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Judge vacates convictions of 4 Proud Boys in Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection

July 10, 2026 / 9:34 PM EDT / CBS News

By Jacob Rosen Justice Department Reporter

A federal judge on Friday agreed to dismiss the convictions of four members of the far-right Proud Boys group for their actions in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly signed off on the Justice Department’s move to dismiss the convictions against Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola, but not before saying that

President Trump’s views about Jan. 6 are based on “fiction,” while also citing a lack of other levers he could pull to stop the move.

“There is little mystery about why the Government is moving to dismiss this case, or whether dismissal is in fact what the Executive seeks,” Kelly wrote in his memorandum. “President Trump’s views about the prosecution of those who attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6—whether those views are based on fact or fiction—are well known, as is his intention to extend clemency to them through the Executive Order.”

In 2023, Nordean, Biggs and Rehl were convicted of seditious conspiracy and all sentenced to lengthy prison terms.

Pezzola became one of the more recognizable faces of the attempted insurrection after video showed him smashing a Capitol window with a riot shield. He was convicted of assaulting or resisting officers, robbery involving government property, obstruction and other charges.

The Justice Department said at the time that Nordean and Pezzola “participated in every consequential breach at the Capitol,” leading a group of Proud Boys onto the Capitol grounds, resulting in the dismantling of barricades, breaching of the Capitol building, assaults on police and destruction of property.

Ethan Nordean, a member of the far-right group the Proud Boys, speaks to journalists on the east side of the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

Immediately after taking office in January 2024, Mr. Trump pardoned about 1,500 people who had been convicted for their actions on Jan. 6. However, in his proclamation at the time, he commuted the sentences of 14 people to time served, but kept their convictions in place. Biggs, Rehl, Nordean and Pezzola were among them.

In April, the Justice Department moved to vacate the convictions against a dozen former members of the right-wing Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, most of whom were convicted of seditious conspiracy.

Kelly’s ruling Friday was a procedural measure after a panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia signed off on the dismissal of the convictions in May, and sent the case back down to him.

“It is unclear what the Court would do with more detailed information about the Government’s reasons for seeking to dismiss,” Kelly said in his decision. “… It is hard to see how any course other than granting the motion in full could make practical sense.”

CBS has reached out to the Justice Department for comment.

Joe Walsh contributed to this report.

莫迪访新西兰 印新关系升级为战略伙伴

2026年7月11日 11:30 / 联合早报

印度总理莫迪（左）7月11日到奥克兰总督府出席欢迎仪式，与新西兰总理拉克森握手。 （彭博社）

印度和新西兰将双边关系提升至战略伙伴关系。正在奥克兰访问的莫迪致力加强印度与亚太地区的联系。

路透社报道，印度总理莫迪和新西兰总理拉克森星期六（7月11日）发表声明说，双方在奥克兰会谈期间宣布，将双边关系升级为战略伙伴关系，体现了两国“共同的民主价值观、深厚的人文联系以及在印太地区的共同利益”。

两国在安全领域也日益紧密合作，双方签署了防务合作协议，并承诺在海上安全方面开展更紧密合作。这反映了双方对印太地区局势稳定的共同关切。

莫迪此前已分别与印度尼西亚总统普拉博沃和澳大利亚总理阿尔巴尼斯签署协议，10日晚从墨尔本飞抵奥克兰。新西兰公共广播公司说，他将于11日晚些时候出席一场印度侨民活动。

这是莫迪首次访问新西兰，也是印度总理40年来首次访新。上一位访新的印度总理是拉吉夫·甘地。

然而莫迪此次访问正值新西兰国内反印情绪上升，两国自由贸易协定也引发新西兰执政联盟内部紧张。

印度移民人数的不断增加成为新西兰移民辩论的焦点。印度裔新西兰人称种族歧视现象日益增多，一些政治人物包括领导“新西兰优先党”（New Zealand First party）的彼得斯（Winston Peters）推动实施更严格的移民管制。

