The Latest: 3 people shot at a Dallas ICE facility and the shooter is dead, official says
Three people including detainees have been shot at a U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas and the shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound federal executives disclosed Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons substantiated the shooting during an interview on CNN on Wednesday Homeland Prevention spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin later recounted Fox News that no ICE agents were injured We believe he was shooting at law enforcement and detainees from an apartment building McLaughlin revealed Detainees were among the casualties of the shooting The FBI mentioned during a news conference Wednesday morning that it was assessing the shooting as an act of targeted violence Early evidence that we ve seen from rounds that were unveiled near the suspected shooter contain messages that were anti-ICE in nature commented Joe Rothrock special agent in charge of the Dallas field office Here s the latest FBI says it s exploring the shooting at a Dallas ICE facility as an act of targeted violence Early evidence that we ve seen from rounds that were revealed near the suspected shooter contain messages that were anti-ICE in nature reported Joe Rothrock special agent in charge of the Dallas field office Anti-abortion group putting money into flipping US Senate seats SBA Pro-Life America and its Women Speak Out political action committee declared Wednesday they plan to spend a total of million backing anti-abortion candidates in next year s U S Senate races in Georgia and Michigan Both seats are now held by Democrats The one in Michigan will be open in the ballot and the group wants to oust Democratic Sen Joe Osoff in Georgia SBA spokesperson Kelsey Pritchard mentioned a similar announcement on spending on a third battleground state will come next week The organization spent a total of about million on independent political expenditures combined in and federal elections Trump s touting of an unproven autism drug surprised various including the professional who proposed it When President Trump s administration informed it would repurpose an old generic drug as a new healing for autism it came as a surprise to countless experts including the physician who suggested the idea to the nation s top wellbeing administrators Dr Richard Frye stated The Associated Press he d been talking with federal regulators about progressing his own customized version of the drug for children with autism assuming more research would be required So we were kinda surprised that they were just approving it right out of the gate without more studies or anything disclosed Frye an Arizona-based child neurologist who has a book and online guidance business focused on the experimental healing It s another example of the haphazard rollout of the Trump administration s Monday announcement on autism which critics say has elevated an unproven drug that requirements far more review before being approved as a credible rehabilitation for the complex brain affection Read more about the autism drug touted by the Trump administration Trump s Rose Garden Club A lavish new hangout for political allies and business elites Washington s hottest new club has everything Cabinet secretaries a new stone patio food from the White House kitchen and even a playlist curated by President Trump But good luck getting a spot on the guest list So far only particular of the president s political allies business executives and administration functionaries have been invited In Trump s remake of the White House the Rose Garden is now the Rose Garden Club with the iconic lawn outside the Oval Office transformed into a taxpayer-supported imitation of the patio at Mar-a-Lago the president s private Florida resort Trump debuted the name during his first formal dinner there this month and has included it on his official citizens schedule too He s set to host another event Wednesday evening Read more about Trump s Rose Garden Club Trump s Ukraine comments at the UN came after fresh Orthodox patriarch meeting When President Trump and Vice President JD Vance met at the White House a week ago with Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew they heard a strong defense of Ukraine Bartholomew considered first among equals among Orthodox patriarchs is strongly pro-Ukraine and in recognized an independent Orthodox church there That fueled a breach with the Russian Orthodox Church which proposes Ukraine as part of its church territory and which strongly supports the Russian war effort Bartholomew declared after his Sept meeting with Trump that he spoke about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and about the thousands of casualties about the destruction about the kidnapped children about all these tragic events that wound the conscience of humanity according to the Orthodox Observer website Bartholomew also met with Zelenskyy at the U N on Monday in a show of backing Detainees among those shot at an ICE facility in Dallas leadership say Homeland Assurance spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin advised Fox News that no ICE agents were injured We believe he was shooting at law enforcement and detainees from an apartment building McLaughlin revealed Detainees were among the casualties of the shooting The shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound federal agents reported people shot at immigration facility in Dallas and the shooter is dead official says Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons endorsed the shooting during an interview on CNN on Wednesday and commented the shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound It could be employees it could be civilians that were visiting the facility it could be detainees Lyons mentioned of those who were shot At this point we re still working through that Two people were taken to a hospital with gunshot wounds and a third person died at the scene after the shooting Dallas police spokesperson Officer Jonathan E Maner reported in an email Officers responded to a call to assist an officer on North Stemmons Freeway around a m Wednesday and the preliminary examination determined that a person opened fire at a regime building from an adjacent building Maner revealed The scrutiny is ongoing and a briefing was expected later in the day Read more about the shooting at the immigration facility Iranian president says Israeli and US attacks dealt grievous blow to trust Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian s comments Wednesday at the U N marked the first time he s spoken in a global forum since the -day Israel-Iran war over the summer that saw the assassination of multiple of the Islamic Republic s highest military and political leaders Pezeshkian is in New York as series of crippling U N sanctions loom over Tehran if it doesn t make a deal with European leaders by Saturday But before even landing in New York any diplomatic efforts by Pezeshkian and Iran s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi were overshadowed when the country s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei rejected any direct nuclear talks with the U S The comments also come as satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press show Iran has begun rebuilding targeted missile-production sites A key component is likely still missing the large mixers needed to produce solid fuel for the weapons Zelenskyy says the world is in the bulk destructive arms race in history Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy s comments to at the U N General Assembly on Wednesday came a day after he met with President Trump who expressed backing for Ukraine s efforts and criticized Russia Trump commented Tuesday that he maintained Ukraine could win back all territory lost to Russia a dramatic shift from the U S leader s repeated calls for Kyiv to make concessions to end the war Zelenskyy called on the international group to act against Russia now asserting that Vladimir Putin wants to expand his war in Europe Read more about Zelenskyy s address to the U N General Assembly Trump is earning lower marks on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict poll shows About in of U S adults approve of the way Trump is handling the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians down slightly from the who approved in March according to the largest part modern poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Citizens Affairs Research Slightly fewer Republicans approve of how Trump is handling the conflict compared with of Republicans who approved of the way Trump was handling the issue in March Democrats are also slightly less likely to approve now down from in March Despite this Trump s approval on foreign framework has been steady About in U S adults approve in line with April Read more about the polling on Trump Trump s lowest issues among Republicans Commerce and healthcare care polling shows Only about in Republicans approve of Trump s approach to transaction negotiations with other countries and strength care marking the lowest issue ratings among his base according to the greater part newest poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Residents Affairs Research Americans overall aren t thrilled about how he s handling these issues either Only about one-third of U S adults approve of how Trump is handling either bargain negotiations with other countries or fitness care These have been steadily low in contemporary AP-NORC polls but roughly track with Trump s overall approval They were also similarly low in his first term About in U S adults say Trump has gone too far when it comes to imposing new tariffs on other countries That includes about in Democrats but also roughly in independents and in Republicans Very scant Americans including Republicans want Trump to go further on imposing tariffs Read more about the polling on Trump Bessent says the US is discussing billion swap line with Argentina Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent explained on social media site X on Wednesday morning that the U S is ready to repurchase Argentina s debt bonds is in negotiations with Argentinian officers for a billion swap line with the country s central bank and is undergoing other actions to bolster Argentina s business sector in the midst of severe volatility in the country s financial markets This comes after President Trump gave libertarian Argentinian President Javier Milei his full backing and endorsement Tuesday Argentina at the end of October heads into crucial congressional midterms Democratic lawmakers including Sen Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts have criticized the move as a bailout for a close personal friend of Trump Trump is weaker on the financial sector with independents new polling shows The market is often a fraught point for presidents and there are indications that Americans continue to be concerned about the country s economic state according to the majority fresh poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Residents Affairs Research Just of U S adults approve of Trump s handling of the financial sector That s down slightly from August when approved but broadly in line with his overall approval The financial market is a particularly weak issue for Trump among independents Only about in independents approve of how Trump is handling the economic activity much lower than the share who approve of his handling of demarcation defense and crime In Trump s first term closer to half of U S adults approved of his handling of the economic activity This height of his success on this issue came at the beginning of right before the COVID- pandemic sparked an economic downturn Read more about the polling on Trump Hillary Clinton welcomes Trump s shift on the Russia-Ukraine war Clinton dealt with Russian President Vladimir Putin when she was secretary of state in the Obama administration She was inquired about Trump s turnabout during a wide-ranging interview on MSNBC s Morning Joe and disclosed I welcomed what the president revealed Usually a Trump critic Clinton mentioned his comments suggested he s coming to grips with the fact that Putin doesn t respond to rhetoric He only responds to strength she declared Trump mentioned Tuesday he now believes Ukraine can win back all the territory it has lost to Russia a dramatic shift from his past calls for Ukraine to concede the land to end the war Trump s biggest strengths are demarcation measure and crime Trump has turned boundary precaution into a strength of his second term a sharp reversal from his first term in office Majority Americans approve of Trump s approach to margin defense He gets higher marks on that than on his handling of the presidency overall or other issues that had previously been top strengths including immigration and crime This has also emerged as a unique strength of his second term Only about in U S adults approved of Trump s approach to perimeter shield in during which time Trump was focused on securing funding for a wall along the U S -Mexico boundary His approval on immigration is slightly lower than it was early in his second term but it remains a bit higher than his overall job approval Trump s strongest issues have changed from first term poll finds President Trump s second-term strengths look different from his first according to new polling Once strengthened by economic issues Trump s approval is now relatively low on the market system and he s leaning on his stronger issues of crime perimeter guard and immigration Concerns about the commercial sector and immigration helped propel him to the White House but polling over the past year shows Americans faith in the Republican president s handling of the business activity is low particularly among independents and his approval on immigration has fallen slightly Now Trump s strongest issues are territory line guard and crime but there were signs of probable weakness on crime in the the bulk modern poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Residents Affairs Research Read more about the polling on Trump Ukrainians cautious after Trump shifts his stance saying they can win the war against Russia Ukrainians were cautious Wednesday in their response to a surprise pivot in U S President Donald Trump s views on their prospects for defeating Russia s invasion after he reported they could win the three-year war and retake land captured by Moscow Particular Ukrainians expressed hope that Trump s words would be backed up by concrete backing for Ukraine in Washington while others were wary about the American president s unpredictability Russian officers meanwhile declared developments on the battlefield proved Ukraine is unable to reclaim the occupied territory and dismissed Trump s description of Russia as a paper tiger Russia isn t a tiger it s more associated with a bear Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov revealed There are no paper bears Russia is a real bear Read more about the Russia-Ukraine war Source
