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President Trump is threatening to obliterate Iranian power plants if the country doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz.

NPR's Julia Simon reports the White House has given Tehran a deadline to comply.

President Trump is threatening to deploy federal immigration agents to U.S.

airports if lawmakers don't reach a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

In a social media post, Trump said ICE agents would take on airport security roles as soon as Monday, telling them to quote, get ready.

Congressional Democrats are pushing back.

Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal says it's dangerous to shift immigration enforcement into airport security operations.

A bipartisan group of senators met with DHS border czar Tom Homan late Friday to break the impasse.

TSA employees have been working without pay for more than a month.

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller has died.

NPR's Kerry Johnson reports Mueller transformed the agency after 9-11 and went on to investigate President Trump's campaign ties to Russia.

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Cuba is again without electricity after its power grid collapsed for the third time this month.

State officials are reporting a nationwide blackout but haven't identified a cause.

The outage comes as the government struggles with aging infrastructure and fuel shortages.

Duke and Michigan advanced in the NCAA men's basketball tournament on Saturday, but the day's most dramatic finish happened in Oklahoma City, where Nebraska moved on to the Sweet 16 for the first time in school history.

Greg Eklund reports.

Heavy rain continues to lash Hawaii as the state deals with its worst flooding in more than two decades.

Evacuation orders have been issued for about 5,500 people on Oahu.