Florida Republican introduces bill renaming Palm Beach airport for Trump

Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) introduced legislation on Tuesday to rename Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) as “Donald J. Trump International Airport,” just after a month after Republicans in the Florida Legislature voted to do so. Mast, who represents the Sunshine State’s 21st Congressional District, introduced H.R.8054 in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee — chaired…

Gallego unveils legislation giving unpaid DHS workers bonus

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) unveiled legislation on Tuesday that would give Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees who have been forced to work without pay during the shutdown a 10 percent bonus when the agency reopens. The bill would require that DHS employees, including more than 61,000 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers, receive a one-time…

Trump: ICE officers ‘rehabbing a fake image’ by helping with bags at airports, cleaning

President Trump on Wednesday praised U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers for their work at airports this week as lengthy security wait times stack up amid the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding lapse. “I am so proud of our ICE Patriots! They were unfairly maligned by the Lunatic Democrats for years, and now,…

Democrat Meeks moves to subpoena Rubio, Witkoff, Kushner for Iran war hearing

Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.) moved Wednesday to subpoena Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner before the House Foreign Affairs Committee regarding the war in Iran. Meeks, the ranking member on the panel, introduced motions to subpoena Rubio, Witkoff and Kushner after his opening statement at a hearing…

Johnson says supplemental Pentagon funds ‘probably’ in reconciliation as Senate moves forward

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said that supplemental funding for the Pentagon due to strikes in Iran would “probably” be part of a second Republican-only reconciliation bill, and that he is “glad” the Senate is moving forward on such a measure. Johnson in a press conference said that using the special reconciliation process —…