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The mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, has “jeopardized” the safety of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and their families, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says.   “Mayor Freddie O’Connell has gone after our ICE individuals and agents that work with [Homeland Security Investigations],” Noem said at a press conference in Nashville on Friday.   O’Connell, a Democrat, has “openly doxed” ICE agents, Noem continued, “revealed their information to the public, encouraged people to work against them and their efforts to clean up the streets of Nashville, and he has forced his city officials, his employees of the city of Nashville, to document every single interaction that they have with federal immigration authorities.”  “What the mayor is doing to the city is shameful,” Noem said, later adding that O’Connell’s “priorities are completely screwed up, and he doesn’t deserve to be mayor. He doesn’t deserve to be in office.”   At a time when our ICE officers are facing an 830% increase in assaults against them, Mayor O'Connell is publicly sharing the names of the law enforcement agents removing criminal illegal aliens from his city.@Sec_Noem is not playing games with the lives and safety of our ICE… pic.twitter.com/tsWyw3xjHf— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) July 18, 2025 Noem’s criticism of O’Connell comes about a month after O’Connell defended the release of names of immigration agents in a public record. The names were later redacted, but O’Connell said he would not classify the release of the names as “doxing.”   Asked in June if he thought releasing the names of the immigration enforcement officers endangered them, O’Connell said he “would not say it was an endangerment process.” “I would say they may have some concerns. I’m far more concerned about the overall dynamic we have about unmarked, unidentifiable masked people whisking people into vehicles. I think that’s a bigger concern,” he said. ?BOMBSHELL: Pressed by @KarenAFox17 at a gaggle, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell refused to call his public listing of ICE and HSI agents’ names “doxing.”Instead, he claimed the real problem is “masked” ICE agents arresting criminal illegal aliens.ICE agents and their… pic.twitter.com/VdfUsaxMmc— Rep. Andy Ogles (@RepOgles) June 18, 2025 O’Connell is one of many Democrats to raise concerns over ICE agents masking their faces when they make arrests.   The release of the names followed an executive order O’Connell signed requiring some local authorities, such as local police, to document and report all interactions with federal immigration authorities.   “O’Connell and his administration are playing politics, and they’re playing politics to a dangerous level that’s risking people’s lives,” Noem said at the press conference that highlighted arrests of the “worst of the worst” criminal illegal aliens in and around Nashville.   O’Connell did not respond to The Daily Signal’s request for comment.   ICE officials are facing an 830% increase in assaults since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, according to DHS.   “Leftists have doxed, attacked, and tried to intimidate the men and women who uphold our laws,” Noem says, adding that as a result, immigration officials are facing “violence against them and their families.”  In states and cities that are not cooperating with federal immigration enforcement efforts, Noem said, “we’re going to have to put more federal officers there in order to run our operations safely.”   While ICE is facing opposition from leaders in cities such as Nashville, Noem said, DHS has “over 800 agreements across this country with other city, local, and state officials that partner with us every single day. And we’re so thrilled to have those leaders in those cities being grateful that we’re there cleaning up their streets and getting dangerous individuals off their streets.”   Since Jan. 20, nearly 300,000 illegal aliens have been arrested in the U.S., 70% of whom have either been convicted of a crime or face pending criminal charges, according to Noem.   The post ‘Doesn’t Deserve to Be in Office’: Noem Slams Nashville Mayor Over Anti-ICE Actions appeared first on The Daily Signal.

A new book detailing the Butler, Pennsylvania, assassination attempt on President Donald Trump debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times’ bestseller list this week. Salena Zito, a journalist and Daily Signal columnist who witnessed the shooting just feet from then-candidate Trump, wrote about the harrowing episode in “Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America’s Heartland.” Her book was released July 8, nearly a year after the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt. Zito, who lives in Western Pennsylvania, was covering Trump’s rally when the shots were fired, hitting Trump in the ear and killing volunteer firefighter Corey Comperatore. Zito was tackled by a campaign staffer after the president was shot. The day after the assassination attempt, Trump called Zito seven times to apologize for his inability to do a scheduled interview. “You’ve just been shot and you’re asking about me?” @ZitoSalena on Trump calling her SEVEN times after assassination attempt… here's what he said.Watch below, and subscribe:https://t.co/Y12z2uLeBJ pic.twitter.com/0bcN75xqUn— The Megyn Kelly Show (@MegynKellyShow) July 7, 2025 “I just want to make sure that you’re OK, that your daughter Shannon is OK, and I really want to apologize for not doing the interview,” Zito recalled the president telling her in the aftermath of the shooting. “[Trump] talked deeply about faith, about purpose. I could tell he needed to work it out with someone who had been there,” she added. Trump heavily promoted Zito’s book after it was announced. He called it “powerful” in a Truth Social post, praising its successful launch and status as New York Times bestseller. In the book, Zito examines perspectives on Trump from those living in Middle America, and she condemns the bias of Washington’s press corps for their coverage of him, according to the Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard. Salena Zito’s ‘Butler’ debuts at No. 1 on NYT'BUTLER is such an important moment in history, and there are layers of what happened that day that tells us the story of what is going on in American culture and politics' @ZitoSalena https://t.co/vfPSgHR3wq via @dcexaminer— Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) July 17, 2025 Zito said she “almost cried” during a Fox News interview when Bret Baier broke the news that “Butler” hit No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list. Her book is currently being adapted into a movie. The post Salena Zito Tops NYT Bestseller List With ‘Butler’ Book appeared first on The Daily Signal.