2023年人口普查显示，在新西兰530万总人口中，约29万2000人自认是印度裔。

莫迪7月6日至11日对印尼、澳洲、新西兰三国展开了为期六天的正式访问。

莫迪访新西兰 印新关系升级为战略伙伴

2026年7月11日 11:30 / 联合早报

印度总理莫迪（左）7月11日到奥克兰总督府出席欢迎仪式，与新西兰总理拉克森握手。 （彭博社）

印度和新西兰将双边关系提升至战略伙伴关系。正在奥克兰访问的莫迪致力加强印度与亚太地区的联系。

路透社报道，印度总理莫迪和新西兰总理拉克森星期六（7月11日）发表声明说，双方在奥克兰会谈期间宣布，将双边关系升级为战略伙伴关系，体现了两国“共同的民主价值观、深厚的人文联系以及在印太地区的共同利益”。

两国在安全领域也日益紧密合作，双方签署了防务合作协议，并承诺在海上安全方面开展更紧密合作。这反映了双方对印太地区局势稳定的共同关切。

莫迪此前已分别与印度尼西亚总统普拉博沃和澳大利亚总理阿尔巴尼斯签署协议，10日晚从墨尔本飞抵奥克兰。新西兰公共广播公司说，他将于11日晚些时候出席一场印度侨民活动。

这是莫迪首次访问新西兰，也是印度总理40年来首次访新。上一位访新的印度总理是拉吉夫·甘地。

然而莫迪此次访问正值新西兰国内反印情绪上升，两国自由贸易协定也引发新西兰执政联盟内部紧张。

印度移民人数的不断增加成为新西兰移民辩论的焦点。印度裔新西兰人称种族歧视现象日益增多，一些政治人物包括领导“新西兰优先党”（New Zealand First party）的彼得斯（Winston Peters）推动实施更严格的移民管制。

2023年人口普查显示，在新西兰530万总人口中，约29万2000人自认是印度裔。

莫迪7月6日至11日对印尼、澳洲、新西兰三国展开了为期六天的正式访问。

Michigan Senate hopeful calls AIPAC donations ‘legalized bribery,’ remains silent on other donations

2026-07-10 19:09 EDT / Fox News

El-Sayed faces questions over his own foreign assets as his wife holds real estate in India amid the heated race

By Leo Briceno, Fox News

Published July 10, 2026 7:09pm EDT | Updated July 10, 2026 7:11pm EDT

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Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., reacts to Democratic Senate hopefuls Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens engaging in a fiery debate, revealing a deep divide over support for Israel and AIPAC. Dingell emphasizes the significance of Israel-related issues for Michigan’s diverse Jewish and Arab American communities.

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Abdul El-Sayed, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, called dinations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) a form of “bribery.”

“Next week, AIPAC is set to spend at least $3,847,990 against me. Why? Because Haley Stevens is more committed to the future of a foreign country than keeping your tax dollars here to provide schools and healthcare for you and your kids,” El-Sayed said in a post to X.

“Legalized bribery at its worst.”

The post, which comes a little under a month before a primary against Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., a pro-Israel and establishment candidate, raises questions about foreign interests represented in American elections and whether El-Sayed’s criticisms could be applied to other groups.

JOSH SHAPIRO WARNS THAT ATTACKS ON AIPAC ARE BEING USED TO ‘SILENCE CERTAIN VOTERS’

Michigan Senate Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed has spent his campaign denying he wanted to defund the police, but in an unearthed clip he asked, “Do police really need to use guns?”(Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

“Does that apply to PAL PAC and Arab American PAC?” Chuck Ross, an investigative reporter, wrote in a post to X, referring to two pro-palestine groups.

El-Sayed’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital along those lines.

Israel and its influence in American politics have been key themes for the Michigan Senate primary. Stevens, a member of the House of Representatives, endorsed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has heavily criticized El-Sayed for questioning the U.S.-Israel alliance amid the conflict with Hamas.

“I can say that Israel has a right to peacefully exist alongside the people of Palestine and Gaza,” Stevens said at a debate on Tuesday evening.

