Luke Vargas

Ahead of the war, the United Arab Emirates had built a reputation as being a safe place to live and holiday, an image that Journal Middle East correspondent Omar Abdel-Baki said is being bolstered on social media.

But with the UAE on the receiving end of more than 1,600 Iranian drones and more than 300 missiles, Omar says that officials are now supplementing those glossy marketing efforts with a crackdown on contradictory posts.

Well, back in Washington, we are approaching the end of another week with no end in sight for a partial government shutdown that's causing mounting disruption at airports nationwide.

Damian Paletta is the journal's D.C.

coverage chief.

Damian, here we are Friday morning.

Is there any plan taking shape to fund DHS at this point, or at the very least, maybe to...

pay TSA agents, more of whom seem to be quitting by the day?

So the question seems for Democrats is going to be, yeah, maybe we want to play a role in getting things back up and running at airports.

But does it require us to compromise on some of the things we want to change about immigration operations?

Yeah, to that point, our reporters Michelle Hackman and Josh Dossey overnight reporting that President Trump has told members of his inner circle...

that some of these mass deportation policies did go too far.

His advisers also think that getting Mark Wayne Mullen in at DHS could serve as kind of a reset on immigration.

And yet we all saw that testy confirmation hearing he had this week.

I mean, what is the real prospect here that the temperature could lower around immigration?

Damian Paletta is the journal's Washington coverage chief.

Damian, appreciate you.

Thanks.

My pleasure.

Thank you.