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Fetterman breaks with Democrats, backs Trump pick Mullin for DHS secretary role | Fox News

By Adam Pack | Fox News
Published March 5, 2026 4:33pm EST | Updated March 6, 2026 7:07am EST

President Donald Trump fires DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and names Sen. Markwayne Mullin as her replacement after he was reportedly unhappy with her testimony regarding a $220 million ad campaign.

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., will have at least one Democratic “yes” vote in support of his nomination to become President Donald Trump’s next Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary.

Trump announced Thursday afternoon that he tapped Mullin to replace outgoing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, who will leave the agency March 31. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., immediately threw his support behind Mullin’s nomination, dubbing the Oklahoma lawmaker a “nice upgrade” compared to Noem.

Fetterman repeatedly called for Noem’s ouster and said Thursday he was pleased with Trump’s decision.

“We’re in a different party, but this is the choice. I want to work together for making our America more secure,” he said.

Sen. John Fetterman quickly voiced support for Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to lead DHS.(Evelyn Hockstein / Reuters)

Fetterman also said that he strongly believes Mullin already has the votes to win confirmation. Senate Republicans are widely expected to back Mullin’s nomination, and the jovial Oklahoma lawmaker could win over some Democrats. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, who has voted against some Trump nominees, said she has a “great deal of respect” for Mullin and is “OK” with his nomination.

Under Senate rules, Cabinet nominations are set at a 51-vote threshold.

However, many of Fetterman’s Democratic colleagues were either noncommittal about Mullin’s nomination or suggested they would not support him.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal voiced pessimism Thursday that he would vote for Mullin’s nomination.(Getty Images)

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“Whoever follows Kristi Noem is going to have to be totally and radically different in their approach to running this agency,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said Thursday. “Changing the person at the top is no substitute for changing the practices and the power structure of a department that is out of control.”

Blumenthal added that Mullin would have to commit to Democrats’ various reforms seeking to rein in immigration enforcement in order to win his vote.

Mullin has repeatedly criticized Democrats’ proposal to prohibit federal immigration officers from wearing masks and requiring judicial warrants during enforcement operations.

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“I like him personally,” Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, a member of Senate Democratic leadership, said of Mullin before adding that it was too early to debate his nomination.

Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., told Fox News Digital that they would not yet weigh in on Mullin’s nomination. Slotkin notably voted for Noem’s confirmation despite later souring on the secretary.

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Mullin appeared somewhat taken aback by the news of his nomination when talking with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday afternoon.

“No, the president and I still have to communicate, so we’ll talk about it moving forward,” Mullin said. “The president and I have already talked… I’ll talk to you all [later].”

Fetterman has been the lone Democrat to advance a DHS spending measure amid a funding standoff over the agency’s appropriations that has no clear end in sight.

He poured cold water on the prospect of his Democratic colleagues reversing course to support funding DHS in response to Mullin’s nomination, telling reporters he expected “no change” with the partial shutdown.

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巴林首都麦纳麦建筑物爆炸 卡塔尔海军曾驻扎其中

2026年3月6日 21:21 / 联合早报

3月6日，在巴林首都麦纳麦，一架伊朗无人机在巴林金融港大厦上空被拦截，浓烟冒起。以色列大使馆设在大厦内。。 （路透社）

巴林首都麦纳麦发生数起爆炸，当局拉响警报。

法新社引述内政部星期五（3月6日）的声明说：“警报已拉响。请市民和居民保持冷静，前往最近的安全地点。”

卡塔尔说，其海军部队夜间在巴林境内遭到伊朗袭击，但人员安然无恙。此前，麦纳麦（Manama）报告称，居民楼和一家酒店遭到袭击。

自美国和以色列空袭引发战争以来，波斯湾地区国家一直是伊朗报复行动的主要目标。

卡塔尔外交部的声明说：“卡塔尔国强烈谴责伊朗袭击巴林王国各地建筑物，这些建筑物内驻扎着参与波斯湾合作委员会联合军事指挥部联合海上作战中心的卡塔尔埃米尔海军部队成员。”

中东冲突挤压援乌资源 全球面临拦截导弹短缺

2026年3月6日 21:29 联合早报

（伦敦彭博电）随着俄乌战争持续以及中东地区再次陷入重大冲突，防空导弹储备焦虑正在全球蔓延。

俄乌战争已进入第五年，俄军导弹仍在持续轰炸乌克兰目标，基辅急需稳定的拦截导弹补给。知情人士称，多个欧盟国家本周在布鲁塞尔的闭门会议上警告，全球拦截导弹供应面临短缺。

