Category: The Hill
Pentagon taking over Stars and Stripes to eliminate ‘woke distractions’
The Pentagon announced Thursday it would take editorial control of independent military newspaper Stars and Stripes to refocus coverage on “warfighting” and remove “woke distractions.” “The Department of War is returning Stars & Stripes to its original mission: reporting for our warfighters,” top Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement posted to the social platform…
Trump’s Iceland ambassador nominee apologizes for 52nd state ‘joking’
Former Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.), President Trump’s pick to be the U.S. ambassador to Iceland, on Thursday apologized for joking about Iceland becoming the 52nd state with himself as governor. “There was nothing serious about that, I was with some people, who I hadn’t met for three years, and they were kidding about Jeff Landry…
Florida Republican candidate suggests ‘sin tax’ for OnlyFans creators
“…young women who could otherwise be mothers raising families, rearing children, I don’t want them to be selling their bodies to sick men online.”
Trump announces Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ has been formed
President Trump on Thursday announced that the “Board of Peace” to oversee Gaza has been formed, months after Israel and Hamas reached a fragile ceasefire following two years of conflict. “It is my Great Honor to announce that THE BOARD OF PEACE has been formed,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “The Members of the Board…
Noem announces new ICE deputy director
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday announced that Charles Wall will serve as Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) new deputy director after previously serving as the agency’s principal legal adviser. “Mr. Wall has served as an ICE attorney for 14 years and is a forward leaning, strategic thinker who understands the importance of prioritizing…
Ocasio-Cortez gets crushed online for her comments about ICE — from outraged liberals
Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) is facing a wave of backlash for her comments on Immigration and Customs Enforcement — because they were not extremist enough.
Ocasio-Cortez has infamously advocated for abolishing ICE, but many of her critics now claim that she is easing her extreme positions in order to seek higher office.
‘You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face. That is what this administration is doing, that’s what the Republican party did.’
“My position has always been clear that ICE funding should be cut. We’re seeing what they’re doing with this reckless explosion in funding,” said Ocasio-Cortez to a reporter asking about ICE funding.
“And mind you, just so everybody knows, I want everybody to understand the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. All that extra money that everybody’s paying right now in their premiums, all that extra money that you’re paying, it is paid for with — it is all that extra money that the government and [Affordable Care Act] subsidies that was given to nearly a trillion dollars in health care was taken out and given to ICE,” she added.
“So understand how these dots connect,” Ocasio-Cortez concluded. “You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face. That is what this administration’s doing. That’s what the Republican Party did.”
While many on the right might be offended by her histrionic description of ICE, some on the left were also offended that she was not far-left enough.
“Giving less funding to fascist state agents who abduct people and shoot people in the face doesn’t change their mandate, function and the impunity given to them. You didn’t run on less funding,” responded former Al Jazeera reporter Sana Saeed.
“Don’t trust any politician that doesn’t call for the outright abolition of ICE. ‘Cutting funding’ is bulls**t. ICE is a militarized police force terrorizing American cities and streets. It needs to be completely defunded,” replied social justice activist Anthony Zenkus.
“She’s still selling ‘Abolish ICE’ hats in her store reflective of her former position, a journalist should ask her why she changed her mind,” wrote liberal comedian Kate Willett.
“Abolish ice. Nothing else is acceptable!!” responded another user.
“Abolish ICE is the moderate position. You f**king suck,” said another detractor.
“We recently tested ~ a dozen public statements from a diverse set of Democratic elected officials on the murder of Renee Good and this was the top testing one,” joked one detractor.
A Blaze News request for comment from the congresswoman’s office was not immediately answered.
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ICE leader goes for Congress: Sheahan dumps desk for battle against 43-year Democrat incumbent
The Trump administration’s deputy director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stepped away from her role to run for Congress.
Madison Sheahan announced Thursday that she was resigning from ICE to challenge Ohio Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, who has held onto her seat since 1982.
