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State’s largest mosque leader’s deportation fight takes dramatic turn as Trump admin scores major win

2026-10-01T12:01:33-04:00 / Fox News

Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered the deportation of Salah Sarsour, president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee

By Robert Schmad Fox News

Published October 1, 2026 12:01pm EDT

DHS arrests Islamic leader with prior convictions

Fox News correspondent Brooke Taylor reports the arrest of Jordanian national Salah Sarsour, as DHS claims that the Islamic leader lied on immigration forms

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An immigration judge ruled Wednesday that federal authorities can deport the leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque on national security grounds.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio invoked federal immigration law in June 2025 to determine that Salah Sarsour, the president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, could be deported because his presence in the United States could have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences. Government lawyers cited Sarsour’s decades-old convictions in Israel, including for throwing rocks at Israeli military personnel and attempting to procure weapons, in arguing that he posed a national security threat.

Government lawyers also claimed he had been convicted of throwing a Molotov cocktail at IDF personnel, though Sarsour’s lawyer rebuffed that allegation by stating that, though he was accused of doing so, he was never convicted.

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Islamic Society of Milwaukee President Salah Sarsour smiles, Thursday, June 18, 2026, shortly after his release from a county jail in Indiana, where he was detained after his arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in March.(Yaseen Najeeb via AP)

“If a lawful resident of the United States for over 30 years with zero arrests or convictions in this country, a family man and the father of 6 U.S. citizen kids, the elected president of his mosque, and an advocate for interfaith dialogue is a ‘public safety threat,’ as DHS claims, those words cease to have any meaning at all,” Patrick Taurel, a lawyer representing Sarsour, told Fox News Digital.

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told Fox News Digital that Rubio had “reasonable grounds to believe Sarsour’s presence would have adverse foreign policy consequences for the U.S., and he has engaged in terrorist activity or supported a terrorist organization.”

A 2001 FBI memorandum summarized allegations from Sarsour’s brother, Jamil, that he had been involved in fundraising for the Holy Land Foundation, an organization shuttered by the federal government for terror ties, on behalf of Hamas. Jewish Insider, meanwhile, reported that Sarsour wrote a Facebook post asking God to “give Gaza people victory,” while acknowledging in a deposition that additional language in the post could be translated as asking God to punish those who wished harm on Gaza.

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in conjunction with the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), conducted a targeted operation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to arrest Salah Salem Sarsour, a criminal illegal alien from Jordan suspected of funding terror organizations and lying on immigration forms.(The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS))

“Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, if you break the law, you will face the consequences. Criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the U.S.,” the DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital, adding that “illegal aliens receive due process.”

Sarsour, who is a lawful permanent resident according to court documents, and his lawyers claim that he is being targeted by the Trump administration for political reasons, namely his advocacy related to the Israel-Gaza conflict. He also claims that he was tortured into providing a confession by Israeli authorities.

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A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said Rubio had “reasonable grounds to believe Sarsour’s presence would have adverse foreign policy consequences for the U.S., and he has engaged in terrorist activity or supported a terrorist organization.”(Fox News)

Sarsour’s lawyers also point out that he has been residing in the country for 30 years, questioning why the government waited so long to seek his removal if he was a threat to national security.

Sarsour has pledged to appeal the judge’s ruling that he can be deported.

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“I will continue fighting to defend the right to free speech and to stay in the country I have called home for more than three decades,” he said in a statement following the judge’s ruling.

Dual U.K.-Iranian national arrested over security incident at U.S.-run air base in England

October 1, 2026 / 1:43 PM EDT / CBS/AP

Police on Thursday arrested a dual U.K.-Iranian national on suspicion of plotting a terror attack following a security incident at the U.S.-run RAF Fairford air base in England that British authorities have linked to Tehran.

The 27-year-old man was arrested in London on Thursday, and police have searched two properties in the U.K. capital, Counter Terrorism Policing said in a statement.

A 26-year-old British national was interviewed by police “under caution,” which means the interview was recorded and can be used in future prosecutions.

On Sunday, five men, all British nationals in their 20s and from London, were arrested on suspicion of explosives and terror offenses close to the RAF Fairford air base, which has been used by American bombers to strike Iran. The suspects have since been released on bail.

Their quick release drew criticism from President Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. But it also prompted questions in the U.K. as to whether the authorities had overreacted.

Police say they found a quantity of an accelerant – gasoline – in three vans linked to the five suspects, but no explosives.

Vicki Evans, the senior national coordinator for counter terrorism policing, said the investigation “is hugely complex, and our specialist teams are interrogating multiple lines of inquiry.”

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“As we’ve made clear, we’re looking at all possible angles – including possible foreign state involvement,” she said.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the U.K. sees “strong indications” that Iran played a part in the incident. Iran denies involvement.

“There are strong indications that Iran played a part in what happened over the weekend at RAF Fairford, but of course it remains an ongoing, complex and serious police investigation, and of course we are working closely with our colleagues in the United States of America,” the prime minister told the BBC.

The base 100 miles west of London has been used by American bombers during decades of conflicts in the Middle East, including this year’s war with Iran.

