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Trump Urges Unpaid TSA Agents to 'GO TO WORK'

Trump praises unpaid airport screeners, blames Democrats for funding lapse

(Newser) - President Trump is urging airport security officers to keep working without pay amid a shutdown he blames on Democrats, USA Today reports. In a Truth Social post Sunday, the president thanked Transportation Security Administration workers, calling them "great," and singled out Johnny Jones, a Dallas-based TSA officer and...

TSA Workers Miss First Full Paycheck as Shutdown Drags

Missed wages deepen staff shortages, trigger more airport security delays

(Newser) - TSA workers are about to be out a full pay period's compensation, and the political fight behind it shows no sign of breaking. On Friday, airport screeners will miss their first complete paycheck of the latest Homeland Security shutdown, even as they're required to keep manning checkpoints, the...

Senate Approves Sweeping Housing Bill

Trump has backed measure while saying he won't sign new legislation

(Newser) - The Senate has cleared a major housing package with strong bipartisan backing, but its path to becoming law is not assured. The bill, the most extensive housing measure to advance through Congress since 1990, passed the Senate 89-10 on Thursday and was sent to the House, the New York Times...

Virginia's Former First Lady Joins a Crowded House Primary

Dorothy McAuliffe is running for Virginia's 7th Congressional District

(Newser) - Dorothy McAuliffe is stepping off the sidelines and into one of Virginia's most closely watched House races, reports the Hill . The former first lady of Virginia and ex-Biden administration official said Wednesday she's running in the already crowded Democratic primary for the 7th Congressional District, situated in the solidly-blue outer...

Pentagon Spent $11.3B on First 6 Days of Iran War: Sources

Pentagon briefs senators as war costs and casualties mount

(Newser) - The Iran war is burning through cash at a pace that stunned some senators: more than $11.3 billion in the first six days alone, according to Defense Department officials who briefed lawmakers behind closed doors this week. Three sources familiar with the session relayed the estimate to the New ...

Congressman's Anti-Muslim Post Triggers a Backlash

Andy Ogles of Tennessee wrote that 'Muslims don't belong in America'

(Newser) - A congressman from Tennessee has become a big target of Democrats after an anti-Muslim post on social media, reports Axios . "Muslims don't belong in American society," wrote Republican Andy Ogles on Monday, per Politico . "Pluralism is a lie." The post came after two men in...

Senator Who's Never Served Slammed Over 'Smell of War' Comment

Rep. Pat Ryan, Iraq veteran, questions senator's combat experience after Iran remarks

(Newser) - Sen. Markwayne Mullin's attempt to describe the "smell" of war is drawing fire from a House member who's actually been there, the Hill reports. Appearing on Fox News' America Reports Monday, Mullin, an Oklahoma Republican, praised President Trump's response to Iran and launched into a graphic...

House Republican Won't Seek Reelection

Ryan Zinke, once Trump's Interior secretary, cites health issues

(Newser) - Rep. Ryan Zinke of Montana, who was Interior secretary in President Trump's first term, said Monday he will not run for for reelection this fall, citing ongoing medical issues stemming from his military service. In a letter to constituents, the 64-year-old Republican said he has undergone several surgeries since...

Panel Releases Videos of Clintons' Epstein Testimony

Depositions before House committee total 9 hours

(Newser) - House Republicans just put four-plus hours of Clinton testimony on the internet—twice. The House Oversight Committee on Monday released video of closed-door depositions with Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, conducted last week as part of its inquiry into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and convicted...

DHS Halts TSA PreCheck, Global Entry for Shutdown
TSA Reverses on Precheck Halt
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Feb 22, 2026 10:40 AM CST

TSA Reverses on Precheck Halt

Noem had announced the program was suspended because of the government shutdown

(Newser) - Hours after the TSA PreCheck was supposed to be halted, the agency announced that the airport program will remain in operation. With the Department of Homeland Security unfunded and partially shut down, the agency had announced that it was stopping new enrollments and renewals for TSA PreCheck and Global Entry...

