The White House posted a video of pop star Sabrina Carpenter promoting deportations, just days after she slammed the Trump administration for using her song in a separate video as “evil and disgusting.”
In the new video, posted on X Friday, the White House altered a clip from Carpenter’s promo for Saturday Night Live, in which she said: “I think I might have to arrest someone for being too hot,” swapping out “too hot” for the word “illegal.”
The singer stood next to SNL star Marcello Hernández, an American whose parents are from Cuba the Dominican Republic, as he stretched out his arms as if ready to be handcuffed, and said: “Well, I turn myself in.”
The White House video then spliced footage of federal agents arresting people as Gucci Mane’s “I Get the Bag” played in the background.
Earlier this week, the White House used Carpenter’s song “Juno” in another White House video showing people getting detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” the singer replied to the video, which has since been taken down.
Key Points
- What is the 'FIFA Peace Prize'?
- Trump receives FIFA Peace Prize, calling it a 'tremendous honor'
- Federal judge orders Epstein grand jury documents unsealed as DOJ nears deadline to release files
Good morning
Friday 5 December 2025 12:15 , Joe SommerladHello and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of President Donald Trump’s administration, as his Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth remains under pressure over the missile strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific, which began on September 2 and have so far killed at least 86 people.
Pete Hegseth facing calls to testify under oath over boat strikes
Friday 5 December 2025 12:30 , Joe SommerladSecretary of Defense Pete Hegseth remains under intense pressure over the legality of the administration’s missile strikes on alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Pacific.
Admiral Frank “Mitch” Bradley and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine gave evidence to members of the House and Senate Armed Services and Intelligence Committees on Thursday, the first of the known lethal strikes against accused drug traffickers, which was conducted on September 2.
The attack has been the subject of outrage amid accusations that Hegseth ordered a second strike to “kill everybody” when two survivors were spotted clinging to wreckage in the ocean following the initial blast.
Admiral Bradley was adamant in his testimony that there had been no second “kill” order but that was not enough to reassure Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul, who has called for Hegseth to testify under oath.
Here’s more.
Republican senator demands Pete Hegseth testify ‘under oath’ after latest boat strike
House Democrat readying articles of impeachment against secretary of defense
Friday 5 December 2025 12:45 , Joe SommerladMichigan Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar has pledged to file two articles of impeachment against Hegseth over his actions against the alleged drug boats and his part in the “Signalgate” scandal.
In a video posted to social media, Thanedar explained: “Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is uniquely unqualified for his role. Every day, it becomes clearer he is engaging in unlawful, illegal activity.”
Thanedar said the first would be “for murder and conspiracy to murder” over the deadly strikes on alleged narco-boats and the second for the “reckless and unlawful mishandling of classified information,” referring to Hegseth discussing plans for an airstrike on Houthi rebels in Yemen earlier this year in a group chat on the messaging app Signal.
The congressman went on to lay out his case against the secretary and concluded: “I love the United States of America and will always fight to uphold our Constitution. Pete Hegseth must be brought to justice.”
Hegseth must be impeached.
— Congressman Shri Thanedar (@RepShriThanedar) December 4, 2025
Thank you for your attention to this matter. pic.twitter.com/qA1eK2WObm
Thanedar also appeared on Fox News last night to explain his move, telling host Josh Breslow: “This secretary has to go. He’s incompetent. He’s, you know, violated – he has committed war crimes. He must go.
“And if both parties, if Republicans are willing to look at this for the merit of this case and not just their loyalty to President [Donald] Trump, this can be done.”
Latest missile attack kills four and takes death toll to 86
Friday 5 December 2025 13:00 , Joe SommerladJust as those developments were taking place in Washington yesterday, U.S. Southern Command reported its latest strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific, which, it said, killed four people, taking the total number of fatalities from the operation to at least 86.
Graeme Massie and Brendan Rascius have the story.
Hegseth orders strike that kills four on alleged drug boat amid ‘double tap’ outrage
Recap: US admiral grilled over ‘troubling’ video of ‘double tap’ boat strike
Friday 5 December 2025 13:15 , Joe SommerladHere are some key lines from the briefing delivered by Admiral Frank “Mitch” Bradley and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine to members of the House and Senate Armed Services and Intelligence Committees yesterday about the first of the administration’s strikes on alleged drug boats near Venezuela on September 2.
- Admiral Bradley, who was in charge at the time of the mission, addressed lawmakers Thursday about the lethal strikes amid uproar over accusations that a second strike that day, killing two survivors of the initial attack, may have amounted to a “war crime.”
