The Biden administration in recent days has been seeking to reassure Israel that it hasn’t agreed to new concessions with Iran and a nuclear deal isn’t imminent, U.S. and Israeli officials told Axios.
Yes, but: Israeli officials said they‘re not reassured.
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A video released Friday in a federal civil court case showed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent with his foot on the neck of a migrant during a raid in 2018, NBC News reports.
The big picture: The video was released due to a lawsuit filed by nearly 100 migrants over a raid in Tennessee during the Trump administration in 2018, per the Tennessee Lookout. The migrants allege that their civil rights were violated due to the use of excessive force.
An Alabama city council voted to disband its police department after police officers sent racist text messages, Vincent Mayor James Latimer said, per AL.com.
Why it matters: It's the latest incident in a reckoning between law enforcement officers and their treatment of Black people.
New York and Washington, D.C., have become overwhelmed as Texas continues to send buses of migrants to those cities.
Why it matters: New York and D.C. officials say they are not prepared to handle the massive influx of migrants, in large part due to communication issues with Texas, according to multiple reports. This immediately puts migrant families into subpar conditions right when they arrive.
The big picture: The new rule is a part of SB 202,an elections overhaul passed by Georgia lawmakers last year. Advocates argue that the reforms disproportionately burden voters of color and Democratic-leaning voters.
Former President Donald Trump is considering filing a motion that calls for a "special master" to review the evidence seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago, his attorney said on Mark Levin's radio show.
Driving the news: Trump's attorney Jim Trusty told Levin that there needs to be a "special master" who can review the evidence as a third party to help "vindicate the Fourth Amendment rights of the president."
If Liz Cheney seeks the GOP’s presidential nomination in 2024, the outgoing congresswoman's bid will end in another defeat, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) predicts.
Driving the news: After losing her primary this month to a Trump-backed challenger, Cheney has indicated she will begin laying the groundwork for a potential run for the White House as an alternative for anti-Trump Republicans.
After advocating for gun violence against federal agencies, a Republican candidate for the Florida legislature was permanently suspended from Twitter late Friday, NBC News reports.
Driving the news: The candidate, Luis Miguel, tweeted on Thursday, “Under my plan, all Floridians will have permission to shoot FBI, IRS, ATF and all other feds on sight! Let freedom ring!”
Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he didn't take any classified material with him when he left the White House, the Associated Press reports.
The Supreme Court sided with Georgia voters on Friday and reinstated a federal judge's ruling that the current system disadvantages Black voters in violation of a federal civil rights law, according to court documents.
Why it matters: It forced this year's election for the state's Public Service Commission to be postponed so that a new system could be created for electing commissioners, according to court documents.
A federal judge said Friday that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) should not be allowed to delay his appearance before the Atlanta special grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Driving the news: Earlier this week, Graham was ordered to comply with a subpoena and testify but his attorneys filed an appeal asking the court to stop the special grand jury from questioning him while the appeal plays out.
