Reporter’s Notebook: GOP eyes DHS deal funding ICE probes, but not removals, as shutdown drags

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! This is cobbled together talking to senior Senate Republican sources. Senate Republicans are developing a plan to fund most aspects of DHS — leaving out controversial programs like certain ICE operations — to end the five-and-a-half week partial government shutdown. This emerged after a meeting at the … Read more

Trump urges GOP leaders not to make deal to end shutdown unless Democrats back voter ID bill

Despite the chaos at some of the nation’s airports, President Trump urged Republicans not to make a deal to end the partial shutdown unless Democrats back a voter ID bill known as the SAVE America Act. Meanwhile, the president appeared more optimistic about reaching a deal with Iran. Nikole Killion has the latest. Source link

Trump postpones deadline to strike Iranian power plants amid hope for peace deal

In the middle of the latest wave of the air strikes across Iran, there was a sudden about-face from President Trump, postponing for five days a deadline to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants in order to break the country’s siege on the Strait of Hormuz. Charlie D’Agata has the latest. Source link

U.S. sent Iran a message through mediators as Trump signals he’s open to a deal, Iranian official says

Iran has received a message from the United States through mediators as a potential precursor to talks between the two warring countries, a senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official told CBS News on Monday, after President Trump suggested a deal is possible. The Iranian official said “we received points from the U.S. through mediators and they … Read more

French company stops US offshore wind projects in $1B deal with Trump administration

The Trump administration will pay $1 billion to a French company to walk away from two U.S. offshore wind leases as the administration ramps up its campaign against offshore wind and other renewable energy. TotalEnergies has agreed to what’s essentially a refund of its leases for projects off the coasts of North Carolina and New … Read more

Trump says Israel would be ‘very happy’ if U.S. reaches ceasefire deal with Iran

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Trump says Israel would be ‘very happy’ if U.S. reaches ceasefire deal with Iran 01:28 UP NEXT Trump’s Dispatch of ICE to Airports Adds Pressure to DHS Battle 01:35 ICE Deployed to US Airports Amid Hours-Long TSA Lines … Read more

‘Not a done deal’: Democrats start to sweat over Virginia’s redistricting referendum

After putting an aggressive redraw of the state’s congressional map before voters, some Virginia Democrats are growing uneasy about its prospects for passage one month out from the special election. Virginia Democrats entered 2026 riding a wave of momentum, comfortably flipping the governorship and expanding their majority in the state House in last fall’s elections. … Read more

DHS shutdown blows past one-month mark as Dems push to carve out ICE from any new funding deal

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As a partial government shutdown blows past the one-month mark, Democrats are demanding lawmakers shrink the size of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) funding lapse — while leaving out the agency at the heart of Trump’s immigration crackdown. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in their view, … Read more

Secretive deal leaves deportees from the US stuck in Equatorial Guinea with ‘no more hope’

DAKAR, Senegal — When a U.S. immigration judge told a 28-year old refugee from East Africa that he was free to leave detention in California after 13 months, he was overjoyed. Though an asylum request was denied, the judge ruled he could not be deported home because it would put him in danger. “He told … Read more

Senate fails to advance DHS funding bill for 5th time, with no deal in sight

Washington — The Senate on Friday again failed to move forward with legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security, extending the shutdown that has snarled air travel around the country.  In a 47 to 37 vote, the legislation failed to reach the 60-vote threshold it needed to advance. Sixteen senators did not vote. Democratic … Read more