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Noem defends her portrayal of killed Minneapolis protesters as agitators, in her Senate hearing​

By REBECCA SANTANA
Updated 3:05 PM CST, March 3, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended her department’s immigration enforcement tactics in front of a Senate committee on Tuesday and pushed back against criticism from Democrats who say she wrongly disparaged two protesters killed by federal officers in Minneapolis earlier this year.

It was Noem’s first congressional appearance since the shooting deaths of the two protesters galvanized widespread opposition to how the Trump administration is executing its mass deportation agenda, a centerpiece policy of President Donald Trump’s second term. At the time, Noem portrayed the protesters, two U.S. citizens, as agitators, although accounts from local officials and bystander video contradicted assertions from her and other administration officials.

In one exchange, retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina called her leadership a “disaster” and skewered her handling of the immigration crackdown and her management of emergency response.

In the hearing, which stretched nearly five hours, Noem defended her agency’s treatment of immigrants caught up in enforcement activities, and blamed activists and others for attacks against officers.

“I want to address the dangerous environment that our ICE officers face on the streets today,” Noem said. “They are facing a serious and escalating threat as a result of deliberate mischaracterizations of their heroic work and rhetoric that demonizes our law enforcement.” ...

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Israel steps up airstrikes in Tehran, as Iran widens its response across the region

Israel stepped up airstrikes on Iranian missile launchers and a nuclear research site, and Iran retaliated against Israel and across the Gulf region, disrupting energy supplies and travel.
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Most say Trump administration still hasn't explained Iran goals, CBS News poll finds

Many see the Iran conflict lasting at least months. A majority oppose it, and more say it makes the U.S. less safe.
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The DOJ has been taking down Epstein files. Here's what remains.

The massive tranche of files the Justice Department currently maintains is more than 65,000 pages shorter than what the agency initially released.
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Howard Lutnick, Commerce secretary, agrees to interview with House committee in Epstein probe

Documents released by the Justice Department provided a look into Howard Lutnick's ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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War with Iran strains the US-UK relationship as Starmer and Trump disagree

The U.S.-Israel war on Iran has fueled a disagreement between U.S. President Donald Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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High stakes Texas Senate primary gives first glimpse of messaging, infighting heading into midterms

GOP race marked by vitriol while Dems see a chance for the first time in years.
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Live Updates: Trump defends war with Iran as conflict widens

Israel sent troops into Lebanon as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran widened, and some of Iran's Gulf neighbors warned that Iran's retaliatory fire could draw them into the spreading conflict.
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Trump's MAGA base wrestles with Iran strikes launched by an 'America First' president

During his campaigns for president, Trump pledged to focus on domestic issues and end foreign wars — a promise that some see him not upholding.
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Texas GOP Sen. Cornyn tries to hold his seat while Democrats Crockett, Talarico face off for Senate

Texas voters are casting ballots to settle the first U.S. Senate primaries of the midterm election year. Republican U.S. Sen.
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Trump says Iran navy, air force destroyed, Germany ‘helping out’

Trump contradicts Rubio by saying US attacked Iran because 'he had a feeling' Tehran would attack Washington first.
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First 2026 midterm races kick off with primaries in 3 states

Voters in Texas, Arkansas and North Carolina head to the polls to determine the Republican and Democratic nominees for November's congressional races.
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US urges Americans to leave 14 countries in Middle East as Iran war escalates

The U.S. State Department closed embassies in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and is urging Americans to evacuate from 14 Middle Eastern countries as the war with Iran escalates.
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Takeaways from Kristi Noem’s combative Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

Senators grilled Noem about her early descriptions of two US citizens who were killed by federal officers in Minneapolis, her use of executive jets and whether ICE will be sent to polling places
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Steve Kornacki: The geographic and demographic dividing lines shaping Texas' combative Senate primaries

Recent primary battles help shed light on which parts of the state and which groups of voters could swing the outcomes Tuesday.
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Iran live updates: US embassies 'under direct attack,' Rubio says

The U.S. and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran on Saturday, officials said.
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Trump says he will endorse "soon" in Texas GOP Senate runoff

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President Trump said Wednesday that "I will be making my endorsement soon" in the Texas Republican Senate race and called on the candidate he doesn't pick to drop out. The hard-fought race between longtime GOP Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton is headed to a May 26 runoff.

"I will be making my Endorsement soon, and will be asking the candidate that I don't Endorse to immediately DROP OUT OF THE RACE! Is that fair? We must win in November!!!" Mr. Trump posted on social media.

