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Pro-Palestinian conference panelist calls US ‘evil,’ urges ‘destroying the idea of America’

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A panelist speaking at the «People’s Conference for Palestine» in Detroit on Friday called the United States «an evil country» and expressed a need to «destroy the idea of America in Americans’ heads.»
Speaking on a panel titled «No Weapons for Genocide: The People Demand an Arms Embargo,» Sachin Peddada, a Ph.D. student in economics and research coordinator at Progressive International, repeatedly ripped on the United States as an «empire» motivated by greed.
In response to a question about how Americans can get more involved, Peddada paraphrased a quote by deceased Palestinian author Bassel al-Araj, saying, «The average American will never understand the plight of the Palestinian person because the state of Israel is a carbon copy of the United States.
«And, therefore, the thing to do is to destroy the idea of America in Americans’ heads so that they can see the humanity of everybody outside the warping of American exceptionalism and imperialism and all these evil things.»
As Peddada said these words, the crowd broke into applause.
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The statue of George Washington at the university that bears his name wears Palestinian flags, a keffiyeh and stickers in a Gaza solidarity encampment in Washington, D.C., May 6, 2024. (Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
Peddada continued, saying, «We have to dismantle this idea of American exceptionalism, of supremacy, of being beyond reproach.
«I think it’s very important that we normalize criticism as a healthy process and learn from our experiments in the world to push the boundaries of what is possible, to continue to fight for more and more and to see how the empire responds to us, to continue to push farther and harder.»
At another point during the panel, Peddada declared, «We live in an evil country.»
He said that, since Oct. 7, 2023, «We can say with certainty that the U.S. has been the most complicit country — complicit is not even the right word to use — but the most responsible country for what is happening not only in Gaza but also the West Bank and also all over the global south.»
Peddada claimed that the U.S. is a country that has «functionally for decades been the sole superpower of the world» and has «an agenda that is driven primarily by the accumulation of profit at the expense of human lives.
COLUMBIA PROFESSOR WHO CALLED OCT. 7 HAMAS ATTACKS ‘AWESOME’ TO TEACH COURSE ON ZIONISM

Protesters rally outside the Indiana state House chamber in Indianapolis Jan. 18, 2024. (Isabella Volmert/AP Photo)
«To obfuscate that point or beat around the bush there does not serve us; we live in an evil country, that’s just what’s happening,» he said as the crowd again broke into applause.
«That doesn’t mean we’re all evil,» he added. «But it does mean we have a unique responsibility. We have a unique position here in the heart of the empire to act in solidarity with all of our siblings in Gaza and in the West Bank, all around the world.»
Commenting on the remarks, one user on X posted, «As an American, I find this galling.»
«My culture and history have already been relentlessly attacked — statues of Washington, Jefferson, and other Founders torn down as ‘controversial,’» he said. «Now we have conference speakers openly talking about ‘destroying the idea of America.’»
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Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters gather at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City Dec. 19, 2023. (Stephen Yang for Fox News Digital)
The People’s Conference for Palestine, organized by a dozen pro-Palestinian groups, began Friday and will run through Sunday. Even before it started, the gathering drew scrutiny for featuring speakers with extremist views, including two former prisoners of Israel released in a Hamas deal, alongside Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., a prominent anti-Israel congresswoman.
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The conference opened Friday afternoon with an elaborate opening ceremony, in which a speaker, after leading the crowd in chants, invited attendees to rise for «our national anthem» as a band began playing a song in a foreign language. People wearing keffiyehs proceeded in, holding Palestinian flags.
Fox News Digital reached out to Progressive International and the People’s Conference for Palestine for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Fox News Digital’s Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.
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Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa won’t seek re-election: sources

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Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa will not run for re-election in next year’s midterms, three sources confirm to Fox News.
And the 55-year-old Ernst, who was first elected to the Senate in 2014, is expected to make an official announcement next week.
Ernst, a retired Army Reserve and Iowa National Guard officer who served in the Iraq War, has been wrestling for months whether to run for re-election in 2026.
The senator’s decision to retire rather than seek a third six-year term creates an open seat in Iowa.
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Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, arrives for a closed briefing for members of the Senate Armed Services Committee at the U.S. Capitol on July 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson, a former TV news anchor who is in her third term representing Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, which covers the northeastern portion of the state, is planning on running to succeed Ernst, multiple sources confirm to Fox News.
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Iowa was once a top battleground state that former President Barack Obama carried in his 2008 and 2012 White House victories. But the state has shifted to the right in recent election cycles, with President Donald Trump carrying the state by eight points in 2020 and by 13 points last November.
Republicans currently hold both of the state’s U.S. Senate seats – Ernst and longtime Sen. Chuck Grassley – and all four of Iowa’s congressional districts, as well as all statewide offices except for state auditor, which is held by Democrat Rob Sand, who’s running for governor next year.
But Democrats in Iowa are energized after flipping two GOP-held state Senate seats in special elections so far this year.

