Hakeem Jeffries says change of leadership at DHS not enough to resume funding
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has stated that a change in leadership at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is insufficient to reopen the government and resume funding for the department.
This statement comes amid comments from Republican Senator Thom Tillis, who expressed his belief that White House adviser Stephen Miller "should go" and described Miller's role in the administration's immigration policies as a "big problem."
During an interview on CNN’s State of the Union, when asked by host Jake Tapper if he thinks Miller should leave his position, Tillis responded:
"Oh, of course I do."
Tillis elaborated on Miller's influence, stating:
"He is not worried about substance. He’s more worried about form, but I also think that he has an outsized influence over the operations of the cabinet. And I believe we’ve got qualified cabinet members there that sometimes are doing less than what they want to, because of his direction and his outsized influence. He’s a big problem in this administration. He has been from the beginning."
Tillis affirmed his support for Markwayne Mullin, the nominee for DHS Secretary, to replace the current secretary, claiming he believes Mullin will act independently from Miller’s influence. However, Mullin has repeated similar falsehoods regarding the killings by federal agents of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Tillis, who is not seeking re-election this year, was the Republican to call for the resignation or firing of DHS Secretary Noem.
However, Jeffries emphasized on NBC’s Meet the Press with Kristen Welker that changing leadership alone will not suffice.
"What we want is a situation where ICE is actually conducting itself like every other law enforcement agency in the country as opposed to using taxpayer dollars to brutalize or in some cases kill American citizens," Jeffries said.
In related news, Fox News used archived footage of President Joe Biden in multiple reports on Saturday and Sunday, omitting the fact that the commander-in-chief was present throughout a ceremony on Saturday in which he saluted six flag-draped transfer cases carrying the remains of the fallen in his war on terror.
Global oil prices surged past $100 (£74, AU$142) per barrel for the first time since 2022 as the fallout from the US-Israel conflict with Iran continued to remove 20 million barrels of oil from the market daily. A weekend of escalating violence in the Middle East intensified concerns about a sustained supply shortage, pushing oil prices to their highest level in four years and triggering a significant stock market selloff.
The UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has spoken with US officials and discussed military cooperation through the US use of RAF bases "in support of the collective self-defence of partners" in the Middle East, according to Downing Street.
The US conflict has so significantly transformed the Department of Homeland Security's independent watchdog teams that thousands of cases related to immigration detention conditions, deaths in custody, and officers’ use of force are not being investigated, according to court records reviewed by .
Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian-American businessman who served as a key figure in campaign contributions to Republican politicians, including Donald Trump, with funds secretly originating from a Russian oligarch, has announced a bid to unseat María Elvira Salazar. Salazar is a Cuban-American Republican currently in her third term as representative for Florida’s 27th congressional district.
By overturning a foundational legal determination, the Supreme Court has undermined its challenges to a pioneering state climate accountability law, green groups have argued in court.
Trump says when to end war will be ‘mutual’ decision with Netanyahu – report
Donald Trump has stated that the decision on when to end the war with Iran will be a "mutual" one made together with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a report.
The report indicated that Trump also claimed in a brief telephone interview on Sunday that Iran would have destroyed Israel if he and Netanyahu had not been present. Trump said:
"Iran was going to destroy Israel and everything else around it … We’ve worked together. We’ve destroyed a country that wanted to destroy Israel."
The report noted that when Trump was asked whether he alone would decide when the war with Iran ends or if Netanyahu would also have a say, Trump responded:
"I think it’s mutual … a little bit. We’ve been talking. I’ll make a decision at the right time, but everything’s going to be taken into account."
When asked whether Israel could continue the war against Iran even after the US decided to halt its strikes, Trump declined to entertain the possibility before adding:
"I don’t think it’s going to be necessary."
