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White House torches Tim Walz’s speech about Trump’s ‘gulags,’ ‘chaos’: ‘His largest city burned to the ground’
The White House hit back hard Thursday at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s state of the state address in which Kamala Harris’ former running mate slammed President Donald Trump over his immigration policies and other «chaos.»
«It’s rich of Tim ‘Jazz Hands’ Walz to decry chaos when he let his largest city burn to the ground while his wife opened their mansion’s windows to savor the fumes,» White House deputy press secretary Harrison Fields said in a statement to Fox News Digital, referring to the Minneapolis George Floyd riots of 2020. «Walz also willingly served alongside Vice President Harris, who presided over one of the most chaotic administrations in American history.»
The former Democratic vice presidential candidate used his state of the state address on Wednesday to criticize Trump and his administration for moving to deport illegal immigrants, including suspected gang members, as well as terrorist sympathizers.
«The president has also chosen, and I stress this, chosen, to tear up the values that once made America the shining light of the world. In this land of the free and home of the brave, we have university students being swept up, shoved into unmarked vans, and fathers being tossed into Salvadorian gulags without a hint of due process,» Walz claimed.
«I want to be real clear about this. If you say you love freedom, but you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it’s privilege,» the governor said, garnering a standing ovation on the Minnesota House floor.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz delivers his state of the state address before a joint session of the Legislature at the state Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Wednesday. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP)
Walz appeared to indirectly reference the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant and suspected member of MS-13, which the administration newly designated a foreign terrorist organization. The administration admitted to mistakenly deporting Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, though Trump and federal officials have doubled down on Abrego Garcia’s alleged ties to the violent Mexican gang, as well as a domestic violence case involving his wife claiming he beat her.
Abrego Garcia was initially suspected of human smuggling during a 2022 Tennessee traffic stop but was not charged. Democrats, categorizing Abrego Garcia as a «Maryland father,» meanwhile, have traveled to El Salvador to visit him while urging the administration to comply with Supreme Court and other court orders instructing that he be returned to the U.S.
Abrego Garcia was initially held at the El Salvadoran megaprison known as the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), but he has since been transferred to the lower security Centro Industrial Penitentiary facility in Santa Ana, El Salvador. The State Department said in court filings he remains held there «in good conditions and in an excellent state of health.»
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a town hall event in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Matthew Putney)
Walz also appeared to excoriate how federal immigration authorities have taken into custody foreign students whose visas were rescinded by the Trump administration for allegedly organizing anti-Israel demonstrations at U.S. college campuses.
Though Walz did not mention anyone by name, another group of House Democrats traveled to Louisiana detention facilities holding Tufts University fifth-year doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk and former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil this week.
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The Democratic governor also took jabs at Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency, claiming that the Trump administration wants to take Medicaid coverage away.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz acknowledges the applause of the House chamber before he delivers his state of the state address before a joint session of the Legislature at the state Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Wednesday. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP)
«I can’t help but point out that we also gather at a moment of great uncertainty for our nation. And let’s be honest, this uncertainty, this chaos is no accident,» Walz said. «The President of the United States has chosen, chosen to destroy the federal government’s ability to help people. He literally hired the richest man in the world to take a chainsaw to the basic services that Minnesotans rely on to build better lives. His plan leaves nobody there working to prevent the next pandemic, nobody to pick up the phone at the Social Security office, nobody making sure kids with special needs get the quality education they deserve.»
He also slammed Trump over his reciprocal tariffs policies, alleging the Republican president is out of touch with working-class Americans.
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«And on an hour by hour, day by day basis, the President of the United States has chosen, chosen to throw our economy into turmoil,» Walz said. «Global markets are teetering on the brink of collapse. Businesses across this country and here in Minnesota are already laying off employees by the thousands. Working people are paying more for basic goods, and if you haven’t checked your 401k lately, don’t do it. So let’s be very clear. None of this had to happen. When the president took office three months ago, there was no reason to throw a wrench in the works and destroy decades of work. But if you listen to anything that comes out of his mouth, one thing has become clear. He’s just plain confused about how the world really works for working people.»
