Congress is running out of time to avert a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), an effort that is increasingly fraught as bipartisan negotiations fizzle. A funding package passed earlier this week included a two-week stopgap measure for DHS, funding it at 2025 levels through Feb. 13. Lawmakers have until that deadline to strike a deal for the full-year 2026 bill, agree to another stopgap to buy more time to negotiate, or allow a shutdown that would affect a wide swath of agencies that fall under DHS’s purview.
In Jeffrey Epstein's bank records, investigators found payments to more than 25 women who appeared to be models, but did not find evidence that he was engaged in prostituting women to other men, according to prosecutors
President Trump ripped Hunter Hess on Sunday after the U.S. skier spoke out against the political climate in his home country at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan earlier this week.
The star brought his native Puerto Rico to world stage by turning the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show into a celebration of his roots and a multicultural America and into one big party.
