White House blames Democrats for record-breaking DHS shutdown after House Republicans reject Senate’s compromise bill – as it happened

Talks over ending the record-breaking partial government shutdown remain at an impasse, as congress is on its scheduled two-week recess. TSA employees began to get some backpay on Monday, but their union said it’s not enough and is calling on lawmakers to return to Washington DC and end the shutdown.

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Here’s what else happened today:

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  Allegations swirl that a broker for Pete Hegseth inquired into an investment in key defense companies before the Iran war began. The Morgan Stanley broker allegedly made an inquiry with BlackRock regarding an investment into a defense-focused equity fund. The Pentagon denied the allegations calling them “entirely false and fabricated”.

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  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill to rename the Palm Beach International Airport after Donald Trump. This would make the airport the latest in a long list of institutions, government programs, buildings and even money named after the president.

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  The US government has directed all of its embassies and consulates to launch coordinated campaigns against foreign propaganda. Marco Rubio signed a cable on Monday directing the embassies to coordinate with the US military’s psychological operations unit to address disinformation. It suggested using Elon Musk’s social media platform X to carry out the campaign.

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  José Guadalupe Ramos, a Mexican national, becomes the 14^th known person to die in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody since the beginning of the year. He was found unconscious in his bunk last week at the Adelanto detention center in California and pronounced dead after being taken to a nearby medical center.

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  The army is investigating a helicopter fly-by at Kid Rock’s hillside swimming pool in Tennessee on Saturday. Two army choppers on a training run visited and hovered by the rocker’s house as he saluted them. According to the army, there was no official request for the fly-by, which triggered the administrative review.

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  A two-year-old detained at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement family detention center in Dilley, Texas, is said to be sick and not getting adequate help. Joaquin Castro, a democratic congressman from San Antonio, raised alarms on X on Monday saying that the boy has a fever and isn’t eating. He called on ICE to provide proper medical care to the child and release him and his month immediately.

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  Senate Republicans did not use the pro forma session today to try to pass a stopgap funding bill advanced by House GOP leaders on Friday. John Hoeven, the Republican senator from North Dakota, told reporters that the continuing resolution could not pass by unanimous consent because Democratic senator Chris Coons objected.

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  Karoline Leavitt continued to blame Democratic lawmakers for the ongoing funding lapse to reopen a portion of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The press secretary said today that the president is encouraging lawmakers to return to Capitol Hill and secure a deal, after negotiations broke down last week.

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  While Donald Trump has signed an executive order to pay TSA employees as the shutdown continues, Leavitt offered no more information as to how they administration is securing these funds to issue paychecks. Airport security officers were expected to see their first full paycheck today, after the president directed the DHS secretary, Markwayne Mullin, to issue payments immediately on Friday.

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  The Department of Justice sued Minnesota’s education department and the state’s school athletics body for allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ sports. In a lawsuit, the DoJ claims that by making against female student athletes compete against transgender girls, as well as share locker rooms and bathrooms with them, Minnesota is violating Title IX – the federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination for any programs that receive federal funding.

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  The average price for a gallon of gasoline in the US is about to hit $4, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). This is up 33% from a month ago, when the average price was $2.98 per gallon, and is the highest national average since 2022, after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The spike in the price at the pump is the most tangible hit Americans have felt since the US‑Israel war on Iran began almost five weeks ago.

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Donald Trump is now getting an airport that bears his name. Ron DeSantis, Florida’s governor, signed a bill on Monday saying the Palm Beach International Airport was being renamed to the President Donald J. Trump International Airport.

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Trump’s family business filed a trademark application for the airport name in February. If approved, the name change would take effect on July 1.

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The Florida airport is the latest in a series of buildings, institutions, government programs, navy battleships, national parks passes and even money to be named after the president.

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DeSantis also worked last year to get a parcel of land in Miami to be the home for Trump’s presidential library. On Truth Social on Monday, Trump posted a video of a rendering of the library, which showed a massive mirrored skyscraper emblazoned with his name and the American flag.

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The United States has directed every American embassy and consulate across the world to launch coordinated campaigns against foreign propaganda and endorses Elon Musk’s X as an “innovative” tool to help do it.

