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Pakistan says it's ready to host meetings between the U.S.

and Iran in coming days.

As Betsy Joles reports from Islamabad, this comes after Pakistan confirmed it was relaying messages between the two countries in an attempt to settle the war.

The Department of Homeland Security remains partially shut down as Congress cannot agree on funding for the agency.

President Trump has signed an executive order to pay TSA workers who've gone without pay for six weeks.

That money could start arriving this week.

Johnny Jones is a local union leader with the American Federation of Government Employees in Fort Worth, Texas.

Jones says TSA workers are asking for a $10,000 bonus on average to help make them whole.

He spoke to NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday.

President Trump is facing mounting problems.

NPR's Mara Liason reports that includes voters' views on the war in the Middle East and the ongoing shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security.

On Wall Street and pre-market, trading Dow futures are up 200 points.

This is NPR.

Russian-controlled news media say a Russian oil tanker has arrived in Cuba.

The Trump administration essentially imposed a fuel blockade on Cuba in January.

Cuba's now in the throes of an energy crisis.

There have been island-wide blackouts.

Cuban doctors say people with serious illnesses have suffered, especially children.

Yesterday, President Trump said he had no problem with the arrival of the Russian tanker.

For the better part of 250 years, men have dominated the workforce in the U.S.