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Trump administration presses Supreme Court on executive order restricting birthright citizenship
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The Trump administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship, a move that could redefine what has become known as a bedrock constitutional guarantee.
The request comes as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and allied groups filed a class action in federal court in New Hampshire, escalating a legal clash that reaches back to the Reconstruction era.
At stake is whether the U.S. will continue to recognize nearly all children born on its soil as citizens, a principle the Supreme Court decided in «United States v. Wong Kim Ark» (1898).
The outcome could reshape the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause, which has long been understood to guarantee citizenship to virtually every child born on U.S. soil regardless of parents’ status.
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Demonstrators hold up a sign in favor of birthright citizenship outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., June 27. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump’s order seeks to narrow that interpretation to children of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents. If upheld, it could deny automatic citizenship to many children born in the U.S. each year.
In «Wong Kim Ark,» the Court ruled that a San Francisco-born man whose Chinese parents were barred from naturalization was nonetheless an American citizen under the 14th Amendment. That decision cemented «jus soli,» or citizenship by birth on American soil, with narrow exceptions for children of diplomats, foreign occupiers and sovereign tribal nations.
Critics of the executive order argue that the text and history are clear. UC Berkeley law professor John Yoo has written that the Framers borrowed British «jus soli» traditions and that Reconstruction lawmakers expanded citizenship to ensure formerly enslaved people and their descendants were fully included.
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The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to review an executive order that would end birthright citizenship, (Getty Images)
«It is simply beyond doubt that the Framers operated by borrowing and adopting common law principles … to adopt an interpretation that rejects that meaning, we would want to see historical evidence that the Framers had adopted a radically new interpretation,» Yoo wrote.
Supporters of the order counter that the phrase «subject to the jurisdiction thereof» requires full and lawful political allegiance, not simply being born on U.S. soil. John Eastman, who advised on drafting the policy, has argued that the Constitution requires both birth on U.S. soil and «complete» jurisdiction. «Complete» means allegiance to the U.S., not to another sovereign.
The order has already faced multiple challenges. Federal courts initially blocked it with broad injunctions, though the Supreme Court later narrowed those rulings.
In a recent dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor suggested class actions could provide a way forward for challengers, writing that «parents of children covered by the Citizenship Order would be well advised to file promptly class action suits … and lower courts would be wise to act swiftly.»
Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship has already faced multiple challenges. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
The ACLU’s new lawsuit in New Hampshire reflects that strategy.
«Every court to have looked at this cruel order agrees that it is unconstitutional … we are fighting to make sure President Trump cannot trample on the citizenship rights of a single child,» said Cody Wofsy, an attorney with the ACLU.
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«This executive order directly opposes our Constitution, values, and history, and it would create a permanent, multigenerational subclass,» added Devon Chaffee, executive director of ACLU-NH.
Karla McKanders of the Legal Defense Fund called the order «an unlawful attempt to entrench racial hierarchies,» saying, «Citizenship is a right afforded to us by birth, not by privilege.»
Fox News Digital has requested comment from the White House and the ACLU and its partner organizations.
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Donald Trump advirtió que las negociaciones sobre Gaza son “intensas” y que continuarán hasta lograr un acuerdo de paz
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, afirmó este viernes que las negociaciones sobre la situación en Gaza con países de Medio Oriente son de una intensidad significativa y que tanto Israel como el grupo terrorista palestino Hamas están al tanto de los avances, según declaraciones que realizó en la plataforma Truth Social.
El líder de la Casa Blanca indicó que las conversaciones continuarán el tiempo que sea necesario para alcanzar un acuerdo satisfactorio, en el marco de la ofensiva israelí contra Hamas en la Franja de Gaza.
Durante los últimos días, Trump se reunió con líderes y funcionarios de varias naciones de mayoría musulmana para debatir el conflicto en Gaza. Según explicó el enviado especial estadounidense Steve Witkoff, el mandatario presentó a esos dirigentes una propuesta de paz de 21 puntos para la región.
