WATCH: Dem scolds Homeland Security chief to ‘calm down’ after hearing derails over alleged ‘pattern’

The exchange came after the Democrat accused DHS of a ‘pattern’ of abuse citing recent officer-involved shootings

June 3, 2026 8:00am EDT / Fox News

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Chris Van Hollen tells DHS chief to ‘calm down’ during heated hearing

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., ripped into Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin over an alleged

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A Senate Appropriations Committee hearing was derailed Tuesday after Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin got into a heated exchange, prompting the Democrat to tell Mullin to “calm down.”

Van Hollen, who is best known for flying to El Salvador to meet with controversial illegal immigrant and alleged gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, accused the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of having a “pattern” of abuse while enforcing immigration law. He pointed to several recent DHS-involved shootings, including those involving Venezuelan national Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis and activists Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota.

Mullin pushed back against the allegation as an “exaggeration of words,” saying, “When you say there’s a pattern, there’s not a pattern.”

“Oh, I would say three in a row is a pattern,” retorted Van Hollen, to which Mullin shot back, “No, sir… a pattern of three people when we average 1,900 a day is not a pattern.”

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Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., left, ripped into Secretary Markwayne Mullin over an alleged “pattern” at the critical agency.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images; Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Image)

Van Hollen insisted “there was a pattern.” As the two talked over each other, Van Hollen shook his head, saying, “Let’s get out the dictionary, put your semantics aside, the reality is this is a big problem.”

He pressed Mullin to commit to sharing evidence from the federal officer-involved shootings to Minnesota authorities.

“It sounds like you’re not willing to share evidence with the state authorities who are trying to get to the bottom of this. And I will just say, Mr. Secretary, that given the statements that came out of this administration, including the White House, it is hard to trust this administration to do an independent investigation,” said Van Hollen.

“But yet you trust your last administration?” Mullin fired back.

“I’m just saying if we’re calling an apple what an apple is and an orange what an orange is, don’t sit there and start cherry-picking one administration to believe and another administration not to believe,” Mullin continued.

In response, Van Hollen raised his hands and said, “Mr. Secretary, just, just please calm down.”

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Law enforcement agents during an immigration raid in Manassas, Va., on May 15, 2026.(Leigh Green for Fox News Digital)

During the hearing, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., pressed Mullin to commit to abiding by court orders, citing a federal judge’s claim that DHS had violated just under 100 orders in Minnesota. Murphy also criticized DHS for “spending money like stone drunk sailors,” including on “the massive detention centers that you are building.”

Murphy asked Mullin, “Now that you are on the job, can you commit to us that if a court judges something ICE is doing, something DHS is doing as illegal, unconstitutional, tells you to stop, that you will comply with the court order?”

Mullin answered, “We will never break the Constitution, and we’re not going to break the law, but we’re going to enforce our nation’s laws, and we’re going to enforce the laws that you guys passed and that we implement. We will never go outside that. And if we do, we’ll hold each other accountable for that.”

“But that doesn’t sound like the same thing as committing that you will obey a court order,” pressed Murphy. “Will you, or will you not implement court orders?”

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Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., speaks to reporters outside his office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

In response, Mullin said, “If we didn’t think courts were politicized, then I would probably be able to answer that. But we see courts over and over again that use their bench for their political opinion, not just the rule of law.”

He chided Murphy, saying, “Don’t put words in my mouth,” adding, “What I’m saying is we will enforce the law, and we’re never going to break the Constitution.”

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Looking aside to his colleagues on the committee, Murphy remarked, “Listen, if you’re a Republican or Democrat on this committee, you should be really, really freaked out.”

“We should be really concerned about the rulings that come out of the courts, and how often they get overturned,” retorted Mullin.

Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.

