White House “border czar” Tom Homan and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem played good cop, bad cop at a right-wing conference on Saturday. Both continued to push President Donald Trump administration’s agenda to ramp up Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and raids as it attacks undocumented migrants across the U.S. …
Read More »Documents Show FEMA Calls Went Unanswered. Kristi Noem Claims It's Fake News
Facing a New York Times report citing documents showing that thousands of calls to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) went unanswered in the days following the devastating Texas floods earlier this month, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem deployed a favored strategy among Trump and his cronies: cry fake news. …
Read More »Why Were We Taking Our Shoes Off at Airports In the First Place?
Millions of travelers in the U.S. will soon find that airport security is a little more footloose in the coming weeks. Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Transportation Security Administration, announced that the TSA will no longer have passengers remove their shoes as part …
Read More »Texas Flood Aftermath Shows How Trump Is Breaking FEMA
FEMA’s response to the deadly flooding in Texas over the Fourth of July weekend has been less than ideal, according to multiple reports. Sources inside the Federal Emergency Management Agency have told CNN that the agency’s handling of the recovery effort was hampered by spending roadblocks implemented by Homeland Security …
Read More »Kristi Noem Secretly Pocketed Cash From Dark Money Group: Report
Much like President Donald Trump, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is no stranger to taking advantage of the trappings of elected office to make a quick buck or glitz up her surroundings. In 2021, public records showed that the then governor of South Dakota spent almost $70,000 installing …
Read More »Sen. Alex Padilla: If Law Enforcement Detained Me, 'Imagine What They're Doing to People Without Titles'
Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla spoke about being detained and handcuffed on the ground by law enforcement while attempting to question Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem during a press conference. “If that’s how they treat a senator trying to ask a question… then imagine… what they are doing to so many …
Read More »Sen. Alex Padilla: If Law Enforcement Detained Me, 'Imagine What They're Doing to People Without Titles'
Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla spoke about being detained and handcuffed on the ground by law enforcement while attempting to question Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem during a press conference. “If that’s how they treat a senator trying to ask a question… then imagine… what they are doing to so many …
Read More »California Senator Handcuffed, Manhandled at Kristi Noem Press Conference
Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was dragged out of a Department of Homeland Security press conference, forced to the ground, and handcuffed by members of the FBI after attempting to ask DHS Secretary Kristi Noem a question on Thursday. “I’m Senator Alex Padilla, I have questions for the secretary,” the federal …
Read More »Noem Asked for Troops to Be Authorized to Arrest 'Lawbreakers': Report
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wants members of the U.S. military to have the authority to arrest protesters in Los Angeles. According to a letter obtained by The San Francisco Chronicle, Noem wrote to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday requesting that he authorize “DoD forces to either …
Read More »Inside the Billion-Dollar Effort to Make Trump Feel Good About Himself
P am Bondi seemed a little nervous during Donald Trump’s Cabinet meeting on April 30, the week the administration celebrated his first 100 days in office. Vice President J.D. Vance was seated directly across from the president, and she was seated immediately to Vance’s left — meaning Trump would practically …
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