President Trump is delaying strikes on Iranian power plants for 10 more days. The president says the regime is “begging” the U.S. to make a deal, adding that its military has “zero” chance of a comeback. That’s as Israel confirms it has killed a top Iranian naval commander—the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy.
The Senate is voting for the sixth time on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. This comes after the House passed a third bill to end the partial shutdown earlier today. Meanwhile, ICE agents have been spotted checking IDs at TSA security checkpoints—days after being sent by the Trump administration to help alleviate TSA staffing shortages.
Two siblings have been indicted after an improvised explosive device was found outside a Florida Air Force base. Authorities say one suspect planted the device days earlier before fleeing the country to China. Meanwhile, at a hearing today in the criminal case against former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, the Maduros accused the U.S. government of interfering with their access to legal funding.