President Donald Trump plans to travel to Texas on Friday to meet with victims of the devastating Fourth of July weekend flooding that led to at least 110 deaths. 
The president will be joined by first lady Melania Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, he confirmed during a Tuesday cabinet meeting. Parts of the Texas Hill Country along the Guadalupe River were hit with sudden flash floods and more than 170 people are still missing. 
&#8220;I&#8217;ll be going down on Friday with the first lady and we will be taking a trip. And we don&#8217;t want to get in anyone&#8217;s way because, you know, it&#8217;s what happens. The president goes, and everyone&#8217;s around focused. I don&#8217;t want anyone to focus on us,&#8221; Trump said. 
First responders are still searching for potential survivors as Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott said Tuesday that 161 people were missing in Kerr County and another 12 throughout other impacted areas. Emergency responders have rescued at least 850 people. 
&#8220;They could have somebody saved still,” Trump said. “And, you know, probably unlikely at this point, but that could be. I mean, they&#8217;re thinking there could be the possibility, but, what a tragic situation.”
Trump also stated that the relationship between federal responders and Texas first responders was very good, noting that numerous federal helicopters were deployed to assist local rescuers.  
Earlier this week, Trump approved a major disaster declaration for Texas, and top administration officials have moved to offer federal help to the region.
 Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared a public health emergency on Tuesday to surge healthcare resources to the region. The Department of Housing and Urban Development also announced a 90-day foreclosure moratorium on Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured single-family mortgages in Kerr County.
Dozens of children attending Camp Mystic, a Christian girls&#8217; camp in Kerr County, died in the flooding. Five girls and one counselor are still missing, according to an update provided on Tuesday. Flood victims included 8-year-old campers Renee Smajstrla and Eloise Peck, 19-year-old camp counselor Chloe Childress, and the camp’s 74-year-old director, Dick Eastland.
Other young victims include twin sisters Blaire and Brooke Harber, who were <a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/article/sisters-found-hands-locked-together-following-20630269.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> 15 miles from where the flood waters washed them away from their grandparents&#8217; cabin near the Guadalupe River. Their grandparents remain missing.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem shared the story of a Coast Guard rescue swimmer on Saturday, praising him for his efforts and crediting him with saving 165 victims of the devastating flash floods that tore through central Texas.
Noem said in a post to X that Petty Officer Scott Ruskan was &#8220;directly responsible&#8221; for an incredible number of saves, and noted that Saturday was Ruskin&#8217;s first-ever rescue mission.
&#8220;United States Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer and Petty Officer Scott Ruskin, directly saved an astonishing 165 victims in the devastating flooding in central Texas,&#8221; Noem posted. &#8220;This was the first rescue mission of his career and he was the only triage coordinator at the scene. Scott Ruskin is an American hero. His selfless courage embodies the spirit and mission of the @USCG.&#8221;
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United States Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer and Petty Officer Scott Ruskin, directly saved an astonishing 165 victims in the devastating flooding in central Texas.
This was the first rescue mission of his career and he was the only triage coordinator at the scene.
Scott Ruskin is…
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Coast Guard rescue swimmers, formally known as Aviation Survival Technicians, are trained and must earn National Registry Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT) certification in addition to intense physical training and water rescue techniques in a number of different scenarios. The grueling training lasts approximately one year and has one of the highest attrition rates in the United States military — nearly an 80% fail rate.
The Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer program has been in existence since 1984, and requires trainees to undergo a series of tests monthly that include: push=ups, pull-ups, chin-ups, a one-and-a-half mile run, four 25-yard underwater swims, a 200 yard swim towing a survivor, and a 500 yard timed swim.
Rescue swimmers have been integral to numerous missions since the scchool&#8217;s creation, and saved dozens during the devastating flooding in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.

‘An American Hero’: Kristi Noem Praises Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer For Braving Texas Floodwaters

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday shared a disturbing tale of an illegal immigrant, which she said underscored the importance of the Trump administration’s deportation efforts.
“The other day I was talking to some marshals who had been partnering with ICE,” Noem <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/01/us-news/us-captured-cannibal-illegal-migrant-who-tried-to-eat-his-own-arms-during-deportation-flight-kristi-noem-reveals-in-wild-press-conference/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=nypost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “They said they had detained a cannibal and put him on a plane to take him home and while they had him in his seat he started to eat himself, and they had to get him off and get him medical attention.”
