Trump Threatens to "Take Out" Iran in "One Night" as Homeland Security Chief Floats Punishing Sanctuary Cities

Trump Sets Tuesday Deadline for Iran Bombing Threat

Donald Trump doubled down Monday on threats to bomb Iranian energy facilities and civilian infrastructure, setting an 8pm ET Tuesday deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face military strikes.

"The entire country can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night," Trump said during a 90-minute press conference, shrugging off concerns that targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute war crimes under international law.

Representative Yassamin Ansari, an Arizona Democrat, announced she will introduce articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth next week. "Only Congress has the power to declare war, not a rogue president or his lackeys," Ansari said in a statement.

Mullin Threatens to Pull Customs Agents from Sanctuary City Airports

In a separate development that could upend international travel at some of the nation's busiest airports, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Fox News he's considering withdrawing customs agents from international airports in sanctuary cities.

"I believe sanctuary cities is not lawful," Mullin told Fox News's Brett Baier. "I don't think they're able to do that."

Mullin's rationale appears to conflate local policing policies with federal immigration enforcement authority. Sanctuary policies typically limit local police cooperation with federal immigration authorities -- they have existed for decades and historically survived legal challenges. Immigration enforcement remains a federal responsibility regardless of local policies.

"If they're sanctuary cities should they really be processing customs into their cities?" Mullin asked. "If they're a sanctuary city and they're receiving international flights and we're asking them to partner with us at the airport but once they walk out the airport, they're not going to enforce immigration policy?"

The proposal would impact travel at major hubs including Denver International Airport, New York's JFK, and Los Angeles International Airport.

Mullin also incorrectly referred to Customs and Border Protection as "Customs and Border Patrol" and claimed "Democrats are wanting to defund" the agency -- despite CBP receiving a $65 billion boost on top of its roughly $20 billion annual budget from Trump's spending bill last year.

Florida's New "Terrorist Designation" Law Raises Free Speech Concerns

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation Monday allowing the state's chief of domestic security to designate terrorist groups and punish their supporters -- a move critics warn could chill free speech, particularly on college campuses.

The law provides for immediate expulsion of students found to "promote" a state-designated terrorist group. The term "promote" is not clearly defined in the legislation.

DeSantis defended the measure in a statement, saying it was necessary to "defend our institutions from those who would harm us -- especially terrorist organizations that seek to infiltrate and subvert our education system."

The bill follows a DeSantis executive order designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim Brotherhood as domestic terrorist organizations. CAIR is one of the country's most prominent Muslim civil rights groups.

US District Judge Mark Walker temporarily blocked that executive order last month, issuing a sharp rebuke: "The First Amendment bars the Governor from continuing the troubling trend of using an executive office to make a political statement at the expense of others' constitutional rights."

The new law also specifically bars Florida courts from enforcing Sharia law -- a largely symbolic provision, since state courts already enforce secular laws passed by legislatures rather than foreign religious laws.

Trump Repeats Debunked Bin Laden Claim

During Monday's press conference, Trump repeated his frequently debunked claim that he warned Americans about Osama bin Laden before the September 11 attacks.

"Osama bin Laden, if you read my book, I said, 'You gotta taken him out.' One year before the World Trade Center came down," Trump told reporters, referring to "The America We Deserve," published in 2000 under his name and that of author Dave Shiflett.

CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale has repeatedly noted that the book contains only a passing mention of bin Laden with no warning that he posed a threat requiring arrest or elimination.

In an email to The Guardian last year, Shiflett said he wrote the book alone with no input from Trump. "My understanding," Shiflett wrote, "is that Trump neither writes nor reads his books."