NYTIMES (Christina Morales, Christine Chung, Hamed Aleaziz, Sean Keenan and Rowan Moore Gerety) - ICE Agents at Some Airports Begin Checking IDs in Security Lines
It was unclear whether having agents helping with screening passengers would improve wait times. Some travelers expressed worries.
REDSTATE (Becca Lower) - Dem Rep. Asks a Joke of a Question to TSA Head During Homeland Security Hearing, but No One's Laughing
BITCHUTE - Parent Alert: Toxic “Manosphere,” Kids & Gambling, and Cesar Chavez School Controversy
Jill Simonian examines the growing influence of the alarming new documentary “Manosphere” on adolescent boys, and how pervasive gambling sites are becoming among kids and teens. Plus, the Los Angeles Unified School District faces backlash as it struggles to backpedal on a Cesar Chavez controversy by honoring him with a day off from school.
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Trump expected to miss CPAC for first time in a decade
Although the president is not expected to speak, key members of his administration are still scheduled to appear at the conference, including Trump's border czar Tom Homan and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
STRIPES (Svetlana Shkolnikova) - Coast Guard operates with unpaid bills and ‘grim uncertainty’ in ongoing government shutdown | Stars and Stripes
Besides missed paychecks, the 40-day DHS shutdown has led to missed paychecks and has put critical infrastructure in “imminent danger.”
STRIPES (Alison Bath) - USS Mason leaves homeport ahead of upcoming Bush Carrier Strike Group deployment | Stars and Stripes
A Navy destroyer assigned to the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group has left its homeport in Florida to begin operations in support of an upcoming deployment.
STRIPES (Brian McElhiney and Keishi Koja, Brian McElhiney, Keishi Koja) - Japanese town near air base to compensate residents for noise from F-35B stealth jets | Stars and Stripes
Shintomi in southern Japan will play its residents about $500 over four years to help offset noise from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s new fighter jets.
STRIPES (John Vandiver) - 82nd Airborne ordered to Middle East as US weighs options on Iran | Stars and Stripes
The 82nd Airborne Division was ordered to begin deploying to the Middle East.
STRIPES (Lara Korte) - Chaplains will go by religious insignia, not rank, under new Pentagon guidance | Stars and Stripes
The Pentagon is doing away with rank insignias for military chaplains, requiring them to instead display religious insignia as part of broader changes.