部分官员指出，如果中东战争持续，拦截导弹可能更加稀缺。据称，欧洲大陆已动用储备库存来支持乌克兰抵御俄罗斯侵略。

自2月28日美伊冲突爆发以来，伊朗已发射数百枚弹道导弹，并用大量无人机持续冲击美国及其地区伙伴的防空体系。美国制造的“爱国者”导弹在拦截伊朗“见证者”（Shahed）无人机和弹道导弹方面成效显著，阿联酋报告的拦截率超过90%。

然而，动用价值数百万美元的导弹来摧毁仅值2万美元（约2万5600新元）的无人机，代价过于高昂。这也是困扰西方军事规划者的问题：廉价武器正在蚕食本该用于应对复杂威胁的资源。

在美伊冲突中，“爱国者PAC-3”“标准3型”（SM-3 Block IIA）导弹、“标准6”（SM-6）及“萨德”（THAAD）拦截导弹，是战场上最具价值的防空系统。这些导弹价格各异，但连稍低一些的PAC-3单价也高达约400万美元。

美国正为应对伊朗局势升级而加速武器生产，洛克希德马丁、RTX等顶级军工企业周五（3月6日）赴白宫参加会议。这两家公司今年都与美国战争部签署协议，提升产能。

日本三菱重工公司获洛克希德马丁公司授权生产爱国者导弹，希望将年产量从约30枚进行提升，但由于关键部件供应陷入瓶颈，它的增产能力有限。

韩国外长赵显说，首尔正与驻韩美军就可能重新部署武器（包括爱国者导弹）进行磋商。

韩媒引述观点称，驻韩美军的武器可能被抽调到中东。去年6月美国空袭伊朗时，经韩美进行协商，驻韩美军的两个“爱国者”炮台就曾被循环部署到了中东。

科威特城再传爆炸声 伊朗称摧毁三国美军雷达 | 联合早报

发布/2026年3月6日 21:51

科威特城再传爆炸声 伊朗称摧毁三国美军雷达

3月1日，位于科威特杰赫拉附近的阿里·萨利姆基地遭到袭击后卫星图像显示的状况。 （路透社）

科威特首都科威特城再次发生爆炸。与此同时，科威特当局说，他们正在应对针对该国的导弹和无人机袭击。

法新社引述科威特国防部星期五（3月6日）通过社交媒体X发布的消息说：“科威特防空部队目前正在应对侵入科威特领空的导弹和无人机袭击。”

科威特政府此前说，过去一周伊朗的袭击造成67名士兵受伤。

伊朗称摧毁中东三国美军雷达

据伊朗多家媒体报道，伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队说，已使用导弹和无人机摧毁了位于中东三国的美军“终端高空区域防御系统”（萨德，THAAD）等反导系统雷达。

新华社引述报道说，伊斯兰革命卫队发射多组导弹和无人机，摧毁了位于阿拉伯联合酋长国和约旦的美军“萨德”反导系统雷达，以及位于卡塔尔的美军FPS-132雷达。

另据伊朗媒体报道，伊斯兰革命卫队在胡齐斯坦省击落一架以色列“竞技神-900”无人机。报道引述军事专家的话说，这架无人机价值3000万美元（3830.40万新元）。

菲律宾总统将赴联合国总部呼吁中东和平

发布时间：2026年3月6日 22:04 / 来源：联合早报

菲律宾外交部星期五说，总统小马可斯将于下周一前往美国纽约的联合国总部，呼吁中东和平。 （路透社）

菲律宾外交部说，总统小马可斯将于下周（3月9日至10日）前往美国纽约的联合国总部，呼吁中东和平，并争取各方支持菲律宾竞选联合国安理会非常任理事国席位。

根据《菲律宾星报》报道，约有至少200万菲律宾公民在中东地区居住或工作。

菲律宾外交部发言人埃斯卡洛纳说，在伊朗战争爆发背景下，联合国是小马可斯倡导和平、保障全体平民安全的“最合适平台”。

埃斯卡洛纳说：“总统将代表本地区及发展中国家发声，呼吁各方保持克制，尊重包括《联合国宪章》与人道主义法在内的国际法，并敦促所有相关方重返谈判桌，实现和平。”

她也说，小马可斯预计将与联合国秘书长古特雷斯会面，讨论中东局势，并重申马尼拉对多边主义的承诺。

President Donald Trump is meeting Friday with top U.S. defense industry executives as his administration looks to accelerate weapons production while military operations against Iran continue.