Iranian authorities have warned that any bases used to attack the country would be considered legitimate targets, but the Iranian Embassy in London said in a statement shared Monday on social media that the regime “categorically rejects and strongly condemns the recent unfounded and malicious speculations published by some British individuals and media outlets attempting to link Iran” to the incident.

Burnham said authorities have the investigation under “the strongest grip and the closest control,” and British officials had been “talking to counterparts in the United States all week to explain what is happening here, how things are being done.”

U.K. officials say proxies linked to Iran have been behind a string of arsons and other attacks in Britain and other countries, many of them targeting the Jewish community and intended to sow fear. They have previously warned that Tehran could expand its targets in the U.K. if conflicts in the Middle East continue.

Christa Pike surviving her execution was “unparalleled.” But it wasn’t the first botched lethal injection.

October 1, 2026 / 3:05 PM EDT / CBS News

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Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s death row, received two doses of a lethal drug in a Nashville execution chamber Wednesday night. But she didn’t die.

Although her survival was “unparalleled,” as one expert said, it was the latest example of a botched execution attempt involving lethal injections in Tennessee and elsewhere around the United States.

“All of this was predicted, and the court did nothing,” said Steve Ferrell, an attorney for Pike, at a news conference Thursday, referencing the state’s history of problems with its lethal drug protocol.

Pike, 50, was condemned for the 1995 murder of her former classmate Colleen Slemmer, then 19, whom she and two others tortured and killed in a manner widely described as gruesome, horrific and disturbing. Eighteen at the time of the attack and 20 at her sentencing, Pike was the youngest woman sent to death row in the country’s modern capital punishment era.

The extent of Pike’s injuries after the failed execution was unclear, but her attorneys said Thursday that she was still alive and receiving “lifesaving medical care” at a hospital. A doctor told CBS partner BBC News that Pike would have likely suffered traumatic brain injury.

Her legal team had said in an emergency motion to halt the execution Wednesday night that she had not lost consciousness, retained a heartbeat and could be heard audibly snoring on the gurney, despite correctional staff administering two syringes’ worth of the drug pentobarbital to her through an IV. At one point, Associated Press reporter Kim Chandler, who witnessed the execution, said Pike “looked toward prison officials and asked if it was supposed to feel that way.”

“The case of Christa Pike lays bare multiple reasons why the death penalty should be abolished,” United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk said in a statement on Thursday. “The prolonged suffering — physical and mental — arising from multiple failed execution attempts is abhorrent, and cruel. And there are key fair trial questions still unresolved.”

Emergency vehicles arrive at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution after the execution of Christa Pike was halted Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee. AP Photo/George Walker IV

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, whose denial of Pike’s clemency petition this week allowed the execution to move forward, has since announced the state will cancel the one remaining execution scheduled to take place this year, so that “a comprehensive, third-party review to determine exactly what occurred” on Wednesday night could be conducted.

A problematic history

Pike’s bungled injection wasn’t a first for Tennessee. Earlier this year, in May, the state halted the planned execution of death row inmate Tony Carruthers when officers failed to establish an IV line through which to administer his lethal injection, after trying to do so for more than an hour.

At the time, Carruthers’ attorney said he had been “tortured,” telling CBS News that he groaned and bled from multiple attempted injection sites as staff tasked with handling the execution repeatedly punctured him in his chest, arms, feet and neck.

The defense team representing Carruthers had asked a Tennessee district court to stop the execution, alleging the ordeal “constituted cruel and unusual punishment,” in violation of his constitutional rights, but the request was denied on the grounds that a burden of proof to demonstrate the state’s actions were “cruel and unusual” hadn’t been met.

Lee ultimately granted Carruthers a yearlong reprieve from execution, meaning that he’ll return to the chamber a second time to be put to death after that. The governor said he wouldn’t reconsider Carruthers’ clemency petition, even as gaps in forensic evidence sparked public doubt over the legitimacy of the murder conviction for which he was sentenced to death.

Carruthers was among seven U.S. inmates whose executions by lethal injection failed because of issues establishing an IV line in the modern death penalty era, although researchers say other instances may exist. His attorneys’ allegations of torture and unconstitutionally cruel punishment also echoed similar accusations from representatives of other inmates who’ve experienced botched execution attempts due to this problem.

In addition to Tennessee, these incidents have happened in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Oklahoma and Texas, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, an organization that provides data on capital punishment but doesn’t take a position on it.

Pike’s survival was “singular and unparalleled,” marking the first execution where an inmate remained alive after receiving lethal drugs, versus other instances where failure to locate a vein ultimately prevented the drugs from being administered, Robin Maher, the Death Penalty Information Center’s executive director, told the AP. In a statement, her organization drew connections between Pike’s execution and that of Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma in 2014, where Lockett appeared to survive the procedure but died of a heart attack while still in the execution chamber.

Media witnesses recount the moments before the execution of Christa Pike was halted Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee. AP Photo/George Walker IV

Tennessee resumed executions in 2025 after a three-year hiatus, triggered by controversy and criticism surrounding its execution protocol. Lee, in 2022, said the pause would allow for an investigation into its lethal injection process after it was determined that corrections officials didn’t test the lethal drugs they’d planned to use for that year’s execution of Oscar Smith for bacteria. That review led Tennessee to alter its lethal injection protocol, shifting from a procedure involving three different drugs to the current one used in Pike’s case, consisting solely of pentobarbital.