“You know, what bothered me the most is that this U.S. Marshal just said it like it was normal,” Noem <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/kristi-noem-shares-jaw-dropping-story-at-trump-presser-about-detained-cannibal-migrant-trying-to-eat-himself/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in an interview with FOX News. “He said he was literally eating his own arms. That is what he did. He called himself a cannibal and ate other people and ate himself that day.”
“These are the kind of deranged individuals that are on our streets in America that we’re trying to target,” Noem added.” We’re trying to get them out of our country because they are so deranged they don’t belong here.”
The secretary then slammed news outlets that “lie every single day about what these operations are.”
“We are going after murderers and rapists and traffickers and drug dealers and getting them off the streets, and getting them out of this country because Joe Biden let the worst of the worst come in here.”
“They shouldn’t be walking the streets with our children. And they shouldn’t be living in communities with our families who just want to raise their children to grow up and get a job and to live the American dream,” she added.
The press briefing comes after a visit to Florida’s latest ICE detention facility, dubbed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-plans-visit-to-floridas-alligator-alcatraz-amid-protests-lawsuit?author=Sam+Korkus&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Plans+Visit+To+Florida%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98Alligator+Alcatraz%E2%80%99+Amid+Protests%2C+Lawsuit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alligator Alcatraz</a>, alongside President Donald Trump.
Noem praised Florida Governor Ron DeSantis “for stepping up and being an example to other governors.”
“I hope my phone rings off the hook from governors calling and saying how can we do what Florida just did?”
Trump <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-alligator-alcatraz-detention-center-florida/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">echoed</a> her sentiment, saying he’d like to see Alligator Alcatraz repeated in “many states.”

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Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) choked up on Tuesday while recounting his brief <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-senator-removed-by-security-after-disrupting-noem-presser-in-los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">detention</a> last week after interrupting a news conference being held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles — a disruption that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) slammed as &#8220;disrespectful political theatre.&#8221;
In remarks on the Senate floor, Padilla appeared to get emotional as he spoke about what happened from his point of view.
&#8220;You’ve seen the video. I was pushed and pulled, struggled to maintain my balance. I was forced to the ground — first on my knees and then flat on my chest,&#8221; Padilla lamented. &#8220;And as I was handcuffed and marched down a hallway, repeatedly asking, &#8216;Why am I being detained?&#8217;, not once did they tell me why.&#8221;
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Alex Padilla fake cries while explaining how law enforcement protected DHS Secretary Noem from a no-name Senator interrupting her press conference. <a href="https://t.co/RqdJth2YVY">pic.twitter.com/RqdJth2YVY</a>
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Padilla went on to say that &#8220;a lot of questions&#8221; came to his mind, including where was he being taken, was he being arrested there, and &#8220;what would a city already on edge from being militarized think when they see their United States senator being handcuffed just for trying to ask a question?&#8221;
DHS dismissed the notion that Padilla merely spoke out as Noem was informing the public about the Trump administration&#8217;s troop deployment to Los Angeles in response to violent anti-ICE protests.
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BREAKING: California Democratic Senator <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexPadilla4CA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AlexPadilla4CA</a> just crashed DHS Secretary Noem’s press conference in LA and was forcibly removed. <a href="https://t.co/Q2sUWiImAM">pic.twitter.com/Q2sUWiImAM</a>
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1933222907398008912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Senator Padilla chose disrespectful political theatre and interrupted a live press conference without identifying himself or having his Senate security pin on as he lunged toward Secretary Noem,&#8221; DHS <a href="https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1933236707060822447" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.
&#8220;Mr. Padilla was told repeatedly to back away and did not comply with officers’ repeated commands,&#8221; the agency added. &#8220;[The Secret Service] thought he was an attacker and officers acted appropriately. Secretary Noem met with Senator Padilla after and held a 15 minute meeting.&#8221;
Democrats have been in an uproar over what happened to Padilla, going as far as to <a href="https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1933231055999226078" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demand</a> an investigation and for Noem to <a href="https://x.com/PramilaJayapal/status/1935007079439151611" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resign</a> from her post. Republicans have largely been more measured in their response.
