Noem responds to Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish bashing ICE at Grammys: ‘I wish they knew’
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem spoke out after Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish and other celebrities bashed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Grammy Awards, telling Fox News Digital that their criticism is “ill-informed.” “I wish they knew what wonderful, amazing people our ICE officers are. Many of these officers live in these communities where they are doing enforcement activities,” Noem told Fox News Digital during an interview at a Mississippi National Guard facility in Tupelo on Monday. The secretary was visiting the governor, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials and military members in the aftermath of Winter Storm Fern. “Their families live there and that’s their neighbors they are protecting by getting dangerous criminals off the streets. They are going after those murderers and rapists, people that are trafficking drugs, and protecting America,” Noem continued. “That is what President Trump said he would do, he said he would make us safer, and he has done that. We have reached historic lows in crime rates in this country, the lowest rate of murder and crime since we have been recording it for over 100 years,” Noem also told Fox News Digital. “So it’s real results, people are feeling it in their communities, and it’s too bad that ill-informed famous musicians make statements like that without truly knowing what great Americans our ICE and Border Patrol officers are.” MUSIC’S BIGGEST STARS PROTEST ICE AT GRAMMY AWARDS Pop star Billie Eilish was among several celebrities who used the stage at Sunday’s Grammy Awards to criticize the Trump administration and ICE. “No one is illegal on stolen land,” Eilish said while accepting the Grammy for Song of the Year. “I feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting. Our voices really do matter, and the people matter.” “And f— ICE, that’s all I’m gonna say, sorry,” she added. HUNDREDS OF ANTI-ICE PROTESTERS SHUT DOWN STREETS IN PORTLAND Wearing an “ICE OUT” pin, Eilish also emphasized the urgency of continued activism during her remarks. Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny also took direct aim at ICE during his Grammy acceptance speech, using the moment to denounce the agency and defend immigrants’ humanity. “ICE out,” Bad Bunny said while accepting the Grammy for Best Música Urbana Album. “We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens — we are humans, and we are Americans.” Fox News Digital’s Nora Moriarty contributed to this report.
Top teachers union under fire as lawmakers push to strip union of unique federal charter: ‘Lost their way’
With the National Education Association being thrust into the spotlight after increasing its public opposition against the Trump administration and having been accused of financially backing far-left agenda items, two Republicans are taking steps to revoke its federal charter. The National Education Association holds a rare distinction in Washington, D.C., as the only labor union granted a federal charter, a status it received from Congress in 1906, and critics have argued that the functions of the NEA then and now are much different. Republican Reps. Buddy Carter and Mary Miller have been vocal critics of the NEA in recent years and are calling for that charter to be revoked, a move that Carter tells Fox News Digital would be “significant” and “carries with it a lot of clout.” “Let’s face it, the NEA is nothing more than a liberal political organization masquerading as a teachers union,” Carter added. “Remember in 1906, Congress gave them this charter to elevate the profession. They’re not elevating the profession right now.” TEACHERS UNION PRESIDENT CALLS TRUMP A ‘DICTATOR’ ON UNEARTHED CALL WITH ANTIFA-LINKED GROUP The NEA has been actively opposing President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, labeling him a “dictator” and organizing protests nationwide against ICE. “You only have to look at their actions here recently to see that they have turned into a liberal political organization,” Carter told Fox News Digital. “Calling President Trump’s policies fascism, calling for allowing biological men to participate and grow sports, going against the Anti-Defamation League, which is trying to stamp out anti-Semitism. All the policies that they’re enacting, 98% of their donations are going to Democrats now, and the liberal Democrats. And then, of course, what they’ve done in Minneapolis and in Minnesota — all of those actions lead us to believe that they should be, that their charter should be pulled.” Fox News Digital has extensively reported on criticisms of the NEA in recent months, including in November when a federal labor filing showed the organization sent millions to far-left causes. Last month, an NEA whistleblower told Fox News Digital the organization operates like a “cult” and views conservatives as the “enemy.” UNCOVERED DOCS SHOW TOP TEACHERS UNION GUIDING GENDER TRANSITIONS, BASHING CONSERVATIVES: ‘INSANE ASYLUM’ “They’ve lost their way. They are not about educating the kids,” Miller told Fox News Digital. “This is a social engineering program. That’s what the NEA has become.” “For a long time, I’ve been calling out the NEA as being a disastrous organization,” added Miller, who has cosponsored legislation to remove the NEA’s federal charter. “I think they have done immeasurable damage to our country in light of losing the focus of educating our children, and they’ve gotten into social engineering and completely political.” While the NEA’s actions have been gathering increased scrutiny in recent months, Miller told Fox News Digital her objections to the NEA go back decades. “Back in the 90s, I got a hold of the NEA’s resolutions from their annual convention, and I was horrified when I saw those. I was actually a teacher. After that, I had my alarm bells up. I ended up home educating my children because of the curriculum, and the NEA is definitely trying to drive that curriculum.” Miller continued, “But instead of pushing the basics in education — so our children are literate, so that they can do math and they know our history, they understand our civics, they are educated in science, and basic education, what American parents want — they’ve gotten into pushing DEI, weird sexual stuff, they don’t want parents involved. They’re anti homeschooling. They’ve called for boycotts of corporations they felt weren’t pushing their cause. They’ve gone off onto things like calling for the statehood of District of Columbia. I mean, so many things that have nothing to do with education. They lost their way and that’s why I want their charter revoked.” If Miller’s legislation were to pass through Congress, she told Fox News Digital that it would “send a strong message that people and lawmakers are rising up to the NEA.” Fox News Digital reached out to the NEA for comment.
