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Rahm Emanuel calls for mandatory retirement age of 75 for people in public office

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Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a potential White House hopeful for 2028, said on Wednesday that he wants a mandatory retirement age of 75 for the president and people holding office in other branches of government.
«You’re 75 years old: done,» Emanuel, a Democrat, said at a Center for American Progress event. «And that would be in the legislative branch, it’d be in the executive branch — including the Cabinet — and it’d also be in the Supreme Court, and all the federal courts.»
Emanuel, 66, acknowledged that he would be affected by this proposal if he happens to be elected president in 2028 and seeks re-election, as he would be 73 at the start of a potential second term.
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Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed a mandatory retirement age of 75 for the president, Congress and Supreme Court justices. (Getty Images)
«I know where I am in my age. Of course it would apply to me,» Emanuel told Politico. «You can’t say ‘here’s what I want to do to change Washington, one of the things I want to do’ — but I get an exemption because I bought it beforehand.»
The proposal would make President Donald Trump, 79, ineligible to continue serving and would have prevented former President Joe Biden, now 83, from serving his term in the White House.
In Congress, 17 senators and 45 House members are currently 75 or older and would be impacted by the standard.
Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, 77, and Samuel Alito, 75, would also be barred from continuing to serve on the bench, while Justices Sonia Sotomayor, 71, and John Roberts, 70, are nearing Emanuel’s mandatory retirement age.

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel acknowledged that this proposal would also impact him if he is elected president in 2028 and seeks a second term. (Getty Images)
«You can’t serve in the armed forces, you can’t serve in private sector jobs,» Emanuel told reporters on Wednesday. «Go work on your golf swing, it’s not that good to begin with.»
Emanuel, who served as ambassador to Japan under Biden and chief of staff under former President Barack Obama, is reigniting a topic that was hot during the last presidential election.
Biden, then 81, and Trump, then 78, were both campaigning for a second term ahead of the 2024 election while facing questions surrounding repeated gaffes. Biden ultimately dropped out of the race amid pressure to end his campaign over his mental and physical fitness.
Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, who ran in the GOP primary in the last presidential election, proposed mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over the age of 75 during her campaign.
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The proposal would make President Donald Trump, 79, ineligible to continue serving and would have prevented former President Joe Biden, now 83, from serving his term. (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)
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Emanuel, also a former House member, said he would push for legislation to set the limit instead of attempting a constitutional amendment. It is unclear whether that proposed legislation would be constitutional, and could be difficult to receive support in a Congress where the median age for senators is 64.
He said the age limit would be part of a broader demand for «comprehensive ethics, lobbying [and] anti-corruption reform» across the federal government that he said would include a crackdown on lawmakers and judges accepting and stock trading. He wants the Democratic Party to push that proposal as part of a midterms message that also includes raising the minimum wage.
«You have a president of the United States, in my view, that has expanded, deepened the swamp. Our job is to drain the swamp as Democrats,» Emanuel said. «There’s not a day that goes by that you don’t read a story about either his family, [Commerce Secretary Howard] Lutnick’s family or [Special Envoy Steve] Witkoff’s family making money.»
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Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino to leave Minnesota, as Tom Homan takes over

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Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino, the face of the Trump administration’s campaign to arrest and deport criminal illegal immigrants, will be leaving Minnesota, along with some border agents, amid violent, and sometimes deadly, clashes between federal authorities and anti-ICE agitators.
Bovino and an unspecified number of U.S. Border Patrol agents will be leaving the state as soon as Tuesday, multiple federal sources told Fox News.
«Chief Gregory Bovino has NOT been relieved of his duties,» DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin later wrote on X. «As @PressSec stated from the White House podium, @CMDROpAtLargeCA is a key part of the President’s team and a great American.»
The news came the same day that President Donald Trump announced that he would be deploying border czar Tom Homan to take point in Minnesota. White House Press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday defended Bovino, calling him a «wonderful man, and he’s a great professional.»
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People yell at U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and other agents while they stop at a gas station. Bovino will be leaving Minnesota amid contentious immigration enforcement operations, sources told Fox News. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
«He is going to very much continue to lead Customs and Border Patrol, throughout and across the country,» Leavitt said. «Mr. Homan will be the main point of contact on the ground in Minneapolis to follow up.»
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Before leading operations throughout the country, Bovino was chief of the Border Patrol’s El Centro Sector in Southern California, which is responsible for 70 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border and covers Imperial and Riverside counties. He will return to his previous post where he will resume his previous duties.
Bovino’s «commander of at large operations» position was created by DHS and took him outside of Border Patrol command.
Bovino has been criticized by opponents of Trump’s deportation campaign over tactics used by federal immigration authorities to apprehend criminal illegal aliens.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a harsh critic of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, praised news of Bovino’s impending departure from Minnesota.
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A Border Patrol agent chatted with a protester in Minnesota on Thursday, finding common ground over military service. (Brendan Gutenschwager via Storyful)
«Gestapo Greg is out. Keep the pressure up. It’s working,» he wrote on X.
In another post, he called for the firing of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller.
News of Bovino’s departure came after a deadly weekend in which 37-year-old nurse Alex J. Pretti was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent. Pretti, who was armed with a handgun, was filming federal officers on a Minneapolis street.
Authorities said Pretti was resisting disarmament when he was shot.
At the time, authorities were targeting Jose Huerta-Chuma, an illegal immigrant with a criminal history including domestic assault for intentional conflict with bodily harm, disorderly conduct and driving without a valid license.
Trump said Homan will report «directly to me» and will help lead the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
«I am sending Tom Homan to Minnesota tonight. He has not been involved in that area, but knows and likes many of the people there. Tom is tough but fair, and will report directly to me,» Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
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«Separately, a major investigation is going on with respect to the massive 20 Billion Dollar, Plus, Welfare Fraud that has taken place in Minnesota, and is at least partially responsible for the violent organized protests going on in the streets,» he continued.
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Represión en Irán: el régimen detiene a manifestantes heridos en los hospitales como parte de la represión

