How Houston’s airports became the face of TSA funding woes

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<p>The Senate <a href="https://apple.news/AUZHU4p9LROCC4PyGIEZZEg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">reached a deal</a> to fund DHS, as security wait times at the nation’s airports have continued to get longer. Juan Lozano of the <a href="https://apple.news/A3-JgmRyhRoeNMcgA3GSKZQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Associated Press</a> explains how Houston’s airports have come to embody the shutdown’s impact on travelers.</p> <p>President Trump said he would postpone strikes on Iran’s power plants again. <a href="https://apple.news/ABLoZOkTQSL6TNph3hV8Hkw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reuters</a> reports on how each side has presented different plans on ending the war.</p> <p>Trump’s immigration crackdown has seen the detention of more than 11,000 parents of children who are U.S. citizens. <a href="https://apple.news/AWAp_HeenTcuGE5n2uhpgvA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ProPublica</a>’s Jeff Ernsthausen joins to break down the numbers.</p> <p>Plus, detained Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro <a href="https://apple.news/AfjEfPqskSDW9zBOTZj80mA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">appeared</a> in a Manhattan court, the IOC <a href="https://apple.news/AdFqnhQE9RB67cCcNInKaJw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">banned</a> transgender women from the Olympics, and how to catch a <a href="https://apple.news/ALTPL-1bLQomckV-MZMUntA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">glimpse</a> of the world’s largest steam train as it travels across the U.S.</p> <p>Today&rsquo;s episode was hosted by Cecilia Lei.</p>