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TSA security officers have started to receive some payments today.

NPR's Joel Rose reports it's the first time they've been paid since the DHS shutdown began more than 40 days ago.

The New York Times says the Pentagon is flouting a court order that blocked its policy limiting news reporters' access to the Defense Department's headquarters.

The Times claims Pentagon officials implemented a revised press policy that circumvents the ruling.

In that ruling, the judge ruled the Pentagon's new credential policy violated journalists' constitutional rights to free speech and due process.

The newspaper is urging the court to force the government to comply with the order.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on birthright citizenship on Wednesday.

NPR's Domenico Montanaro reports that public opinion is split on whether people think the practice should continue.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says it's important to closely monitor inflation amid a spike in energy prices from the Iran war, as the average price for regular gasoline nears $4 a gallon in the U.S.

Powell said that energy shocks tend to come and go pretty quickly, and monetary maneuvers work on the longer term.

The national average price of a gallon of regular gas is $3.99.

The average price in California is $5.88.

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The U.S.

has formally reopened its embassy in Caracas, Venezuela after the restoration of full diplomatic relations with the South American country.

It comes after the Trump administration captured President Nicolas Maduro in January.

The embassy had been closed for seven years.