An appeals court paused a pair of lower court rulings in Oregon that restricted federal agents’ use of tear gas and other crowd-control munitions during protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request for temporary administrative stays in two cases in a 2-1 ruling.

Anti-ICE demonstrators have held protests at the building since June, as part of protests across the country challenging President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.

Two lawsuits were filed over federal agents’ crowd control tactics — one brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon on behalf of protesters and freelance journalists and another brought by the residents of an affordable housing complex across the street from the ICE building.

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The complaints argue that federal agents’ use of chemical and projectile munitions has violated the rights of plaintiffs — including a demonstrator known for wearing a chicken costume, a married couple in their 80s and two freelance journalists who said federal agents used chemical spray and projectile munitions against them.

The Department of Homeland Security has previously said that the agents have “followed their training and used the minimum amount of force necessary to protect themselves, the public, and federal property.”

Earlier this month, the federal judges in Portland overseeing the separate cases both issued preliminary injunctions limiting federal agents’ use of tear gas, pepper spray and other chemical munitions unless someone poses an imminent threat of physical harm.

The agents were also ordered not to fire munitions at the head, neck or torso “unless the officer is legally justified in using deadly force against that person” and were told not to use pepper spray against a group in an indiscriminate way that would affect bystanders. Additionally, they were told to only target people who were engaging in violent unlawful conduct or actively resisting arrest, noting that trespassing, refusing to move and refusing to obey an order to disperse are acts of passive resistance, not active resistance.

“Plaintiffs provided numerous videos, which were received in evidence and unambiguously show DHS officers spraying OC Spray directly into the faces of peaceful and nonviolent protesters engaged in, at most, passive resistance and discharging tear gas and firing pepper-ball munitions into crowds of peaceful and nonviolent protestors,” U.S. District Judge Michael Simon wrote in his ruling on March 9 in the case brought by the ACLU.

“Defendants’ conduct — physically harming protestors and journalists without prior dispersal warnings — is objectively chilling,” he added.

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The Ninth Circuit panel said on Wednesday that oral arguments in the two cases will be consolidated and scheduled for April 7.

Earlier this year, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson called on ICE to leave the city after federal agents deployed tear gas at a crowd of demonstrators outside the agency’s building. The mayor described the protests as peaceful and criticized federal officers’ use of pepper balls, flash-bang grenades and rubber bullets.

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“Federal forces deployed heavy waves of chemical munitions, impacting a peaceful daytime protest where the vast majority of those present violated no laws, made no threat, and posed no danger to federal forces,” he said in a statement at the time.

“To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this facility: Leave,” he added, accusing federal officials of “trampling the Constitution.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

A former middle school teacher in New Jersey was arrested on Thursday following allegations she had a sexual relationship with a student.

Ashley Fisler, 36, of Washington Township in Gloucester County, was charged with six counts of first-degree sexual assault of a minor, one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child and one count of second-degree official misconduct, according to Fox 29.

Each first-degree charge carries a maximum of 20 years in prison, and each second-degree charge carries a maximum of 10 years.

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The arrest of the former teacher comes after the victim, who is now an adult, reported the details to police earlier this year. The victim was a student in Fisler’s class at the time of the sexual relationship.

Fisler allegedly engaged in a sexual relationship with a student in 2021 while she was a teacher at Orchard Valley Middle School, the outlet reported.

The victim described to police multiple sexual encounters in Fisler’s vehicle and in her classroom, according to Fox 29.

Investigators later discovered text messages between Fisler and the victim that allegedly confirmed the sexual nature of their relationship, the outlet reported.

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Fisler taught social studies in the Washington Township school district from 2014 until June 2023, according to an online resume.

She is no longer employed as a teacher in Washington Township or in any other district, according to officials.

The State Department has continued to update its travel advisories as the conflict with Iran and adversarial relationships with other nations continue to play out across the world. Americans going abroad could be targets for arbitrary arrests or attacks, the agency has warned.

