Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker pointed at federal failures after the fatal shooting of Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman in Chicago, while DHS blamed sanctuary policy and border enforcement lapses.
Delta Air Lines is pausing a special service desk for members of Congress while the TSA shutdown drags on. The move lands as airport delays grow and the Capitol discovers that rules for everyone else can still apply to lawmakers.
CNN said Atlanta airport wait times dropped from hours to under 40 minutes after ICE agents and extra police showed up. The episode showed how fast a shutdown can turn a routine security line into a public nuisance with a press pass.
Trump told MS NOW Iran was close to a nuclear bomb and said U.S. strikes had badly damaged the program. The report also raised fresh questions about how much of Iran's nuclear material and infrastructure may still remain.
O'Keefe's team says it was attacked on Skid Row after confronting petitioners tied to a ballot-signature cash scheme. DOJ says federal law may have been broken.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski has filed an amendment to the SAVE America Act that would exempt people born before 1961 from documentary proof of citizenship. The fight now is over whether that is a practical fix or just another Senate-made loophole with a nice name.
President Rodrigo Chaves says Costa Rica will shut its Havana embassy and limit ties to consular work, citing repression, shortages, and a failed system in Cuba.