Syrian authorities announced arrests have been made in connection to a deadly suicide bombing that claimed the lives of at least 25 people at a Greek Orthodox church on Sunday.

The interior ministry reported the arrest of “a number of criminals involved in the attack,” the Orthodox Times reported. 

According to Interior Minister Anas Khattab, the operation was carried out against “locations linked to cells of the terrorist organization Islamic State,” the outlet reported.

Explosive devices and a booby-trapped motorcycle were also recovered during a security operation near Damascus “against cells affiliated with the Daesh (IS) terrorist group,” according to France24.

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The announcement came hours after Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa vowed authorities would “work night and day” to capture all those who participated in and “planned this heinous crime and bring them to justice.” 

At least 25 people were killed, and 63 others were injured in the attack that took place at the Mar Elias Church in Dweil’a, located on the outskirts of Damascus. It reportedly began while people were praying. The perpetrator first opened fire on the worshipers, before detonating himself.

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While no group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, Syrian Interior Ministry spokesman Noureddine Al-Baba suggested ISIS as a likely culprit following a preliminary investigation.

“The security of places of worship is a red line,” Al-Baba said further, castigating ISIS and what remains of the former government of Ba’athist dictator Bashar al-Assad as actors trying to destabilize Syria.

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The attack “reminds us of the importance of solidarity, and unity of the government and the people in facing all that threatens our nation’s security and stability”, Sharaa said of the church bombing.

The attack comes amid a time of heightened political unrest in the notoriously volatile Middle East – less than 24 hours after the U.S. launched airstrikes on three of Iran’s top nuclear facilities. 

Israel launched a series of similar attacks, including attacks on the Iranian capital, Tehran, in the weeks prior.

Fox News’ Kyle Schmidbauer and The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

Irish golfer Leona Maguire battled for the lead at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship over the weekend even as she expressed her discomfort with tick bites.

Maguire said she suffered the bites at Erin Hills Golf Couse in Wisconsin during the U.S. Women’s Open and was treating the issue with doxycycline. However, Maguire showed reporters during the Women’s PGA Championship that her hand was swollen.

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She described the blister as a “pepperoni,” according to Golf Week.

“It’s made my skin like tissue paper,” she told the outlet.

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The Texas heat didn’t help Maguire much during the tournament. She finished the first round of the Women’s PGA Championship four strokes behind leader Jeeno Thitikul but fell off the pace.

She shot a 76 in the final round and finished tied for 19th with Nelly Korda, Miranda Wang and Youmin Hwang. Minjee Lee won the tournament.

“Huge thanks to @KPMG and @kpmgsports for their continued commitment to elevating women’s golf and for the excellent hospitality this week,” Maguire wrote in post on her Instagram account. “@kpmgwomenspga PGA Frisco was a tough test — the wind didn’t let up, but neither did we! Nice to be back in the business end of things on a Sunday afternoon.”

Maguire has been on the LPGA Tour since 2020. This season, she’s made 14 tournament appearances and made the cut 10 times.

She’s earned about $315,000 so far this season.

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The Founding Fathers were clear about lots of things, but in the era of modern warfare, who calls the shots and has the final say to head into battle was not the Founders’ most crystalline moment.

Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution grants Congress the power to “declare War.” But Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution anoints the President “Commander in Chief.”

Constitutional scholars argue that Congress must adopt a resolution before sending service personnel into hostilities abroad under the aegis of “war.” But what if you just dispatch B-2 bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri to fly halfway around the world and slingshot 14 bunker buster bombs into three of Iran’s nuclear facilities? Or if you greenlight Ohio Class subs to fire 30 Tomahawk missiles into Iran as well?

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Are you “at war?” Does the president have the authority to do that? What about Congress?

Well, if you say the president — or Congress — both can be right.

Or wrong.

“I’m someone who believes in the Constitution and the War Powers Act,” said Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., on Fox. “(President) Donald Trump did not declare war. He has the right as commander-in-chief to execute a very surgical process.”

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Mace noted “there were no troops on the ground.”

But then the South Carolina Republican added this:

“The 2001 AUMF is still in place. If we didn’t like it, then Congress should get rid of it,” said Mace.

OK. Hold on.

We know what “troops on the ground” is. We think (think) we understand what “declaring war” is (or do we?).

But pray tell, what in the world is an “AUMF?”

That’s congressional speak for an “Authorization for Use of Military Force.”

It’s kind of like Congress “declaring war.” Both the House and Senate must vote to “declare war.”