“Las negociaciones han sido intensas durante cuatro días y seguirán tanto tiempo como sea necesario para lograr un acuerdo plenamente exitoso. Todos los países de la región están involucrados”, escribió Trump. El mandatario subrayó que Hamas está “muy al tanto” de las discusiones y que Israel ha sido informado “en todos los niveles”, aunque no ofreció más detalles y calificó el proceso como “inspirado y productivo”.
El jefe de Estado había prometido una pronta resolución de la guerra, pero ochos meses después del inicio de su mandato, el conflicto persiste. Trump asumió en un contexto de alto el fuego de dos meses entre Israel y Hamas que culminó cuando se reanudaron los bombardeos israelíes el 18 de marzo. Funcionarios estadounidenses manifestaron esta semana que se espera un avance importante en Gaza.
Por otra parte, Trump declaró este viernes ante la prensa en la Casa Blanca su confianza en que pronto se alcanzará un pacto para poner fin a la guerra en Gaza. “Parece que tenemos un acuerdo; será uno que permitirá recuperar a los rehenes y pondrá fin a la guerra”, manifestó.
El presidente turco Recep Tayyip Erdogan comunicó que durante su visita a Nueva York, en el marco de la Asamblea General de la ONU, alcanzó un “entendimiento” con Trump sobre un alto el fuego en Gaza, tras una reunión bilateral en la Casa Blanca.
En una comparecencia a bordo del avión presidencial de regreso a Turquía, el mandatario resaltó su apoyo a la visión de Trump para una paz global. Explicó que ambos están “a favor de detener cuanto antes el derramamiento de sangre” y expresó su esperanza de que “pronto se produzca algún cambio” en el conflicto israelí-palestino.
Erdogan mencionó que los dos presidentes compartieron la necesidad de un cese permanente del fuego y trabajaron en la definición de estrategias para lograr primero una interrupción de los ataques y, posteriormente, una paz duradera. El mandatario afirmó haber logrado un consenso con Trump al respecto, de acuerdo con informaciones publicadas por el diario Hurriyet.
El mandatario turco recordó la buena relación que ha mantenido con Trump desde su primer mandato y confió en la posibilidad de alcanzar resoluciones positivas en el marco de la cooperación entre ambos países, basada en el respeto mutuo y la comunicación clara. No obstante, reconoció que persisten dificultades para resolver cuestiones complejas y advirtió que los avances no dependen de una sola reunión, aunque el reciente encuentro permitirá avances futuros en varios ámbitos.
(Con información de AFP, EP y Reuters)
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UN Security Council rejects China-Russia resolution extending Iran nuclear sanctions relief before deadline
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The United Nations on Friday failed to adopt a resolution brought by China and Russia that would have extended sanctions relief for Iran for another six months under the nuclear deal.
The vote was 4 to 9, with Algeria, China, Pakistan and Russia in favor and Denmark, France, Greece, Panama, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia, the United Kingdom and the United States against.
Guyana and South Korea abstained.
The vote came after Britain, France and Germany triggered the deal’s «snapback» measure, which reinstates sanctions on Iran following stalled talks on its nuclear program.
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The United Nations on Friday failed to adopt a resolution brought by China and Russia that would have extended sanctions relief for Iran for another six months under the nuclear deal. (United Nations)
The sanctions, which will go into effect unless there’s a last-minute deal Friday, will include freezing Iranian assets abroad, halting arms deals with Tehran and penalizing any development of Iran’s ballistic missile program.
«We had hoped that European colleagues and the U.S. would think twice, and they would opt for the path of diplomacy and dialogue instead of their clumsy blackmail, which merely results in escalation of the situation in the region,» Dmitry Polyanskiy, deputy Russian ambassador to the U.N., said during the meeting.
Bushehr nuclear plant in Iran April 29, 2024 (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, had also been meeting with his French, German and British counterparts in the lead-up to the U.N. vote.
A European diplomat told The Associated Press the meeting «did not produce any new developments, any new results.»
On Tuesday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, also said Iran would not «surrender to pressure» and that negotiations with the U.S. would be a «dead end.»
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, center, walks on his way to a bilateral meeting with France’s President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City Wednesday. (Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)
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In an interview on Friday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called the decision «unfair, unjust and illegal.»
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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