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What challenges are TSA agents facing regarding summer leave?
Summer leave for TSA agents. I'm Lisa Lucera, Fox News. As they are getting paid, but other Homeland Security employees still without a paycheck, as the Senate and House have yet to come to a deal to fund DHS.
ICE and CBP civilian support employees are not getting paid right now. Now, yes, the frontline ICE and CBP agents are getting their paychecks via the one big beautiful bill. But the thousands of crucial non-law enforcement support personnel that these agencies have are not getting paid. Think of the people who work the computers, put gas in the cars, work in the public affairs offices, etc. One CBP civilian employee told me he hasn't been paid since February 13th.
Why are some Homeland Security employees not receiving paychecks?
And Borders R. Tom Homan says by repeatedly blocking funding for ICE and CBP, Democrats are actually blocking funding for some of the very reforms they've been demanding, like body cameras.
This is Bill Malugian. The House is on vacation until after Easter. The Senate was in session for less than a minute today and are in recess until Thursday, but they won't take up any legislation until April 13th. A warning to Iran from the White House to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or Tehran's energy infrastructure will be targeted. White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt says Tehran's best move is to make a deal. Last week, President Trump extended a pause on energy facility strikes as peace talk with Iran continued. The final preparations have begun for NASA to launch its Artemis mission to orbit the moon.
As preparations continue, Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson said there is much work happening well before astronauts get to the controls.
configurations of the vehicle, the checkouts that we do prior to getting deeper into our countdown. And all of this will take us over the next day or so.
As for the three Americans and one Canadian that will fly Wednesday, Chief Flight Director Emily Nelson said they've been at Cape Canaveral since Friday with their families. Fox's Colonel Scott, America's listening to Fox News.
The lawyers for Charlie Kirk's accused killer want some evidence against him to be tossed out.
Tyler Robinson's attorneys indicated this was coming a couple of weeks ago. A number of big headlines came out of today's filing by the defense, notably this sentence right here. Quote, regarding the firearm evidence, the defense has been provided with an ATF bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives summary report, which indicates that the ATF was unable to identify the bullet recovered at autopsy to the rifle allegedly tied to Mr. Robinson. The defense goes on to explain the prosecution hasn't said whether it plans to bring the bullet information up at the prelim, but the defense writes their own team just might. Remember, the FBI still has its analysis. We are very early in the process here.
Fox's Alicia Acuna, a 15-year-old student, is dead after shooting a teacher at his high school north of San Antonio, Texas, then turning the gun on himself. The rape and sexual assault trial against comedian and actor Russell Brand has been delayed.
Brand was supposed to stand trial June 16th in London. which will combine all seven charges brought against him over the past year, will now begin October 12th. It is expected to last up to two months. In April, Brand was charged with rape, indecent assault, and sexual assault related to four separate women in alleged incidents between 1999 and 2005. And this past December, two more charges were filed against the comedian. Brand is pleaded not guilty to all charges and denies any wrongdoing. In a social media post last year, Brandt said he never engaged in non-consensual activity. Michelle Polino, Fox News.
Tallahassee Memorial Hospital has dropped a lawsuit seeking to remove a patient who refused to vacate a room for months because they say she finally left. I'm Lisa LaSara, this is Fox News.
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