特朗普说，他还没有“荣幸地与”伊朗最高领袖穆杰塔巴会面，并期待未来见到他。 （路透社）

美国总统特朗普说，伊朗已同意放弃核武器，如果一切顺利，他可能会在某个时候与最高领袖穆杰塔巴会面。

路透社报道，特朗普在星期三（6月3日）播出的“Pod Force One”节目采访中谈到伊朗时说：“他们已经同意不拥有核武器。”

当被问及穆杰塔巴是否参与了伊朗与美国的谈判时，特朗普说：“他参与了，绝对参与……我认为他们非常尊重他。”

特朗普说，他听说伊朗领导人身体状况不太好，但在谈判期间表达了支持。他补充说，他还没有“荣幸地与”穆杰塔巴会面。

“我很想见他。我们可能会在某个时候见面，这取决于事态的发展。”

特朗普说，他认为伊朗军队已被击败，美国取得了战争的胜利。

“伊朗局势取得了巨大成功。我们拭目以待。我们正在努力达成协议，如果成功就很好。如果失败，也没关系。我们会采取其他方式。”

他没有具体说明这意味着什么，但他过去曾说，如果达成协议失败，美国将恢复空袭。

特朗普说，他还没有“荣幸地与”伊朗最高领袖穆杰塔巴会面，并期待未来见到他。 （路透社）

美国总统特朗普说，伊朗已同意放弃核武器，如果一切顺利，他可能会在某个时候与最高领袖穆杰塔巴会面。

路透社报道，特朗普在星期三（6月3日）播出的“Pod Force One”节目采访中谈到伊朗时说：“他们已经同意不拥有核武器。”

当被问及穆杰塔巴是否参与了伊朗与美国的谈判时，特朗普说：“他参与了，绝对参与……我认为他们非常尊重他。”

特朗普说，他听说伊朗领导人身体状况不太好，但在谈判期间表达了支持。他补充说，他还没有“荣幸地与”穆杰塔巴会面。

“我很想见他。我们可能会在某个时候见面，这取决于事态的发展。”

特朗普说，他认为伊朗军队已被击败，美国取得了战争的胜利。

“伊朗局势取得了巨大成功。我们拭目以待。我们正在努力达成协议，如果成功就很好。如果失败，也没关系。我们会采取其他方式。”

他没有具体说明这意味着什么，但他过去曾说，如果达成协议失败，美国将恢复空袭。

西班牙5月高温致死人数创新高

2026年6月3日 20:49 / 联合早报

西班牙每日死亡率监测系统估计，2015年至2025年间，西班牙共有2万7564人死于高温。 （法新社）

西班牙每日死亡率监测系统估计，2015年至2025年间，西班牙共有2万7564人死于高温。 （法新社）

西班牙卫生部星期三（6月3日）说，西班牙5月份与高温相关的死亡人数创下自2015年有记录以来的新高。

路透社报道，根据西班牙每日死亡率监测系统的估计，2026年5月因高温导致的死亡人数为101人，是自2015年开始监测以来5月的最高数字。

卫生部指出，这是过去十年5月份平均水平的3.6倍，凸显了极端高温即使在北半球夏季开始之前也对健康造成重大影响。

监测系统估计，2015年至2025年间，西班牙共有2万7564人死于高温。2022年是记录中最糟糕的一年，死亡人数达4789人，其次是2025年，死亡人数为3832人。

欧洲多地正接连遭遇高温。气温每超过健康风险阈值一度，死亡风险就会上升9.1%至10.7%。

西班牙5月高温致死人数创新高

2026年6月3日 20:49 / 联合早报

西班牙每日死亡率监测系统估计，2015年至2025年间，西班牙共有2万7564人死于高温。 （法新社）

西班牙卫生部星期三（6月3日）说，西班牙5月份与高温相关的死亡人数创下自2015年有记录以来的新高。

路透社报道，根据西班牙每日死亡率监测系统的估计，2026年5月因高温导致的死亡人数为101人，是自2015年开始监测以来5月的最高数字。

卫生部指出，这是过去十年5月份平均水平的3.6倍，凸显了极端高温即使在北半球夏季开始之前也对健康造成重大影响。

监测系统估计，2015年至2025年间，西班牙共有2万7564人死于高温。2022年是记录中最糟糕的一年，死亡人数达4789人，其次是2025年，死亡人数为3832人。

欧洲多地正接连遭遇高温。气温每超过健康风险阈值一度，死亡风险就会上升9.1%至10.7%。

Cruise ship passenger found dead on Caribbean island after vanishing during hike

June 3, 2026 / 8:53 AM EDT / CBS/AP

The body of a cruise ship passenger was found dead Monday on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Kitts and Nevis, after disappearing last week during a hike, local authorities said.

Chinese national Wang Zyuan, 33, was last seen May 27 while hiking the Mount Liamuiga hiking trail, according to police. They confirmed in a statement that search crews had located his body.