Sen. Joni Ernst, center, delivers remarks on Capitol Hill with Republican Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, Steve Daines and John Thune. (Reuters)
Four Democrats are already running for Senate in Iowa. The field includes state Rep. Josh Turek, a Paralympian wheelchair basketball player, state Sen. Zach Wahls, Knoxville Chamber of Commerce executive director Nathan Sage and Des Moines School Board Chair Jackie Norris.
Ernst first grabbed national attention 11 years ago with her «make ‘em squeal» ads as she won the high-profile Senate election in the race to succeed retiring longtime Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin.
The senator, thanks to her military background, has often taken the lead on defense issues. She is the first female combat veteran to serve in the Senate, and made combating sexual assault in the military a priority, having been a survivor of sexual assault herself.
Since Trump’s White House victory in 2016, Ernst has tried to strike a balance between her support for the president as she hued to a more traditional Republican agenda.
Earlier this year, Ernst sparked a controversy after she said, «We are all going to die,» when responding a voter at a town hall meeting who raised concerns over Medicaid cuts in the GOP’s sweeping domestic policy bill.

Demonstrators calling for preservation of Medicaid funding, are removed from the House Energy and Commerce markup of the FY2025 budget resolution in Rayburn building on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Republicans are aiming to not only defend, but expand, the current 53-47 Senate majority in next year’s elections.
Senate Republicans enjoyed a favorable map in the 2024 cycle as they flipped four seats from blue to red to win back the majority.
But the party in power—clearly the Republicans right now—traditionally faces political headwinds in the midterm elections. Nevertheless, a current read of the 2026 map indicates the GOP may be able to go on offense in some key states.
In battleground Georgia, which Trump narrowly carried in last year’s White House race, Republicans view first-term Sen. Jon Ossoff as the most vulnerable Democrat incumbent up for re-election next year.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump during a signing ceremony for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on July 4, 2025. ( Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
They’re also targeting battleground Michigan, where Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is retiring at the end of next year, and swing state New Hampshire, where longtime Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen decided against seeking a fourth six-year term in the Senate.
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Also on the NRSC’s target list is blue-leaning Minnesota, where Democratic Sen. Tina Smith isn’t running for re-election.
But the GOP is defending an open seat in battleground North Carolina, where Republican Sen. Thom Tills decided against seeking re-election.
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“Ahora tengo el pelo largo, por los hombros”: adelanto de “Los nuevos”, la nueva novela de Pedro Mairal

El escritor argentino Pedro Mairal presenta una nueva novela que explora el paso de la adolescencia a la adultez en Buenos Aires. Desde los puntos de vista de tres jóvenes, la obra se adentra en los vínculos, las pérdidas y las transformaciones que atraviesan quienes empiezan a construir su identidad en una ciudad atravesada por contrastes.
Los nuevos, publicada por Emecé (Planeta), narra la experiencia de Thiago, Pilar y Bruno, tres amigos que experimentan rupturas, duelos familiares y desafíos emocionales mientras buscan su lugar en el mundo. El relato describe el esfuerzo de adaptarse a nuevas realidades y sostiene la tensión entre pertenencia y desapego, ante un entorno donde los adultos aparecen distantes o en conflicto con sus propios hijos.
Con el trasfondo de los lazos de amistad y el impacto de las ausencias, Pedro Mairal vuelve a la novela tras el éxito de La uruguaya. Su abordaje de temas universales como la identidad y el deseo propone un retrato contemporáneo sobre una generación que, ante la incertidumbre, sostiene sus vínculos como única certeza.
Nacido en Buenos Aires en 1970, Mairal saltó a la fama con su novela Una noche con Sabrina Love, que recibió el premio Clarín en 1998 y fue llevada al cine. Publicó además las novelas El año del desierto y Salvatierra, el volumen de cuentos Breves amores eternos, y los libros de poesía Tigre como los pájaros, Consumidor final y Pornosonetos. En 2013 publicó la novela en sonetos El gran surubí. Sus crónicas y columnas están reunidas en Maniobras de evasión y Esta historia ya no está disponible. Se ha traducido a más de catorce idiomas.

