Mullin tells Congress primary border wall will be done by June 2027, secondary wall by summer 2028

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced on Wednesday the administration is on track to have the primary border wall, from the Pacific to the Gulf of America, completed by June 2027.

He added all contracts will be out by the end of this month, noting the department is making "great progress."

Mullin's comments came as he testified before the House Homeland Security Committee about his department's 2027 fiscal year budget. He testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee Tuesday.

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However, Mullin clarified the primary wall is separate from the secondary wall.

"The primary wall is the first wall up because of the way the cartels adjust... they're thugs and they're terrorists," Mullin said. "We have to push out a secondary wall because they've been going in and cutting the wall, and before we can respond to some of these remote areas, they've been able to get through."

He said that every mile of fencing the department puts up, "the smaller the choke point gets for criminals to cross."

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To combat the potential break-ins, Mullin said the secondary 150-foot walls will be placed in certain locations, in addition to a smart wall, which will tell the department how many people are there.

"The smart wall is pretty impressive and we can put a drone in the sky and immediately keep eyes on them," he said. "We're well within track. The secondary wall — we feel like if we can continue to have the progress we have and the partnerships we're having, we will probably complete that in the summer of 2028. All of it will be fully completed."

Mullin noted he has made multiple trips to oversee the wall construction and used aircraft to fly over "a tremendous amount of it."

"We have some Democrat members that [have] had some concerns — some Democrat senators, congressmen — every one we try to address immediately," he said.

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Military sister surprises graduating brother by delivering his diploma after overseas deployment

A heartwarming military homecoming is gaining attention online after a deployed sister gave her graduating brother the surprise of a lifetime.

Kalen Barksdale started his walk across the stage to receive his diploma from Milwaukee Lutheran High School in Wisconsin, only for a school official to pause and tell him that it was not there.

Initially dismayed, Barksdale soon realized his diploma was there after all and that his sister, Mauriana — who had been serving overseas — had arrived to deliver it.

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"My first initial reaction was embarrassment because that's a huge milestone to achieve..." Kalen said, recounting the surprise on "Fox & Friends."

Concern turned into surprise when Kalen learned the setback was "a setup for something greater."

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Mauriana made her way down the aisle to the crowd's cheers and applause while holding Kalen's diploma. The siblings shared a warm hug when they met.

"There was a lot going through my mind at that time," Mauriana recalled.

"[I was] so grateful to have been able to make it home because there was a possibility that I wouldn't have been able to be here for that moment..."

Mauriana thanked Milwaukee Lutheran High School for helping coordinate the surprise.

The emotional reunion has reached millions online, warming hearts across the country.

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Former MSNBC host Joy Reid says she is no longer a New York Giants fan because Jaxson Dart introduced Trump

Former MSNBC host Joy Reid says she can no longer root for the New York Giants after quarterback Jaxson Dart introduced President Trump on stage.

Reid first called Dart an "idiot" for using the word "pleasured" to describe meeting Trump.

"I’m pleasured to meet, like what does that even mean?" she began. "First of all, he’s an idiot. OK, but what do you mean ‘you’re pleasured to meet the president?’ Like, is English your first language? What are you saying?"

She then explained why she must stop supporting the Giants

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"I was, you know, really kind of repulsed as a Giants fan — former now — because the reality is Donald Trump is not a normal president," Reid told host Jack Cocchiarella. "Donald Trump is not an American president. Donald Trump is a wannabe king. And we’re in the 250th anniversary of our divorce from the king of England. And Donald Trump is trying to be a king."

Apparently, all the players who committed violent crimes were not enough to turn Reid away from the Giants. It took a player welcoming Trump on stage.

Later in the rant, Reid suggested Dart benefits from, you guessed it, White privilege.

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"Sports has always been political and it’s always been used as Americana, right? They love it when the athletes are representing America on the court or on the field and that’s what you’re supposed to do. If you’re waving the flag, that’s fine. If you’re challenging the flag or challenging the status quo in the country, that’s a problem. And that’s black artist, black athlete vs. white athletes," she said.

"It’s always been that way. When Muhammad Ali says he won’t go to Vietnam, no one questions, 'Well, maybe we should let him interrogate a little bit more why we’re fighting in Vietnam.' Instead, they just call him unpatriotic and throw him in jail. And so, you know, this has been the history of Black athletes, really, from the beginning. The only way to kind of be an acceptable Black athlete is to also wave the flag."

Wait, what?

Muhammad Ali was undoubtedly bigger than sports, but comparing his protest of the Vietnam War to Dart simply introducing a sitting president is quite a leap.

And if society were truly as hostile toward Black athletes as Reid suggests, one would think there would be far more scrutiny when athletes commit serious offenses, such as domestic violence, assault and reckless driving.

We also must ask: When did Joy Reid become a Giants fan?

For starters, we've never heard her discuss the team before. More importantly, abandoning a franchise because one player welcomed a president on stage seems like an awfully thin reason to walk away.

If being a sports fan requires every player on your favorite team to share your political views, there won't be many teams left to support.

As OutKick founder Clay Travis noted, there is about a "zero percent chance she could answer basic questions on Giants fandom."

Honest question: Could she even name the player who made the Helmet Catch against the Patriots in Super Bowl 2007? Doubtful.

Still, it was probably wise for Reid to jump into the Dart controversy, albeit embarrassingly. Since MSNBC fired her in 2025, she has struggled to remain relevant.

Hyper-racial idolatry may be too competitive a field on the internet to cut through. Reid may need to mix it up a bit more, as she did by announcing her departure from Giants fandom.

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Medical cart carrying injured soccer player runs into teammate in insane scene in Ecuadorian league

The second tier of the Ecuadorian league doesn't often create headlines in the professional soccer world, but over the weekend, it produced one of the funniest, most diabolical clips we've seen in quite some time.

El Nacional and Liga de Portoviejo took the pitch on Sunday afternoon, and things flowed as expected. Portoviejo, positioned in the middle of the table, grabbed a 1-0 lead against El Nacional, which occupies the basement of the 12-team table and is still searching for its first win of the campaign.

Things took a turn for the worse, literally, in the 72nd minute for Portoviejo.

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One of the club's outfield players went down with an injury, and one that appeared to be serious, given that he was taken off the pitch on a medical cart.

As the medical cart slowly began departing the field, another Portoviejo player, Edison Caicedo, who was clearly not paying attention to his surroundings, stepped directly in front of the cart.

While the cart was only traveling a few miles per hour, the corner of the stretcher lying on the back of it appeared to squarely connect with the player's upper thigh, sending him to the turf in an instant.

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The player who was hit by the cart immediately grabbed his thigh and knee area while squirming in pain on the ground.

The funniest part of the entire sequence, by far, is the driver of the medical cart attempting to drive off after hitting the player.

He made it all of a few feet before Portoviejo staff members stopped him, and didn't exactly look too concerned about hitting someone while behind the wheel.

While Caicedo likely woke up with a bruise on his thigh on Monday morning, he was able to continue and finish the match, which Portoviejo held on to win 1-0.

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