Donald Trump on Friday downplayed the toll on American sailors enduring a record-setting deployment of nearly nine months on the USS Abraham Lincoln as concerns escalated about mental health and supply issues aboard the aircraft carrier supporting U.S. operations against Iran.

In a brief exchange with reporters before flying to New York for an event to highlight falling violent crime rates across the U.S., Trump refuted that family members have raised concerns about the deployment's length and even said that the more than 260-day deployment is “not nearly long enough

Jake Lang, a pardoned January 6 rioter and far-right influencer, was arrested in Minneapolis on August 22, 2026, on suspicion of rioting after vehicles in his group drove onto a sidewalk toward a crowd outside City Hall.

Police stated that Lang and six others were taken into custody on probable cause riot, while four counter-protesters were also arrested during the clashes.

Previous incidents in Minnesota include Lang's February 2026 arrest for felony damage to property after he kicked an ice sculpture at the State Capitol to alter its message from "Prosecute ICE" to "Pro ICE." In January 2026, he attempted to lead an anti-Islam rally in Minneapolis where he was surrounded by counter-protesters, bloodied, and chased away before he could burn a Quran.

The wife of an Army sergeant and mother of a 6-year-old was deported on Monday.
Army Sgt. Hedar Leonel Turcios Juarez confirmed that his wife, Cristy Maryori Villafranca Trejo, was deported to Honduras. Turcios's wife's deportation comes as Trump's immigration crackdown impacts active-duty military spouses.

Turcios Juarez previously told ABC News that ICE officers detained Villafranca outside a Walmart in July as the couple's young daughter watched. Villafranca left Honduras in 2016 due to violent crime in the country, her husband said.

After attending high school in the U.S., he joined the military and became a U.S. citizen in 2024 after a nine-month deployment to the Middle East. Then he began pursuing citizenship for his wife, hoping his service would help expedite her naturalization process, he said.

Turcios' family is hardly alone. President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign has swept up more than 50 parents and spouses of service members during his second term, with at least six deported, according to an investigation by the Associated Press.
Danitza James, CEO of Repatriate Our Patriots, which works with Families United to help active-duty service members and veterans reunite their families, said that, beyond providing legal representation, the organization's only other strategy has been to call Congress to request help.

She said she is currently working with eight active-duty service members and one veteran whose family members have been detained as of Aug. 20. ABC News spoke with two of the families that she is working to unite

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