In its interactive world map, the agency has branded several Middle Eastern countries as unsafe for Americans to travel to. Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, and Bahrain have moved from Level 2 to Level 3 advisories, meaning Americans should exercise caution or reconsider their travels to those locations altogether, the New York Post first reported.

Iran itself has been branded a “Level 4: Do Not Travel” destination, with Americans facing risks of wrongful detention, violence, and kidnapping amid the unrest there. 

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Last week, the State Department issued a worldwide security alert warning Americans to be cautious about threats from groups linked to Iran.

“From now on, based on the information we have about you, even parks, recreational areas, and tourist destinations anywhere in the world will no longer be safe for you,” Iranian Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi warned Americans and Israelis on Iranian state television.

Countries with a Level 4 warning (“Do Not Travel”) include Afghanistan, Haiti, Iraq, Libya, Russia, Somalia, Sudan, Ukraine, and Yemen. 

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The U.S. may not have a consular presence in those nations, and U.S. citizens there could have difficulty accessing services. Russia, in particular, has been known to wrongfully detain Americans for years.

Countries with a Level 3 advisory—meaning Americans should reconsider travel—include Bahrain, Colombia, Honduras, Israel, Nicaragua, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela.

Countries where Americans should exercise increased caution (Level 2) include Cuba, the Dominican Republic, France, Greenland, Italy, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. 

Parts of Mexico have been designated as Level 4 zones, including Sinaloa and Colima, while other states like Jalisco and Baja California are designated Level 3 due to cartel activity. 

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The State Department recommends travelers enroll in its Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP), which updates Americans with emails and alerts from U.S. embassies and consulates abroad.

It was a day of Olympic history. 

After the International Olympic Committee updated its policies to prevent biological males from competing in women’s sports, multiple Olympians gave their reactions.

Several Olympians, including gold medalists, shared their thoughts on the new policy with Fox News Digital. 

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Kaillie Humphries, three-time Olympic gold medalist bobsled athlete for US and Canada

“Today is a great day for women’s sports and a big win in the Olympic world. By implementing the sex testing, it will allow for fair competition. It used to happen years ago, and by bringing it back it will protect the women’s category. I think it’s very fitting that LA28 will be the games to protect women’s sports as it’s something that our president has advocated for,” Humphries told Fox News Digital. 

Donna de Varona, three-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer for the US

“With the election of Kirsty Coventry, an Olympic champion, and her decision to appoint another woman to lead the medical commission, it was informative that the IOC decided to go outside to reach researchers to base this opinion on science and fairness. And it’s the right decision,” de Varona told Fox News Digital. 

“Really, science and research is how this decision was based. I mean, I basically think everyone should have an opportunity in sport, but, in the Olympic arena, it’s a zero-sum game.” 

MyKayla Skinner, US silver medal gymnast at Tokyo 2020

“The best news! About time!” Skinner told Fox News Digital.

Katie Uhlaender, US skeleton athlete, five-time Olympian

“This is huge for women’s sport. For years, female athletes have asked for clarity, consistency and fairness in competition. Not politics. Not ambiguity. Just clear standards that protect the integrity of the category we train our entire lives to compete in. Sport only works when rules are applied consistently and athletes can trust them,” Uhlaender told Fox News Digital. 

“Progress doesn’t come from avoiding hard conversations. It comes from addressing them with courage. Thank you to everyone who helped to make this happen, who protected women’s sport.”

Tyler Clary, US gold medal swimmer at London 2012

“This is a long-overdue return to common sense, and the IOC deserves credit for taking a clear stand. At the elite level, fairness matters, and protecting the women’s category based on biological reality is essential to preserving it,” Clary told Fox News Digital. 

“As an Olympian, I didn’t dedicate my life to competing on a manipulated playing field —one tilted and disguised as inclusion. Women’s sport exists because biological differences matter — strength, power and muscle developed through male puberty aren’t erased, and pretending otherwise erases us. Fairness isn’t controversial. Let little girls dream of gold — not allow those dreams to be lost or tarnished.”