Transom windows, pie safes and coal chutes in homes all started to become obsolete in the 1940s.

So did “declaring war,” apparently.

Congress hasn’t “declared war” since 1942.

And that was against Romania.

In fact, the U.S. has only “declared war” 11 times in history.

And Congress doesn’t just “declare war.” Both the House and Senate must vote. And so what the modern Congress does now is approve an “authorization” to send the military into harm’s way overseas. That could be by sea. Troops on the ground. In the air. You name it.

Congress authorized the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964. That was the gateway to years of fighting in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. More recently, Congress blessed an authorization to invade Afghanistan and wage the “war on terror” in 2001 after 9/11. Lawmakers followed that up in the fall of 2002 for authorization to invade Iraq — on suspicion that Saddam Hussein’s regime had an arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. The U.S. and its allies found nothing after the 2003 invasion.

To Mace’s point, the 2001 AUMF is so broad that four American presidents have deployed it for various military action around the world. Mace’s argument would be that Iran or its proxies could launch terrorism attacks — or even a nuclear weapon somewhere. So, the 2001 AUMF is justification for American involvement.

That said, most foreign policy and military experts argue that the 2001 and 2002 AUMFs are calcified, legislative relics.

This is why it’s a political kaleidoscope about how various lawmakers felt about launching attacks on Iran and if Congress must get involved.

Democrats who usually oppose President Trump supported airstrikes.

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“I’ve been saying, ‘Hell yes’ for I think it’s almost six weeks,” said Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., is one of the most pro-Israel lawmakers from either party.

“This window is open now,” said Wasserman Schultz before the attack. “We can’t take our boot off their neck.”

But possible strikes worried lawmakers even before the U.S. launched them. There’s concern the conflagration could devolve into a broader conflict.

“The idea that one strike is going to be adequate, that it’s going to be one and done, I think is a misconception,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.

Before the conflict, bipartisan House members just returned from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

“They are worried that this will escalate,” said Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb. “And it wouldn’t take a whole lot for it to spiral out of control.”

This is why Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., wanted the House to vote on their resolution before the U.S. attacked Iran.

“I wouldn’t call my side of the MAGA base isolationists. We are exhausted. We are tired from all of these wars. And we’re non-interventionists,” said Massie on CBS.

“You’re wasting billions of our dollars because we’re sending more troops to the Middle East. What did you accomplish? And why are you oblivious to the American people who are sick of these wars?” said Khanna, also on CBS.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., didn’t mention Trump by name, but in a screed posted on X, she excoriated the decision to strike Iran.

“Only 6 months in and we are back into foreign wars, regime change, and world war 3. It feels like a complete bait and switch to please the neocons, warmongers, military industrial complex contracts, and neocon tv personalities that MAGA hates and who were NEVER TRUMPERS!” wrote Greene.

Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, also questioned the authority of the president to fire on Iran.

“While President Trump’s decision may prove just, it’s hard to conceive a rationale that’s Constitutional,” wrote Davidson on social media.

But when it came to Republicans criticizing those who went against Trump, most GOPers took on Massie.

“I’m not sure what’s going on with Thomas. He votes no against everything,” said Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., on Fox Business. “I’m not sure why he’s even here anymore.”

“He should be a Democrat because he’s more aligned with them than with the Republican Party,” said White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt on Fox about Massie.

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Shooing away Republicans toward the Democratic Party could be a questionable strategy considering the narrow GOP House majority. It’s currently 220 to 212 with three vacancies. All three vacancies are in districts heavily favored by the Democrats.

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., plans to compel the Senate to vote this week on a resolution to determine if the U.S. should tussle militarily with Iran.

“We will have all members of the Senate declare whether or not the U.S. should be at war with Iran. It’s unconstitutional for a president to initiate a war like this without Congress,” said Kaine on Fox. “Every member of Congress needs to vote on this.”

Whether the U.S. is involved in “war” with Iran is an issue of debate. And here’s the deepest secret: Lawmakers sometimes preach about exercising their war powers authorities under Article I of the Constitution. But because votes about “war” or “AUMFs” are complicated, some members would rather chatter about it — but cede their power to the president. The reason? These are very, very tough votes, and it’s hard to decide the right thing to do.

The Founders were skeptical of a powerful executive. They wanted to make sure a “monarch,” or, in our case, a president, couldn’t unilaterally dial up hostilities without a check from Congress. But over time, Congress relinquished many of those war powers. And that’s why the executive seems to call the shots under these circumstances.

