Senate approves funding deal for most of DHS, ending shutdown – US politics live

The deal would mean TSA staff, who screen airport passengers, baggage and cargo, would start being paid for the first time since mid-February

G7 foreign ministers met on Friday in France, following president Donald Trump’s repeated complaints that America’s allies have ignored or rejected requests for help in the Iran war.

Secretary of state Marco Rubio joined his counterparts from the G7 just 24 hours after Trump’s latest round of insults lobbed at Nato and as instability in oil markets persisted with the Iran war entering its fourth week along with uncertainty over the status of potential negotiations to end the crisis.

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