The White House emphasized the session was scheduled weeks ago and was not convened in response to immediate battlefield shortages. Officials described the meeting as part of a broader effort to strengthen the U.S. defense industrial base and speed production of American-made weapons.

“The US military has more than enough munitions, ammo, and weapons stockpiles to continue demolishing the Iranian regime and finish Operation Epic Fury, no matter how long it lasts,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to Fox News.

“Nevertheless, President Trump has always been intensely focused on strengthening our military, which is why this meeting with defense contractors was scheduled weeks ago. The President will continue to call on these US companies to more speedily build American-made weapons, which are the absolute best in the world.”

Companies attending are Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, RTX Corporation, Boeing, Honeywell and L3Harris Technologies.

The meeting comes as U.S. forces remain engaged in Operation Epic Fury, a campaign targeting Iranian military assets following coordinated U.S.-Israeli strikes. Administration officials have maintained that U.S. readiness remains strong, even as the pace of missile defense operations has drawn scrutiny on Capitol Hill.

During the 2025 12-day Iran conflict, U.S. forces fired more than 150 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors — roughly a quarter of the global inventory — to shield Israel and U.S. assets from Iranian missile attacks, according to defense assessments. Patriot PAC-3 MSE missiles are currently produced at a rate of roughly 600 to 650 annually, with replenishment timelines measured in months or years rather than weeks.

U.S. and Israeli officials previously estimated that Iran had a large ballistic missile arsenal — roughly 2,000 to 3,000 missiles of various types at the outset of the conflict. Central Command chief Adm. Brad Cooper said Thursday Iran’s missile attacks have decreased 90% since the start of the conflict.

Defense planners have described missile defense inventories as part of a broader strategic balancing act. The same high-end systems used to protect U.S. bases and partners in the Middle East are also supplied to Ukraine and positioned in the Indo-Pacific, creating what some analysts characterize as a “zero-sum” competition for inventory across theaters.

Lawmakers emerging from recent classified briefings have raised questions about sustainability if operations expand.

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., warned the campaign could become a “math problem,” balancing incoming missile volumes against finite interceptor supplies and production capacity.

Other members, including Republicans briefed on the operation, have said officials assured Congress U.S. forces remain in strong shape.

Current and former defense officials have drawn a distinction between offensive strike weapons — which can often be surged from prepositioned stocks — and defensive interceptors such as Patriot and THAAD systems, which require longer production timelines and cannot be rapidly manufactured at scale.

联合国难民署：中东危机构成“重大人道主义紧急事件”

发布时间：2026-03-06T14:20:27.000Z / 来源：联合早报

3月6日，在黎巴嫩南部沿海城市西顿（Sidon），以色列空袭击中一栋建筑物，急救人员将一名遇难者的遗体抬出。 （法新社）

联合国难民署称，中东地区不断升级的危机已构成一场“重大人道主义紧急事件”，需要在整个地区立即采取应对措施。

联合国难民署分管紧急情况和项目支援的负责人伊藤礼树星期五（3月6日）在瑞士日内瓦的一场例行记者会上说，近期中东地区局势升级，袭击持续发生，引发了伊朗、伊朗周边国家以及更广泛地区的人口流动。受影响地区难民已经达到2500万人。美国与以色列对伊朗发动打击后的最初两天，伊朗官方数字显示已有约10万人离开家园，但这一数字很可能是低估数字。

新华社引述伊藤说，联合国难民署工作人员正努力向受影响国家提供人道主义援助。他敦促有关方面为需要转移或跨境的民众提供安全通道。

科威特城再传爆炸声 伊朗称摧毁三国美军雷达 | 联合早报

发布/2026年3月6日 21:51

3月1日，位于科威特杰赫拉附近的阿里·萨利姆基地遭到袭击后卫星图像显示的状况。 （路透社）

科威特首都科威特城再次发生爆炸。与此同时，科威特当局说，他们正在应对针对该国的导弹和无人机袭击。

法新社引述科威特国防部星期五（3月6日）通过社交媒体X发布的消息说：“科威特防空部队目前正在应对侵入科威特领空的导弹和无人机袭击。”