- Republican Rep. Rick Crawford, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said he believes the strike in question was justified and said it was his understanding that Bradley ordered the strike – not the under-fire Secretary Hegseth.
- Democratic Rep. Jim Himes expressed profound concern after the closed-door briefing, describing footage of the attack shown in the session as “one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service.”
- Himes described the video by saying: “You have two individuals in clear distress, without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, who are killed by the United States.”
- Republican Sen. Rand Paul also appeared to be distressed by the footage, telling reporters afterwards: “That video should be shown to every American.”
Trump to preside over Fifa World Cup draw at Kennedy Center
Friday 5 December 2025 13:30 , Joe SommerladThe president has an interesting day today, presiding over next summer’s Fifa World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center before signing off on another round of executive orders and then taking in an Andrea Bocelli concert with the first lady this evening.
He has been allotted three minutes to speak at the World Cup draw but is more than likely to run over, if past form is anything to go by – and may just receive a peace prize from world football’s governing body to make up for his disappointment in Norway in October.
Here’s Miguel Delaney to preview the event.
How Trump exposes Fifa’s ‘new shame’ before controversial World Cup 2026 draw
Watch: President and first lady light up national Christmas tree
Friday 5 December 2025 13:50 , Joe SommerladAnalysis: Republicans circle the wagons around an increasingly damaged Pete Hegseth
Friday 5 December 2025 14:10 , Joe SommerladTwo Republicans are willing to say Trump’s defense secretary acted improperly but, predictably neither one is sticking around, writes John Bowden.
Republicans in Washington circle the wagons around an increasingly damaged Hegseth
GOP Senator questions where Hegseth was during Sept. 2 strike
Friday 5 December 2025 14:30 , Kelly RissmanNorth Carolina GOP Senator Thom Tillis wondered where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was during the second strike in the September 2 attack, the first of more than a dozen by the U.S.
“I’ll take at face value right now what Secretary Hegseth said. He said he wasn’t there, he said he was busy doing other things. I would assume a part of the record was what was the other thing he was doing that was more important than a battle damage assessment over the first strike in the Caribbean,” Tillis said on CNN.
Watch: Virginia House speaker says they may redraw maps to give Democrats 10-1 advantage
Friday 5 December 2025 14:50 , Joe SommerladEven Trump's own voters don't want him to run again in 2028
Friday 5 December 2025 15:10 , Kelly RissmanA new Economist/YouGov poll shows that 68 percent of Americans don’t want President Donald Trump to run for a third term compared to just 21 percent who do.
Among those who voted for Trump in the 2024 presidential election, 45 percent said they didn’t want him to run in 2028 compared to 43 percent who did, according to the poll. Meanwhile, 11 percent said they were unsure.
The 22nd Amendment prohibits anyone from serving more than two terms as president, but Trump has repeatedly flirted with the idea. This week, he conceded that he only has three more years left as commander-in-chief — but posted an AI-generated image of himself holding up a “Trump 2028” sign just days earlier.
Trump hires a new architect for his $300M White House ballroom after clashes with previous one about its size
Friday 5 December 2025 15:30 , Kelly RissmanPresident Donald Trump replaced the original architect tapped to oversee his $300 million ballroom due to the massive size of the president’s project, according to a report.
James McCrery II and his boutique firm had been working on the 90,000-square-foot project for three months until October, the Washington Post reported. McCrery and Trump had clashed over the president’s interest in expanding the ballroom’s size, but a combination of McCrery’s small team and its struggles to make deadlines ultimately led to the firm’s departure, the paper reported.
It’s not immediately clear whether the architect left voluntarily, but the two men remain on good terms, a source told the Post.
Read the full story.
Where and when is the 2026 World Cup?
Friday 5 December 2025 15:37 , Kelly RissmanThe World Cup 2026 draw begins Friday afternoon.
Hosted by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, the 2026 tournament will include 104 games in which 48 teams will play across 16 host cities, according to FIFA.
The upcoming tournament marks the biggest ever. From 1998 through the last World Cup in 2022, just 32 teams competed. Argentina are the reigning champions.
According to BetMGM, odds show Spain, England, France, Brazil and Argentina are favored to win.
The tournament is set to run from June 11 through July 19, with the final being held at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium.
What is the 'FIFA Peace Prize'?
