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On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said that DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin floating removing customs from sanctuary cities is “another reason why we need to impose reforms on ICE and the Customs and Border Patrol as part of any funding for DHS.” Guest host Dana Bash said, “I just want to quickly switch topics to something that the new Homeland Security Secretary, your former Senate colleague, Markwayne Mullin, said on television tonight. He floated the idea of forcing cities and states like yours in Connecticut, which are considered — which are sanctuary cities, to cooperate…

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the United States attempted to supply Iranian protesters with weapons this year so they could defend themselves against another massacre, but the effort was not successful because Kurdish intermediaries decided to keep some of the guns for themselves. “President Trump told me the United States sent guns to the Iranian protesters,” Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst said of his telephone interview with Trump on Sunday morning. “He tells me: ‘We sent them a lot of guns. We sent them through the Kurds,’ and the president says he thinks the Kurds kept…

The Department of Homeland (DHS) shared that nearly 35,000 illegal aliens chose to go home through the no-penalty exit of “voluntary departure” last year. Data from the Department of Justice (DOJ) shows that in “fiscal year 2025, more than 34,707 people nationwide were granted voluntary departure,” representing a fourfold increase from the “8,663 the year before,” NBC10 News reported. Additionally, a document that was “shared internally within DHS and reviewed by CNN” revealed that as of March 2026, roughly 72,000 illegal migrants had chosen to self-deport under the Trump administration. Out of this number, roughly 37,281 migrants who agreed to voluntary deportation…

President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, receiving a warm welcome from President Ahmed al-Sharaa and reportedly discussing cooperation on food and security exchanges. Zelensky and Sharaa met once before, in New York, while both were attending the United Nations General Assembly in September. Both their countries have experienced significant aggression by both Iran and Russia – Ukraine is facing an ongoing Iran-backed Russian invasion, while Syria endured over a decade of civil war in which both Iran and Russia supported deposed dictator Bashar Assad. On the groundwork of these shared experiences, Sharaa and Zelensky appear to be pursuing…

New border chief Markwayne Mullin is threatening to shut down international flights in cities where local Democrats shield illegal migrants in so-called “Sanctuary Cities.” Amnesty “cities [are] not lawful,” Mullin told Fox News, adding: So, we’re going to take a hard look at this. One area we may take a hard look at is some of these cities have international airports … If they’re a sanctuary city and they’re receiving international flights and we’re asking them to partner with [our customs officers] at the airport, but once [foreign passengers] walk out of the airport, they’re not going to enforce immigration…

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) introduced legislation Monday that would revive the 60-day Department of Homeland Security funding measure previously passed by the House while attaching the SAVE America Act, underscoring that some House Republicans are continuing to press for the election-security package even as the Senate has shifted toward a reconciliation strategy. Roy’s bill would combine the House-passed continuing resolution funding all of DHS for another 60 days with the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote, voter ID, eliminate universal mail-in voting except in cases of disability, illness, travel, or military service, and…

The first deliveries of Russian crude are expected in mid-April, the island nation’s transport minister has said Sri Lanka will purchase crude oil from Russia after reaching an agreement with Moscow amid the energy crisis spurred by the Middle East conflict, the island nation’s transport minister, Bimal Rathnayake, has said.Rathnayake told TASS on Monday that “energy is our priority today,” adding that the US-Israeli war on Iran has triggered a disruption in supplies to Sri Lanka.“Russia’s deputy energy minister [Andrey Rudenko] visited Sri Lanka a few days ago. The deputy foreign minister has also visited Sri Lanka. They reached an…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said on Sunday it has agreed to accept migrants from third countries who have been deported from the United States. The first wave of deportees is expected to arrive later this month. The Congolese Ministry of Communications said the agreement was “temporary” and based on the DRC’s “commitment to human dignity and international solidarity.” “This stay is not intended to become a mechanism for permanent settlement on national territory. Each situation will be subject to individual review in accordance with the laws of the Republic and national security requirements,” the statement said. According…

Monday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) reiterated his opposition to the United States pulling out of NATO. The Nebraska Republican lawmaker said it would be a “disaster,” adding that President Donald Trump’s rhetoric had damaged Europe’s trust in the United States. “The president today again slammed NATO, calling NATO a paper tiger,” host Jake Tapper said. “He has recently said he’s going to consider withdrawing the U.S. from NATO. You say that would be unacceptable. It would cause a civil war within the GOP conference. Have you tried to speak directly to the president about this to…

The Iranian ambassador to Caracas, Alí Chegeni, recently met with members of Venezuela’s colectivos socialist paramilitary gangs, the Venezuelan outlet Cazadores de Fake News reported over the weekend. The diplomat also participated in a socialist radio show hosted by the co-founder of a colectivo group in which calls to assassinate President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were broadcast. Chegeni has been in charge of Iran’s embassy in Caracas since June 2025. The colectivos are armed socialist gangs originally established in the early 2000s during the rule of late dictator Hugo Chávez and then reinforced by Nicolás Maduro that directly serve the Venezuelan regime and…