Senate Majority Leader John Thune discussed an off-ramp with President Donald Trump to reopen TSA and end long lines at airports, funding DHS but not ICE. Trump rejected it.
The agents are not trained to work airport security and are working exits and entrances, but critics say the armed officers are instilling fear in American travelers.
The White House border czar said agents will deploy to airports across the country Monday to assist TSA officers with security at airport entrances and exits where lines have been particularly long in recent weeks.
Top Republicans and Democrats trying to end the monthlong Department of Homeland Security shutdown huddled with White House border czar Tom Homan in the Capitol on Thursday.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declined to say if Iran’s nuclear program presented an “imminent threat,” deflecting questions during congressional testimony.
President Donald Trump says all the time that gas prices are dropping on his watch, but with the Iran war, he says rising oil costs are good for America.
The Senate passed a bill Thursday aimed at boosting the supply of housing and bringing down prices, marking a rare bipartisan breakthrough on a major issue.
Officials briefed the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. One senator said he believes cost is higher since the figure didn't include aspects like munitions replacement.
President Donald Trump delivered a mixed message about the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran on Wednesday in his first remarks at a political rally since strikes began less than two weeks ago."You know, you never want to say too early you won," Trump told supporters at a packaging plant in Hebron, Kentucky.
Outdated intelligence likely led to a deadly missile strike on an elementary school in Iran, according to a U.S. official and three sources familiar with the preliminary findings.
