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Johnson scrambles as Trump, Senate Republicans pressure House to fund DHS

April 29, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News

Senate Majority Leader Thune voiced frustration after month of House inaction on DHS bill

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DHS secretary Mullin says his department will run out of money by the end of the month with emergency funds depleted

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Congressional Republicans entered the record-breaking Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown united — 75 days later, and they are increasingly at odds over how to end it.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is now floating a change to the Senate’s DHS bill funding most of the department after declining to put the measure on the floor for more than a month.

The new demand comes as the department’s vital security role was spotlighted on Saturday when the Secret Service stopped a gunman from storming the ballroom where he allegedly planned to assassinate President Donald Trump and members of his Cabinet.

The Secret Service is among several agencies under the DHS umbrella that are currently operating without full-year funding. The assassination scare notably spurred Trump to demand that DHS funding, and the forthcoming budget reconciliation process, be wrapped up soon.

A Secret Service agent holds a weapon in the lobby of the Washington Hilton after shots were heard during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2026.(Alex Wroblewski/AFP)

DEMOCRAT WHO BROKE WITH PARTY SAYS HIS DHS FUNDING VOTE A ‘MISTAKE’ AFTER 2ND MINNEAPOLIS ICE SHOOTING

Now, Johnson’s new tactic is to modify the Senate bill, which he claims “has some problematic language because it was haphazardly drafted.”

“We have a modified version that I think is going to be much better for both chambers,” Johnson told reporters on Monday.

“It makes sure that we’re not going to orphan two of the primary agencies of DHS,” he added. “We have to make sure that immigration law is enforced and that the border is safe and secure. Democrats don’t want to have any part of that, so unfortunately, we have to do that on our own.”

But the White House, in a memo to House Republicans obtained by Fox News Digital, demanded that Johnson pass the Senate’s bill as is, and warned that unless the House took action, the remaining DHS funding would soon dry up.

“It is imperative that Congress immediately fund DHS and its critical operations to protect the homeland,” the memo stated.

The Senate bill and a separate budget reconciliation bill funding immigration enforcement are part of a two-track approach that congressional Republicans are pursuing to end the funding lapse.

Johnson has long reflected the view of many in the GOP by voicing objections to the Senate bill because it zeroes out funding for ICE and CBP.

But Senate Republicans are frustrated with their House colleagues who continue to sit on the bill that would reopen most of DHS while teasing forthcoming modifications. Any substantial alteration to the bill outside a minor technical correction would kick the bill back to the Senate for reconciliation.

Trump has not weighed in on the Senate’s partial DHS bill, but has urged the House to quickly approve the Senate-passed budget blueprint funding immigration enforcement.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., are clashing over how to resolve the Department of Homeland Security shutdown. President Donald Trump is largely staying out of it.(Getty Images)

GOP INFIGHTING REPLACES CLASH WITH DEMS, DERAILS PATH TO END HISTORIC DHS SHUTDOWN

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., noted that it had been nearly 30 days since he and the speaker put out a joint statement supporting the Senate’s funding bill.

“I guess my question is, what was the alternative? And that’s what I said to them at the time, and you tell me, give me a better option, ’cause I’m open to ideas,” Thune said Tuesday. “But I don’t think anybody had one, and we had a bunch of agencies that weren’t being funded.”

Congressional Democrats have ripped Johnson for holding up the Senate bill, though Republicans note that Congress would not be in the funding stalemate if Democrats had agreed to a full-year spending bill for the department.

“Johnson can just take up the bill that was passed unanimously in the Senate and we’d be funding all of DHS except for ICE and CBP, and then we could work on that,” Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., told Fox News on Tuesday.

“The fact that he has failed to do so is outrageous and it’s on him that we are not paying the rest of DHS,” she added.

Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., and the members of House Democratic leadership have blamed House Republicans for the prolonged DHS shutdown.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images)

Meanwhile, Senate Democrats, who voted unanimously alongside Republicans twice on the funding deal, are scratching their heads about what exactly Johnson is trying to do.

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Democrats have also signaled a possible return of the funding standoff that dominated the upper chamber for over a month.

“They’re just stuck so they come up with — we need some technical changes,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said. “Hold up national security for technical changes? It’s absurd.”

Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.

Tourist dies after being bitten at snake-charming show while on family vacation in Egypt

April 29, 2026 / 6:38 AM EDT / CBS/AFP

A German tourist has died after a snake crawled into his pants and bit him as he watched a show in Egypt on a family vacation, German police said Monday.

The 57-year-old man was watching the snake-charming show at a hotel in Hurghada, a popular beach holiday destination on the Red Sea, in early April.

The two reptiles involved, reported to be cobras, were draped over the necks of audience members, police in southern Bavaria state said.

“The ‘snake charmer’ then let one of the snakes crawl into the trousers” of the German man and it bit him in the leg, they said in a statement.

The victim showed “clear signs of poisoning” and had to be resuscitated before being taken to hospital, but he later died, it said.

The man — who was not named in the statement — came from the Unterallgaeu district in Bavaria and was on holiday with two relatives.

German police and prosecutors are investigating his death and are awaiting the results of a toxicology test.

When contacted by AFP, Egyptian authorities said they were not aware of the incident.

An estimated 5.4 million people worldwide are bitten by snakes each year and up to 138,000 people die globally from the bites, according to the World Health Organization. The majority of fatal snake bites occur in India.

At least three people have died from snake bites in Southern California in just the past two months, CBS Los Angeles reported.

Earlier this month, a woman died after being bitten by a rattlesnake while picking flowers in Palos Veres Estates. In March, a 25-year-old man died after he was bitten by a rattlesnake while biking in Irvine, and a 46-year-old woman died after she was bitten while hiking in Thousand Oaks.

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监狱署新视频庭审设施正式启用 视讯隔间增至87个

2026年4月29日 19:53 / 联合早报

律政部兼交通部高级政务部长穆仁理（左二）参观全新的视频庭审设施，了解当局如何安排囚犯在隔间内远程上庭。 （梁麒麟摄）

新加坡监狱署和不同机构合作在樟宜监狱打造全新的视频庭审设施，将远程上庭隔间从现有的23个增至87个，进一步减少囚犯外出的风险，并确保在遇上疫情等突发情况时，庭审能继续进行。

新加坡监狱署自1996年便开始通过视讯，让还押监狱的被告和囚犯远程上庭。过去几年，在科技的辅助下，视讯庭审日趋普及，涵盖的范围也从最初的面控、申请保释，逐步扩展到供证、认罪和聆听判决等。

为了进一步提升远程上庭的功能，并为未来做好准备，监狱署与多方合作，在樟宜监狱B2狱所设立了全新的视频庭审设施（Video Court Facility）。设施由监狱署、内政科技局、内政部和司法体系（Judiciary）合作设立，共有81个隔间，外加八个等候室让囚犯等候上庭。另外六个隔间则设在女子监狱A4狱所。

律政部兼交通部高级政务部长穆仁理于星期三（4月29日）为新设施主持开幕时说，监狱署自2019年便着手提升视频庭审的能力，并在2020年和2021年疫情期间增设13个隔间，确保法庭能继续审理案件。

“在2020年至2025年间，监狱署一共安排了约10万4000人次通过视讯上庭，占上庭总人数的九成以上。”

隔间内有屏幕和摄像头，囚犯可站在里头参与自身案件审理。（梁麒麟摄）

疫情让当局意识到为未来挑战做好充分准备的重要性，因此，我国司法体系、监狱署和内政部决定扩大视频庭审计划，并建造全新的设施。

穆仁理说，新设施在设计上考虑到不同囚犯的需求，例如，其中13个隔间可供坐轮椅的囚犯使用。当局还需确保系统能够兼容现代视频会议应用等平台，从而保障远程庭审的质量。

“如果囚犯在庭审后被释放或出狱，这样的安排能加快手续过程，囚犯无需回到监狱。”