A continuación, un fragmento de Los nuevos:
Me llamo Thiago Vinter. Mi mamá falleció el año pasado. En unos días voy a cumplir diecinueve y casi no espero que nadie venga a visitarme por mi cumpleaños. Las únicas dos personas que querría ver son mi amigo Bruno, que se mudó a la Era del Hielo, y mi hermanito Vini, que solo aparecería si lo traen, porque tiene cinco años.
Ese podría ser un comienzo para el cuaderno. Aunque tal vez convendría empezar con el viaje del último verano, justo en el momento en que la brigada antinarcóticos de la provincia estaba apostada en la ruta 3, a mitad del campo. Con perro antidrogas y todo, frenaban autos y ómnibus al azar, según intuición o experiencia policial. Ese último auto al que dejaron pasar sin inspección, por pura casualidad, era el nuestro, el Megane gris de mi viejo. Yo vi la escena por la ventana, me puse pálido.
O podría contar el viaje a modo de infografía: en la ruta, el auto dibujado con líneas transparentes y flechas señalando a cada personaje y objeto. Al volante, mi padre (52 años); de copilota, su pareja (43 años); atrás, su hijo mayor (18), su hijo menor (5). En el baúl: sombrilla, pelota, inflador, sillas de playa, linterna con panel solar, una bolsa con alimentos no perecederos para veinte días, una valija con bikinis, vaporizador de cannabis, algodón, tampones, libro de yoga, bolsito con protector solar, dos pomos de gel íntimo, un dildo negro. El bolso de mi padre: ropa, talco, speedo de natación que no va a usar, blísteres de Viagra, gorra de Columbia University, Kindle que funcionará una semana, libro de neuroantropología. La mochila de mi hermanito con peluches, juguetes, una pala de jardinería, gorro de marinero y marcadores. Mi bolso: ropa y una larga soga náutica azul para Aguirre. Mi mochila negra inseparable: batería extra para el celular, lata de Nescau con cogollos, minibolsas ziploc, auriculares y una bolsa de Musimundo con el alma de mi mamá.
La bolsa secreta. ¿Qué lleva ahí, joven? Es asunto mío. Y en ese cuadro el auto esquiva controles policiales a 120 kilómetros por hora rumbo a la costa. El cielo estaba enorme, las nubes parecían montañas. Apenas se distinguía el campo, todo era plano y verde. De tanto en tanto Vini gritaba “¡Molino!”: teníamos la competencia de ver quién veía más molinos en la ruta. Yo solía perder porque me distraía pensando. Cuando tuve la edad de Vini, mi mamá estiraba el brazo y me acariciaba la cabeza. Me dormía o simulaba dormir mientras escuchaba las conversaciones de adelante. Recuerdo su mano, a veces me decía Triguito, mi apodo secreto. De chico era rubio, ahora tengo el pelo largo, por los hombros. Siempre decían que había salido a mi madre. Una amiga de ellos una vez murmuró “se le transparenta la mamá” y me marcó. Soy flaco, poco deportivo; logré que me mudaran de rugby a vóley en el colegio. Mis gestos llamaban la atención, intenté corregirlos, imitaba a los más firmes, controlaba mi risa, endurecí la voz. A los trece o catorce quise volverme menos vulnerable, inhibí las formas que me delataban, aunque en ciertos momentos, entre amigas, volvían a surgir. Después dejó de importarme. Bruno era mi amigo, ya formábamos parte de los invisibles del aula. Organizábamos bromas, los grandotes las ejecutaban. Una vez sugerí que la puerta se salía de las bisagras si se abría del todo, Lovric la quitó y la dejó apoyada, nos sentamos hasta que llegó el profesor y la puerta terminó en el suelo. ¿Quién fue? Nadie.
Antes de llegar a Necochea, paramos en una estación de servicio que mi papá conocía bien y donde siempre había un perro negro echado al sol, dispuesto a dejarse acariciar. Parecía más viejo, pero seguía allí. “Cuando me muera quiero reencarnar en perro de estación de servicio”, pensé. Ver pasar familias, camioneros, gente de ómnibus, deambular entre chatarra, correr liebres, dormir años. “¿Cómo se llama?”, pregunto Vini. Le digo que le pregunte él. “¿Cómo te llamás?”, pregunta. El perro bosteza. “Se llama Sueño”, invento. Vini lo acaricia. El perro cierra los ojos, como si supiera todo y lo hubiera olvidado. “No lo dejes tocar el perro, hay que lavarle las manos”, dice papá. Vamos al baño, papá y Side Boob nos esperan en el auto. Ella compró galletas de chocoarroz, las menos tentadoras del quiosco. Bruno la rebautizó Side Boob porque usa ropa que muestra los laterales del pecho. Se llama Mónica, es la pareja de papá y la madre de Vini. Desde ese verano, ella me va a odiar, o temer, y algo de razón tendrá. Bruno tiene talento para los sobrenombres y logra que queden instalados.
Papá puso música, acto temido: su playlist incluye las dos canciones más deprimentes de la historia, “Creep” y “On Melancholy Hill”. Radiohead tiene un momento en el que el sonido estalla y parece romperse todo. Es el punto en que la música mundial dejó de tener sentido y siguió solo por inercia. La canción de Gorillaz es peor, porque se pega. Side Boob prefiere dubstep, música de gimnasio, propagandas de bebidas. Vini elige María Elena Walsh. Con el turno democrático, tu cabeza queda destrozada. Cuando me toca a mí, pongo a Zitarrosa. Su melancolía uruguaya los desarma. Bruno se ríe de que me guste, pero a mí me fascina la sonoridad intensa. En mi segunda oportunidad paso a Chico Buarque. Papá se seca una lágrima y pide que cambiemos. Me arrepiento, pero ya está.
Paulina María Costa Bixú. Pau. El fantasma de Pau. ¿Venía custodiando el auto en la ruta? Hija de un embajador, nacida en Brasil, criada en Río, Montevideo y Buenos Aires. Paulina, con túnica naranja, ¿quedaba a la zaga del coche, apartando autos, despertando a camioneros dormidos, haciéndonos invisibles para los controles, despejando la ruta? ¿Protegía a su ex, a la mujer de su ex –que se ocupaba de la música y podría haber sido su amiga–, a su hijo y al hijo de su ex, mi hermanito, mi hermanastro, mi hermanoide?
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ICE has deported nearly 200,000 so far during Trump’s second term, setting pace for highest level in decade

