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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Long airport lines and rising concerns about threats at home weren’t enough to stop Senate Democrats from blocking Homeland Security funding again Friday.It’s the fifth time Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Republicans have tried to reopen the agency. The latest failed attempt comes as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown hit its 35th day, tying it for the second-longest shutdown in history.As airport lines stretch for blocks and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents go without pay, and concerns about further attacks in the U.S. increase after two shootings…

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Washington — The Senate on Friday again failed to move forward with legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security, extending the shutdown that has snarled air travel around the country. In a 47 to 37 vote, the legislation failed to reach the 60-vote threshold it needed to advance. Sixteen senators did not vote. Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania voted with Republicans.Friday’s vote marks the fifth time since Feb. 12 that the Senate has attempted to advance a House-passed bill that would fund the department through September. DHS has been shut down since Feb. 14. Democrats are insisting on reforms…

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Canada’s Jewish communities are facing the “realistic possibility” of extremist violence in the coming months, according to federal intelligence officials. According to an internal report prepared by the Integrated Threat Assessment Centre (ITAC) and obtained by Global News, Jewish Canadians — including public officials — are facing a “heightened violent extremism threat environment” amid the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran.The document noted that the nationwide terrorism threat level remains unchanged at medium, and the possibility of violence targeting public officials remains low.However, in assessing open-source information, ITAC judged that some form of an attack against Jewish communities is possible.“The most likely…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Major League Baseball player Larry Stahl died at age 84 Tuesday at Caseyville Nursing and Rehab in Caseyville, Illinois.Stahl, who played 10 seasons with four different teams, was best known for spoiling a perfect game.On Sept. 2, 1972, Chicago Cubs pitcher Milt Pappas had retired the first 26 batters he had faced and was one out away from etching his name into the history books. Stahl, a left-handed hitter, was playing for the San Diego Padres at the time and was sent out to pinch hit against the right-handed pitcher by manager…

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new video loaded: What Tunnel Entrances Reveal About a Key Iranian Nuclear SitetranscriptBacktranscriptWhat Tunnel Entrances Reveal About a Key Iranian Nuclear SiteSatellite images show how Iran has tried to bolster its defenses at parts of the Isfahan nuclear facility.What you’re seeing here are buried tunnel entrances at a nuclear facility in Iran. It’s one of the most important sites in the country for U.S. and Israeli forces. U.N. inspectors think that roughly half of Iran’s highly enriched uranium is buried here. And these three entrances are the only known ways to access it. If you think about nuclear sites in…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House Majority Whip Tom Emmer says a string of recent terrorist attacks by naturalized citizens exposes serious flaws in U.S. immigration law, arguing it’s “more imperative now than ever” to pass the Stop Citizenship Abuse and Misrepresentation (SCAM) Act to allow the government to remove “America-hating terrorists” from the country.First introduced by Emmer in January, the SCAM Act would expand the U.S. government’s ability to revoke citizenship from naturalized citizens convicted of being involved in terrorism, fraud or espionage. The Senate version of the bill was introduced by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo.”This…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. forces carried out a lethal strike on a vessel allegedly tied to designated terrorist organizations in the Eastern Pacific, targeting what officials say was an active narco-trafficking operation, U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) confirmed.SOUTHCOM Cmdr. Gen. Francis L. Donovan ordered the strike by Joint Task Force Southern Spear after intelligence confirmed the low-profile vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific.It was also allegedly engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Low-profile vessels, often called “narco subs,” are designed to evade detection and are often used to move drugs from South America to…

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