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Trump nominee to lead nation's cyber agency removed from post as senior DHS adviser

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Sean Plankey, the Department of Homeland Security senior adviser and Trump nominee to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, was escorted out of the U.S. Coast Guard headquarters late Monday and had his access badge removed, according to sources familiar with the matter. The nominee to lead the cyber defense agency has left his role at DHS, though circumstances behind the sudden move remain unclear.

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Key takeaways from House hearing with Walz, Ellison on Minnesota fraud

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and the state's Attorney General Keith Ellison faced questions from the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, in a hearing that focused on the state's massive fraud scandal and the Trump administration's recent immigration surge.

The questions largely fell along party lines. Republicans asked about the fraud scandal, while Democrats focused on the immigration crackdown, which the White House also portrayed as a campaign against fraud.

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Number of Iranian ballistic missiles fired plunges since start of Operation Epic Fury

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The number of Iranian ballistic missiles launched since the start of Operation Epic Fury has dropped sharply, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine said Wednesday, as U.S. forces continue their campaign against Tehran’s military capabilities.

Caine said at a Pentagon press briefing that Iranian theater ballistic missile launches are down 86% from Saturday, the first day of fighting, including a 23% decline in the past 24 hours alone.

"Their one-way attack drone shots are down 73% from the opening days. This progress has allowed...
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Oil slick, life rafts, dozens of bodies: What Sri Lankan navy found after US sank Iranian warship

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Sri Lanka’s navy responded to a distress call from an Iranian warship, but found only oil slicks, empty life rafts and the bodies of sailors in the water after a U.S. torpedo strike sunk the vessel to the bottom of the Indian Ocean.

The Sri Lankan navy sent ships and planes on a rescue mission after receiving a distress signal from Iran’s IRIS Dena, which had 180 people on board, the country's foreign minister, Vijitha Herath, told Parliament on Wednesday.

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House Republican faces ethics investigation over affair allegations

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The House Ethics Committee opened an investigation into Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, over allegations that he had an affaire with a political aide.

Committee leaders announced Wednesday that they launched the investigation into whether Gonzales, a married father of six, engaged in sexual misconduct with a female member of his staff and whether he doled out special favors or privileges as a result.

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Hegseth says U.S. "just getting started" as Iran war spreads

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The U.S. is "accelerating, not decelerating" war on Iran, Hegseth says, as strikes intensify in the region and reach 1,000 miles away.
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What to know about the agency Trump says will insure ships in the Gulf

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Rubio says in ‘simple English’ Iran run by ‘lunatics,’ defends Trump strike as ‘right decision’

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered one of his bluntest defenses yet of President Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran Tuesday, sharply rejecting criticism and describing the regime as "lunatics" as he argued the president acted at the right moment to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

"Let me explain to you guys this in simple English, okay? Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics," Rubio told reporters.

"They have an ambition to have nuclear weapons," Rubio said. "This is the weakest they’ve ever been. Now is the time to...
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‘STRAIGHT OUTTA CONGRESS’: Top progressive concedes race after viral mockery for ‘embarrassing’ defeat

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Progressive star Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, has conceded her race for the U.S. Senate after suffering an "embarrassing" defeat to a lesser-known Democrat, state Rep. James Talarico.

A second-term congresswoman widely seen as one of the top voices in the Democratic Party, Crockett lost her primary to Talarico. The defeat not only crushes Crockett’s hopes of serving in the Senate but also places her political future in doubt as her House term ends in January.

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Feds say Pakistani national backed by Iran plotted to assassinate Trump, others in murder-for-hire scheme

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A Pakistani national with alleged ties to Iran shared photos online depicting President Donald Trump’s death, federal prosecutors said Tuesday, describing the posts as part of a broader plot to kill U.S. politicians, potentially including the president.

Authorities said Merchant plotted with Iran to kill U.S. politicians in 2024, illustrating Iran’s threats against the United States that stretched back years before Trump launched strikes against the country beginning Saturday.

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NY GOP candidate torches Columbia group over ‘Death to America’ post, tells them to ‘get the f--- out’

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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, the Republican front-runner for governor, blasted a pro-Palestinian Columbia University student group after it posted "Death to America" in Farsi following the reported killing of Iran’s supreme leader.

"To the Columbia University Students and Faculty who posted ‘Death to America’ — I have one message for you — Get the f--- out," Blakeman said in a video message obtained by Fox News Digital.