Is the U.S. at war? Like many things, it may be in the eye of the beholder.

And whether this responsibility ultimately lies with Congress or the president is in the eye of the beholder, too.

Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton reportedly suffered a devastating Achilles injury during the team’s NBA Finals Game 7 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday.

Haliburton tore his Achilles tendon in his slip in the first quarter and will likely miss the entirety of the 2025-26 season, ESPN reported on Monday. The Pacers guard was the third player to suffer the devastating injury, with Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum and Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard also dealing with torn Achilles tendons during the playoffs.

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The Pacers announced after Haliburton left the game that he wouldn’t return due to a lower right-leg injury. Haliburton’s father, John, told ESPN’s Lisa Salters that it was an Achilles injury.

“He will be back,” Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said after the 103-91 loss. “I don’t have any medical information about what’s what, what may or may not have happened. But he’ll be back in time, and I believe he’ll make a full recovery.”

Haliburton started to heat up for Indiana early in the game. He scored nine points on three 3-pointers and was about to drive past NBA Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander when he fell to the ground.

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It appeared Haliburton knew how devastating the injury would be as he pounded his fist onto the floor in frustration. He was already dealing with a calf injury before the game.

Haliburton emerged as one of the top stars in the playoffs through his clutch shooting.

“A lot of us were hurting from the loss, and he was up there consoling us. That’s who Tyrese Haliburton is,” Pacers guard T.J. McConnell said. “He’s just the greatest.”

Indiana will have a few offseason decisions to make regarding the look of its roster and whether they will decide to go for another championship run in 2025-26.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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As the dust still settles following the U.S. attack on Iran’s nuclear sites, analysts say the next steps will determine whether the Islamic Republic’s atomic ambitions have truly been crippled. 

Commenting on the mission, President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that: “The damage to the Nuclear sites in Iran is said to be “monumental.” The hits were hard and accurate. Great skill was shown by our military. Thank you!”

Also on Sunday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine told reporters, “Final battle damage will take some time, but initial battle damage assessments indicate that all three sites sustained extremely severe damage and destruction.” He added it was far too early to comment “on what may or may not still be there.”

A senior Israeli security source told Fox News Digital, “It’s still too soon to know for sure, but it appears the sites were seriously damaged — it looks excellent.”

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“History is being written,” said Reserve Brig. Gen. Yossi Kuperwasser, head of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security and a former IDF intelligence chief. “This is a powerful development that significantly weakens the Iranian threat and highlights the deep cooperation between Israel and the United States. But the journey is far from over.”

According to Kuperwasser, the strikes caused heavy damage to core parts of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. “But I don’t think the program is destroyed,” he told Fox News Digital. “They still have enriched uranium, the ability to produce centrifuges, and scientists. We killed many, but not all. And even the bombed facilities — we don’t know for sure that nothing remains.”

Kuperwasser emphasized that while Tehran may retain some nuclear assets, a key strategic threshold has now been crossed. “Until now, everything was covert: sabotage, diplomacy, sanctions. But now, military action has proven far more effective. If Iran tries to restart its program, they know we — and the Americans — are prepared to strike again.”

Sima Shein, a former senior Mossad official and Iran expert at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), agreed that Iran’s capabilities have been degraded, but not eliminated.

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“There’s no doubt these were the three most important sites,” Shein told Fox News Digital, referring to the U.S. strike Saturday night that hit Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow, but claimed “Iran has dispersed its enriched uranium — both 60% and 20% — across various unknown locations. They’ve likely hidden advanced centrifuges as well, because production oversight hasn’t existed for years.”

She added that if a future diplomatic agreement is reached, the first condition must be “full disclosure and removal” of all remaining fissile material.

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Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), told Fox News Digital that all remaining Iranian nuclear facilities must be completely dismantled and referred to FDD expert’s plan, which outlined a strategy for the permanent dismantlement of Tehran’s nuclear weapons enterprise. 

The report calls for the destruction of all enrichment sites, the removal or seizure of enriched uranium, the dismantling of advanced centrifuges, and a permanent halt to weaponization efforts. It also demands unrestricted inspections, irreversible disarmament, and strict enforcement through snapback sanctions. FDD argues that anything less would leave Iran capable of rebuilding its nuclear program.

Amos Yadlin, a former head of Israeli military intelligence and president of the Mind Israel think tank, called the American strike a “game-changer.”

