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The Justice Department faces an uphill legal battle in its bid to overturn a federal judge’s dismissal of its Alaska Senate election lawsuit, according to legal experts who questioned whether the government can secure meaningful relief before voting ends Tuesday — even as a separate criminal investigation continues.DOJ filed a notice of appeal after Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason dismissed its lawsuit Sunday over the presence of two candidates named Dan Sullivan on Alaska’s Senate ballot. The judge ruled that federal officials lacked standing because they had not demonstrated how its proposed remedy could address potential voter confusion without compromising ballot secrecy.With voting ending Tuesday, attorneys told Fox News Digital that even a successful appeal could leave the government scrambling to obtain an injunction or return to district court, while a defeat would leave the civil case dismissed without necessarily affecting potential criminal charges arising from the alleged recruitment of the second Sullivan.DOJ SET TO APPEAL RULING IN ALASKA SENATE RACE DISPUTE OVER ‘DECOY DAN’”The federal judge dismissed on a procedural issue — standing,” election attorney Jason Torchinsky of Virginia-based firm Holtzman Vogel told Fox News Digital. “So if the government were to prevail, it would either have to seek injunctive relief from the appeals court in the first instance; a very high bar, or go back down to the district court to seek relief.””Given the time available between now and close of polls [Tuesday], this is a heavy lift for the government,” Torchinsky added.A reversal would not automatically change Alaska’s election results. DOJ would still need to obtain specific judicial relief, potentially requiring further proceedings in district court.Former federal prosecutor and ex-Pentagon official Cully Stimson similarly said that DOJ will have difficulty securing any immediate relief in its effort to pause the Sullivan-Peltola contest.While Gleason was appointed by Obama, Stimson suggested the ruling did not appear partisan and said uncertainty remains because voting had not yet concluded.”I’m not surprised that the judge did this. I don’t think it would matter whether an Obama judge or any other judge appointed by any other president,” Stimson told Fox News Digital.”Asking for injunctive relief way before anything even happens is a reach,” he said, adding Alaska falls under the San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit, which will hear any appeal.But Stimson suggested DOJ may have a longer-term objective beyond winning an immediate injunction: establishing a legal record that could support further proceedings after the election, once the votes are counted.TRUMP PROSECUTIONS UNDER BIDEN SET PRECEDENT FOR DOJ’S ALASKA ‘DECOY DAN’ PROBE, EX-FEC CHAIR SAYS”They may be filing these suits to establish a record and force Alaska and others supporting the status quo to defend what’s happening, knowing that there’s some level of confusion and they have the legal wheels churning,” he said. “So after the vote is [over], they’ve started the legal wheels rolling.”Former Assistant U.S. Attorney for North Florida Zack Smith added that if the Ninth Circuit does not hear the case promptly, DOJ could seek emergency review from the U.S. Supreme Court.While the Alaska case is considered unprecedented, according to the experts, the idea of a Supreme Court expedition at election time is not.On Dec. 9, 2000, one day after the Florida Supreme Court ordered a manual recount of disputed ballots in the Bush v. Gore presidential election dispute involving “hanging chads,” then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush’s legal team successfully sought emergency intervention.The court ultimately decided in Bush’s favor within a week.Since the disputed 2000 election, which featured “hanging chads” on hole-punched paper ballots and the Brooks Brothers Riot at the Miami-Dade elections office, DOJ has become well-accustomed to the expedited-review process, the experts said.FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP DOJ’S THREATS AGAINST ELECTION WORKERS AHEAD OF 2026 MIDTERMS”DOJ is familiar with kind of working quickly, getting things to the Supreme Court, and so I wouldn’t be completely surprised if you were to see something like that,” Smith said.Bush v. Gore offers a procedural parallel