Johnson on Request for Jesse Jackson: It's a No

House speaker rebuffs request from civil rights leader's family for his body to lie in honor at Capitol

(Newser) - House Speaker Mike Johnson has turned down the Jackson family's request to have the Rev. Jesse Jackson lie in honor in the US Capitol, according to multiple reports. The Louisiana Republican is said to have weighed historical precedent, which has generally limited the Capitol rotunda tribute to former presidents,...

Lawmakers Blast DOJ for Tracking Epstein Searches

Bondi was seen with a list of Democrat's searches of files during House hearing

(Newser) - The Justice Department is facing a cross-party backlash over claims it tracked what members of Congress searched while reviewing Jeffrey Epstein files. Photos from Wednesday's heated House Judiciary Committee hearing showed Attorney General Pam Bondi holding notes that appeared to list search terms used by Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal,...

DHS Shutdown Nears as Negotiations Go Nowhere

With Congress leaving town, agency is on track to shut down Saturday

(Newser) - Members of Congress are heading out of town with one of the government's key departments about to go dark. After a Department of Homeland Security funding bill fell eight votes short of advancing on Thursday, lawmakers in both chambers began a weeklong recess that makes an early Saturday shutdown...

Ghislaine Maxwell Takes the Fifth
Ghislaine Maxwell
Takes the Fifth
Feb 9, 2026 11:50 AM CST

Ghislaine Maxwell Takes the Fifth

She appears before House panel but doesn't answer any questions

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell did indeed appear via video before a House committee on Monday, and lawmakers got the answers they expected: Zilch. The longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein took the Fifth on every question, reports the Wall Street Journal . "She answered no questions and provided no information," said Rep....

House Passes Bill to End Shutdown
Government Shutdown
Is Officially Over
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Feb 3, 2026 4:29 PM CST

Government Shutdown Is Officially Over

Trump signs bill that passed House 217-214

(Newser) - President Trump signed a roughly $1.2 trillion government funding bill Tuesday that ends the partial federal shutdown that began over the weekend and sets the stage for an intense debate in Congress over Homeland Security funding. The president moved quickly to sign the bill after the House approved it...

Trump: I Won't Raze the Kennedy Center

2-year closure, $200M upgrade includes new HVAC systems, president says

(Newser) - President Trump says Washington's Kennedy Center will get a $200 million overhaul— and go dark for two years —but he insists the landmark itself isn't coming down, NBC News reports. Speaking to reporters Monday, Trump said the renovation of the performing arts venue on the Potomac River...

After 8 Months, Complaint About Gabbard Still Sits in Safe

Congress waits to see document officials say carries national security risks

(Newser) - A whistleblower complaint targeting Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has become so tightly held inside her agency that Congress still hasn't seen it eight months after it was filed. The classified complaint, lodged last May with the intelligence community's inspector general, accuses Gabbard of unspecified misconduct and...

As Dems Argue DHS Funding, Some Republicans Want More

Johnson faces pressure to figure out a compromise, prevent prolonged shutdown

(Newser) - House Speaker Mike Johnson faces tough days ahead trying to muscle a federal funding package to passage and prevent a prolonged partial government shutdown as debate intensifies over the Trump administration's sweeping immigration enforcement operations, per the AP . Johnson signaled he is relying on help from President Trump to...

British PM: Andrew Should Testify to Congress

'Victims have to be the first priority,' prime minister says after Jeffrey Epstein documents are released

(Newser) - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor—the former Prince Andrew—to cooperate with a US congressional inquiry into his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, saying anyone with relevant knowledge "should be prepared to share that information." The statement followed after the Justice Department release of...

Op-Ed: Trump's Border Moves Worked. It's Time to Move On

Mass deportation is a losing proposition for any president, Jason L. Riley argues

(Newser) - President Trump may have finally solved one half of America's immigration stalemate—and is now jeopardizing the political payoff by chasing the other half, argues Jason L. Riley in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. For decades, efforts at sweeping immigration reform collapsed over one question, he argues: What to...

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