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More than 400 TSA officers have quit since shutdown began
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More than 400 TSA officers have quit since shutdown began

More than 400 Transportation Security Administration workers have quit since a partial government shutdown began on Feb. 14 that has left them working without pay, the Department of Homeland Security said. Funding was shut off to DHS over demands by Democrats for reforms at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection following alleged...

Robert Mueller, former special counsel who led Trump-Russia probe, dies at 81
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Robert Mueller, former special counsel who led Trump-Russia probe, dies at 81

Robert Mueller III, the second-longest serving FBI director in the agency’s history, who later served as the special counsel who oversaw the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, has died. He was 81. In a statement, a spokesperson for the law firm where Mueller worked, WilmerHale, told NBC News, “WilmerHale mourns the passing...

Trump threatens to send federal immigration agents to airports amid DHS shutdown
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Trump threatens to send federal immigration agents to airports amid DHS shutdown

Amid an ongoing standoff between Senate Republicans and Democrats over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to send Immigrations and Customs Enforcements agents to airports around the U.S. “If the Radical Left Democrats don’t immediately sign an agreement to let our Country, in particular, our Airports, be FREE...

Iran fires missiles at remote U.K.-U.S. base, claiming long-range capabilities it previously denied
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Iran fires missiles at remote U.K.-U.S. base, claiming long-range capabilities it previously denied

LONDON — Iran has fired missiles at the joint U.K.-U.S. Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean, claiming the strike shows it is capable of longer-distance attacks than previously known. “Iran’s reckless attacks, lashing out across the region and holding hostage the Strait of Hormuz, are a threat to British interests and British allies,”...

U.S. eases Iranian oil sanctions in scramble to contain energy prices, handing Tehran a potential boost
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U.S. eases Iranian oil sanctions in scramble to contain energy prices, handing Tehran a potential boost

In a twist of wartime irony, the United States has moved to ease sanctions on Iranian oil to cool surging energy prices, a potential boon for Tehran as Washington scrambles to contain the economic shockwaves of its military campaign. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday the easing of sanctions, first imposed after Iran’s 1979 revolution,...