Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., issued a press release on Thursday in which he declared that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was "wrong" in the past and is again now.

In the statement, Sanders pointed to comments Netanyahu made while speaking about Saddam Hussein at a U.S. congressional hearing in 2002. 

Netanyahu said at the time that "if you take out … Saddam's regime," the move "will have enormous positive reverberations on the region." He said that there was "no question whatsoever" that the Iraqi leader was pursuing the "development of nuclear weapons."

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"Netanyahu was wrong. Very wrong. The war in Iraq resulted in 4,492 U.S. military deaths, over 32,000 wounded, and a cost of roughly three trillion dollars. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis also died as a result of that tragic war. Netanyahu was wrong regarding the war in Iraq. He is wrong now. We must not get involved in Netanyahu’s war against Iran," Sanders asserted in his statement.

President Donald Trump has not ruled out the prospect of U.S. military intervention as Israel targets Iran in a bid to stop the rogue regime from achieving its nuclear weapons ambitions.

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"Based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks," President Trump said, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who read out the president's comment during a press briefing on Thursday.

Trump has been clear that he opposes the prospect of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons.

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"AMERICA FIRST means many GREAT things, including the fact that, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!" he declared in a Truth Social post on Monday.

Florida officials are pushing back after a federal judge temporarily blocked the enforcement of a new state law targeting undocumented immigrants.

State Attorney General James Uthmeier was held in civil contempt earlier this year after sending a memo arguing that the judge’s order was legally flawed and did not prevent law enforcement from upholding the law, which was signed by Governor Ron DeSantis.

"She wanted me to direct all of our state law enforcement to stand down on enforcing Florida's new state immigration law, and I was not [going to] do that," Uthmeier said Thursday during an appearance on "America Reports."

The DeSantis-signed statute makes it a misdemeanor for anyone in the U.S. illegally to enter or re-enter Florida. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams previously issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of the policy after a lawsuit was filed by the Florida Immigrant Coalition and other concerned groups. 

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Judge Williams claims Uthmeier violated that order when he sent out a message telling members of law enforcement that the judicial order did not restrain them from enforcing the immigration law.

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Uthmeier claims the judge has "overstepped her bounds," and he has not walked back his actions. 

"If being held in contempt is the price to pay for standing on principle and standing on the law, then so be it," he said. 

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The state AG also framed the dispute as part of a broader pattern of judicial interference with the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, particularly on the national level. 

This month, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled that the Trump administration must provide due process to hundreds of Venezuelan migrants deported under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. Earlier this week, a U.S. appeals court agreed to pause that order from Boasberg. 

According to Uthmeier, judges across the country are overreaching their role, something he says would send the nation’s founding fathers "rolling over in their graves." 

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"So many of these judges across the country that start pushing policy and legislation, and that's not the role of the judiciary," he said. "The federal government, the Trump administration, they've delegated authority to all of our state law enforcement officers to go out and use federal authorities to detain and deport, and we're [going to] continue to do that."

The court has ordered Uthmeier to submit bi-weekly reports detailing any arrests, detentions, or other law enforcement actions taken under the contested law. He must also immediately notify the court of any arrests under the law and provide full details.

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Despite the legal challenges, Uthmeier says Florida is prepared to take the case as far as the U.S. Supreme Court.

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"We believe the state should have its own law. For another era, where we might have a Biden or Obama administration, where there's an open border, a state should be able to protect its sovereignty," he said. "So, we will appeal the state law case up to the Supreme Court."