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Dem mayor arrested for trespassing at ICE facility floated as pick for state’s No 2 office

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Despite losing his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination last week, progressive Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who was recently arrested outside an ICE facility during a protest, is likely not finished in New Jersey politics, according to political strategists from both sides of the aisle.
According to a New Jersey political insider, Baraka is likely to even be tapped by the now-Democratic gubernatorial nominee Mikie Sherrill for the lieutenant governor role, the No. 2 spot in the state.
Mayor of Newark since 2014, Baraka has garnered a reputation as a progressive. It was his arrest outside an ICE detention facility in Newark on May 9, however, that propelled him to the national stage.
Baraka filed a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba this month, accusing her of «false arrest and malicious prosecution» in connection with the incident.
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Left: Newark Democratic Mayor Ras Baraka speaks outside the Delaney Hall ICE facility during a protest. Right: Security personnel stand in front of Delaney Hall, a recently reopened immigration detention center, in Newark, N.J., May 7, 2025. (Getty Images | AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
He was one of several public officials, including Democratic Reps. Robert Menendez, LaMonica McIver and Bonnie Watson Coleman, who allegedly rushed past security through the gates of the facility with a group of protesters, according to officials from the Department of Homeland Security.
The U.S. attorney’s office has since dismissed the case against Baraka «for the sake of moving forward.»
Kenny Gonzalez, executive director of the New Jersey Republican State Committee, told Fox News Digital that «the day that his arrest happened, [Baraka] really did become a hero of New Jersey’s Democrat Party.»
Baraka’s campaign took full advantage of the moment, even beginning to send fundraising messages to supporters while he was still incarcerated, according to Politico.
Politico reporter Matt Friedman posted a screenshot of a text message from Baraka’s campaign that reads in all caps «RAS BARAKA HAS BEEN ARRESTED» and «Ras was at Delaney Hall today demanding entry into the ICE detention center where Trump and MAGA extremists are illegally detaining people.»
The message went on to say, «Ras is ready to do whatever it takes to stop Trump and protect New Jerseyans from his extreme agenda. We need you with us now more than ever. Donate now.»
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Members of Congress at an ICE detention facility in New Jersey (X/@RepBonnie)
Gonzalez explained that «almost every Democrat elected official, including all of his primary opponents for governor, came out against what had happened, calling it some sort of injustice and saying that it was wrong.»
«I do believe that we were correct in predicting that this stunt would actually boost him, and it really did,» said Gonzalez.
He said that though early polling had Baraka in a distant third place, the Newark mayor’s performance, coming in second with 20.6% of the vote, «was really the big news of the night.»
«Mikie Sherrill spent millions and millions more dollars than he did. So it’s no surprise that she emerged as the primary winner. But Ras Baraka was a distant third place, and he came in second,» said Gonzalez. «So the stunt definitely boosted him, and I think to this day he remains very, very popular among the Democrat Party.»
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Rep. Mikie Sherrill (Deirdre Heavey/Fox News Digital)
«I wouldn’t be surprised if Mikie Sherrill picks Ras Baraka to be her lieutenant governor candidate,» he said.
«He put up a formidable performance, and he’s an African-American politician who has very deep ties to many urban communities,» he went on. «Mikie Sherrill couldn’t even win her own home county. So I think she should probably pick somebody who did.»
Gonzalez is optimistic that Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, who has been endorsed by President Donald Trump, can flip the New Jersey governorship back red.
«What Ras Baraka did was he failed to fulfill his responsibility as mayor of Newark … he put illegal immigrants over Newark citizens,» he said. «There are so many other issues that New Jerseyans face, such as high property taxes, unsafe neighborhoods, a school funding formula that hasn’t worked in many years. So I believe that commonsense voters think that Ras Baraka should have focused his campaign a little bit more on that.»
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Jack Ciattarelli (Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Kevin Hagan, a New Jersey Democratic political strategist and advisor, told Fox News Digital that «Baraka certainly created a campaign that not only gained attention but earned an impressive result of votes on Election Day.»
