NIH scientists publish letter criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research

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.

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.

We’ve got no kings here. We’ve got no queens here. We’ve got no emperors.— Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., told the crowd during the protests against the military parade in Philadelphia.

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.

I regret some of my posts about President Donald Trump last week. They went too far.

— Elon Musk expresses regret over his critical comments about Trump in a post on his platform X.

Iran’s air defence forces have shot down two Israeli F-35 fighter jets and intercepted several hostile drones.— This statement was posted by Iran’s embassy in New Delhi on X.

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

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

To put it bluntly, there is no invasion or rebellion in Los Angeles; there is civil unrest that is no different from episodes that regularly occur in communities throughout the country, and that is capable of being contained by state and local authorities working together.

— Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, in an emergency filing.

Democracy is under assault.

— Gavin Newsom, California Governor, in a video address.

He ought to be tarred and feathered, I'll say that.— Mike Johnson on Governor Gavin Newsom at a news conference.

E. Jean Carroll is very pleased with today’s decision. Although President Trump continues to try every possible maneuver to challenge the findings of two separate juries, those efforts have failed. He remains liable for sexual assault and defamation.— Roberta Kaplan, E. Jean Carroll's attorney, in a statement responding to the appeals court's decision.

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.

Moran said that Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller "is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred."— Terry Moran about Stephen Miller in a post on the social media platform X.

There's no intention to arrest the governor right now. I don't know if he crossed that line.— Tom Homan, the White House 'border czar,' in an interview with CBS News.

We will liberate Los Angeles and make it free, clean and safe again.

— Donald Trump during his speech marking the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army.

This is something that the Department of Justice and the FBI are looking into. Who is funding these protestors?

— Tulsi Gabbard spoke about the protests in Los Angeles and the alleged funding by third parties.

If I get sad and start crying, then I'll be uncontrollable.— Imtiaz Ali, whose brother Javed and his family were on the flight.

We are not a country that settles our differences at gunpoint. We have demonstrated again and again in our state that it is possible to peacefully disagree, that our state is strengthened by civil public debate.

— Governor Tim Walz speaks about the need to unite against violence.

The president is escalating events in Los Angeles not to prevent violence, but to stoke fear and division.

— Nick Brown, the attorney general of Washington State, whose office led the filing in federal court in California of what is known as an amicus brief.

Trump wants chaos and he's instigated violence.— Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, addressing the situation in Los Angeles and the protests against Trump's immigration policies.

I was not a fan. I had a falling out with him a long time ago.

— Donald Trump distancing himself from Jeffrey Epstein after Epstein's arrest in 2019.

But he ought to be tarred and feathered, I'll say that.— House Speaker Mike Johnson on California Governor Gavin Newsom during a House Republican leadership press conference.

Where there is love, there is no room for prejudice, for ‘security’ zones separating us from our neighbors, for the exclusionary mindset that, tragically, we now see emerging also in political nationalisms.— Pope Leo XIV criticized the surge of nationalist political movements in the world and prayed for reconciliation and dialogue during a mass.

We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa.

— Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, spoke in March about deporting students with pro-Palestinian connections.

The only reason they're calling him dangerous now is to justify the denial of due process and subjecting him to cruel and unusual punishment.— Defense lawyer Dumaka Shabazz made this statement during the hearing.

I understand the importance of deporting criminal aliens, but what we are witnessing are arbitrary measures to hunt down people who are complying with their immigration hearings—in many cases, with credible fear of persecution claims—all driven by a Miller-like desire to satisfy a self-fabricated deportation goal. This undermines the sense of fairness and justice that the American people value.— State Sen. Ileana Garcia commenting on the Trump administration's immigration enforcement actions.

It’s a provocation. Real talk: It’s usually good that Trump chickens out.— Jonathan V. Last discussing the implications of the nickname 'TACO' on Trump.