“Trump’s doctrine of ‘peace through strength’ is in action,” Yadlin said. “Geopolitically, this changes the entire war — and sends a message to China, Russia, and others.”

But Yadlin also believes Iran’s nuclear capabilities haven’t been wiped out completely. “There are two possible Iranian responses: retaliation and changing nuclear policy. Retaliation may come via terror attacks in the Gulf, or pressure through proxies like Hezbollah or the Houthis. But I think the more likely shift is in nuclear posture — perhaps withdrawing from the NPT.”

“They’re in a dilemma,” Shein told Fox News Digital. “They don’t want to drag the U.S. further into military conflict, and they can’t risk harming ties with Gulf neighbors. A military retaliation — like closing the Strait of Hormuz — would invite overwhelming force. Expelling inspectors or quitting the NPT [Non-Proliferation Treaty] may be their next moves.”

Kuperwasser added that military pressure alone may not bring lasting resolution — unless paired with either a diplomatic agreement with intrusive inspections, or a credible threat of continued strikes.

“If there’s an agreement, it must be based on verification — not trust,” he said. “Anywhere, anytime inspections. But if they refuse, we can continue striking any new facility they build.”

As Israel and the U.S. prepare for potential cycles of response and counter-response, Kuperwasser believes the Israeli public is ready.

“These are historic times,” he said. “We understand the sacrifice — and we’re ready to see it through.”

An experimental weight-loss medication was shown to help people lose nearly 25% of their body weight in early-stage 1a/2b trials.

The drug, amycretin — developed by Novo Nordisk — works by replicating two hunger hormones — amylin, which regulates appetite and creates a feeling of fullness, and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), the same hormone that is used in Ozempic and Wegovy to suppress appetite and boost insulin secretion.

“Amycretin is the first treatment to harness the two distinct biological pathways stimulated by amylin and GLP-1 in a single molecule,” Martin Holst Lange, executive vice president and head of development at Novo Nordisk, previously said in a statement sent to Fox News Digital.

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In the study, which included 125 overweight or obese adults, participants who received weekly injections of amycretin lost more weight than those who took a placebo, according to a press release from Novo Nordisk.

Those who got the highest doses (up to 60 mg) lost up to 24.3% pounds after 36 weeks, compared to just 1.1% for the placebo group, per the release.

A previous phase 1 trial of the oral (pill) version of amycretin also showed that treatment was “safe and tolerable,” with an “observed reduction in body weight” compared to placebo, the company stated.

Taking the pill once a day led to around 10% weight loss, and those who doubled the dose lost 13%.

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Another benefit the researchers highlighted is that people taking amycretin did not appear to hit a “weight-loss plateau,” continuing to shed pounds as long as they took it.

“The lack of weight loss plateauing indicates the possibility of achieving further weight reductions with extended treatment,” Agnes Gasoirek, a senior clinical pharmacology specialist at Novo Nordisk, wrote in the phase 1 study findings.

Novo Nordisk presented the latest findings at the American Diabetes Association in Chicago on June 22; they were also published in the medical journal Lancet.

“We are pleased with the promising results of amycretin and the feedback from regulatory authorities and are excited to advance both subcutaneous and oral versions of this molecule into phase 3 development for weight management,” said Martin Holst Lange, executive vice president for Development at Novo Nordisk, in the release. 

“These results reflect our robust pipeline in obesity, [and] our focus on progressing scientific innovation and expanding the range of options available to patients and healthcare professionals.”

The most common side effects of amycretin, similar to other GLP-1s, were gastrointestinal symptoms — primarily nausea, vomiting and decreased appetite.

Adverse events were “mild to moderate” in severity, according to researchers. More frequent doses resulted in greater side effects.

It’s important to monitor these side effects closely, experts advise, as GI issues are common among patients with obesity. 

“While the initial weight-loss outcomes are indeed encouraging, further studies are needed to ensure that the therapeutic benefits consistently outweigh the potential risks, especially with long-term administration,” Dr. Christine Ren-Fielding, director and chief of bariatric surgery at the NYU Langone Weight Management Program, previously told Fox News Digital.

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While GLP-1-based drugs — including this new experimental pill — may show promising results, Ren-Fielding, who was not involved in the study, emphasized that they’re “not a cure-all for obesity.”

“Obesity is a chronic, multifactorial disease that requires a comprehensive, long-term approach,” she said at the time.

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“Pharmacological treatments can play a significant role in managing the condition, but they are often most effective when combined with other interventions.”

Next, Novo Nordisk plans to prepare for phase 3 trials of the medication, in both oral and injectable forms, for the management of obesity.

