Kristi Noem ousted from Homeland Security post amid recent turmoil

Trump reportedly furious with Noem’s performance in congressional hearings this week over controversial ad contract

By Charles Creitz , Alex Miller Fox News

Kristi Noem, the former South Dakota congresswoman and governor who has led President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security in his second term, was ousted from her position on Thursday.

Trump announced on Truth Social that he will nominate Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to replace Noem, effective March 31.

“The current Secretary, Kristi Noem, who has served us well, and has had numerous and spectacular results (especially on the Border!), will be moving to be Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere we are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida. I thank Kristi for her service at ‘Homeland.’”

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In her first official statement on X following her departure, Noem thanked Trump for her upcoming appointment.

“Secretary [Marco] Rubio and Secretary of War [Pete Hegseth] are incredible leaders and I look forward to working with them closely to dismantle cartels that have poured drugs into our nation and killed our children and grandchildren.”

“The western hemisphere is absolutely critical for U.S. security. In this new role, I will be able to build on the partnerships and national security expertise, I forged over the last 13 months as Secretary of Homeland Security. We have made historic accomplishments at the Department of Homeland Security to make America safe again: we delivered the MOST secure border in American history, 3 million illegal aliens have left the U.S., we have located 145,000 children, FEMA delivered disaster relief at a 100% faster rate, we ushered in the golden age of travel, saved the American taxpayer $13 billion and revitalized the U.S. Coast Guard,” she added.

Trump said Mullin has done a “tremendous job” in Congress and cited his resume as a former undefeated MMA fighter.

“As the only Native American in the Senate, Markwayne is a fantastic advocate for our incredible Tribal Communities. Markwayne will work tirelessly to Keep our Border Secure, Stop Migrant Crime, Murderers, and other Criminals from illegally entering our Country, End the Scourge of Illegal Drugs and, MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN,” Trump said.

Mullin is the first Native American senator in decades, following Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado. He appeared just as caught off guard by the announcement as the rest of Washington.

After dashing to vote for DHS funding, which ultimately failed again, and then sneaking through the back of the Senate, he held court on the steps outside the upper chamber. When asked if he was headed to the White House to meet with Trump, he said he wasn’t sure.

“I think I need to talk to my wife first,” Mullin said.

Mullin currently does not serve on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, the panel that will be responsible for confirming him. But, he does have a strong relationship with Trump.

“I’ve got to be honest with you, I wasn’t expecting the call today, but I am super excited. And I’m more excited about just getting ready to get started,” Mullin said. “There’s a lot of work we can do to get our Homeland Security working, you know, working for the American people.”

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., is seen after va meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 19, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Noem, 54, will likely be at least temporarily replaced by Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar, a Navy veteran and former mayor of Los Alamitos, California, in the line of succession for the agency.

Noem’s tenure marked a distinct reversal of the open-border policies permitted by predecessor Alejandro Mayorkas during the Biden administration, and DHS has notched record drug interdictions totaling more than half a million pounds of illegal drugs in her first year.

Iranian weapon debris, blown to pieces or mechanically crippled, keeps dropping from the Middle East sky.

For that, we can thank heat-seeking satellites, military-grade malware and radar-jamming software, all made in America.

New technology laser weaponry has also been deployed against Iran as part of Operation Epic Fury, The Post has learned.

A US Navy destroyer vessel off the coast of the Middle East nation is fitted with the new weapon, which appears to be the High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system, videos released by US Central Command show.

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Imagine that, a small man, an Ayatollah at that is garbling with da mout that the U.S.A. will pay for torpedoing an Iranian warship. We say to him, a person who is on their knees better watch out because the likelihood of him being next to vist Allah is a given.

Iran’s foreign minister says the US will ‘bitterly regret’ sinking its prized warship

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on Thursday said the U.S. will “bitterly regret” striking and sinking an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka’s southern coast.

“The U.S. has perpetrated an atrocity at sea, 2,000 miles away from Iran’s shores,” Araqchi wrote on X. “Frigate Dena, a guest of India’s Navy carrying almost 130 sailors, was struck in international waters without warning.”

“Mark my words: The U.S. will come to bitterly regret precedent it has set,” he added.

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James Talarico takes down firebrand Rep. Jasmine Crockett in bitter Dem Texas Senate primary

By 

Josh Christenson and

Ryan King

Published March 4, 2026

 Updated March 4, 2026, 6:30 a.m. ET

Democratic Texas state legislator James Talarico emerged victorious Tuesday over loudmouth left-wing Rep. Jasmine Crockett following a ferocious US Senate primary marred in its final hours by allegations of voter suppression from both candidates.