Hagan credited Baraka’s success not to the Delaney Hall protest and arrest but to «his willingness to take on President Trump and his policies but also bring to the forefront issues important to the Democratic Party on education, affordability and quality of life in the state.»
Hagan said that based on how well Baraka ran his campaign, he should «certainly» at least «be considered as a potential candidate.»
«But what’s important now is the Sherrill campaign and the congresswoman deciding on who is best to be her partner, to see the campaign’s way to victory in November, but more importantly, a partner to govern in January,» he said.
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On whether Democrats will be able to pull off a win in November, Hagan pointed out that over the last 32 years, New Jersey has been governed for 16 years by a Democrat and 16 years by a Republican.
«So, from a partisan perspective,» he said, «Democrats can take nothing for granted in their effort to maintain control of the governor’s office.»
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House Budget chairman reveals how Republicans will pay for the Iran campaign

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House Republicans are lurching forward with a second budget reconciliation package, ending months of speculation about whether the chamber would attempt to marshal a second GOP-only megabill through Congress before November’s midterm elections.
House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, said Wednesday he wants the measure to pay for President Donald Trump’s Iran campaign and enact anti-fraud provisions that offset the cost of the anticipated defense infusion’s large price tag.
«It’s an opportunity to solve two problems and address two challenges and advance two great causes: fund the military, provide a strong defense, win the war, achieve the objectives and do it in a way that doesn’t put our kids further in the hole,» Arrington told reporters.
«We’re all but ready to mark up a budget resolution,» Arrington continued, adding his panel is still continuing to hash out the details of the package.
Representative Jodey Arrington, R-Texas and the chairman of the House Budget Committee, center, speaks during a House Budget Committee meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., May 18, 2025. (Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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The Trump administration has floated a $200 billion request to help pay for the war in Iran but has yet to deliver a formal request. Given Democrats’ expected opposition to a defense supplemental, some House Republicans have said a second reconciliation package is the only viable vehicle to advance the measure and other Trump priorities through Congress.
«Democrats have obstructed everything,» Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital. «So, we believe, unfortunately, that reconciliation is the only mechanism to move the rest of the President’s agenda.»
Republicans have zeroed in on fraud in social services for months and view the enactment of fraud-related spending cuts as a way to offset the cost of the package.
The budget reconciliation process would allow Republicans to circumvent the Senate’s 60-vote requirement and pass a spending measure with a simple majority.
Arrington said he would be working closely with Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who also announced Wednesday that his panel would begin drafting reconciliation instructions. The South Carolina Republican floated funding increases for the military and law enforcement in addition to voter integrity measures as possible items in a second reconciliation bill.
«Let’s put it this way: The reconciliation train is leaving the station,» Graham posted on X after the two lawmakers met to discuss a second megabill Wednesday.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in the Dirksen Senate Office Building July 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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Though Republicans are likely to broadly support defense supplemental funding and fraud-prevention measures, a second megabill could still face major hurdles.
Republicans narrowly passed Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act in June 2025 after months of intraparty disagreement. Under House Republicans’ razor-thin majority, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can afford to spare just one GOP defection in a party-line vote.
However, Arrington argued that the war in Iran would be a unifying force to get the bill done.
«I think funding our military in a time of war, if there’s no sense of urgency and accountability from members of Congress to support our commander in chief, I can’t think of one,» Arrington said. «I do think the big push is going to be supporting our sons and daughters in uniform and making sure they have what they need to be successful.»
Arrington did not shut the door on including parts of the SAVE America Act in a GOP-only megabill. However, its sweeping provisions, requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections and voter ID requirements, could fail to meet reconciliation’s stringent budget requirements.
The Trump-backed election bill has stalled in the Senate due to widespread Democratic opposition, though the upper chamber is continuing to debate the measure.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters outside his office on the 28th day of the government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington Oct. 28, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
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Johnson, who has long pushed for a second budget bill, said Wednesday he was encouraged by Graham moving forward with reconciliation.
«I’m glad to know the Senate is interested in reconciliation 2.0,» the speaker said. «I have been a broken record. We need to do that. It’s an important legislative tool.»