他也说，法庭会因此更具灵活性，因健康或其他原因无法上庭的囚犯，仍能通过远程方式参与庭审。“除此之外，律师在远程庭审中如果需要与当事人交谈，法庭还能暂停审讯，设立独立的虚拟空间，供两者私下交流。”

穆仁理透露，当局目前正在试行新计划，让律师通过设施与当事人远程对谈，无须亲自前往监狱。穆仁理没有透露更多相关细节，但指出目前参与这项计划的律师的反馈都很积极正面。

平均每天安排80到90人视讯上庭

新加坡监狱署行动处判决处理组高级助理处长（接待事务）韩国轩指出，因大多数庭审可在设施内完成，大幅降低了囚犯外出的风险。（梁麒麟摄）

在监狱署的安排下，《联合早报》记者参观了新设施。据当局介绍，目前平均每天会有80至90人通过视讯方式上庭。

被安排视讯上庭的囚犯，在进入设施后会被搜身，然后进入等待室等待上庭。等待室里的显示屏会显示囚犯的编号，以及前往指定的隔间。

监狱署人员能在设施里的控制中心协助操控隔间里的视频庭审，隔间也设有对讲机，方便囚犯在有疑问时联系监狱官。法庭方面也能实时查看系统，确保囚犯参与相应的庭审，并在有必要时直接联系监狱署。

新加坡监狱署行动处判决处理组高级助理处长（接待事务）韩国轩受访时说，新设施今年3月已经投入运作。由于大多数庭审可在设施内完成，大幅降低了囚犯外出的风险，既提升了囚犯的安全性，也为当局节省了成本。

“囚犯的反馈也很好，如今整个过程都可在监狱内完成，无需往返于法庭和监狱，省了时间，又避免了不必要的风险。”

韩国轩说，囚犯有没有必要人到法庭，一般由法庭发出指示。“我们一直与法庭紧密合作，希望更多囚犯能通过视频方式远程上庭。”

Supreme Court examines Trump’s move against Haitian and Syrian immigrants

April 29, 2026 10:11 AM UTC / Reuters

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A customer exits Rose Goute Creole Restaurant, a Haitian restaurant, after a federal judge issued a temporary stay blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to strip Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants, in Springfield, Ohio, U.S., February 4, 2026. REUTERS/Bing Guan Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

Summary

• Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, Syrians at issue
• Ending TPS among Trump’s actions restricting immigration
• ‘Racial animus’ claim in Haiti case also before court
• Lower courts ruled against Trump administration

WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court examines on Wednesday moves by President Donald Trump’s administration to strip humanitarian protections from hundreds of thousands of Haitian ​and Syrian immigrants, part of his signature immigration crackdown.

The justices will hear arguments in the administration’s appeals of rulings by federal judges ‌in New York and Washington, D.C., halting its actions to terminate Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, previously provided by the U.S. government to more than 350,000 people from Haiti and 6,100 from Syria.

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The State Department currently warns against traveling to either Haiti or Syria, citing widespread violence, crime, terrorism and kidnapping.

The legal dispute presents a test of Trump’s executive power and the Supreme Court’s ​traditional deference to presidents on matters of immigration, national security and foreign policy. The court last year let the administration end TPS for hundreds ​of thousands of Venezuelans.

Revoking TPS and other humanitarian protections is part of Trump’s broader rollback of legal and illegal immigration since ⁠he returned to office in January 2025. In defending its actions on TPS, the administration has said such protections were always meant to be temporary. The ​United States first provided these protections to Haitians after a major earthquake in 2010 and to Syrians after their country descended into civil war in 2012.

