President Trump says today he’ll send ICE agents to secure airports if Democrats don’t sign onto an agreement with Republicans to fund DHS. That’s as the partial government shutdown has left thousands of Transportation Security Administration officers working without pay since February 14.
Developments today in the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. says it has bombed an Iranian facility along the country’s coastline. Admiral Brad Cooper of U.S. Central Command says the facility was being used to discreetly store anti-ship cruise missiles and other equipment that posed a risk to international shipping.
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller passed away last night at the age of 81. Mueller led the probe into President Trump’s 2016 campaign, ultimately finding no evidence of coordination with Russia. He was subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee last year regarding the FBI’s 2007 Epstein investigation. The subpoena was withdrawn following news of Mueller’s diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease.