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At a Saudi event, the president said Iran was “begging to make a deal,” seemingly unaware of reports that an Iranian strike on a Saudi base had injured American troops.

President Trump on Friday directed the Homeland Security Department to pay thousands of airport security officers.

For 20 years, Tim O’Harrow has asked lawmakers to acknowledge that America’s food supply depends on immigrants. Politics went in the other direction.

The bill excludes funding for ICE and the Border Patrol but restores it for federal airport security workers. The House could consider the package on Friday.

President Trump is poised to be the first sitting president to have his signature appear on the U.S. dollar.

President Trump’s announcement came as talks on Capitol Hill over funding the Department of Homeland Security faltered, and airport lines continued to grow.

The Justice Department’s demands for admissions-related data from Stanford, Ohio State and the University of California, San Diego, represent a flex of federal power.

At least 163 people have been killed in the Trump administration’s campaign against suspected drug smuggling.

Large urban counties and the border were the most affected. And in three-quarters of U.S. counties, population growth either slowed or turned negative.

The administration has yet to find a candidate who aligns with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda while avoiding his unpopular stance on vaccines.