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In the news today: Younger Democratic candidates are vying to replace the party's old guard; the latest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement statistics show that 71.7% of people detained by ICE had no criminal convictions; and French President Macron announces an increase in military spending. Also, Jannik Sinner wins his first Wimbledon title. |
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani appears on stage with his wife, Rama, mother, Mira Nair Duwaji, left, and father, Mahmood Mamdani, at his primary election party, in New York in June. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
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Young Democrats have called for a rebrand. They're vying to replace the party's old guard
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Younger Democratic candidates across the country are running to replace party elders. The candidates have grown tired of lawmakers holding office past their prime and say fresh faces can reach more voters. Read more. |
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- Twenty-five-year-old Deja Foxx is running in a special election Tuesday to fill a congressional seat in southern Arizona. She is part of a field of Democrats vying for the deep blue seat left vacant by an incumbent congressman's death. And young candidates in Georgia are calling on 80-year-old Rep. David Scott to give up his seat after years of health and performance concerns.
Voters have been crushed by high living costs, said Georgia state Rep. Jasmine Clark, but Republicans, not Democrats, have been the ones to tell people their pain is real — even though Democrats have better ideas for fixing things.
- In an era where so many young people doubt they'll ever be better off than their parents, they're increasingly willing to ditch pragmatism for bold policy platforms, said David Hogg, who was removed from his leadership role with the Democratic National Committee.
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Trump says he wants to deport 'the worst of the worst.' Government data tells another story
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President Donald Trump frequently speaks at public appearances about the countless "dangerous criminals" from around the world he says entered the U.S. illegally under the Biden administration. He promises to expel millions of migrants in the largest deportation program in American history to protect law-abiding citizens from the violent threats he says they pose. But government data around ongoing detentions tells a different story. Read more. |
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The latest ICE statistics show that as of June 29, there were 57,861 people detained by ICE, 41,495 — 71.7% — of whom had no criminal convictions. That includes 14,318 people with pending criminal charges and 27,177 who are subject to immigration enforcement, but have no known criminal convictions or pending criminal charges.
Tricia McLaughlin, an assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, called the assessment that ICE isn't targeting immigrants with a criminal record "false" and said that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has directed ICE "to target the worst of the worst—including gang members, murderers, and rapists." She counted detainees with convictions, as well as those with pending charges, as "criminal illegal aliens."
- Research has consistently found that immigrants are not driving violent crime in the U.S. and that they actually commit fewer crimes than native-born Americans.
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French President Macron announces 6.5 billion euros in extra military spending in next two years
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced 6.5 billion euros ($7.6 billion) in extra military spending in the next two years because of new and unprecedented threats, ranging from Russia to nuclear proliferation, terrorists and online attacks. Read more. |
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The French said France will aim to spend 64 billion euros ($74.8 billion) in annual defense spending in 2027, the last year of his second term. That would be double the 32 billion euros in annual spending when he became president in 2017. ″Since 1945, freedom has never been so threatened, and never so seriously,'' Macron said in the French president's traditional speech to the military on the eve of the Bastille Day national holiday.
He insisted that France can find the money to spend more on the military even as it tries to bring down massive national debts. Conservative and far-right parties have supported greater defense spending, while left-wing parties accuse the government of sacrificing hard-won social welfare benefits for military spending.
- Europe is in danger because of Russia's war in Ukraine and wars in the Middle East, and because ″the United States has added a form of uncertainty,″ Macron argued. Other dangers he cited included online disinformation campaigns by unnamed foreign governments and propaganda operations targeting children, in ″the screen era.″
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Yoshihiro Kobayashi prepares tsukudani in Tsukuda, Tokyo, on June 18. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)
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Tsukudani and hot rice: Still a go-to meal in Japan centuries after its creation
A father and son in Tokyo are continuing the centuries-old tradition of making tsukudani, a preserved Japanese food. Tsukudani remains a staple of Japanese cuisine centuries after it was created in the Tsukuda neighborhood of Tokyo, from which the dish gets its name, and is a prime example of how Japan, despite its high-tech modernity, maintains traditions passed down over generations, much of them through small businesses. |
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