LIVE: Democrats demanding restoration of USAID
I've never seen Booker as mad as he is right now, as he screams at the rally defending USAID.
Booker: We will fight their violation of civil service laws! We will fight their violation of civil rights laws! We will fight their violations of separation of powers! We will fight their violations of our Constitution of the United States of America!
Booker's criminal history extends at least back to his time as mayor of Newark. Impossible to hold that office and not be corrupt.
LIVE: Protest streams; 'Impeachment Gatherings', calling for impeachment of President Trump
Bama Athreya: Until two weeks ago, I had the honor the serve as the deputy assistant administrator at USAID, the greatest agency in the US Government, and I did have to get a top secret security clearance before I started working there.
[foreign aid program administration requires a top secret clearance? audit this woman immediately]
Senator Markey calling for, "people by the millions to stand up" and protest in favor of USAID. "There should be hundreds of thousands, and millions of people, descending on Washington, DC…the only way to take back our government is to take to the streets by the millions to demand justice!"
White House Press Secretary Leavitt: President Trump is in charge, and America is back. This week further demonstrated that the Trump Effect is real.
Leavitt: The president has not committed to putting boots on the ground in Gaza. He has also said that the United State is not going to pay for the rebuilding of Gaza. His administration is going to work with our partners in the region to reconstruct this region.
Leavitt: For democrat officials to incite violence and encourage Americans to take to the streets is incredibly alarming, and they should be held accountable for that rhetoric.
Reporter: Do the DOGE engineers have read-only access to these systems [Treasury Department]?
Leavitt: Yes.
Reporter: So they are not allowed to write new code?
Leavitt: No.
Leavitt: There have been a total of four hundred and sixty-one illegal aliens, this is as of this morning, that have been released from custody, of the more than eight thousand that have been arrested since President Trump was inaugurated. It's less than six percent. And there are reasons for their release…lack of significant likelihood of removal in the foreseeable future, lack of detention availability…we are doing everything we can to deport and detain illegal immigrants, but we need congress's help to increase funding for Border Patrol and for ICE to increase detention capability in our facilities. Serious medial conditions have also been the reasons for release of some of these individuals. None of them have final deportation orders.
Leavitt: King Abdullah of Jordan will be here next week, so I can provide you more context on the conversations he will have directly with the president of the Untied States after that meeting.
[Abdullah will submit and support President Trump's Gaza Plan]
Leavitt: We are going line by line when it comes to the federal government's books.
Reporter: Can you confirm that under the president's plan for Gaza, any and all Palestinians who want to stay in Gaza on the land will be allowed to do so?
Leavitt: I can confirm that the president is committed to rebuilding Gaza, and to temporarily relocating those who are there, because as I have shown you repeatedly, it is a demolition site. There's no running water. There is no electricity. The president wants these individuals to live in peace. He is committed to doing that with this very bold new plan.