Maciej Czyżowicz, Polish Olympic gold medal pentathlete at Barcelona 1992

“Better late than never. This decision by the IOC is a big step in the right direction. After all, it has long been known that one cannot change one’s sex. And if someone was born a man, then even if they start wearing women’s clothing, they will still remain a man. Besides, there are significant differences between the two sexes in terms of strength and speed, which puts female athletes at a disadvantage right from the start,” Czyzowicz told Fox News Digital. 

“So, it is absolutely clear that it would not be fair for biological males to compete in the female category. In addition, in some sports, it would simply not be safe. I believe this decision protects women’s sports, specifically by preventing transgender athletes from competing against biological women.”

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Inga Thompson, US women’s cyclist, three-time Olympian

“If men are allowed to compete in women’s sports, in time, women will be erased from ever having opportunities to even compete at the Olympic level. You will have two categories in the Olympics. DSD/trans and the men’s category. Sex testing worked very well and was non-intrusive. A simple buccal cheek swab once in your lifetime,” Thompson told Fox News Digital. 

Nancy Hogshead, three-time US Olympic gold medal swimmer

“Playing sport is a human right. Today’s IOC announcement affirms that principle of inclusion and diversity. All athletes are to compete in their category; their weight, age, ability category and, now, their sex category. On behalf of women in sport, thank you for your leadership, IOC,” Hogshead said in a statement. 

Martina Navratilova, women’s tennis legend and Olympian at Athens 2004

“Welcome news today from the IOC. People who adopt different gender identities, such as transgender, gender non-conforming or others should be afforded the same human rights as other citizens and protected from discrimination, so long as no sex-based rights are compromised,” Navratilova said in a statement.

“It’s what the gay, lesbian and bisexual community fought for over decades. Today’s IOC decision recognizes that, in Olympic sports, sex matters, and women’s sex-based rights must take precedence over gender-based identities.”

Giddeon Massie, US men’s cyclist, two-time Olympian

“There really is little to be lauded over the IOC’s woefully slow decision. It should have always been a most simple and basic logical conclusion that is unequivocally founded in God’s design of male and female,” Massie told Fox News Digital. 

“Our female Olympic and Paralympic athletes work too hard to have their dreams of achievement undermined by a man’s self-deception of reality. Sadly, the battlegrounds remain extensive amongst the grassroots and recreational sporting arenas, and those must continue to be contested for the sake of young ladies everywhere, now and into the future.”

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Carrie Englert Zimmerman, US women’s gymnast at Montreal 1976

“Finally, the International Olympic Committee showed some balls and chose fairness over fear. As an Olympian, I didn’t dedicate my life to competing on a manipulated playing field — one tilted and disguised as inclusion,” Zimmerman told Fox News Digital.

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New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat, signed legislation on Wednesday to limit the use of face coverings for law enforcement, including federal ICE agents, 

The law, which requires officers to present identification before detaining someone, comes as some federal agents have sought to hide their identities during immigration raids in communities across the country.

Sherrill, who was sworn into office in January, said the mask restriction is part of an effort to ensure the safety of residents of the Garden State.

“I can’t believe we have to say this, but in the United States of America, we’re not going to tolerate masked roving militias pretending, pretending to be well-trained law enforcement agents,” she said.

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The law is part of a package that the governor said will “protect people’s privacy and their rights” and “strengthen trust between law enforcement and our communities.”

Democrats in Congress and in various state legislatures have sought for months to adopt measures that would ban immigration agents from wearing masks to hide their identities, arguing that such legislation is needed to ensure transparency.

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, also signed a law earlier this month limiting face coverings for ICE agents.

The Department of Homeland Security has criticized efforts to unmask ICE agents, including calling the new Washington state measure “irresponsible, reckless and dangerous.”

