Airport travel chaos continues as DHS funding freeze becomes longest partial shutdown in history – US politics live

Trump has ordered pay be restored to TSA employees but it is unclear where money will come from and whether he has such legal powers

Donald Trump is dispatching a so-called “God squad” of top officials to revoke protections for endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico, purportedly to protect national security by expanding oil and gas industry operations.

If successful, the administration may kill off dozens of protected species – from Rice’s whales and whooping cranes to sea turtles.

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