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Under U.S. ​law, TPS is a designation that allows migrants from countries stricken by war, natural disaster or other catastrophes to live and work in the United States while it is unsafe for them to return to their home countries.

The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, has granted the Republican president’s requests to immediately implement various hardline immigration policies while legal challenges ​continue to play out in courts. For instance, it let Trump deport immigrants to countries where they have no ties and let federal agents target people for ​deportation based in part on their race or language.

The legal dispute could have wide implications, affecting 1.3 million immigrants from all 17 countries currently designated for TPS, according to the plaintiffs. ‌Trump’s administration ⁠has sought to rescind the protections for 13 of those countries so far.

Lower courts ruled against the TPS terminations, finding that administration officials failed to follow mandatory protocols to assess conditions in a country before revoking its designation.

The administration has said it followed proper procedures, and has made the broader argument that courts cannot second-guess its TPS decisions in the first place, an assertion that if accepted by the court could doom challenges going forward.

At issue are actions taken last year by ​Kristi Noem, Trump’s former Department of Homeland ​Security secretary, to revoke the TPS ⁠designations for Syria and Haiti, stating that providing this status to them was contrary to U.S. national interests. Noem’s TPS decisions were not at issue when Trump fired her in March.

Groups of Syrian and Haitian TPS holders filed class-action lawsuits separately challenging ​the administration’s moves. They said Noem’s actions and the pattern of ending humanitarian designations for various countries show that ​the decisions were a ⁠preordained effort to eliminate the TPS program.

Also at issue in the Haitian case is a finding by Washington-based U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes that the administration’s action likely was motivated in part by “racial animus,” violating the U.S. Constitution’s Fifth Amendment promise of equal protection under the law. Reyes said it was likely that Noem preordained her termination ⁠decision “because of ​hostility to nonwhite immigrants.”

Trump has long sought to rescind TPS protections, and while running for reelection ​in 2024 vowed to revoke TPS for Haitian immigrants after making false and derogatory claims that they were eating household pets in Ohio.

Reporting by Andrew Chung; Editing by Will Dunham

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GOP rising star demands abortion advocate name ‘favorite’ method in hearing clash

April 29, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News

Waters declined to answer the Texas Republican, telling Gill she wanted to discuss the FACE Act instead of procedures

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A judiciary hearing in the House of Representatives grew tense on Tuesday when Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, pressed an American University scholar in graphic detail on which abortion procedure she would list as her favorite.

“What’s your favorite type of abortion?” Gill asked Jessica Waters, a senior scholar at the American University School of Public Affairs.

Waters, whose research focuses on “reproductive rights law,” “abortion regulation” and “state control of reproductive decision-making,” refused to answer.

“I’m an advocate for patients having access to the full realm of reproductive healthcare,” Waters said.

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Rep. Brandon Gill pressed an American University scholar on which abortion procedure she would list as her favorite.(Getty Images)

The moment — and the attention it immediately sparked online —highlights the continued priority of the abortion issue among Republican lawmakers and conservatives, and came during a hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government.

Gill leaned into the gruesome picture often left behind by some of the procedures.

“The first kind is called a ‘suction abortion,’” Gill said.

“This is when the cervix is dilated and a strong suction, 29 times the power of a household vacuum cleaner, tears the baby’s body apart and sucks it through the hose into a container. Do you prefer that method?”

“I stand by my former testimony,” Waters said.

Viewers on social media praised Gill, pointing out his resolve to hold Waters’ feet to the fire despite the terse exchange.

TEXAS LAWMAKERS CONSIDER BIPARTISAN BILL AIMED AT CLARIFYING EXCEPTIONS TO STATE’S ABORTION RESTRICTIONS

Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, leaves the House Republican Conference caucus meeting in the Capitol on May 6, 2025.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)

“This is the conversation Democrats refuse to have. It’s uncomfortable, it’s ugly, but it has to be said,” Nick Craig, a political commentator from North Carolina, said in a post to X.

