Tina Nguyen

With less than two days before a partial government shutdown over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, Republican leadership is trying to dodge the hard work.

Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol commander known for getting into social media fights with people criticizing ICE’s presence in Minnesota, has reportedly been removed from his job as “Commander at large” and will return to his former job in California, where he is expected to retire. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson denied that Bovino had been “relieved of his duties”, but nothing rules out the possibility that he’s being Mike Waltz’ed.

Billionaires attending the exclusive World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland are reportedly getting duped by scammers selling fake VIP packages to meet President Donald Trump during his visit. (And yes, according to USA House, the official Davos venue hosting members of the Trump administration, the scam is specifically targeting billionaires.)

Thanks to Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies, it’s much harder for high-skilled tech workers to apply for the American H-1B visa these days. But a new type of tech worker visa is on the rise: Onlyfans creators and influencers are increasingly applying for (and receiving) O-1 visas, which were once reserved for individuals with “extraordinary ability or achievement” in fields such as the arts, motion pictures, television, sciences, education, business, or athletics.

The MAGA-friendly television network officially filed a complaint to the FCC asking them to halt the proposed merger between television broadcast companies Nexstar and Tegna, with Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy calling it a “dangerous consolidation” that would hand them “immense control over local news and political news coverage.” Unfortunately for them, Nexstar can curry favor with the Trump administration in ways that Newsmax cannot.