The Tennessee Department of Correction said it “followed every step of the State’s lawful, established execution protocol” in a statement released after Pike’s procedure.

“The lethal injection chemical in the protocol has consistently been effective, and the protocol does not allow for additional procedures beyond what was carried out this evening,” the statement said.

“Veiled in secrecy”

Experts and groups advocating against the death penalty have sounded alarms for years about issues with lethal drugs used in executions. Declining support for capital punishment nationwide and skepticism over how executions were being carried out led pharmaceutical companies over the last decade or so to cut ties with state corrections departments, which, in turn, struggled to acquire lethal drugs.

Advocates have said this shift has contributed to increased incidents of lethal injections gone awry, accusing states of putting inmates to death with expired or untested chemicals. Because the details of execution protocols, within and outside of Tennessee, are frequently allowed to be kept secret, contesting them, legally, is difficult.

Pike’s lawyers had raised concerns about Tennessee’s protocol in appeals leading up to the execution, and Pike herself said she was “nervous” about how the procedure would play out in a letter that CBS News obtained from her spiritual adviser this week.

“I am not afraid to die. I’m only nervous about the process,” said Pike in the letter, written Monday, before she learned Lee had denied her petition for clemency.

Her attorneys said the circumstances around Pike’s execution proved their concerns had been valid.

“Tonight the State of Tennessee once again failed to carry out a lawful execution,” they said in a statement. “We take no pleasure in being right, but the concerns raised by Ms. Pike proved to be true: difficult vein access, blown veins, degraded pentobarbital, no emergency medical care available when things inevitably go wrong, all under a protocol that remains veiled in secrecy.”

Donation pledges to Kennedy Center fell by more than 100% in months after Trump’s name added, internal documents show

2026-10-01T16:00:29.147Z / CNN

For much of the past year, the financial alarm bells at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts have been going off among the stewards of the iconic art institution.

There were warnings that its accounts had deteriorated under President Donald Trump’s chairmanship, according to records and internal presentations obtained by CNN that cover Kennedy Center finances from fiscal year 2024 through this year.

After the Kennedy Center board voted to place Trump’s name on the building in December 2025, gifts to the arts institution plunged 42% and donation pledges dropped more than 100% from January to April compared to the three months prior, one document revealed. A tax expert told CNN that a decline of that size is possible if earlier pledges were withdrawn.

The documents show that the center had faced financial pressures that affected much of the performing arts industry in the wake of the Covid pandemic; the situation worsened after the president got involved.

In a slide summarizing the state of the center in May 2025, the first bullet point acknowledged that it was “out of cash.”A subsequent slide on where things stood in 2026 revealed that ticket sales had dropped to “pandemic levels” in the second quarter, and that the “decline accelerate[d] in 2025 when the new board [was] announced.”

The institution’s financial health is expected to deteriorate further. Preliminary numbers show a deficit of over $16 million for fiscal year 2025, which is projected to grow to $23 million in 2026.

Taken together, the documents paint a fuller picture of the Kennedy Center’s financial and physical position. They broadly refute the Trump-aligned board’s argument that the institution needs Trump’s help and must rename its grounds in the president’s honor to raise funds for direly needed renovations.

“The Kennedy Center was losing Hundreds of Millions of Dollars when I took over. It was failing badly! It had nothing to do with me, I am only there to help,” Trump wrote on Truth Social in mid-September.

But one document, a financial performance review for the 2025 fiscal year, noted that the Kennedy Center had assessed its deferred maintenance needs after Trump took over as chairman, and that funds for those maintenance updates were included in the One Big Beautiful Bill, the sweeping funding law passed by Congress last year.

The legislation’s “funding supports a major capital investment in the Center’s critical infrastructure,” the document said. “This investment provides the Center with a unique opportunity to comprehensively renovate and modernize the main building.”

A spokesperson for the Kennedy Center told CNN that it “continues to work through post-pandemic shifts in audience behavior seen across the performing arts industry, and ticket sales” and the changes are reflected in its budget. Trump helped it secure funding from Congress and through donations but additional fundraising is needed for other costs, such as payroll and programming, the person said.

“The Center remains focused on restoring and revitalizing this iconic institution — while continuing to offer free and accessible programming — for audiences to enjoy for generations to come,” they added.

In a statement to CNN, the White House blamed Democrats for “allowing water damage and crumbling infrastructure to turn a national treasure into a building in decay,” and reiterate the assertion that without Trump’s intervention it will “continue to decline.”

The documents obtained by CNN included financial assessments, balance sheets and planning papers that give an unvarnished look at the Kennedy Center’s inner workings.

They are part of a tranche of papers underlying a whistleblower complaint asserting that the Trump administration has purposefully withheld repairs to justify its plans to close for two years of renovations – or even demolish the building.

They show that in the wake of the Covid pandemic, the center was hit by an industry-wide decline in attendance that continued to trend downward over the last several years.

That accelerated after the Trump takeover. A line chart in a financial review presentation from earlier this year shows the downtrend in sales intensifying after Trump selected a new board in February 2025 and after the center’s name was changed to include Trump.