DEMOCRATS’ CIVIL WAR HEADS TO MICHIGAN WHERE PROGRESSIVES FACE BIGGEST TEST YET IN HIGH-STAKES SENATE SHOWDOWN

Rep. Haley Stevens of Michigan, right, and former Wayne County Health Department Director Abdul El-Sayed are facing off in the August 4, 2026, Democratic Senate primary in the Great Lakes battleground state.()

El-Sayed, for his part, has maintained that the Israel lobby has amassed too much power in U.S. elections, preventing candidates from questioning the partnership or under what circumstances the U.S. should withhold its assistance.

“For too long our foreign policy has been handed to us by the likes of the state of Israel and AIPAC, who has made sure that both Democrats and Republicans are doing their bidding,” El-Sayed said on Tuesday.

Notably, El-Sayed has a modest foreign asset.

In response to criticisms that he had yet to release his tax returns, El-Sayed acknowledged that his family had been holding the evaluations abroad, delaying the process.

“Taxes get complicated,” El-Sayed replied when asked about the topic on a recent programming appearance. “My wife and her family own property abroad and getting all those tax forms is a thing.”

DEM CIVIL WAR HITS PRIMARY DEBATE STAGE IN FIERY BATTLEGROUND SHOWDOWN: ‘WHAT ARE YOU HIDING?’

Abdul El-Sayed, candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, speaks before U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., takes the stage at Mumford High School on May 3, 2026, in Detroit, Michigan.(Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

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As a part of his candidate report disclosures filed on June 2025, El-Sayed has reported a number of holdings. Among them: a salary from Wayne County worth $278,900 and an assortment of other assets totaling a net worth somewhere between $580,000 and $1.7 million.

As a part of that report, his wife reported holding up to $15,000 in real estate in India.

Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.

Household staff can earn up to $300,000 working for America’s rich, report finds

July 10, 2026 / 5:05 PM EDT / CBS News

By Megan Cerullo

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Megan Cerullo is a New York-based reporter for CBS MoneyWatch covering small business, workplace, health care, consumer spending and personal finance topics. She regularly appears on CBS News 24/7 to discuss her reporting.

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Skilled workers can command six-figure salaries tending to the needs of America’s rich, according to a new report.

Luxury staffing firm Morgan & Mallet found that shortages of household staff are driving up pay for private chefs, nannies, chauffeurs, property managers, personal assistants and others who work for the wealthy. A volatile global economy is also driving the ultra-rich “to seek safe havens, often leading to the acquisition of multiple properties and therefore, an unprecedented need for staff to manage these new assets,” the report states.

“The reality is that securing quality staff with proven experience has become increasingly difficult, pushing wages for the best candidates to record highs globally,” Morgan & Mallet said.

Private chefs in the U.S. can earn between $100,000 and $300,000 annually, with the highest salaries going to those with Michelin stars to their name or who specialize in cooking for people with dietary restrictions. Nannies fluent in multiple languages can also fetch hefty pay packages.

Other high-earning household staff jobs, according to Morgan & Mallet.

• Chiefs of staff: $150,000-$300,000
• Personal assistants: $80,000-$250,000
• Executive assistants: $120,000-$200,000
• Estate managers: $150,000-$200,000

In the U.S., the most sought-after helper among the rich is a personal assistant, making up 22% of clients’ staffing requests, according to the report.

The median household income in the U.S in 2024 (the latest data available) was $83,730, according to the Census Bureau.

Edited by Alain Sherter

Apple sues OpenAI, accusing ChatGPT maker of stealing trade secrets

July 10, 2026 / 6:02 PM EDT / CBS News

By Megan Cerullo

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Apple on Friday sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI and two of the firm’s executives, alleging that it stole Apple’s trade secrets to gain an edge in the AI arms race.

The civil suit, filed in the Northern District of California, accuses OpenAI Chief Hardware Officer Tang Tan and Chang Liu, a technical staffer at the company, of stealing Apple’s proprietary information to help OpenAI develop its own hardware. Both OpenAI employees formerly worked at Apple, according to the suit.

