{"id":502145,"date":"2026-10-20T11:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T11:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/502145\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T11:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T11:22:09","slug":"first-thing-federal-efforts-over-alleged-noncitizen-voting-escalate-with-california-arrests-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/502145\/","title":{"rendered":"First Thing: Federal efforts over alleged noncitizen voting escalate with California arrests | US news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning. The US Department of Justice has charged 28 green card holders<\/a> in California, accusing them of fraudulently registering to vote and casting illegal ballots. The arrests \u2013 11 people are in custody \u2013 mark the latest escalation in federal efforts against alleged noncitizen voting.<\/p>\n

The crackdown comes days after the DOJ sued California to block the state from tabulating certain ballots in November\u2019s midterms. California\u2019s secretary of state, Shirley Weber, called the demands \u201coutrageous\u201d, pointing out that federal officials have spent months making \u201cvague and unsubstantiated allegations\u201d. Democrats and voting rights groups say the administration is laying the groundwork to sow doubt over November\u2019s election results.<\/p>\n

France imposes partial curfews in several cities, including parts of ParisA view of a street during a partial curfew in Lille. Photograph: Murat Karadag\/Anadolu\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Partial curfews have been issued<\/a> for a number of French cities, including parts of Paris, after the government admitted police had \u201clost control\u201d during violent weekend protests. The interior minister, Laurent Nu\u00f1ez, said intelligence had suggested there would be 200,000 demonstrators around France. In the event, there were more than 500,000.<\/p>\n

The protests follow weeks of demonstrations by high school students. Public buildings including a town hall were attacked and set ablaze and an estimated 2,000 shops were ransacked and looted, authorities have said.<\/p>\n

What has Donald Trump said about the French protests? At a rally in Kansas Trump described France<\/a> as a once-great nation that had been \u201cconquered, looted, and burned to the ground by migrants, jihadists, and communists\u201d. Earlier in the day, Trump repeated his baseless claim that migrants had \u201ctaken over\u201d France, and also claimed that \u201cParis is going to be a Muslim city very soon\u201d. Muslims make up 10-15% of the population of the capital.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy claims US deliberately delaying interceptor missile deliveries to KyivPeople clear debris at the site of an air attack in Kyiv. Photograph: Oleksii Filippov\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the US is deliberately delaying deliveries<\/a> of interceptor missiles to Ukraine, deepening a public spat with Trump. Speaking to US senators on Monday, the Ukrainian president claimed that \u201cthe Pentagon is delaying the delivery of missiles\u201d already paid for by European countries, with the shipment awaiting the signature of the US secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth.<\/p>\n

What is happening to Ukrainians who have ended up in the US? More than 100,000 people from Ukraine can stay<\/a> without immediate risk of deportation, the Department of Homeland Security said. Their right to stay in the US was set to expire on Monday. The DHS said a further announcement \u201cwill be made at the appropriate time\u201d. The temporary reprieve also applied to about 1,800 Sudanese nationals.<\/p>\n

Israeli police detain 10 people in rare raid against West Bank settlersPhotojournalist Heidi Levine in hospital. Photograph: Debbie Hill\/UPI\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Israeli police have detained 10 people<\/a> in a rare raid against settlers, after a weekend of extreme violence in the occupied West Bank including an attack on US photojournalist Heidi Levine which she described as an \u201cattempted lynching\u201d. Israeli militants armed with sticks and iron bars also attacked a group of European diplomats and Palestinians harvesting olives.<\/p>\n

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, questioned the accounts, ignoring extensive evidence and referencing an \u201calleged attack\u201d on Levine. His response drew a furious international reaction, including from the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee. Israeli police said they had detained 10 people connected with the attacks and the construction of an illegal outpost.<\/p>\n

In other news \u2026Kohen Wiley. Photograph: Veronica Roberson\/AP<\/p>\n

The Mississippi attorney general has announced<\/a> that the police shooting of a one-year-old as he sat in his mother\u2019s lap \u201cwas justified\u201d. The statement came four months after Kohen Wiley was killed in Senatobia, Mississippi.<\/p>\n

Voters in Canada\u2019s Alberta have overwhelmingly rejected<\/a> a proposal to begin a process toward independence, the national broadcaster CBC has projected.<\/p>\n

Australian MP Helen Haines has lost a leg<\/a> after an alleged vehicle attack. Surgeons are said to be fighting to save the other. A man has been charged<\/a> over the incident.<\/p>\n

Federal immigration agents broke the arm of a US citizen<\/a> in what a Democratic congressman said was a \u201cbrutal attack\u201d during a confrontation with protesters in California.<\/p>\n

The Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Massachusetts announced the suspension of his campaign<\/a>. The move came hours after Shawn Oliver was arrested in a suspected drunk-driving crash.<\/p>\n

Stat of the day: Colorado wildlife overpass cut vehicle-animal collisions by 91%, report findsWildlife overpass on Colorado highway. Photograph: UCG\/Universal Images Group\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Elk, bear, frogs and other animals have used the overpass, which connects 39,000 acres of habitat, since its completion 10 months ago<\/a> over the I-25.<\/p>\n

Culture Pick: The Simpsons gives Apu a new voice as actor Sunil Malhotra replaces Hank AzariaApu from the Simpsons with Sunil Malhotra. Composite: Fox via AP\/Albert L Ortega via Getty Images<\/p>\n

It has been eight years since the character last spoke, but now convenience store owner Apu Nahasapeemapetilon a new voice<\/a> \u2013 Sunil Malhotra. He said \u201cBringing Apu back feels like a reclamation.\u201d Apu was originally voiced by actor Hank Azaria, who \u2013 along with the producers of the show \u2013 was criticised for the portrayal of the character.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss this: In ruby-red Kansas, Trump contemplates the possibility of a Democratic win in the stateSen Roger Marshall. Photograph: Kent Nishimura\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The US president came out to Kansas in support of Senator Roger Marshall, who is facing an unexpectedly strong challenge from Democrat Adam Hamilton. David Smith went to Park City for the Guardian to read the mood on the ground<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2026 or this: Hollywood AI-listers \u2013 is the technology ready to rival flesh-and-blood film stars?Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated \u2018actor\u2019. Photograph: Reuters<\/p>\n

As a freaky Val Kilmer doppelganger stars in a new western and faux starlet Tilly Norwood is set for her feature debut, Phil Hoad discovers<\/a> that experts are split on whether mainstream adoption is a long way down the line \u2013 or just around the corner.<\/p>\n

Climate check: Melting Ron DeSantis statue unveiled to call out his inaction on climate crisisThe real Ron DeSantis. Photograph: Jefferee Woo\/Tampa Bay Times\/ZUMA Press Wire\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

The environmentalists behind the melting statue described it as a fitting monument to DeSantis\u2019s eight years as Florida governor, during which time he has consistently opposed any legislation to curb planet-heating emissions. The statue, in Tallahassee, was cast from solid gallium, a metal that melts at 85.6F (29.8C), so that the image of DeSantis soon gave way to that of a skull<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last Thing: Black bear breaks into California library to raid snacks and eat jar of honeyA bear caught on camera walking into a library. Photograph: Mono County Office of Education<\/p>\n

A bear broke into the Mammoth Lakes branch of the Mono county free libraries just after 6am, and reportedly raided the staff snack supply, browsed the new releases, and then went on its merry way. The video is a joy<\/a> \u2013 albeit with the reminder that black bears are wild animals and should never be approached or fed, and they can\u2019t read.<\/p>\n

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