Friday 5 December 2025 16:00 , Kelly RissmanFIFA introduced the award, called the “FIFA Peace Prize – Football Unites the World,” in early November.
The prize rewards “individuals who have taken exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace and by doing so have united people across the world,” according to FIFA.
The award will be bestowed on behalf of the global soccer community.
“In an increasingly unsettled and divided world, it’s fundamental to recognise the outstanding contribution of those who work hard to end conflicts and bring people together in a spirit of peace,” FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in a statement.
“Football stands for peace, and on behalf of the entire global football community, the FIFA Peace Prize – Football Unites the World will recognize the enormous efforts of those individuals who unite people, bringing hope for future generations.”
The award will be bestowed annually.
Infantino will present the prize for the first time just after noon ET on Friday at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Vaccine advisers recommend abandoning longstanding hep B shot advice
Friday 5 December 2025 16:15 , Kelly RissmanA CDC vaccine advisory panel voted to end the longstanding advice that all newborns get the hepatitis B vaccination.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices decided to recommend babies whose mothers test positive, and in cases where the mom wasn’t tested, should be vaccinated, according to the Associated Press.
For other newborns, their parents and doctors will decide if a birth dose is appropriate.
FBI’s Dan Bongino tries to distance himself from pipe bomb conspiracy theories after calling case ‘an inside job’
Friday 5 December 2025 16:30 , Kelly RissmanFBI deputy director Dan Bongino is now distancing himself from the conspiracy theories and baseless speculation that fueled his right-wing media career after the Department of Justice announced the arrest of a suspect accused of planting pipe bombs around Washington, D.C., before the ‘stop the steal’ riots on Jan. 6, 2021.
Bongino appeared to walk back his past claim that the FBI was complicit in a plot to place the bombs near the Republican and Democratic headquarters when pressed by Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday.
“Listen, I was paid in the past, Sean, for my opinions. That’s clear, and one day I’ll be back in that space,” Bongino said. “But that’s not what I’m paid for now. I’m paid to be your deputy director, and we base investigations on facts.”
Alex Woodward reports.
Bongino backs off Jan. 6 pipe bomb conspiracy theories after ‘inside job’ claims
How Trump exposes Fifa’s ‘new shame’ before controversial World Cup 2026 draw
Friday 5 December 2025 16:45 , Kelly RissmanDonald Trump is allotted to talk for three minutes at Friday’s World Cup draw, according to sources with knowledge of the proceedings, but few expect him to actually stick to that.
Even the setting is perhaps a little preview of how the World Cup 2026itself might function, and who it’s now about. Friday’s draw was originally intended to be in Las Vegas – just like for 1994 – until the Trump administration recommended the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Gianni Infantino’s Fifa duly acquiesced
A more august setting, maybe, but one entering a new era of its own. It has since been reported that Fifa were to be given a zero-dollar rental fee for use of the venue, but in exchange for a $2.4m donation and “sponsorship opportunities” worth $5m.
Miguel Delaney, the Independent’s Chief Football Writer, has the story.
How Trump exposes Fifa’s ‘new shame’ before controversial World Cup 2026 draw
ANALYSIS: Will Trump try to manipulate how the World Cup unfolds in the US? He's already started
Friday 5 December 2025 16:55 , Kelly RissmanPresident Donald Trump has suggested World Cup matches could be moved from certain venues if his administration believes the host cities aren’t safe.
In October, he threatened to pull World Cup matches from Boston, alleging that parts of the city had been “taken over” after a pro-Palestinian protest broke out.
Massachusetts will host seven games at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, 27 miles southwest of Boston.
At the time, when Trump was asked about Boston’s Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu, the president said: “I love the people of Boston, and I know the games are sold out. But your mayor is not good.”
Without providing specifics, he suggested “they’re taking over parts of Boston,” before asserting “we could get them back in about two seconds.”
He appeared to be referring to multiple arrests that were made earlier that month in connection with a pro-Palestinian protest that turned violent on the Boston Common.
The president has also threatened to relocate games if he deems cities “unsafe” amid his crime crackdown.
“If we think there’s going to be a sign of any trouble, I would ask [the FIFA President Gianni Infantino] to move that to a different city," Trump said last month.
"I don’t think we will have this problem, but we will move the event to some place it will be appreciated and safe.”
WATCH LIVE: Trump attends FIFA 2026 world cup draw at the Kennedy Center
Friday 5 December 2025 17:00 , Kelly RissmanDonald Trump and other world leaders are going to attend FIFA’s 2026 World Cup draw on Friday.