&#8220;Why don&#8217;t both sides own up to the fact that they both own some responsibility for what happened there? Sen. Padilla should have found a better way to elevate his concerns to the Secretary of Homeland Security, rather than going in there and having that dust-up,&#8221; Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1935367899184513117" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Wednesday.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenThomTillis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenThomTillis</a> on <a href="https://twitter.com/SenAlexPadilla?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenAlexPadilla</a>: &#8220;Why don&#8217;t both sides own up to the fact that they both own some responsibility for what happened there? Senator Padilla should have found a better way to elevate his concerns to the Secretary of Homeland Security, rather than going in there… <a href="https://t.co/HrKl3Abo9D">pic.twitter.com/HrKl3Abo9D</a>
— CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1935367899184513117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Having said that, there were clearly people in that building that knew he was a U.S. senator, so the minute he was removed from that situation in that briefing room, then they should have treated him with respect, and allowed him to disperse,&#8221; Tillis added. &#8220;It was disgusting to me to see somebody wrestled to the floor, anybody, but particularly a U.S. senator that&#8217;s in a federal building.&#8221;

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was rushed to a hospital on Tuesday after suffering an allergic reaction, a department spokeswoman said.
“Secretary Noem had an allergic reaction today. She was transported to the hospital out of an abundance of caution. She is alert and recovering,” Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/politics/kristi-noem-hostpital">CNN</a>.
Noem is being treated at a hospital in Washington, D.C., where she was rushed by ambulance Tuesday afternoon. It is unclear what triggered Noem’s reaction.
Noem was one of President Donald Trump’s first nominees, being appointed just days after the president took office in January. Since then, Noem has been one of the chief apologists for Trump’s immigration and deportation agenda to the public, as well as responsible for its implementation.
Immigration has been Trump’s key issue since he first ran for office in 2016, and his handling of it is currently his strongest issue with Americans. According to the results of an <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/poll-americans-disapprove-trumps-performance-republicans-manage-splits-rcna212585?taid=684f0a494f8e5800013ab5b8&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">NBC News Decision Desk</a> poll released on Sunday, Americans view Trump’s handling of border security and immigration 51% positively to 49% negatively.
Trump’s immigration agenda has proven the most popular among immigrants to the United States. CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/legal-immigrants-have-swung-40-points-right-on-immigration-favor-gop-polling-expert">said</a> last week that immigrant voters in the United States have swung more toward Trump on immigration than any other demographic.
“Foreign-born voters have gone tremendously to the right on this issue in 2024 and 2025 versus where they were in 2020,” said Enten. “You go back to 2020, Democrats, get this, held a 32-point lead on this issue. Immigrant voters were in the Democratic camp. Jump forward to 2024, 2025. Look at that shift. A 40-point shift to the Right among immigrant voters.”
“Republicans now lead on this issue by eight points over Democrats, more so than any other group that I could find,” he added.

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Democratic strategy to beating President Donald Trump and the GOP revolves around “attention-seeking,” according to Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro.
The latest evidence of Shapiro’s theory came Thursday and involved Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla, who was <a href="https://x.com/DailySignal/status/1933225600686149925">handcuffed</a> after unexpectedly barging into a press conference for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Shapiro called Padilla’s actions “insanity” and said law enforcement on the scene acted appropriately to stop what they believed to be a security risk.
“[Padilla] basically just rushed in and started yelling at her, yelling at her questions, and security appears not to know who he is,” said Shapiro. “They don&#8217;t know him from Adam. It&#8217;s not like he cleared his presence with security.”
Padilla crashed a press conference Noem gave in Los Angeles regarding ongoing Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the area. Padilla’s brief detainment has drawn loud condemnations from Democrats who claim to be holding the Trump administration accountable.
The stunt is the latest in a string of Democratic antics designed to draw attention, but that have little real impact, according to Shapiro.
“Let&#8217;s be clear: Democrats are all looking for attention right now. Everything is about attention-seeking,” he said. “If you think of Democrats, at this point, as a series of 5-year-olds who are desperate for mommy&#8217;s attention, then their behavior starts to make a lot more sense.”