Miles de manifestantes heridos en las recientes protestas en Irán habrían sido retirados de hospitales y detenidos por fuerzas de seguridad, según denunció la relatora especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre Irán, Mai Sato. Esta práctica constituiría una violación grave del derecho a la atención médica, protegido por la legislación internacional.
La experta, que también es profesora en la Universidad Birkbeck de Londres, declaró que recibió múltiples informes sobre el retiro forzoso de pacientes en hospitales de diversas provincias. En declaraciones a Reuters, Sato explicó que familias acudieron a los hospitales al día siguiente de los incidentes y no encontraron a sus seres queridos. Además, señaló que las familias enfrentan demandas de entre USD 5.000 y USD 7.000 para recuperar los cuerpos de sus familiares fallecidos, una carga económica significativa ante las dificultades actuales en el país.
El grupo de derechos humanos HRANA, con sede en Estados Unidos, estima que la cifra de muertos vinculados a las protestas asciende a 5.937, incluyendo 214 miembros de las fuerzas de seguridad. Por su parte, las autoridades iraníes reconocen oficialmente 3.117 fallecidos. Tanto Sato como Reuters aclararon que no han podido verificar de forma independiente estos datos, aunque la relatora considera que las víctimas mortales superan ampliamente las cifras oficiales.
Miembros del personal sanitario en Irán, entrevistados bajo condición de anonimato por Reuters, confirmaron que las fuerzas de seguridad han irrumpido en hospitales, retirando a pacientes y buscando los registros de manifestantes heridos para proceder a su detención. Un médico de la ciudad de Rasht relató que, tras ser operados por heridas de bala, decenas de pacientes fueron sacados por la Guardia Revolucionaria sin que se sepa su paradero. Una enfermera y dos médicos en hospitales de Teherán aseguraron que agentes de la Guardia y la policía revisaron habitaciones en busca de manifestantes heridos.
Estas acciones han disuadido a la población de buscar atención médica, por temor a ser arrestados, lo que representa un riesgo para la vida y la salud de los heridos. Sato advirtió que esta conducta vulnera el principio de neutralidad médica, protegido por los Convenios de Ginebra, que garantizan la protección de doctores, hospitales y pacientes para asegurar una atención imparcial.
Según informes citados por Sato, las fuerzas de seguridad han disparado a manifestantes en el pecho y la cabeza en las 31 provincias del país, apuntando a órganos vitales y haciendo uso de la fuerza letal de manera indiscriminada. El derecho internacional solo permite este tipo de acciones como último recurso y de forma proporcionada. Sato afirmó que estos hechos podrían constituir “muertes ilegales y ejecuciones arbitrarias”, además de alertar sobre un aumento de lesiones oculares causadas por perdigones en las protestas recientes.
La relatora también denunció que las exigencias de pago para la entrega de cadáveres agravan el sufrimiento de las familias, al combinar el dolor con la extorsión. Señaló que el intento de las autoridades iraníes de calificar a los manifestantes de “terroristas” o “alborotadores” busca justificar la represión de lo que describió como un movimiento local y espontáneo.

Al menos 240 confesiones forzadas han sido transmitidas recientemente por la televisión estatal de Irán, según denunció un grupo de derechos humanos. Los videos presentan a los arrestados confesando crímenes que incluyen violencia contra miembros de las fuerzas de seguridad, colaboración con opositores o potencias extranjeras y la simple interacción con cuentas críticas en redes sociales.
Diversas organizaciones, entre ellas Amnistía Internacional, han calificado estas grabaciones de “videos de propaganda” y han denunciado que las confesiones serían obtenidas bajo tortura física y psicológica. Se ha reportado que los detenidos son obligados a firmar declaraciones que no pueden leer y a admitir delitos que no cometieron, incluidas acciones pacíficas de disenso.
El jefe del poder judicial iraní, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, ha encabezado personalmente algunas de estas interrogaciones televisadas. Según Roya Boroumand, directora del Centro Abdorrahman Boroumand para los Derechos Humanos en Irán con sede en Estados Unidos, estas confesiones cumplen varias funciones: fabricar legitimidad política, presentar a los manifestantes como agentes violentos de intereses extranjeros y desincentivar la disidencia. Boroumand afirmó que este tipo de prácticas se utilizan para humillar y desacreditar a los opositores, además de recordar a la sociedad el alto costo de desafiar al Estado.
Las protestas, originadas por motivos económicos, se transformaron en un movimiento masivo contra la república islámica, especialmente a partir del 8 de enero, cuando las autoridades impusieron un apagón de internet. Miles de personas murieron durante la represión de las manifestaciones, según datos de la organización Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), que también contabilizó más de 41.000 arrestos y 240 confesiones forzadas durante el operativo.
El Centro para los Derechos Humanos en Irán (CHRI) ha calificado la escala actual de confesiones forzadas como sin precedentes, subrayando que estas declaraciones suelen ser la única prueba utilizada para condenar, incluso en casos donde se impone la pena de muerte. Boroumand explicó que al exhibir a los disidentes confesando actos como “colusión con potencias extranjeras”, el Estado legitima la represión con el argumento de proteger la seguridad nacional y usa la confesión televisiva como prueba de culpabilidad para justificar castigos severos.
(Con información de Reuters y AFP)
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