Apple also accused OpenAI of engaging in a “coordinated pattern of misconduct at an institutional level.”

“This case is about Apple’s former employees stealing Apple’s trade secrets for the benefit of OpenAI,” the complaint states. “Apple brings this suit to put a stop to it.”

While employed at Apple for more than two decades, Tan helped design the iPhone, Apple Watch and iPod, according to the lawsuit. The suit also alleges that Liu, a former Apple electrical engineer for eight years, was privy to some of the technology giant’s most sensitive product development information.

An Apple spokesperson said in a statement Friday that the company will “always defend our teams’ hard work and innovations, and we are taking all appropriate steps to do so.”

OpenAI didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

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OpenAI has not revealed what types of products it is developing to run its software, but has said it is researching new ways for people to interact with AI beyond “traditional products and interfaces” as the firm makes its foray into physical products.

“Rotten to its core”

Apple’s suit comes as OpenAI is preparing for what is expected to be a massive initial public offering. The complaint accuses OpenAI of abandoning its nonprofit roots in favor of maximizing profits and of pursuing “an aggressive campaign to bring hardware devices to the market.”

Facing pressure to deliver its first hardware product, OpenAI “resorted to taking unlawful shortcuts,” Apple alleges.

OpenAI’s nascent hardware business “now rests on the shakiest of foundations, rotten to its core by its illegal reliance on misappropriated trade secrets,” according to the suit.

Apple also said it had approached OpenAI to discuss its allegations that the AI company had obtained confidential information, but claimed OpenAI never responded.

“This lawsuit and the discovery process are needed to expose and begin to remedy the pervasive theft of Apple’s trade secrets,” the suit states.

Edited by Alain Sherter

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

ICE arrests illegal immigrants convicted of attempted murder, rape and child sex crimes in targeted crackdown

2026-07-10 18:29 EDT / Fox News

DHS credits President Donald Trump, Secretary Markwayne Mullin as ICE vows to keep removing public safety threats

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In a series of sweeping nationwide operations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Thursday arrested some of the “worst of the worst” criminal illegal aliens convicted of heinous crimes.

Among those captured was Jose Solorzano-Felix, of Mexico, who was apprehended in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Solorzano-Felix was previously convicted for the attempted murder of a federal law enforcement officer, use of a firearm during and in the commission of a felony, and being an illegal immigrant in possession of a handgun.

ICE NABS ILLEGAL ALIENS CONVICTED OF CHILD SEX CRIMES AND METH TRAFFICKING IN NATIONWIDE ENFORCEMENT SWEEP

Jose Solorzano-Felix, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, was convicted of attempted murder of a federal law enforcement officer, use of a firearm during and in the commission of a felony, and in possession of a handgun in Salt Lake City.(DHS)

In Santa Clara, California, ICE agents took Paulino Lugos-Perez, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, into custody following his conviction for lewd or lascivious acts with a child.

Paulino Lugos-Perez, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, convicted for lewd or lascivious acts with a child in Santa Clara, Calif.(DHS)

Meanwhile, in Forsyth County, North Carolina, authorities arrested Adrian Valdez-Lopez, a Mexican national convicted of second-degree forcible rape.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SOCCER COACH WHO USED ALCOHOL AND DRUGS TO SEXUALLY ABUSE KIDS LEARNS FATE

Adrian Valdez-Lopez, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, was convicted of second-degree forcible rape in Forsyth County, N.C.(DHS)

The crackdown also targeted violent gang affiliates, resulting in the Pasadena, California, arrest of Edgar Josue Centeno, a Honduran national and member of the Latin Kings gang convicted of assault with a deadly weapon.

Edgar Josue Centeno, a criminal illegal alien from Honduras and member of the Latin Kings gang, was convicted for assault with a deadly weapon – not a firearm in Pasadena, Calif.(DHS)

In Mineola, New York, agents arrested Rodolfo Umana, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador who had been convicted of burglary.