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“To be crystal clear: we will not abide by this unconstitutional ban,” the department said at the time.

Sherrill’s signature on Wednesday comes as she continues to target the Trump administration’s immigration raids. Earlier this year, she announced a portal to allow residents to upload photos and videos of ICE agents conducting immigration operations.

“If you see an ICE agent in the street, get your phone out, we want to know,” Sherrill said at the time. “They have not been forthcoming. They will pick people up, they will not tell us who they are, they will not tell us if they’re here legally, they won’t check. They’ll pick up American citizens. They picked up a five-year-old child. We want documentation, and we are going to make sure we get it.”

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“We saw people in the street with masks and no insignia. So not accountable at all, hiding from the population — and we saw again and again an undermining of what law enforcement should do to keep people safe,” she added.

The Trump administration is also suing New Jersey over Sherrill’s executive order last month that prohibits federal immigration agents from making arrests in nonpublic areas of state property, including correctional facilities and courthouses. The order also blocks the use of state property as a staging or processing area for immigration enforcement.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

As the search for Nancy Guthrie stretches past 50 days with no answers, one woman who has spent more than two decades searching for her own missing sister says this is the moment families fear most – when urgency begins to fade and the fight for answers becomes even harder.

Julie Murray, whose sister Maura Murray vanished in New Hampshire in 2004, said what the Guthrie family is experiencing right now is something she recognizes immediately.

“What they’re going through is something you never forget,” Murray said. “You can see it on their faces. You can hear the desperation in their voices.”

Murray said cases often begin with an intense surge of attention, resources, media coverage and public engagement, but that momentum can fade, leaving families to carry the burden.

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“Most families… have to fight to be heard and beg for that level of attention,” she said. “And some families don’t get any at all.”

That attention, she emphasized, can be lifesaving.

“Media pressure saves lives.”

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Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen Feb. 1 after being dropped off at her Tucson, Arizona home. Authorities believe she was taken against her will in the early morning hours.

Surveillance video captured a masked man, described as average height and build, approaching her home carrying a black backpack and what appeared to be a handgun. Investigators say Guthrie’s phone and watch were later recovered inside the home, while her pacemaker last synced with her Apple devices around 2:30 a.m., helping establish a possible timeline.

Despite weeks of investigation, authorities have not announced a suspect. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has said Guthrie was likely targeted.

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The case has drawn national attention, driven in part by emotional public appeals from Guthrie’s daughter, NBC “Today” anchor Savannah Guthrie.

“Someone needs to do the right thing. We are in agony,” Guthrie said in a preview of her first formal interview since her mother’s disappearance.

In the same interview, she described the toll the uncertainty has taken.

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“I wake up every night in the middle of the night… and in the darkness, I imagine her terror,” she said. “She needs to come home now.”

Authorities are urging anyone with information to contact the FBI tip line.

Murray said the level of attention surrounding the Guthrie case can generate a surge of tips, but not all are actionable.

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“You’re begging the public for information, but at the same time you’re getting speculation and hearsay,” she said. “Some of those tips you just can’t chase down.”

Her family, she said, still receives tips more than 20 years after her sister vanished, none of which have led to answers.

Each one, however, carries emotional weight.

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“I call it the hope roller coaster,” Murray said. “You want it to be the one that breaks the case open… and then it doesn’t.”

Retired LAPD Detective Moses Castillo said that emotional toll is already visible in the Guthrie family’s public appeals.

“You can feel every ounce of her pain, her strength, and her desperation,” Castillo said. “That kind of resolve matters. It moves people. It forces attention.”

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He described Savannah Guthrie’s interview as “a call to action” that could help generate new leads.

Murray warned that one of the most difficult turning points in a case comes when investigators exhaust immediate leads.

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For Murray’s family, that moment came just weeks after Maura disappeared.

“The worst day wasn’t the day she went missing,” she said. “It was the day we were told they had done all they could.”

