Unnamed sources told Status writer Oliver Darcy that Bari Weiss, CBS News editor-in-chief, personally directed that a headline be tweaked to specifically mention that Abdul El-Sayed had deleted tweets referencing the September 11 terrorist attack. ^[1] U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost introduced the No Homeless Detention Centers Act, which would bar the use of any federal funding to gather and house homeless individuals arrested for vagrancy or to force individuals into labor. ^[2] A group of 49 Democratic members of Congress led by Delia Ramirez wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on August 31, 2026, demanding the cancellation of the shock gloves contract. ^[3] The Department of Homeland Security finalized a $16.7 million purchase of 6,650 pairs of electric shock gloves from Kentucky-based company Compliant Technologies on August 20, 2026. ^[4] Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive Democrat and practicing Muslim running for Senate in Michigan, wrote a 2020 tweet comparing the nearly 3,000 Americans killed on 9/11 to the massive death toll of Covid-19 to promote public health policies. ^[5] Bari Weiss praised the author of the CBS News article during a morning editorial meeting, signaling her support for the piece to the entire network, according to Oliver Darcy. ^[6] The CBS News article titled 'Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's deleted tweets on Sept. 11 attacks invite scrutiny of past remarks' was published Monday morning and quickly condemned by some for being racist and promoting Islamophobia. ^[7] Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a ban on public sleeping in 2024, which U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost criticized as a 'handcuffs, not housing' law that makes economic problems worse. ^[8] President Donald Trump issued an executive order 'ending crime and disorder on America's streets' that shifts away from prior Housing First policies and treats vagrancy as a criminal activity. ^[9] U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost stated that there is a growing effort in the country to treat homelessness like a crime instead of a housing crisis. ^[10] Amnesty International researchers wrote in a 2025 report that the technology is unregulated despite clear human rights risks and recommended countries cease use of such prohibited electric shock weapons. ^[11] The lawmakers stated that equipping civil immigration enforcement agents with electric shock gloves continues a deeply disturbing escalation in the militarization of DHS. ^[12]