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Kristi Noem’s firing fails to sway Democrats as DHS shutdown drags on

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Democrats may be celebrating Kristi Noem’s ouster from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), but they are still digging their heels in against ending the agency’s weekslong shutdown.
«It’s not like Kristi Noem was the one who was involved in negotiating anything. She was a corrupt lackey. So, we were dealing with the White House before, and we’re going to continue to deal with the White House at this point,» House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., told reporters during a news conference Thursday.
That point has since been echoed by several other Democratic lawmakers despite Noem’s firing apparently being one of their key demands in exchange for allowing DHS to be fully funded through the remainder of this fiscal year.
Congressional Democrats aren’t budging from their shutdown position despite DHS Secretary Kristi Noem getting fired. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Congressional Democrats have maintained a unified blockade of funding for the agency in pursuit of stringent reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Democrats and the White House have been negotiating, but neither side has agreed to compromise terms.
And the shutdown is now guaranteed to drag on for another month, given that the House will be out for a week and the Senate is unable to advance any DHS funding legislation.
«I’m waiting for them to give us an offer, make us an offering as to what it is that you want us to vote on,» Rep. Lou Correa, D-Calif., said. «I want to see what the guardrails are before I vote on this funding. … I don’t want us to have masked individuals in my community. I want to see body cameras. I want you to identify yourself when you’re making an arrest.»
Many Democrats aren’t sure that Noem’s chosen replacement, Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., would be the answer to the changes they want.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, plans to block Mullin’s confirmation in a bid to extract Democrats’ long-sought reforms to ICE. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., suggested to Fox News Digital that he was skeptical that any replacement for Noem would be more effective in the discussions given they still have to answer to Trump and his policies.
And Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., plans to block Mullin’s confirmation in a bid to extract Democrats’ long-sought reforms to ICE.
«The rot runs deep,» Schumer said. «If the president wants accountability, he must do more than fire one official — he must end the violence and rein in ICE.»
Republican leaders in the House and Senate both tried again to advance a DHS funding bill that was released as part of wider bipartisan government funding discussions earlier this year.
The bill passed the House with all but four Democrats voting «no,» even hours after Noem’s ouster.
In the Senate, news of Noem’s firing erupted as another push by Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to pass a full-year funding bill began. Like their colleagues in the House, Senate Democrats were unfazed by the change and once more blocked the legislation.
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Congressional Democrats aren’t completely swayed by the change in leadership at DHS after Kristi Noem was fired in favor of Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
When asked if he believed removing Noem from the equation would make a difference, Thune said, «It should.»
«The Democrats have been complaining about that forever,» Thune said. «And, so, this, to me, is a huge development, I would think, in the funding conversation, and hopefully they’ll get more earnest about coming to the table and trying to get a deal. I mean, we should find out soon enough.»
For now, Senate Democrats appear firmly entrenched in their position, even with their colleague Mullin taking the helm of the agency.
«No, I don’t think it makes any difference,» Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., told Fox News Digital. «They have got to put in the reforms that we need.»
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Mullin, who has staunchly opposed the stringent reforms Democrats seek for the agency, said he would meet with Schumer in a bid to earn his and every Senate Democrat’s vote during his forthcoming confirmation process.
«I’m not going to get into, you know, a tit-for-tat, but if they have real concerns, I’m going to listen to it. I’m going to see if it’s practical,» Mullin said. «But nothing’s going to prevent me from doing my job. I’m going to enforce the policies and the laws that Congress has passed, and we’re going to protect our homeland.»
But not all Democrats were pessimistic.
Asked by Fox News Digital whether Noem’s firing would help advance DHS funding talks, Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., said, «I think it allows us to reopen the negotiations.»
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Israel strikes slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s underground military bunker

