Noem responds to man’s viral call to ‘shoot at ICE agents on sight’
A TikTok user posted a disturbing video on the popular social media website, calling on people to “shoot at ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] agents on sight.”
“Shoot at ICE agents on sight. That’s right. If ICE agents are trying to take you or a loved one, shoot them on sight,” TikTok user belal_donq said in his video.
The user claimed agents had been showing up in masks, unmarked vehicles, and without their badges, claiming that the agents “could be anybody.”
“The way they’re pulling up with masks on, with unmarked vehicles, no badge, no nothing. It could be anybody. It can be gang members. You have every right to shoot at them,” he continued. “This would be the best self-defense case. You’re just in fear for your life. You don’t know who’s behind that unmarked vehicle or who’s behind that mask.”
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He then says the way agents have been allegedly showing up “is ridiculous.”
“What is our country coming to? Why would you want to be an ICE agent anyway? Do you like separating kids from their parents? Do you like deporting students that are studying? I can understand deporting a gang member or criminals. But innocent people. It’s ridiculous.”
“They’re pulling up like the Mafia. You might as well shoot them on sight and have your day in court.”
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem shared a thread of the video and vowed that actions would be taken against the person who posted the video.
“If you threaten or attempt to harm a law enforcement officer we will find you and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law,” Noem wrote in a post on X.
User belal_donq appeared to take down the video Sunday evening after Fox News Digital reached out to him on TikTok.
National Border Patrol Council Vice President Hector Garza told Fox News Digital that this type of message is not only dangerous, but that it also “incites real-world violence.”
“This kind of rhetoric is not only dangerous, it incites real-world violence and undermines the rule of law. Our agents risk their lives every day to protect this country, and they deserve to do their jobs without fear of being targeted simply for wearing the uniform,” Garza said.
“The National Border Patrol Council unequivocally condemns any form of violence or threats directed at federal law enforcement officers, including our colleagues at ICE,” he continued.
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Garza added that he “urges all social media platforms to take swift and decisive action against content that promotes violence.”
“Free speech does not extend to inciting criminal acts, and allowing such content to remain online puts lives at risk,” Garza said.
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This incident comes less than a week after TikTok removed the hashtag, “#CartelTok,” from its search engine after cartel members were caught using it to highlight their crimes and recruit human smugglers.
A TikTok spokesperson told Fox News Digital that in addition to removing “#CartelTok,” from its search engine, the platform also removed “known leaders of cartels or gangs” that violated the organization’s policy.
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Many of the videos in question showed cartels flashing piles of money, jewelry and luxury items that were used to entice teens in America and Mexico to smuggle illegal immigrants across the U.S. border.
Representatives for Snapchat, TikTok and Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, previously told Fox News Digital that they have policies in place to crack down on such content and remove such content when it does appear on their platforms.
Fox News Digital reached out to TikTok and ICE for comment on the video, but did not receive a response.
Trump trolls liberals with unexpected plan to meet their favorite comic
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he wants to meet with comedian Bill Maher in the White House despite his misgivings about the HBO host’s withering criticisms over the years.
“I got a call from a very good guy, and friend of mine, Kid Rock, asking me whether or not it would be possible for me to meet, in the White House, with Bill Maher, a man who has been unjustifiably critical of anything, or anyone, TRUMP,” the president wrote in a post on Truth Social. “I really didn’t like the idea much, and don’t like it much now, but thought it would be interesting.”
Maher, the host of “Real Time” who has called for progressives to better understand Trump’s broad support, has said that he is honored to accept an invitation for a private meeting at the White House and believes that it may be a way of helping to “heal America.” Kid Rock was a guest on Maher’s program last month.
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“Now, I don’t have some sort of complex where I think I can heal America,” Maher said. “Let’s get that clear, I’m not going to be healing America.”
“It’s kind of a Nixon-to-China thing,” he added.
Trump explained in his post that he is meeting with Maher as a “favor to a friend” despite the possibility that the comedian will use the event to attack him in the press.
“The problem is, no matter how much he likes your Favorite President, ME, he will publicly proclaim what a terrible guy I am, etc., very much like the Democrats at my recent Address to the Joint Session of Congress, where I stated, correctly, that no matter what I said or did, they wouldn’t stand, they wouldn’t applaud, they wouldn’t smile or laugh and, certainly, they wouldn’t be in any way ‘nice,'” Trump wrote in his post. “Who knows, though, maybe I’ll be proven wrong?”
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“In any event, I’m doing a favor for a friend,” he wrote. “I look forward to meeting with Bill Maher, Kid Rock and, I believe, even the Legendary Dana White will be present. It might be fun or, it might not, but you will be the first to know!”
