Day: August 7, 2025

“It was easy for those people to make fun of him for the way he spoke. After that, he really didn’t speak much.”

Is The Woman going to get her old apartment back or what?

(NewsNation) — Border czar Tom Homan does not appreciate “South Park’s” latest parody of the Trump administration.

Homan joined “CUOMO” on Thursday night to discuss the animated sitcom’s satirical critique of ICE’s hiring incentives, which previously included bonuses up to $50,000.

“Look, it’s just in bad form, especially right now,” Homan told “CUOMO.”

“I know the [DHS] Secretary announced today we’re up over an 830% increase on assaults on ICE agents. Now we’re up over 1,000%,” Homan said.

The border czar said the comedy was “certainly bad timing” given recent assaults on ICE agents.

“A lot on the left don’t like what ICE does, but there’s a small percentage that take it too far … they feel emboldened the more and more they see this bad rhetoric coming out,” he added.

Homan told NewsNation he had to shutter his LinkedIn account down amid interest from “thousands and thousands” of people in becoming an ICE agent.

“Last month, Border Patrol had a record number of recruiting numbers, the highest the agency’s ever seen. So there’s no shortage of people who want to come and join the ranks,” Homan said of both agencies.

While ICE has received some criticism for its arrests, Homan says some of it is due to the opposite approach taken by the Biden administration.

“For four years, ICE wasn’t able to do its job because Secretary Mayorkas told ICE, ‘You can’t arrest somebody for simply being here illegally.’ They had to be convicted of a serious crime, so ICE wasn’t doing their job,” Homan said.

The border czar said 68.7% of arrests were criminals, with the remaining percentage being “significant threats” to national security.

“ICE is doing exactly what President Trump says they’re doing.”

In the latest episode of “Bradley on the Border,” NewsNation rode along with ICE to arrest a child sex offender.

Oil prices were little changed in early Asian hours on Friday, but were headed for their steepest weekly losses since late-June, as investors expressed concern over the impact to the global economy from tariffs that kicked into effect on Thursday.

This Saturday, NewsNation’s Robert Sherman reports live from Ukraine for a special report, “Ukraine: On the Frontlines.” The one-hour program will air 8p/7C. Find out how to watch.

(NewsNation) — As the fighting continues in Ukraine, military drones have emerged as the greatest innovation of the war to date. But Ukraine has developed some innovative ways of defending against Russian air strikes.

One of them is a volunteer group made up almost entirely of women that has made it its mission to take those drones down.

They call themselves the “Witches of Bucha.” By day, members work normal jobs. By night, they lace up and shoot down enemy drones.

NewsNation’s Robert Sherman got an inside look at their lives in and out of uniform.

All hands on deck in Ukraine war

The bloodiest war in Europe since World War II has raged on for 3 1/2 years. Hundreds of thousands have been deployed to the front lines between the two sides never to come home.

There was a time when only Ukrainian men could serve in combat roles. That changed in 2017. And with Russia at the doorstep, the old days are long gone.

Olena Sylchenko already wears plenty of hats. She’s a mom, runs the house and has a massage therapy business on the side. In her spare time, she’s a mixed martial arts fighter.

Then, there’s another hat, or helmet, for her night job. When the sun sets, she finds herself deep in the woods, on the outskirts of Kyiv — watching and waiting.

She’s one of the so-called “Witches of Bucha,” a nearly all-female group of volunteer soldiers.

“Witches are women who are strong-minded and motivated,” Olena said. “One calls herself a witch because it is going to be just how we say it and want it to be.”

Their job is to defend the skies from Russia’s drones.

“We can only breathe easy when we either have shot them down or they are gone,” she said. “Otherwise, it’s vigilance and more vigilance.”

‘Witches’ credited with saving homes

There’s no shortage of action, as Russian drones rain down on Ukraine practically every night. The Ukrainians estimate more than 6,000 drones were launched at their country in the month of July alone.

Volunteers like Olena must be trained and ready to go for whatever Russia puts in the air. Age, gender — none of that matters when your back is against the wall.

“These are full-fledged forces of defense of Ukraine, and thanks to these women, today, most of our energy, most of our homes, are intact,” said Col. Andrii Verlatyi, chief of staff for the Bucha Volunteer Defense Forces.

For some, it’s their first time picking up a weapon. The invasion left everyday civilians like Olena little choice.

It was the atrocities committed in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv raided by Russian forces at the start of the war, that spurred the formation of this group.

“I didn’t want to just hide in the basement,” Olena said. “I wanted to join and help. I wanted my family and children to sleep well.”

So, in her world, there are even more hats to juggle now.