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After 42 days of infighting on Capitol Hill and growing security lines at airports, the Senate early Friday morning approved a bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, the first — yet significant — step in ending the shutdown at the sprawling agency. Next stop is the House of Representatives, which could …
Democrats introduced bills to fund part of DHS — 8 times.Republicans passed bills to fund all of DHS — including TSA — through the House twice, with bipartisan support.Senate Democrats blocked full DHS funding 5 times.One side wants to pay TSA workers. The other wants ICE… — AmericanUnfiltered 🇺🇸 (@kbern2018) March 24, 2026 Read the …
According to publicly documented travel policies and diplomatic sources, the following countries impose full or partial entry bans on Israeli passport holders: 1. Algeria 2. Bangladesh 3. Brunei 4. Iran 5. Iraq 6. Kuwait 7. Lebanon 8. Libya 9. Pakistan 10. Syria 11. Yemen 2. Countries With Partial or Conditional Restrictions These countries don’t have …
During the previous Democrat shutdown, TSA agents were forced to: – Sleep in their cars at airports– Sell their blood and plasma– Take on second jobs TSA agents are once again working without pay because Democrats want to protect illegal alien criminals. pic.twitter.com/x8PtME8SAk — Lance Gooden (@Lancegooden) February 15, 2026 A partial U.S. government shutdown …
The House passed a bill to end the partial government shutdown Tuesday afternoon, cleared by a bipartisan vote under the insistence of President Donald Trump. The measure funds most of the federal government through Sept. 30, while providing the Department of Homeland Security with short-term funding for two weeks. Lawmakers will return to negotiate potential …
Congress has until January 30th to pass new spending legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown. The Dems are going to try to shut everything down over ICE funding, again. We are approaching a crisis point. We must nuke the filibuster and pass the SAVE Act. pic.twitter.com/mAy4nwM2Ud — Farm Girl Carrie 👩🌾 (@FarmGirlCarrie) January 19, …
This feels like controlled transparency, not truth. They dump a chunk, promise the rest later, and hope the public gets tired before the names that really matter show up. When 300,000 pages exist and only some see daylight, that is not disclosure, that is damage control. The photos are shocking enough to distract, but the …
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“I’ve lost control of the right-hand side of my face,” he said in a video. https://twitter.com/toobaffled/status/1912110296770187376
A barge slammed into a bridge in Galveston on Wednesday, spilling oil into the bay, forcing a shutdown of the Texas span and prompting the university on the other side of the bridge to close its campus through the weekend, officials said. Texas A&M University at Galveston said Wednesday evening that the Galveston campus would …
Lawmakers leaving the meeting, which lasted about an hour, said it was worthwhile, even though it didn’t lead to any agreements that would avoid a partial government shutdown from beginning this weekend, or clear a Senate-passed package of aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. “It was a productive meeting on the government shutdown, we are …
Very impressive surgery. Hadn’t realized one could get away with less immunosuppression by transplanting just the valves and vessels. The first baby to undergo a partial heart transplant will hopefully be spared repeated heart surgeries as the implanted tissue is growing with him – an outcome that has never been seen before in humans. …
The Republican-held House of Representatives voted Tuesday to pass Speaker Mike Johnson’s two-part continuing resolution (CR) to avoid a government shutdown on Nov. 17. Johnson’s plan, the “Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act of 2024,” would temporarily extend a majority of federal funding through Feb. 2, as well as four other appropriations bills until Jan. …