Democratic House candidate arrested during Netanyahu protest in NYC

Darializa Avila Chevalier was among several progressive elected officials and nominees who protested Netanyahu’s speech at the U.N.

September 24, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. EDT

“I refuse to allow a war criminal to roam the streets of our city unchallenged,” Darializa Avila Chevalier, left, said in a statement after her arrest. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

By Teo Armus

Darializa Avila Chevalier, a democratic socialist overwhelmingly favored in the race for a House seat representing part of New York City, was arrested Thursday while protesting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations.

Avila Chevalier, who ousted longtime Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D) in a June primary, had been among hundreds of people who rallied outside the U.N. headquarters and blocked traffic with a coalition of pro-Palestinian groups.

“I refuse to allow a war criminal to roam the streets of our city unchallenged,” Avila Chevalier said in a statement. “I refuse to play host to a man who has overseen the slaughter or injury of more than 64,000 children in Gaza with American taxpayer dollars.”

Avila Chevalier ran for Congress in part on her past activism on the war in Gaza. She participated in the 2024 encampments at Columbia University, her alma mater, and was also arrested this spring at a protest asking Sens. Chuck Schumer (D) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D) to vote against selling weapons to Israel.

She said she decided to challenge Espaillat in part because of his slow response to the federal detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a constituent and Columbia University encampment organizer.

A spokeswoman for Avila Chevalier said police instructed demonstrators to disperse or risk potential arrest. She had not been released as of about 3:30 p.m.

Several other progressive Democratic nominees for the U.S. House, including Melat Kiros (Colorado), Chris Rabb (Pennsylvania), Adam Hamawy (New Jersey) and Brad Lander (New York), were also at the demonstration, her spokeswoman said. Comedian Caleb Hearon and actor Hannah Einbinder were also arrested.

Avila Chevalier is all but guaranteed to win her general election in the deep-blue 13th District in New York that backed Kamala Harris by nearly 60 percentage points.

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Senate Judiciary Committee meets to vote on Trump lawyer Emil Bove

Martin Makary

 

Martin Adel Makary (/məˈkæri/) is a British-American surgeon, professor, author, and medical commentator. He practices surgical oncology and gastrointestinal laparoscopic surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, is Mark Ravitch Chair in Gastrointestinal Surgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and is the chief of Islet Transplant Surgery at Johns Hopkins.

Makary is an advocate for disruptive innovation in medicine and physician-led initiatives, such as a surgical checklist that he developed at Johns Hopkins.[1][2] In 2018, Makary was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.[3]

While supporting universal masking early in the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines for adults, he opposed broad vaccine mandates and certain school and university restrictions.[4][5][6][7]

In November 2024, President-Elect Donald Trump announced Makary would be his nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as its commissioner.[8][9]

Early life and education

Makary was born in Liverpool, England, and moved to Baltimore as a young child. His Egyptian family later moved to Danville, Pennsylvania, when his father took a job as a hematologist at the Geisinger Medical Center. Makary holds degrees from Bucknell University, Thomas Jefferson University and Harvard University. He was president of the student body at Harvard and later served on the alumni board. He completed a Masters of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree, with a concentration in health policy.

Professional career

Makary completed a surgical residency at Georgetown University[10] in Washington D.C. where he also worked as a writer for The Advisory Board Company. Makary completed sub-specialty surgery training at Johns Hopkins in surgical oncology and gastrointestinal surgery under surgeon John Cameron, before joining Cameron's faculty practice as a partner.[11] In his first few years on the faculty at Johns Hopkins, Makary researched and wrote articles on the prevention of surgical complications.[12] He published on frailty[13] as a medical condition, and on safety and teamwork culture in medicine. Makary is the first author of the original scientific publications describing "The Surgery Checklist".[14] Makary worked with the World Health Organization[15] to develop the official World Health Organization Surgical Checklist.[1]

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Biden's Director Of National Intelligence Nominee Avril Haines Delivers ...

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Avril Haines
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Avril Haines

Director of National Intelligence

Nominee
Assuming office
TBD
President Joe Biden (elect)
Succeeding John Ratcliffe
Deputy National Security Advisor
In office
January 11, 2015 – January 20, 2017
President Barack Obama
Preceded by Tony Blinken
Succeeded by K. T. McFarland
4th Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
In office
August 9, 2013 – January 10, 2015
President Barack Obama
Preceded by Michael Morell
Succeeded by David S. Cohen
Personal details
Born
Avril Danica Haines
August 29, 1969 (age 51)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) David Davighi
Education University of Chicago (BA)
Georgetown University (JD)


Avril Danica Haines (born August 29, 1969) is an American lawyer and former government official who served as the White House Deputy National Security Advisor in Barack Obama's administration.[1] She previously served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the first woman to hold this position.[2] Prior to her appointment to the CIA, she served as Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs in the Office of White House Counsel.

She replaced Tony Blinken as White House Deputy National Security Advisor, a position she held until the end of the Obama administration.[3]

On November 23, 2020, President-elect Joe Biden announced his nomination of Haines to serve as Director of National Intelligence in the Biden cabinet, which would make her the first woman to hold this position.[4][5]


Contents

1Early life and education
2Career
2.1Early government service
2.2Private sector career
2.3Director of National Intelligence
3References
4External links

Early life and education

Haines was born in the New York City borough of Manhattan on August 29, 1969, to Adrian Rappin (née Adrienne Rappaport) and Thomas Haines.[6][7] Her mother was a painter. Adrian developed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and contracted avian tuberculosis, leading to her death when Haines was 15 years old.[6] Her father is a biochemist and professor emeritus at City College, who helped found the CUNY School of Medicine, where he served as the chair of the biochemistry department.[8]

After graduating from Hunter College High School, Haines traveled to Japan for a year and enrolled in Kodokan, an elite judo institute in Tokyo.[6] In 1988, Haines enrolled in the University of Chicago where she studied theoretical physics. While attending the University of Chicago, Haines worked repairing car engines at a mechanic shop in Hyde Park.[6] In 1991 Haines took up flying lessons in New Jersey, where she met her future husband, David Davighi. She later graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in physics in 1992.[9]

In 1992, Haines moved to Baltimore, Maryland, and enrolled as a doctoral student at Johns Hopkins University. However, later that year, Haines dropped out and with her future husband purchased at an auction a bar in Fell's Point, Baltimore, which had been seized in a drug raid;[6] they turned the location into an independent bookstore and café.[10] She named the store Adrian's Book Cafe, after her late mother; Adrian's realistic oil paintings filled the store.[10] The bookstore won City Paper's "Best Independent Bookstore" in 1997 and was known for having an unusual collection of literary offerings, local writers, erotica reading nights, and small press publications.[11] Adrian's hosted a number of literary readings, including erotica readings, which became a media focus when she was appointed by President Obama to be the Deputy Director of the CIA.[12][13] She served as the president of the Fell's Point Business Association until 1998.[14]

In 1998, she enrolled at the Georgetown University Law Center, receiving her Juris Doctor in 2001.[15]


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