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From that point forward, she said, the responsibility shifted to the family to keep pushing for answers—through media coverage, public pressure and independent efforts.

“You can’t let up on the pressure,” she said.

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Investigators have said the Guthrie case remains active, but have also warned the public not to assume there is no ongoing threat.

Families also face growing challenges as cases gain visibility, including online speculation and bad actors.

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“Trust becomes a casualty,” Murray said, warning that some individuals attempt to exploit high-profile cases or spread misinformation.

More than two decades later, Murray said her family has come to terms with the likelihood that her sister is no longer alive—but they are still searching for answers.

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“There’s no such thing as closure,” she said. “It’s resolution.”

For families like the Guthries, that means continuing to push for answers, while hoping the right tip finally comes in.

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Authorities are asking anyone with information about Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance to contact the FBI tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI. A combined reward of more than $1 million is being offered for information leading to her return.

Fox News Digital’s Brian Flood, Hanna Panreck and Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.  

Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime. Send story tips to stepheny.price@fox.com.

The family of Sheridan Gorman is pushing back on comments from Chicago and Illinois leaders, saying her killing was not a “senseless tragedy” and demanding accountability for what they call systemic failures.

18-year-old Gorman was killed on March 19 at around 1:06 a.m. while she was with friends at a pier on the city’s Rogers Park area. Officials say that Jose Medina-Medina, 25, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, allegedly fired one shot at the Loyola University Chicago student, killing her. Medina-Medina was apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol on May 9, 2023, and was released into the U.S. under the Biden administration, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

The Gorman family on Wednesday released a statement criticizing both Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, saying that her death “demands accountability.”

“What happened to Sheridan cannot be reduced to a ‘senseless tragedy,’ nor can it be explained in general terms about public safety. Sheridan was our daughter. She was 18 years old. She was doing something entirely normal—walking near her campus with friends. She should be here,” the Gorman family said regarding recent comments by Johnson.

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“Calling this ‘senseless’ is not enough. There must be a clear and honest accounting of what went wrong,” the family added. “We will not allow Sheridan’s life to be reduced to a talking point or a generalization. We expect leadership that is willing to confront hard truths and ensure that what happened to her does not happen again.”

Gorman’s family also responded to Gov. Pritzker’s recent comments on the freshman college student’s death, writing that “calling this a tragedy is not enough.”

“Sheridan’s death cannot be reduced to a general “tragedy,” nor can it be explained away by broad references to failures somewhere else. Sheridan was a daughter, a sister, and a young woman whose life was taken in a way that should never have been possible,” the family said. “We are not interested in political arguments or in watching responsibility shift from one place to another. If there were failures—as the Governor himself has acknowledged—then every one of them must be identified, examined, and addressed directly. The location of those failures matters less than the willingness to confront them honestly.”

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“Our daughter is not a policy debate. She is a life that was taken, and that demands accountability,” they added.

Pritzker on Tuesday shifted blame to the Trump administration during an event, according to the Chicago Tribune.

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“This has been a terrible tragedy, and I know that the Gorman family has suffered mightily… There have been real failures. Those failures, of course, extend beyond the borders of Illinois. That’s their national failures, a failure to have comprehensive immigration reform, a failure of the president to follow his own edict to go after the worst of the worst,” Pritzker said. 

Johnson on Tuesday also addressed Gorman’s death, saying that her life was taken due to “senseless violence,” but called out President Trump as well.

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“There’s no words that one could express that could properly console a family that lost their baby. And my condolences to the Gorman family,” Johnson said. “You know what the bigger threat to our public safety, it’s illegal weapons that are being trafficked from bordering states that voted for Donald Trump. This president refuses to be held accountable. And he points the finger at everything and everyone else versus doing some real self-reflection on what his responsibility is.”

“We know that this president has not taken this situation in this challenge in our country seriously, because my question would be, isn’t it time for the president of the United States of America in Congress to actually act and pass comprehensive immigration reform?” Johnson continued.

