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Cruz proposes splitting ICE from Homeland Security funding bill to end airport chaos

Posted: Mar 21, 2026 / 06:13 PM EDT Updated: Mar 21, 2026 / 06:13 PM EDT Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a leading Senate conservative, is proposing to colleagues the idea of splitting off Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from the rest of the funding for the Department of Homeland Security to end growing chaos at airports around the country. The proposal appeared to be gaining momentum within the Senate Republican conference on Saturday as GOP lawmak ...

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Trump spends another weekend at war partying at Mar-a-Lago

12h Not even a war could keep President Donald Trump away from glitzy parties at Mar-a-Lago.The commander in chief, 79, made an unscheduled appearance at a Republican fundraising event in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday night as his Iran war raged on. A clip posted by right-wing news outlet Florida’s Voice showed the crowd going wild as Trump walked into the massive gilded hall, clapping his hands and pointing at faces in the fawning crowd. Lee Greenwood’s God Bless The USA, a beloved MAGA ant ...

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More than 400 TSA officers have quit since shutdown began

March 21, 2026, 6:15 PM EDT / Updated March 21, 2026, 6:25 PM EDT More than 400 Transportation Security Administration workers have quit since a partial government shutdown that began on Feb. 14 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 abuses and the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal agent ...

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Royal Caribbean suddenly cuts 20 cruises just days after Carnival canceled 11 sailings, report says

Saturday 21 March 2026 15:33 EDT Royal Caribbean has canceled more than 20 scheduled sailings aboard its Freedom of the Seas ship for the summer 2027 season, just days after Carnival Cruise Line similarly canceled 11 future sailings. The impacted Royal Caribbean departures were originally scheduled between May and September 2027 and included a range of itineraries from four‑night Bahamas trips to five-night trips in the Dominican Republic and nine‑night journeys calling in Aruba a ...

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Democrats pile on Trump for post celebrating Mueller's death

03/21/2026 03:34 PM EDT Updated: 03/21/2026 05:54 PM EDT Democrats are skewering President Donald Trump after he proclaimed on Saturday that he was glad former special counsel Robert Mueller had died. “Every day, this president shows his basic indecency and unfitness for office,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) wrote on X in response to Trump’s statement. The diatribe, in which Trump said he was “glad he’s dead” because he “can no longer hurt innocent people,” drew fierce condemnation from Democr ...

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'Disgusting and Despicable' Critics Aghast at Trump Celebrating Robert Mueller's Death

Mar 21st, 2026, 2:52 pm President Donald Trump shocked many on Saturday when he openly celebrated the death of former FBI Director Robert Mueller, declaring he was “glad” not long after the news broke. Mueller’s family confirmed on Saturday that the former special prosecutor died at the age of 81. MS NOW had first reported on Mueller’s death. His passing followed a years-long battle with Parkinson’s. “Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people! ...

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Elon Musk offers to pay TSA salaries amid budget battle, airport lineups

WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, said on Saturday he would cover the paychecks of ‌U.S. Transportation Security Administration officers during their second unpaid work stoppage ‌in six months amid a protracted federal funding lapse. The budget impasse over funding for the TSA’s ​parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, is in its fifth week. Screeners and other TSA personnel are days away from missing a ...

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Graham to Trump: Consider removing 'US bases from countries who won't let us fly from them'

03/21/26 8:12 AM ET Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Friday urged President Trump to consider removing U.S. military bases from countries “who won’t let us fly from them,” again lashing out at European allies over their refusal to assist the U.S.-Israeli military operation in Iran. Graham reupped the suggestion after Trump told reporters earlier on Friday that the senator was “right about asking that.” “Mr. President, one of the things I like about you most is that, now, our allies take Ameri ...

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3-Time Trump Voter Complains ICE 'Taking All Our Workers' -- We 'Never Thought This Would Affect Us'

Mar 21st, 2026, 12:59 pm A business owner named Mario Guerrero — who supported President Donald Trump in all three elections — now says ICE raids are gutting his workforce. lamenting to The New York Times that “We just never thought that this would come and affect us in the construction industry.” Trump’s ICE crackdown has been under fire after several killings and has prompted a DHS shutdown by Democrats demanding reform. But even supporters of the president’s policies are becoming dissati ...

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G7 ready to act to protect global energy supplies, backs Hormuz Strait security

March 21, 2026 2:58 PM EDT Updated 2 hours ago PARIS, March 21 (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of the Group of ​Seven countries said on ‌Saturday they stood ready to take necessary measures to ​support global energy supplies ​and reaffirmed the importance of ⁠safeguarding maritime routes, including ​in the Strait of ​Hormuz. "We ... express support to our partners in the region in the face ​of the unjustifiable attacks ​by the Isla ...

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Trump installs Christopher Columbus statue on White House grounds

16 min ago - Trump installs Christopher Columbus statue on White House grounds The president has condemned efforts to take down statues of Columbus and other historical figures, saying the removals are an "assault on our collective national memory." March 22, 202 ... (Washington Post)

Homan insists ICE has a 'well thought out plan' to deploy at airports as TSA lines enrage Americans

31 min ago - Sunday 22 March 2026 11:33 EDT Trump administration officials tried to explain how a surge of ICE agents to the nation’s airports, due to begin Monday, would alleviate some of the travel pressures Americans have faced in the midst of a Departmen ... (The Independent)

Iran says Hormuz open to all but 'enemy-linked' ships

52 min ago - 12h DUBAI, March 22 (Reuters) - The Strait of Hormuz remains open to all shipping except vessels linked to "Iran's enemies", Iran's representative to the U.N. maritime agency was quoted as saying in Iranian media reports published on Sunday. The thre ... (msn/Reuters)

Cuba's deputy foreign minister says its military is preparing for possible 'aggression' from the U.S.