“Yesterday, the brave men and women of ICE risked their lives to arrest illegal criminal aliens convicted for attempted murder of a federal law enforcement officer, lewd or lascivious acts with a child, rape, assault with a deadly weapon, and burglary,” Department of Homeland Security (DHS) acting assistant Secretary Lauren Bis wrote in a statement.

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Rodolfo Umana, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, was convicted of burglary in Mineola, N.Y.(DHS)

The arrests represent a targeted effort to remove dangerous illegal immigrants from the country, with Bis emphasizing that under President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, “ICE will continue to arrest and remove these public safety threats from our communities.”

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DHS said nearly 70% of ICE arrests are those of illegal immigrants who have already been charged or convicted of a crime in the U.S.

“Thanks to our ICE law enforcement, our communities are safer,” Bis wrote.

Alexandra Koch is a Fox News Digital Editor, with a focus on high-impact events that shape national conversation.

She has covered major national crises, including the L.A. wildfires, Potomac and Hudson River aviation disasters, Boulder terror attack, and Texas Hill Country floods.

Attorney says detainees witnessed ICE officer shoot Houston driver through passenger window

2026-07-10T19:53:47-0400 / https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-houston-shooting-lorenzo-salgado-araujo/

Three men inside a van who witnessed the fatal shooting of the driver, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, by an immigration officer in Houston said the Mexican man was shot through a passenger window and that the officer was never threatened, a lawyer who has spoken with them said Friday.

“They confirmed that at no point was an ICE agent directly in front of the vehicle,” attorney Hugo Balderas-Ibarra said during a news conference. “They also confirmed the shots came from the side, not from the front.”

The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has released no evidence to support the officer’s story that Salgado Araujo ignored their commands and rammed into an ICE vehicle with his white van on Tuesday, or that the officer fired in self-defense. DHS said in a statement Thursday that ICE officers were looking for a different person when they stopped Salgado Araujo’s vehicle.

Texas Rep. Sylvia Garcia, whose district includes the Houston neighborhood where the shooting occurred, has said the acting director of ICE told her officers thought someone in the van, but not Salgado Araujo, had a final order of removal but did not share a name.

“After receiving a credible tip from our law enforcement partners, our officers conducted surveillance on a target’s address. Weeks prior to the incident, they noted two white vans at the property,” DHS said in its Thursday statement. “On July 7, officers were almost at the target’s address when they observed a white van with an individual who resembled the target. Officers then initiated the vehicle stop.”

DHS initially said Tuesday that ICE officers were targeting Salgado Araujo because he was living in the country without legal permission.

Rep. Sylvia Garcia speaks during a news briefing regarding her conversation with acting ICE Director David Venturella outside her office in Houston, on July 10, 2026. Annie Mulligan/AP Photo

The department alleged he was shot after he ignored “multiple verbal commands” and attempted to ram an officer who fired his weapon in self-defense. Houston firefighters said Salgado Araujo was struck in the abdomen, and then his car hit an ICE vehicle.

He was taken to the hospital but died of his injuries, according to DHS.

The officers were not wearing body cameras, and neither ICE nor DHS has released photos, videos or other evidence from the scene. DHS has said officers in that field office were not yet equipped with body cameras “due to back-to-back Democrat shutdowns.”

Salgado Araujo was a 52-year-old homebuilder who was shot and killed as he was driving his crew to a construction site. His family said he had lived in the U.S. for more than 35 years, had no criminal record and was close to finishing the long process of obtaining legal status when he was killed.

ICE detained the other three men in the van and they all told a lawyer that no officer was in front of the van or even in danger.

“After speaking with these men, I have no doubt that what they’re saying is the truth. I know that these agents — the agency — is going to try to cover it up,” Balderas-Ibarra said.

Images of the van after the shooting appear to show no damage, he said.

ICE has not released the names of the detained men, but family members said they have been able to briefly talk with them. Salgado Araujo’s brother was among those arrested.

