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The Hill
a day ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Mahmoud Khalil details detainment during son's birth: It ‘got me in the heart'
Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for 104 days, in a Friday interview on MSNBC recounted what it was like to miss the birth of his first son. 'I lost, like, one of the divine moments with — with my wife and — and son. I mean, the first time was literally, like, 3:30 a.m., moments after, like, the delivery. I just heard him crying,' Khalil said in an excerpt of an interview airing Saturday on MSNBC's 'The Weekend: Primetime.' 'And — and that literally, like, got me in the heart. And I think it's — it's just unbelievable that someone had the cruelty to take that moment from — from me,' Khalil said. Khalil was released on June 20 from ICE detention after his March arrest. He is a lawful resident of the U.S. with a green card and served as one of the lead negotiators of the pro-Palestinian movement at Columbia University while in school. He was not charged with a crime. 'My priority now is to get back to my wife and son,' Khalil told reporters after his release. His arrest was the first of several foreign students the Trump administration detained in its crackdown on campus protests. Khalil and his wife's son was born in May. His wife, Dr. Noor Abdalla, said that returning to an empty apartment after the birth of their son was one of the most difficult moments for her. 'We walked into the apartment. And it was just — it was, like, quiet. And — and it's not how I imagined walking into my apartment with my new baby. I don't know. I think all the emotions kind of hit me at that point. I just — I just wanted him to be there,' she said about her husband. Last week, U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz ordered Khalil's release, saying he was not a flight risk nor a danger to community. However, the case is still being litigated after the administration appealed the ruling the same day. 'There is at least something to the underlying claim that there is an effort to use the immigration charge here to punish the petitioner — and, of course, that would be unconstitutional,' wrote Farbiarz in his ruling. As a condition for his release, Khalil's travel is restricted to New York, Michigan, Washington, New Jersey and Louisiana for family visits, court appearances and interactions with Congress.
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump-Musk feud turns ugly amid threats and insults
Following President Trump and Elon Musk's social media spat, questions are mounting over how Musk may use his wealth to influence future elections. NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell, Ryan Nobles and Jonathan Allen report more. New York Times technology reporter Kate Conger and co-host of MSNBC's 'The Weekend: Primetime' Elise Jordan join Chris Jansing to examine how Musk 'uses X as a bully pulpit' and how Trump's close allies are actually a 'fragile coalition.'
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Slew of debt? Trump's megabill could add $2.4T to U.S. debt over next decade, per the CBO
President Donald Trump is working to sway votes towards his 'big, beautiful bill' following Elon Musk's blunt resistance. NBC News Correspondent Julie Tsirkin reports more. Catherine Rampell, co-host of 'The Weekend: Primetime' on MSNBC, joins Ana Cabrera to explain more on why Trump's 'constituency is in trouble' due to his agenda.
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
On the ground at Harvard's graduation amid Trump admin. court clash
"The Weekend: Primetime" co-host Antonia Hylton reports from Harvard University's campus during graduation, as the school continues its legal battle against the Trump administration.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Aging, Slurring Trump ‘Lives in Fear' of Dad's Dementia
Donald Trump 'lives in fear' of suffering the same cognitive decline his father did, according to a brutal assessment by an MSNBC guest. The Weekend: Primetime welcomed Timothy L. O'Brien, senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion, to discuss Trump's musings about a third term in office. The political analyst, speaking on the second installment of the show after its debut on Saturday, said the president's motivation has always been either 'self-aggrandizement' or 'self-preservation.' O'Brien added, however, that he doesn't believe Trump will actually run again—even though he'd 'love to live until he's 300.' 'And I think he'd like to be president for 200 more years if he could,' O'Brien quipped. However, the 78-year-old's vitality has visibly waned and he is acutely aware of his mortality, the panelist added. 'As I was watching that clip, you know, one of the things that really struck me is, Donald Trump has aged,' he said. 'When people talk about the things that are going to get in the way of a third term for Donald Trump, obviously, it's voters. Obviously, it's the 22nd Amendment. But he's turning 79 in June.' Despite Trump's musings, the amendment prohibits anyone who has been elected twice from being elected again. Age and his family's track record with brain disease should be his primary concern though, O'Brien suggested. 'He lives in fear of going down the path his father went down, which was dementia, followed by Alzheimer's, into his 90s. And I think he's carried that burden forever,' the journalist added. Fred Trump, a real estate developer, died of both pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease at age 93 in 1999. This was eight years after his first formal diagnosis of dementia. He retained his title of chairman of the board of Trump Management even after the diagnosis. He also continued to come into work, according to family friend and business associate Richard Levy. 'He came in the office every day until the day he went to the hospital,' he said after Fred Trump's passing. Trump junior reportedly avoids talking about the touchy subject, partly because he bashed his predecessor Joe Biden for allegedly being cognitively impaired, but also because he fears this could be his fate too, O'Brien said. 'Watching how he answers questions now compared to Trump 1.0, he slurs his words a little, he looks weary, he is slouched. And I don't know how much authentic enthusiasm he has for the power and the office he holds, other than the fact that it keeps him out of jail and it keeps him center stage,' he added. Donald Trump's nephew Fred C. Trump III said last year that he fears a similar path for the president. 'Like anyone else, I've seen his decline. But I see it in parallel with the way my grandfather's decline was,' Fred, 61, told People. 'If anyone wants to believe that dementia did not run in the Trump family, it's just not true.'
