Host Blake Burman discusses President Trump's comments at the Board of Peace meeting, giving Iran a deadline to make a deal as the U.S. surges its largest military force in that region since the invasion of Iraq. The president is giving Iran a 15-day "maximum" deadline following a second round of nuclear talks. Meanwhile, the search for Nancy Guthrie continues amid mix messages about contact with Mexico.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has upended DHS staffing in her first year, pairing high-level leadership ousters with a growing staff exodus. Why it matters: Multiple reports describe a culture of fear inside DHS as Noem and her top adviser Corey Lewandowski have fired, reassigned and demoted people throughout the department's 23 sub-agencies. The big picture: About 10% of employees left DHS last year, according to a review by Federal News Network. - Roughly 80% of career leadership at ICE has been fired or demoted under Noem's tenure, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation. The agency is under immense pressure to reach arrest and deportation goals. - This includes the early demotion of the first acting agency…
President Trump’s first-term “Maximum Pressure” policies and aggressive diplomacy significantly lowered tensions with North Korea and set a path toward denuclearization and normalization of relations. […] Source
The Trump administration has rescinded the Obama administration’s 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding for gases like carbon dioxide. You may now exhale without worrying that […] Source