The ceremony will determine which national teams are sorted into various groups for next year’s men’s tournament and will include a ceremony for the newly created “FIFA Peace Prize.”
It begins at noon ET.
Watch live here.
In photos: Trump and world leaders arrive ahead of 2026 World Cup draw
Friday 5 December 2025 17:07 , Kelly Rissman
Star-studded 2026 World Cup ceremony kicks off
Friday 5 December 2025 17:23 , Kelly RissmanHeidi Klum and Kevin Hart are co-hosting the 2026 World Cup draw as world-famous singer Andrea Bocelli kicked off the event.
Several members of the Trump administration, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and FBI Director Kash Patel, were spotted in the audience.
Tiffany Trump, the president’s daughter, and First Lady Melania Trump accompanied the president.
Trump is awarded first-ever FIFA Peace Prize
Friday 5 December 2025 17:31 , Kelly RissmanPresident Donald Trump was awarded the newly created “FIFA Peace Prize.”
The award was announced in a pre-recorded video, walking through the U.S. president’s efforts to achieve peace around the world.
Trump helped to “broker ceasefires and promote diplomatic engagements,” a narrator said. Trump’s is a “presidency marked by actions to pursue peace around the world.”
Trump receives FIFA Peace Prize, calling it a 'tremendous honor'
Friday 5 December 2025 17:38 , Kelly RissmanOn stage, President Donald Trump immediately put on the gold medal handed to him by FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
“We want to live in a safe world, in a safe environment. We want to unite. That’s what we do today and what we do at the World Cup,” Infantino said.
Trump called it “one of the great honors of his life” and a “tremendous honor.”
In photos: Trump is gifted first-ever FIFA Peace Prize
Friday 5 December 2025 17:40 , Kelly Rissman
Pipe bomb suspect believed in 2020 election conspiracies, reports say
Friday 5 December 2025 17:58 , Kelly RissmanNearly four years after two pipe bombs were found outside the outside the Democratic and Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., on the eve of the January 6 riots, the FBI has arrested a suspect.
Agents arrested 30-year-old Brian J. Cole Jr. at his home in Woodbridge, Virginia, this week, charging him with at least two federal felony charges, after a fresh look at the stalled case.
While the FBI has not revealed any information about a possible motive, there are media reports suggesting Cole may have believed Donald Trump’s false claims about being cheated out of victory in the 2020 election.
Andrea Cavallier has the story.
Pipe bomb suspect believed in 2020 election conspiracies, reports say
2026 World Cup draw kicks off
Friday 5 December 2025 18:04 , Kelly RissmanThe three leaders of the 2026 World Cup host countries — U.S. President Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum — stood on stage and each drew their own countries’ names out of a pot.
Trump was the last to do so.
When Trump put his hand in the pot in front of him, he joked: “I think I know what this is going to be now.”
He then drew the USA and sarcastically said: “This is shocking!”
WATCH: Trump is given newly-created peace prize by FIFA pal Infantino
Friday 5 December 2025 18:14 , Kelly RissmanWho is performing in Friday's ceremony?
Friday 5 December 2025 18:20 , Kelly Rissman- Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli kicked off the event
- Nicole Scherzinger and Robbie Williams sang “Desire,” the World Cup’s anthem.
- Lauryn Hill performed after the world leaders of the 2026 host nations drew their respective countries, starting the draw.
- The Village People is also expected to perform
Newsom trolls Trump over his new gold medal from FIFA
Friday 5 December 2025 18:40 , Kelly RissmanCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom trolls President Donald Trump over his newly gifted FIFA Peace Prize.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino presented the award ahead of the 2026 World Cup draw Friday. Infantino handed Trump a gold medal, which the U.S. president quickly hung around his neck.
“Got a close up look at Trump’s medal,” Newsom’s press office wrote in a social media post, alongside a photo of a phony participation medal with a smiling star on it that read: “If you had fun, you won!”
Got a close up look at Trump’s medal https://t.co/Pu2TCdXZlN pic.twitter.com/UQCUPc8Lfg
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) December 5, 2025
Republicans insist Johnson is safe as speaker despite growing complaints and calls for a new leader
Friday 5 December 2025 19:00 , Kelly RissmanA group of House Republicans is coming to the aid of Speaker Mike Johnson, throwing their unequivocal support behind him as other prominent members express frustrations with his leadership – and question the sustainability of his position.
Over the last few days, several House conservatives have released praiseworthy statements of the Louisiana Republican on social media and spoken highly of him to reporters.