Garcia said at the same news conference it was not surprising that Salgado Araujo drove off when ICE tried to stop his vehicle, given that their vehicles were unmarked and had no lights.

“What would you do if you were being followed by someone and the cars were unmarked?” Garcia said.

Salgado Araujo was at least the eighth person to die during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign. No immigration officers have been charged in the killings, and video footage in several previous shootings has contradicted the accounts of federal officers.

The detained men claim ICE is pressuring them to self-deport

ICE is pressuring the men to self-deport, which would make it harder for them to share their version of events with investigators or others, said Juana Degollado, who said her stepfather, Daniel Tirado Pantoja, is among the detained men. She said he has no legal permission to live in the U.S. but has no criminal record.

“It is extremely important that we preserve the integrity of this investigation,” Balderas-Ibarra said. “That will all be out the window if they are deported.”

Balderas-Ibarra said the main goal is to secure the men’s release from ICE custody, but he’s concerned the men will be pressured into signing documents that will have them deported.

An ICE spokesperson told CBS News in a statement that “it is categorically false we would pressure someone to self-deport.”

Ronaldo Salgado and Lorenzo Jr., sons of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, hold a photograph of their father during a news conference Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in Houston. David J. Phillip/AP Photo

DHS said Thursday that officers investigating a tip weeks earlier saw two white vans at the address of a target. While heading to that address on Tuesday, officers saw a white van and someone inside who resembled the person they were looking for, the department said in a statement.

“No one in that van had warrants or any legal problem,” Degollado told The Associated Press in a text message.

DHS won’t release officer’s name or other information

DHS said it will not release the officer’s name because they could face threats and violence and their family could be at risk.

DHS also has not responded to requests for other information, including how long the officer has worked for ICE or whether anyone involved in the shooting is on administrative leave.

Unlike some previous deaths involving federal immigration officers, few photos or videos surrounding the shooting have emerged publicly in the days since Salgado Araujo’s death.

The League of United Latin American Citizens offered a $5,000 reward for video or other evidence, but the positions of the vehicles mean surveillance cameras in the area were blocked from recording the shooting, CEO Juan Proaño said.

Local prosecutors are talking to witnesses

Local prosecutors were not invited into the investigation by federal officials but have spent the past three days in the Houston neighborhood looking for surveillance footage and talking to witnesses, Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said.

Teare said anyone with video or other information must share it with his office so the truth about the shooting can be determined.

“We will go to the ends of the Earth to collect all the evidence, so that we can eventually let the public know what happened,” Teare said.

The FBI is tightly controlling the evidence in the case, but Houston Mayor John Whitmire said he wants a local independent investigation and the police chief will meet with federal investigators next week to see what can be done.

“We recognize that it is a federal police agency that was out of control Tuesday morning,” Whitmire said.

Houston police do not work with ICE and the mayor said he found out about the shooting from the media.

Salgado Araujo’s family said they found out he was dead through the ICE statement instead of directly from the agency. Garcia said officers kept his belongings and sent him to the hospital where he died without including his name.

and Nicole Sganga contributed to this report.

Several killed in small plane crash in the Bahamas, officials say

July 10, 2026 / 7:52 PM EDT / CBS/AP

A small plane crashed in the Bahamas on Friday, killing several people and prompting the government to temporarily ground Flamingo Air flights.

The deadly incident happened in North Andros, located in waters just west of Nassau, the archipelago’s capital.

Officials have not released details on those who were aboard or their conditions. Ten people were set to be on the flight, which departed from Nassau and crashed in Andros Island, according to a flight manifest obtained by CBS News.

While officials have not released a list of names, the manifest shows that members of the “Da Pond Band” — a musical group — were set to be on board, according to an aviation source.

Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis had initially said that one person survived, but he later confirmed in a press conference that the person died from their injuries.

“We gather beneath a cloud of great sorrow,” he said, noting that people were celebrating the Bahamas’ 53rd independence anniversary. “It has become a day of mourning. … To every family that has received the devastating news, that someone they love will not be coming home, we offer our deepest condolences.”