“The Force extends its heartfelt condolences to Mr Wang’s family, friends, and associates during this painful time,” the statement said. “We respectfully ask the public to refrain from speculation and to rely only on official sources for accurate information as this matter proceeds.”

Zyuan was hiking the Mount Liamuiga trail on St. Kitts by himself. He had called 911 that afternoon to report he was lost, but police said they lost contact with him.

Police did not provide other details, including cause of death, saying only that the investigation is ongoing.

Volunteers and crews with multiple agencies scoured the area for days before finding his body.

The trail is located on the dormant Mount Liamuiga volcano, the highest peak on St. Kitts at nearly 3,800 feet.

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A Caribbean cruise ship company that advertises the trail on its website warned it is an extremely strenuous hike and that the trail can be muddy or slippery.

乌军无人机星期三（6月3日）突袭俄罗斯圣彼得堡基础设施，现场升起滚滚黑烟。 （路透社）

（圣彼得堡路透电）俄罗斯总统普京主持圣彼得堡国际经济论坛前数小时，乌克兰出动无人机袭击圣彼得堡，目标包括燃料码头和军事设施，造成数人受伤，并导致机场航班一度受影响。

俄罗斯列宁格勒州州长德罗兹坚科说，防空部队星期二（6月2日）夜间击落59架乌克兰无人机。圣彼得堡市长别格洛夫则称，有三个区的基础设施遭到攻击。“有数人受伤，但没有死亡报告。”

国际文传电讯社报道，俄国防部表示，防空部队在过去24小时内击落了754架乌克兰无人机。

乌克兰总统泽连斯基随后证实发动袭击。他说，乌军无人机击中了当地一座出口燃料码头，并把目标对准位于克朗施塔特（Kronstadt）的一处军事设施。克朗施塔特驻有俄罗斯波罗的海舰队部分兵力，并拥有重要造船和维修设施。

乌武装部队总参谋部称，根据初步信息，克朗施塔特的舰船和基础设施遭到打击。

目击者称，从圣彼得堡市中心可见一股灰色烟柱升起，并听到巨大爆炸声；部分提前抵达准备参加论坛的与会者也听到了爆炸声。

圣彼得堡国际经济论坛是莫斯科展示经济实力、吸引外资的重要平台。虽然会场周边防守严密，目前也没有迹象显示乌无人机接近会场，但这次袭击仍凸显，俄国后方城市同样暴露在无人机攻击风险之下。

受空袭影响，俄罗斯航空监管机构一度限制圣彼得堡普尔科沃机场的航班起降。当地媒体报道，超过30个航班延误或取消。

俄乌战争进入第五年，双方近几个月持续加大对彼此后方目标的远程打击力度。上个月，出于对乌无人机威胁的担忧，俄罗斯在纪念卫国战争胜利80周年的红场阅兵上，多年来首次没有展示军备。

乌军无人机星期三（6月3日）突袭俄罗斯圣彼得堡基础设施，现场升起滚滚黑烟。 （路透社）

（圣彼得堡路透电）俄罗斯总统普京主持圣彼得堡国际经济论坛前数小时，乌克兰出动无人机袭击圣彼得堡，目标包括燃料码头和军事设施，造成数人受伤，并导致机场航班一度受影响。

俄罗斯列宁格勒州州长德罗兹坚科说，防空部队星期二（6月2日）夜间击落59架乌克兰无人机。圣彼得堡市长别格洛夫则称，有三个区的基础设施遭到攻击。“有数人受伤，但没有死亡报告。”

国际文传电讯社报道，俄国防部表示，防空部队在过去24小时内击落了754架乌克兰无人机。

乌克兰总统泽连斯基随后证实发动袭击。他说，乌军无人机击中了当地一座出口燃料码头，并把目标对准位于克朗施塔特（Kronstadt）的一处军事设施。克朗施塔特驻有俄罗斯波罗的海舰队部分兵力，并拥有重要造船和维修设施。

乌武装部队总参谋部称，根据初步信息，克朗施塔特的舰船和基础设施遭到打击。

目击者称，从圣彼得堡市中心可见一股灰色烟柱升起，并听到巨大爆炸声；部分提前抵达准备参加论坛的与会者也听到了爆炸声。

圣彼得堡国际经济论坛是莫斯科展示经济实力、吸引外资的重要平台。虽然会场周边防守严密，目前也没有迹象显示乌无人机接近会场，但这次袭击仍凸显，俄国后方城市同样暴露在无人机攻击风险之下。