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The cable, signed by the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, on Monday and obtained by the Guardian, also suggests embassies and consulates work alongside the US military’s psychological operations unit to address the problem of rampant disinformation. It lays out a sweeping set of instructions for how embassy staff should push back against what it describes as coordinated foreign efforts to undermine American interests abroad.

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It comes as the United States is at war with Iran, whose government has for decades operated one of the world’s most sophisticated and prolific state disinformation apparatuses, and as Russian and Chinese influence operations continue to target American allies across Europe, Asia and Latin America.

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A broker working for Pete Hegseth allegedly aimed to make major investments in key defense companies before the US and Israeli strikes on Iran, according to the Financial Times.

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The defense secretary’s broker, who worked at Morgan Stanley, apparently contacted BlackRock in February with an inquiry about making a multimillion-dollar investment in the equity fund Defense Industrials Active ETF, per the Financial Times, which cited three people familiar with the matter.

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The inquiry was flagged internally at BlackRock, due to the request being made on behalf of a potential client who was high-profile. The equity fund’s holdings include some of the world’s biggest defense corporations, including RTX, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Palantir.

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According to the Financial Times, the investment didn’t go through as it wasn’t yet available for Morgan Stanley clients to purchase.

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Hegseth has been leading the war in Iran and has said that the US will continue to fight for “as long as we need to”. During briefings, he’s quotes bible scripture and a review by the Guardian has found that Hegseth has expressed a violent antipathy towards Iran for years.

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A Mexican immigrant has died at a detention center outside Los Angeles, marking at least the 14th death in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody since the year began.

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Security staff at the Adelanto detention center found José Guadalupe Ramos unconscious and unresponsive in his bunk on 25 March, according to an ICE press release. Staff attempted to carry out life-saving procedures, including CPR, then called emergency services, who took Ramos to Victory Valley Global medical center in nearby Victorville. He was pronounced dead there at 9.29pm.

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At his medical screening on 24 February, ICE found that Ramos suffered from diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia. He received “daily medication to treat his illness”, according to ICE.

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It was not clear whether he received medication for a single illness or all three. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) did not immediately respond to a request for clarification.

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The army is investigating what appears to be a detour taken by two Apache helicopters on a training run on Saturday. The helicopters under question visited and hovered alongside Kid Rock’s hillside swimming pool in Tennessee.

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Kid Rock, an outspoken Donald Trump supporter and rock musician, posted a video to X showing him salute the choppers as they flew by.

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“This is a level of respect that shit for brains Governor of California will never know. God Bless America and all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to defend her,” Kid Rock wrote on his post, along with an American Flag and prayer hands emoji.

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According to the Associated Press, there was no official request from Kid Rock to have the helicopters fly by, which is what triggered the administrative review.

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“Army aviators must adhere to strict safety standards, professionalism, and established flight regulations… Appropriate action will be taken if any violations are found,” the army said in a written statement.

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A two-year-old detained in a family detention center in Dilley, Texas, is sick and not getting adequate help, said Joaquin Castro, a Democratic congressman from San Antonio. The boy, Kaleth, has a fever and is not eating the food served at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, which Castro said detainees have complained of having mold and worms.

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“When his mother asked for help, the staff said it was all ‘mental,’” Castro wrote in a post on X. “A vulnerable child at the Dilley trailer prison was suffering and ICE denied their reality and their needs. It’s shameful and must stop.”

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Dilley has been criticized for not providing adequate care and food for families. In February, the detention center reported two measles cases. It’s the same facility where five-year-old asylum seeker Liam Conejo Ramos and his father were kept for a week after being detained in Minneapolis.

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Castro has been calling for the detention center to be “shut down immediately” and has long said Donald Trump’s immigration agenda is inhumane.

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The congressman has sought to get several immigrants released from Dilley. Castro said: “I am calling for ICE to provide proper medical care to Kaleth and to release him and his mother Joani immediately.”

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  Senate Republicans did not use the pro forma session today to try to pass a stopgap funding bill advanced by House GOP leaders on Friday. John Hoeven, the Republican senator from North Dakota, told reporters that the continuing resolution could not pass by unanimous consent because Democratic senator Chris Coons objected. This comes amid a record-breaking partial government shutdown that has lasted 45 days.