With 91% of the expected vote tallied, Talarico, 36, had 52.9% compared to 45.7% for Crockett, 44, avoiding a bruising runoff campaign that would have lasted close to another three months.

“We’re about to take back Texas,” proclaimed Talarico, who will face the winner of the May 26 Republican runoff between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

“We are not just trying to win an election,” Talarico told supporters in Austin before the race was called. “We are trying to fundamentally change our politics. And it’s working.”

Texas voters have not elected a Democrat to the Senate since Lloyd Bentsen in 1988.

Dan Crenshaw defeated by Cruz-backed state lawmaker in Texas GOP primary, boosting MAGA clout –

My relationship with Trump is good,’ Crenshaw told the Houston Chronicle ahead of Tuesday’s primary

By Alec Schemmel Fox News

Published March 4, 2026 1:15am EST

Steve Toth, Cruzed to win, a state representative and businessman, following years of turmoil between Crenshaw and the MAGA faction of the Republican Party that questioned Crenshaw’s loyalty to Trump.

The 2nd Congressional District primary that ended Tuesday with Toth beating out Crenshaw drew a sharp line within the Republican Party. Crenshaw was not formally endorsed by President Donald Trump or Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, endorsed Toth after he reportedly got into a tiff with Crenshaw at the airport over whether the senator was working against the representative’s re-election.

The IRGC has spent 75 to 80 percent of their missile reservoir, their inventory has depreciated by the thousands. What do they have left? Some Kamikaze drones which are being depleted by the minute.

They thought the valiant soldiers of the U.S. and Israel would cave by now, but this has not happened. Decimation to Iran’s military, their leadership, their arsenal and their mindset is broken, this has occured in warpspeed. Only days, not weeks it will be over.

Iran has turned the other Arab States against them. This is Shite against Sunni. Two waring enemies from fifteen hundred years ago. Iran has turned into a pirrah state.

Israel has warning for whoever is chosen to replace slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Israel’s defense minister warned Wednesday that whoever is chosen to replace slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be considered “a target for elimination” if they continue policies threatening Israel, the United States and regional allies.

The statement comes as Iran’s Assembly of Experts moves to select a successor following Khamenei’s death in an Israeli strike at the outset of the war. Israeli forces have already targeted locations tied to Iran’s clerical leadership structure, signaling the campaign is aimed not only at degrading military capabilities but also at preventing the reconstitution of regime leadership.

The warning marks a dramatic escalation in rhetoric, underscoring Israel’s position that any future Iranian leader who maintains Tehran’s hostile posture could face direct military action. Iranian officials have not publicly responded to the threat.

Allah better replenish those 72 Virgins. Many more martyrs will be arriving on that magic carpet in the days ahead.

After five weeks the FBI has run out of LEADS. We have a suggestion. The FBI lead needs to bring in 100 agents and knock on the door of every house within a three mile radius. By interviewing each person living there, they will be able to determine or maybe get feedback if there was the possibility of a Nervous Nellie.

So far the investigation has gone nowhere. A new theory is necessary. We believe that the Perp lives in the neighborhood. Why? Because he knew her, knew her house, knew when the apt time would be to abduct her.

Driving up to her house with a van in the dead of night, getting the drop on her and then with an accomplice taking her to a nearby abode. They didn’t want to raise suspicion by being pulled over by the Police, that is why we believe this was a neighborhood crime.

THAT IS OUR GUESS!

The United States and Israel have offered the opportunity for the Iranians to Rise Up and take back their future. Now is the time for action. In all military conflicts where a dictator is disposed of, a new leader emerges from the rubble This is the case in all calamities, be it a communist puch or a freedom fighter.

There are still remenants of the IRGC who are defiant, but in all revolutions casualties exist. The blood thirsty murders cannot get away with the killing of 30,000, plus how many more have they murdered in secret.

Their firepower is on the last legs. Our intelligence indicates the murderous regime is on its last legs. Bombing other Muslim countries, suchs as UAE and Baharain, Kuwait, not to mention Saudi Arabia is an indication that they are on their last legs. Trump has given them an off ramp if they give up now. Will They take the opportunity or opt to join Kahamenei?

Tel Aviv analyst shelters from 30 missile sirens in 48 hours, says Iran won’t ‘recover’

Shrapnel damaged at least 40 buildings while Iran forms provisional leadership after Khamenei’s death

By Emma Bussey Fox News

Published March 1, 2026 10:06pm EST

The past 48 hours in Tel Aviv have been unlike anything seen before, a leading security analyst has said, as sirens blared amid missile threats following Operation Epic Fury and U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran.

