ICE at Airports Trains Us to Accept Being Terrorized in Our Daily Lives  The Intercept Why do ICE agents get paid during the partial government shutdown,… [more]

Pope Leo visits a tiny, wealthy, devoutly Catholic nation in first foreign trip of 2026  CNN Pope Leo heads to Monaco 488 years after the last… [more]

There Was a Deal to Fund the TSA! Then Mike Johnson Got Involved.  Slate House Vote Sets Up Clash With the Senate on D.H.S. Funding, Prolonging… [more]

Wild Ultimatums and ‘Bombing Our Little Hearts Out’: A Portrait of Trump at War  The New York Times Ignore the bombast – the Iran war is… [more]

Trump wants a deadlocked Congress to move on AI. Frustrated states say they already have  NPR AI & Tech Brief: Cantwell signals openness on AI framework  The… [more]

Yemen’s Houthis confirm launching attack on Israel for first time in current war  Reuters Live updates: Iran war; Houthis enter conflict with missile strike against Israel  CNN… [more]

How Pakistan put itself in the middle of US-Iran peace talks  Financial Times Iran war live: Pakistan, Turkiye, Egypt, Saudi seek to de-escalate  aljazeera.com Mediators gather in… [more]

Tiger Woods released on bail hours after arrest at crash scene on suspicion of DUI  AP News Tiger Woods arrested on suspicion of DUI after rollover… [more]

Internal memos hint at Mullin’s first changes as DHS secretary  The Washington Post US Senate confirms Markwayne Mullin as homeland security chief  BBC Snarled airports and frozen… [more]

House passes short-term DHS funding bill  Axios House Vote Sets Up Clash With the Senate on D.H.S. Funding, Prolonging Shutdown  The New York Times House GOP rejects… [more]