Trump Orders Pay for All DHS Workers as Shutdown Hits 49 Days
Key Takeaways
- Trump orders DHS to pay all employees amid shutdown.
- Bypasses Congress to back-pay DHS employees using existing funds.
- Senate advances funding deal; House delays action.
Trump Orders Full DHS Pay
Trump signed a memorandum directing DHS to pay all employees amid a nearly 50-day shutdown.
“Trump says he'll sign order to pay all DHS employees as shutdown continues "Help is on the way," Trump wrote in a social media post”
The memo instructed DHS to use funds with a reasonable nexus to the functions of DHS.
Trump blamed Democrats and called the situation an emergency compromising the Nation's security.
The memo did not specify exact funding sources or legal justifications.
Buried Details on Minab Girls School Bombing
US-Israeli forces carried out strikes inside Iran, killing at least 201 people.
The deadliest strike hit a girls school in Minab, killing at least 153 children and staff.
The school bombing was prominently reported by Al Jazeera but buried by Western outlets.
Trump Threatens to Continue Bombing
Trump threatened to continue the bombing with ferocious unyielding resolve.
A Reuters poll found only 27 percent of Americans approved of the strikes.
The Atlantic Council warned the campaign was a high-risk gamble with unclear objectives.
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