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Iran postpones Khamenei funeral as US-Israeli bombardment continues

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An official says more preparations are needed for the three-day ceremony in Tehran, where the supreme leader will lie in state.
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Russia blames Ukrainian naval drones as tanker sinks in Mediterranean

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The Arctic Metagaz went down between Libya and Malta after it was hit by explosions and a fire, Libyan officials say.
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Greek court upholds criminal organisation verdict on neo-Nazi Golden Dawn

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The party's founder Nikos Mihaloliakos and other officials are again found guilty, almost six years after an original trial.
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Watershed moment as Russia's sporting exile ends

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Sports Editor Dan Roan analyses Russia's controversial return to global sporting action at the Winter Paralympics and what it might mean for other sports.
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‘Open borders Trump-hating radical’: GOP unleashes early blitz on Texas Democrat Talarico

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Republicans didn't wait for the call in the Democratic Senate primary in Texas to target James Talarico, the Democrats' nominee in the high-stakes midterm election battle.

Hours before the Associated Press morning reported early on Wednesday that Talarico, a Democratic state lawmaker with a surging national profile, defeated Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a nationally known politician and progressive firebrand, Republicans lost no time in framing Talarico as a "far-left radical."

Talarico, a 36-year-old former middle school teacher and...
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Walz accused by Jordan of trying to ‘hide behind’ court order in Feeding Our Future payments

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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, accused Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz of trying to "hide behind" a court order to explain why the state resumed payments to Feeding Our Future (FOF), a nonprofit at the center of a massive pandemic-era child nutrition fraud scheme.

"Why didn’t you tell the truth about why you restarted the payments?" Jordan asked during a House Oversight Committee hearing on Minnesota fraud on Wednesday.

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Rep Tony Gonzales hit with House ethics probe after aide's suicide

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The House of Representatives is launching an internal investigation into a GOP lawmaker accused of having an affair with and sexually harassing an aide who has since committed suicide.

The House Ethics Committee revealed on Wednesday that it is launching an investigative subcommittee on Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, in response to allegations he "engaged in sexual misconduct towards an individual employed in his congressional office" and "discriminated unfairly by dispensing special favors or privileges."

Gonzales narrowly avoided defeat in his GOP...
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House Democrat who has repeatedly tried to impeach Trump heads to runoff election amid tight primary

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Eleven-term Veteran Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, and newly minted Rep. Christian Menefee, D-Texas, will face off again after neither Democrat captured over 50% of the vote on Tuesday evening in their bids to represent Texas' 18th Congressional District.

Under Texas law, if no candidate has captured a majority of the vote, the race will head to a runoff election. On Wednesday, the Associated Press reported that Menefee received 46% of votes and Green 44.2%.

Green has served in Congress since 2005, representing the Lone Star State’s 9th Congressional...
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NATO defenses shoot down Iranian missile fired toward Turkey, defense ministry says

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Turkey's Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that a ballistic missile launched from Iran towards its airspace was intercepted by NATO defense systems, marking a first in the conflict with Iran. A senior NATO military official confirmed to Fox News Digital that the alliance conducted the interception.

Turkey's Head of Communications Burhanettin Duran said that the missile was detected after it crossed into Iraqi and Syrian airspace before it was intercepted by NATO units in the eastern Mediterranean.

"Turkey’s resolve and capacity to ensure the...
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Trump brings Big Tech executives to White House to curb power costs for American households amid AI boom

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President Donald Trump will host executives of major tech companies at the White House Wednesday afternoon to sign a pledge ensuring the tech giants protect Americans against higher electricity bills tied to data center power demand.

Google, Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, xAI, OpenAI, and Amazon are expected to sign the Ratepayer Protection Pledge Wednesday afternoon, Fox News Digital learned.

The pledge will have the companies agreeing to "build, bring, or buy new generation resources and cover the cost of all power delivery infrastructure upgrades...
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US Senate to vote on Trump's war powers as Iran conflict continues

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The measure, which is not expected to pass, would require the withdrawal of US forces from the operation until approved by Congress.
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Regulator contacts Meta over workers watching intimate AI glasses videos

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Videos, including of glasses-wearers using the toilet or having sex, are sometimes reviewed by a Kenya-based subcontractor.
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Gorsuch name-checks Founding Fathers who were 'habitual' drinkers in SCOTUS fight over marijuana users

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Justice Neil Gorsuch spent a portion of the Supreme Court’s oral arguments this week exploring what a "habitual drunkard" is as part of a case centered on whether a drug user is allowed to own a gun.

Gorsuch questioned a Department of Justice lawyer on how gun restrictions for habitual drunkards in early American history compared to today’s law restricting drug users from owning guns. The DOJ was required to point to a strong historical comparison to prove the modern law was constitutional, and it chose to use the founding-era laws about habitual...
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