受空袭影响，俄罗斯航空监管机构一度限制圣彼得堡普尔科沃机场的航班起降。当地媒体报道，超过30个航班延误或取消。

俄乌战争进入第五年，双方近几个月持续加大对彼此后方目标的远程打击力度。上个月，出于对乌无人机威胁的担忧，俄罗斯在纪念卫国战争胜利80周年的红场阅兵上，多年来首次没有展示军备。

Jeffries declines to back Wasserman Schultz as Black leaders revolt over district switch

June 3, 2026 8:46am EDT / Fox News

Jeffries cited an ‘unprecedented Jim Crow-like assault on Black political representation’ when asked about the race

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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., is facing mounting backlash from some Black leaders over her decision to seek re-election in a majority-minority district, a move that appears to be costing her support from the highest-ranking Black Democrat in Congress.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., declined to endorse Wasserman Schultz’s re-election bid Tuesday after she entered the race for the plurality-Black district, where she faces four Black opponents in the Aug. 18 primary.

“Haven’t made a decision, as it relates to that particular race,” the lead Democrat said at a news conference when asked if he supports Wasserman Schultz’s run for the Fort Lauderdale-based seat.

Jeffries said he’s spoken to Wasserman Schultz, a member of his leadership team, about the race, but stopped short of offering his support.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, accompanied by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, speaks at a Democratic Steering and Policy Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 22, 2025.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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“Everybody has a right to run where they see fit. They’ve got to make their case to the people that they hope to represent moving forward,” he said.

“I think we all recognize the sensitivities of the moment in terms of an unprecedented Jim Crow-like assault on Black political representation that has been unleashed by the Supreme Court’s outrageous decision to gut the Voting Rights Act,” he added, invoking the court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, which curbed the use of race in the drawing of electoral districts and spurred redistricting in several Republican-led states affecting majority-minority districts represented by Black Democrats.

“And it’s an environment that all of us need to be sensitive to as we move forward,” he said.

Jeffries’ comments come as Wasserman Schultz seeks to weather fierce criticism from some local Black leaders over her decision to run in the district. The seat has been represented by a Black lawmaker for more than three decades.

Elijah Manley, a progressive Gen-Z activist running in the Democratic primary, slammed Wasserman Schultz in a statement posted to social media.

“First, she said the CBC [Congressional Black Caucus] encouraged her to run. The CBC Chair said they did not,” Manley wrote. “Then she went on TV and said that Leader Jeffries was supporting her. Jeffries just declined to endorse her.”

“It is not a good day to be named Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida’s 20th District,” he continued.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., declined to endorse Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s re-election campaign on Tuesday.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images; Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Wasserman Schultz, however, will likely have a significant fundraising advantage over her primary opponents. Her campaign account has more than $2.5 million in the bank, according to recent Federal Election Commission filings.

Former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., previously occupied the solidly blue seat before she resigned amid an expulsion threat and House Ethics Committee investigation earlier this year. Cherfilus-McCormick is running again for the seat despite facing a pending criminal trial tied to allegedly stealing more than $5 million in disaster relief funds, among other charges.

Former Broward County Mayor Dale Holness and musician Luther Campbell are also vying for the Democratic nomination.

Florida Republicans carved up Wasserman Schultz’s safe Democratic seat as part of a new GOP-friendly congressional map signed into law in May.

Former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., is running against Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in the Democratic primary contest, despite facing a pending criminal trial that could result in more than half a century in prison if convicted.(J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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Wasserman Schultz previously served as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, during which her tenure was rocked by the release of internal emails disparaging Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign. She first won election to the House in 2004.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Wasserman Schultz campaign before publication.

Scientists find yeast in frozen mummy’s guts, use it to make sourdough bread

June 3, 2026 / 9:41 AM EDT / CBS/AFP

Yeast has been growing in the guts of a frozen mummy called Oetzi the Iceman for thousands of years, scientists have discovered, telling AFP they used it to make a sourdough bread.

More than 5,300 years ago — before the Egyptian pyramids were built — Oetzi was strolling through the Alps on the border of Austria and Italy when he was killed by an arrow in the back.

