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Senate Moves to Fund Most of DHS After Shutdown Disrupts Airports
The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Friday that would finance most of
the Department of Homeland Security but withhold funds from ICE, as a
weeks-long partial government shutdown caused widespread disruptions at
airports.
Senate Democrats blocked DHS funding last month, as they pressed to
rein in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown after federal
agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.
The funding shortfall has left tens of thousands of Transportation
Security Administration employees working without pay, prompting some
airport security officers to call in sick or resign.
As the standoff in Congress persisted, President Donald Trump said on
Thursday he would take executive action to pay 50,000 airport security
workers in an effort to address staff shortages that have snarled
travel around the country.
The hitchhiker's guide to what's next to end the DHS shutdown
Senate deal heads to uncertain House fate amid GOP divisions
When will the House vote on the Senate deal? Frankly, we do not know.
Last night’s Senate measure was not pre-baked with the House. And we
talked to dozens of House Republicans yesterday who did not want to
just fund parts of DHS. They wanted to fund everything.
We also don’t know the disposition of the president on this. When asked
about a GOP proposal earlier this week to just fund parts of DHS and
leave out ICE, President Donald Trump replied, "I'm pretty much not
happy with it."
And, if it is to pass the House, it’s about the math. Lawmakers will
need a robust combination of Democrats and Republicans to approve this
bill. Democrats failed to secure the bona fide reforms they wanted for
ICE. So do liberals defect? This bipartisan parliamentary algebra will
be exceedingly interesting.
Iran Threatens to Close Second Strait
Iran is escalating its pressure campaign against the United States and
its allies by threatening to disrupt a second global shipping lane,
raising concerns about energy security and the world economy as
President Donald Trump seeks to end the conflict.
Tehran has already rattled markets by targeting the Strait of Hormuz,
but officials are now signaling that the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a Red
Sea passageway, could be next if negotiations fail, according to the
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated Tasnim News Agency.
The narrow corridor handles about 10% of global oil and natural gas
shipments and serves as a key link between Europe, Asia, and the Middle
East.
Trump weighs deploying up to 10,000 more troops to Middle East during war with Iran: report
U.S. Central Command released a new video Friday showing a wave of
American strikes on Iran, saying "U.S. forces continue to eliminate the
Iranian regime’s ability to project military power beyond its borders."
CENTCOM said Thursday that American forces have hit more than 10,000
targets since the beginning of Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28.
The military campaign is on its 28th day as of Friday.
“Since the commencement of Operation Epic Fury, 92% of the large ships
in the Iranian Navy have been eliminated,” CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad
Cooper added.
Secret Service agent shoots himself in leg while escorting Jill Biden at Philadelphia International Airport
A Secret Service agent guarding former first lady Jill Biden shot and
injured himself in the leg at Philadelphia International Airport on
Friday, according to a report.
Sources told KYW that the incident took place as the Secret Service
agent was escorting former President Joe Biden’s wife at the busy
travel hub.
Philadelphia police and other agencies were on scene Friday morning, according to a radio report from the local CBS affiliate.
A Secret Service spokesperson told The Post: “We are gathering the facts and will have a statement shortly.”
House Ethics Committee finds indicted Dem Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick ‘guilty’ on 25 counts
The House Ethics Committee found Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
(D-Fla.) broke campaign finance laws and committed other violations by
taking more than $5 million in federal relief and funneling much of the
money toward her political aspirations.
An eight-member subcommittee voted early Friday that
Cherfilus-McCormick was “guilty” on 25 of the 27 counts related to the
scheme following a rare public “trial” that stretched for more than six
hours the night before.
“Shortly after the House returns from the April recess, the full
Committee will hold a hearing to determine what, if any, sanction would
be appropriate for the Committee to recommend,” Ethics Chairman Michael
Guest (R-Miss.) and Ranking Member Mark DeSaulnier (D-Calif.) said in a
joint statement.
That recommendation could be that the full House censure Cherfilus-McCormick — or even expel her from Congress.
Dow falls 300 points, oil jumps above $110 as Trump’s new Iran deadline fails to soothe investors
US stocks fell Friday morning as oil prices jumped above $110 a barrel
and President Trump’s extended deadline for Iran to open the Strait of
Hormuz failed to assuage investors.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 335 points, or 0.7%, by
approximately 9:35 a.m. ET, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell 0.7%
and 0.9%, respectively.
Brent crude prices jumped 2.6% to $110.82 a barrel, while West Texas
Intermediate crude rose the same percentage to $96.93 as Iran
maintained its blockade of the strait, a vital maritime route for 20%
of the world’s oil – and other key goods like fertilizer and metals.
Fetterman tells far-left prosecutor to 'lighten up' after threatening to arrest ICE agents over raids
The Pennsylvania senator called out
his own party for staying silent on crimes committed by illegal aliens
with violent histories
In the wake of a deadly shooting in Chicago, Sen. John Fetterman,
D-Pa., criticized his own party’s reluctance to talk about violent acts
carried out by illegal aliens with criminal histories and condemned
calls from Pennsylvania figures to instead target Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
Authorities are charging Jose Medina-Medina, a 25-year-old Venezuelan
national, with the killing of a Loyola University student last week.
Medina-Medina had already been arrested on unrelated charges months
before but had been released.
He was disappointed by calls from Philadelphia's George Soros-backed
prosecutor Larry Krasner on Wednesday, who, less than a week after
Medina-Medina's shooting, had threatened to arrest ICE agents.
Trump Plan Would Disarm Hamas Over 8 Months, Raze Gaza Tunnels
Hamas would be required to allow the destruction of its vast Gaza
tunnel network as it lays down its arms in stages over eight months
under a disarmament plan presented to the terrorists by President
Donald Trump's "Board of Peace."
The plan follows a timeline that begins with a U.S.-backed committee of
Palestinian technocrats taking security control of Gaza and concludes
with Israeli forces withdrawing completely upon "verification that Gaza
is free of weaponry."
Hamas' disarmament is a critical sticking point in talks to implement
Trump's plan for Gaza and cement an October ceasefire that halted two
years of full-blown war.
The whole world laughs at Democrats’ lame voter-ID claims
By John R. Lott Jr.
Senate Democrats are fighting tooth and nail against the SAVE Act,
arguing that requiring Americans to prove their identity with a photo
ID when they go to the polls to vote — even when the ID itself is given
away for free — prevents eligible voters from casting ballots.
They contend proving citizenship would make voting harder for millions
who lack ready access to birth certificates or passports, supposedly
disenfranchising black and Hispanic Americans.
Yet democracies all over the globe, both in the wealthy West and in the developing world, enforce similar rules.
Every country in Africa, for example, requires government-issued
identification to vote, and 51 out of 54 African nations demand
would-be voters to actively submit proof of citizenship to register.
Trump’s Iran plan puts Obama’s cowardly nuke deal to shame
By David Harsanyi
President Trump this week announced he’d postpone US strikes on Iranian
energy infrastructure to give time to negotiate a cease-fire.
“I think it could very well end up being a very good deal for everybody,” he told journalists.
It’s not entirely clear whom exactly the White House is bargaining
with, or whether those officials will have the power to implement an
agreement.
We do, however, know what a “good deal” looks like, which is, more or
less, everything former President Barack Obama’s Iran deal wasn’t.
