Questions

DIRECTIONS: For the bolded part of each statement, circle the correct answer.

1. Tom Homan has worked under six presidents during his three decades in law enforcement. He was executive associate director of enforcement and removal operations for ICE under President Obama and acting ICE director in Trump's first administration.  Trump just announced Homan will be his "DOGE czar" / “border czar” in his second administration.

2. Homan has promised to “flood” sanctuary cities with agents when he takes over and said of Democrats vowing to shield illegal aliens from ICE, "...if they don’t want to help us, just get the [heck] outta the way.... Homan said he would prioritize making arrests of illegal migrants who pose threats to national security and public safety / overcrowding in schools and hospitals.

3. McDonald's is spending $1 million / $100 million in an effort to lure customers back into their restaurants after an E. coli outbreak infected more than 100 of its customers last month.

4. Thirty-four people were hospitalized as a result of the infection and one person tragically died as a result. McDonalds discovered the cause of the E-coli was tainted onions on its Quarter Pounder hamburgers / the cheese on its Cheeseburgers.

5. Marn'i Washington is a former FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) supervisor who was fired from her job for instructing staff to skip hurricane-ravaged homes that had Trump / Harris campaign signs on their lawns.

6. A FEMA official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, backed up Ms. Washington’s claims, noting the agency’s practice of skipping supporters of one candidate but not the other — or avoiding "liberal-progressive dominated" / "conservative-dominated" disaster zones altogether — is an open secret at the agency that has been going on for years.

7. European leaders are accusing Russia / China of orchestrating a massive sabotage strike on two underwater fiber-optic cables that were cut in the Baltic Sea.

8. Western officials don't have any solid evidence that the accused government is behind the sabotage. They noted though that the sabotage to the communication cables was similar to other operations the country has been behind in its escalating conventional warfare / hybrid warfare against NATO countries in Europe.

9. The NFL issued a warning this week about organized and skilled criminals that are increasingly targeting the homes of professional athletes / NFL sportscasters to rob them.

10. The thieves use public records to find the victims' addresses and conduct extensive surveillance. Then, by tracking schedules and the social media accounts of the victims and their families, they wait until homes are empty — often during games — and break in. NFL Security has made a number of recommendations, including: not posting in real time on social media, keeping valuables out of plain sight and investing in a guard dog / installing security systems.