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NBC News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- NBC News
Dean Cain, Superman actor from 'Lois and Clark' TV show, joins ICE
Dean Cain, the actor best known for playing the Man of Steel on the 1990s television series 'Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,' said this week he planned to become an officer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The actor's move comes as the Trump administration carries out an aggressive mass deportation program across the nation. Cain, 59, announced the news Wednesday in a video on his Instagram account. 'I felt it was important to join with our first responders to help secure the safety of all Americans, not just talk about it, so I joined up,' Cain said, speaking directly to the camera as John Williams' theme from the 1978 'Superman' film plays. He went on to implore other people in the U.S. to join ICE as officers, touting the job's salary and benefits. In an appearance on Fox News' 'Jesse Waters Primetime' later on Wednesday, Cain said: 'I will be sworn in as an ICE agent ASAP.' Cain is one of President Donald Trump's most vocal supporters in Hollywood. He publicly endorsed Trump in the 2016, 2020 and 2024 presidential elections. In an interview with Variety last month, Cain said: 'I love President Trump. I've been friends with him forever… Trump is actually one of the most empathetic, wonderful, generous people you'll ever meet.' ICE has recently ramped up recruitment efforts as it seeks to carry out Trump's calls for mass deportations. The agency has promoted incentives for recruits, including potential $50,000 signing bonuses and the possibility of up to $60,000 in student loan repayments. The Department of Homeland Security has also removed age limits for new hires. Trump's administration is attempting to enact a sweeping immigration enforcement agenda. ICE, responding to pressure from the White House to dramatically increase arrests, detained more than 2,200 people in a single day in June — the most immigrant arrests in the agency's history. ICE agents have drawn intense scrutiny for arresting people who have no known criminal histories and using controversial tactics, including wearing face coverings and detaining people at immigration court hearings. ICE's resources have grown substantially following the passage of 'the Big Beautiful Bill,' Trump's signature domestic legislation, which provided $14.4 billion in funding for immigrant removals and 10,000 new ICE agents. 'This will help ICE achieve as many as 1 million deportations per year,' Homeland Security said in a news release. Cain has more than 200 acting credits on the Internet Movie Database. He has appeared in various faith-based films, including the 2014 Christian drama 'God's Not Dead.'
The Hill
25-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Carville rips Columbia over Trump settlement: ‘I've never seen such cowards in my life'
Democratic strategist James Carville ripped Columbia University for agreeing to pay $221 million to President Trump's administration to restore the school's federal funding. 'You were talking about Paramount and how they collapsed. The biggest cavers in the world is Columbia University,' Carville said during a Thursday night appearance on Fox News' 'Jesse Waters Primetime.' 'I've never seen such cowards in my life. My hat is off to Harvard. At least they have guts,' Carville added. Columbia University announced on Wednesday that it had agreed to a $200 million settlement with the federal government, which will be paid out over the next three years, and $21 million to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 'This agreement marks an important step forward after a period of sustained federal scrutiny and institutional uncertainty,' acting Columbia University President Claire Shipman said. 'The settlement was carefully crafted to protect the values that define us and allow our essential research partnership with the federal government to get back on track,' Shipman added. Columbia lost $400 million in federal funding earlier this year after the administration cut it off over a probe into antisemitism on the Ivy League's campus. The school argues the deal will allow the institution to keep its academic independence. President Trump lauded the deal. 'It's a great honor to have been involved, and I want to thank and congratulate Secretary Linda McMahon, and all those who worked with us on this important deal. I also want to thank and commend Columbia University for agreeing to do what is right,' Trump wrote on social media. 'I look forward to watching them have a great future in our Country, maybe greater than ever before!' Columbia's deal was criticized by some Democrats in Congress, including school alum Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.). '[M]y alma mater has allowed a once highly-respected institution to succumb to the Trump Administration's coercive and exploitative tactics,' the New York Democrat said. 'Columbia has effectively waived the white flag of surrender in its battle at the heart of the Trump Administration's war on higher education and academic freedom.'
The Hill
24-05-2025
- Business
- The Hill
Gingrich presses Senate GOP to advance Trump agenda: ‘Keep moving'
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) pressed Senate Republicans to advance President Trump's 'big, beautiful bill,' which the House passed earlier this week. Gingrich said that GOP senators have 'every right' to formulate their version of the president's mega bill, but if they care about the United States economy and their constituents, they will eventually vote to pass it through the upper chamber and get it to Trump's desk for signing. 'It blocks a huge tax increase, it creates much better regulatory environment. It takes out a great deal of the waste in government. It's not perfect. Look. We balanced the budget for four straight years for the only time in the last century, but we didn't do it overnight. We didn't do it the first or second year,' Gingrich said during his Friday night appearance on Fox News' 'Jesse Waters Primetime.' 'You have to chip away at these things. Get the best you can plan to come back again next year or come back this fall on the appropriations bills, but keep moving,' the former House speaker told guest host Kayleigh McEnany. Some Republican senators have already flagged portions of the bill they wish to alter, including Medicaid reforms and expressed concerns that the 1,116-page bill, which the House passed Thursday morning, does not have big enough spending cuts to rein in spending. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), both fiscal hawks, have said that currently they are opposed to voting for the legislation. 'There should be a goal of this Republican Senate budget resolution to reduce the deficit, not increase it. We're increasing it. It's a nonstarter from my standpoint,' Johnson said this week. The Congressional Budget Office said the legislation would add $3.8 trillion to the debt. Johnson said there are 'at least' four senators in the GOP conference who would currently vote against the bill if deeper spending cuts are not instituted. Another group of GOP senators have expressed concern about the Medicaid reforms that would cut benefits. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she is 'very worried' about reductions in federal Medicaid funding to states that will amp up pressure on rural hospitals. Others, such as Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) want to tighten up the availability of Medicaid for able-bodied adults. 'Medicaid ought to go back and do what it was set up to do. It was set up to take care of poor children and the chronically ill, and that's what the focus should be,' Scott said. House Republicans warned Senate Republicans against significantly watering down the massive bill. They are open to the Senate enacting some changes, particularly if more spending cuts are installed and senators work on reducing the deficit, but are looking to keep the phase-out of green-energy subsidies and revised Medicaid requirements. 'And I encouraged our Senate colleagues to think of this as a one-team effort, as we have, and to modify this as little as possible, because it will make it easier for us to get it over the line, ultimately, and finished and get it to the president's desk by July 4,' Speaker Mike Johson (R-La.) said Tuesday after meeting with Senate Republicans. Gingrich advised senators that after they are done amending and arguing about the bill, they should vote for its passing 'because to vote no is voting for a giant tax increase.' 'It's voting to cripple the government. It's voting to make it very difficult for President Trump to create the kind of America that he was voted to create,' the ex-House speaker added. 'And frankly, it goes against the wishes of virtually every Republican who put the senators in office.'