1 hr ago - March 22, 2026, 9:11 AM EDT Cuba’s deputy foreign minister said Saturday that the nation’s military is preparing for “the possibility of military aggression” from the U.S. and that it would be “naive” for Cuba’s lea ... (NBC News)

Mike Waltz says "I would never take anything off the table for the president" on bombing Iran nuclear plants

1 hr ago - March 22, 2026 / 2:55 PM EDT Washington — Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said Sunday that "all options should be on the table and the president's made that very clear" after President Trump threatened to destroy Iran's power plants ... (CBS News)

MAGA says the SAVE America Act is crucial. A new poll shows Americans don't agree

2 hrs ago - Supporters of the bill will often point to how Americans overwhelmingly support requiring people to show ID to vote. And the new CBS News-YouGov poll shows 80% support that. The crux of the “SAVE America Act” is actually different, though; ... (CNN)

Speaker Mike Johnson faces potential attendance problems as major bills loom

2 hrs ago - 03/22/26 6:00 AM ET Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is grappling with an attendance issue as lawmakers begin to prioritize the 2026 midterms, potentially complicating the passage of key measures in the months ahead. The predicament was on full display ... (The Hill)

GOP Sen. Tillis says objectives of Iran war unclear: 'It's a real problem'

2 hrs ago - As the war with Iran enters its fourth week, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis said the Trump administration must make its objectives of the operation clearer before Congress approves additional funding. "What is the objective, the primary objective?" ABC ... (ABC News)

Spiking gas prices tied to Iran war are set to eat up tax refunds touted by Trump

2 hrs ago - By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Updated 12:42 PM CDT, March 22, 2026 Leer en español WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy was supposed to start the year with a bang, fueled by an unusually large jump in tax refunds from President Donald Trump’ ... (AP)

Scott Bessent says people should have 'empathy' for Trump after president celebrated Robert Mueller's death

2 hrs ago - Sunday 22 March 2026 14:34 EDT Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended President Donald Trump for celebrating Robert Mueller’s death, saying the president deserved “empathy” because he and his family had “been through” a lo ... (The Independent)

California Sheriff Running for Governor Seizes More Than a Half Million Ballots From 2025 Election

3 hrs ago - March 22, 2026, at 1:29 p.m. RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A California sheriff running for governor has seized more than half a million ballots cast in a November special election from county election officials, saying he's investigating a ballot c ... (U.S. News & World Report/AP)

AI-generated ads are trickling into political campaigns, sparking big worries

3 hrs ago - At least 15 campaign ads featuring AI-generated content have run since November, stoking concerns that the now-ubiquitous technology could cause confusion or even mislead voters ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. In state, local and federal electio ... (NBC)

'Do Not Want To Die For Israel': Doubts About Trump's Iran Strategy Spread Among Troops

4 hrs ago - Mar 22, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT | Updated 43 minutes ago As the U.S.-Israel war on Iran enters its fourth week and President Donald Trump orders the deployment of thousands of additional sailors and Marines to the Middle East, the troops he is counting on ... (Huff Post)

US Senate advances Homeland Security nomination of Mullin, paving way for confirmation vote

4 hrs ago - WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's nomination of Republican Senator ​Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to ‌be the next head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ​on Sunday advanced toward final ​co ... (Reuters)

Transportation Secretary Duffy says ICE agents are trained and can assist TSA at airports

4 hrs ago - March 22, 2026, 11:34 AM Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are trained and can assist with airport security, following President Donald Trump's announcement that ICE would be sent to ... (ABC News)

Treasury secretary defends U.S. military actions in Iran: 'Sometimes you have to escalate to de-escalate'

5 hrs ago - March 22, 2026, 10:30 AM EDT / Updated March 22, 2026, 10:48 AM EDT Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday defended strikes on Iran's infrastructure since the U.S. and Israel began their joint war against the country in February, saying "sometime ... (NBC News)

Patriot missile involved in Bahrain blast likely US-operated, analysis finds

6 hrs ago - March 22, 2026 2:00 AM EDT Updated 4 hours ago An American-operated Patriot air defense battery likely fired the interceptor missile involved in a pre-dawn explosion that injured dozens of civilians and tore through homes in U.S.-ally Bahrain 10 days ... (Reuters)

Iran to completely close Hormuz if Trump executes threats on Iranian energy, Revolutionary Guards say

7 hrs ago - Iran will completely shut the strategic Strait ​of Hormuz if U.S. ‌President Trump executes threats to target Iranian energy facilities, ​the country's Revolutionary Guards ​said in a statement on ⁠Sunday. -snip- In their ... (Reuters)

Trump's EPA is paving the way for haze to return to national parks, conservationists warn

8 hrs ago - March 22, 2026, 12:13 AM MADISON, Wis. -- A year ago, federal environmental regulators told West Virginia officials that their plan to clear sulfur and smog from skies over the state's national wilderness areas wasn't good enough because a dozen coal ... (ABC News/AP)

New crypto regulations likely to be big favor to the Trump family, industry insiders say

8 hrs ago - On Tuesday, major US financial regulators published rules for the cryptocurrency industry that may reduce regulatory requirements and that insiders believe will benefit the Trump family’s ventures. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is ... (The Guardian)

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