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  Karoline Leavitt continued to blame Democratic lawmakers for the ongoing funding lapse, after both chambers of Congress remain at an impasse on passing a bill to reopen a portion of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Congress is now on a scheduled two-week recess, and many members have left Washington for their districts. The press secretary said today that the president is encouraging lawmakers to return to Capitol Hill and secure a deal, after negotiations broke down last week.

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  While Donald Trump has signed an executive order to pay TSA employees as the shutdown continues, Leavitt offered no more information as to how they administration is securing these funds to issue paychecks. Airport security officers are expected to see their first full paycheck today, after the president directed the DHS secretary, Markwayne Mullin, to issue payments immediately on Friday.

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  The Department of Justice sued Minnesota’s education department and the state’s school athletics body for allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ sports. In a lawsuit, the DoJ claims that by making against female student athletes compete against transgender girls, as well as share locker rooms and bathrooms with them, Minnesota is violating Title IX – the federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination for any programs that receive federal funding.

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  The average price for a gallon of gasoline in the US is about to hit $4, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). This is up 33% from a month ago, when the average price was $2.98 per gallon. It’s the highest national average since 2022, after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The price at the pump is the most tangible hit Americans have felt since the US‑Israel war on Iran began almost five weeks ago.

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The Department of Justice sued Minnesota’s education department and the state’s school athletics body for allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ sports.

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In a lawsuit, the DoJ claims that by making against female student athletes compete against transgender girls, as well as share locker rooms and bathrooms with them, Minnesota is violating Title IX – the federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination for any programs that receive federal funding.

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“Minnesota’s policies and practices create unfair competition, deny girls equal educational opportunities, and expose girls to a hostile educational environment with heightened risks of physical injury and psychological harm,” the justice department argues in the suit filed on Monday.

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There are currently 27 states which restrict transgender athletes from participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity, according to the Williams Institute.

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Senate Republicans did not use the pro forma session today to try to pass a stopgap funding bill advanced by House GOP leaders on Friday.

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John Hoeven, the Republican senator from North Dakota, told reporters that the continuing resolution could not pass by unanimous consent because Democratic senator Chris Coons objected.

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Hoeven said Republicans now plan to move a DHS funding bill for the remainder of Trump’s time in office through reconciliation, which requires only a simple majority in the Senate and is not subject to the filibuster.

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He argued that doing so would prevent another funding standoff. “We’re taking this off the table, that that’s enough of this with the Democrats,” he said.

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Reconciliation is the same process Republicans used last year to pass Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

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Donald Trump would be interested in calling on Arab countries to pay for the cost of his war on Iran, Leavitt says, adding that she thinks Trump would have more to say on the issue.

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Asked whether Arab countries would step up to help pay for the war, Leavitt said she would not get ahead of the president but that Trump has had this idea.

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I think it’s something the president would be quite interested in calling them to do. It’s an idea that I know that he has and something that I think you’ll hear more from him on.

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During her opening remarks today, Karoline Leavitt continued to blame Democratic lawmakers for the longest partial government shutdown in history, after both chambers of Congress remain at an impasse on passing a funding bill to reopen a portion of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

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Leavitt noted that there are still snaking security lines at airports throughout the country, and morale among Transport Security Administration (TSA) agents has “plummeted”.

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While Donald Trump has signed an executive order to pay TSA employees as the shutdown continues, Leavitt offered no more information as to how they administration is securing these funds to issue paychecks. Airport security officers are expected to see their first full paycheck today, after the president directed DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin to issue payments immediately on Friday.

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Congress is now on a scheduled two-week recess, and many members have left Washington for their districts. The press secretary said today that the president is encouraging lawmakers to return to Capitol Hill and secure a deal, after negotiations broke down last week.

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As thousands of US soldiers and marines arrive in the Middle East, Iran is accusing Washington of privately plotting a ground assault while publicly touting ceasefire talks.

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Donald Trump threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s energy infrastructure and said his “preference would be to take the oil” in Iran and that US forces could seize the regime’s export hub on Kharg Island, while also claiming he was in talks with a new “reasonable regime”.

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Meanwhile, Yemen’s Houthi forces have also entered the conflict, bringing the threat of further damage to the global economy.

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In today’s edition of The Latest podcast, Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian columnist and the host of Politics Weekly America, Jonathan Freedland.

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A US federal judge sharply questioned the Pentagon today over whether it defied a court order protecting journalists’ access, Reuters reports, in a closely watched clash over press freedom and executive power.