Trump was elected chairman shortly after he replaced the board. In that position, he installed a longtime loyalist, Ric Grenell, as executive director, who sought to revamp the programming at the institution.

The Trump-led changes prompted several cancellations, including most notably the Broadway show “Hamilton.”

Sources previously told CNN that attendance at the Kennedy Center had been so low that for months, it had to “paper the house” — a theater term that means to fill seats by offering free or discounted tickets.

Between April of fiscal year 2024 to 2025, ticket sales declined from $57 million to a projected $51 million, according to one document reviewed by CNN.

The Kennedy Center also struggled to meet its fundraising targets during the last fiscal year, according to the records.

Among the key preliminary findings presented by the center’s audit and finance committee is that fundraising performance fell “below target” by about $5.1 million in fiscal year 2025, the period between October 2024 and September 2025.

Some of the financial underperformance appears to have been offset by cost-cutting efforts affecting multiple parts of the venue. One of the updates included in the records cites personnel cost cuts, reduced headcount, and cuts to operational expenses.

The future of the Kennedy Center remains in limbo as an intense legal battle continues.

The main building is currently closed to the public following a board vote last month to shut its doors for emergency repairs.

While a federal court has ordered the Kennedy Center to find a way to remain open during renovations, the institution leadership says it needs time to assess safety risks in the deteriorating building. That judge has also rebuffed Trump’s efforts to put his own name on the building.

Trump has only ratcheted up his threats to tear down the building in response to the legal setbacks.

In September, he was seen with a poster through the window of Air Force One that appeared to read “Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED,” and government lawyers have argued that only by attaching his name to the building can enough donations be collected to save it.

“The Board recognizes that President Trump’s efforts and prestige provide the sole hope for the Center’s financial survival, and structural renewal,” the Justice department argued in a court filing, adding: “The Board also underscores, and the undisputed evidence demonstrates, that without the prominent recognition of The Trump Administration, and President Trump’s efforts, the donors will not contribute, and the Center will continue to be in a financial and structural death spiral.”

Judge Christopher Cooper has ordered the administration give at least 30 days’ notice before demolition or new construction can take place. He also demanded more explanation about the temporary closure and emergency repairs the Kennedy Center says are needed.

In an interview with TIME Magazine on Thursday, Trump repeatedly declined to rule out demolition of the Kennedy Center.

Pressed on whether he would commit to not bringing in wrecking balls to demolish the building, he said: “I’m not committing to anything. We’re going to see how it plays out in court.”

In their most recent filing to court, the executive director, Matt Floca, indicated that the closure would be reevaluated on a weekly basis. Late Wednesday evening, Floca, sent the small group of remaining staff an email noting that the building itself “remains temporarily closed” after teams have assessed its conditions.

In the email obtained by CNN, engineers “documented significant corrosion” around the soffits, an exterior overhang structure.

“Our facilities, safety, and security teams are now conducting a detailed emergency egress assessment to determine whether, and under what conditions, the building can safely support occupants,” he said, adding that an update on the matter is expected “within the next one to two weeks.”

The court is scheduled to get a status update this Friday.

CNN’s John Towfighi contributed.

This story has been updated with additional information.

EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s new security alliance faces first real-world test deep in South America as troops deploy

2026-10-01T12:16:43-04:00 / Fox News

The State Department backed President Rodrigo Paz after visa restrictions targeted officials accused of corruption

By Efrat Lachter Fox News

Published October 1, 2026 12:16pm EDT

Bolivia minister warns of leftist threat to democracy, lauds White House

Amid President Trump’s Western Hemisphere policy success, Bolivian Minister of the Presidency Fernando Aramayo says Bolivia is defending democracy, fighting organized crime and drawing White House support.

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Bolivia’s mounting security challenge is emerging as one of the first real-world tests of President Donald Trump’s Shield of the Americas, the country’s defense minister told Fox News Digital, as security forces deploy to strategic locations and the government braces for renewed unrest.

“I believe this is one of the first real tests of whether Shield of the Americas can move from declarations to concrete results,” Bolivian Defense Minister Ernesto Justiniano told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview.

But Justiniano stressed that Bolivia is not declaring that a coup attempt is underway. “I am not saying today that we have proven evidence of a specific operation currently underway to overthrow the President,” he said. “What we do have are very serious precedents and warning signs that justify preventive action.”

Trump launched Shield of the Americas at a March summit in Florida, bringing together governments across the Western Hemisphere to deepen economic and security cooperation, including efforts to combat transnational crime.

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President Donald Trump, center, Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader, second from left, Argentina’s President Javier Milei, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, Guyana’s President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves Robles, Bolivia’s President Rodrigo Paz and Chile’s President-elect Jose Antonio Kast pose for a family photo during the Shield of the Americas” Summit in Doral, Fla., on Saturday, March 7, 2026.(Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Justiniano’s comments come as President Rodrigo Paz’s government attempts to prevent a repeat of more than 50 days of road blockades earlier this year that caused shortages of food, fuel and medicine and deepened the country’s economic crisis. On Sept. 17, Bolivia’s Assembly approved a 90-day extension of the country’s state of emergency, citing persistent risks of renewed blockades. Some opposition lawmakers and social groups criticized the measure, arguing that it failed to address the underlying causes of the unrest.Reuters

A U.S. official told Fox News Digital that, “The United States is unwavering in its commitment to support Bolivia’s democracy and the Paz Administration as it rebuilds the country after 20 years of failed socialist policies. The Trump Administration will continue to stand with Bolivia as it works toward stability, security, and a better future for all Bolivians.”