科威特政府此前说，过去一周伊朗的袭击造成67名士兵受伤。

伊朗称摧毁中东三国美军雷达

据伊朗多家媒体报道，伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队说，已使用导弹和无人机摧毁了位于中东三国的美军“终端高空区域防御系统”（萨德，THAAD）等反导系统雷达。

新华社引述报道说，伊斯兰革命卫队发射多组导弹和无人机，摧毁了位于阿拉伯联合酋长国和约旦的美军“萨德”反导系统雷达，以及位于卡塔尔的美军FPS-132雷达。

另据伊朗媒体报道，伊斯兰革命卫队在胡齐斯坦省击落一架以色列“竞技神-900”无人机。报道引述军事专家的话说，这架无人机价值3000万美元（3830.40万新元）。

菲律宾总统将赴联合国总部呼吁中东和平

发布时间：2026年3月6日 22:04 / 来源：联合早报

菲律宾外交部星期五说，总统小马可斯将于下周一前往美国纽约的联合国总部，呼吁中东和平。 （路透社）

菲律宾外交部说，总统小马可斯将于下周（3月9日至10日）前往美国纽约的联合国总部，呼吁中东和平，并争取各方支持菲律宾竞选联合国安理会非常任理事国席位。

根据《菲律宾星报》报道，约有至少200万菲律宾公民在中东地区居住或工作。

菲律宾外交部发言人埃斯卡洛纳说，在伊朗战争爆发背景下，联合国是小马可斯倡导和平、保障全体平民安全的“最合适平台”。

埃斯卡洛纳说：“总统将代表本地区及发展中国家发声，呼吁各方保持克制，尊重包括《联合国宪章》与人道主义法在内的国际法，并敦促所有相关方重返谈判桌，实现和平。”

她也说，小马可斯预计将与联合国秘书长古特雷斯会面，讨论中东局势，并重申马尼拉对多边主义的承诺。

Oil prices continue to climb, hitting their highest level in nearly 2 years

March 6, 2026 / 11:01 AM EST / CBS News

The price of oil continued to surge on Friday amid growing concerns that the Iran war will disrupt global crude supplies.

West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the U.S. oil benchmark, rose 6.8% to $86.57 per barrel on Friday morning, according to data from Factset. Brent crude, the international benchmark, jumped 4.7% to $89.44. Both were trading near their highest levels since April 2024.

Tangible disruption

Crude prices have surged this week as the Iran conflict halts shipments of oil and liquefied natural gas through the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz. About 20% of global oil shipments normally travel through the waterway.

“The market is shifting from pricing pure geopolitical risk to grappling with tangible operational disruption, as refinery shutdowns and export constraints begin to impair crude processing and regional supply flows,” JPMorgan analysts said in a report on Friday.

Qatar’s energy minister suggested that all Gulf energy exporters may shut down production within days, which could drive Brent crude to $150 a barrel, the Financial Times reported.

“WTI crude jumped more than 6% in response [to the FT article], briefly rising above $86 for the first time since April 2024,” Oxford Economics said in a report. “WTI crude is up close to 30% since the start of the war and up more than 55% from the January low.”

Typically, about 138 vessels travel through the Strait of Hormuz every 24 hours, but that has dropped to “single-digit levels” in recent days, according to a March 5 statement from the Joint Maritime Information Center, an international group that tracks commercial shipping safety.

Ryan McKay, senior commodity strategist at TD Securities, said in a report that the price of Brent crude could top $100 a barrel by next week if oil tankers remain unable to traverse the Strait of Hormuz.

Jump in gas prices

In the U.S., the spike in oil prices is leading to sharply higher fuel costs. As of Friday, the national average gas price has jumped 32 cents a gallon over the last seven days, to roughly $3.31 a gallon — the highest since August of 2024, according to GasBuddy. Diesel has soared 51 cents in a week to $4.26 a gallon, the highest since November of 2023, the tracking service found.

Because of “the continued de facto shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, unfortunately, price increases look to continue into this weekend at this pace,” GasBuddy petroleum analyst Patrick De Haan wrote on social media.

Edited by Alain Sherter

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/americans-likely-to-see-spike-in-gas-prices-due-to-iran-war/