“He’s honest, he’s caring, he truly is the man that he reports himself to be,” Rep. Pat Fallon told the Wall Street Journal this week.
Ariana Baio has the story.
Republicans insist Johnson is safe as speaker despite growing complaints
Federal judge orders Epstein grand jury documents unsealed as DOJ nears deadline to release files
Friday 5 December 2025 19:20 , Kelly RissmanA federal judge in Florida has ordered grand jury materials surrounding an investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to be unsealed, marking the first of several expected decisions to publicly release grand jury documents in cases tied to the late financier.
District Judge Rodney Smith ordered the release of material from grand jury investigations from 2005 and 2007. The judge had previously denied the request but revisited the decision Friday after Donald Trump approved a measure that compels the Department of Justice to release all investigative files in its possession.
The Justice Department faces a December 19 deadline to publicly release the files, which do not include the documents shown to grand juries that considered indictments against Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
Alex Woodward has the story.
Judge orders Epstein grand jury docs unsealed as DOJ nears deadline to release files
ICYMI: Photos of Epstein's estate on his private island released earlier this week
Friday 5 December 2025 19:40 , Kelly RissmanDemocrats on the House Oversight Committee released never-before-seen photos of one of Jeffrey Epstein’s properties.
The photos revealed “harrowing” insights into Epstein’s island in the Caribbean, Little St. James, Democrats wrote in a social media post.
Here are some of those photos:
‘This is pathetic:’ Fans react as Trump receives first ever FIFA Peace Prize
Friday 5 December 2025 20:00 , Kelly RissmanSoccer fans reacted with outrage and incredulity as Donald Trump accepted the newly created “FIFA Peace Prize” during the 2026 World Cup draw.
“This is pathetic,” wrote one user, responding to a picture of the president being handed the prize by FIFA President Gianni Infantino at Friday’s ceremony at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
“FIFA is so corrupted man, they actually made a ‘peace’ award for Trump because he got upset about not getting the Nobel peace prize... What are we even doing here?” wrote another user, with a third adding: “He will be telling us from now on how this award is actually more important than the Nobel Peace Prize.”
Mike Bedigan has the story.
‘This is pathetic:’ Fans react as Trump receives first ever FIFA Peace Prize
Democrats trolled Trump's FIFA Peace Prize as advocates take issue with award
Friday 5 December 2025 20:15 , Kelly RissmanPresident Donald Trump was gifted the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize Friday before the 2026 World Cup draw kicked off.
The president called the prize “one of the great honors of my life.” It comes months after his failed bid to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
The official Democrats account trolled Trump, writing in a social media post: “Trump couldn’t win a Nobel Peace Prize so FIFA made one up for him.”
Trump couldn’t win a Nobel Peace Prize so FIFA made one up for him. https://t.co/noNf4I43PY
— Democrats (@TheDemocrats) December 5, 2025
Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch criticized FIFA for giving the award, writing that “his administration’s appalling human rights record certainly does not display ‘exceptional actions for peace and unity.’”
“FIFA’s so-called peace prize is being awarded against a backdrop of violent detentions of immigrants, national guard deployments in US cities, and the obsequious cancellation of FIFA’s own anti-racism and anti-discrimination campaigns,” Minky Worden, who oversees sport for Human Rights Watch, said in a statement. “There is still time to honor FIFA’s promises for a World Cup not tainted by human rights abuses, but the clock is ticking.”
Jamil Dakwar, human rights director at the American Civil Liberties Union, similarly slammed: “The Trump administration has aggressively pursued a systematic anti-human rights campaign to target, detain, and disappear immigrants in communities across the US – including the deployment of the National Guard in cities where the World Cup will take place.”
Congress members on both sides of the aisle criticize vaccine panel's decision
Friday 5 December 2025 20:30 , Kelly RissmanOn Friday, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to remove the longstanding guidance that newborns get the hepatitis B vaccine the day they’re born.
Democrats and Republicans alike have criticized the move.
“As a liver doctor who has treated patients with hepatitis B for decades, this change to the vaccine schedule is a mistake. The hepatitis B vaccine is safe and effective. The birth dose is a recommendation, NOT a mandate,” Louisiana GOP Senator Bill Cassidy wrote on X. “Acting CDC Director O’Neill should not sign these new recommendations and instead retain the current, evidence-based approach.”
