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Democrats react to Noem’s ouster from DHS

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Many Democrats are cheering after President Trump announced Thursday that Kristi Noem would be replaced as the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  The news of the secretary’s exit follows months of petitions from Democrats for Noem to face consequences over her controversial handling of recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations across…

Jeffries welcomes Noem’s ouster but warns it won’t affect DHS funding fight

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday welcomed the ouster of Kristi Noem from atop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), but warned that the leadership shakeup won’t soften the Democrats’ demands for reforms at the agency. “A change in personnel is not sufficient. We need a change in policy,” Jeffries told reporters in…

GOP’s Turner rips Pentagon No. 3 at hearing: ‘Really kind of gross’

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Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) on Thursday ripped into Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby over his “gross” and “disingenuous” testimony during a House Armed Services Committee hearing. Turner, who had asked Colby if the Trump administration applies NATO’s Article 5 to all of the alliance’s countries, grew frustrated with his previous response to a similar question,

Johnson, GOP leaders ask Tony Gonzales to drop reelection after admitting affair

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House Republican leaders on Thursday called on Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-La.) to end his bid for reelection over an affair that the Texas congressman admitted he had with a staffer in his office who later died by suicide. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and…