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Shapiro cited New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, who set a record for the longest filibuster speech in U.S. Senate history in April. The Daily Wire host also named Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who appeared to mimic the motion of being in handcuffs while she was arrested for blocking traffic outside the Supreme Court in 2022.
“The Democrats are solely reliant still on this idea that whoever resists Trump the most strongly wins, that all you have to do is just yell at orange man bad and yell at members of the orange-man-bad cabinet, and that will somehow result in a magical victory for Democrats,” Shapiro continued.
“I don&#8217;t know what they&#8217;re thinking,” he said. “They&#8217;ve tried this now for a full decade. If your strategy isn&#8217;t working after a full decade, you might want to try a different strategy.”
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Attention seeking behavior by <a href="https://twitter.com/SenAlexPadilla?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenAlexPadilla</a> does not amount to a political win. <a href="https://t.co/pwhxnwAus2">pic.twitter.com/pwhxnwAus2</a>
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1933279617521000536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was swiftly removed from the room after he began to interrupt a news conference being held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles, where the Trump administration has deployed National Guardsmen and U.S. Marines in response to violent anti-ICE protests.
The outburst started after Noem said federal officials would stay and &#8220;liberate&#8221; the city from the &#8220;socialist&#8221; and &#8220;burdensome&#8221; leadership of California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Padilla started trying to speak loudly, after which security quickly started pushing him out.
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BREAKING: California Democratic Senator <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexPadilla4CA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AlexPadilla4CA</a> just crashed DHS Secretary Noem’s press conference in LA and was forcibly removed. <a href="https://t.co/Q2sUWiImAM">pic.twitter.com/Q2sUWiImAM</a>
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1933222907398008912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I&#8217;m Sen. Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary!&#8221; the Democrat cried as he tried, with little success, to stand his ground. Within moments, security shoved Padilla out the door. &#8220;Hands off!&#8221; he shouted as law enforcement kept him moving.
NBC News journalist Jacob Soboroff <a href="https://x.com/jacobsoboroff/status/1933232550409089128" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared</a> video that he said came from Padilla&#8217;s office, showing law enforcement officials pressing the senator to the ground and putting him in handcuffs.
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Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A. <a href="https://t.co/RLUVYP1Jsb">pic.twitter.com/RLUVYP1Jsb</a>
— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) <a href="https://twitter.com/jacobsoboroff/status/1933232550409089128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin, who caught part of the initial incident on video, <a href="https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/1933229630980534737" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on X that Noem ended up meeting with Padilla.
&#8220;After I stopped recording, my team witnessed him being taken to the ground by FBI personnel and he was temporarily detained. Awaiting further details on what happened out of our view,&#8221; he said.
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Melugin later <a href="https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/1933235624821272829" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>: &#8220;Noem tells me she had a 10-15 minute meeting with Padilla and they swapped phone numbers. Says it was cordial and beneficial. He had concerns about ICE operations &amp; they opened up a line of communication. Said it was a good meeting and things are okay between the two of them (outside of all the political reaction happening now).&#8221;
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After he interrupted our press conference with law enforcement, I met with Senator Padilla for 15 minutes. We probably disagree on 90% of the topics but we agreed to exchanged phone numbers and we will continue to talk—that is the way it should be in this country.
I wish he… <a href="https://t.co/WdDs26jyCY">pic.twitter.com/WdDs26jyCY</a>
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sec_Noem/status/1933267265849278591?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
In a statement, the senator&#8217;s office gave an explanation of what transpired.
&#8220;[Padilla] tried to ask the Secretary a question, and was forcibly removed by federal agents, forced to the ground and handcuffed. He is not currently detained, and we are working to get additional information&#8221; it <a href="https://x.com/kyledcheney/status/1933234559145161005" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) also responded in a post on X.
&#8220;Senator Padilla chose disrespectful political theatre and interrupted a live press conference without identifying himself or having his Senate security pin on as he lunged toward Secretary Noem,&#8221; DHS <a href="https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1933236707060822447" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Mr. Padilla was told repeatedly to back away and did not comply with officers’ repeated commands. [Secret Service] thought he was an attacker and officers acted appropriately. Secretary Noem met with Senator Padilla after and held a 15 minute meeting.&#8221;
Reactions to the confrontation flooded social media.
