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Is a DHS funding deal finally coming together? Senate Majority Leader John Thune is aiming to get something done today. He didn’t offer details but said negotiations haven’t strayed far from the widely reported framework that lawmakers have been discussing all week.
- “I think the Dems are now in possession of what I think is our last and final offer,” Thune told reporters. “We’re going to know soon.”
- A deal would likely salvage lawmakers’ two-week recess, which is set to begin tomorrow.
Republicans also have a backup plan. Donald Trump is reportedly preparing an executive order that would at least partially fund the TSA.
- “I was prepared to go this afternoon to the floor and just offer a bill to just get TSA open while we finish reconciliation. I’m going to hold up on that now,” Sen. John Kennedy told reporters. “I expect my bill not to be necessary because of actions that may or not be taken by the White House.”
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The big ‘present’ that Trump said he received from Iran was actually safe passage for eight Pakistani oil tankers and two other vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. The gesture came after Iranian officials “apologized for something they said,” Trump claimed during a Cabinet meeting this morning.