Long security lines at Houston, New Orleans airports amid lapse in DHS funding

Airline passengers faced long security lines that took hours to get through in New Orleans and Houston on Sunday, as the Transportation Security Administration deals with continued absences amid the ongoing partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security. TSA agents have been working without pay since the start of the partial shutdown, which

America in Photos: Tornado in Michigan, US Troops Dignified Transfer, and Remembering Alamo

The tower of the Eastside Cannery Casino and Hotel is demolished by implosion in Las Vegas early on March 5, 2026. The property, which opened in 2008, closed in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and never reopened. Owner Boyd Gaming Corp. plans to sell the land for residential development. Ethan Miller/Getty Images Original

Jeffries declines to say whether he’ll block Pentagon funding: ‘We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it’

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) on Sunday did not commit to either supporting or opposing additional funding for the Pentagon amid the war in Iran. “We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it in terms of if the administration makes a request to Congress to consider additional funding,” Jeffries told host Kristen Welker…

Democrats make political bet on DHS demands, despite GOP’s Iran warnings

A week after President Trump launched strikes against Iran, Democrats are digging in against reopening the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) without significant reforms to the agency.  Party leaders are amplifying their demands for tougher rules governing agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Rank-and-file Democrats appear to…

This week on The Hill: House Republicans head to Florida to sharpen agenda, message

House Republicans will gather Monday at President Trump’s Doral, Fla., resort for a three-day issues conference aimed at charting their legislative agenda for the year ahead and sharpening their message for the 2026 midterm elections. The meeting comes after a turbulent week for the GOP conference. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) confessed to having an affair…