>> The House and Senate Republican leaders jointly announced a plan this week that they said would end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security that caused major airport delays, NBC News reported.
>> President Donald Trump signs an executive order combating several election integrity issues, including inaccurate voter rolls and vote-by-mail fraud. "We want to have honest voting in our country because if you don't have honest voting, you can't really have a nation," he said.
>> US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth secretly visited US troops, praising their wartime speed, unity, and sense of mission during operations ahead of planned bombings on Iran.
>> Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that America may reassess its relationship with NATO once the war against Iran concludes.
>> The Pentagon is considering the deployment of a high-powered anti-drone laser system at Fort Lesley J McNair in Washington, DC, where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio live, the NYT reported
>> Jose Guadalupe Ramos, a Mexican immigrant, died in US immigration custody in Los Angeles recently, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said this week, marking at least 14 deaths in ICE custody in 2026.
