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Wilma Fuentes yells at Customs and Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino and some of his agents as they walk through a neighborhood during an immigration crackdown, in Kenner, La., Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)2025-12-07T18:35:49Z NEW ORLEANS (AP) State and federal authorities are closely tracking online criticism and demonstrations against the immigration crackdown in New Orleans, monitoring message boards around the clock for threats to agents while compiling regular updates on public sentiment surrounding the arrests, according to law enforcement records reviewed by The Associated Press. The intelligence gathering comes even as officials have released few details about the first arrests made last week as part of Catahoula Crunch, prompting calls for greater transparency from local officials who say theyve been kept in the dark about virtually every aspect of the operation. Online opinions still remain mixed, with some supporting the operations while others are against them, said a briefing circulated early Sunday to law enforcement. Earlier bulletins noted a combination of groups urging the public to record ICE and Border Patrol as well as additional locations where agents can find immigrants. Immigration authorities have insisted the sweeps are targeted at criminal illegal aliens. But the law enforcement records detail criminal histories for less than a third of the 38 people arrested in the first two days of the operation. Local leaders told the AP those numbers which law enforcement officials were admonished not to distribute to the media undermined the stated aim of the roundup. They also expressed concern that the online surveillance could chill free speech as authorities threaten to charge anyone interfering with immigration enforcement. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on It confirms what we already knew this was not about public safety, its about stoking chaos and fear and terrorizing communities, said state Sen. Royce Duplessis, a Democrat who represents New Orleans. Its furthering a sick narrative of stereotypes that immigrants are violent.The U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not respond to questions about the intelligence gathering and referred the AP to a prior news release touting dozens of arrests. The agency has not released an accounting of the detainees taken into custody or their criminal histories. Few initially arrested had violent criminal recordsDHS has publicly detailed only six arrests stemming from the operation all people with criminal histories including a man they vaguely said was convicted of homicide and another convicted of sexual assault. The agency, which has several hundred agents on the ground in southeast Louisiana, has said it aims to make at least 5,000 arrests in the region over an operation expected to last up to two months.Americans should be able to live without fear of violent criminal illegal aliens harming them, their families or their neighbors, DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said. DHS and Republican leaders have framed the crackdown as targeting the most violent offenders. But the records reviewed by the AP identify only nine of the 38 people arrested in the first days as having criminal histories that rose beyond traffic violations information the intelligence bulletins warn should not be distributed to the media. New Orleans City Council President J.P. Morrell said the stated goals of the operation to arrest violent offenders did not align with the reality of what is taking place. Theres literally no information being given to the city of New Orleans whatsoever, Morrell said. If the goal was for them to come here and augment existing law enforcement, to pursue violent criminals or people with extensive criminal histories, why wouldnt you be more transparent about who youve arrested and why?Morrell and other officials have said the crackdown appears to be a dragnet focused on people with brown skin, citing viral videos of encounters such as masked agents chasing a 23-year-old U.S. citizen returning home from the grocery store. Law enforcement officials have been carefully tracking such footage and public reaction. For some supporters, the videos with sounds of children crying in the background as their parents are placed under arrest, is weighing heavy on their hearts, one briefing stated. Authorities monitoring public sentiment and protestsThe records also shed new light on cooperation among state and federal authorities in an operation welcomed by Louisianas Republican Gov. Jeff Landry. Both the FBI and Customs and Border Protection have stationed agents at the Louisiana State Analytical and Fusion Exchange, an intelligence and data sharing center that is closely following discussions on the online forum Reddit that local residents have used to exchange information about the immigration raids.One briefing noted that some have gone so far as to accuse agents of racially profiling Hispanic areas specifically. Another flagged social media posts suggesting agents are not keeping with the mission of targeting criminal immigrants only. And a third pointed out that critics of the raids bring up past hurricanes and the work done by immigrants in their aftermath. The chatter is slower during the night, mainly just commenting on posts from earlier in the day, one of the briefings states. Once daylight arrives and agencies are back out, the chatter and new posts will pick back up. The briefings have identified no threats to law enforcement, but the fusion center has sought to debunk what it called false reports that a pedestrian was fatally struck by law enforcement. It has been confirmed that this actually did not occur, the center told law enforcement on Saturday.One briefing described an incident involving suspicious persons/protesters who showed up early Saturday at an ICE facility in St. Charles Parish, where records show the detainees were expected to be