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YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Happening Now: Trump Holds Dinner With Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi

President Trump will host Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for a White House dinner Thursday evening. The event comes after the world leaders held a bilateral meeting in the afternoon, when Trump ribbed Japan over its bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. The president endorsed Takaichi, a staunch conservative, ahead of last month's election. Japan’s first female prime minister worked to dissolve the country’s lower house of Parliament during her campaign, which gave her Liberal Democratic Party an edge ahead of the Feb. 8 contests. The duo also met in Japan in October as part of Trump's trip to Asia. Thursday's meeting came as the Trump administration pressures allies to assist with securing the Strait of Hormuz and the movement of…

YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Pressure On Congress To End Shutdown; Mullin Inches Toward Confirmation | TRENDING

Airport wait times have increased nationwide as spring break travel continues amid the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown and as winter storms in the Midwest and Northeast this week have caused delays. As of Wednesday, three Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints are closed at Philadelphia International Airport. Two checkpoints at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston are also shuttered, with wait times at open checkpoints ranging from three to 90 minutes. Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/5791178-tsa-lines-dhs-shutdown-wait-times-tracker/ #dhs #tsa #markwaynemullin #congress #airport

THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Japan and Some European Allies Now Say They Will Help Reopen Strait of Hormuz.

ULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Five European nations and Japan have expressed readiness to assist in reopening the Strait of Hormuz amid the Iran war.WHO WAS INVOLVED: The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, and Iran, following calls for support from President Donald J. Trump.WHEN & WHERE: The statement was issued on Thursday, addressing the […] The post Japan and Some European Allies Now Say They Will Help Reopen Strait of Hormuz. appeared first on The National Pulse .

ULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Five European nations and Japan have expressed readiness to assist in reopening the Strait of Hormuz amid the Iran war . WHO WAS INVOLVED: The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, and Iran, following calls for support from President Donald J. Trump. WHEN & WHERE: The statement was issued on Thursday, addressing the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and attacks in the Persian Gulf region. KEY QUOTE: “We condemn in the strongest terms recent attacks by Iran on unarmed commercial vessels in the Gulf,” the nations said in a joint statement. “We express our readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait.” IMPACT: The Strait of Hormuz remains a…Open