GOP bill would fund $1B in White House security upgrades for Trump’s ballroom
Senate Republicans have added $1 billion in White House security upgrades to legislation that would fund immigration enforcement agencies.
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House approves bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security and end the record shutdown
After weeks of delay, the House voted Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, and sent the bipartisan package to President Donald Trump to sign, ending the longest agency shutdown in history.
Man accused of trying to kill Trump at correspondents’ gala is set to return to court
The man who authorities say tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives and tried to kill President Donald Trump will appear Thursday in court as a judge decides whether Cole Tomas Allen will remain behind bars while awaiting trial.
White House says funds to pay TSA and other Homeland Security workers will ‘soon run out’
The White House is warning Congress that funding to pay Department of Homeland Security personnel will “soon run out,” sparking new threats of airport disruptions and national security concerns as the House slow-walks legislation to end what has been the longest-ever lapse in agency funding.
Trump and Charles greet each other warmly as the king begins a day of diplomacy in Washington
President Donald Trump and King Charles III greeted each other warmly on Tuesday as the monarch began a day of diplomacy in Washington designed to emphasize a bond between the United Kingdom and the United States that is so strong it can withstand the political turmoil of the moment.
Lebanon and Israel to resume rare direct talks in Washington to extend Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire
Lebanon and Israel were set to begin a second session of direct talks at the White House on Thursday to discuss the possibility of extending a truce between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group and plans for future negotiations between the two neighbors with a long history of hostile relations.
It’s Tax Day. Treasury says 53 million filers used new Trump tax breaks before the deadline
It’s Tax Day on Wednesday.
What to know about the automatic system to register young men for the military draft
Young men in the U.S. will be automatically registered into the military draft pool by this December through a measure signed into law last December, formalizing a practice already conducted in much of the country.
Democrats grow bolder on talk about removing Trump from office after his Iran threats
President Donald Trump’s threats to wipe out Iran, “a whole civilization,” ended the restraint that Democrats have mostly practiced when it comes to questions of removing him from office in his second term.
Trump’s Iran war leaves Republicans adrift ahead of midterms
This is not the run up to the midterm elections that Republicans wanted.
