Historic DHS shutdown continues with little end in sight as House Republicans delay action to pass Senate funding bill – live

House speaker Mike Johnson face pushback from hardline Republicans, who view the Senate funding bill as a concession to Democrats’ demands

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Asked by a reporter at the Easter Egg Roll whether tomorrow at 8pm ET was his final deadline for Iran to reopen the strait of Hormuz (as laid out in his expletive-laden Easter Sunday post), Trump replied: “Yeah.”

The president has flip-flopped on his deadlines several times already, and is now hurtling towards another self-imposed deadline – this time, Tuesday evening – for Tehran to reopen the critical waterway.

It’s a big country. They can’t fight back. They have no capability. I mean, they have some missiles left, they have some drones left, but essentially they have no capability.