Maher has stood out on the late-night circuit with his weekly HBO show as a staunch anti-Trump progressive who nevertheless calls out “woke” excesses on the left.
But he has emphasized that he does not anticipate his meeting with Trump will turn him into a Trump supporter.
“If they expect me to be leaving in a MAGA hat, they’re gonna be very disappointed,” Maher said earlier this month. “But I know they don’t. It probably will accomplish very little, but you gotta try, man, you gotta try.”
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Dems slam Musk — but what they’re doing behind the scenes says otherwise
As the spate of violent attacks, vandalism and doxxings against Tesla owners and workers continues, some Democrats continue to invest in the company despite their party villainizing Elon Musk as corrupt and a “Nazi.”
In the last several weeks, a Tesla dealership in Las Vegas was firebombed, a man rammed a four-wheeler into multiple Teslas in Texarkana, Tesla vehicles across the country have been keyed, and a website called “DOGEQUEST” has been set up to dox Tesla owners, seeming to encourage violence against everyday Americans.
Democrats have largely ignored these attacks and continued to hit Musk with personal attacks such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., calling him “sympathetic to Nazis” and “one of the most unintelligent billionaires I have ever met.”
Despite their rhetoric, some Democrats are investors in the company currently bearing the brunt of the Musk hatred. Reps. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, Gil Cisneros, D-Calif., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., have all purchased Tesla shares since President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
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As of March 2025, several other House Democrats, including Reps. Pat Ryan, D-N.Y., Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., Adam Smith, D-Wash., and Dwight Evans, D-Pa., also remain invested in Tesla.
One month into the new Trump administration, Cisneros went on Forbes Breaking News to slam Musk and President Donald Trump, calling the first month of the administration “atrocious” and saying that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is “causing destruction.”
He also slammed Musk personally, saying, “He basically bought himself the presidency of the United States” and “I have no doubt he is the one calling the shots.”
Just days later, however, Cisneros purchased between $1,001 and $15,000 worth of Tesla stock as the company faced a protracted decline in value, likely due to Musk’s sudden wane in popularity.
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On Feb. 11, Gottheimer issued a statement in which he went full scorched earth on Musk, saying, “the risks to Americans’ privacy and financial security from Musk’s unchecked access are not only unacceptable, but also outright dangerous.”
“My constituents are deeply concerned about Elon Musk having unrestricted access to their Social Security numbers, tax refunds, health, and bank account information,” said Gottheimer, adding, “To be clear: No one elected Elon Musk or entrusted him with keeping sensitive data from falling into the hands of our adversaries.”
Around the same time, however, Gottheimer disclosed he purchased up to $45,000 in Tesla stock.
This month, as anti-Musk rhetoric and attacks began bursting into literal flames, Gonzalez, who said “DOGE’s action is incredibly concerning,” purchased between $65,000 and $150,000 worth of Tesla stock.
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As Musk and his brands continue to take hits, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt came to his defense, saying last week that “the Democrats used to be the greatest cheerleaders for electric vehicles and for Tesla the company until Elon Musk decided to support and vote for Donald Trump.”
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“It is getting dangerous, and the White House wholeheartedly condemns it, and we applaud Attorney General Pam Bondi for investigating these acts as domestic terrorism because that is what they are,” said Leavitt. “It’s very clear that the Democrat Party no longer stands for anything; they only stand against Donald Trump, even if it means contradicting themselves.”
Anti-Trump comedian set to headline WH correspondents’ dinner abruptly canceled
The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) revealed on Saturday that it canceled its comedian headliner Amber Ruffin ahead of its annual dinner next month.
In a memo sent out to colleagues, WHCA president Eugene Daniels wrote that the board unanimously decided to drop a comedic performance for the dinner as part of a “re-envisioning” of the tradition.
“At this consequential moment for journalism, I want to ensure the focus is not on the politics of division but entirely on awarding our colleagues for their outstanding work and providing scholarship and mentorship to the next generation of journalists,” Daniels wrote.
The decision came one day after White House deputy chief of staff for communications and personnel Taylor Budowich criticized the WHCA for recruiting Ruffin.
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“This year’s @whca dinner will be hosted by a 2nd rate comedian who is previewing the event by calling this administration ‘murderers’ who want to ‘feel like human beings, but they shouldn’t get to feel that way, because you’re not.’ What kind of responsible, sensible journalist would attend something like this? More importantly, what kind of company would sponsor such as hate-filled and violence-inspiring event?” Budowich wrote on X.
Budowich also mocked the decision to pull Ruffin.