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US district judge Paul Friedman expressed concerns at a hearing in Washington that the defense department’s revised restrictions for journalists covering the seat of US military power went even further than earlier rules he had blocked.

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“Is this Kafka? What’s going on here?” the judge asked after reading a declaration by the New York Times describing reporters’ difficulty accessing areas of the Pentagon.

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He did not issue a ruling but said the government must respond to the newspaper’s declaration.

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The Pentagon under defense secretary Pete Hegseth said in October that journalists could be deemed security risks and have their press badges revoked if they solicited unauthorized military personnel to disclose classified, and in some cases unclassified, information.

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Of the 56 news outlets in the Pentagon Press Association, only one agreed to sign an acknowledgment of the policy, with reporters who did not sign surrendering their press passes to the Pentagon.

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Friedman ruled on 20 March that the policy violated protections for news gathering and due process in the US constitution. He issued an injunction requiring reporters’ credentials to be restored immediately.

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The New York Times, the lead plaintiff that sued to challenge Hegseth’s policy, told Friedman last week that the Pentagon had not complied with his order but instead released what it called a new “interim” policy defying the court ruling.

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The policy, the Times said, bars reporters with press passes from entering the building without an escort, sets up rules governing when a reporter can offer anonymity to a source and prohibits reporters from knowingly “inducing” sources to share unauthorized information.

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The Pentagon, meanwhile, argued it is in compliance with the court’s order.

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Justice department lawyer Sarah Welch at today’s hearing said the department crafted a “materially different” policy that should be upheld. Welch said its move to relocate the Pentagon press corps to a separate annex was part of a prior workspace plan that was announced last year. She asked the court to allow additional written arguments to defend its revised rules.

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The Pentagon Press Association said in a court filing that the Pentagon’s new rules are “a clear violation of the letter and spirit” of Friedman’s ruling.

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Tom Homan, the Trump administration’s “border czar”, told CBS News that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will continue operating at airports, until they “feel like they’re 100%”.

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This comes after Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday instructing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents as the partial shutdown – now the longest in history – enters its 45th day. The agency has said that more than 480 TSA workers have resigned altogether since the start of the shutdown.

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Negotiations broke down last week, when House Republicans rejected a Senate-passed bill to fund the TSA, the US Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa). Instead, GOP lawmakers in the lower chamber used their razor-thin majority to pass a short‑term funding bill to keep the DHS running through 22 May. However, Democrats in the Senate are all but certain to reject this continuing resolution. Complicating matters further, Congress has also gone home for a scheduled two-week recess, leaving a possible deal in limbo.

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“If less TSA agents come back, that means we’ll keep more ICE agents there,” Homan said on Sunday. “The president has been clear. He wants to secure those airports … ICE is there to help our brothers and sisters in TSA. We’ll be there as long as they need us, until they get back to normal operations and feel like those airports are secure.”

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A reminder that since ICE received $75bn through the president’s sweeping policy bill last year, it has been largely insulated from the funding lapse hitting the rest of the DHS and has continued operating.

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This is up 33% from a month ago, when the average price was $2.98 per gallon. It is the highest national average since 2022, following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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President Donald Trump on Sunday night said he has “no problem” with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Cuba delivering relief to the island, which has been brought to its knees by a US oil blockade.

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“We have a tanker out there. We don’t mind having somebody get a boatload because they need … they have to survive,” Trump told reporters as he flew back to Washington.

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When asked if a New York Times report that the tanker would be allowed to reach Cuba was true, Trump said: “I told them, if a country wants to send some oil into Cuba right now, I have no problem whether it’s Russia or not.”

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On Monday, Russia’s transport ministry said the oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin arrived at the Cuban port of Matanzas carrying “humanitarian supplies” of about 730,000 barrels of oil, AP reported.

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The vessel is sanctioned by the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom following the war in Ukraine.

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Airports continue to warn passengers to arrive several hours early due to unpredictable Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wait times, as the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) became the longest shutdown in US history.

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Congress and Donald Trump have made various attempts to direct government money toward the DHS, or directly to the DHS-funded TSA, but each have ended without success as an impasse over changes to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations remains deadlocked.

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With 9.4% of the total federal workforce, numbering 193,867 employees, the DHS is the fourth-largest agency in the US government. The agency said that more than 480 TSA workers have left altogether since the start of the shutdown.

