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'Get voted out!' MAGA shames House Republicans for opposing narrowly passed cuts

MAGA shamed several Republican lawmakers Thursday afternoon who broke with the party as the House of Representatives passed the first round of DOGE cuts by a vote of 214 to 212.

The measure, which slashes $9.4 billion from the United States Agency for International Development, NPR, and PBS, now heads to the Senate.

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DHS official flips out over question on meme tied to white nationalist account

The Department of Homeland Security was caught using a meme created by an antisemitic white nationalist activist to promote their mass deportation efforts, journalist Zaid Jilani reported for The American Saga — and when confronted over it, a senior DHS official was completely unapologetic.

This is emerging on the same day that Trump's DHS faces a firestorm of controversy for having Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) tackled and handcuffed when he tried to ask DHS Secretary Kristi Noem about the administration's military occupation of Los Angeles during a news conference.

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'We are marching': Democrats swarm Senate GOP leader's office after DHS fracas

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) posted a video of lawmakers marching their way through the U.S. Capitol to demand accountability from Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) after a Democratic senator was recorded Thursday afternoon being tackled by federal agents.

"We are marching to Senator Thune’s office. There must be accountability for the detainment of a Senator. This is not normal," Frost wrote on Bluesky.

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'That's a lie!' Mike Johnson shouted down by lawmakers after remarks on Padilla

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) faced backlash from members of Congress after he accused Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) of "storming" Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference.

"Did federal agents go too far in the way they treated Senator Padilla today?" Fox News correspondent Chad Pergram asked the speaker.

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'Wildly inappropriate behavior': Mike Johnson slams Padilla after handcuffing

House Speaker Mike Johnson attacked Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) for interrupting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference on Thursday.

Padilla identified himself as a U.S. senator and said, "I have a question for the secretary." He was forcibly removed by marked and unmarked FBI agents, shoved face-down on the ground by three officers, and handcuffed.

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Noem bashed by Senate Dem: 'Enormously uninformed or enormously deceptive'

A Democratic U.S. Senator is coming after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over "deceptive" posts on social media.

The department came under fire Thursday following an incident in which Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was forcibly removed from a news conference. In the wake of the news conference, DHS issued a statement falsely claiming that Padilla didn't identify himself.

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'Liars!' DHS caught making false claims about senator after manhandling

The Department of Homeland Security alleged in a post on X that Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was detained because he attended the event "without identifying himself or having his Senate security pin on." It's something one U.S. Senator called a "lie."

Video shows Padilla being grabbed by FBI officers, where he says, "I'm U.S. Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary."

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Like 'nothing I've seen': CNN analyst floored after senator 'wrestled' to ground

CNN analyst and political director David Chalian was stupefied by video of federal agents manhandling and handcuffing Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) after he tried to ask Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a question during a news conference about the federal intervention of the Trump administration against anti-deportation protesters in California.

Homeland Security has defended their actions by claiming that Padilla behaved unprofessionally and failed to identify himself as a member of Congress. However, some observers note that he did just that.

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Visibly shaken senator delivers impassioned speech after dust-up at DHS presser

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) gave a brief statement outside the Los Angeles federal building Thursday, shortly after he was physically removed from a Homeland Security briefing held by Kristi Noem.

"I'm here in Los Angeles today, and I was here in the federal building in the conference room awaiting a scheduled briefing from federal officials as part of my responsibility as a senator to provide oversight and accountability," Padilla read. "While I was waiting for the briefing with General Guillot, I learned that Secretary Noem was having a press conference a couple doors down the hall."

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'Shut up!' House hearing chaos as Comer yells at Dems furious over Padilla

A House hearing descended into shouting on Thursday afternoon with a Democrat demanding a subpoena for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Chairman James Comer shouting at him to "shut up."

During a House Oversight Committee hearing on Thursday, Rep. Maxwel Frost (D-FL) argued with Comer (R-KY) about whether Noem should be subpoenaed because her agents detained Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA).

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'Closest I've come to tears': Dems take floor to call out senator's manhandling

U.S. Senators took to the floor on Thursday afternoon after Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was shoved out of a Homeland Security news conference, pushed to the ground, and handcuffed by the FBI.

"We have a constitutional obligation to provide oversight to the executive, a constitutional obligation to ask questions, to make inquiries, a constitutional obligation to check and balance the authority of the executive," Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said from the Senate floor.

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'Sickened my stomach': Lawmakers livid after senator 'dragged and handcuffed'

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) led the outrage over Sen. Alex Padilla's (D-CA) treatment at the hands of federal agents during a news conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday.

A Padilla spokesperson recounted that Padilla "was exercising his duty to perform Congressional oversight of the federal government's operations in Los Angeles and across California. He was in the federal building to receive a briefing with General Guillot and was listening to Secretary Noem's press conference. He 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."

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Trump says he'll assume 'total control' over US Steel under new deal

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will gain control of U.S. Steel as part of a merger deal with Japan's largest steelmaker, according to The Associated Press.

We have a golden share, which I control,” Trump said Thursday about the deal with Nippon Steel to invest billions in Pennsylvania-based U.S. Steel, which was founded in 1901 by American financier J.P. Morgan.

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