DHS shutdown live updates as fate of Senate funding deal looks uncertain

1m ago Republicans to move ahead on budget reconciliation for ICE funding Sen. Lindsey Graham, the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, announced that Senate Republicans will “expeditiously move toward creating a second budget reconciliation bill.” Part of the GOP plan to end the impasse that senators outlined earlier this week includes addressing the remaining …

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Mikaela Shiffrin wins record-tying 6th overall World Cup skiing title

Mikaela Shiffrin secured a record-tying sixth women’s overall World Cup skiing title by holding off a challenge from emerging German rival Emma Aicher in the final race of the season Wednesday in Norway. Shiffrin needed only to finish in the top 15 of a giant slalom and the American standout secured that before Aicher even …

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Shock and disbelief at Houston airport as 36% of TSA officers call out of work: “This is insane”

Travelers at a Houston airport voiced shock and disbelief over seemingly endless TSA security lines caused by a severe staffing shortage. “This is insane,” one traveler said. “This is the first time I’ve experienced something like this in my entire life,” said another. The line at George Bush Intercontinental Airport snaked underground, across terminals and …

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How tax relief firms negotiate with the IRS

Tax relief firms specialize in negotiating with the IRS on a taxpayer’s behalf, but what does that process entail? Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) collects billions of dollars each year in back taxes, penalties and interest, in large part because it has an arsenal of tools to collect what’s owed. Wage …

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Inclusive High Schools Benefit All Students, Not Just LGBTQ Teens

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, March 25, 2026 (HealthDay News) — An inclusive, welcoming environment for LGBTQ teenagers helps all students attending high school, a new study says. Cisgender students (those whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth) experience an increase in their own social well-being if they attend a school …

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Means’ Surgeon General Nomination Is Stalled as Senators Question Her Experience and Vaccine Stance

The nomination has languished despite ongoing efforts from the White House and Make America Healthy Again activists to convince lawmakers to carry it forward, revealing how intractable rifts over health policy can be even when Congress has shown deference to President Donald Trump’s agenda. Means, a 38-year-old Stanford-educated physician who became disillusioned with traditional medicine …

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