A single Trump announcement sparks billions in losses across gold and silver
A single announcement out of Washington sent gold and silver prices plunging, erasing billions of dollars in market value and catching investors off guard almost overnight. The dizzying boom ended abruptly Friday morning after President Donald Trump confirmed Kevin Warsh as his pick to lead the Federal Reserve, sending the dollar to its strongest level in months and reshaping expectations for U.S. monetary policy. Warsh is widely viewed as a free-market, inflation hawk who breaks with much of the current Federal Reserve leadership. Influenced by his studies under economist Milton Friedman, he has long argued that inflation is driven by printing too much money. That view departs from years of Federal Reserve policy focused on keeping borrowing costs low. TRUMP NOMINATES KEVIN WARSH TO SUCCEED JEROME POWELL AS FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR For investors, Warsh’s record has signaled a more disciplined approach to inflation and monetary policy. Addressing inflation under that framework would likely require tighter monetary policy, including higher interest rates. And higher rates typically strengthen the U.S. dollar, giving investors less reason to seek refuge in gold and silver and prompting a selloff in both metals. WHAT TRUMP’S NEXT PICK TO LEAD THE FEDERAL RESERVE MEANS FOR YOUR WALLET For months, a gravity-defying rally had pushed gold and silver prices to fresh highs, as investors piled into the traditional safe-haven assets amid inflation, trade tensions and concerns about the long-term stability of the dollar under Trump’s economic policies. Hours before Trump announced Warsh’s nomination, gold and silver were still holding onto recent gains. The news sparked a swift bust, with gold suffering its worst selloff since 2013 and silver posting its steepest one-day drop since 1980. The sudden reversal rattled investors who had turned to gold as a hedge against inflation and policy uncertainty, including many retirement-age Americans who viewed the metal as a safer place to park their savings. The sharp swings also raised questions about how much more volatility could lie ahead, as markets brace for further policy signals from Washington and potential changes at the Federal Reserve. TRUMP’S ECONOMIC WINS ARE REAL — NOW HE NEEDS TO CONVINCE THE COUNTRY Even so, longer-term demand for gold has been supported by steady buying from foreign central banks, including China, which has been diversifying reserves away from the U.S. dollar amid geopolitical tensions.
‘Trump-Nirbharta’: Congress slams PM Modi, Centre over India-US trade deal announcement
Ramesh’s remarks came after US President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social that he had spoken to Prime Minister Modi earlier in the day and that India and the United States had agreed to a trade deal under which tariffs on Made in India goods would be reduced to 18 per cent.
Supreme Court warns Mark Zuckerberg-owned Meta to quit India
The Chief Justice sharply questioned the tech giants’ claims of informed consent, pointing out that millions of users, including street vendors and rural citizens, cannot realistically understand complex privacy policies.
Dehradun Bus Accident: 3 killed, several injured as HRTC bus carrying 30 passengers plunges into gorge; Rescue operation underway
The bus then overturned multiple times and plunged into the gorge. The accident occurred around 10 a.m. on the Minas-Kwanu-Haripur route.
8 Congress MPs suspended from Lok Sabha amid uproar over Rahul Gandhi quoting ex-Army chief Naravane’s book
The standoff between Gandhi and the government began on Monday, when the former Congress chief brought a copy of a magazine article which cited Naravane’s unpublished book. Gandhi had sought to raise questions about the central government’s handling of the 2020 India-China border clashes.
Mumbai to Pune in just 48 minutes? Rail Minister Vaishnaw says high-speed corridor to cut travel time ‘drastically’
Mumbai and Pune, two bustling cities of Maharashtra, are located around 191 kilometers apart by rail. Vaishnaw, however, did not give out any timeline for the upcoming high-speed rail corridor project.
‘Urged immediate action’: India condemns vandalism of Mahatma Gandhi statue in Australia’s Melbourne
New Delhi has urged immediate action to recover the statue and bring those responsible to justice. The statue was cut from its base using an angle grinder and stolen from the Australian Indian Community Centre in Rowville suburb of Melbourne.
Who is Yumnam Khemchand Singh? Know about BJP leader, who will become next Manipur CM, will he end political uncertainty?
Manipur will get a new chief minister as BJP names Yumnam Khemchand Singh its legislature party leader after nearly a year of President’s Rule.