Noem wanted to buy Spirit Airlines planes - except the airline didn’t own them...and they didn’t have engines DHS looked at buying the planes from Spirit Airlines, according to a report The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2025
ICE–CBP Turf Battle Unfolds Inside DHS as White House Advisors Jockey for Control: Report Sources consulted by NewsNation point to mounting tension over who wields operational authority, centered on White House adviser Corey Lewandowski and Border Czar Tom Homan Latin Times · Nov 6, 2025
ICE Struggling To Hire 10,000 Agents Despite Receiving About 175,000 Applications: Report Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is reportedly struggling to fulfill its goal of hiring 10,000 new agents despite getting some 175,000 applications, according to a new report. Latin Times · Oct 29, 2025
Hiring 10,000 ICE agents is easier said than done Border czar Tom Homan acknowledges a "high fail rate" on the agency's physical standards for recruits. Axios · Oct 29, 2025
Trump administration purges ICE field officials There's pressure on ICE to meet the administration's arrest and deportation goals. Axios · Oct 28, 2025
Why Donald Trump’s move to pay the troops was probably illegal, and why that probably doesn’t matter NEWS ANALYSIS: Analysis: Experts argue that use of a donation and research funding present separate examples of Antideficiency Act violations writes John Bowden The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2025
Donald Trump has built a regime of retribution and reward The president’s purges and attacks on his enemies have developed into a system in which injustice is made routine The Guardian - US · Oct 24, 2025
Scoop: Homan says fentanyl as WMD "at least" merits discussion Homan said there are around 73,000 annual fentanyl deaths. Axios · Oct 22, 2025
Exclusive: Trump's border czar says 600k to be deported in 2025 "If we find you, we're going to arrest you," Homan said of undocumented immigrants remaining in the U.S. Axios · Oct 22, 2025
Trump’s border czar Tom Homan denies taking $50,000 from undercover FBI agents: ‘I’m not enriching myself’ Homan previously claimed that he did ‘nothing illegal’ but this is the first time he has publicly denied taking $50,000 from the FBI The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2025
JD Vance trolls one of Trump’s oldest political foes from home soil as MAGA took a victory lap in the Middle East While staying behind, Vance appeared on ABC and clashed with a TV show host over a major MAGA scandal The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2025
JD Vance Clashes with George Stephanopoulos Over Alleged $50K FBI Bribery Video ABC's George Stephanopoulos confronts VP JD Vance over alleged $50K (£39K) Tom Homan FBI bribery video, sparking viral on-air clash. International Business Times UK · Oct 13, 2025
JD Vance in fiery exchange with ABC host over Tom Homan’s $50,000 bag of cash: ‘Why fewer and fewer people watch your show’ Vance repeatedly declined to say whether FBI has video of Homan accepting $50,000 in cash before being cut off by ABC The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2025
‘Come and get me’: Illinois Gov. Pritzker dares Trump to carry out threat as Vance says Insurrection Act is on the table Vance also got into heated exchange with ABC host over $50,000 bag of cash border czar Tom Homan was allegedly caught on video accepting The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2025
The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2025 Democrat warns ‘damage’ by Bondi at the DOJ will ‘take decades’ to recover from Thousands of federal workers have left the Department of Justice and resources have been reallocated to align with Trump’s agenda, under Pam Bondi’s leadership
Axios · Oct 8, 2025 House Democrats ramp up investigation into Tom Homan bribery allegations "Who knew about the Homan cash bribery scandal, when did they know it, and why was Mr. Homan appointed 'Border Czar,'" the lawmakers wrote.
The Guardian - US · Oct 7, 2025 Bondi spars over Epstein but stays silent on Comey: takeaways from a tense hearing The attorney general clashed with Democrats over Trump, Epstein, and the ‘weaponization’ of the justice department
Axios · Oct 7, 2025 "I'm not going to discuss that": Bondi clashes with senators over Comey, Epstein and Trump Senators demanded answers. Bondi refused to give them.
Latin Times · Oct 7, 2025 Stephen Miller Fires Back at Ocasio-Cortez Over Height Mockery: 'We Knew Her Brain Didn't Work' AOC had previously singled out Miller as an example of insecure masculinity, joking that his supposed height explained his hostility toward others
Roll Call · Oct 7, 2025 Pamela Bondi stonewalls Democrats at DOJ oversight hearing - Roll Call Attorney General Pamela Bondi repeatedly declined to answer questions from Democratic senators during a Senate oversight hearing Tuesday.
Reason · Sep 26, 2025 Trump Bashed Other Countries for Their Immigrant Crime Rates. Here's Why He Didn't Mention the U.S. Trump railed against migrant crime abroad but skipped U.S. stats—because immigrants here are locked up far less often than native-born Americans.
Latin Times · Sep 26, 2025 Democrats Give Hard Deadline To AG Bondi To Release Documents Related To Border Czar Homan Bribery Investigation Senate Democrats are urging Attorney General Pam Bondi to release documents related to an investigation on White House border czar Tom Homan following allegations that he accepted $50,000 from undercover FBI agents
Reason · Sep 22, 2025 Free Speech Means You Can Criticize Anyone Plus: Fallout from the Tom Homan bribery probe, U.S. forces strike Venezuelan drug boats, and Trump considers sending troops back to Afghanistan
The Guardian - US · Sep 22, 2025 Democrats urge Trump border czar investigation over bribery allegation Tom Homan alleged to have taken $50,000 cash from undercover FBI agent in return for political favours
The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2025 White House backs 'border czar' after reports he accepted cash during undercover FBI probe last year The White House is standing behind “border czar” Tom Homan following reports he had accepted $50,000 from undercover agents posing as businesspeople during an undercover FBI operation last year, leading to a bribery investigation that was shut down by the Trump administration Justice Department