processed.Some local officials said they had been unaware of the states role in the online monitoring. Louisiana State Police pledged operational support to immigration authorities and warned the public that troopers will arrest anyone who assaults a federal agent or causes criminal damage to property. The Louisiana State Police remains vigilant in monitoring social media activity related to protests, activism and other forms of public response, Trooper Danny Berrincha, a state police spokesperson, wrote in an email to the AP. Through the LSP Fusion Center, we actively track developments and facilitate the sharing of information and communication among our partner agencies.The fusion center also has tracked the tools used by protesters to foil federal immigration enforcement, highlighting social media links to whistle handouts, trainings on filming federal agents and the emergence of a hotline for reporting arrests. The surveillance extended to activist discussions about immigration authorities presence near an elementary school and recapped demonstrations inside the New Orleans City Council chambers and elsewhere. They can monitor me all they want, said Rachel Taber, an organizer with the New Orleans-based grassroots advocacy group Union Migrante, which shares crowdsourced reports and videos of the federal immigration enforcement operations. We are not doing anything illegal. Beth Davis, a spokesperson for Indivisible NOLA, which has organized some of the trainings described in the law enforcement briefings, said it was sad authorities seemed preoccupied with law-abiding citizens. That they feel threatened by a bunch of community organizers that have nothing other than phones and whistles blows my mind.__Mustian reported from New York. JIM MUSTIAN Mustian is an Associated Press investigative reporter for breaking news. twitter mailto JACK BROOK Brook covers Louisiana government, infrastructure and environmental issues from New Orleans. He is a Report for America corps member. twitter mailto

Ohio State's Lorenzo Styles Jr. breaks up a pass intended for Indiana's Omar Cooper Jr. during the first half of the Big Ten championship NCAA college football game in Indianapolis, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)2025-12-07T11:10:08Z Get the AP Top 25 college football poll delivered straight to your inbox every week with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Nobody paying attention for the past 24 months would be surprised to see Indiana yes, Indiana leading the way into this years College Football Playoff.But anyone paying attention over the last 24 hours knew the only sure thing beyond that was that the selection committee that set this 12-team bracket was destined to get destroyed when it released the pairings Sunday. All that second-guessing and vitriol will be coming from Notre Dame, which was passed over for Alabama and Miami for two bubble spots in the bracket. The Fighting Irish dropped two notches in the rankings over the last two weeks despite a 10-game winning streak, winning their finale by 29 points and sitting on the couch Saturday. Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Alabama didnt move at all in the CFP rankings after a 28-7 loss to Georgia that looked worse than that, but that the committee didnt count that against the Tide in keeping with a hazy policy that refrains from penalizing teams for playing in their league title game. Miami didnt play either, but the Hurricanes win over Notre Dame in Week 1 played a role in their move once the teams were grouped right next to each other after BYU lost its game on Saturday. Committee chairman Hunter Yurachek said he directed the committee to rewatch Miamis win over Notre Dame way back on Aug. 31. Once we moved Miami ahead of BYU, we had the side-by-side comparison that eveyrone had been hungy for, Yurachek said. Think you know who belongs in the Top 25? Now its your turn to vote with the AP Top 25 fan poll. The committees other key decision was choosing James Madison over Duke for the final spot, a selection that left the Atlantic Coast Conference champion out of the mix, but didnt fully exclude the ACC because of Miamis move into the bracket. Yurachek insisted that including the ACC one of the Power Four conferences in the playoff in some form played no role in the deliberations.The rest of the field includes No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 Texas Tech, which joined Indiana in getting first-round byes. Then it was No. 5 Oregon, followed by Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Alabama, Miami, Tulane and James Madison. The playoffs start Dec. 19-20 with first round games: James Madison at Oregon; Tulane at Misssissippi; Miami at Texas A&M; and Alabama at Oklahoma. The final is set for Jan. 19 outside of Miami. ___Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here and here (AP News mobile app). AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football

If one were to fact check all of Donald Trumps misstatements, exaggerations, lies, and redefinitions of established traditions before, during, and between his two terms as President of the United States, one would not have enough time to sleep more than two or three hours in a 24-hour period.From his hyperbolic claim, through his first term Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, on January 21, 2017, that That was the largest audience to witness an inauguration, period, even after aerial views showed far fewer people upon the Washington Mall in attendance at Trumps inaugural ceremony compared with those of Barack Obama. Related Trump doesnt care about drug trafficking. All he cares about is distracting us. Then to what has come to be referred to as Sharpiegate arising from Trumps attempt to cover up his misstatement in September 2019 that the approaching storm, Hurricane Dorian, would hit several Southern states while incorrectly including Alabama. Local weather bureaus had previously reassured Alabama residents that the hurricane would not affect their state. Rather than admit his mistake, Trump showed reporters a weather map, which he altered with a black Sharpie pen, by expanding the possible path of the hurricane to include Alabama.Most of us have read by now that theWashington Posthad recorded 30,573 untruths during his first term, which averaged approximately 21 invalid claims a day. The most egregious claim, which had deadly consequences, was the Big Lie that he had been swindled out of beating Joe Biden for the presidency in November 2020, which resulted in an insurrection by his staunch supporters upon the Capitol of the United States. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Trumpssecondterm is no different for this Misstater-(Lier)-in-Chief. As the lies continue piling up, as he attempts to grab more power and his wealth through grifting soars, he again has attempted to redraw the maps and redefine the definition of professional.He issuedan executive orderon the day of his second inauguration (January 20) directing U.S. federal agencies to officially change what is called the Gulf of Mexico tothe Gulf of America. This body of water was given the name Gulf of Mexico in the 1550s, derived fromMexica, theNahuatlterm of theAztecs. This name became internationally recognized. As part of Donald Trumps attempts to dismantle the Department of Education and its funding to the states in particular, for special education programs and student college loans. A key provision of Trumps so-called One Big Beautiful Law is reducing or eliminating loans to students who are not enrolled in degree programs classified as professional. This change has major implications for students as tuition costs continue to increase and family income has either remained static or has decreased.The Electronic Code of Federal Regulations states that a professional degree signifies the completion of academic requirements needed to begin practice in a profession. This requires skills beyond a bachelors degree with some involving a masters degree or a multi-year Doctoral degree and generally involve professional licensure.Under the Trump administration, several former professional college and university degree programs have been downgraded to non-professional. Even though they generally require advanced training or degrees past a bachelors degree, and they also require licensure, by entering these academic programs, students risk significantly reducing their loan caps or forfeiting entirely their ability to obtain government loans or grants. Alistof programs no longer defined as professional include, but are not limited to the following:Healthcare: Nursing, Physician Assistant, Public Health, Dental Hygiene, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Audiology, Speech PathologyArchitecture AccountingEducationSocial Work, Counseling EngineeringBusiness Masters ProgramsIt is no mere coincidence that women comprise the majority of practitioners in many of these fields and especially in healthcare, education, and social services. What we truth-tellers and realism-seekers here on Earth 1 refer to as Healthcare, Food and Shelter Assistance, Climate Control Regulations, and Education, the Republicans over on Earth 2 in Congress, in the Oval Office, and on right-wing media define as Waste, Fraud, and Abuse.The so-called One Big Beautiful Law the Republicans recently passed in both houses of Congress (and signed by President Trump) not only redefines and limits student loan programs, it also cuts essential services like the SNAP program (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), formerly called Food Stamps for people in need of food assistance. Approximatelyone in eight Americansreceives nutrition assistance through SNAP, and most of them are children.Though the president and most congressional Republicans promisedad nauseamnot to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid in the current budget surprise of all surprises the House Republicans cut $600 billion from Medicaid and from the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The bill makes significant reductionsto Medicaidby imposingwork requirements, mostly unreasonable and unrealistic, on many of those receiving benefits. While taking from the poorest and most needy, the bill provides amulti trillion-dollar tax breaks packagewith the majority going to the richest among us. The bill makes permanent the $4.5 trillion in enormous tax breaks for the rich, which was passed in Trumps first regime.The Big Lie so far in Trumps second term relates to his misrepresentation of how his priorities and policies are raising the economic fortunes of all U.S.-Americans.You know, I just might add, this is also the golden age of America, because we are doing better than weve ever done as a country. Prices are coming down and all of that stuff, Trump said during a speech at the McDonalds Impact Summit in Washington, DC on November 17.I wonder how many misstatements and lies theWashington Postwill accumulate during Trumps second regime.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

Outgoing Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has revealed the first things hes looking forward to doing as a civilian now that President-elect Donald Trump will soon install his replacement. While Buttigieg is proud of the things he accomplished as the first out gay cabinet member ever to serve throughout a full presidential administration, he also shared some of his regrets in a recent exit interview with Politico.Buttigieg said he has spoken with his incoming replacement, Sean Duffy, and believes he can do a good job; though he adds that his positions effectiveness was largely put in the hands of state or local or tribal or regional authorities who are overseeing projects funded by President Joe Bidens $1.2 trillion infrastructure law. Many of these authorities arent necessarily Republican, Buttigieg notes, and the secretary is expected to deal with them equally. Related 10 times Pete Buttigieg proved he is a great Transportation Secretary Im absolutely convinced that we are leaving Americas transportation system in much better condition than we found it, Buttigieg told the aforementioned publication, noting that the infrastructure law helped get 72,000 projects underway, 22,000 of which are now complete. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Biden recently complained to USA Today, We wouldve been a hell of a lot better off had we been able to go much harder at getting some of these projects in the ground quicker.Buttigieg said he thought Biden was getting at is an impatience we all feel about the recognition and credit that this work deserves, adding, The nature of the beast with this infrastructure work is that it takes longer than a political cycle to get it done.He noted that one the biggest transportation projects that hes responsible for, the tunnels between New York and New Jersey, wont be completed for anywhere from three to five presidential terms (roughly 12 to 20 years). He compared the benefits of the infrastructure bill to those of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the massive health insurance overhaul spearheaded by President Barack Obama in 2010. Think about the political life of the ACA, to go from being an albatross to being our winning issue in eight years, Buttigieg said, mentioning how the ACA is now touted as a Democratic achievement and used against Republicans who have repeatedly sought to repeal it (even though millions of GOP constituents and voters depend on it). And even then you have to do all the finessing for folks who dont think of the ACA and Obamacare as the same thing. Theres a lot of that here with this stuff.Buttigieg also said that news of his departments accomplishments rarely ever made headlines or viral waves on sociala media because we were competing with a lot of other things for attention and, Good news is no news: That [is,] unambiguously and uncontroversially good things command less attention.After lamenting the problem of viral disinformation on social media something he called a massive challenge, noting that it makes governance, conversations, and good decision-making much harder he mentioned his pride at helping reduce roadways deaths by over 5.6% since 2021. Buttigieg then discussed his next plans now that hell be out of his old job. He said hes looking at possibly enrolling into Northwestern Michigan College, a local community college, to get his pilots lisence under its flight program.I got what I asked for for Christmas, which is a splitting maul and a new axe. So Ill be chopping a lot of wood and being outside a little more, he said. I want to spend more time engaged with ideas and with students. Im looking at ways to make that possible. The biggest thing, obviously, the family pays a pretty big price when youre involved in politics and public life. Looking forward to making up for some lost time.He said he hopes that, in the future, hell be able to point out different pieces of infastructure to his children that resulted from his work, that his children will benefit from their construction and that hell tell them, I worked on that, and thats one of the reasons why I was working so hard back when you were really little and we were getting to know each other.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

Out Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg mocked former President Donald Trump for repeatedly claiming that his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, lied about working for the fast food restaurant McDonalds when she was a college student. Trump even said that he would get a job at McDonalds to prove that its not hard to work there.Harris has often mentions working at McDonalds as a vignette into her working-class origins and understanding of the economic needs of lower- and middle-class Americans. She has said she cooked French fries and served ice cream while working there. Related Pete Buttigieg is playing JD Vance in Tim Walzs debate prep Kamala said she worked at McDonalds She never did. Lie! Trump wrote in a September 1 post on Truth Social. He has repeatedly accused her of lying about the job as part of his larger effort to cast her as someone who changes her story, identities and policies to suit her ever-changing purposes. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today She said she worked, and grew up in terrible conditions, she worked at McDonalds, it was suchSHE NEVER WORKED THERE! Trump wrote. And these FAKE news reporters will never report it. They dont want to report it because theyre FAKE! Theyre FAKE! They dont want to report it.Trump brought it up again at a rally yesterday, saying that he would get a French fry job at McDonalds and work about a half an hour to prove that such work isnt that hard. Trump: I'm going to go to a McDonald's next week. I'm going to go to a McDonald's and I'm going to work the french fry job for about a half an hour. I want to see how it is.. pic.twitter.com/5EXIqDdMz4 Acyn (@Acyn) September 24, 2024Frustrated that Trump was making light of wage labor, Buttigieg responded to Trump later that same day, bringing up Trumps policy proposals: If were really going to have to talk about McDonalds for a couple online news cycles, then let it be about how and why Trump and the GOP oppose increasing the minimum wage, but made sure to cut taxes for McDonalds Corporation.If were really going to have to talk about McDonalds for a couple online news cycles, then let it be about how and why Trump and the GOP oppose increasing the minimum wage, but made sure to cut taxes for McDonalds Corporation. Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) September 24, 2024 The federal minimum wage in the United States has been $7.25 per hour since July 2009, the last time that the U.S. Congress raised it. That amount isnt enough to buy most of the value menu meals on McDonalds menu.During his presidency, Trump signed the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a tax overhaul which was largely passed by Republicans in a party-line vote. The law cut the federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, saving Americas largest corporations billions in taxes. Harris has repeatedly said that Trumps policies for a second term would continue to favor the wealthy and hurt working-class people. While this small McScandal might seem like a nothingburger to some, to Buttigieg, it points to larger issues of economic fairness thats hard for most working Americans to swallow.McDonalds hasnt confirmed Harris claim of being employed there in the 80s, and its unclear if the company keeps employment records from three decades ago from all of its thousands of nationwide locations, which arent owned by the corporation itself but by individual franchisees. The fact-checking site Snopes.com has said theres no evidence (such as a photo, employment record, or confirmation from a friend or family member) to verify Harris claim. Harris also didnt list the job on past resumes, but this alone doesnt disprove her claim since post-college job-seekers dont always list every single position theyve ever had on resumes.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

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This week in Washington, hundreds of LGBTQ+ power players gathered to flex their political muscles and assess the state of LGBTQ+ rights in America at the annual LGBTQ+ Victory Institute International Leaders Conference.As leaders strategize how to navigate a second Trump reign erasing LGBTQ+ rights, they also celebrated the achievements of the Biden administration, giving the former president the Chris Abele Impact Award. Related Lesbian Fox host melts down as Joe Biden says Donald Trump could learn about decency President Biden has shown unwavering commitment to ensuring LGBTQ+ people can participate fully and openly in our democracy, said Evan Low, the new president and CEO of the Victory Institute in the groups announcement of the award.The groups board cited Bidens historic leadership on LGBTQ+ equality as reason for the honor. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today From appointing a record number of LGBTQ+ leaders to reversing harmful policies and expanding civil rights protections, his administration set a new and necessary standard for what inclusive governance looks like, Low said. This award honors not only his achievements, but also the real impact these changes have had on LGBTQ+ Americans across the country.The former congressman also cited Bidens influence in recruiting a wave of new LGBTQ+ leaders to stand up to the Trump administrations attacks and provide good governance in general. Its one more achievement in a long list logged by Biden in support of gay people and the trans community, including high-visibility appointments like Pete Buttigieg heading up the Transportation Department and Admiral Rachel Levine serving as Assistant Health Secretary at HHS.At the White House, Biden installed the first gay press secretary to serve an administration, Karine Jean-Pierre. While overseas, he publicly provoked anti-LGBTQ+ nationalist Viktor Orbn in Hungary by appointing an out ambassador to the country; David Pressman took up residence at the American Embassy in Hungary with his husband and two children in 2022.The Victory Institute conference kicked off Thursday and attracted more than 700 LGBTQ+ elected officials, advocates, and global human-rights leaders for the countrys largest LGBTQ+ political gathering. Leaders expected to attend include Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healy (D), Senate candidate and current Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D), Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, and Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones of San Antonio, Texas. Among attendees were the unflagging and always entertaining Trump critic and niece of the president, Mary Trump, along with Stuart Milk, nephew of fallen gay civil rights leader Harvey Milk.But Friday night belonged to Biden.Not only did Biden overturn Trumps first ban on transgender troops in the military while reinstating employment, healthcare, and other protections for LGBTQ+ people stripped by President Trump in his first term Biden left office with 15% of his appointees identifying as LGBTQ+.Its also, sadly, a reminder of the severe damage and exclusion committed during Trumps second administration.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

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Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks to reporters following a classified briefing for top congressional lawmakers overseeing national security as they investigate how Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth handled a military strike on a suspected drug smuggling boat and its crew in the Caribbean near Venezuela Sept. 2, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)2025-12-07T20:50:20Z A video of a U.S. military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean that killed two survivors of the initial attack shows nothing remarkable, the Republican who leads the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday, and he would not oppose its public release if the Pentagon were to declassify it.Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, who backs President Donald Trumps campaign against suspected drug smugglers, is partially aligning himself with Trump and top Democrats in favor of releasing the video of the Sept. 2 attack. It was the first in what has become a monthslong series of American strikes on vessels near Venezuela that the administration says were ferrying drugs. At least 87 people have been killed in 22 known strikes.But Cotton, among the top lawmakers on national security committees who were briefed Thursday by the Navy admiral commanding those strikes, is splitting with Democrats over whether military personnel acted lawfully in carrying out a second strike to kill the two survivors. The nine others aboard the boat also were killed. I think its really important that this video be made public. Its not lost on anyone, of course, that the interpretation of the video ... broke down precisely on party lines, said Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. He said he has spent years looking at videos of lethal action taken, often in the terrorism context, and this video was profoundly shaking. When Trump was asked Wednesday whether he would release the video of that follow-on strike, he told reporters, I dont know what they have, but whatever they have wed certainly release. No problem. