Key Trump agency unleashes probe on blue state over potential race-based mortgage aid: ‘DEI is dead’

The Trump administration’s Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced Tuesday that it launched an investigation into a Washington state housing program the agency accused of potentially providing subsidized mortgage assistance to people based on race.  The Washington State Housing Finance Commission was alerted this week that HUD’s Office for Fair Housing and Equal … Read more

This congressman says Muslims ‘don’t belong’ in the US. How does he keep winning a district with so many? | David Daley

Andy Ogles’ election victories in Tennessee are a product of an electoral system broken by gerrymandering Andy Ogles represents more Muslims than any other Tennessee congressman. Yet he has no interest in representing them. He doesn’t even want them in the country. “Muslims don’t belong in American society,” the third-term Republican wrote on Twitter/X last … Read more

Iran rejects US ceasefire plan and submits its own | First Thing

Iran’s foreign minister has said Tehran has ‘no intention of negotiating for now’. Plus, the AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusion Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Iran dismissed a US ceasefire proposal on Wednesday and responded with its own negotiation plan as intermediaries sought to … Read more

Could Partial Government Shutdown Stretch Into Easter?

As the partial government shutdown drags on, lawmakers have hit another roadblock in the battle to fund the Department of Homeland Security with Democrats’ counteroffer being rejected by Republicans. It comes as the standoff is now in danger of stretching into the looming Easter recess. NBC’s Ryan Nobles reports for TODAY.

TSA warns of ‘longstanding’ shutdown fallout even after funding clears, and a major event could make it worse

FIRST ON FOX: Transportation Security Administration (TSA) leadership said airports and the agency will suffer from “longstanding” negative impacts as a result of the current partial government shutdown, even after a spending bill is passed.  TSA Deputy Administrator Adam Stahl sat down with Fox News Digital to detail how the agency will recover from what … Read more