By Andy Rose, Priscilla Alvarez, Michael Williams, CNN

(CNN) — It was the problem that installing a new top official at the Department of Homeland Security was supposed to solve.

Support for the Trump administration’s intense focus on immigration enforcement was falling early this year after high-profile operations resulted in controversial deportations, violent confrontations with protesters and, ultimately, two US citizens shot to death in January on the streets of Minneapolis.

“My goal in six months is that we’re not in the lead story every single day,” the incoming DHS secretary, Markwayne Mullin, told a congressional panel in mid-March.

Although there are two months left to go on that self-imposed deadline, Mullin’s hope for a quiet summer of inconspicuous immigration arrests has been foiled by another pair of fatal shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents under his broad command.

The killings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston and Joan Sebastian Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, both came at the end of traffic stops, which had become a critical tool for agents trying to meet the Trump administration’s goal of around 2,000 arrests a day.

That seemed to change Tuesday as DHS faced more criticism from local officials and members of Congress: ICE agents were told to largely suspend vehicle stops until further notice and to coordinate with partner agencies when executing a criminal warrant on someone in a vehicle.

But border czar Tom Homan had barely finished a round of interviews downplaying the significance of those traffic stops and predicting the temporary change wouldn’t greatly impact the number of immigration-related arrests when the directive changed again.

The flip-flop came at the direction of President Donald Trump, a White House official said. The pause had made him furious, two sources familiar with the matter said, as prominent MAGA voices suggested his administration was weakening immigration enforcement.

“We CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.’s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP!” Trump wrote Wednesday morning on Truth Social. “Once we do, we are playing right into the criminal’s hands.”

“I.C.E., be judicious, fair and smart, and go back and do your very important job,” he added

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN

(CNN) — Facing what Secretary of State Marco Rubio will describe as a “resurgence” of “far left political terrorism,” according to a State Department official, Rubio will convene diplomats from around the world in Washington on Thursday to discuss a response.

It is a key priority of the Trump administration, which has argued in its counterterrorism strategy that “violent left-wing extremists, including anarchists and anti-fascists” are foremost terrorist threat to the United States, alongside cartels and “legacy Islamist terrorists.”

However, multiple former officials said the issue has been politicized by the administration and that the threat from the “far-left” does not rise to the level of that posed by groups like ISIS or by far-right extremists. The latter was absent entirely from the administration’s counterterrorism strategy released in May.

Thursday’s ministerial, according to the State Department, is meant to “expand coordination, enhance information sharing, and strengthen international law enforcement mechanisms to counter the threat” that it says has “remained a blind spot in the international community’s counterterrorism focus.”

A senior State Department official said 65 country delegations are slated to attend the event from “across the Western Hemisphere, Asia, Europe, and beyond.”

According to sources, many of the delegations will not be led by the foreign ministers of the countries, but rather more working-level and technical officials. Several cited scheduling, with invitations to the event only being issued at the beginning of July.

Countries that had worked with the administration on the topic were among those invited, the official said, noting they’ve had “very productive engagements with Germany, with Greece, with Italy, and that’s often where the problem is most pronounced in Europe.”

In his speech, Rubio plans to describe left-wing terrorism as “the result of a unique evil rooted in a deep resentment towards civilization,” according to the State Department official. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller are also expected to participate.

The threat of left-wing terrorism “has not really been addressed collectively in an effective way,” the senior State Department official said. According to the official, partners have said they “have a handle” on other forms of political violence but “this one is more difficult for us.”

The senior official cited attacks by members of European Antifa groups, which the administration designated as terrorists last November, as examples of far-left terrorist actions. They did not provide examples from other parts of the world but said they are focused on “violent criminal terrorist acts,” when asked if a leftist protest would be considered a form of far-left terrorism.

However, former officials said the ministerial appears to be a part of the administration’s broader effort to amplify the threat and target those on the political left who oppose Trump’s policies. Several who spoke with CNN said that the reality of the threat from far-left extremists does not match the administration’s portrayal.

“We looked at terrorism of all stripes, including left-wing terrorism, but the reality and the data, both here domestically and abroad, indicate that left-wing extremism is not and has not been the type of threat or the degree of threat that far-right terrorism or extremist violence or jihadist violence have posed,” said Ian Moss, the former deputy coordinator for counterterrorism at the State Department under the Biden administration.

