Emerging DHS deal ‘acceptable,’ White House official says
President Donald Trump hasn’t yet publicly backed off his SAVE America Act ultimatum.
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Stitt picks energy executive Alan Armstrong as next Oklahoma senator
Armstrong will fill Markwayne Mullin’s Senate seat until the November election.
GOP senators see path to ending DHS shutdown after Trump meeting
The breakthrough comes a day after the president threw a wrench into negotiations with a 11th-hour ultimatum.
GOP senators meet with Trump on DHS
Four Senate Republicans are meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss funding the Department of Homeland Security, which has been shuttered for more than a month amid a standoff with Democrats over the administration’s immigration enforcement agenda. GOP lawmakers attending the Monday night meeting, according to a person granted anonymity to
TSA crisis grows, raising pressure on lawmakers to end DHS shutdown
Congress is facing mounting pressure to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and end the partial government shutdown as flight delays and long security lines are worsening at airports nationwide. President Trump said this past weekend he would deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to airports to help manage the strain, a move…
Hawley investigates FICO for mortgage credit scoring
The Missouri Republican says the increasing cost of credit scores is straining homebuyers in an already unaffordable market.
No DHS talks expected until Mullin is confirmed, White House official says
The Oklahoma senator is set to get OK’d by his colleagues Monday night.