Monday, April 28th, 2025 - Birthright fight; ICE arrests judge; Signal scandal; Salmonella rule nixed; Antisemitism probe; Santos sentenced

Today’s Headlines: White House adviser Stephen Miller ramped up attacks on birthright citizenship, calling it a national security threat, as news broke that the administration deported U.S. citizen children along with their non-citizen mothers receiving cancer treatment. Meanwhile, Attorney General Pam Bondi defended the arrest of a Milwaukee judge for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant, and loosened rules allowing prosecutors to subpoena journalists’ records. At Columbia and Barnard, faculty were alarmed after receiving surprise government surveys asking if they were Jewish or Israeli as part of a federal antisemitism probe. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is under fire for security breaches, including installing an unsecured internet line and threatening Pentagon officials over leaks about secret briefings for Elon Musk. In other news, the USDA dropped new poultry safety rules that could have curbed salmonella infections and former Rep. George Santos was sentenced to over 7 years in prison for fraud during his 2022 congressional campaign.

Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode:

• The New Republic: Stephen Miller Unveils Bizarre New Attack on Birthright Citizenship

• CNN: 3 children who are US citizens — including one with cancer — deported with their mothers to Honduras, lawyers and advocacy groups say 

• Huffpost: Pam Bondi Hints At More Judge Arrests In Bone-Chilling Interview: 'We Will Find You'

• CBS News: Justice Department rescinds policy against seizing journalists' records in leak investigations

• CNN: Federal agency texts Columbia University and Barnard College employees a survey asking if they are Jewish 

• AP News: Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office to connect to Signal, AP sources say

• WSJ: Polygraph Threats, Leaks and Infighting: Pete Hegseth Rattled by Pentagon Chaos

• AP News: USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry 

• CNN: Former Rep. George Santos sentenced to 87 months for federal fraud charges 

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