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against Iran now in their third week, the Senate Intelligence Committee will be questioning
“top officials today about the war, as well as domestic terror threats. Those scheduled”
to testify include FBI Director Cash Patel, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and Tulsi Gabber, the Director of National Intelligence. Their schedule to appear before the House Intelligence Committee tomorrow. President Trump's choice to succeed, Christy Nome as Homeland Security Secretary appears before a Senate panel today for his confirmation hearing. NPR Semena Bustillo reports on Republican Senator Mark Wayne Mullin of Oklahoma.
The shake-up and leadership comes after our tumultuous few months at the H.S. and immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota resulted in protests and the deaths of two U.S. citizens. One lawmakers failed to pass a budget to fund the agency resulting in a shutdown. Nome has faced bipartisan scrutiny over federal immigration enforcement tactics, her spending of department, money, and management of disaster relief. Mark Wayne Mullin has spent
“over a decade on Capitol Hill. He was first elected to the House in 2012 and then the Senate”
in 2022. He does not have a background in immigration policy, but has been a vocal supporter of the president and his goal of mass deportations. He met a Bustillo and Pair News, Washington. The Department of Homeland Security still in a partial government shutdown airline passengers across the U.S. are being advised to arrive at the airport at least three hours before their scheduled flight. There are long security lines with many TSA workers calling out
or quitting their jobs because they're currently not being paid. Marlon Hyde with Member Station W. A. B. E. has more from Atlanta. Ricky Smith is the general manager of Hartfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport. He
said in a video posted on Instagram that just over a third of TSA workers here are calling
out. Here's Aaron Barker, the president of the local union that represents Georgia TSA officers at a press conference earlier this week. They have reason for not showing up. Whether is I can't put gas on my car, I have to take care of my children. The airport and city officials are supporting those TSA workers who are working despite not getting paid. The compensation that includes meal vouchers and free parking.
Friend P. R. News, a Marlon Hyde in Atlanta. The partial government shutdown now more than a month old is also affecting the pay of
“those in the U.S. Coast Guard and the Secret Service among others. Democratic lawmakers”
in Congress want changes to how U.S. immigration and customs enforcement agents do their jobs before agreeing to fully fund DHS. Triple A says regular gasoline in the U.S. is now averaging 384 a gallon nationwide. The price went up another five cents since yesterday. This is NPR News. Flights out of Dubai's International Airport are returning to normal following Iranian
drone strikes over the last couple of days. NPR's Ayah Betrawey has more. The U.S. says Iranian drones attacked a major gas production plant in Abu Dhabi, forcing
it to suspend operations, and for the third time, a key oil storage facility was hit
in the Amrida Fajera, sparking a fire there. The attacks have forced Gulf Energy producers including Qatar Bahrain and Kuwait to also suspend or halt gas and oil production. Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, is rerouting some oil exports through the Red Sea to bypass the rate of her moves. Countries that rely on Arab Gulf States for energy are now rationing supplies. Pakistan
has suspended schools and reduced working hours for some government offices. Bangladesh has similarly shuttered universities to conserve resources. Ayah Betrawey and Pyrenees Dubai, with reporting by Omkar Handakar in Mumbai. The "straight of Hormuz" remains largely closed to commercial ship traffic because of the ongoing war with Iran.
The associated press reports about 90 ships including oil tankers have passed through the narrow waterway since the U.S. and Israel began attacking Iran. The AP sites maritime and trade data platforms. The economists don't expect the Federal Reserve to announce any changes to U.S. interest rates when the Fed wraps up its latest policy meeting this afternoon.
They cite the ongoing war with Iran, rising energy prices and concerns about a potential spike in inflation in the U.S. economy. The Central Bank leop rates unchanged in January. Down Futures are up 235 points this morning. I'm Dave Maddingley and PR News in Washington.