&#8220;A member of Alex Padilla&#8217;s staff just so happened to record Padilla&#8217;s outburst and then him getting handcuffed in the hall by FBI, and then sent the video to a local TV anchor,&#8221; Washington Free Beacon investigative reporter Chuck Ross <a href="https://x.com/ChuckRossDC/status/1933233156368298376" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.
&#8220;Padilla missed Senate votes all week, only to throw a temper tantrum, rush the stage where DHS Secretary Noem was speaking, and get forcibly removed by security,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/SteveGuest/status/1933225102318915766" target="_blank" rel="noopener">observed</a> conservative commentator Steve Guest.
Newsom, in a post on X, <a href="https://x.com/CAgovernor/status/1933228665263042839" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a>: &#8220;Senator Alex Padilla is one of the most decent people I know. This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful. Trump and his shock troops are out of control. This must end now.&#8221;
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1933231055999226078" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> for an investigation.
&#8220;Watching this video sickened my stomach, the manhandling of a United States Senator, Senator Padilla,&#8221; Schumer said. &#8220;We need immediate answers to what the hell went on.&#8221;
According to Punchbowl News reporter Andrew Desiderio, Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) <a href="https://x.com/AndrewDesiderio/status/1933240074180665835" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> of Padilla, &#8220;He has a responsibility to his constituents to show up at work, not to go try to make a spectacle of himself.&#8221;

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Dem Senator Handcuffed By Security After Disrupting Noem Presser In Los Angeles

The Trump administration ended an airport surveillance program on Thursday that it said had been “weaponized” by the Biden administration. 
The Department of Homeland Security said that it was closing down the Quiet Skies program because it had been used for political purposes and had not stopped any terrorist attacks. The Quiet Skies <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/pia-tsa-spqs018i-april2019_1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">program</a> was an initiative run by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) that flagged fliers deemed by intelligence officials to “pose an elevated security risk” for “enhanced screening” and potential observation by federal Air Marshals. 
“It is clear that the Quiet Skies program was used as a political rolodex of the Biden Administration — weaponized against its political foes and exploited to benefit their well-heeled friends. I am calling for a Congressional investigation to unearth further corruption at the expense of the American people and the undermining of US national security,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. 
 “TSA&#8217;s critical aviation and security vetting functions will be maintained, and the Trump Administration will return TSA to its true mission of being laser-focused on the safety and security of the traveling public. This includes restoring the integrity, privacy, and equal application of the law for all Americans,” she added. 
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The program costs $200 million per year and has stopped zero terrorist attacks since its inception in 2010, according to Homeland Security. 
Noem said that enhanced Quiet Skies screening was wrongly placed on Biden administration critic Tulsi Gabbard, who is now the Director of National Intelligence, while she was campaigning for President Donald Trump. She added that preferential treatment was given to the husband of a Democratic senator. 
On Wednesday, Homeland Security claimed that William Shaheen, the husband of New Hampshire Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen, was given a blanket exemption from Quiet Skies after he was flagged for traveling “with a Known or Suspected Terrorist on three occasions.” The exception was granted after Senator Shaheen lobbied the federal government for her husband&#8217;s removal from the Quiet Skies list, according to the department. 
Shaheen has disputed those claims, saying that she was unaware that her husband was ever flagged as a security risk by the Quiet Skies program. 
&#8220;Senator Shaheen contacted the Transportation Security Administration after her husband was subjected to several extensive, invasive and degrading searches at airport checkpoints,&#8221; her office said. &#8220;Senator Shaheen sought to understand the nature and cause of these searches. Any suggestion that the senator&#8217;s husband was supposedly included on a Quiet Skies list is news to her and had never been raised before yesterday, nor was she aware of any action taken following her call to remove him from such a list.&#8221;
Noem called for Congress to open up an investigation into Quiet Skies in addition to her department’s internal probe.

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A man wanted over a hit-and-run in Nashville last month is an illegal alien from Venezuela who was released into the country by the Biden administration, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Thursday.