The Bahamian Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority said in a statement that the plane had departed Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau and was headed to San Andros when it crashed. It identified the plane as a Cessna 402 aircraft registered in the Bahamas.

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The Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Aviation said in a statement that the suspension of Flamingo Air’s air operator certificate is only a precautionary safety measure as officials investigate the cause of the crash. The ministry said the suspension is a result of two safety incidents that happened Friday.

During the press conference, Energy, Utilities and Aviation Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis said the first incident occurred earlier Friday involving a Flamingo Air plane. She said it was en route to Mayaguana when the pilot reported a concern and turned back to Nassau. After the plane landed and the passengers deboarded, the plane caught fire, she said. That incident also is under investigation.

Cristian Benavides contributed to this report.

How Maine’s Democratic meltdown could shape the Senate midterms

2026-07-10 6:29pm EDT / Fox News

Democrats’ turmoil in Maine underscores broader ideological battles that could shape the fight for Senate control

By Chad Pergram Fox News

Democratic infighting exposed amid Graham Platner debacle

Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram has the latest on Democrats’ efforts to replace Graham Platner on the ballot on ‘America Reports.’

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Political watchers expected this fall’s Maine Senate contest to emerge as the main event in the midterms as Democrats try to unseat five-term Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine).

Again.

It is said that as Maine goes, so goes the nation. And this year, Maine could dictate how the Senate goes. But Democrats are facing trouble in the Pine Tree State.

Progressives thought they discovered a pearl of a candidate in waterman Graham Platner and his oyster enterprise.

Graham Platner, Democratic US Senate candidate for Maine, during a primary election night event at the Blue Hill YMCA in Blue Hill, Maine, US, on Tuesday, June 9, 2026.(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

But the party has now shucked Platner and is diving to find a replacement by July 27th.

For Democrats, defeating Collins is like the pursuit of the Great White Whale in Moby Dick. Potentially in their grasp. Yet elusive. Republicans aren’t concerned about the veteran GOPer.

“There’s a reason that she’s been a United States Senator for Maine since God was a baby,” said Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Fox. “People like her.”

The Democratic Party was fractured before as its “mainstream middle” scraps with progressives.

However, the Platner debacle may have underscored what made the schism worse.

MILLIONS IN DEM AD MONEY VANISHED FROM PLATNER RACE DAYS BEFORE RAPE ALLEGATION DOOMED SENATE BID

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) will soon release their long-term platform. The DSA wants to eliminate the Senate. Expand the House. Pack the Supreme Court? How about having the House pick the Court instead?

The DSA pushes a 32-hour workweek without changes to pay or benefits.

And then there are older suggestions like Medicare for all and guaranteed minimum wages.

Some Democrats are asking how Platner got this far – unvetted. That’s to say nothing of some Democrats looking past his awful text messages and Nazi-themed tattoo.

All in the name of trying to defeat Collins.

“I told you so” is essentially the mantra of Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) He’s been outspoken against Platner since the start and railed against colleagues who blindly flocked to Platner.

“I’d say that the trash took itself out,” said Fetterman on Fox. “Finally, people in Maine have a chance to really vote on someone that’s not a total piece of trash.”

But Fetterman held particular contempt for a Senate colleague: the godfather of modern socialism.

“(Sen.) Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) needs to apologize to the voters of Maine and to everyone that donated to that train wreck of a campaign. More than anyone, he pushed Platner into the election. And now he keeps pushing these communists and these kind of awful anti-American people,” said Fetterman.

ORONO, MAINE – MAY 24: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stands with Troy Jackson (L), who is running for Governor of Maine, and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner during a “Fighting Oligarchy” tour stop at the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine campus on May 24, 2026, in Orono, Maine. Platner is the presumptive Democratic nominee and will face incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat in the general election.(Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

That’s what worries some Democrats after primary victories in New York by Democratic House nominees Claire Valdez, Darializa Avila Chevalier and Brad Lander.

