It's Friday, June 13th.
I'm Jane Coaston and this is What A Day,
the show that once again asks for one 24-hour period where nothing weird or horrifying happens.
24 hours.
That is all I ask.
On today's show,
the House votes to take back billions of dollars earmarked for foreign aid and public broadcasting.
And despite the president's threats,
droves of people are expected to hit the streets across the country tomorrow for no-kings protests.
But let's start with how Congress is reacting to what happened to Senator Padilla for the crime of trying to ask the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security a question.
There are a lot of moving parts to this story,
but here's what we know at the time of our recording Thursday night.
On Thursday,
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was in Los Angeles in response to protests against immigration and customs enforcement.
Or at least that's what she was allegedly supposed to be doing.
She also went along on an immigration raid because of course she did.
During a press conference, however,
it appeared that her aim was to occupy Los Angeles because it has bad politics.
We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into this city.
During this press conference,