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Roughly 3,000 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents did not show up for work on Saturday alone amid the partial government shutdown. The partial shutdown has reached day 38, and thousands of TSA agents have since called out — 3,000 alone on Saturday, according to reports. Sunday also had an excessive number of callouts: To help alleviate the staffing issues, the Trump administration has sent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to several U.S. airports to assist with operations. Trump previewed the move over the weekend, and border czar Tom Homan confirmed the plan on Sunday. “I’m currently working on the plan…

Rep. James Talarico (D-TX) claimed that God is “beyond gender” when asked by a podcast host about God’s genitalia. The Bulwark podcast host Tim Miller asked the U.S. Senate nominee, “In the meat section, first, how big is God’s sausage? Would you say we know God is a man? And so I’m just wondering like how healthy his hog is,” the Daily Caller reported Friday. Talarico referenced a speech he gave in 2021, stating, “Listen, I know that I was, um, that I was being provocative, um, with that comment.” “I made it on the floor of the House when…

The White House is holding off on further DHS funding negotiations until the Senate confirms Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin to lead the agency, according to a White House official, granted anonymity to share internal thinking. Democrats have previously canceled meetings, and given Mullin is close to confirmation, the official said, aides to President Donald Trump believe it’s better to wait so he can be a “full and active” participant in funding talks from the DHS side. The White House earlier in the day rejected a Monday morning meetingwith a bipartisan group of senators who have been negotiating to end the…

As Mojtaba Khamenei steps in, Tehran weighs whether to uphold a religious ban or embrace nuclear deterrence amid rising threats Iran’s Foreign Ministry has recently issued a statement urging people to wait for new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei to publicly declare his stance on nuclear weapons. Essentially, the Foreign Ministry has subtly indicated that Tehran is shifting from previous dogmatic certainty towards a potential revision of its nuclear doctrine.A central element of this issue is the ‘fatwa’ (ruling) issued by former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which prohibited the development and use of nuclear weapons in accordance with Islamic law.…

A bipartisan bill that would protect Americans’ civil liberties by restricting law enforcement’s ability to secretly seize individuals’ private data and phone records is gaining momentum in Congress. In January Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Chris Coons (D-CT) proposed the NDO Fairness Act, a bill that would restrict law enforcement’s ability to use Non-Disclosure Orders (NDOs), which are commonly referred to as gag or secrecy orders. They introduced the legislation as the use of gag orders has surged in recent years, especially in cases involving electronic data such as emails, texts, and personal information online. These gag orders bar service providers…

President Donald Trump said Monday that discussions with Iran have been “very, very strong” when asked about Tehran denying conversations that could lead to ending the war. Before departing Palm Beach, Florida, for Tennessee, where he was set to participate in a Memphis Safe Task Force Roundtable, the president fielded questions from reporters. One reporter asked about Iran denying his claims of “productive” talks with Tehran. “Well, they’re going to have to get themselves better public relations people. We have had very, very strong talks. We’ll see where they lead,” he said. “We have… major points of agreement, I would…

Stocks rose and oil fell sharply Monday morning after President Trump said the U.S. has held talks with a “top person” in Iran and is “very intent on making a deal with Iran.” The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 900 points, or nearly two percent. The Nasdaq composite and the S&P 500 each rose by more than one percent. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies jumped nearly three percent. Every sector of the S&P 500 was up on Monday morning. The best performing sector was consumer discretionary, one of the sectors that has beaten down by fears that…

A California sheriff, who is also Republican candidate for governor, seized more than 650,000 ballots from the state’s November 2025 election over the weekend as part of an investigation into voter fraud — a probe officials say he is not allowed to do. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is scrutinizing the state’s special election on controversial ballot measure Proposition 50 after a third-party organization, the Riverside Election Integrity Team, alleged it discovered roughly 45,000 excess votes in the county. While California elections officials have dismissed the team’s findings, Sheriff Bianco says his office will conduct another count to see if…

Ukrainian-born Leonid Radvinsky has died of cancer, the adult content site said in a statement Leonid Radvinsky, the Ukrainian-born billionaire owner of the adult content site OnlyFans, has died at the age of 43 after a long battle with cancer, according to multiple media reports.Radvinsky “passed away peacefully” following a prolonged illness, Bloomberg cited an emailed statement from the London-based company as saying on Monday. His illness had not been publicly disclosed.According to Forbes, Radvinsky’s net worth stood at $4.7 billion as of Monday. OnlyFans reported $1.4 billion in revenue in 2024, with users spending a record $7.2 billion on…

The US president has labeled European leaders “cowards” for refusing to back his war with Iran US President Donald Trump has shared a comedy skit portraying UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer as terrified of speaking to him on the phone. The move came after Trump labeled European NATO members “cowards” and described Starmer as “no Winston Churchill” for not joining his war with Iran.The skit is from the UK version of the American comedy show Saturday Night Live, which debuted on Sky One over the weekend.In the opening episode, Starmer, played by George Fouracres, is shown in Downing Street alongside…