Derrick Evans, a former member of the West Virginia House of Representatives, highlighted the moment in a post of his own.

“Watch her squirm as he starts describing some of the abortion methods,” Evans wrote.

“If you think congressional testimony is useless, just watch this masterclass,” TPUSA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet said on X.

“Brilliantly done,” conservative podcast host Matt Walsh wrote on X.

Despite Waters declining to answer his question, Gill continued to list additional abortion procedures.

“What about this one?” This one is called dilation and curettage. A sharp knife is inserted into the uterus, the baby’s body is cut into pieces and extracted often by suction. Do you prefer that method?” Gill asked.

Waters tried to divert the question.

“What I believe we are here to talk about today is the FACE Act,” Waters said, referring to a piece of legislation making its way through committee.

“No, you’re a pro-abortion advocate — I’m asking you if you prefer the dilation and curettage method,” Gill interjected.

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Rep. Brandon Gill looks on during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 26, 2025.(Brandon Gill/Getty Images)

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“I am an access to reproductive healthcare advocate. I would prefer to talk about the reason the committee called the hearing,” Waters said.

“Is it because it’s uncomfortable? To talk about? It should be uncomfortable,” Gill said. “I wouldn’t want to talk about this either if I were you.”

Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.

Man takes sister’s exhumed body to bank in bid to get to her money, bank says

April 29, 2026 / 5:43 AM EDT / AFP

New Delhi— An Indian man dug up his sister’s body and carried it to a bank branch to prove she was dead after being refused access to her account without a death certificate, the lender says.

Jitu Munda, from a constitutionally recognized tribal community in the eastern state of Odisha, went to an Indian Overseas Bank branch on Monday to withdraw money from his deceased sister’s account.

But bank staff told him “withdrawals by a third party are not permitted without proper authorization,” the lender said Tuesday.

Angered by being turned away because he didn’t have her death certificate, Munda returned to the branch carrying the “human remains” of his sister, who had been buried days earlier, the bank said.

Television networks broadcast footage of Munda carrying what appeared to be a corpse partially wrapped in plastic, with skeletal legs visible and slung over his shoulder.

“This created a highly distressing situation at the premises,” the bank said.

It added that the incident stemmed from a “lack of awareness” and the individual’s unwillingness to follow procedures.

“The claim will be settled on (with) priority, once the death certificate is submitted,” it added.

Registration of births and deaths is mandatory in India. But gaps in documentation persist, particularly in rural areas, leaving many families without formal certificates.

俄军空袭乌克兰南部港口基础设施

2026年4月29日 16:25 / 联合早报

俄军连夜对乌克兰南部港口城市发动无人机袭击，导致住宅区发生大火，消防人员在现场奋力灌救。 （路透社）

乌克兰官员称，俄罗斯连夜对乌克兰南部敖德萨州的港口基础设施发动无人机袭击，造成住宅大楼和一家医院受损，以及两人受伤。

路透社报道， 敖德萨州州长基佩尔星期三（4月29日）在Telegram平台发文说，针对敖德萨州南部的袭击，摧毁了当地一家医院的挂号处，医院其他部分也严重受损。

他说，空袭发生时，医护人员和患者都在防空壕内，随后被转移到另一家医疗机构。

敖德萨州检察官则称，港口基础设施遭到袭击，但未透露具体细节。

当地消防部门说，住宅区发生火灾造成两人受伤。当局发布了建筑物被大火吞噬以及消防员努力灌救的现场照片。

乌克兰空军称，自星期一（27日）晚以来，俄军已向乌克兰发射了171架无人机，防空部队击落或摧毁了其中154架。

WATCH: Hearing erupts after Dem chair tries to sidestep GOP transgender sports bills: ‘They’re petrified’

April 29, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News

HB 158 and HB 1849 would separate scholastic athletes by biological sex in the key swing state

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The Trump administration, through the Justice Department, sues Minnesota over Title IX compliance issues, aiming to protect fairness in women’s sports. Collegiate softball player Kendall Kotzmacher shares her heartbreaking experience playing against a biological male, highlighting the need to protect female athletes’ hard-earned achievements. Many young people, including Kendall, support this stance, demanding change to ensure fair competition.