The Department of Homeland Security said that Tony Gebian Lopez Infante, who is suspected of driving his car into a Florida man celebrating his 21st birthday, illegally entered the country in August 2023. Lopez Infante is on the run after police say that he slammed into Zachary Carach with his vehicle on May 18, sending him to the hospital with serious injuries.
“An illegal alien who should never have been in the U.S. allegedly struck a young man who was celebrating his 21st birthday in a hit-and-run crash and is still at large. The Biden Administration released this illegal alien into our country in 2023,” said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “This crime was preventable and is the direct result of open border policies that prioritized illegal aliens over the safety of American citizens.”
“Secretary Noem is praying for Zachary Carach’s quick recovery. To report suspicious criminal activity or sightings of Lopez Infante, call 866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423) — help President Trump, Secretary Noem, and our brave law enforcement remove these public safety threats from our communities and make America safe again,” McLaughlin added.
After his apprehension at the border on August 1, 2023, Lopez Infante was released on August 14, 2023, to await removal proceedings. Over a year later, he was ordered to be deported on September 25, 2024, by an immigration judge, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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Carach spent five days in a Nashville hospital before he was transported to a hospital in Florida to continue treatment. His legs and arms were seriously injured, requiring surgery to put screws into his left leg. His mother <a href="https://weartv.com/news/local/mother-of-escambia-county-hit-and-run-victim-speaks-out-as-search-intensifies-for-suspect">told</a> a local Florida news station that he is expected to be in a wheelchair for at least two to three months.
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Metro Nashville Police said that Lopez Infante will be <a href="https://www.nashville.gov/departments/police/news/suspect-sought-hit-and-run-crash-seriously-injured-pedestrian" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> with leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, failure to render aid/file an accident report, attempted evidence tampering, and driving without a license/insurance once he is apprehended. He also faces another charge related to an arrest over theft in Williamson County, a wealthy area south of Nashville.
Local Nashville officials, including Democratic Mayor Freddie O’Connell, have bashed the Trump administration’s efforts to remove illegal aliens from the streets. O’Connell pledged to <a href="https://www.nashville.gov/departments/mayor/news/belonging-fund-launches-provide-emergency-support-immigrants-nashville">support</a> the creation of the “Belonging Fund,” intended to provide financial support to illegal aliens after Immigration and Customs Enforcement partnered with the Tennessee Highway Patrol to conduct traffic stops where they apprehended nearly one hundred illegal aliens with criminal convictions or pending charges.
These protests by Music City Democrats have prompted Border Czar Tom Homan to threaten a visit to implement a broader crackdown on illegal aliens.

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A Biden-appointed judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked immigration officials from deporting the wife and five children of Mohamed Soliman, who firebombed pro-Israel demonstrators on Sunday.
&#8220;Defendants are temporarily restrained and enjoined from removing Hayem El Gamal and her five minor children from the State of Colorado or the United States,&#8221; U.S. District Judge Gordon Gallagher wrote in the order, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/biden-appointed-judge-blocks-deportation-boulder-attack-suspects-family-despite-visa-violations">reported</a>.
The temporary restraining order grants brief protection from deportation to Soliman’s wife, Hayem El Gamal, and their five children, all Egyptian nationals, after Kristi Noem’s Department of Homeland Security initially <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-seizes-wife-5-kids-of-terrorist-who-firebombed-pro-israel-crowd?author=Nathan+Gay&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=ICE+Seizes+Wife%2C+5+Kids+Of+Terrorist+Who+Firebombed+Pro-Israel+Crowd">intended</a> to use expedited removal to deport the family.
Judge Gallagher <a href="https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/rqSrSAnQPqMM/v0">stated</a> that &#8220;deportation without process could work irreparable harm and an order must issue without notice due to the urgency this situation presents.&#8221;
The judge&#8217;s order specifically prohibits federal immigration officials from removing Soliman&#8217;s family from either Colorado or the United States, unless the order is vacated by the court or the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Gallagher claims the order is being handled on an emergency basis due to &#8220;its urgency and an ongoing jury trial resulting in the unavailability&#8221; of the originally assigned judge, according to a footnote in the court document.
Gallagher has scheduled a hearing on the request for a temporary restraining order for June 13 at the federal courthouse in Denver, with the petitioner required to file a supporting memorandum by June 6 and defendants ordered to respond by June 11.