He remained frozen in the ice until two German hikers stumbled across his mummified remains in 1991 in the northern Italian region of South Tyrol.

Since then, his stunningly well-preserved remains have been kept at the same temperature — minus six degrees Celsius — as his icy tomb.

This has allowed scientists to carefully study Oetzi, who offers an incredibly rare window into ancient human life.

For the latest research, published in the Microbiome journal on Wednesday, an Italy-based team found evidence that both ancient and modern microbial life remain active in the frozen body.

“What we didn’t expect to find was yeast,” lead study author Mohamed Sarhan of the Eurac Research institute in the Italian city of Bolzano told AFP.

The 5300-year-old mummy known as “Oetzi” is seen shortly after its arrival in the Archeology Museum in Bolzano in 1991. Simone Crepaldi/AP/dapd

“His body hosts living, metabolically capable organisms that are actively responding to their environment,” Sarhan told the Reuters news agency. “The cold-adapted yeasts are growing. Certain bacteria have colonized and persisted across his tissues for decades. The mummy is, in a very real sense, a living biological interface — a meeting point between the ancient world and the present, where microbes from 5,000 years ago coexist with organisms that arrived last decade.”

“Very good sourdough”

The scientists discovered four different yeasts that can survive sub-zero temperatures in Oetzi’s guts, skin and “brownish” water that melted off his body when he was partially unfrozen.

These kinds of yeast only live in very cold conditions such as Antarctica, so are believed to have entered Oetzi’s body at some point after he died.

Genetic analysis revealed “DNA damage levels very comparable to the original microbes” in the Iceman’s guts, suggesting the yeast entered his body soon after death, Sarhan said.

“These yeasts have accompanied Oetzi on his long journey through the millennia,” study co-author Frank Maixner said in a statement.

The scientists then reproduced the gut yeast in a fridge.

“If you tell anyone you have yeast, they immediately ask: can we use it for bread?” Sarhan said.

So they tried to make a sourdough loaf.

“Initially it didn’t work,” the microbiologist admitted.

But after three months of effort “we had a very, very good sourdough,” Sarhan said with a laugh.

When asked if the scientists were considering using the yeast to brew beer, he responded: “It’s on the list.”

The study contained more serious possible uses for the yeast.

When the mummy was found in 1991, it was initially treated as a normal cadaver. A chemical called phenol was used to stop fungus from growing in the body.

However the strange yeast was able to eat the phenol, meaning that in the future it could help break down the chemical in contaminated environments, the scientists said.

Inside the ancient microbiome

The yeast was not the only surprising discovery in Oetzi’s body.

An analysis of his microbiome revealed a particular kind of a gut bacteria that is almost non-existent among modern humans.

Though gone from the stomachs of people in the industrialized world, the bacteria has been detected among tribes in Africa and South America, Sarhan said.

The mummified body of a man on the Similaun Glacier is discovered in the Ötztal Alps, Italy, 92 meters from the Austrian border. Leopold Nekula/Sygma via Getty Images

It has also been found in 3,000-year-old feces preserved in a salt mine in Hallstatt, Austria — which serves as one of the only other available views into the ancient human microbiome.

Oetzi and these Bronze Age salt miners ate more fiber and whole grain than modern-day people, Sarhan explained.

The study, published in the journal Microbiome, said it “reveals that the Iceman is not a biologically ‘frozen’ time-capsule but rather a complex ecosystem.”

Previous research revealed Oetzi’s last meals included deer and goat meat as well as wheat, Reuters reported. Previous research showed he was about age 45 when he died and was in good physical condition, carrying a copper ax, longbow, arrows and quiver and dagger.

“He is a visitor who provides us precious insights into the past,” Maixner told Reuter.

It is too early to say whether the yeast is harming the mummy, Sarhan said, calling for more research.

Nikolay Oskolkov, a researcher at the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis not involved in the study, told AFP it was interesting that “the Iceman’s microbiome is not ‘frozen’”.

However Oskolkov, who previously discovered ancient fungus in the mummy’s guts, cautioned that the yeast samples were only taken in 2010 and 2019.

This provides “very little evidence that the yeasts have been multiplying over millennia,” he said, adding that he believed they were “relatively recent colonists of the mummy’s body.”

In 2023, scientists determined that Oetzi was mostly descended from farmers from present day Turkey, and his head was balder and skin darker than what was initially thought.