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has deported nearly 200,000 people so far since President Donald Trump returned to office in January, a Homeland Security spokesperson told Fox News Digital, putting the agency on track to record its highest number of removals in a decade.
The spokesperson said Friday that ICE removed 199,600 individuals from the U.S. between January and Aug. 27, 2025. In the first three months of this ongoing fiscal year, between the beginning of October 2024 and the end of December 2024 – which were former President Biden’s final months in office – ICE said it deported 71,405 people.
The combined figure puts ICE at around 271,000 deportations during the federal Fiscal Year 2025, which ends Sept. 30.
ICE removed 271,484 individuals during the previous fiscal year, which was the highest figure since FY2014 under former President Barack Obama, when there were 315,943 deportations.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal law enforcement agencies arrested more than 80 illegal migrants, including several with criminal records, during a worksite enforcement operation at a Louisiana racetrack on June 17. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
Of the last fiscal year’s removals, around 33% had «criminal histories,» ICE said, including 47,885 with charges or convictions for assault, 16,552 for sexual assaults and other sexual offenses and 2,699 for homicides.
«Of the 271,484 individuals removed, 237 were known or suspected terrorists, a 70.5% increase compared to fiscal year 2023, and eight were human rights violators for an increase of 33.3% compared to fiscal year 2023,» ICE also said that year.
White House border czar Tom Homan said Thursday, «Operations are ramped up across the country.»
«But you are going to see a ramp-up of operations in Chicago, absolutely. You’re going to see a ramp-up of operations in New York, you’re going to see a ramp-up of operations continue in L.A. and, you know, Portland, Seattle, I mean, all these sanctuary cities that refuse to work with ICE, where we know public safety threats are being released every day into this country, especially those cities, we’re going to address that,» Homan added.
ICE DETAINERS IN TOP SANCTUARY CITY HAVE SKYROCKETED UNDER TRUMP COMPARED TO BIDEN’S 4-YEAR TERM: DHS

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt released this image on Jan. 24, 2025, writing on X that «deportation flights have begun.» (White House)
«We don’t have that problem in Texas and Florida, where all the sheriffs are working with us. They’re actually holding people for us and letting us know when someone’s being released,» Homan also said. «So we’re going to take the assets we have and move on to problem areas like sanctuary cities where we know for a fact they’re releasing public safety threat, illegal aliens to the streets every day. That is where we need to send the majority of the resources, and that is where they are going.»
A senior Department of Homeland Security official also told Fox News Digital that recent total deportations from all federal agencies «have reached nearly 350,000» and «this is just the beginning.»
«President Trump and Secretary Noem have jumpstarted an agency that was vilified and barred from doings its job for the last four years. In the face of a historic number of injunctions from activist judges, ICE, CBP, and the U.S. Coast Guard have made historic progress to carryout President Trump’s promise of arresting and deporting illegal aliens who have invaded our country,» the DHS official said.

People are seen boarding a U.S. military aircraft for a deportation flight in a photo released by the White House in January 2025. (White House)
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«Additionally, illegal aliens are hearing our message to leave now or face the consequence. Tens of thousands are using the CBP Home App to self-deport. Migrants are now even turning back before they reach our borders — migration through Panama’s Darien Gap is down 99.99%,» the official added.
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