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Friday announced that it had dismantled former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s underground bunker in Tehran.
«The underground compound was created by the regime as a base for advancing military activities and its extremist ideologies against the State of Israel and the Western world,» the IDF said. «It spanned multiple streets in the heart of Tehran and contained numerous entrances and meeting rooms for senior members of the Iranian terrorist regime.»
Israel later released an illustrated video which showed a number of entry points throughout Tehran with tunnels leading to the underground bunker.
The Israel Defense Forces struck former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s bunker in Tehran. (IDF)
The fortified compound was directly under where Khamenei and other regime leaders were situated on Saturday morning when almost 50 of them were killed in under 50 seconds during the launch of Operation Epic Fury, a senior Israeli official told Fox News.
IRAN POSTPONES TEHRAN FAREWELL CEREMONY FOR KHAMENEI WHERE LARGE CROWDS WERE EXPECTED TO GATHER
The official said that Khamenei spent millions of dollars and a number of years building the bunker, which he did not use on the morning of the strike. Sources familiar with the intelligence say that Khamenei believed no one had the guts to strike him.
The senior Israeli official told Fox News that Khamenei’s confidence was partially thanks to an Israeli-American deception plan that included messaging, signals and public statements by President Donald Trump that suggested nothing immediate was coming. Top IDF commanders even went home on Friday night, hours before the strike, in an attempt to deceive Iranian leadership.

President Donald Trump confirmed the U.S. launched strikes on Iran on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (The White House via X Account/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Khamenei was killed on the first day of Operation Epic Fury after ruling the Islamic Republic for more than 30 years. During that time, he oversaw harsh internal crackdowns, including the most recent one in January, which targeted Iranian protesters, as well as international confrontations.
Fox News’ Trey Yingst and Fox News Digital’s Efrat Lachter and Ruth Marks Eglash contributed to this report.
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Biden says ‘I’m a h— of a lot smarter than most of you’ to crowd at Jesse Jackson’s funeral

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Former President Joe Biden told mourners at Rev. Jesse Jackson’s memorial service Friday that he is «a h— of a lot smarter than most of you,» a pointed remark that stood out during his tribute to the late civil rights leader.
Biden made the comment while recounting how he was mocked as a child for his stutter and how speech impediments are often mistaken for a lack of intelligence.
«If I told you I had a cleft palate or clubfoot, none of you would have laughed,» Biden said. «But it’s OK to laugh at stuttering. … It’s the one place where people think you’re stupid.
«Oh, really? I’m a h— of a lot smarter than most of you,» he added, before quickly pivoting back to his broader point. «But all kidding aside, it makes you feel really small.»
Former President Joe Biden speaks at a public memorial service to celebrate the life of civil rights activist Jesse Jackson in Chicago March 6, 2026 (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)
Biden made the remark during a memorial service in Chicago that brought together prominent Democratic leaders and civil rights figures to honor Jackson’s decades-long political influence.
Former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton attended the service along with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Vice President Kamala Harris and Rev. Al Sharpton.
The event was held at the 10,000-seat House of Hope arena, where hundreds gathered to celebrate Jackson’s life and legacy.
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Former President Joe Biden speaks at a celebration of life service for civil rights leader Jesse Jackson Sr. at the House of Hope arena March 6, 2026, in Chicago. Jackson died Feb. 17 after a lengthy battle with progressive supranuclear palsy. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Jackson, who died at age 84, rose to prominence as a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement. He later founded the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and mounted two Democratic presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988 that expanded Black voter participation and reshaped the party’s electoral coalition.
Throughout the service, speakers praised Jackson’s ability to build political alliances and elevate issues affecting marginalized communities.
Biden, who has frequently spoken about working to overcome his childhood stutter, framed his remarks around resilience and the lasting impact of being ridiculed as a young person.
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Barack Obama and Joe Biden at Reverend Jesse L. Jackson’s Peoples Celebration of Life and Homegoing Services at the House of Hope arena March 6, 2026, in Chicago. (Earl Gibson III/Deadline via Getty Images)
Later on in his remarks, Biden asserted that «the continent of Africa is going to be the largest continent in the world» to the assembled mourners.
«I remember telling Jesse that I knew I knew a guy, in South Africa,» former President Biden recalled. «I was going to go see name is Nelson Mandela. And, I’m Jesse saying, how are you going? You guys actually see him, by the way? You know, the continent of Africa is going to be the largest continent in the world in terms of population of the year 2050, the largest in the entire world. Watch, man. Watch.»
His «smarter than most of you» line was quickly added to a growing list of out-of-context gaffes for the former president, and social media users weighed in online.
Under one repost of the viral moment from user Libs of TikTok, one commenter wrote, «That’s a strange line to deliver at a memorial service.»
Another quipped, «Never ending comedy from this guy. So happy he’s back in public.»
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Outside of Biden’s remarks, the memorial largely focused on Jackson’s legacy as a civil rights leader who helped shape the modern Democratic Party and broaden political participation in the United States.
Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman-Diamond, Bradford Betz, and Patrick McGovern contributed to this reporting.
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