“We are facing a biblical event — nothing less,” Kobi Michael, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies and the Misgav Institute, told Fox News Digital speaking from his shelter in the city.

Like many Israelis, Michael said he had spent hours in reinforced rooms during the ongoing barrage, adding that he was “very experienced in this.”

“But this all requires time and determination, and I do hope that Trump will also have them both,” he said, speaking shortly after the president released a video message stating that the military operation would continue “until all of our objectives are achieved.”

Explosions from projectile interceptions by Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system over Tel Aviv. (JACK GUEZ / AFP via Getty Images)

“Trump is the only one who can make the change — and that change will impact the entire region and the international order for years to come,” Michael added.

As of Sunday, Tel Aviv remained under a state of emergency following Iranian missile attacks that caused casualties and widespread damage.

According to The Associated Press, Iranian missile and drone strikes have killed approximately 11 Israeli civilians and wounded dozens more in retaliation for the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran.

Shrapnel from missile impacts damaged at least 40 buildings in Tel Aviv, and authorities reported at least one death in the area from falling debris.

The Philippine Embassy in Israel confirmed the death of a Filipino national after a missile strike hit Tel Aviv on Saturday.

TOMAHAWKS, B-2 STEALTH BOMBERS AND ATTACK DRONES POUND OVER 1,000 IRANIAN TARGETS IN 24-HOUR BLITZ

People take shelter as Iran launched missiles and drones towards Israel following the U.S.-Israeli attacks. ( Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“We enter our shelter once the siren is heard and stay there until the Home Front Command announces that we can leave,” Michael said.

“Usually, it is about 20 to 30 minutes — unless there are further sirens during our stay. Since yesterday morning, it has happened around 30 times.”

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog also visited an impact site in Tel Aviv on Sunday, delivering a message of resilience.

“The people of Israel and the people of Iran can live in peace. The region can live in peace. But what undermines peace time and again is terror instigated by this Iranian regime,” Herzog said.

EXILED IRANIAN CROWN PRINCE SAYS US STRIKES MARK ‘BEGINNING OF THE VERY END’ FOR REGIME

An Israeli emergency service officer walks past building debris at the scene of a Iranian missile attack. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP via Getty Images)

Following the reported killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and roughly 40 senior Iranian officials, Iran formed a provisional leadership council.

Iran named Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, President Masoud Pezeshkian and Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i to lead roles.

“The Supreme Leader did not complete the necessary groundwork regarding his own succession,” Michael added.

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“Pezeshkian will face very troubling challenges due to their heavy losses, severe disruptions to control and command systems, and the massive bombing and attacks across Iran, including Tehran,” he said.

“Even if this regime doesn’t collapse, it will never be able to reconstitute itself, recover or return to its previous position,” Michael added.

MAHA PUSHBACK: Thomas Massie And RFK Jr. Call Out President Trump’s Recent Executive Order On Glyphosate

Feb 27, 2026

Commenting on President Trump’s disastrous recent executive order protecting Bayer’s highly carcinogenic glyphosate poisons that are profoundly contaminating most of America’s crops, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services RFK Jr. stated the following:

Pesticides are poison. They’re designed to kill all life.

It’s not a good thing to have in your food.

I’ve spent 40 years fighting pesticides. We won three cases in a row and then got an $11 billion settlement with Monsanto.

All chemical pesticides, just like all GMO crops, just like all processed foods, just like all vaccines, should be banned forever.

And here are the major players behind these exceedingly toxic and highly addictive foods that Americans have been deliberately sickened with:

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Different logos. Same parent companies. Different packaging. Same power behind the scenes. The food industry may look competitive, but it’s strategically consolidated.

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And exactly how was a deadly chemical allowed to pollute the majority of America’s food supply? Why, with the familiar “$afe and Effective” fraud, that’s how:

This is crazy…

In 2000, there was a study done famously called the “Williams Study” — which 99.9% of all studies Cite regarding the “Safety” of Glyphosate

Just last month, that study was retracted because it was found that Monsanto executives wrote it… wow

Unbelievable…

Iowa Candidate Zach Lahn says Big Agricultural Giants, including Chinese-Owned Syngenta, are causing the Skyrocketing Cancer Rates and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in the United States

• Syngenta is a wholly owned state enterprise of the Chinese Government — it is a 100% privately held company owned by Sinochem Holdings (also known as Sinochem Group), a massive Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE).

• They control roughly 85% of all farm seeds and chemicals in Iowa (down from hundreds of companies decades ago), with Syngenta’s products used on roughly 5 million acres statewide.

