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Markwayne Mullin was sworn in Tuesday as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, replacing Kristi Noem, who was ousted earlier this month. Mullin has served as senator for Oklahoma since 2023 following a decade in the House of Representatives. He joins the Trump administration amid a partial government shutdown, with Democrats demanding reforms to immigration enforcement before fully funding DHS.
"This agency of terror needs to be dismantled," says Congressmember Delia Ramirez of Illinois. "And whether it is Mullin, whether it is Noem, whether it's Tom Homan, that agency is dangerous, and every American should say, 'Enough is enough.'"
Ramirez also comments on the birthright citizenship case before the Supreme Court, the U.S. fuel blockade against Cuba and more.
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Megan Varner/Getty ImagesDonald Trump told an all-woman town hall in Georgia on Wednesday that he's not "unhinged" as he doubled down, identifying the "enemy from within" as Nancy Pelosi and her husband who was nearly killed.
He aimed his fire at the former House Speaker, who nearly single-handedly snatched an easy election victory from Trump when she led the charge to oust President Joe Biden from the race, leaving Trump running dead even against a more formidable opponent.
"I wasn't unhinged. You know what they are?" he said, winding up to respond to Kamala Harris' assessment of him as "increasingly unstable and unhinged" for suggesting he would turn the U.S military against everyday American citizens. "They are a party of sound bites."
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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