Florida Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel wrote: “The hep B vaccine has prevented 90k newborn deaths. RFK Jr—a non-doctor pushing an anti-vax crusade—is dismantling that protection. His panel is undoing decades of progress & spreading dangerous distrust in medical professionals. It’s reckless & a threat to children’s health.”
The hep B vaccine has prevented 90k newborn deaths.
— Rep. Lois Frankel (@RepLoisFrankel) December 5, 2025
RFK Jr—a non-doctor pushing an anti-vax crusade—is dismantling that protection.
His panel is undoing decades of progress & spreading dangerous distrust in medical professionals.
It’s reckless & a threat to children’s health. https://t.co/GhClXBvK0k
Trump, Infantino and Ferdinand’s bad jokes: Inside Fifa’s shameful World Cup draw
Friday 5 December 2025 20:45 , Kelly RissmanRight at the start of events in Washington’s Kennedy Center, Fifa president Gianni Infantino warned “it’s not a normal draw”.
That was saying something. It featured extremely politicised interpretations of the most grave situations in the world, from Gaza to Kosovo, which started to look a lot like propaganda.
It is a tragedy for football that Fifa – the body that is supposed to serve the game – has resorted to this. Somehow, another draw.
Miguel Delaney has the story.
Trump, Infantino and Ferdinand’s bad jokes: Inside Fifa’s shameful World Cup draw
Trump’s ‘worst of worst’ ICE surge into cities nabbed thousands of migrants — less than 30 percent have criminal convictions
Friday 5 December 2025 21:00 , Kelly RissmanDonald Trump and his Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem vowed to find and arrest “the worst of the worst” and “violent” criminal offenders among the migrants they rounded up with a surge of federal officers into U.S. cities over the last several months.
Those high-profile immigration enforcement operations in major cities across the country locked up thousands. But the vast majority have not been convicted of any crime, and more than half do not have any criminal record whatsoever.
Less than 30 percent of those arrested in those operations had prior criminal convictions, according to an analysis fromThe New York Times using arrest data obtained by the Deportation Data Project. An even smaller share of those arrested had been convicted of a violent crime.
Alex Woodward has the story.
Trump’s ICE surge into cities mostly arrested migrants without criminal records
Arizona Congresswoman says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
Friday 5 December 2025 21:15 , Kelly RissmanDuring an ICE raid in Tuscon, Arizona, newly sworn-in Arizona Democratic Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva said she was pepper-sprayed in the face by a “very aggressive [ICE] agent” and “pushed around by others” while she was asking for information.
ICE just conducted a raid by Taco Giro in Tucson - a small mom-and-pop restaurant that has served our community for years.
— Rep. Adelita Grijalva (@Rep_Grijalva) December 5, 2025
When I presented myself as a Member of Congress asking for more information, I was pushed-aside and pepper sprayed. pic.twitter.com/gPx0p3IXP2
Admiral says two survivors on ‘narco boat’ hit with second strike had no way to call for help, report says
Friday 5 December 2025 21:30 , Kelly RissmanThe U.S. Navy admiral who oversaw the double-tap strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat that killed survivors reportedly told lawmakers Thursday that the two stranded sailors did not appear to have communication devices that would have allowed them to contact others for help.
For days, officials have been defending the Trump administration’s September 2 strikes against the boat in the Caribbean, arguing that those aboard posed a threat to the U.S. because they could have called other alleged “narco-terrorists” for backup or attempted to deliver the illicit drugs again.
But Admiral Frank “Mitch” Bradley reportedly told lawmakers in a closed-door briefing that the two survivors would not have been able to call for help, three people familiar with the briefings told CNN.
Ariana Baio has the story.
Admiral said double-tap boat strike survivors had no way to call for help: report
Poll suggests young people are turning on Trump
Friday 5 December 2025 21:45 , Joe SommerladPresident Donald Trump is fast losing support among 18 to 29-year-olds, a key demographic that helped drive his return to the White House in 2024, with his favorability now in freefall from +10 in February to -46 now, according to CNN’s chief data analyst.
Appearing on OutFront with Erin Burnett on Thursday evening, commentator Harry Enten presented the latest findings from CBS News and YouGov and said: “This type of drop happening so quickly – you just don’t see drops like that. It’s stunning! I think the word of the day, to borrow a phrase from the current president – yuge, yuge.”
He pointed out that just 31 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds voted for Trump against Joe Biden in 2020, according to CNN exit polls, but, in 2024, the Republican nominee won 43 percent of the same demographic, helping him beat Kamala Harris with ease.