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BREAKING: Colorado federal judge Gordon Gallagher, a Biden appointee, has issued an order blocking the Trump administration from deporting the wife and five children of Boulder terror suspect Mohamed Soliman. <a href="https://t.co/Lo8R1Yp19E">pic.twitter.com/Lo8R1Yp19E</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1930361834848039141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Soliman, 45, severely <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/terror-in-colorado-pro-israel-demonstrators-attacked-in-firebombing?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Daniel+Chaitin&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Terror+In+Colorado%3A+Pro-Israel+Demonstrators+Attacked+In+Firebombing">injured</a> 12 pro-Israel demonstrators at a Boulder, Colorado rally, throwing Molotov cocktails into the Jewish crowd while yelling “Free Palestine!” and “End Zionist.” Among those injured was an 88-year-old holocaust survivor.
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspect-in-colorado-attack-on-pro-israel-demonstration-is-in-u-s-illegally-report?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=41&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Suspect+In+Colorado+Attack+On+Pro-Israel+Demonstration+Is+In+U.S.+Illegally%3A+Report">reported</a>, Soliman and his family entered the country in August 2022.
Soliman arrived on a non-immigrant visa that expired in February of the following year, and the Egyptian national then filed an asylum claim with the Citizenship and Immigration Services. The Biden administration eventually granted Soliman work authorization until March of this year.
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/biden-appointed-judge-blocks-deportation-boulder-attack-suspects-family-despite-visa-violations">reports</a> that Soliman’s wife and her five children have all also overstayed their visas, with their deportation likely complicated by a pending asylum application that had already been submitted on their behalf by Soliman before the attack.
Soliman’s family is being <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boulder-attack-mohamed-soliman-family-deportation-blocked/">detained</a> at an immigration detention center in southern Texas, where DHS is “investigating to what extent his family knew about this heinous attack.&#8221;

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Biden Appointed Judge Blocks Deportation Of Boulder Terrorist’s Family

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Federal authorities on Tuesday took into custody the wife and all five children of Egyptian national and anti-Israel terrorist Mohamed Sabry Soliman, who firebombed pro-Israel demonstrators after overstaying his visa during the Biden era.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed the ICE arrests in a video post on X, with sources telling Fox News and the New York Post that the family is being processed for expedited deportation following questioning.
“This terrorist will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Noem said. “We are investigating to what extent his family knew about this heinous attack, if they had knowledge of it, or if they provided support to it.”
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Today, <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DHSgov</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ICEgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ICEGov</a> are taking the family of suspected Boulder, Colorado terrorist, and illegal alien, Mohamed Soliman, into ICE custody.
This terrorist will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We are investigating to what extent his family knew about this… <a href="https://t.co/fcjMiyWil7">pic.twitter.com/fcjMiyWil7</a>
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sec_Noem/status/1929964376091447301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Soliman, 45, severely injured 12 pro-Israel demonstrators at a Boulder, Colorado rally using a “makeshift flamethrower” and Molotov cocktails thrown into the crowd while yelling “Free Palestine!” and “End Zionist,” The Independent reported.
Soliman’s relatives, who have had their visas revoked, are being detained at an immigration detention center in southern Texas, and following interrogation, officials intend to use expedited removal to deport the family, sources <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/06/03/us-news/colorado-terror-attack-suspect-mohamed-sabry-solimans-wife-5-children-detained-by-ice/">told</a> the Post.
The arrests come after Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared to foreshadow Tuesday’s events in an X post on Monday.
“In light of yesterday’s horrific attack, all terrorists, their family members, and terrorist sympathizers here on a visa should know that under the Trump Administration we will find you, revoke your visa, and deport you,” Rubio said.
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In light of yesterday’s horrific attack, all terrorists, their family members, and terrorist sympathizers here on a visa should know that under the Trump Administration we will find you, revoke your visa, and deport you.
— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecRubio/status/1929628166085107766?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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As the Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspect-in-colorado-attack-on-pro-israel-demonstration-is-in-u-s-illegally-report?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=41&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Suspect+In+Colorado+Attack+On+Pro-Israel+Demonstration+Is+In+U.S.+Illegally%3A+Report">reported</a>, sources within the Department of Homeland Security revealed that Soliman had overstayed his visa after entering the U.S. during the Biden administration.