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“There’s no words that one could express that could properly console a family that lost their baby. And my condolences to the Gorman family,” Johnson said. 

In a statement to Fox News Digital, White House Spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said President Donald Trump’s immigration policies have kept Americans safe.

“In record time, President Trump has totally secured the border, ended Biden’s border crisis, and deported countless dangerous criminal illegal aliens. Those are real solutions that keep the American people safe. Meanwhile, slobs like Pritzker have constantly defended dangerous criminal illegal aliens and attempted to obstruct the important work of the Trump Administration. Pritzker’s policies make the American people less safe,” Jackson said.

Homes in Yorktown Heights, New York, Gorman’s hometown, were lit up in green on Tuesday night to honor the slain Chicago college student. according to CBS News.

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An arrest report obtained by obtained by Fox News Digital shows that Medina-Medina was seen on security video in his apartment building’s lobby waiting for an elevator while unmasked after the alleged shooting. A building engineer told police that he knew the suspect, who had a “very distinct limp and gait.” 

Police said Medina-Medina was wearing a black mask and black clothing as he walked away from the shooting, noting that he had a “distinct limp and slow gait.” He was seen walking from the location of the shooting to Pratt Boulevard at 1:12 a.m. Just a few minutes later, the individual was seen walking northbound through the east alley of Sheridan Road before he entered the back of his apartment complex.

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Images of the suspect were sent to a police database, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection identified the suspect as Medina-Medina. He was arrested at his apartment in Rogers Park, according to the arrest report.

Medina-Medina told officials in 2023 that he was living at Leone Beach Park fieldhouse in Rogers Park in 2023, which was being used as a city-sponsored shelter for migrants. The shelter closed in 2024, according to South Side Weekly.

Fox News Digital reached out to Johnson and Pritzker’s office.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday unveiled a snowplow named “Abolish ICE” in an effort to oppose the Trump administration’s deportation campaign, less than a week after a local college student was allegedly murdered by a man described by authorities as being in the U.S. illegally.

The snowplow name was chosen among 13,000 submissions in the city’s “You Name a Plow” contest. 

“This name derives from our city’s legacy of standing up for justice, dignity, and the rights of all people, no matter where they come from,” Johnson said in front of the city’s massive salt dome. “I want to take this moment to reiterate that Chicago does not want ICE on our streets, in our airports, nor in our city. Chicago believes in abolishing ICE.”

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“Abolish ICE” is a slogan used by progressive activists and politicians in opposition to enforcement actions conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Johnson has previously criticized the Trump administration’s use of ICE.

In addition, he recently condemned the deployment of ICE agents to airports, including Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, to assist the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

The unveiling of the snowplow came days after Sheridan Gorman, the Loyola University student who was killed last week, allegedly by a Venezuelan migrant. 

Jose Medina, 25, who is charged with the killing, was captured by the U.S. Border Patrol on May 9, 2023, and subsequently released into the U.S. under the Biden administration. 

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Johnson was questioned about Gorman’s murder during Wednesday’s unveiling and whether he considered rescheduling the event given the timing.

“This is a terrible tragedy,” he said. “This tragedy is not going to deter us from our work. In fact, it’s going to challenge us all to double down on our efforts to ensure that we are protecting every single individual across neighborhoods.” 

Chicago Democratic Ald. Raymond Lopez, who has criticized Chicago sanctuary policies, said Gorman’s death was “100% avoidable.”

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“The culmination of the choices made here in the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois to protect noncitizens even when they choose to engage in dangerous criminal behavior, that mindset has to change,” he told “America Reports” on Wednesday. “That mindset has to stop because Sheridan and the other 1,200 other individuals across this country who’ve been victims… victimized by noncitizens deserved to be honored in a change in mindset and law.”

Donald Trump will hit Iran ‘harder than they have ever been hit before’ unless Tehran accepts it has been ‘defeated militarily’, the White House has warned.