Then throw in Melat Kiros. She felled 30-year veteran Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) in the primary last week.

Kiros then triggered a Colorado avalanche of controversy after an appearance with Walter Rhein on YouTube.

“One of the things that brought me into starting my PhD program was finally coming to the realization that we were never really going to be able to tackle white supremacy in the way that we need to without reparations,” said Kiros.

This is why Democrats are concerned about the party steering left.

Democrats might not need to worry about allegations of sexual assault, texts and tattoos like they did with Platner.

But they could grapple with policies pushed by other Democratic Socialists.

SOCIALISTS LAUNCH RADICAL PLATFORM TO ABOLISH THE US SENATE IN BID TO FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM AMERICA

Abdul El-Sayed is seeking the Democratic nomination for Senate in Michigan against Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.). Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) is retiring.

Who knows what awaits Democrats in Maine, post-Platner.

But Democrats must retain Michigan if they have a fighting chance to seize control of the Senate.

“You can’t retrain ICE. You have to abolish ICE,” said El-Sayed at a recent debate with Stevens.

He equated radicalism in Iran to MAGA. And, he declared that people in Dearborn, MI were “sad” about the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

Stevens, trying to run in the “middle” lane of the party, is focused on kitchen table issues.

“I will run through anyone and anything to lower costs,” said Stevens during the debate.

Democrats are torn.

“I don’t agree with everything either Haley or Abdul have said. They’re both colleagues. They’re both friends, and I’m neutral in this race. But we do have a big tent,” said Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) on Fox.

But when pressed about progressives, Dingell replied, “I don’t think that the DSA is painting us into the corners.”

Political observers note that candidates like El-Sayed energize the party. But what does that mean in the general election?

“I think it is a great test case because I think El-Sayed is going to win that nomination. And I think with it, he brings a tremendous amount of enthusiasm, again from Democrats. The question is will he be able to appeal to independents? And that remains to be seen,” said University of Akron political scientist David Cohen.

Abdul El-Sayed, candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, speaks before U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., takes the stage at Mumford High School on May 3, 2026, in Detroit, Michigan.(Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

So here’s the Senate map for Democrats.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) is retiring. Democrats hope to flip the Tar Heel State with former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) against former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley.

In the Buckeye State, former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is mounting a comeback after losing to Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) less than two years ago.

He’s up against appointed Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio), who succeeded Vice President JD Vance.

“There’s a lot of money flowing into this state. Both Republicans and Democrats realize that Ohio is one of the keys to either Republicans holding the Senate or Democrats flipping it,” said Cohen.

Iowa used to be a swing state. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is retiring after two terms. But the Hawkeye State is shaping up as a battleground as Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) faces Democrat Josh Turek.

The Democrats’ last hope is to capture the Last Frontier: Alaska. Former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska.) is up against Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska.)

Democrats must also cling to Georgia as Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) faces Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.)

And just like Michigan and Georgia are for the Democrats, it’s “hold ‘em” in Texas after Republican Ken Paxton defeated Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in the primary.

(AP Photo/LM Otero)

Paxton takes on Democrat James Talarcio.

Winning the Lone Star State may be a long shot for Democrats.

It seems that way each cycle. However, Democrats have made it relatively close for years now.

But Cohen says Democrats might win – despite losing.

“Even if Democrats come up short in Texas, Texas will have served a huge purpose in driving a lot of those resources to that state when they could have maybe spent more money in places like Ohio or Michigan or North Carolina or Georgia,” said Cohen.

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But Democrats must now devote time to figuring out what the progressive pull means for them. Especially after the Maine implosion. Republicans believe the Democrats are their own worst enemy.

“Our secret plan all along has been let them speak. Let Graham Platner speak. Let Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan speak,” said John Kennedy. “A reckoning is coming for the Democratic Party.”

It may have already come for Democrats in Maine.

And if this is the “secret plan” by Republicans, it’s not so secret. Democrats already understand their problem all too well.

Chad Pergram currently serves as Chief Congressional Correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in September 2007 and is based out of Washington, D.C.