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The wife of Rex Heuermann, the suspected perpetrator in the cases of the "Gilgo Beach Murders" investigation, has emphasized that the suspect, her husband, is still her "hero" -- despite the mountain of evidence seemingly pointing to his alleged guilt.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he is removing every member of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) independent panel for vaccines, arguing that the committee has become “plagued with persistent conflicts of interest.”

Senator Tom Cotton praised President Donald Trump’s decisive action against the Los Angeles rioters to Daily Wire editor emeritus Ben Shapiro. The Arkansas Republican, who caused a stir with his 2020 New York Times op-ed urging the president to “Send In The Troops” to quell the George Floyd riots, remains supportive of Trump invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 to federalize the National Guard. “First you want to see the local police control any violence. If they’re not able to, or, in some cases like you’ve seen in California, they’re not allowed to, that’s why you have a National Guard,” Cotton said on Monday’s episode of The Ben Shapiro Show. “The final authority is the Insurrection Act. It’s a law that goes back to the founding of the republic, nearly.” Cotton noted that President George H.W. Bush used the Insurrection Act to federalize the National Guard during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, as did President Dwight Eisenhower in 1957, to enforce the integration of Little Rock Central High School. Trump has not just precedent, but a duty, Cotton says, to protect both “innocent lives and property” in Los Angeles, as well as “protecting local police, protecting ICE, the FBI, ATF and federal property.” The senator said that local law enforcement personnel were either unable or unwilling to put a stop to the rioters, who are throwing bricks at federal vehicles, setting cars on fire, and attacking federal law enforcement personnel. The riots began over the weekend in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arresting illegal immigrants in Los Angeles. “It is amazing to me that one of the main parties in the United States is suggesting that the basic enforcement of immigration law is now a provocation to lawlessness and that the lawlessness is actually a secondary problem,” Shapiro said. Cotton agreed, saying that “You can’t say that just because we’re enforcing the law, which the American people elected President Trump and Republicans to do last year, that we’re going to riot in the streets.” “The Democrats, again, are an open borders party and now they’ve taken an open borders philosophy to the enforcement of basic laws inside of our country,” he added. “They’re opposed to law and order,” Cotton said. “They’re on the side of violent, illegal aliens who are setting businesses and cars on fire while they wave flags of foreign countries.”

The bosses of the nation’s biggest teachers unions and progressive congresswoman Pramila Jayapal showed up outside the Department of Justice on Monday to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in Los Angeles, shouting and cursing about “justice” and the Constitution. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, bounced up and down as she led a chant, “The people united will never be defeated!” At one point, Weingarten apologized to God for cursing about the ICE raids. “Fix the godd*** immigration laws! Don’t arrest workers!” Weingarten said. “Sorry, God. Sorry. Sorry, God.” Riots erupted in Los Angeles over the weekend in response to ICE raids. Rioters burned multiple cars and smashed windows at the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters as police struggled to respond. The Trump administration has sent 2,000 National Guardsmen and hundreds of U.S. Marines to Los Angeles to respond to the riots. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington, spoke at the protest outside the DOJ and said illegal immigrants are “keeping this country going” while “we are villainizing and demonizing them under this president, and that has to stop!” ✏️Here's the boss of the biggest teacher's union, Becky Pringle of the National Education Association going hard "Enough of the ICE raids! Enough of the cruelty and the hate!" What's the teacher's unions' interest in this, you might ask? pic.twitter.com/7fyklxwiOT — Mairead Elordi (@maireadelordi) June 9, 2025 ?More union bosses — here's Liz Shuler, prez of the AFL-CIO speaking Spanish to rile up the crowd. "Now! Ahora!" "Shame! Shame! Shame!" pic.twitter.com/NXW8kChLkW — Mairead Elordi (@maireadelordi) June 9, 2025   Meanwhile, protesters in the background chanted, “Enough is enough!” and “What do we want? Stop ICE raids!” Some held signs reading, “No ban. No wall. No hate. Sanctuary for all!” and “Today’s lesson plan: human rights.” The protest focused on David Huerta, a prominent California union leader who was arrested by federal agents on Friday as he joined an immigration protest in downtown Los Angeles. Gift Dad an All Access Membership. Use code DAD40 at checkout to save 40%! “We all collectively have to object to this madness because this is not justice. This is injustice,” Jayapal shouted into the loudspeaker. “So today, we are here to say, free David Huerta! We are here to say, free the immigrants that have been arrested! We are here to say, end the ICE raids! We are here to say, stand up for our protected Constitutional rights to free speech, to due process, to a democracy that works for all of us!” The boss of the largest teachers union, Becky Pringle of the National Education Association, spoke at the protest as well. “Enough! Enough! Enough of the ICE raids! Enough of the cruelty and the hate! Enough of the division and the disrespect!” Pringle shouted. “We know what this administration is doing, so we are saying to Donald Trump and all of his allies, we will not scapegoat immigrants!” Pringle said. Pringle mentioned the recent Pride festivities in Washington, D.C., and paraphrased writer Audre Lorde, a self-described “black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, mother, warrior, poet.” “Deliberate and unafraid, we will say, everyone is welcome here!” Pringle said. “Deliberate and unafraid, we will fight for justice everyday, all day, for everyone. Deliberate and unafraid, we will stand united until this country listens to the poetry of its Constitution.” “We the people! We the people! We the people! All of us! All of us have that right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of justice!” Pringle shouted. It was not just the teachers unions that showed up — other labor unions did as well. Liz Shuler, president of the AFL–CIO, which represents nearly 15 million union workers, also spoke at the protest and spoke Spanish to emphasize her point. “End these unjust ICE raids now! Ahora!” Shuler said. “Our country suffers when we see weapons of war used against peaceful protests in the streets!” she said. “Shame! Shame! Shame!”

House Republicans are set to lose Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, following another vote on the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” expected in the coming weeks. “It is with a heavy heart that I announce my retirement from Congress. Recently, I was offered an opportunity in the private sector that was too exciting to pass up,” Green said in a statement on Monday. He continued, “As a result, today I notified the Speaker and the House of Representatives that I will resign from Congress as soon as the House votes once again on the reconciliation package.” The GOP-led House narrowly passed the bill, which contains myriad tax cuts and spending provisions seeking to boost President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda, a few weeks ago. Senators are expected to make some changes to the legislation, meaning the House will have to approve it again, in its revised form. The Trump administration hopes to have the bill completed by July 4. First elected to the House in 2018, Green oversaw as chairman of the Homeland Security panel efforts to pass a major border security bill and impeach Biden DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “Though I planned to retire at the end of the previous Congress, I stayed to ensure that President Trump’s border security measures and priorities make it through Congress,” Green said in his statement. Gift Dad an All Access Membership. Use code DAD40 at checkout to save 40%! The chairman added, “By overseeing the border security portion of the reconciliation package, I have done that. After that, I will retire, and there will be a special election to replace me.” A source told Fox News reporter Aishah Hasnie that the “plan” is to have Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) return as chairman of the Homeland Security Committee until the end of this session of Congress. Green’s departure will decrease the GOP’s majority in the House. As it stands, there are 220 Republicans and 212 Democrats. There are three vacant seats left behind by Democrats who recently died. “I have no doubt that my colleagues in this Congress will continue to strengthen the cause of freedom,” Green said. “May God bless them, and the United States of America.”