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White House border czar Tom Homan said it depends on how many TSA employees would be returning to work after they start receiving their pay.

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“ICE is there to help our brothers and sisters in TSA. We’ll be there as long as they need us, until they get back to normal operations and feel like those airports are secure,” he told CBS’ ‘Face the Nation’.

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Speaking on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’, Homan said it also depends on how many TSA agents “have actually quit and have no plan on coming back to work.” Nearly 500 TSA officers have left the agency since the shutdown started, according to DHS.

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He added that he hopeed TSA officers will be paid today or by Tuesday . “It’s good news because these TSA officers are struggling,” Homan said. “They can’t feed their families or pay their rent.”

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Trump signed a memo late on Friday ordering DHS to restore pay to TSA employees, who have missed two paychecks, but it is unclear where that money will come from and if he can legally direct the agency to pay the employees.

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The presidential memorandum directed the DHS secretary, Markwayne Mullin, to send funds “that have a reasonable and logical nexus to TSA operations” to pay TSA employees with the pay and benefits “that would have accrued” if no shutdown had happened.

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  A generational divide over the Iran war has emerged between older attendees and their political heirs at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas, as the group’s leaders pleaded for unity ahead of a challenging midterm election year for Republicans. More here.

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  Iran has warned the US that it is prepared to confront any ground assault, accusing Washington of secretly planning a land attack while publicly seeking talks, as the war that has killed thousands of people and caused the biggest ever disruption to global energy supplies entered its second month. More here.

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  US lawmakers have responded to reports that the Pentagon is preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran as thousands of US troops assemble in the Middle East and the conflict showed signs of entering a more dangerous phase. More here.

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  The abortion rate is holding steady in the US despite total and partial bans in some states – largely because of travel across state lines and a significant increase in telehealth appointments, a new report says. More here.

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  Pope Leo has said God ignores the prayers of leaders who wage war and have “hands full of blood”, in an apparent rebuke to the Trump administration. The pontiff made the comments on Sunday as thousands of US troops arrived in the Middle East.

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  More than 8 million people protested against the Trump administration at more than 3,300 No Kings events across the US and in more than a dozen countries on Saturday, according to organizers.

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California Congressman Ro Khanna requested a meeting with King Charles during his upcoming visit to the US. Khanna said he’d like to bring survivors of the late sex offender Jefferey Epstein to the meeting.

“As you are aware, this is not solely an American matter,” Khanna wrote in a letter to King Charles. “Epstein’s network had significant ties to the United Kingdom through Ghislaine Maxwell, through Epstein’s relationships with British public figures, and through the social and political circles in which he operated. These connections raise broader questions about how Epstein was able to maintain influence, credibility, and protection across borders for so long.”

Khanna is the co-author of the Epstein Files Transparency Act and has been active in advocating of behalf of Epstein’s victims and calling for the release of the files regarding the disgraced financier.

King Charles is scheduled to visit the US the week of April 27^th and is expected to address a joint meeting of Congress. King Charles’ younger brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was arrested in February on suspicion of misconduct in public office relating to his ties to Epstein. Peter Mandelson, a former UK ambassador to the US, was also arrested in February on similar allegations.

“A meeting with survivors would provide an opportunity to identify any additional information British institutions and individuals may be able to share and open a dialogue about whether there will be a full accounting of how Epstein’s and Maxwell’s network operated in the United Kingdom,” Khanna wrote in his letter. “It would also ensure that survivors are heard directly and that these matters are addressed with transparency, seriousness, and accountability.”

Florida to rename Palm Beach airport after Donald Trump

Donald Trump is now getting an airport that bears his name. Ron DeSantis, Florida’s governor, signed a bill on Monday saying the Palm Beach International Airport was being renamed to the President Donald J. Trump International Airport.

Trump’s family business filed a trademark application for the airport name in February. If approved, the name change would take effect on July 1.

The Florida airport is the latest in a series of buildings, institutions, government programs, navy battleships, national parks passes and even money to be named after the president.

DeSantis also worked last year to get a parcel of land in Miami to be the home for Trump’s presidential library. On Truth Social on Monday, Trump posted a video of a rendering of the library, which showed a massive mirrored skyscraper emblazoned with his name and the American flag.

