House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) on Sunday did not commit to either supporting or opposing additional funding for the Pentagon amid the war in Iran. “We'll cross that bridge when we get to it in terms of if the administration makes a request to Congress to consider additional funding,” Jeffries told host Kristen Welker...

A week after President Trump launched strikes against Iran, Democrats are digging in against reopening the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) without significant reforms to the agency.  Party leaders are amplifying their demands for tougher rules governing agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Rank-and-file Democrats appear to...

House Republicans will gather Monday at President Trump’s Doral, Fla., resort for a three-day issues conference aimed at charting their legislative agenda for the year ahead and sharpening their message for the 2026 midterm elections. The meeting comes after a turbulent week for the GOP conference. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) confessed to having an affair...

Sections of Kansas City International Airport were evacuated Sunday, the airport said in a social media post. “The Kansas City Aviation Department is aware of a situation at Kansas City International Airport (MCI). As a precaution, the department has evacuated sections of the Airport Terminal,” the airport said in an afternoon post on the social...

A seventh U.S. service member has died in the conflict with Iran, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) announced Sunday. Centcom wrote on the social platform X that the service member passed away “from injuries received during the Iranian regime’s initial attacks across the Middle East” on Mar. 1. The service member was “seriously wounded at the...

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Sunday said Democrats want to fund several agencies housed under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with the exception of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). “​​Let's just pass those funding bills. Let's confine the ICE and CBP reform discussion just to those two agencies...