‘Real change means real leadership.’
Sheahan posted her first campaign video on Thursday morning and shared it on X.
“I’m Madison Sheahan. I’m a Trump conservative running for Congress to protect American jobs, American paychecks, and American values,” she wrote. “No excuses. Let’s get it done.”
In the campaign video, Sheahan touted her success at ICE, stating that, in less than one year, she has “stopped more illegal immigration than Marcy Kaptur has in her 43 years in Washington.”
“In Congress, hypocrisy, excuses, and failure can earn you a lifetime job, but on my family farm, that would put us out of business,” she said.
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Madison Sheahan. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Sheahan highlighted how, during her time at ICE, the agency recruited 12,000 new agents and officers and deported over 2.5 million illegal aliens.
She slammed Kaptur for voting against funding the border wall while sending taxpayer handouts to illegal aliens. Kaptur also supported higher taxes on American citizens, including voting to keep taxes on Social Security, tips, and overtime, Sheahan stated.
“I’m tired of watching my hardworking family, friends, and neighbors pay more and get ignored,” Sheahan continued. “Real change means real leadership. And I’ve done it before.”
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Marcy Kaptur. Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images
Kaptur’s campaign responded to Sheahan’s announcement, telling WTOL, “While Republicans from near and far will fight through a messy primary in this district they gerrymandered again just this fall, Congresswoman Kaptur is focused on delivering real results for her constituents.”
“She’s working to lower costs for working families, protect access to affordable health care, and bring transformative investments to Northwest Ohio,” the statement continued. “Voters are tired of the self-dealing corruption and culture of lawlessness they’ve seen over the last year. They want a leader focused on affordability and real results, and Marcy Kaptur consistently works across the aisle to deliver both.”
Several Republican candidates are running for Ohio’s 9th congressional district.
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‘We’re hot on their trail’: Trump zeros in on leakers after IT contractor allegedly spills Venezuela secrets to reporter
The Trump administration revealed that a government contractor leaked information about the military operation in Venezuela earlier this month.
‘There could be some others, and we’ll let you know about that. We’re hot on their trail.’
The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that the FBI searched the home of one of its reporters, claiming the raid was part of an investigation into Aurelio Perez-Lugones.
Perez-Lugones is a Maryland resident who was working as a systems engineer and information technology specialist for a government contracting company when federal authorities arrested him. He has maintained Top Secret security clearance since at least 2000, according to a January 9 affidavit.
Federal prosecutors accused Perez-Lugones of printing screenshots of a Top Secret report, as well as writing classified information on a notepad and taking the sheets of paper home. When authorities searched his home last week, they allegedly found multiple documents that were marked as Secret, including a document found in his lunch box.
The criminal complaint claimed the documents were related to “national defense.” However it did not specify any details, such as whether the information pertained to the United States’ recent operation in Venezuela.
FBI Director Kash Patel shared a statement on Wednesday about the recent arrest of the leaker and that individual’s ties to the Washington Post.
Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images
“This morning the @FBI and partners executed a search warrant of an individual at the Washington Post who was found to allegedly be obtaining and reporting classified, sensitive military information from a government contractor — endangering our warfighters and compromising America’s national security,” Patel wrote.
During an interview with Fox News, Attorney General Pam Bondi described the leaker as an IT contractor who had been working with the Department of War and allegedly leaked information related to “a foreign adversary.”
“The great men and women of the FBI executed a search warrant at the direction of Kash Patel and my office on the reporter’s home, seizing the devices that contained classified material regarding our foreign adversaries,” Bondi stated.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images
President Donald Trump also addressed news about the alleged leak, describing the suspect as the “leaker on Venezuela.”
“A very bad leaker. So there could be some others, and we’ll let you know about that. We’re hot on their trail,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday, adding that the alleged leaker would “probably be in jail for a long time.”
Trump officials have confirmed that the suspected leaker is in custody.
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