The Pentagon is denying reports that a broker for Pete Hegseth looked into making investments in defense companies before the Iran war. Sean Parnell, a spokesperson for the Pentagon and assistant to Hegseth, said in a post on X that the allegations are “entirely false and fabricated”.

“Secretary Hegseth and the Department of War remain unwavering in their commitment to the highest standards of ethics and strict adherence to all applicable laws and regulations,” Parnell posted.

According to a report by the Financial Times, which cited three people familiar with the matter, a Morgan Stanley broker who worked for Hegseth contacted BlackRock in February with an inquiry about making a multimillion-dollar investment in the equity fund Defense Industrials Active ETF. The investment reportedly didn’t go through.

Parnell said: “Neither Secretary Hegseth nor any of his representatives approached BlackRock about any such investment. This is yet another baseless, dishonest smear designed to mislead the public.”

The TSA workers union is calling on congress to end the shutdown and fund the Department of Homeland Security. In a statement on Monday, Hydrick Thomas, the union’s president, said TSA workers have been showing up to work for weeks despite not getting paid.

“We have performed our duty,” Thomas said. “Unfortunately, Congress has failed to perform theirs. To leave Washington while tens of thousands of workers are going without pay shows a clear lack of respect for the essential employees tasked with keeping our nation safe.”

Congress just started a two-week recess as the partial government shutdown, which is now the longest in US history, sees no end in sight. The shutdown has left thousands of federal workers without pay checks and travelers stuck in long TSA lines at airports. Late last week, Donald Trump issued an executive order for TSA agents to receive backpay for at least two paychecks.

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) TSA Council 100 is the exclusive union for more than 45,000 TSA officers across the country. Thomas said that even with agents now getting some backpay, it’s still financially difficult.

“Many of our members have seen bills pile up, interest and late fees add up, cars repossessed, and families thrown into disarray because Congress has failed to do their jobs,” Thomas said. “Backpay alone does not fix those problems… To say we are utterly disgusted and disappointed with our elected officials is an understatement.”

US directs its embassies to wage campaign against foreign ‘hostility’

Joseph Gedeon

The United States has directed every American embassy and consulate across the world to launch coordinated campaigns against foreign propaganda and endorses Elon Musk’s X as an “innovative” tool to help do it.

The cable, signed by the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, on Monday and obtained by the Guardian, also suggests embassies and consulates work alongside the US military’s psychological operations unit to address the problem of rampant disinformation. It lays out a sweeping set of instructions for how embassy staff should push back against what it describes as coordinated foreign efforts to undermine American interests abroad.

It comes as the United States is at war with Iran, whose government has for decades operated one of the world’s most sophisticated and prolific state disinformation apparatuses, and as Russian and Chinese influence operations continue to target American allies across Europe, Asia and Latin America.

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Pete Hegseth’s broker inquired into defense fund investment before Iran war, FT reports

A broker working for Pete Hegseth allegedly aimed to make major investments in key defense companies before the US and Israeli strikes on Iran, according to the Financial Times.

The defense secretary’s broker, who worked at Morgan Stanley, apparently contacted BlackRock in February with an inquiry about making a multimillion-dollar investment in the equity fund Defense Industrials Active ETF, per the Financial Times, which cited three people familiar with the matter.

The inquiry was flagged internally at BlackRock, due to the request being made on behalf of a potential client who was high-profile. The equity fund’s holdings include some of the world’s biggest defense corporations, including RTX, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Palantir.

According to the Financial Times, the investment didn’t go through as it wasn’t yet available for Morgan Stanley clients to purchase.

Hegseth has been leading the war in Iran and has said that the US will continue to fight for “as long as we need to”. During briefings, he’s quotes bible scripture and a review by the Guardian has found that Hegseth has expressed a violent antipathy towards Iran for years.

José Guadalupe Ramos, a Mexican national, dies in ICE detention in LA

Roque Planas

A Mexican immigrant has died at a detention center outside Los Angeles, marking at least the 14th death in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody since the year began.

Security staff at the Adelanto detention center found José Guadalupe Ramos unconscious and unresponsive in his bunk on 25 March, according to an ICE press release. Staff attempted to carry out life-saving procedures, including CPR, then called emergency services, who took Ramos to Victory Valley Global medical center in nearby Victorville. He was pronounced dead there at 9.29pm.

