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President Donald Trump hasn’t yet publicly weighed in on a brewing deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security, but a White House official said Tuesday morning the yet-to-be-finalized bipartisan agreement “seems to be an acceptable solution.” That official, granted anonymity to discuss the private deliberations, noted that “conversations are ongoing” to finalize a deal with Democrats to fund DHS more than five weeks after funding lapsed. It would pair funding for most of the department, save for ICE enforcement operations, with a new GOP reconciliation effort to pass the left-behind funding plus parts of the GOP elections bill known…

A brigade of some 3,000 paratroopers could join the conflict in the Middle East, the paper has reported Senior US military officials are looking into the possibility of deploying airborne troops to capture Kharg Island, responsible for 90% of Iran’s crude oil exports, the New York Times has reported, citing American defense sources.The US struck military targets on the island sitting around 25 kilometers (15 miles) from the Iranian coast in the Persian Gulf in mid-March, but refrained from hitting the energy infrastructure. Reports have been circulating since then, claiming that Washington could launch a ground operation to take control…

Multiple news outlets reported on Monday afternoon that the nation of Bahrain is working on a draft United Nations resolution greenlighting countries using “all necessary means” to stop Iran from blocking commerce in the Strait of Hormuz. The government of Bahrain has not publicly commented on the alleged draft, nor has any other country, at press time. Reuters and the Jerusalem Post reported on Monday that they were privy to a copy of the draft, which they reported that Bahrain was circulating in the U.N. Security Council, the most powerful U.N. body. The use of the language “all necessary means” indicates…

Monday on CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) claimed President Donald Trump is losing “credibility as a commander-in-chief.” Schiff said, “I’d love to see this war come to an end, and if what the president is saying is true, that’s encouraging. But of course, we’ve heard the president say things that have proved to be completely untrue in the past. We really don’t know what to believe. Whether these talks are serious, whether they’re close to any agreement or whether this is Donald Trump just trying to bring down the price at the pump. Something he is very sensitive…

A Colombian Hercules C-130 military transport plane carrying soldiers came down shortly after takeoff on Monday At least 66 people were killed after a Colombian military Hercules C-130 transport plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday in the southern province of Putumayo. Many others were injured, while rescue and evacuation operations continued into the night.The aircraft went down near Puerto Leguizamo, a remote Amazonian municipality near the borders with Peru and Ecuador, within a few kilometers of the airport after reporting trouble soon after departure.The Colombian armed forces and local officials gave varying figures for the number of people on board as…

Social media users mercilessly mocked and shamed pop star Chappell Roan amid allegations that her security guard confronted a mother and her 11-year-old daughter and accused the child of “harassing” the singer because she walked past her table and smiled at a restaurant in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Cavaliere banned Roan from performing in his city, in response to Italian-Brazilian professional soccer player Jorginho accusing the “Pink Pony Club” singer of sending her security guard to intimidate his 11-year-old stepdaughter for “admiring” her. Jorginho said Roan’s staff left the young fan — who is actor Jude Law’s daughter —…

Monday on CNN’s “The Arena,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said President Donald Trump was “lying” about negotiating with the Iranians. Host Kasie Hunt said, “Senator, let me just put that to you. Who do you think is telling the truth?” Van Hollen said, “Unfortunately, we’ve learned that Donald Trump has been lying to the American people from the start, and he keeps lying to the American people, which is never a good thing.” Hunt said, “You believe the Iranian officials over the president of the United States?” Van Hollen said, “I believe that based on all the information that‘s available and…

It only took a five-week shutdown of a major Cabinet agency, but the GOP’s reconciliation dreams have new life Tuesday morning. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said in an interview Monday night that a brewing Homeland Security spending deal has lent new momentum to the push for another party-line bill. That bill would fund immigration enforcement — and potentially much more. “If we end up going down that route, we’ll try and make the most of the opportunity,” he told POLITICO. That’s a big tell from Thune, who up to now has been noncommittal on the idea of a second…

Hundreds of square kilometers of territory up to the Litani River should be seized, Bezalel Smotrich has said Israel should seize vast swathes of land in southern Lebanon as part of its ongoing campaign against Hezbollah militants, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has stated. The new border should be moved all the way to the Litani River, located nearly 40 kilometers from Lebanon’s southern border with Israel, he said on Israeli radio on Monday.West Jerusalem started a military campaign against Hezbollah in early March after the Lebanese-based militant movement launched waves of strikes on the Jewish state in retaliation for the…

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced a new wave of airstrikes against regime infrastructure in Tehran on Monday, even as President Donald Trump said “good and productive” talks with Iran could bring the conflict to an end soon. The Israeli military said a “wide-scale wave of strikes” against Tehran began on Sunday night and were followed by a second round of strikes on Monday. Al Jazeera News correspondents in Tehran reported detonations of “unprecedented” intensity on the eastern side of the Iranian capital while Iranian air defenses sought to repel American and Israeli drones. “One person was killed after a…