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The strikes will continue for as long as it takes to remove this threat.

— Netanyahu regarding military actions against Iran in the context of the conflict.

Like when I go to someone’s house, and I’m a guest, then I will do everything I can — keep things clean, and to make my bed, and to do everything that is the right thing to do, rather than committing a crime or be abusive or something like that.— Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks about the behavior of immigrants in America during an appearance on 'The View'.

Running a summit in these circumstances is 'like preparing the red carpet for Godzilla,' one Canadian official told the Financial Times.— A Canadian official made this remark to the Financial Times.

Democracy is under assault before our eyes. The moment we've feared has arrived.— Gavin Newsom, California Governor, during a speech addressing the challenges facing democracy.

Last night was a tremendous success with a fantastic audience.

— Donald Trump, reflecting on the military parade during remarks to reporters.

The escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iran is putting health facilities and access to health care at risk. The reports on the attacks on health so far are appalling.

— World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus condemned the attacks on health facilities in the conflict between Iran and Israel.

If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, I can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country.— Senator Alex Padilla spoke after meeting with Secretary Noem about the treatment of senators by the administration.

Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

— Donald Trump, discussing the threat posed by Iran.

We will not show any reluctance in defending our people, security and land - we will respond seriously and strongly, without restraint.

— Ali Bahreini, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in Geneva, told reporters.

Justice prevailed, but it’s very long overdue. This shouldn’t have taken three months.— Mahmoud Khalil spoke outside the detention facility after his release on Friday.

Biden was grossly incompetent, and the 2020 election was a total FRAUD! The evidence is MASSIVE and OVERWHELMING.

— Donald Trump posted on Truth Social calling for a special prosecutor regarding the 2020 election.

Rebecca is a working class fighter who developed her populist roots in rural Western Wisconsin.

— Bernie Sanders on Rebecca Cooke in a statement shared first with NBC News.

This man should no longer exist.

— Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz about Iranian Revolutionary Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a visit to the hospital site in Beer Sheva.

If the government opens its doors to some journalists, it cannot close those doors to other journalists because of their views.

— Federal Judge Trevor McFadden, referencing the freedom of speech guaranteed in the Constitution.

We had a good relationship, I wish him well, very well.

— Donald Trump spoke during an event at the White House.

This policy makes a censor of every consular officer, and it will inevitably chill legitimate political speech both inside and outside the United States.

— Jameel Jaffer, executive director at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, discussing the new policy from the State Department.

Trump's mass deportation project is actually a demographic engineering project.— Adam Serwer of the Atlantic explained on a recent Bulwark podcast.

Stay strong and we will win.

— Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, tells Iranians.

We will continue until we bring everyone home and until Hamas is fully defeated.

— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this in his daily video statement.

Our farmers are being hurt badly, they have good workers that have worked for them for 20 years. They are not citizens, but turned out to be great. We will do something about that.

— President Donald Trump discussing the impact of immigration policy on farmers.

People don’t go after legislators if their work is meaningless.— Cory Alpert, a PhD researcher at the University of Melbourne looking at the impact of AI on democracy.

If the aggression stops, our response will also end.

— Foreign Minister Abbas Araghtschi, who described the attacks as self-defense.