President Donald Trump just gave Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a big "vote of no confidence," according to one GOP senator.

Noem sat for two days of questioning in the House and Senate this week, and faced considerable criticism for her handling of Trump's deportation operations and other misdeeds at DHS. But there was one moment where Noem revealed that the president has lost faith in her leadership, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said on Wednesday.

Tillis joined CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead" to discuss Noem's testimony.

Tillis asked Noem who Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, reports to at DHS. Noem said Homan reports to the president, not her. That was a revealing exchange, the senator told Tapper.

"If there is no better example of a vote of no confidence, as somebody who was in front when the [Alex] Pretti incident occurred, and now she, who is the head of Homeland Security, is replaced by somebody for the Homeland Security mission who doesn't actually even work for the Secretary of Homeland Security," Tillis said. "That's a vote of no confidence, in my opinion, by the president."

Candace Owens continues pushing conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk's death and his widow, Erika Kirk, despite backlash from the conservative movement that elevated her, according to Salon's Sophia Tesfaye. Owens' YouTube series "Bride of Charlie" suggests Erika Kirk was involved in her husband's murder or harbors "ulterior motives" to control Turning Point USA. Conservative media figures who once championed Owens now call her a "vampire" and "schizophrenic," yet cannot contain her influence. Tesfaye explains that right-wing media built the conspiratorial engine fueling Owens' rise, one that rewards outrageous claims and institutional distrust over truth. Her trajectory reflects broader MAGA fractures over foreign policy and generational power shifts. Most troublingly, Tesfaye notes, Owens' conspiracy rhetoric creates fertile ground for antisemitic narratives among audiences primed to distrust "globalists" and "elites."

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Political analysts and observers roasted President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he went on another "insane lying" spree about his war in Iran.

Trump was asked during a roundtable at the White House about his reasons for striking Iran in coordination with Israeli forces over the weekend. The president and his administration have offered shifting rationales for the strikes, ranging from Iran posing an imminent threat to the U.S. to the country's continued enrichment of uranium, which is required to make a nuclear weapon.

"If we didn't strike, they would have had a nuclear bomb within two weeks," Trump said during the roundtable on Wednesday. "If we didn't do the B-2 attack a number of months ago, they would have a nuclear weapon. When crazy people have a nuclear weapon, bad things happen. We're in good shape now. I want to let you know that."

Trump's statements ignited a firestorm of criticism on social media.

"Insane lying that makes Bush and Cheney look honest about Iraq," Zeteo News founder Mehdi Hasan posted on X.

"This is a lie that is totally unsupported by any credible intelligence," Dylan Williams, vice president of government affairs for the Center for International Policy, posted on X. "If he believes this, then he started this war and is making decisions in it based on delusions rather than facts, and is manifestly unfit to serve as Commander in Chief."

"This is just absolute, unequivocal bulls---," former Obama staffer Tommy Vietor posted on X. "The IAEA says this is a lie. The UN says it's a lie. The US intelligence community can't back up this assertion, nor can the Israelis. This is as bad as claims that Iraq had WMDs, if not worse."

"No intelligence assessment has said that this is remotely true," Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) posted on X.

"Last week, Trump again told Congress and the country that his strikes on Iran last year 'obliterated' Iran's nuclear weapons program," Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) posted on X. "Today he says they were two weeks away from a bomb, something his Administration has not supported with intelligence. More lies about the war."

"But I thought they totally 'obliterated' their nuclear program last summer," political commentator Jo Carducci posted on X.