CNN chief law enforcement analyst John Miller wrote in an op-ed Sunday that President Donald Trump could go down as the “hero” after launching a strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities.

“[Trump] could come out as the hero—the hitman who delivered the kill shot to the Iran threat—or as a supporting player in the final scenes of [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s boldest act,” Miller wrote in the Wall Street Journal.

Trump revealed on Saturday that the U.S. had successfully carried out strikes against Iran’s nuclear sites, in a move celebrated by Israel.

“Mr. Netanyahu may go down in history not as the leader who missed the warnings of the Oct. 7 attack but as the leader who delivered Israel from its three greatest threats by crushing Hamas, breaking Hezbollah and eliminating the nuclear threat from Iran,” Miller added.

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Miller pointed to the viral clip of Tulsi Gabbard from March, in which the Director of National Intelligence said “we have seen an erosion of a decades-long taboo in Iran of discussing nuclear weapons in public, likely emboldening nuclear-weapons advocates within Iran’s decision-making apparatus.”

Gabbard insisted she was taken out of context. 

Miller wrote that Gabbard also said Iran’s enriched-uranium stockpile was the highest it had ever been.

Miller argued that Iran was likely getting ready to deliver a nuclear weapon quickly if Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, gave orders to construct an actual weapon. 

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“Whether or not Mr. [Ali] Khamenei gave the order for development of an actual nuclear weapon, there seems to have been little disagreement in any intelligence estimate that the people working underground in places like Natanz and Fordow were getting Iran’s nuclear program ready to deliver a weapon quickly if and when that call came,” Miller wrote. 

The CNN analyst noted that reports from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Iran had “exceeded the agreed limits, quantity of uranium, enrichment levels, the number and types of centrifuges,” as well as the continued expansion of metal compounds that are used to create missiles. 

“No country without a nuclear-weapons program operates facilities buried under remote mountains and strives for faster centrifuges and more-highly enriched uranium. None of that makes sense for civilian energy programs,” Miller wrote.  

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While Trump’s decision earned derision from Democrats and isolationist MAGA figures, he also earned praise from some of his biggest critics.

John Bolton, a former national security adviser for Trump who’s become one of his staunchest foes, said Sunday that Trump made the right decision. 

Sean Strickland, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump during his reelection campaign and a former UFC middleweight champion, expressed his issue with the U.S. military’s strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend.

Strickland wondered in a post on social media how the military action in Iran helps the average American.

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“What happened to America first? Cost of living, staggering wages, inflation,” Strickland wrote on X. “How does spending 100s of millions to bomb the desert people help the average America? Regime change?

“I didnt vote for my tax dollars to defend Israel. I voted for my tax dollars to help Americans.”

Strickland also urged Trump to not get “involved in Israel’s war.” But on Saturday, U.S. military aircraft struck three key nuclear sites in Iran. Trump touted the bombings as a great success that helped hamper Iran’s development of a nuclear weapon.

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On Monday, Iran attempted to retaliate by firing missiles at the United States’ al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. Qatar’s foreign ministry called the attack “brazen aggression,” but said it had successfully intercepted Iranian missiles.

Trump called Iran’s response “very weak.”

Iran has officially responded to our Obliteration of their Nuclear Facilities with a very weak response, which we expected, and have very effectively countered,” he wrote on Truth Social. “There have been 14 missiles fired — 13 were knocked down, and 1 was “set free,” because it was headed in a nonthreatening direction. I am pleased to report that NO Americans were harmed, and hardly any damage was done.

“Most importantly, they’ve gotten it all out of their “system,” and there will, hopefully, be no further HATE. I want to thank Iran for giving us early notice, which made it possible for no lives to be lost, and nobody to be injured. Perhaps Iran can now proceed to Peace and Harmony in the Region, and I will enthusiastically encourage Israel to do the same. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

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The Supreme Court on Monday granted the Trump administration’s request to stay a lower court injunction blocking them from deporting individuals to third countries without prior notice— a near-term win for the Trump administration as it looks to quickly enforce its immigration crackdown. 

Justices on the high court ruled 6-3 to stay the lower court injunction, with Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissenting. 

“Rather than allowing our lower court colleagues to man­age this high-stakes litigation with the care and attention it plainly requires, this Court now intervenes to grant the Government emergency relief from an order it has repeat­edly defied,” Justice Sotomayor said.

“I cannot join so gross an abuse of the Court’s equitable discretion,” she added. 

