(L) National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Director Joe Kent. (Photo via: soaa.org) / (Background) WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 08: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an East Room event on troop withdrawal from Afghanistan at the White House July 8, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

NCTC Director Joe Kent: NCTC identified 18K known and suspected terrorists who entered U.S. during Biden admin.

During a congressional hearing on worldwide threats, National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Director Joe Kent testified that his agency has identified approximately 18,000 “known and suspected terrorists” who entered the United States under the Biden administration from 2021 to 2025.

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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 1: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Alternative Crop) Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) pauses while speaking to reporters off the Senate floor after the Senate passes President Donald Trump's so-called "One, Big, Beautiful Bill," Act at the U.S. Capitol Building on July 1, 2025 in Washington, DC. U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance was the tie-breaking vote as President Donald Trump's so-called "One, Big, Beautiful Bill," Act passes in the Senate. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Senate Majority Leader Thune expresses hesitancy after Trump demands end to ‘Blue Slip scam’ allowing Dem Senators to block GOP appointees

President Donald Trump asked Senate Majority Leader John Thune to terminate the Senate’s “Blue Slip” tradition — an informal courtesy allowing home-state senators from either party to block or withhold approval for certain presidential nominees, such as federal judges and U.S. attorneys, by not returning a “blue slip” form to the Judiciary Committee.

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