• Paraquat (originally formulated by Syngenta) is one of the most toxic pesticides on planet earth, and it is still approved by the EPA and used on ~300,000 acres in Iowa

• Exposure to Paraquat doubles the risk of Parkinson and is so potent it is used in laboratories to deliberately induce Parkinson’s in animals.

– Iowa now has “the fastest rate of new cancer of anywhere in the history of human civilization,” with the top 10 highest-cancer counties all being rural ag-heavy areas

So, not only are deadly vaccines, that, say, were intentionally “contaminated” with gene altering and extremely carcinogenic SV40 promotor sequences, but so too is the food supply laced with highly carcinogenic poisons like glyphosate.

Just like BigPharma always knew full well that they were murdering their customers, so too does BigAgra.

And here is the bombshell revelation that further exposes the totally corrupt and compromised BigPharma-owned AG Pam Bondi:

Rep Thomas Massie says the decision to focus on manufacturing more pesticides in America is linked to Attorney General Pam Bondi

“…I rise today to let the American people know that this government is under siege. All three branches of this government is under siege by lobbyists and lawyers from a German company named Bayer.”

“The President’s Attorney General worked for one of the biggest lobbying firms that’s received hundreds of thousands, millions of dollars from Bayer — The Attorney General has opined favorably for this German company in front of the Supreme Court about getting rid of any liability that they should have for any damages — Maybe that’s why we’ve seen an executive order that says that the production of this chemical from this German company is a, is a national defense priority.”

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Let us hope against hope that between U.S. Representative Thomas Massie and RFK Jr. that somehow President Trump reconsiders, and reverses his executive order on this monstrosity of a chemical.

Of course, the Modified mRNA slow kill bioweapon “vaccines” have still not been pulled from the market either, so MAGA continues to subvert MAHA until further notice.

Trump pledges to ‘avenge’ fallen US service members as tensions with Iran intensify

President Trump delivered a video update on the Iran operation

By Amanda Macias Fox News

Published March 1, 2026 4:41pm EST

President Donald Trump vowed Sunday to “avenge” the deaths of three U.S. service members killed in action as the conflict involving Iran deepens across the Middle East.

“As one nation, we grieve for the true American patriots who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation,” Trump said in a video statement posted on Truth Social. 

“Even as we continue the righteous mission for which they gave their lives, we pray for the full recovery of the wounded and send our immense love and eternal gratitude to the families of the fallen.”

This map shows the targets of Iran’s retaliatory strikes. (Fox News)

The president struck a somber note, warning that “sadly, there will likely be more before it ends.”

“America will avenge their deaths and deliver the most punishing blow to the terrorists who have waged war,” Trump said. “Our resolve and likewise that of Israel has never been stronger.”

Trump’s remarks, his first public statement since the U.S.-Israel strikes that led to the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several senior Iranian officials, signaled a potentially prolonged confrontation.

“This wretched and vile man had the blood of hundreds and even thousands of Americans on his hands and was responsible for the slaughter of countless thousands of innocent people all across many countries,” Trump said.

TOMAHAWKS SPEARHEADED US STRIKE ON IRAN — WHY PRESIDENTS REACH FOR THIS MISSILE FIRST

President Donald Trump delivers a nearly six-minute address providing an update on Operation Epic Fury on March 1, 2026. (Truth Social)

He said U.S. forces had struck “hundreds of targets” inside Iran, including key Revolutionary Guard facilities, air defense systems and naval assets. Trump said the U.S. “knocked out nine Iranian ships “in a matter of literally minutes.” Military operations, he added, would continue “until all of our objectives are achieved.”

He went on to issue a direct warning to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and military leadership, urging them to surrender in exchange for immunity or face “certain death.” 

Ahead of the strikes, the U.S. military amassed what Trump previously called an “armada” in Iran’s backyard. Mapped out across the Persian Gulf and beyond, the deployment tells its own story, one of calculated pressure backed by credible capability.

At the center of the U.S. presence are two aircraft carrier strike groups — the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Gerald R. Ford — each supported by guided-missile destroyers and cruisers and capable of sustained air and missile operations.

More than a dozen additional U.S. warships are also operating in the region in support roles, according to defense officials.

THE ONLY MAP YOU NEED TO SEE TO UNDERSTAND HOW SERIOUS TRUMP IS ABOUT IRAN

An F-35B with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), took off April 18 from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS America. (Cpl. Isaac Cantrell/U.S. Marine Corps)

Meanwhile, Tehran has vowed retaliation for the strikes.