because federal courts were asked to intervene in the administration of a state-run election.”Florida was conducting the election in the manner under Florida law, under this time, place and manners set out by Florida law even though it was a federal election,” Stimson said. “They used a particular type of ballot, which had those so-called dangling chads, which were punch-holes that didn’t come the whole way off, so the hole was left with a little tag, essentially like a skin tag, and eventually the Supreme Court of Florida ruled.””But because there were federal violations, eventually the Supreme Court weighed in and stopped it, And at no point in time had the vice president’s (Albert Gore) vote count ever surpassed that of the governor (Bush) and because it was a federal interest, the Supreme Court stepped in and stopped this counting at the state level.”Alex Charns, an attorney who has argued in federal court, told Fox News Digital that the clock has run out and DOJ’s goal of segregating ballots based on voter intent is no longer possible.”I’ve litigated against the USDOJ for over thirteen years in federal court. I’ve practiced law in Durham, NC for 43 years. The USDOJ filed a case without legal merit and its appeal is likely to fail,” he said.”In addition, voting ends [Tuesday]. The relief they seek isn’t possible – ballots already case can’t be segregated. Also, one cannot tell why any voter voted in a particular way. The appeal is unlikely to be successful.”SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTERIn a statement from the DOJ’s “Rapid Response” office, a spokesperson said the court “dismissed the case on procedural grounds but did not dispute the argument of the United States that Daniel J. Sullivan (a/k/a Decoy Dan) entered the race as a frivolous candidate to confuse voters.””Alaskan voters deserve a fair election, not to be misled in an attempt to rig outcomes,” DOJ-RR said, announcing their appeal.Stimson cautioned that the outcome of the civil litigation would have little bearing on the separate criminal investigation, which could uncover evidence supporting additional legal action even if DOJ’s appeal fails.”As long as that criminal investigation is going on, you’re not breathing easy,” he said, adding that evidence uncovered by federal investigators could potentially provide grounds for a separate civil lawsuit.

Following two unprovoked attacks on women in major New York City public spaces over the past two weeks, top New York leaders are facing mounting pressure for failing to present a concrete plan of action – including Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is seeking reelection.Hochul, who is facing a challenge from Republican Bruce Blakeman, has been silent on the recent attacks.One woman is currently on life support after police say an unknown suspect approached her while she was on a run and stabbed her in the throat.The NYPD told Fox News Digital that Katie Suarez, 28, was rushed to the hospital following the attack that happened Friday evening on Shore Parkway Greenway in Brooklyn. She “sustained multiple stab wounds,” police said.BRUCE BLAKEMAN HAMMERS DEM GOV HOCHUL, MAMDANI OVER SUBWAY SAFETY DURING NYC CAMPAIGN RIDESuarez is an avid runner having completed races with the New York Road Runners.”We were sad to hear of this horrible attack—our hearts are with her family and the running community,” a spokesperson for the organization said.Suarez was not registered to run in this past weekend’s New York City marathon. New York City Council Member Kayla Santosuosso represents southern Brooklyn.SMART STREET SENSORS COULD BE WATCHING YOUR CITY NEXTIn a statement to Fox News Digital, she said, “I am horrified by the stabbing of Katie Suarez, and first and foremost my thoughts are with Katie and her loving family. I have been personally assured by Police Commissioner Tisch that the NYPD is pulling out all the stops in their efforts to catch the perpetrator. The promenade where this horrific crime took place has been poorly lit for years, since well before I took office. We will be working to ensure that upcoming renovations to the pedestrian bridge near the scene and the promenade itself will include sufficient lighting.”She called the recent violence against women “deeply disturbing.”MAMDANI UNVEILS SWEEPING NYPD USE-OF-FORCE REVIEW, BUT STOPS SHORT OF FULFILLING KEY CAMPAIGN PROMISESSantosuosso went on to say, “We deserve to be able to walk and jog in our neighborhoods without worrying for our safety. This is a serious and personal issue for me as a woman and as a mother and I will be doing everything in my power to keep southern Brooklyn a place where women can live without fear.”