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Republican piles on Kristi Noem by blocking all DHS nominees amid ICE shooting

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said he had placed a hold on all Department of Homeland Security nominees after Secretary Kristi Noem repeatedly declined to testify before the Senate.

"I'd simply like the Homeland Security Secretary to respond to what are now two requests by the chairman to come before the committee," Tillis told Semafor correspondent Burgess Everett, "and that's the reason why I placed the blanket hold before the shooting yesterday on anything related to Homeland Security until such time as she does that."

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'Should never be elected!' Trump fumes after five Republicans defect to rein in his powers

President Donald Trump lashed out at five Republican senators who voted to rein in his power to wage military strikes on Venezuela.

"Republicans should be ashamed of the Senators that just voted with Democrats in attempting to take away our Powers to fight and defend the United States of America," Trump ranted after the Senate moved a War Powers resolution forward on Thursday.

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Senate votes to check Trump's military moves in 'stunning rebuke to White House': report

The Senate has voted 52-47 on Thursday to push forward legislation that would force President Donald Trump to have congressional approval before any further military action in Venezuela.

The move was considered a sharp criticism of the Trump administration and the first major action to push back against the Trump administration following the military capture of President Nicolás Maduro, according to Politico. The measure was backed by several Republicans, including Susan Collins (R-MA), Todd Young (R-IN) and Josh Hawley (R-MO).

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'This is not normal': CNN host shocked by Kristi Noem's ICE shooting claims

CNN anchor Dana Bash Thursday was shocked after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's continued claims about the fatal ICE killing of 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis.

Noem responded to series of questions from reporters during a press conference in New York City when she doubled down on the allegations that Good had targeted an ICE officer while driving her maroon Honda Pilot — while also saying that there should be a more thorough investigation.

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Kristi Noem grilled over ICE shooting: 'You called her a domestic terrorist!'

Reporters pressed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about why she had jumped to the conclusion that Renee Nicole Good was a domestic terrorist after she was shot to death by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.

During a Thursday press conference in New York, a reporter noted that a discreet operation there contrasted with the chaos surrounding the Minneapolis shooting.

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ICE shooting probe being 'led solely by the FBI' as cops banned from talking to witnesses

The U.S. Department of Justice has pushed the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) aside and taken control of the investigation into the killing of Renee Nicole Good, 37, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent.

In a statement Thursday morning, the Minnesota BCA said that the state agency was no longer being allowed to participate in the investigation.

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Trump admin loses another prosecutor who was disqualified: report

A Donald Trump U.S attorney appointee who led efforts to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James has been stripped of his prosecutorial authority.

On Thursday morning, U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield removed John Sarcone III from his position as the top federal prosecutor in the Albany region, ruling that his appointment was unlawful, reported Lawfare editor Roger Parloff.

The court order disqualified Sarcone "from any further involvement in prosecuting or supervising any investigation pertaining to New York v. Trump, Index No. 452564/2022 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cnty.), and New York v. National Rifle Association, Index No. 451625/2020 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cnty.)."

The judge permitted the government to refile the cases, but only through "a lawfully authorized attorney for the Federal Government, without Mr. Sarcone's involvement."

Judge Schofield had previously indicated her intention to remove Sarcone from his current position and prevent him from serving in similar capacities elsewhere, according to Politico.

Sarcone joins Trump appointees Alina Habba and Lindsay Halligan in being stripped of their official titles.

'By design': Stephen Miller said to be 'sending a message' with Minneapolis ICE eruption

Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff behind the Trump administration's harsh immigration policies, "is the architect of a Murder Machine," according to a former GOP strategist.

The Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson wrote in his Substack Thursday that after months of escalating ICE attacks in American cities, the fatal shooting of 37-year-old mother and poet Renee Nicole Good has revealed the next phase of lies from Miller and Trump's loyalists.

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'Conspicuously absent': JD Vance reportedly waiting for MAGA reaction to latest Trump move

Vice President JD Vance has been noticeably quiet about the United States attack on Venezuela and capture of its leader Nicolás Maduro, and that could point to something else at play, according to an analyst.

Vance has released only commented once since the "military incursion in Venezuela" and it could have to do with interest in a 2028 presidential run, Salon's Heather Digby Parton wrote in an opinion piece published Thursday.

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FBI investigating ICE protest organizers after Minneapolis shooting: Kash Patel

FBI Director Kash Patel told Real America's Voice host John Solomon that his agency was targeting organizations exercising their free speech rights by funding protests following Wednesday's killing of a woman in Minneapolis by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.

"Just talked a little bit ago to the FBI," Solomon told MAGA influencer Steve Bannon on Thursday. "I got a statement directly from Kash Patel, the FBI director."

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'Because they're stupid': Trump admin called out for 'screwing' GOP lawmakers on childcare

Donald Trump’s decision to withhold childhood care funds from the multiple jurisdictions, which will hurt his own supporters, was pilloried by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul during an appearance on MS NOW Thursday morning.

Brought on to discuss her proposal to expand free and subsidized child care in her state, the governor was asked about her dealings with the Trump administration and gave the relationship a thumbs down.

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Conservative former judge admits ICE agent 'should be' charged with the killing of woman

Conservative former Judge Andrew Napolitano argued that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent should be charged after shooting Renee Nicole Good to death in Minneapolis.

In a Thursday interview on Newsmax, Napolitano pointed out that Good appeared to be trying to steer away from the agent when he shot her through the windshield of her vehicle.

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Trump stumbles over his words when cornered by reporters on false ICE shooting claims

An evasive Trump told reporters on Thursday that the American citizen shot and killed by ICE "behaved horribly," but stumbled when reporters pressed him harder.

As news of the fatal shooting of an observer by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis began to spark outrage and protests, President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform to defend the officers' actions and falsely claim that the victim, Renee Nicole Good, was driving toward officers or even that an officer was hospitalized, none of which appears to be true from reporting or video footage.

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