Moss, now an attorn

Por Jessie Yeung y Victoria Butenko, CNN

Misiles rusos impactaron a primera hora de este jueves en Kyiv, donde se escucharon fuertes explosiones apenas unas horas antes de que el primer ministro del Reino Unido, Keir Starmer, llegara para una reunión con el presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky.

El bombardeo tuvo lugar en dos distritos de Kyiv y dejó dos muertos, entre ellos un adolescente, según el Servicio Estatal de Emergencias de Ucrania.

El nuevo golpe provocó incendios en almacenes y vehículos cercanos.

El ataque se produjo antes de la visita de Starmer a Kyiv el jueves, uno de sus últimos compromisos internacionales antes de ceder el paso a un nuevo primer ministro.

Starmer y Zelensky tienen previsto debatir los avances logrados en la guerra contra Rusia, incluidos los esfuerzos del Reino Unido para apoyar a Ucrania tanto militar como diplomáticamente.

“Estoy muy orgulloso de la contribución de Gran Bretaña”, declaró Starmer en un comunicado. “Ese trabajo continuará, y nuestro apoyo incondicional a Ucrania perdurará siempre. No solo por ellos y por la seguridad europea, sino también por las familias británicas que han sufrido las consecuencias de esta guerra a través del aumento de los precios”.

El ataque del jueves se produjo después de que Zelensky destituyera al ministro de Defensa de Ucrania, Mykhaylo Fedorov, en una reorganización del Gobierno.

Tan solo unos días antes, Zelensky también había destituido a la primera ministra Yulia Svyrydenko, quien apenas llevaba un año en el cargo.

La reorganización del gabinete ha sido polémica, y algunos críticos advierten que podría generar inestabilidad en un momento crítico de la guerra, informó Reuters.

Fedorov lideró el esfuerzo bélico de Ucrania, incluyendo la evolución tecnológica que ha convertido a Kyiv en un adversario tan formidable.

En un comunicado emitido el miércoles por la noche, Fedorov afirmó que había sido un “gran honor” desempeñar su cargo.

Elogió los logros de su equipo durante su gestión, entre los que destacan el fortalecimiento del programa de drones y las defensas aéreas de Ucrania, así como el aumento significativo de la capacidad de sus fuerzas para interceptar drones y misiles de crucero rusos.

Ucrania también llevó a cabo con éxito una prueba de misil balístico, reveló, realizada “simbólicamente, el día en que se formó el Gobierno”.

Tras casi cinco años de conflicto, el saldo ha sido alto para ambos bandos.

La avanzada campaña de drones de Ucrania ha alcanzado una escala e impacto extraordinarios, especialmente en el último mes.

Kyiv ha llegado a lanzar cientos de drones en una sola noche, atacando refinerías de petróleo, buques de guerra y armamento, demostrando una creciente capacidad para penetrar profundamente en territorio ruso.

Algunos de estos ataques obligaron a Moscú a suspender esta semana el tráfico marítimo a través de la puerta de entrada al Mar Negro, una vía fluvial clave que durante años había estado fuera del alcance de Kyiv, lo que limitó la capacidad del Kremlin para comerciar con el resto del mundo.

Pero Ucrania también está sufriendo las consecuencias.

Junio ​​fue el mes más mortífero para la población civil ucraniana desde abril de 2022, según informó esta semana Naciones Unidas, un aumento provocado por los misiles rusos de largo alcance disparados contra edificios residenciales urbanos.

Zelensky ha suplicado repetidamente a sus aliados que proporcionen más apoyo para reforzar las debilitadas defensas aéreas de Ucran

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* WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 106.

* WHERE…A portion of southwest California.

* WHEN…Until 8 PM PDT this evening.

* IMPACTS…There is a high risk for dangerous heat illness for
anyone, especially for the very young, the very old, those without
air conditioning, and those active outdoors.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

Do not leave young children and pets in unattended vehicles. Car
interiors will reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes.

Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose
fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning
or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and
heat stroke.

To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in
shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat
should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an
emergency! Call 9 1 1.

Stay cool, stay hydrated, stay informed.

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