News for March 29, 2026

A former D.C. air traffic controller says the Federal Aviation Administration kept ignoring safety warnings at Reagan National Airport, where overcrowding and risky helicopter routes helped set the stage for the deadly American Airlines crash.

Iran’s parliament speaker warned the United States against any ground operation, saying American troops would be targeted if one were launched.

Tom Homan said ICE will keep helping TSA at airports until security and staffing return to normal during the long DHS shutdown.

The Department of Homeland Security’s funding lapse has become the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history, and House Republicans’ plan to end it has little chance of becoming law.