At issue was a group of migrants challenging their removals to third countries, or countries that were not their country of origin.

Lawyers for those migrants had urged the Supreme Court earlier this month to leave in place a ruling from U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, who previously ordered the Trump administration to keep in U.S. custody all migrants slated for deportation to a country not “explicitly” named in their removal orders – known as a third-country deportation.

Murphy, a federal judge in Boston, presided over a class-action lawsuit from migrants who are challenging deportations to third countries, including South Sudan, El Salvador and other countries, including Costa Rica, Guatemala and others that the administration has reportedly eyed in its ongoing wave of deportations.

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Murphy ruled that migrants must remain in U.S. custody until they can have the opportunity to conduct a “reasonable fear interview,” or the chance to explain to U.S. officials any fear of persecution or torture should they be released into the country.

Murphy stressed his order does not bar Trump “from executing removal orders to third countries.” Instead, he emphasized in an earlier order, “it simply requires” the government “to comply with the law when carrying” out such removals under the U.S. Constitution and the Trump administration’s wave of eleventh-hour removals and deportations. 

In appealing the case to the Supreme Court, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that Judge Murphy’s ruling had blocked them from removing “some of the worst of the worst illegal aliens,” including a class of migrants sent to South Sudan earlier this year without due process or notice. 

He reiterated in a separate order that the migrants remain in U.S. custody at a military base in Djibouti until each of them could be given a “reasonable fear interview,” or a chance to explain to U.S. officials any fear of persecution or torture, should they be released into South Sudanese custody. 

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The Supreme Court update comes after a flurry of lower court challenges aimed at blocking Trump’s immigration crackdown in his second White House term. 

U.S. judges have repeatedly ruled that the Trump administration has violated due process by failing to notify the migrants of their imminent removals, or afford them any opportunity to challenge their deportations in court – a view reiterated, albeit narrowly, by the Supreme Court four separate times since Trump took office.

White House officials, meanwhile, have blasted so-called “activist” judges as attempting to enact a political agenda, and have repeatedly rejected the notion that illegal immigrants are not entitled to due process. 

As many as a dozen people from several countries, including Vietnam and Myanmar, were allegedly ordered deported to South Sudan— which lawyers for the immigrants previously argued was in “clear violation” of Judge Murphy’s order.

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A moderate House Democrat is offering rare praise for President Donald Trump after his precision strikes on Iran over the weekend.

“Iran is governed by a regime that is hostile to the United States and allied with others that seek the destruction of America. They sponsor terrorist organizations that have killed American troops and citizens and are a source of chaos and bloodshed in the region,” Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, said in a statement Monday.

“Based on what I know so far, I believe the president was right to launch limited strikes to deter that outcome.”

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He cited the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) assessing that Iran was close to a nuclear weapon.

“It is important now that the country learns what information helped inform the president’s decision and the timing of these strikes, and that we learn more about whether we were successful in destroying Iran’s nuclear program,” Golden said.

“But what matters most now is what happens next: Just today, Iran launched missiles at American bases in Iraq and Qatar. The top priority for the president and his administration, as well as for Congress, must be to use every tool at our disposal to defend Americans and deter further escalation by Tehran.”

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Golden said he also looked forward to the House of Representatives’ expected briefing on the situation in Iran. 

The House-wide briefing is expected to occur at 3 p.m. Tuesday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Monday.

The Democratic response in Washington to Trump’s strikes has been largely negative, save for a handful of pro-Israel lawmakers, including Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa.

Golden has been known to break from his own party on issues like trade, border security and national security, among other issues.

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Golden won his seat in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District by less than 1% in 2024, while Trump carried the district by 10%.

When reached for comment on his statement, the White House pointed Fox News Digital to Trump’s recent Truth Social post on Iran’s attack on Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which houses U.S. troops.

“Iran has officially responded to our Obliteration of their Nuclear Facilities with a very weak response, which we expected, and have very effectively countered. There have been 14 missiles fired — 13 were knocked down, and 1 was ‘set free,’ because it was headed in a nonthreatening direction. I am pleased to report that NO Americans were harmed, and hardly any damage was done,” Trump said.

“Most importantly, they’ve gotten it all out of their ‘system,’ and there will, hopefully, be no further HATE. I want to thank Iran for giving us early notice, which made it possible for no lives to be lost, and nobody to be injured. Perhaps Iran can now proceed to Peace and Harmony in the Region, and I will enthusiastically encourage Israel to do the same.”