeño, tal vez dos tercios de kilómetro de ancho.
Qué llama la atención de 3I/ATLAS
El cometa posee propiedades inusuales. Cuando lo descubrieron, a más de 643.7 millones de kilómetros del Sol, 3I/ATLAS ya estaba rodeado por una nube de polvo y gas. Esto difiere del típico estado oscuro e inerte de la mayoría de los cometas a esa distancia.
Parte de su composición química ha demostrado estar desequilibrada. Tiene mucho más dióxido de carbono que la mayoría de los cometas del sistema solar, así como altos niveles de níquel.
Cuando 3I/ATLAS se aproximó al Sol el mes pasado, su brillo aumentó de manera considerable y su color cambió, con matices azul-verdosos. Su trayectoria tampoco es la que cabría esperar de algo atraído únicamente por la gravedad del Sol.
En cuanto se descubrió 3I/ATLAS, Loeb empezó a especular sobre estas rarezas. An image provided by NASA, ESA, David Jewitt (UCLA); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) from the Hubble Space Telescope of the interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, taken July 21, 2025, when the comet was 277 million miles from Earth. (NASA, ESA, David Jewitt (UCLA); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) via The New York Times) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH COMET SPECULATION BY KENNETH CHANG FOR NOV. 8, 2025. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED.
La fuerza no gravitatoria que empuja al cometa y el tono azul verdoso podrían ser el encendido de un motor de cohete, ha sugerido. (Los chorros de gas que salen disparados de la superficie podrían proporcionar un efecto propulsor similar, y el cambio de color, que se ha observado en otros cometas, podría ser simplemente el resplandor de las moléculas que escapan del cometa y que luego son estimuladas por la luz solar).
Loeb también ha destacado cómo 3I/ATLAS viaja casi en el mismo plano que las órbitas de los planetas de nuestro sistema solar. El sistema solar está inclinado en un ángulo de 60 grados con respecto al disco de la Vía Láctea, por lo que el movimiento del cometa en el mismo plano que los planetas podría ser otro indicador de que la trayectoria es intencionada, no aleatoria, dijo.
Sin embargo, otros astrónomos afirman que lo que Loeb ve como un diseño deliberado es más bien casualidad. También dicen que un objeto que se formó alrededor de una estrella diferente y viajó a través de la Vía Láctea debería tener un aspecto diferente.
“Vino de fuera de nuestro sistema solar, por el amor de Dios”, dijo Siemion.
Sea cual sea el origen del cometa, sus inusuales propiedades podrían proporcionar pistas sobre partes distantes de la Vía Láctea que los científicos actuales nunca podrán visitar.
El dióxido de carbono, por ejemplo, podría ser el resultado de miles de millones de años de bombardeo por rayos cósmicos de alta energía que modificaron los enlaces químicos de las moléculas de monóxido de carbono y agua. Una imagen del telescopio espacial Hubble del cometa interestelar 3I/ATLAS, tomada el 21 de julio de 2025, cuando el cometa se encontraba a 445,8 millones de kilómetros de la Tierra (NASA, ESA, David Jewitt (UCLA); Procesamiento de imágenes: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) vía The New York Times)
“Eso nos dice algo muy importante sobre cómo se formó y sobre su trayecto”, afirmó John Noonan, científico planetario de la Universidad de Auburn.
Los detalles sobre los isótopos específicos de carbono, nitrógeno y otros elementos podrían ofrecer pistas sobre el tipo de estrella en torno a la que se formó 3I/ATLAS.
Tras un mes en el que 3I/ATLAS fue inobservable desde la Tierra por estar demasiado cerca del Sol, ha vuelto a la vista mientras acelera hacia su salida del sistema solar.
En las próximas semanas, los telescopios James Webb y Hubble realizarán más observaciones.
Un nuevo telescopio financiado por Estados Unidos en Chile, el Observatorio Vera Rubin, encontrará muchos más objetos interestelares en los próximos años.
Kardashian no ha comentado públicamente si Duffy, el líder de la agencia gubernamental que según ella falsificó los alunizajes, la convenció de que el 3I/ATLAS no es una nave extraterrestre invasora.
Pero Loeb la ha invitado descaradamente a unirse a su equipo de investigación.
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