📩 Send me a story idea: kelsie.cairns@fox.com📸 Instagram: kelsiecairns_tv🎥 Facebook: Kelsie CairnsTHE SURVEILLANCE CAMERA ON YOUR STREET CORNER: LAWFUL SPYING OR CONSTITUTIONALLY PROBLEMATIC?Retired NYPD inspector and Fox News contributor Paul Mauro said lighting, in addition to surveillance, needs to be the first step at preventing the repeated violence.”Lighting is great, but I would not only ask for that. I would ask for cameras and very ostentatious cameras.”WOMAN BUSTED IN NYC RABBI SYRINGE ATTACK ALLEGEDLY STABBED ANOTHER JEWISH MAN HOURS EARLIER: REPORTHe went on to say, “You want people to feel like they are observed.”Mauro said Santosuosso’s plan to increase “lighting” in the area “tacitly” follows Giuliani-era “broken windows” policing in New York City. That strategy involved targeting lower-level crimes and public offenses to prevent more serious crimes, an approach that was popularized under former mayor Rudy Giuliani during his time in office from 1994 to 2001.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XIn a separate case, police said a woman, 39, was raped at knifepoint in Central Park across the street from a stretch of multimillion-dollar apartments on Fifth Avenue on Oct. 24.GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAILLISTEN TO THE NEW ‘CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO’ PODCASTIt was the fifth reported sex assault in the park this year. There have been no arrests in either recent case.This perceived silence on street-level interventions for everyday New Yorkers has drawn sharp criticism, especially when contrasted with the state’s aggressive response to higher-profile collegiate incidents.Last month, Hochul took unprecedented executive action regarding an alleged gang-rape at Cornell University, appointing Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor and directing State Police to take over sexual assault complaints on the Ivy League campus.While Hochul publicly vowed not to let the Cornell case get “swept under the rug,” critics argue that the same fierce executive urgency is nowhere to be found for New York City residents navigating daily life and public parks in the five boroughs.NYPD IDENTIFIES WOMAN KILLED IN TIMES SQUARE STABBING SPREEIn response to the attack on Suarez, James said in a post on X on Monday: “This is outrageous and unacceptable. No New Yorker should have to fear such violence. I’m praying for a swift recovery for Katie, and keeping her family in my thoughts. I urge anyone with information to contact @NYPDTips.”A spokesperson for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office said: “The recent attacks on women across our city are horrific. Every New Yorker should be able to walk anywhere in our city at any time of day or night without fear of violence. The Mamdani administration is committed to ensuring that survivors are heard and supported — and that those responsible are held accountable. We will continue working with survivors, service providers and community partners to strengthen prevention, close gaps in services and confront gender-based violence.”SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWSNeither the Mayor or City Council mentioned increasing patrols in the city – something Mauro sees as major red flag.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB”Nobody will be willing to admit that good policing keeps people safe because they need the police as something to beat up on,” he said.SEND US A TIPWhile city leaders have kept quiet on the possibility of increasing patrols following the recent attacks, Mauro warned that any young woman who either lives in the city currently or is planning a move there should educate herrself on the real dangers that are happening in the city.GOT A TIP?”Young women, you better understand what you’re getting into because you are joining a city whose leadership does not prioritize your safety. They take it for granted, and they are willing to countenance instances like this in furtherance of some wrongheaded notional agenda that is going to lead us all into some socialist egalitarian Shangri-La that is never going to arrive.”Fox News Digital has reached out to Hochul’s office for comment.