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Cumbre de aliados estratégicos de Putin en Pyongyang: Kim Jong Un recibió a Lukashenko para reforzar vínculos

El presidente de Bielorrusia, Alexander Lukashenko, llegó a Pyongyang en su primera visita oficial a Corea del Norte, donde fue recibido por el líder norcoreano Kim Jong Un. Lo anunció este jueves la agencia estatal KCNA.
El líder bielorruso y su par norcoreano son considerados dos de los principales socios y aliados del presidente ruso Vladimir Putin.
La ceremonia de bienvenida se celebró este miércoles en la Plaza Kim Il Sung. Kim Jong Un recibió a Lukashenko en el plaza Kim Il Sung de Pyongyang. (Foto: EFE)
El gobernante norcoreano recibió “con agrado” y dio una “cálida” bienvenida al líder bielorruso, según el reporte oficial.
Ambos países están sometidos a sanciones de potencias occidentales, mantienen estrechos vínculos con Rusia y son acusados de violaciones a los derechos humanos.
A qué fue el líder bielorruso a Corea del Norte
Lukashenko inició su primera visita a Corea del Norte para mantener conversaciones que consolidarán los lazos entre dos estrechos aliados de Putin. Kim Jong Un dio la bienvenida al gobernante bielorruso Alexander Lukashenko frente a una multitud en Pyongyang. (Foto: KCNA vía Reuters).
Kim proporcionó a Moscú millones de cartuchos de munición para su guerra en Ucrania y envió tropas para ayudar a Rusia a expulsar a las fuerzas ucranianas que invadieron su región occidental de Kursk en agosto de 2024.
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Bielorrusia permitió que se utilizara su territorio como plataforma de lanzamiento para la invasión rusa en febrero de 2022. Luego, accedió a albergar misiles nucleares tácticos rusos en su país, que limita con tres países de la OTAN. Kim Jong Un y Alexander Lukashenko asistieron a una ceremonia de ofrenda floral en la Torre de la Liberación de Pyongyang, Corea del Norte, este miércoles. (Foto: KCNA vía REUTERS)
Lukashenko llegó en avión a la capital, Pyongyang, donde se lo recibió con alfombra roja y fue saludado por la ministra de Asuntos Exteriores de Kim y por decenas de niños pequeños que ondeaban las banderas de ambos países.
Lukashenko se reunió más tarde con Kim. También rindió homenaje en el Palacio del Sol de Kumsusan, un mausoleo donde se exhiben los cuerpos embalsamados de los antiguos gobernantes Kim Il Sung y Kim Jong Il, abuelo y padre del actual líder.
Tanto Corea del Norte como Bielorrusia llevan años sometidas a sanciones internacionales: la primera, principalmente por su programa de armas nucleares, y la segunda, por su historial en materia de derechos humanos y su apoyo a Putin en Ucrania. El líder de Corea del Norte y el presidente de Bielorrusia buscan reforzar su alianza en medio de tensiones con Occidente. (Foto: Presidencia de Bielorrusia/REUTERS)
No obstante, ambos mantuvieron contactos en diferentes momentos con el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump.
El presidente estadounidense se reunió con Kim en tres ocasiones entre 2018 y 2019, durante su primer mandato en la Casa Blanca, pero sus encuentros no dieron resultados sustanciales.
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Trump dijo el año pasado que “le encantaría tener otra reunión”, a lo que Kim respondió que podría suceder si Estados Unidos abandona su “absurda obsesión” por conseguir que Corea del Norte renuncie a las armas nucleares.
El año pasado, el presidente estadounidense restableció el contacto directo con Lukashenko, a quien el predecesor de Trump, Joe Biden, había tratado como a un paria. En los últimos meses, Estados Unidos empezó a suavizar las sanciones contra Bielorrusia a cambio de la liberación de presos políticos.
El viaje de Lukashenko a Corea del Norte se produce apenas seis días después de que se reuniera con el enviado de Trump, John Coale, y anunciara la liberación de otros 250 detenidos. La parte estadounidense afirmó que Lukashenko podría visitar pronto la Casa Blanca.
(Con información de AFP y Reuters)
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