Mar 24 Pentagon will remove media offices after judge reinstates NYT's press credentials By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press The U.S. Defense Department will remove media offices from the Pentagon after a federal judge sided with The New York Times in a lawsuit challenging limits on reporters' access to the building, a department official announced Monday. Continue reading
Mar 24 WATCH: Trump says Iran's new leaders 'gave us a present' related to oil and Strait of Hormuz By Associated Press President Donald Trump cryptically claimed Tuesday that he got a gift from Iran "worth a tremendous amount of money," telling reporters it revealed to him that "we're talking to the right people."… Continue reading
Mar 24 WATCH: Kushner, Witkoff, Rubio and Vance are 'in negotiations' with Iran, Trump says By Associated Press Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf denied on Monday that Iran was negotiating with the U.S. to end the war. Continue reading
Mar 24 Why do ICE agents get paid during the partial government shutdown, but not TSA? By Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact With negotiations dragging, hundreds of TSA agents have quit during the partial shutdown and thousands of others have called out of work. Continue reading
Mar 24 Trump casts Florida ballot by mail as he pushes Congress to severely limit that voting option By Bill Barrow, Associated Press Trump has in the last week called mail-in voting "cheating" and "corrupt as hell" as he urges Congress to pass the SAVE Act, a sweeping bill that would bar universal mail ballots. Continue reading
Mar 24 WATCH: Markwayne Mullin sworn in as new homeland security secretary amid shutdown By Associated Press After Mullin was sworn in by Attorney General Pam Bondi, Trump punted on questions regarding an emerging DHS funding deal. Continue reading
Mar 24 WATCH LIVE: Senate meets as lawmakers consider deal to fund Homeland Security By Lisa Mascaro, Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press The potential breakthrough came after a group of Republican senators headed to the White House late Monday to meet with President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Mar 24 Energy executive Alan Armstrong picked to fill Mullin's Senate seat through end of year By Sean Murphy, Associated Press The choice by Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who had pledged to pick a “conservative voice” to fill Markwayne Mullin's seat, elevates to the Senate the chairman and former CEO of Williams Companies, a major pipeline operator based in Tulsa. Continue reading
Mar 23 Voice of America journalists allege Trump is making news outlet a propaganda source By David Bauder, Associated Press Some journalists at Voice of America charged in a lawsuit Monday that the Trump administration — while largely shutting down the government-run outlet that provides news around the world — has turned what remains into a voice for propaganda. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch 3:52 Trump rejects Senate proposal to reopen DHS without ICE funding By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura The deployment of ICE agents to airports comes as the partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown nears the 40-day mark. The president nixed one potential solution over the weekend that would have funded some agencies, including TSA. Congressional correspondent Lisa… Continue watching