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Soliman entered the country in August 2022 on a non-immigrant visa that expired in February of the following year, and the Egyptian national then filed an unknown claim with the Citizenship and Immigration Services.
The Biden administration eventually granted Soliman work authorization until March of this year.
Soliman now <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/family-boulder-firebombing-suspect-taken-federal-custody-sources">faces</a> 16 counts of attempted first-degree murder, along with charges for assault and possession of incendiary devices, and if convicted on all counts with consecutive sentences, he could face up to 624 years in state prison.
Additionally, federal authorities have charged him with a hate crime involving actual or perceived race, religion, or national origin, per Fox News.
Soliman is currently being held on a $10 million bond with his next court appearance scheduled for Thursday, June 5 at 3:30 p.m. MT.

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Harvard University filed a lawsuit on Friday in the United States District Court to challenge the Trump administration’s revocation of Harvard’s capacity to enroll students from abroad.
The lawsuit from Harvard <a href="https://www.harvard.edu/research-funding/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/05/Harvard-Visa-Complaint.pdf">claimed</a> Noem’s revocation was a “blatant violation of the First Amendment, the Due Process Clause, and the Administrative Procedure Act. It is the latest act by the government in clear retaliation for Harvard exercising its First Amendment rights to reject the government’s demands to control Harvard’s governance, curriculum, and the ‘ideology’ of its faculty and students.”
On Thursday, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem alerted the public of the revocation, writing on X:
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This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus. It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help pad their multibillion-dollar endowments. Harvard had plenty of opportunity to do the right thing. It refused. They have lost their Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification as a result of their failure to adhere to the law. Let this serve as a warning to all universities and academic institutions across the country.
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This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus. 
It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments… <a href="https://t.co/12hJWd1J86">pic.twitter.com/12hJWd1J86</a>
&mdash; Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sec_Noem/status/1925612991703052733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2025</a></blockquote>
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In her letter to Harvard, Noem noted:
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As I explained to you in my April letter, it is a privilege to enroll foreign students, and it is also a privilege to employ aliens on campus. All universities must comply with Department of Homeland Security requirements, including reporting requirements under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program regulations, to maintain this privilege. As a result of your refusal to comply with multiple requests to provide the Department of Homeland Security pertinent information while perpetuating an unsafe campus environment that is hostile to Jewish students, promotes pro-Hamas sympathies, and employs racist &#8220;diversity, equity, and inclusion&#8221; policies, you have lost this privilege.
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In April, Harvard sued the Trump administration after the administration froze $2.2 billion in federal funding.
On May 5, Education Secretary Linda McMahon wrote Harvard University president Alan Garber, “The Federal Government has a sacred responsibility to be a wise and important steward of American taxpayer dollars. Harvard University, despite amassing a largely tax-free $53.2 billion dollar endowment (larger than the GDP of 100 countries), receives billions of dollars of taxpayer largess each year. Receiving such taxpayer funds is a privilege, not a right. Yet instead of using these funds to advance the education of its students, Harvard is engaging in a systemic pattern of violating federal law. Where do many of these &#8220;students&#8221; come from, who are they, how do they get into Harvard, or even into our country—and why is there so much HATE?”
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“These are questions that must be answered, among many more, but the biggest question of all is, why will Harvard not give straightforward answers to the American public?” she continued. “Harvard University has made a mockery of this country&#8217;s higher education system. It has invited foreign students, who engage in violent behavior and show contempt for the United States of America, to its campus. In every way, Harvard has failed to abide by its legal obligations, its ethical and fiduciary duties, its transparency responsibilities, and any semblance of academic rigor.”
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Dear <a href="https://twitter.com/Harvard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Harvard</a>: <a href="https://t.co/XmMimXfkX0">pic.twitter.com/XmMimXfkX0</a>
&mdash; Secretary Linda McMahon (@EDSecMcMahon) <a href="https://twitter.com/EDSecMcMahon/status/1919517481313427594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Harvard Sues After Trump Admin Blocks University From Admitting Foreign Students

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