The president’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Trump ‘does not bluff and he is prepared to unleash hell’, adding: ‘Iran should not miscalculate again.’

Earlier, Iran dismissed an American 15-point plan to end the war and launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries.

Iran’s English-language state television broadcaster quoted an anonymous official as saying Tehran will end the conflict ‘when it decides to do so and when its own conditions are met’.

Talks with Iran were still underway, Leavitt said.

‘Talks continue. They are productive, as the President said on Monday, and they continue to be,’ she told reporters.

But she added: ‘If Iran fails to accept the reality of the current moment, if they fail to understand that they have been defeated militarily, and will continue to be, President Trump will ensure they are hit harder than they have ever been hit before.’

Leavitt declined to identify which Iranian or Iranians the administration is negotiating with.

The press secretary also declined to comment on a 15-point ceasefire plan put forward by the United States that was rejected by Iran.

She cautioned the White House press pack about ‘reporting about speculative points or speculative plans from anonymous sources’.

‘The White House never confirmed that full plan,’ Leavitt said, adding that ‘there are elements of truth to it, but some of the stories I read were not entirely factual’.

Publicly, Iranian officials poured withering scorn on the prospect ‌of any negotiations with the Trump administration. 

But an apparent delay in providing a formal response to Pakistan, which delivered a 15-point proposal on behalf of Washington, appeared to signal that at least some figures in Tehran may be considering it.

Global equity markets regained some ground while oil prices dipped on Wednesday after reports that Washington ​had sent the proposal to Iran, with investors hoping for an end to a war that has disrupted global energy supplies and risks fuelling inflation.

The Pentagon is meanwhile planning to send thousands of airborne troops to the Gulf to give Trump more options to order a ground assault, sources have told Reuters.

They would add to two contingents of Marines already on their way. The first Marine unit, aboard a huge amphibious assault ship, could arrive around the end of the month.

Iran could open a new front at the mouth of the Red Sea if attacks are carried out on its territory, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency ​cited an unnamed military source as saying on ​Wednesday.

The source said that Iran has ⁠the capability to pose a ‘credible threat’ in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, which lies between Yemen and Djibouti.

Iran’s parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said his country would attack an unnamed neighbouring country if it cooperated with efforts by ‘the enemies’ to occupy one of its islands.

Since the start of what the ​US calls ‘Operation Epic Fury’, Iran has attacked countries that host US bases and effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, conduit for a fifth ​of the world’s oil and ⁠liquefied natural gas.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday warned that the ‘world is staring down the barrel of a wider war’ in the region.

‘It is time to stop climbing the escalation ladder – and start climbing the diplomatic ladder,’ he said at the UN headquarters in New York.

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Nine students were injured on Tuesday after a driver struck them with a vehicle at a school in Ankeny, Iowa, according to officials.

The incident happened around 3:15 p.m. as students were being picked up from St. Luke’s Catholic School on NW Weigel Drive, city police and fire officials said at a news conference.

A vehicle in the pickup line jumped the curb and struck the students, officials said.

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Several parents in line provided aid to the children until emergency responders arrived at the scene. The nine victims were then rushed to local hospitals.

Some of the students who were struck suffered serious injuries, according to officials. Their ages and conditions were not made publicly available, but the school teaches students from kindergarten through eighth grade.

The driver, who has not been identified, was not injured and remained at the scene after the incident.

Sgt. Trevor McGraw, a spokesperson for the Ankeny Police Department, told reporters that the incident did not appear to be an intentional act of violence.

Investigators are continuing to probe what may have caused the collision.

People were asked to avoid the area to allow emergency responders to access the scene.

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“Thank you to parents from the school pickup line who assisted the injured immediately while emergency services were on the way,” city officials said. “Thank you to teachers and staff for assisting injured students and students who witnessed the traumatic incident.”

The Des Moines Diocese told WHO 13: “Please know that we pray for the families involved and for the first responders who assisted.”