Senators at last agreed via voice vote early Friday morning to approve a funding package that funds the Department of Homeland Security besides ICE and part of CBP.
Representatives of the world's wealthiest democracies gather in France today for a G7 meeting, where U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to try to shore up support among reticent allies for the Trump administration's war on Iran.
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The U.S. Senate voted overnight to pass a bill that would reopen all of the Department of Homeland Security , except a handful of immigration enforcement agencies. Why it matters: The vote puts Congress one step closer to ending a 42-day shutdown that has resulted in widespread airport security disruptions and missed paychecks for hundreds of thousands of workers at key national security agencies. - The breakthrough came after President Trump announced Thursday he planned to sign an order directing newly confirmed DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin to begin paying TSA workers, sidestepping Congress. - Senate Minority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) responded by telling Senate colleagues he still wanted to find a way to fund DHS through the…
Two siblings have been identified as defendants after an IED was placed at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida.
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The filing notes nearly 1,000 trial exhibits, many the defense says likely won’t reach the jury.
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United says air traffic control told its pilots to watch out for a military helicopter flying near the airport.
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The move comes after President Donald Trump claimed talks of ending the war in the Middle East were going well.
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The bill excludes funding for federal immigration enforcement and deportation operations. The House could consider the package on Friday morning.
Trump administration attorneys will face serious questions for the first time on Friday about the seizure of 2020 election records from a Fulton County election site.
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Never before has America arrived at the threshold of a quagmire so quickly.
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