“No accountability at @WHCA, just a cop-out statement—pathetic! Many WHCA members are privately pointing the finger at Eugene for making the unilateral decision to recruit and sign this garbage, hate-filled comedian. Yet, they are all turning a blind eye to it publicly. It’s an indictment on how broken and useless this organization has become… so sad that such a storied and consequential group has been so quickly driven into irrelevancy. Oh well. Good riddance!” Budowich wrote.
Although Daniels wrote that he had been planning this change over the last couple of weeks, Ruffin has been promoting her gig as recently as Thursday.
“I have my Google Docs open at all times for throwing jokes in there and little thoughts I’m having, but I can’t help but to be like…we’re a little ways out, right?” Ruffin said on The Daily Beast Podcast. “News is happening at such a freaking clip that how are we supposed to hit that moving target? Also, how could you forget any of this stuff happened, you know what I mean?”
Fox News Digital reached out to WHCA and Ruffin for comment.
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President Donald Trump has not yet indicated whether he will attend the dinner on April 26. Throughout his entire first term, he didn’t attend the event,
However, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced earlier this month that she would not attend the dinner.
In February, Ruffin claimed “no one” wants to see Trump at the dinner but added that he “should.”
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US armored vehicle pulled from swamp as fate of four American soldiers still unknown
A U.S. M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle that was carrying four American soldiers was retrieved in Pabradė, Lithuania, early Monday after sinking in a swamp last week. The fate of the four soldiers who were aboard the craft remains unknown.
“The armored vehicle was pulled ashore at 4:40 a.m., the towing operation is complete, Lithuanian Military Police and U.S. investigators continue their work,” Lithuania Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė announced on Facebook, according to the Associated Press.
“Until the investigators have more details, we need to stay calm and focused, and keep in mind the sensitivity of the situation and the concerns of the soldiers’ families,” she reportedly added.
Despite ongoing efforts, the soldiers have yet to be located.
The soldiers, based in Fort Stewart in Georgia, were riding in the vehicle on a scheduled maintenance mission to recover another U.S. Army vehicle in the training area when they disappeared early Tuesday. The next day, the M88 Hercules was discovered in a peat bog and was “assessed to be around four meters below the water’s surface and encased in about two meters of mud,” U.S. Army Europe and Africa said.
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The Army did not immediately respond Monday morning to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
U.S. Navy divers successfully attached two lines to hoist points on the sinking M88 Hercules vehicle on Sunday. “The process is projected to take a significant amount of time and effort, as the terrain surrounding the peat bog remains challenging – but the rescue workers will not be deterred,” the U.S. Army Europe and Africa had written in a post on X.
Earlier in the day, divers had shackled the first line to a hoist point on the Hercules, though winching efforts were expected to take longer than expected with both lines attached because of the amount of pressure and suction from the mud, the Army noted.
To assist with digging and pumping operations, a Rapidly Available Interface for Trans-loading (RAIL) system was expected to arrive on the scene later in the day.
The RAIL system is traditionally used to help offload and onload railroad networks in challenging terrain, though engineers believed it could help stabilize the ground around the recovery site.
“It is highly complex trying to get to the vehicle itself with the terrain out here and where the M88 is sitting in a bog swamp-like area, below the waterline. So not only are we dealing with the terrain, a lot of mud that is over top of the vehicle, but also the fact that it’s 70 tons that we’re trying to recover out of a swamp or bog,” Brig. Gen. John Lloyd, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division said.
In an interview with Fox News Digital on Thursday afternoon, Šakalienė said from the moment Lithuania learned of the incident, it had “given everything” it has, both from its armed forces and internal affairs ministry institutions, to find the soldiers.
“From helicopters with thermal vision to forces on the ground, we are continuing very intensely,” Šakalienė said.
Šakalienė said it is unknown if the soldiers could have escaped the vehicle before it sank but reiterated there was “no evidence” confirming the deaths of the missing soldiers as of Thursday afternoon.
The area surrounding the site is a forested area with swamps and bogs, similar to an environment found in Alaska. Weather conditions are also similar, making it a challenging training area for Army personnel.
“Maybe they were lost, confused, hurt or in hypothermic condition, and we haven’t found them yet,” Šakalienė said. “But we are not losing hope until the very last moment. These are strong soldiers, strong, grown men. All scenarios are possible.”
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She added that Lithuania, a member of NATO, considers American soldiers their own and will not leave them behind.
The U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division is keeping the soldiers’ families updated on the search.
