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NPR (NPR Staff) - Rubio heads to Europe to try garner support for Iran war

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.

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.Open

AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - Late night Senate vote puts DHS shutdown one step closer to largely ending

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…

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…Open