Bolivian Defense Minister Ernesto Justiniano, along with Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief General Victor Hugo Balderrama and Police Commander General Mirko Antonio Sokol, wait to speak to the media, after Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz declared a nationwide state of emergency following weeks of violence and blockades, in Achica Arriba, Bolivia, June 20, 2026.(Claudia Morales/Reuters)

“The threat is serious enough for us to take preventive measures, but I do not want to portray a government that is under siege or weak,” Justiniano said. “There is one fundamental difference: Bolivia learned… We do not confuse legitimate social discontent with a threat to democracy. People may agree or disagree with our economic policies. They can march, protest and challenge the government. That is democracy. What is not democratic is trying to impose a decision through violence, indefinite blockades or threats against the constitutional order.”

The defense minister confirmed that police and military forces have already been deployed preventively around the country.

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“There is a preventive deployment in different parts of the country, particularly along strategic routes, access points to major cities and locations considered sensitive for freedom of movement, supply lines and the protection of critical infrastructure,” Justiniano said.

He declined to provide exact locations, troop numbers or unit movements, saying the scale of the deployment would change according to the level of risk.

The unfolding situation comes just days after Trump hosted leaders participating in Shield of the Americas on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Sept. 22. The White House has described the initiative as an alliance focused on economic and national security in the Western Hemisphere.The White House

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A police convoy clears one of the main highways after Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency following 50 days of blockades, in El Alto, Bolivia, on June 20, 2026.(Jorge Mateo Romay Salinas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital that “the United States values its close partnership with Bolivia, a Shield of the Americas participant, to advance economic growth and solve the security challenges posed by corruption and transnational crime.”

“President Paz survived 53 days of blockades and violent attempts to undermine his presidency,” the spokesperson said. “As the country’s elected leader, we support his administration’s ongoing work to repair Bolivia’s economy after more than 20 years of corrupt mismanagement by Evo Morales’s Movement towards Socialism (MAS) party.”

The State Department also said visa restrictions announced Sept. 28 targeted Bolivian nationals whom Washington says are undermining “the security and governance progress President Paz and his administration are achieving,” adding that the actions “reinforce, not undercut, our cooperation.”

The Trump administration revoked visas for 27 officials, former officials and relatives across Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, according to the Associated Press. Among those affected was Bolivian Prosecutor General Roger Mariaca, whom the State Department accused of corruption and facilitating narcotrafficking. Mariaca has rejected the allegations.

Justiniano said Bolivia has formally requested the information underlying the U.S. action.

“The case of Bolivia’s Prosecutor General, Roger Mariaca, is particularly serious because the U.S. government has publicly made specific allegations involving corruption and the facilitation of drug trafficking,” he said.

But the defense minister cautioned against drawing a direct connection between those affected by the visa restrictions and the current unrest. “It would be irresponsible for me to automatically state that everyone affected by those measures is connected to the current mobilizations,” Justiniano said. “We do not have public evidence that would justify that generalization.”

Asked what assistance Washington is providing in response to the current threat, Justiniano declined to say whether the U.S. was supplying operational intelligence or other direct assistance.

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Police officers fired tear gas at community members who seized the Humberto Suarez oil facility during protests calling for President Rodrigo Paz’s resignation in Santa Rosa del Sara, Bolivia, on June 3, 2026. The protests have caused fuel and food shortages.(Ipa Ibanez/Reuters)

“What I can say is that Bolivia wants to deepen this cooperation,” he said.

Justiniano said Bolivia is seeking closer cooperation with the United States on information sharing, financial intelligence, counter-narcotics, organized crime, border security, extraditions, training and institutional strengthening.

That push was already evident last week, when Bolivian Minister of the Presidency Fernando Aramayo told Fox News Digital on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly that the Paz government views its struggle against organized crime as part of a wider regional challenge.

“We recognize the legitimacy of protests and demonstrations that demand responses from the government,” Aramayo said. “What we are attacking right now is all the attacks against our democracy that have been financed by narco-traffic money and organized international crime.”

Bolivia’s new Foreign Minister Fernando Aramayo Carrasco spoke with Fox News Digital about his goals for US relationship.(AIZAR RALDES/AFP via Getty Images)

Aramayo said the government had received support from Washington. “The White House has supported us and other countries in this fight against these dark forces,” he said, adding that Bolivia was “very proud of being part of this mechanism like the Shield of Americas.”

Asked whether state actors were also involved in fueling the unrest, Aramayo said corruption and organized crime had become deeply embedded during the previous two decades, claiming that institutions, social and political leaders and private-sector actors had become entangled with transnational criminal organizations.

Justiniano stressed that the military deployments are not intended to suppress peaceful demonstrations and said police retain primary responsibility for public order.

