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Trump’s Border Czar Lashes Out at ICE Barbie on CNN​

Ewan Palmer
Sat, 21 February 2026 at 12:51 AM SGT
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President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, made a thinly veiled attack on Kristi “ICE Barbie” Noem when asked if the Department of Homeland Security has a “lying problem.”

During a Friday appearance on CNN’s News Central, Homan was pressed about his rival’s outlandish remarks last month, when Noem claimed that Minneapolis man Alex Pretti had brandished a gun before he was shot and killed by federal immigration agents, despite video evidence disproving the claim.

Noem had also suggested Pretti was a “domestic terrorist” who wanted to harm federal agentsbefore he was killed—a line the Homeland Security secretary and other Trump administration officials also used to try to smear Minneapolis woman Renee Good after she was shot by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.

Tom Homan and Kristi Noem are bitter rivals and make no secret of their mutual hatred. / Spencer Platt/Getty Images
“Pretti was not brandishing a gun. The gun was on his hip and was taken by Border Patrol officers, on video, and he was shot and killed after that. Does your agency, or the entire agency, have a lying problem?” CNN’s Sara Sidner asked Homan.

 

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DHS Is Trying to Buy a $70 Million Luxury Jet, Says It’s for Deportations and Kristi Noem’s Travel​

The jet features showers, a kitchen, a bar and a bedroom with a queen bed, as well as four large flat-screen TVs​

Escher Walcott
Sat, 21 February 2026 at 11:26 PM SGT
3 min read
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NEED TO KNOW​

• The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is looking into officially buying a luxury jet that is currently being leased and used for deportations and travel for Cabinet officials, according to a new report from NBC News.
• The jet features showers, a kitchen, a bar and a bedroom with a queen bed, as well as four large flat-screen TVs
• "This plane flies at 40% cheaper than what the military aircraft flies for ICE deportation flights — saving the American taxpayer hundreds of millions of dollars," a DHS spokesperson said