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The Department of Homeland Security is using discretionary funding to continue paying active-duty U.S. Coast Guard personnel during the department’s ongoing shutdown, even as civilian employees remain unpaid, according to several U.S. officials and a department spokesperson.”Military members received their latest paycheck last week. USCG civilian workforce is not receiving paychecks,” the spokesperson said in a statement to CBS News.Pay for DHS’s more than 250,000 employees has been up in the air since its funding lapsed in mid-February due to a breakdown in negotiations in Congress over immigration enforcement. Roughly 76,600 people work for the Coast Guard, including roughly 41,200 active-duty…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Indianapolis Colts bolstered their tight end room with an unconventional signing Tuesday.The Colts announced they signed Notre Dame basketball forward Carson Towt to their roster with the idea of converting him to a tight end.Towt, 24, did not play football in either high school or college and recently played forward for Notre Dame’s basketball team in 2025. Towt spent six seasons with Northern Arizona before transferring to Notre Dame for his final season. Carson Towt of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish dribbles during a game against the Virginia Cavaliers at Purcell…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! First on Fox: A federal judge has ordered federal immigration authorities to release an illegal immigrant gang member with multiple unlawful entries into the United States and whose criminal history includes rape and robbery, Fox News Digital has learned. Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson, an Obama appointee, ordered the release of Carlos Antonio Flores-Miguel, an MS-13 gang member from El Salvador, from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said. “This activist, Obama-appointed judge RELEASED Carlos Antonio Flores-Miguel, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador and MS-13 gang member,…

WARNING: This story contains graphic details that could be disturbing to some readers. Discretion is advised.  A 65-year-old man who is serving a life sentence for the first-degree murder and sexual assault of a 14-year-old boy 40 years ago has been granted two more unescorted temporary absences (UTAs) into the community.It’s a decision Ontario Premier Doug Ford criticized on Tuesday, saying the man should “rot in jail.”Darren Scott Ray was convicted in 1986 of first-degree murder after he sexually assaulted and then strangled the 14-year-old victim.According to a decision by the Parole Board of Canada, obtained by Global News, Darren Scott…

The Federal Reserve has little choice but to stay on the sidelines this week as it navigates a mix of complicated and conflicting forces playing out in the U.S. economy.Markets are pricing in a near-zero chance that the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee will be cutting at this meeting — or any other in the near future. Futures pricing suggests policymakers won’t consider easing until at least September, more likely October, and even then just a single cut this year.For Wednesday’s decision, Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues have to wrestle with the Iran war, fears of an inflation spike…

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Leaders of Colombia and Ecuador trade allegations after Gustavo Petro says 27 charred bodies found on country’s border.Published On 17 Mar 202617 Mar 2026Bogota, Colombia – Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that 27 charred bodies were discovered on his country’s joint border with Ecuador, just one day after suggesting the Ecuadorean military may have bombed Colombian territory.“The bombings along the Colombia-Ecuador border do not appear to be the work of armed groups—they don’t have aircraft—nor of the Colombian security forces. I did not give that order,” wrote Petro in a post on X on Tuesday morning.Recommended Stories list of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Republicans on Tuesday successfully launched their floor takeover to put Senate Democrats on record against Trump-backed voter ID legislation.It’s a move to shift the spotlight from internal GOP divisions over the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act onto Senate Democrats, who are ultimately withholding the needed votes to pass the bill.”Not a single Democrat will support the SAVE Act. It is a radical bill,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on the Senate floor. “And if Republicans try to burn time on this legislation here on the floor, we will…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! → A viral clash over airplane seat reclining etiquette has travelers sharply divided on what’s fair at 30,000 feet.→ A DHS shutdown has triggered massive airport delays, forcing travelers to arrive hours earlier than usual.→ A fresh look at cruise cleanliness rankings uncovers standout performers — and a twist about onboard outbreaks. New CDC inspection data reveals the industry’s cleanest lines despite ongoing virus risks. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group)CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERConversation starters→ Spring break travel could come with an unwelcome souvenir as bedbug cases climb.→ Sky-high…

Melissa Etheridge speaks with “CBS Mornings” about releasing her 17th studio album “Rise” later this month, writing about the loss of her son and grief.