At his medical screening on 24 February, ICE found that Ramos suffered from diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia. He received “daily medication to treat his illness”, according to ICE.

It was not clear whether he received medication for a single illness or all three. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) did not immediately respond to a request for clarification.

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A protest statue has appeared on the National Mall in Washington DC: a baroque-styled marble and gold toilet. It’s built like a throne, where anyone can sit on the commode as if it were a chair.

“A Throne Fit for a King,” reads a plaque attached to the statue. “In a time ​of unprecedented division, escalating conflict, and economic turmoil, President Trump focused ​on what truly mattered: remodeling the Lincoln bathroom in the ⁠White House.”

The throne comes as Donald Trump is remaking the White House in his image. Along with renovating the Lincoln bathroom, he’s had gilded doilies attached to the walls of the Oval Office and had the East Wing of the building torn down to build a massive ballroom. The president is long-rumored to own a gold toilet.

The statue comes after another protest piece appeared on the Mall depicting Trump and the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein holding hands. The roll of toilet paper with the toilet throne reads “The Secret Handshake”, which is the name of the group that claimed responsibility for the hand-holding statue.

Lindsey Graham appears to have spent last weekend at Disney World, riding Space Mountain in the theme park’s Magic Kingdom, according to TMZ. The Republican senator from South Carolina’s Florida vacation comes amid a more than six-week partial government shutdown over funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

Photos captured by TMZ show Graham waiting in line for rides, eating at a breakfast buffet and strolling through Disney World with what looks like a bubble wand in his hand. The gossip news site said Graham spent three days at the theme park.

The partial government shutdown, which is now the longest in US history, has left thousands of federal workers without pay checks and travelers stuck in long TSA lines at airports. Graham told TMZ he was in Florida to meet with Trump officials, and then went to Orlando afterwards.

On Monday, Graham blamed the democrats for the shutdown in a post on X and referenced working on a “new deal” for DHS: “Threats to our country are through the roof and it’s well past time to pay all workers. Schumer and gang are playing a dangerous game with our homeland security.”

Army investigates after two helicopters hovered by Kid Rock’s pool

The army is investigating what appears to be a detour taken by two Apache helicopters on a training run on Saturday. The helicopters under question visited and hovered alongside Kid Rock’s hillside swimming pool in Tennessee.

Kid Rock, an outspoken Donald Trump supporter and rock musician, posted a video to X showing him salute the choppers as they flew by.

“This is a level of respect that shit for brains Governor of California will never know. God Bless America and all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to defend her,” Kid Rock wrote on his post, along with an American Flag and prayer hands emoji.

According to the Associated Press, there was no official request from Kid Rock to have the helicopters fly by, which is what triggered the administrative review.

“Army aviators must adhere to strict safety standards, professionalism, and established flight regulations… Appropriate action will be taken if any violations are found,” the army said in a written statement.

Two-year-old detained by ICE is not receiving adequate help, Democratic lawmaker alleges

A two-year-old detained in a family detention center in Dilley, Texas, is sick and not getting adequate help, said Joaquin Castro, a Democratic congressman from San Antonio. The boy, Kaleth, has a fever and is not eating the food served at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, which Castro said detainees have complained of having mold and worms.

“When his mother asked for help, the staff said it was all ‘mental,’” Castro wrote in a post on X. “A vulnerable child at the Dilley trailer prison was suffering and ICE denied their reality and their needs. It’s shameful and must stop.”

Dilley has been criticized for not providing adequate care and food for families. In February, the detention center reported two measles cases. It’s the same facility where five-year-old asylum seeker Liam Conejo Ramos and his father were kept for a week after being detained in Minneapolis.

Castro has been calling for the detention center to be “shut down immediately” and has long said Donald Trump’s immigration agenda is inhumane.

The congressman has sought to get several immigrants released from Dilley. Castro said: “I am calling for ICE to provide proper medical care to Kaleth and to release him and his mother Joani immediately.”

Here’s a recap of the day so far

• Senate Republicans did not use the pro forma session today to try to pass a stopgap funding bill advanced by House GOP leaders on Friday. John Hoeven, the Republican senator from North Dakota, told reporters that the continuing resolution could not pass by unanimous consent because Democratic senator Chris Coons objected. This comes amid a record-breaking partial government shutdown that has lasted 45 days.

