A senior Trump-appointed Department of Homeland Security official has hit back at what he called the "liberal media" and its "absolute absurdity" in response to a DHS list of "activist judges" it deems among the "worst of the worst". The rebuke, delivered on Fox News, frames media criticism of the list as overblown, and reflects wider tensions between the Trump administration and the judiciary over rulings that have gone against its policies, particularly on immigration enforcement and deportations.

The article draws on a Fox News video segment in which the DHS official defends the department's series naming judges it considers hostile to the administration's agenda, dismissing press concern about the initiative as unwarranted. The piece is accompanied by a wide array of unrelated recommended Fox News stories, including extensive coverage of Dr Anthony Fauci invoking the Fifth Amendment 111 times before a Senate committee, and commentary from contributor Jonathan Turley on protests targeting Supreme Court justices, though full details of the DHS official's specific remarks are not fully provided in the available text.