“We Want To F**k Leipzig”: Germany Vows Tough Response As Migrant Youths Admit Real Motives Behind Protests

Authored by Remix News Staff via Remix News,Following clashes with police and looting during the Gen Z protests on Halloween night in Germany, one interviewer attempted to speak with a group of migrant youths in the city of Leipzig about their motivation for protesting.During the video, they openly admit they want to rob stores, fight police, and “f**k Leipzig” – not for better schools or climate action as organizers are claiming.Eindrücke von gestern. Das war in Leipzig die Minderheit. Ich habe das Gefühl in woken Ost-Städten wie Leipzig handelt es sich bei den GenZ-Protesten eher um linksgrünes Studentenmilieu mit FCKAFD Jutetasche. In Köln, Frankfurt, Berlin ist das migrantische Milieu dominanter. pic.twitter.com/YRvBZjwJtr— Aron Morhoff (@AronMorhoff) November 1, 2026🇩🇪🔴 Migrants in Germany openly admit they want to rob, fight, and f**k during “Gen Z” youth protests.Migrant youth 1: “We just want to rob stores.”Migrant youth 2: “We want to fight with police officers.”Migrant youth 3: “We want to f**k Leipzig!” They prove time and time again that they are not protesting for “better schools,” but instead openly admit they want to loot, fight the police, and destroy the cities that opened the door for them to move in.Source: @AronMorhoff— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) November 2, 2026In a street interview clip by video journalist Aron Morhoff, young men of migrant background during the nationwide demonstrations stated their motives plainly. One said, “We just want to rob stores.” Another declared, “We want to fight with police officers,” adding, “Everyone’s lying. We want to fight police officers.” He made the comment after another of the youths claimed they were there for better schools.A third yelled, “We want to f**k Leipzig!”The youths also linked the protests to Palestine and Gaza, stating multiple times that they wanted to “Free Gaza.”The motives for protesting also do not appear that different from recent interviews with migrant youths in Belgium following the riots there, where respondents said they did not know why they were protesting and they were simply there to “smash everything.”These admissions align with the rapid escalation of the Oct.31, 2026, “Gen Z regelt” (“Gen Z takes charge”) protests. What began as largely peaceful daytime marches across roughly 30 to 34 cities, drawing tens of thousands, deteriorated after dark as masked groups took over.Burning barricades appeared while protesters hurled stones, fireworks, bottles, and Molotov cocktails at officers. Frankfurt’s Zeil shopping street saw some of the worst cases of violence and looting in Germany.Earlier this year, Remix News wrote a special report about Frankfurt’s status as Germany’s most diverse city and the associated problems it has brought, including for Frankfurt’s main shopping district.🇩🇪🔴 JUST IN: German police were attacked with a Molotov cocktail in the city of Frankfurt on Halloween night. Youths participated in looting and clashes with police, with much of the footage livestreamed on TikTok. Follow: @RMXnews https://t.co/x9MFBXHAoD— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) October 31, 2026In Frankfurt alone, more than 1,300 officers were deployed and over 100 were injured, including one seriously after a stone struck him in the face, causing him to lose several teeth.Seventeen shops were damaged and five looted. Protesters also smashed a gun shop’s windows and two weapons were seized after police arrested suspects.🇩🇪🔴 JUST IN: Youths in ski masks chant “Berlin hates the police” during protests in Germany on Halloween night. 30 officers in Berlin were injured after the youth protests turned violent. Follow: @RMXnews https://t.co/otsboaoPic— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) November 1, 2026Fifty-four people aged 13-29 were detained. Hesse Interior Minister Roman Poseck (CDU) called the scenes “horrific excesses of violence,” noted that around 100 clearly identified left-wing extremists had infiltrated the event, and stated that the violent groups were largely from migrant backgrounds, adding that “there must be no false taboos.”Elsewhere, Berlin saw 27 officers suffer minor injuries from eggs, bottles, stones, and fireworks during an evening march, with dozens detained.Hanover recorded a minor injury from a firework while Hamburg saw youths burning barricades. Cologne also saw clashes next to the famed Cologne Cathedral.Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) said some looting occurred in front of live cameras, that perpetrators would be identified, and that he expected “harsh penalties.”He blamed “violent left-wing groups and troublemakers from migrant communities” for hijacking the afternoon’s peaceful protests.North Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) condemned the riots, stating the protests had been co-opted by left-wing extremists and groups of violent young men who deliberately escalated: “Anyone who throws stones and firecrackers at police officers, sets off pyrotechnics and rampages through the streets has no political agenda. People who disguise themselves don’t want to discuss or convince. They want trouble and violence. That can’t be justified by anything.”BREAKING: German police battle youth protesters, described as “predominantly male and migrant,” in the city of Berlin. The video shows these youths shooting firework rockets at Berlin police. Follow: @RMXnews https://t.co/3AULFEVlBp— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) November 1, 2026Organizers of the youth protests had demanded more funding for schools, addiction support and psychotherapy; measures against rising living costs and for affordable housing; stronger climate action; opposition to social-sector cuts and expanded surveillance; and rejection of plans for compulsory military service. The group later distanced itself from the violence, saying it had no control over what happened after the official events ended, and announced further actions.As a result of all that Rachel Roberts reports, via The Epoch Times, that German ministers have said there will be tough penalties for those who engaged in Saturday night’s riots and looting, which left more than 100 police officers in Frankfurt injured.German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt blamed “troublemakers from the immigrant community” for the criminality that emerged. He did not provide evidence to support the claim or say which groups joined the demonstrations.As in France, the largely peaceful daytime protests were followed by nighttime unrest.Dobrindt, a member of the conservative Christian Social Union from the coalition government, said authorities would identify those responsible and bring them to justice.”I expect there to be severe penalties. We are not prepared to accept, in the slightest, that such incidents and such rioting should take place here,” he told reporters on Sunday.He said a strategy based on a large security presence and officer deployments across multiple locations had proved effective in containing the violence.Located in the western state of Hesse, Frankfurt was the main flashpoint for the weekend’s violence, although there were attacks against the police in other cities, including Berlin and Cologne.Organized by the campaign group “Gen Z regelt” (“Gen Z takes charge”), the protests demanded better education and lower living costs.Hesse Interior Minister Roman Poseck said that many of those involved in the criminal activity in Frankfurt were German nationals with an immigrant background, citing police information.Violence included windows being smashed and the use of petrol bombs, while rocks and bottles were thrown at emergency service personnel.Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, Poseck said hooded rioters damaged 17 stores in Frankfurt, the country’s financial hub, looting five of them, according to police.He added that police deployed 1,300 officers and detained 54 people aged 13 to 29.”Police currently estimate that they are dealing with between 1,000 and 1,500 violent troublemakers, predominantly from an immigrant background,” Poseck said. “I am shocked by what I have seen, and there is no point in sugar-coating it. Let me make this very clear: Things cannot go on like this.”There was also violence in Cologne on Saturday night. Police used water cannons to disperse the crowd, while in Berlin, some among the crowds of demonstrators attacked police with bottles and fireworks.In France, protests continued on Halloween for a third consecutive weekend after extensive riots and looting across several cities on Oct. 17 left the country reeling.Dobrindt said that border controls had been tightened ahead of the protests because of concerns that extremist groups from abroad might use them to stir up trouble.Germany is governed by a coalition between the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU); its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU); and the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD). Chancellor Friedrich Merz, of the CDU, leads the government, which took office in May 2025.In recent years, Germany has seen a surge in support for the populist Alternative for Deutschland (AfD), a socially conservative party that supports strict immigration controls.’No Consequences to Fear’The party is currently leading the national opinion polls. An INSA survey from Oct. 30 puts the populist party at 29 percent.AfD’s co-leader Alice Weidel said in a Nov. 1 post on X that riots were a result of CDU policy that has “courted and promoted left-wing extremism for years, coupled with uncontrolled migration, in which perpetrators have no consequences to fear whatsoever.”Weidel added: “Last night must finally have consequences – and those can only be drawn by the AfD.”Despite its rising popularity amid widespread discontent over mass immigration and economic stagnation, the AfD faces obstacles to governing. The other major parties say they will maintain a firewall strategy and not form a coalition with the AfD, with the next national election due in 2029.In prepared remarks for a CDU conference beginning on Monday, Merz stated, “Violence has no place on our streets, and my government will show no tolerance,” German public broadcaster ARD reported.
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