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President Trump says he's declaring a national emergency to pay TSA agents who've been working without pay during the 41-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.

Congress has been deadlocked in a funding fight as wait times drag on at airports.

Up to 40 to 50 percent of TSA employees at some airports have called out of work.

More than 480 TSA agents have quit.

Democrats have been holding out for a deal to rein in President Trump's immigration crackdowns.

President Trump held his first public cabinet meeting today since the start of the war against Iran.

As NPR's Tamara Keith reports, it's unclear whether a diplomatic solution is possible.

A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration's ban on the AI company Anthropic for now, saying the administration appeared to be out to punish the company.

NPR's John Ruich reports.

Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were back in a New York courtroom today as they seek to have their drug trafficking indictments thrown out over a geopolitical dispute over legal fees.

At issue is whether the U.S.

can continue blocking Maduro from using Venezuelan government funds to pay his legal costs.

The hearing was the first time Maduro and his wife have appeared in court since January.

They have declared their innocence.

U.S.

stocks had their worst day since the war with Iran started.

As doubt took over Wall Street about a possible end to the conflict, the S&P 500 fell nearly one and three quarters percent.