“We are preparing for a risk, not declaring that a coup is underway,” he said.

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Bolivia’s Defence Minister Ernesto Justiniano addresses the media outside a hospital where several people were treated following explosions that left people dead and injured at the “Bolivar” Mechanized Artillery Regiment, in Viacha, Bolivia, September 4, 2026.(Claudia Morales/Reuters)

The distinction goes to the heart of the challenge confronting Shield of the Americas: how a regional initiative built in part to combat cartels and transnational organized crime operates when a member government says those networks are intersecting with domestic political unrest.

Fox News Digital’s David Unsworth contributed to this article.

Efrat (Effie) Lachter is a reporter for Fox News Digital with more than 15 years of experience covering conflict, global affairs, human rights and political accountability.She has directed and produced more than 200 documentary segments across more than 40 countries, documenting conflicts, humanitarian crises, corruption, human trafficking, gender-based violence and the human stories behind major world events.

Lachter’s reporting has taken her into conflict zones and crisis areas across the Middle East, Europe, Asia and Africa. Her work has included uncovering human trafficking networks, revealing an ISIS underground torture prison in Syria, documenting the war in Ukraine and interviewing senior political figures and world leaders. She was also among the Western journalists who entered Russia after the war began to bring testimonies from Putin’s opposition. Lachter is the recipient of the 2022 Peres Center for Peace Award and was a 2023–2024 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan. She also won two Rockower Awards for Excellence in Reporting. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communication and a master’s degree in political science.

8 in 10 Americans disapprove of Trump on inflation. That’s extremely rare for a president

2026-10-01T19:06:29.953Z / CNN

We don’t yet know how the 2026 midterm elections will shake out.

What we can say right now is that President Donald Trump’s handling of inflation is a historic liability — the likes of which we’ve rarely seen in modern American politics.

As many as 8 in 10 Americans now disapprove of Trump on that issue. That’s more than disapproved of presidents for wars gone wrong, botched crisis responses and even major scandals like Watergate.

A new AP-NORC poll on Thursday was the latest ugly data point for Trump. It showed Americans disapproved of him on cost-of-living issues by a stunning margin: 82% to 17%.

It’s rare to get even 70% of Americans to agree on anything political. But Trump has managed to unite 8 in 10 Americans against his handling of one of the country’s most important issues.

And this poll isn’t just some outlier. Here’s a brief recap of recent polls on this issue:

• Three recent polls have shown Trump’s approval rating on this dropping into the teens — AP-NORC (17%), Reuters-Ipsos (17%) and Marquette Law School (19%).
• Three have also shown at least 80% disapprove — AP-NORC (82%), Marquette (80%) and a CNN poll (80%).
• The AP-NORC, Reuters-Ipsos, Marquette Law School and CNN poll all show at least 50% of Republicans disapproved.
• 29% of self-described MAGA Republicans disapproved, according to a Fox News poll.
• 43% of people who otherwise said they approved of Trump disapproved of him on inflation, per the CNN poll.
• Between 63% and 72% of White people without college degrees disapproved in these polls, despite that being perhaps Trump’s signature demographic.

The level of disapproval on such a major issue has few precedents, though George W. Bush did face a 77% disapproval rating in a CBS News/New York Times poll for his handling of the economy near the end of his term after the 2008 financial crisis. In 1980, the same pollster showed Jimmy Carter’s disapproval on that issue peaking at 74% amid high unemployment and inflation.

One of the likeliest culprits for such high disapproval numbers would seem to be war. And those have been very unpopular. But not as unpopular as Trump’s handling of the cost of living. George W. Bush’s disapproval rating on the Iraq war peaked around 70%. Disapproval of Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan peaked around two-thirds. And the Vietnam war led Lyndon Johnson to scrap his reelection bid in 1968, but his disapproval rating on the issue was only in the 60s.

In fact, the highest disapproval rating for a war appears to be Trump’s latest numbers on the Iran war. The CNN poll showed 73% disapproved of his handling of that.

When it comes to crises, as many as 64% disapproved of Bush’s handling of Hurricane Katrina, and Carter’s disapproval amid the Iran hostage crisis climbed into the mid-50s. Even Trump’s handling of the January 6 attack on the Capitol (67% in CNN polling) wasn’t as lopsided as Trump and inflation right now.

As far as scandals, Ronald Reagan’s disapproval on the Iran-Contra affair reached as high as 69% in a January 1987 Washington Post-ABC News poll. And at the height of Watergate, as many as 71% of Americans disapproved of Richard Nixon on domestic issues. (We don’t have good approval polling from back then on Watergate, specifically.)

Speaking of Nixon, pardons have also tested Americans’ tolerance. But even Gerald Ford’s pardon of Nixon — which was supposed to have crippled Ford politically — only saw a disapproval rating in the 50s, according to polls compiled by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.

Indeed, about the closest Trump got previously to 80% disapproval on a major issue was another controversial set of pardons: his pardons of violent January 6 defendants last year. A Pew Research Center poll showed 74% of Americans disapproved of that.

You might be noticing a trend here. Many of the issues with the highest presidential disapproval ratings involve the same president: Trump. That includes the Iran war, the January 6 Capitol attack and the related pardons. But the disapproval he faces on inflation surpasses all of those issues.

