On October 30, 2025, multiple senior Trump administration officials relocated to military housing on U.S. bases in the Washington D.C. area, citing security threats from protesters following the assassination of activist Charlie Kirk. The moves create what critics describe as a militarized …
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On October 28, 2025, while President Trump was returning from a three-country Asia trip, the administration executed a major purge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) leadership, reassigning 12 field office directors across the country and replacing them with Customs and Border Protection …
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During the fourth week of the October 2025 government shutdown affecting over 700,000 federal employees, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced that approximately 70,000 Department of Homeland Security law enforcement officers—including ICE deportation officers, CBP border patrol agents, Secret Service …
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Department of Homeland Security purchased two Gulfstream G700 luxury jets for Secretary Kristi Noem at a cost of $172 million—more than triple the original $50 million request. The purchase occurred during the government shutdown while 1.4 million federal workers remained unpaid and many resorted to …
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced the department is purchasing additional Chicago real estate to expand ICE operations, stating ‘We’re doubling down’ on federal control amid strong local opposition from Governor JB Pritzker. The property purchases represent federal overreach into …
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ProPublica exposed that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem expedited over $11 million in federal disaster funds to rebuild Naples, Florida’s tourist pier within 24 hours after major donor Dr. Sinan Gursoy texted her on behalf of the city’s mayor. After Gursoy told the mayor ‘I …
The Wall Street Journal reported FEMA is paralyzed under Secretary Kristi Noem’s requirement that any expenditure over $100,000 must pass through up to a dozen layers of review requiring her personal sign-off. Four months after a mile-wide tornado devastated St. Louis on May 16, killing five …
On September 8, 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the launch of “Operation Midway Blitz,” a massive multi-agency immigration enforcement surge targeting Illinois and northwest Indiana. The operation marked a significant escalation in urban immigration enforcement …
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced an IT breach at FEMA, fired 23 employees, and demanded surviving staff publicly praise Trump as a condition of continued employment. The firings came after 36 FEMA employees were placed on administrative leave for signing a letter criticizing Trump …
Governor DeSantis announced “Deportation Depot” at Baker Correctional Institution on August 14, 2025, just days before Alligator Alcatraz’s court-ordered closure. The repurposed state prison 43 miles west of Jacksonville offers 1,300 beds expandable to 2,000, with setup cost of …
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ICE detention facilities hold approximately 59,000 immigrants, exceeding capacity by 140%. Over 70% of detainees have no criminal record, and 93% have never been convicted of a violent crime, contradicting Trump’s repeated claims of targeting violent criminals. The overcrowding has led to …
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The Department of Homeland Security ended a long-standing policy that restricted ICE agents’ ability to arrest undocumented people at sensitive locations including houses of worship, schools, and hospitals. DHS stated “Criminals will no longer be able to hide in America’s schools …
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While serving as governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem received $80,000 from a dark money nonprofit called American Resolve Policy Fund to her personal LLC, Ashwood Strategies, which she failed to disclose on federal ethics forms before her confirmation as DHS Secretary. The payment structure …
Trump announced June 2025 that FEMA would be eliminated by December 2025, after Atlantic hurricane season ends in November. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed elimination plans. 20-member FEMA Review Council formed May 2025 to recommend changes by mid-November. Trump wants states to handle …
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On June 7, 2025, an hours-long standoff erupted at a Home Depot in Paramount, California, when Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino led immigration enforcement agents in a raid that sparked massive community resistance. The confrontation—with hundreds of protesters surrounding the store and …
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Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem issued a directive to ICE to arrest up to 3,000 immigrants each day - a more than fourfold increase from the previous daily average. This unprecedented quota system for immigration arrests represents a fundamental shift …
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Stephen Miller and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem held a tense meeting at ICE headquarters demanding field offices achieve 3,000 daily arrests—triple the early administration numbers. Miller threatened to fire the bottom 10% of directors monthly if quotas weren’t met. A week later, Kenneth Genalo …
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In May 2025, ICE launched “Operation At Large,” a massive nationwide plan to dramatically increase arrests of unauthorized immigrants. The operation includes more than 5,000 personnel from across federal law enforcement agencies and a requested 21,000 National Guard troops, representing …
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During President Trump’s first 100 days, ICE arrested over 65,000 individuals, including 2,288 gang members from Tren de Aragua, MS-13, 18th Street and other gangs. Additionally, 1,329 were accused or convicted of sex offenses, and 498 were accused or convicted of murder, marking the most …
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced 32,809 enforcement arrests in the first 50 days of the Trump Administration (January 21 - March 12, 2025), demonstrating a dramatic acceleration of immigration enforcement. The arrests included 14,000 convicted criminals, 9,800 migrants with …
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The Trump administration circumvented standard procurement processes to award a $200 million DHS advertising contract to two Republican-linked political consulting firms, bypassing competitive bidding and using taxpayer funds for a politically-motivated ‘self-deportation’ media campaign.
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Madison Sheahan, a 28-year-old former aide to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem with no law enforcement experience, was appointed ICE Deputy Director on March 9, 2025. Federal law requires the ICE Director to have “a minimum of 5 years professional experience in law enforcement, and a minimum of 5 …
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Under President Trump, ICE made over 20,000 arrests in a single month - a 627% increase compared to just 33,000 at-large arrests for all of last year under Biden. This dramatic escalation marks the beginning of the administration’s mass deportation campaign.
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Kristi Noem claimed in her memoir that she canceled a scheduled meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron over his comments about Hamas. French officials from the Élysée Palace directly contradicted this, stating there was no record of any scheduled meeting and no invitation was ever extended to …
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Kristi Noem falsely claimed in her memoir that she met North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un while serving in Congress. The claim was impossible as Kim did not leave North Korea until 2018, years after her claimed meeting date. After media scrutiny, Noem’s publisher removed the passage from future …
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In her memoir “No Going Back,” Kristi Noem wrote about shooting her 14-month-old dog Cricket and a goat on her ranch 20 years ago. She described Cricket as “untrainable” after the dog attacked chickens and attempted to bite her. She then shot a goat because it smelled bad and …
While serving as South Dakota governor, Kristi Noem secretly accepted $80,000 from a dark money nonprofit called American Resolve Policy Fund, routing the payment to her personal LLC Ashwood Strategies in Delaware. She failed to disclose this payment to the public and later failed to include it in …
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South Dakota’s Government Accountability Board voted unanimously that there was sufficient evidence Governor Kristi Noem had committed malfeasance and engaged in a conflict of interest regarding her intervention in her daughter’s appraiser license application. The board found evidence of …
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Sherry Bren, the 70-year-old head of South Dakota’s appraiser certification program, was forced to retire after refusing to approve Governor Noem’s daughter’s license. Bren filed an age discrimination complaint and received a $200,000 settlement to withdraw it. She testified she …
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Days after South Dakota agency moved to deny Kassidy Peters’ real estate appraiser license application, Governor Kristi Noem summoned agency head Sherry Bren and other officials to a meeting with Peters present. Peters ultimately received certification four months later after receiving special …
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President Trump held a campaign-style rally at Mount Rushmore on July 3-4, 2020, with approximately 7,500 ticketed attendees packed close together and mostly maskless, despite the United States setting a pandemic record on that same day with 57,497 confirmed COVID-19 cases. South Dakota Governor …
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Governor Kristi Noem used state airplanes to travel to political events hosted by organizations including the National Rifle Association and Republican Jewish Coalition, violating South Dakota law that bars state aircraft from being used for anything other than state business. Democratic lawmakers …
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