CEOs of top airlines demand Congress restore funding to Homeland Security and pay airport workers

The CEOs of the nation’s top airline companies are imploring Congress to restore funding to the Department of Homeland Security and embrace a bipartisan solution to pay federal aviation workers, including airport security officers, during a partial gov… NEW YORK — The CEOs of the nation’s top airline companies, including American, Delta, Southwest and JetBlue, … Read more

Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett says of Iran war funding: “Right now, we’ve got what need”

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that so far, the war with Iran has cost $12 billion, adding that “right now, we’ve got what we need” on funding as lawmakers are preparing for a possible supplemental funding request from the White House. Source link

Virginia Democrats dig in on DHS funding line despite ISIS-linked shooting at ODU, illegal immigrant murder

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Virginia’s Democratic senators aren’t budging from their position against funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) without reforms, despite a deadly shooting involving a suspect with links to ISIS. Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., have both consistently voted with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, … Read more

Critical swing state candidates reveal where they stand on DHS funding after suspected terror attacks

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Four suspected terror attacks have taken place in the United States since the Department of Homeland Security was defunded in a partial government shutdown last month, including one in the state of Michigan where Fox News Digital reached out to all the major Senate candidates if they … Read more

Senate to vote again on funding DHS as tempers flare over impasse

Washington — The Senate will vote again Thursday on a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security as an impasse over how to reform immigration enforcement agencies has grown ugly, nearly a month into a partial shutdown. Since the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal agents in Minnesota in January, … Read more

Travelers caught in middle of DHS funding fight as shutdown leads to hours-long delays at airports

Travelers caught in middle of DHS funding fight as shutdown leads to hours-long delays at airports – CBS News Watch CBS News The partial government shutdown over funding for the Department of Homeland Security is causing delays at airports nationwide. CBS News reporter Kati Weis has more from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Source … Read more

Congress weighs new funding for Trump’s Iran strikes as war costs rise and Democrats cry foul

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Lawmakers on Capitol Hill could soon add another priority to their growing agenda as Republicans work to navigate a partial government shutdown and other deadlines looming in the next several weeks — weighing whether to provide additional cash to fund President Donald Trump’s operation in Iran. Early … Read more

DHS hammers Dems over airport security lines amid funding lapse

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Homeland Security blamed Democrats for travelers facing long security lines amid a DHS funding lapse. “Americans are now enduring the severe fallout from the Democrat shutdown of DHS. Today, travelers are facing TSA lines of up to nearly 3 hours long at some major … Read more