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Sanders, Dem leaders dodge questions on Virginia candidate who joked about shooting GOP lawmaker

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and top Democrats refused to answer whether they believe embattled Virginia Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones should drop out over violent text messages he sent, fantasizing about murdering a Republican opponent.
The Virginia attorney general race, and gubernatorial race along with it, have been rocked by recent revelations that Jones, a former Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates, has made several violent remarks, including saying he wanted to shoot then-Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert.
Though some Democrats, including Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger, have condemned Jones’ messages, Sanders, perhaps the top progressive voice in America, ignored Fox News Digital’s question about the texts and simply walked away.
Another prominent progressive, Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., also ignored Fox News Digital’s questions about Jones, turning her back on the reporter and stepping into an elevator.
MORE DEMOCRATS DODGE VIRGINIA CANDIDATE’S ‘2 BULLETS’ SCANDAL
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., (left) refused to answer whether Virginia AG candidate Jay Jones (right) should drop out over violent messages he sent. (Joe Maher; Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post/Getty Images)
Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., provided some answers, saying, «I’ll be honest with you, I don’t recall exactly what he said, but at least the reflections I got, I thought it was horrible, I really do.»
«I don’t know the dynamics of the race, as I’m focused right now on the New Jersey governor’s race. So, I can’t say that I’ve done my due diligence to really understand, but what I will say is what I saw was absolutely horrible,» Kim added.
Kim also said, «I hope that in a time right now where there’s so much concern about political violence. We can say that, yes, we need to make sure we’re holding ourselves up to a high standard, especially those in elected office.»
Asked if he could say whether Jones should drop out of the race after those violent texts, Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., answered, «I can’t. I’ve got to go.»
DEMOCRATS STAND BY VIRGINIA AG HOPEFUL WHO FANTASIZED ABOUT KILLING GOP LAWMAKER

Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones was convicted of reckless driving in 2022. ( Craig Hudson For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., also had a similar response, saying, «No, I’m getting a briefing right now,» while a staffer said, «You’re more than welcome to reach out to her office though.»
In text messages with another lawmaker, Jones wrote, «Three people, two bullets. Gilbert, Hitler and Pol Pot. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head.»
Jones wrote in a subsequent text, «Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time.»
In another text exchange with a colleague, Jones said he hoped Gilbert’s children would die. He doubled down in a series of messages, saying that such grief might be «a good thing» if it advanced his politics.
LIBERAL MEDIA DOWNPLAYS SCANDAL OF DEM VIRGINIA AG HOPEFUL JAY JONES’ TEXTS FANTASIZING MURDER OF GOP LAWMAKER
Though the text revelations have shocked the public and turned the Virginia elections on their head, many Democrats questioned by Fox News Digital have refused to address the scandal or say whether they believe Jones should be disqualified from the race.
Asked whether Jones should quit his race, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., answered, «I haven’t given it a thought.»
Pressed whether he had read the text messages, which have caused massive political fallout in an already tight Virginia election, Whitehouse said, «I have not.»
Prominent Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., simply responded, «I don’t have time at the moment,» and continued to walk away.
JOE SCARBOROUGH TELLS DEM CANDIDATE JAY JONES TO LEAVE RACE OVER VIOLENT COMMENTS AGAINST GOP LAWMAKER

Then House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff does a TV interview at the Capitol on July 26, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Speaking with Fox News Digital, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called the Democratic senators’ silence «staggering, particularly with the spate of political violence we have seen.»
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«In my view, the notion that someone advocating for the murder of children because he disagrees politically with their father is manifestly unsuitable for public office, especially the chief law enforcement officer of Virginia, and I wish there were even one Democrat with the courage to say that publicly,» said Cruz.
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Trump admin unlawfully terminated legal status of migrants who used Biden-era app, judge rules

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A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration unlawfully terminated the legal status of thousands of migrants who had been allowed to temporarily live in the U.S. after using an app expanded by the Biden administration to schedule appointments with immigration officials.
U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston ordered the administration to reverse its move last year to revoke the legal status of migrants who used the CBP One app.
The app was used under former President Joe Biden starting in 2023 to address the crisis at the border by allowing some migrants to make appointments to seek asylum, with many paroled into the country for up to two years, but President Donald Trump moved to shut down the app when he returned to the White House last year.
Burroughs found that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security acted unlawfully in April of last year when it sent mass emails to many of the roughly 900,000 people who entered the country using the app, informing them that it was «time for you to leave the United States.»
VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS, PROGRESSIVE GROUP SUE TRUMP AFTER NOEM NIXES BIDEN-ERA ‘PROTECTED STATUS’
U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs ordered the Trump administration to reverse its move last year to revoke the legal status of migrants who used the CBP One app. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
«The regulations do not give the agency unfettered discretion to terminate parole,» Burroughs wrote.
«When Defendants terminated the impacted noncitizens’ parole without observing the process mandated by statute and by their own regulations, they took action that was ‘not in accordance with law,’» the judge added.
The Venezuelan Association of Massachusetts, one of the plaintiffs in the case, celebrated the ruling, saying it «brings long-awaited relief after months of fear and uncertainty.»
Democracy Forward, another group that helped bring the legal challenge, also praised the judge’s decision.
FEDERAL JUDGE UPHOLDS TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS

The app was used under former President Joe Biden to address the crisis at the border by allowing some migrants to make an appointment to seek asylum, with many paroled into the country for up to two years. (Sandy Huffaker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«Today’s ruling is a clear rejection of an administration that has tried to erase lawful status for hundreds of thousands of people with the click of a button,» the group’s president, Skye Perryman, said in a statement.
«Our clients followed the law: they waited, registered, were inspected, and were granted parole under the law. The Trump-Vance administration’s effort to tear that status away overnight was unlawful and cruel — and today, the court rejected that harmful and destabilizing policy,» the statement added.
A DHS spokesperson said the ruling was an example of «blatant judicial activism» that interfered with Trump’s authority to determine who remains in the country.
«Canceling these paroles is a promise kept to the American people to secure our borders and protect our national security,» the spokesperson said in a statement.