“This tragic situation weighs heavily on all of us, and we’re keeping the families, friends and teammates of our soldiers and recovery team in our thoughts and prayers,” U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Curtis Taylor, the commanding general of 1st Armored Division, wrote in a statement last week. “We want everyone to know we will not stop until our soldiers are found.”
President Donald Trump told reporters Wednesday he had not been briefed about the missing soldiers.
The training site is less than 6 miles from Belarus, a Russian ally since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1990.
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Lithuania, a Catholic country, organized a joint prayer Sunday at its main church, the capital cathedral, and hosted a mass for the missing soldiers.
Morgan Wallen walks off SNL — posts not-so-cryptic message about where he’d rather be
Morgan Wallen left “Saturday Night Live” for “God’s country.”
The country singer returned to the late-night sketch comedy show as the musical act for the first time in five years to promote his upcoming album, “I’m the Problem.” After host Mikey Madison thanked the “Last Night” singer for appearing on the show, Wallen walked directly off the stage, as cameras panned out to the cast congratulating each other for another completed episode.
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Shortly after leaving Manhattan’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Wallen wrote that he was excited to return home.
“Get me to God’s country,” the “Sand in My Boots” singer told his millions of fans on Instagram stories.
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Sources told Fox News Digital that nothing was wrong at “SNL,” and Wallen’s walk-off appeared to be an “oops” moment.
“That was the way he entered and exited the studio all week during rehearsal and camera blocking, so he just walked that way after hugging Mikey,” an insider revealed.
Wallen performed two songs from his upcoming album, including “Just in Case” and “I’m the Problem.”
His return to “SNL” was years in the making following a controversial debut.
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Roughly seven months into the pandemic, Wallen was asked to be the musical guest on an October episode of “Saturday Night Live.” Days before he was scheduled to perform, footage went viral across social media showing the singer not wearing a COVID mask at an Alabama football game and celebrating with various women at a bar afterward. People who supported masks and social distancing during the pandemic were outraged.
He was immediately removed from the scheduled “SNL” appearance. Wallen apologized in a video shared online.
“I’m in New York City in a hotel room, I was getting ready for ‘SNL’ this Saturday, and I got a call from the show letting me know that I will no longer be able to play,” he said. “That’s because of COVID protocols, which I understand.”
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After apologizing, he added, “I think I’ve lost myself a little bit. I’ve tried to find joy in the wrong places, and it’s left me with less joy. So I’mma go try to work on that. I’m gonna take a step back from the spotlight for a while and go work on myself.”
Two months later, Wallen was invited back to 30 Rockefeller Plaza for a second chance on “Saturday Night Live.” He not only performed, but also poked fun at his bar antics while appearing in a sketch with Pete Davidson, Jason Bateman and Bowen Yang.
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When the episode was over, he thanked the audience for “giving this poor Southern boy a second Yankee chance.”
Wallen was recently nominated for a host of 2025 ACM Awards, including entertainer of the year, male artist of the year, artist-songwriter of the year, and single of the year with Post Malone for their hit, “I Had Some Help.”
Final Four teams are set, locking in rare March Madness feat last seen 17 years ago
Every team that entered the 2005 NCAA men’s tournament with a top seed will play in the Final Four in San Antonio.
All four No. 1 seeds in the bracket making it to the Final Four is a rarity. It has been 17 years since the first time it happened in tournament history. Coincidentally, San Antonio was also the host city when North Carolina, Kansas, UCLA and Memphis qualified for the semifinals in 2008.
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No. 1 Auburn survived against the second-seeded Michigan State Spartans in Atlanta on Sunday evening to finish the sweep for the top seeds for just the second time in the history of March Madness.
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Earlier on Sunday, No. 1 Houston routed Tennessee in Indianapolis to punch their ticket to the semifinals. On Saturday, top-seeded Florida held off No. 3 Texas Tech to advance to the Final Four. Duke then took care of business against Alabama.
In the first-ever all-No. 1 seeds edition of the Final Four, Kansas defeated North Carolina, while Memphis eliminated UCLA in 2008. Darrell Arthur’s 20 points led the Jayhawks, while star guard Mario Chalmers added 18 points to help lift Kansas to a 75-68 victory over Memphis and secure the national title.
More than a year after the Tigers’ championship game appearance, the NCAA committee on infractions announced that Memphis would be forced to vacate its 2007-08 record due to rules violations. Memphis was also placed on three-year probation. The punishment stemmed from an investigation of Derrick Rose and his eligibility.
In what will be matchup of a pair of SEC foes, Florida and Auburn will meet in the first of the two semifinal games. That game will be followed by Houston and Duke.
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The winner of each of those contests will advance to the national championship game. The Final Four begins on April 5 at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
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