You could perhaps understand why Republicans are suddenly anxious to pass legislation on affordability before the election.

Trump in a new Time magazine interview published Thursday said Americans shouldn’t hold him responsible for their affordability problems and again blamed inflation on Biden. (This despite inflation being higher today than it was when Trump took over last year.)

But the AP-NORC poll is the latest to suggest that strategy won’t work. It shows 65% of Americans blamed Trump’s policies for high prices more so than factors beyond his control. That number for Biden just before the 2022 midterm elections was much lower: 44%.

Perhaps Trump’s party can still do OK in the upcoming midterms. But if it does, it will be despite historic dissatisfaction with the president on voters’ clear No. 1 issue.

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狮城帆将卢军汉汪祉怡位居第四 奖牌轮冲击领奖台

2026年10月1日 23:11 / 陈芷馨 名古屋报道

29岁的卢军汉经过九个回合角逐后位居第四，接下来将力争在奖牌轮的最终两个回合争取好成绩，力拼站上领奖台。 （新加坡高水平体育管理机构提供）

2026年爱知—名古屋亚运会帆船资格系列赛九个回合星期四（10月1日）结束，新加坡选手卢军汉和汪祉怡分别在男子标准激光型帆船（ILCA 7）和女子激光镭射型帆船（ILCA 6）位居第四，二人在星期五（2日）的奖牌轮争取站上领奖台。

九个回合的资格系列赛分三天进行，上届在杭州亚运会夺冠的卢军汉（29岁）一开始表现一般，排名一度下滑至第七位，但他在星期四的四个回合表现稳定，都名列前茅，目前以36分排名第四。

排名前三的分别是韩国的河知民（24分）、马来西亚的凯鲁尼赞（Khairulnizam，30分）和香港的贝俊龙（31分）。

由于奖牌轮的两个回合成绩也会和资格系列赛的成绩一起计算，卢军汉想要反超河知民并卫冕这个项目，难度颇大。

女子激光镭射型帆船（ILCA 6）方面，汪祉怡当天表现一般，整体排名从第二名滑落至第四名，成绩为29分。

泰国的索菲娅·蒙哥马利（Sophia Montgomery）继续领跑积分榜，目前以21分暂居第一。

17岁的我国小将吴启哲在他所参加的ILCA 4级帆船也发挥稳定，经过七个回合后以16分位居第二，韩国选手崔志云以14分暂居首位。

ILCA 4级的奖牌轮在星期六（3日）才进行。

首届国际足联亚细安杯小组赛 马国六球胜雄狮但无缘决赛

2026年10月1日 23:22 / 新明日报

• 首届国际足联亚细安杯小组赛，新加坡以0比6不敌马来西亚，最终排名小组第三，无缘晋级。 – 马来西亚虽大胜，但同组印尼以9比2击败孟加拉，两队净胜球相同，印尼凭总进球数优势出线。 – 新加坡主帅李斯平赛后称，球队为追分大举压上留下空间而受罚，这是其执教以来的最大失利。 – 李斯平表示更衣室气氛极度低落，将先让球员沉淀情绪，并把这场惨败化为备战亚洲杯的燃料。

虽然雄狮的宋义勇（左红衣）等球员都有踢出具威胁性的射门，但始终无缘追进比分，只能吞下早早犯规蒂尔尼（右）送出罚球大礼的苦果。 （新加坡足球总会提供）

“雄狮”新加坡国家足球队在“长堤德比”中以0比6完败给马来西亚，星期四（10月1日）晚无缘冲出首届国际足联亚细安杯（FIFA ASEAN Cup）小组赛。而马来西亚在和印度尼西亚进行的隔空进球大战中落败，痛失决赛资格。

这项赛事分为超级组（Premier Division）和第二级别的挑战组（Challenge Division）。超级组中，雄狮与印尼、孟加拉和马来西亚被分在A组。而赛前，马国与东道主印尼队同积4分排名前两位，而积3分紧随其后的雄狮需战胜马来西亚才能出线。

不过在印尼的万隆施哈鲁帕特体育场，雄狮的晋级希望很快受挫。第7分钟莱汉·史提沃特（Ryhan Stewart）在防守冲入禁区的苏格兰归化球员蒂尔尼（Tierney）时拉倒后者，虽然韩国主裁金钟赫最开始并无表示，但在视频助理裁判（VAR）的介入后改判，给出罚球。

同是归化球员的巴西射脚伯格森（Bergson）稳稳罚中，马国迎来梦幻开局。

丢球后的雄狮全力反击，宋义勇上演一条龙但差临门一脚，中场仲村京雅也献出一记强劲远射，但都被马来西亚门将哈兹米（Hazmi）挡出。

对攻之中，马国再次扩大领先。归化自阿根廷的伊达尔戈（Hidalgo）从左路轻松撕开了雄狮的防线，横传给出生于英格兰的中场斯图尔特·威尔金（Stuart Wilkin），后者轻松推射破门，在第26分钟扩大优势。