The judge found that DHS acted unlawfully in April of last year when it sent mass emails alerting many of the roughly 900,000 people who entered the country using the app that it was «time for you to leave the United States.» (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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The ruling came after a class-action lawsuit filed in August by three individuals from Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti who argued the Trump administration’s effort to remove them from the country represented an abrupt, unlawful move to pull parole status and work authorization from migrants.
The Trump administration had argued that Biden overstepped parole authority by broadly awarding the status instead of granting it on a case-by-case basis.
Burroughs said when DHS sent out termination notices to migrants, it failed to comply with requirements to provide a record showing an official had determined that the purposes of parole had been served.
«Accordingly, the parole terminations exceeded the agency’s statutory authority and contradicted the procedures set forth in its own regulations,» the judge wrote.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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Trump arremetió contra los aliados de EE.UU.: «Proteger el estrecho de Ormuz no es asunto nuestro»

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EN VIVO: El Ejéricto de Israel llevó a cabo una “oleada de ataques a gran escala” en Teherán

La Casa Blanca anunció que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, dará este miércoles a las 21:00 (hora de Washington) una “importante actualización” sobre la guerra en Irán, en un mensaje institucional que se difundirá por los canales oficiales.
Trump declaró el martes desde la Oficina Oval que el retiro de las fuerzas estadounidenses de Irán se concretará “muy pronto, en dos o tres semanas”, en el marco de la ofensiva conjunta con Israel. “Estamos terminando el trabajo”, sostuvo. En paralelo, el primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, aseguró que la operación militar continuará hasta desmantelar la estructura de poder de la república islámica. “La campaña no ha terminado. Seguiremos aplastando al régimen del terror”, afirmó.
Por su parte, el Jefe de Estado iraní, Masud Pezeshkian, señaló que su país tiene la “voluntad” de poner fin a la guerra con Estados Unidos e Israel, aunque exigió garantías para evitar una reanudación del conflicto en caso de un acuerdo de paz. En contraste con esa postura, Teherán lanzó ataques contra el aeropuerto de Kuwait, Arabia Saudita, una embarcación frente a las costas de Qatar, Emiratos Árabes Unidos y Bahréin durante la madrugada.
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Un niño israelí de 11 años resultó herido tras los ataques de Irán a Israel
El servicio de emergencias médicas de Israel reportó que una niña de 11 años se encuentra en estado grave tras un ataque con misiles que el ejército atribuyó a Irán.
Las alertas por misiles se activaron en el centro y norte de Israel luego de que las fuerzas de defensa emitieran advertencias sobre el fuego entrante. Los rescatistas informaron, además, de al menos 12 heridos más como resultado del ataque.
Otras dos personas sufrieron heridas moderadas, entre ellas un niño de 13 años y una mujer de 36, según el servicio de emergencias médicas Magen David Adom.
Un ciudadano bangladeshí muere por metralla de dron en Emiratos Árabes Unidos
Un bangladeshí murió en Emiratos Árabes Unidos tras la caída de metralla resultante de la interceptación de un dron, informó este miércoles la agencia oficial de noticias WAM.
El incidente ocurrió en Fujairah, cerca del estrecho de Ormuz. “La caída de metralla tras la interceptación de un dron… provocó la muerte de una persona de nacionalidad bangladesí”, publicó WAM en X.
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Israel llevó a cabo una “oleada de ataques a gran escala” en Teherán

“Recientemente, las FDI completaron una extensa serie de ataques contra la infraestructura del régimen terrorista iraní en Teherán; próximamente se darán a conocer más detalles“, informó el Ejército israelí vía X.
El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Marco Rubio, afirmó el martes que Washington “va a tener que reexaminar” su relación con la OTAN una vez concluida la guerra contra Irán, en medio de restricciones europeas al uso de bases militares por parte de fuerzas estadounidenses.
Las defensas de Israel respondieron a un misil procedente de Yemen

El Ejército israelí informó que sus defensas aéreas respondieron la madrugada del miércoles al lanzamiento de un misil desde Yemen, donde los hutíes, aliados de Irán, han reivindicado ataques contra Israel en los últimos días.
Un comunicado castrense señaló que las fuerzas israelíes “identificaron el lanzamiento de un misil desde Yemen hacia territorio israelí; los sistemas de defensa aérea están operativos para interceptar la amenaza”.
Posteriormente, el ejército anunció que se “permitía a los residentes abandonar las zonas protegidas en todas las áreas del país”.
Las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel reportaron más de 10.000 operaciones en Irán
Israel lanzó más de 16.000 municiones en territorio iraní desde el inicio de la guerra, en más de 800 oleadas de ataques, según fuentes militares.
Las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) informaron que se realizaron más de 10.000 ataques distintos contra 4.000 objetivos, entre los que figuran sistemas de defensa aérea, lanzadores de misiles balísticos, centros de producción de armas, instalaciones nucleares, cuarteles generales y comandantes y líderes militares.

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, anunció el martes que su país dejará de asumir responsabilidades directas sobre la seguridad del estrecho de Ormuz y que avanzará con la retirada de sus fuerzas de Irán en un plazo de dos o tres semanas, al considerar cumplidos sus objetivos en la región.
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