• Karoline Leavitt continued to blame Democratic lawmakers for the ongoing funding lapse, after both chambers of Congress remain at an impasse on passing a bill to reopen a portion of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Congress is now on a scheduled two-week recess, and many members have left Washington for their districts. The press secretary said today that the president is encouraging lawmakers to return to Capitol Hill and secure a deal, after negotiations broke down last week.

• While Donald Trump has signed an executive order to pay TSA employees as the shutdown continues, Leavitt offered no more information as to how they administration is securing these funds to issue paychecks. Airport security officers are expected to see their first full paycheck today, after the president directed the DHS secretary, Markwayne Mullin, to issue payments immediately on Friday.

• The Department of Justice sued Minnesota’s education department and the state’s school athletics body for allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ sports. In a lawsuit, the DoJ claims that by making against female student athletes compete against transgender girls, as well as share locker rooms and bathrooms with them, Minnesota is violating Title IX – the federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination for any programs that receive federal funding.

• The average price for a gallon of gasoline in the US is about to hit $4, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). This is up 33% from a month ago, when the average price was $2.98 per gallon. It’s the highest national average since 2022, after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The price at the pump is the most tangible hit Americans have felt since the US‑Israel war on Iran began almost five weeks ago.

Trump justice department sues Minnesota for allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ sports

The Department of Justice sued Minnesota’s education department and the state’s school athletics body for allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ sports.

In a lawsuit, the DoJ claims that by making against female student athletes compete against transgender girls, as well as share locker rooms and bathrooms with them, Minnesota is violating Title IX – the federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination for any programs that receive federal funding.

“Minnesota’s policies and practices create unfair competition, deny girls equal educational opportunities, and expose girls to a hostile educational environment with heightened risks of physical injury and psychological harm,” the justice department argues in the suit filed on Monday.

There are currently 27 states which restrict transgender athletes from participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity, according to the Williams Institute.

Senate Republicans forgo trying to pass stopgap House GOP spending bill to end DHS shutdown

Senate Republicans did not use the pro forma session today to try to pass a stopgap funding bill advanced by House GOP leaders on Friday.

John Hoeven, the Republican senator from North Dakota, told reporters that the continuing resolution could not pass by unanimous consent because Democratic senator Chris Coons objected.

Hoeven said Republicans now plan to move a DHS funding bill for the remainder of Trump’s time in office through reconciliation, which requires only a simple majority in the Senate and is not subject to the filibuster.

He argued that doing so would prevent another funding standoff. “We’re taking this off the table, that that’s enough of this with the Democrats,” he said.

Reconciliation is the same process Republicans used last year to pass Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Leavitt was also asked about the “massive complex” being built by the military underneath Trump’s ballroom. He referenced the plans on Air Force One on Sunday.

The press secretary noted that she was not authorized to comment about the plans; however, she noted that the military is “making some upgrades to their facilities here at the White House”.

On Cuba, the press secretary said that the Trump administration allowed a Russian oil tanker to the island amid a worsening energy crisis and consistent blackouts, but noted that this is not a “formal change” to the US’s sanction policy.

“These decisions are being made on a case by case basis,” Leavitt added. “Cuba’s non-functional economy cannot be fixed unless they undergo dramatic political and leadership change.”

Trump interested in calling on Arab states to help pay for Iran war, White House says

Lucy Campbell

Donald Trump would be interested in calling on Arab countries to pay for the cost of his war on Iran, Leavitt says, adding that she thinks Trump would have more to say on the issue.

Asked whether Arab countries would step up to help pay for the war, Leavitt said she would not get ahead of the president but that Trump has had this idea.

I think it’s something the president would be quite interested in calling them to do. It’s an idea that I know that he has and something that I think you’ll hear more from him on.

When asked why Donald Trump did not step in to issue emergency payments for TSA agents amid the ongoing partial government shutdown earlier than Friday, the press secretary blamed Senate Democrats for failing to pass a funding bill to reopen the entirety of the DHS.

Lawmakers failed to advance a GOP-backed measure seven times, before eventually passing a bill that only funded the TSA, the US Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa), and withholding funds for ICE and the border patrol. Ultimately, the House rejected the Senate-passed bill, instead passing a continuing resolution to fund the DHS for two months. Democrats in the upper chamber remain adamant they won’t take that up.