How soon will TSA airport security lines return to normal after the shutdown ends?

Hours-long security lines snarled airports across the U.S. on Friday as TSA officers missed another paycheck during the partial government shutdown, but travel experts say delays could ease within days once workers are paid again. President Trump, who said he recognized the urgency of paying security personnel, on Thursday directed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin …

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Inside the near-impossible challenge of seizing Iran’s nuclear stockpile

How hard would it be to remove or destroy Iran’s nuclear stockpile? President Trump has said eliminating the country’s nuclear weapons capability is a key objective of his military campaign against Iran, but U.S. military experts say it would be one of the riskiest special operations missions ever attempted.

Musk Joined Trump and Modi Call on Iran, Says New York Times

WASHINGTON, March ⁠27 (Reuters) – ⁠Elon ⁠Musk joined a ​phone call ‌between U.S. ‌President ⁠Donald ⁠Trump and India’s Prime Minister ​Narendra Modi ​on Tuesday about ⁠the war ⁠in ⁠Iran, the New ​York Times reported ​on ⁠Friday, citing ⁠two U.S. officials. It was unclear why ⁠Musk was on the call or whether he spoke, the newspaper …

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Mexico Searches for Four Missing After Sinaloa Mine Collapse

MEXICO CITY, ⁠March ⁠27 (Reuters) – Mexico’s ⁠defense ministry said on ​Friday it had ‌deployed specialists to ‌join the ⁠search ⁠for four miners missing after a ​collapse in the northwestern state of ​Sinaloa. The incident occurred on ⁠Wednesday at ⁠the Minerales ⁠de Sinaloa ​mine in the El Rosario ​municipality, ⁠the ministry said in a statement. …

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Belgian Ex-Diplomat Appeals Order to Stand Trial in Congo’s Lumumba Murder

BRUSSELS, March 27 (Reuters) – A ⁠former ⁠high-profile Belgian diplomat has ⁠appealed against a court decision ordering him ​to stand trial over the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, Congo’s first prime ‌minister, in 1961, the ‌ex-diplomat’s lawyer told Reuters on Friday. A Belgian court ordered ⁠93-year-old Etienne ⁠Davignon, a former vice-president of the European Commission, on …

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