马国印尼隔空展开进球大战

下半场雄狮没有迎来转机，而旨在闯入决赛的马国必须趁势追击。因在同组同时进行的另一场比赛中，小组领头羊印尼在半场时就以6比1大幅领先孟加拉，占据出线优势。

国际足联的本届赛事规则虽然先看胜负关系和进球，但两队在上一轮以0比0战平，因此接下来按照净胜球和进球总数判断优势，导致两场比赛的性质都发生变化。

面对三球的净胜球劣势，伯格森在第62分钟双响，37岁老将若苏埃（Josue、76分钟）和巴夏（Bashah、87分钟）接连破门，虽然进入补时阶段印尼再进一球但很快丢球，马国奇迹般取得了净胜球优势。

然而最后的剧情一波三折。伯格森在补时第93分钟完成帽子戏法，助马国锁定一场大胜，而相信自己冲入决赛的马国球员开始疯狂庆祝。

但马国全队坐上了情绪的“过山车”，印尼在补时阶段再进两球，最终以9比2的比分取胜，和马国一样手握9个净胜球。

出线的比拼顺势来到了总进球数，3场轰入11球的印尼因此才力压马国（9球），得以在下星期一（5日）和提早出线的B组头名泰国争夺首届冠军。

而屈居小组次名的马来西亚会在第三名的争夺战中对上B组第二，具体对手会在星期五（2日）晚进行的B组末轮结束后出炉。首战0比2不敌印尼、次轮1比0小胜孟加拉的雄狮最后收下小组第三的排名，无缘晋级。

李斯平：想反扑漏出破绽 要化失利为亚洲杯备战燃料

赛后，一年前以临时主帅身份首战面对马国、开启雄狮执教生涯的李斯平为下半场的崩盘分析说：“即使在两三球落后的情况下，我们的心态依然是只要追回一球，就还有机会。但面对一个为净胜球而动力十足的对手，我们大举压上在身后留下了太大空间，因此受到了惩罚。”

这场大败创下了李斯平执教雄狮以来的最大失利。在距离亚洲杯正赛还有三个月的关键节点遭遇重创，李斯平强调，球队不能因此一蹶不振。

他直言，每一场比赛都是一次现实的洗礼，而现在的关键是不能让失败定义队伍。李斯平说：“现在摆在面前的问题是：我们是允许这次惨败彻底击垮和定义我们，还是将它用作燃料，来努力迈出下一步，以更接近我们想要达到的水平？”

率队去年历史性冲入亚洲杯正赛的李斯平也透露，惨败后的雄狮更衣室气氛极度低落，因此会选择在此时“冷处理”。

这位36岁的少帅补充说：“现在大家都非常不开心，在情绪激动时并不是立刻讨论的最好时机。我们会给大家一点时间沉淀情绪，等头脑清醒后，再作为一个整体进行更清晰的交流，以便携手向前。”

📊 FIFA ASEAN CUP 2026 | GROUP A STANDINGS

WHAT A CRAZY END TO GROUP A! 🤯🔥

🇮🇩 Indonesia and 🇲🇾 Malaysia took the race for a place in the final right down to the final seconds of the group stage.

Same points. Same goal difference.

Goals scored made the difference. pic.twitter.com/Nt76w1CnPA

— ASEAN FOOTBALL (@theaseanball) October 1, 2026

中国驻日使馆回应村田晃大首次公审 促日方严惩凶犯

2026年10月1日 23:34 / 联合早报

一名日本警察今年3月25日在中国驻日本大使馆入口处站岗。此前一天，日本陆上自卫队成员村田晃大持刀闯入中使馆后被捕，今年8月被免职。 （法新社）

日本东京地方法院星期四（10月1日）对今年3月持刀闯入中国驻日本使馆的日本陆上自卫队前成员村田晃大进行首次公开庭审，中使馆对此回应时，敦促日方严惩凶犯，彻查整改。

中国驻日本使馆发言人星期四晚在微信公众号上，就村田晃大非法持刀侵闯中国驻日本大使馆案首次开庭答记者问时说，日本自卫队现役官员持刀侵闯中国大使馆，是国际社会前所未闻的恶性事件，严重违反《维也纳外交关系公约》，严重侵犯中国主权和尊严，严重威胁中方外交人员人身安全和外交机构馆舍安全，暴露出日本国内右翼势力猖獗、自卫队人员失管失教等诸多深层问题。

发言人指出，此案事实清楚，证据确凿，不容任何抵赖。日方如何处理此案，中方拭目以待，国际社会也在拭目以待，并敦促日方拿出应有态度，严惩凶犯，彻查整改，作出负责任的交代。

24岁的村田晃大是日本陆上自卫队虾野驻地三等陆尉，今年3月24日携带了18公分长的菜刀，翻墙闯入中国大使馆后被捕。

村田晃大7月27日以非法侵入建筑物、违反《枪刀法》及胁迫的罪名被起诉。他的辩护律师曾申请保释，但被驳回。

日本陆上自卫队8月对村田晃大作出惩戒免职处分。

据日本共同社报道，在星期四的庭审中，村田晃大承认犯有入侵建筑物和违反《枪刀法》两项罪名；对威胁使馆工作人员的胁迫罪则予以否认。下次庭审将于11月10日举行，预计届时将结审。