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a Fox News interview Saturday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California that officials were reviewing the video. Whatever we were to decide to release, wed have to be very responsible about it. That boat was still a valid target, Cotton said, arguing that releasing the video would prove that the two survivors of the initial strike remained a threat. Its not gruesome. I didnt find it distressing or disturbing, he said, explaining why he does not have a problem with releasing all the footage. It looks like any number of dozens of strikes weve seen on jeeps and pickup trucks in the Middle East over the years. He added that theres nothing remarkable on that video, in my opinion.The classified sessions on Capitol Hill came after The Washington Post reported that Adm. Frank Mitch Bradley had ordered a follow-on attack that killed those survivors, to comply with Hegseths demands. Bradley told lawmakers there was no kill them all order from Hegseth, but a video of the entire series of attacks left some lawmakers with serious questions. Legal experts have said killing survivors of a strike at sea could be a violation of the laws of military warfare.Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, and Himes are among those who have seen the video and they disputed Cottons characterization. I have no doubt that these guys were involved in the running of drugs. But in that instance, these guys were about to die, Himes said.Smith added: It did not appear that these two survivors were in any position to continue the fight.Himes said lawmakers are aware of the partisan divide.Some legal experts have disputed that the United States is in an official armed conflict with Venezuela, raising questions about the legalities of using American military personnel for what would amount to law enforcement activities that require due process. Other experts have said that, regardless of the terms of engagement, international law does not allow further attacks on defenseless survivors of a previous attack. Specifically, Pentagon protocols say that firing upon the shipwrecked is illegal. There have been questions and criticism of the mission raised by lawmakers from both parties on Capitol Hill, with inquiries ongoing. Bradley told lawmakers in a closed session that he ordered the second attack on the wreckage of a boat that was carrying cocaine because it was believed that bales of the drug were still in the hull of the boat. Cotton said Sunday that two final victims were not in a shipwrecked state or floating helplessly in the water but instead were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. Because they were not incapacitated, he said, that boat, its cargo ... remained valid targets.Smith, who saw the same video, said, The boat was clearly incapacitated. A tiny portion of it remained capsized, the bow of the boat. They had no communications device. Certainly, they were unarmed.Cotton was on NBCs Meet the Press, Smith was on ABCs This Week and Himes appeared on CBS Face the Nation. BILL BARROW Barrow covers U.S. politics for The Associated Press. He is based in Atlanta. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has altered the official portrait of Adm. Rachel Levine, the out transgender former assistant secretary for health under President Joe Biden, to display Levines deadname a needless act of transphobia that Levine has called petty. Her portrait hangs in the HHS office alongside those of other federal officials who have led the U.S. Public Health Corps.During the federal shutdown, the current leadership of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health changed Admiral Levines photo to remove her current legal name and use a prior name, Levines spokesperson Adrian Shanker, former deputy assistant secretary for health policy under Biden, told NPR. Shanker called the move an unprecedented act of bigotry against her. Though Levine said, Im not going to comment on this type of petty action. Related Adm. Rachel Levine is optimistic about the future of trans Americans. Im not convinced. When asked about the alteration, HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon told the aforementioned news outlet, Our priority is ensuring that the information presented internally and externally by HHS reflects gold standard science. We remain committed to reversing harmful policies enacted by Levine and ensuring that biological reality guides our approach to public health.An anonymous HHS staffer told NPR that they considered the change disrespectful, adding that it exemplifies the erasure of transgender individuals by this administration. Upon taking office, the president issued numerous executive orders denying all federal recognition of trans people and kicking trans people out of the military for being selfish, dishonorable, deceitful, and undisciplined. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Levine was the first out trans person to receive Senate confirmation. On October 19, 2021, became the first out transfour-star officerin the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, a noncombatant service of the nationseight uniformed services which promotes public health and safety. She resigned on the current presidents first day in office.The current assistant secretary for health is Adm. Brian Christine, MD, who was appointed in November.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

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