Newsom rips Noem as ‘Kosplay Barbie’ over $220M ad campaign, demands DHS release $500M for LA wildfires

California Gov. Gavin Newsom ripped outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over her controversial ad campaign and demanded the agency immediately release more than $500 million in stalled FEMA funding for Los Angeles wildfire recovery. Newsom, in a statement, labeled Noem “Kosplay Barbie” and accused her of prioritizing a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign featuring … Read more

A Japanese ‘conman’ tried to sell an undercover DEA agent nuclear materials – but how did he get them?

Takeshi Ebisawa, sentenced to 20 years in prison last week, believed he was selling weapons-grade plutonium to Iran A plot to supply Iran’s nuclear weapons program, heroin from the Golden Triangle, Burmese ethnic insurgents and rocket launchers were the subject in courtroom 24A in New York’s federal courthouse last week when a man described as … Read more

Kristi Noem is out. Could Pam Bondi follow?

The attorney general faces a subpoena over the Epstein files. She won’t say much – but Democrats are calling for her ouster After spending $220m of taxpayer money on an advertising campaign in which she demanded migrants self-deport, Kristi Noem is now being forced to make a hasty exit of her own. On Thursday, Donald … Read more

ICE deports family, including deaf boy who wasn’t given his assistive devices

California state superintendent says mother and sons arrested during ICE check-in and deported to Colombia California’s superintendent is calling for the return of a hearing-impaired six-year-old after he, his mother and his five-year-old sibling were detained on Tuesday while reporting for their check-in at an ICE office in San Francisco and deported to Colombia. Lesly … Read more

Russia Is Providing Intelligence to Iran on Location of US Forces

Russia is providing intelligence to Iran on the location of U.S. forces in the Middle East, according to four sources with knowledge. In a new interview, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not deny Russian help to Iran, but downplayed its significance in a “60 Minutes” interview. NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell reports for Saturday TODAY.

One Week Into Iran War: Will There Be US Troops on the Ground?

Retired Col. Steve Warren, an NBC News military analyst and former Pentagon spokesperson, joins Saturday TODAY to break down the war in Iran as it marks one week since the conflict began. He also talks about what to make of President Donald Trump privately suggesting a small contingent of U.S. ground troops in the region.