Senate Majority Leader John Thune told Republican senators Thursday night that they need to "work together to ensure that DHS , including ICE and Border Patrol, is funded in a sustainable manner for the rest of the year." Why it matters: Thune (R-S.D.) appears to be holding out hope that he can fund the rest of DHS through the traditional appropriations process "so that we can then focus our reconciliation efforts on ICE and the Border Patrol," according to an email Thune sent to Senate offices. - The guidance follows President Trump's unilateral bid to try to end the government shutdown for TSA workers by directing his new Homeland Security secretary to "immediately pay our TSA Agents." - "I've asked Susan to draft the text to fund as…
A firefighter is being hailed as a hero after he rappelled down a cliff in San Francisco, rescuing a woman who was clinging to the rocks above the ocean.
It's an extraordinary move that came as senators were reviewing a "last and final" offer to end the funding impasse that has jammed airports and disrupted travel, just as TSA workers faced another missed paycheck Friday.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine skepticism is posing challenges for the Trump administration. Top health jobs are unfilled, and a court has blocked his vaccine schedule changes.
President Trump waxed on about the virtues of the pen, calling it more economical and a better instrument than the fancier writing tools preferred by his predecessors.
The details of Mr. Trump’s order, which he announced on social media, were not immediately available. Lawmakers have struggled to break a logjam over funding the Department of Homeland Security.