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Senate Republicans believe they have a solution to reopen DHS and end airport chaos

By Sahil Kapur, Julie Tsirkin, Garrett Haake, Ryan Nobles and Brennan Leach WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are buzzing with optimism that they’ve found a viable path to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, four sources familiar with negotiations between the White House and Congress told NBC News. Republicans believe the framework could gain the support of President Donald Trump and secure enough Democratic support to quickly fund TSA and bring an end to long lines at airports. Asked after a White House meeting whether Republicans have a solution, Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., said: “We do.” The path involves funding all of DHS with the exception of immigration

Delta suspends specialty services for members of Congress amid shutdown-driven TSA delays

By Suzanne Gamboa and Jonathan Allen Delta Air Lines has cut off special services for members of Congress at airports, as the industry continues to feel the effects of the government’s failure to pay Transportation Security Administration workers. On Tuesday morning, Delta issued a statement saying it would temporarily suspend specialty services for members of Congress “due to the impact on resources from the longstanding government shutdown.” Members of Congress are given special treatment at airports, including expedited screening, escorts through airports to bypass long security lines, and dedicated reservation desks that, among other things, allow them to make last-minute changes. TSA workers

Trump gets a daily video montage briefing about the Iran war

By Katherine Doyle, Courtney Kube and Dan De Luce WASHINGTON — Each day since the start of the war in Iran, U.S. military officials compile a video update for President Donald Trump that shows video of the biggest, most successful strikes on Iranian targets over the previous 48 hours, three current U.S. officials and a former U.S. official said. The daily montage typically runs for about two minutes, sometimes longer, the officials said. One described each daily video as a series of clips of “stuff blowing up.” The highlight reel of U.S. Central Command bombing Iranian equipment and military sites isn’t the only briefing Trump

More than 400 TSA officers have quit since shutdown began

By Jay Blackman and Phil Helsel More than 400 Transportation Security Administration workers have quit since a partial government shutdown that began on Feb. 14 left them working without pay, the Department of Homeland Security said. Funding was shut off to DHS over demands by Democrats for reforms at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection following alleged abuses and the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis earlier this year. There has also been a national callout rate of 10% at TSA on more than half the days of the last week, Lauren Bis, acting assistant secretary

ICE agents sent to airports to assist TSA as partial shutdown drags on

By Suzanne Gamboa, Julia Ainsley and Laura Strickler Travelers in America’s overstressed airports on Monday spotted Department of Homeland Security personnel, including ICE agents, who have been tasked with assisting Transportation Security Administration workers as they entered another week without pay due to a partial government shutdown. NBC News confirmed that ICE and DHS officers and agents were at several major airports, including Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. At O’Hare’s Terminal 3, armed DHS agents and officers were seen at a walkway connecting the secured area to the general terminal. An officer manning that area

Tom Homan says ICE agents will assist at crowded airport security points amid TSA staffing shortages

By Alexandra Marquez, Megan Shannon and Katie Taylor White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that ICE 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. Homan told CNN’s “State of the Union” he was currently working on a plan for the deployment with the leaders of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Transportation Security Administration. He said he believed it would begin at large airports that have seen longest wait times and that agents would cover security points but wouldn’t provide help with baggage screenings. “You

Passenger jet collides with fire truck in New York’s LaGuardia, killing both pilots

By Gursimrankaur Mehar, Bing Guan, Shubham Kalia and Allison Lampert An Air Canada Express (AC.TO), opens new tab jet collided with a fire truck while landing ​at New York’s LaGuardia airport late on Sunday, killing both pilots, injuring dozens and closing the facility, authorities said, in an incident likely to heighten concerns over ‌strains across the U.S. aviation system. The Air Canada Express CRJ-900 plane, operated by its regional partner Jazz Aviation, was carrying 72 passengers and four crew members from Montreal, Canada, said Kathryn Garcia, the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Jazz is owned by Chorus Aviation (CHR.TO). Garcia

Bipartisan talks to end Homeland Security standoff get serious as shutdown drags on

By Scott Wong, Frank Thorp V and Brennan Leach 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. The in-person talks come as Senate Majority Leader John Thune threatened to nix the upcoming two-week Easter recess unless negotiators can strike a deal. Since DHS funding lapsed on Feb. 14, lawmakers have shown little interest in ending the partisan standoff. But with recent suspected terrorist attacks across the country, thousands of federal employees working without pay and major disruptions at some airports as Transportation Security Administration agents miss paychecks,

Historically Black Land-Grant Universities Celebrate USDA Agreement as ‘Big Win’

Leaders of historically Black land-grant universities are celebrating—and breathing a sigh of relief—after they signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture earlier this month to reaffirm and deepen their collaboration with the federal agency. The USDA has signed such agreements with these institutions since Ronald Reagan—often at the start of a new administration—but the new memorandum of understanding reassures the universities’ leaders that the Trump administration will continue to support and work with their institutions, said Harry Williams, CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, which represents public HBCUs. Felecia M. Nave, president and CEO of the 1890

Father of service member killed in Iran war said he never told Pete Hegseth to ‘finish’ the job

By Peter Nicholas Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met privately Wednesday with the families of six service members who died in the Iran war and, in a press briefing the next morning, said the message he got was consistent and supportive. “What I heard through tears, through hugs, through strength and through unbreakable resolve was the same from family after family. They said, ‘Finish this. Honor their sacrifice. Do not waver. Do not stop until the job is done,’” Hegseth said. One of the people he met at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware was Charles Simmons. His 28-year-old son, Tech. Sgt.

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