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A Pennsylvania hearing on transgender sports legislation erupted in chaos Monday, as Republicans accused Democrats of trying to sidestep votes on two related bills.

Pennsylvania became a focal point of the transgender sports debate in 2022, as UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas competed against female athletes, including the University of Kentucky’s Riley Gaines. Since then, conservatives have sought to codify the separation of biological sexes in scholastic sports and public restrooms nationwide.

The top Republican on the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee told Fox News Digital that the scene captured on official video showed the Democratic chairman trying to “re-refer” two bills to the House Health Committee without fully explaining which bills he was citing.

Ranking member Rep. Rob Kauffman, R-Chambersburg, said that Republicans ultimately determined the two bills focused on separating scholastic athletes by biological sex and that Democrats resisted any debate before sending them to another committee to restart the process.

GOP LAWMAKERS, RILEY GAINES SLAM DEMOCRATS FOR VOTING AGAINST PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SPORTS ACT

Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 13, 2026, to oppose transgender athletes competing in women’s sports as the court reviews related bans in a landmark case.(Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

“It’s fascinating. But the key is, in the legislative process, whether it be on the House floor or in any committee meeting, they’ll say the number of the bill and then they’ll give a title or brief description of the bill before anyone votes on it. You don’t just call up a bill by number,” Kauffman told Fox News Digital in a Tuesday interview.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Timothy Briggs was doing just that in a Monday hearing, Kauffman said.

Briggs, D-King of Prussia, sought to move two bills out of the committee quickly, announcing that all Democrats would vote to re-refer them while identifying the measures only by bill number.

Republicans said they were unaware of the bills’ contents because their titles were not read as Briggs tried to re-refer them to the House Health Committee.

Briggs asked the clerk to call the roll for the “sole purpose of referring [them] to the Health Committee” and added that “all Democrats will be voting ‘Yes.’”

“Could we kinda know what the bills are?” interjected Kauffman, before someone in the gallery called out that they were related to transgender athletes in children’s sports.

HB 158 is the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act from Rep. Barb Gleim, R-Mechanicsburg, and HB 1849 is the related Dads Defending Daughters Act by Rep. Clint Owlett, R-Tioga.

Briggs sighed and began to speak before Kauffman continued.

“We can’t vote on a re-referral when we don’t even know what the title of the bill is. Obviously, you don’t want us to know what the title of the bill is,” he said, chuckling as Briggs cut in that the committee is “running out of time.”

Kauffman quipped that if he ever pulled such a move as chairman, Briggs’ caucus would have “lost your mind.”

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After another pointed exchange between Briggs and Kauffman, the Democrat ordered the clerk to call the roll on the bills and then claimed aloud that some Republicans were refusing to vote.

One of those named, Rep. Stephanie Borowicz of Lock Haven, objected after learning the bills’ true identities:

“Now you’re deciding how we’re voting?” said Borowicz, who co-sponsored Gleim’s bill.

“We might as well be better off in the Russian Duma at this point,” Kauffman added as Briggs plowed through their objections and tried to move past the two bills.

The blow-up showed that Democrats are “petrified of this issue so much that they broke legislative protocol, parliamentary norms and everything I’ve learned in this legislature in 20 years,” Kauffman told Fox News Digital.

He said that if the bills were moved to another committee without first being voted out of his own, the parliamentary “clock” would restart and Democrats could continue moving the measures through committee without taking a direct vote on the underlying transgender sports issue.

Kauffman said the kerfuffle was indicative of the national debate over transgender sports, calling it an “80-90%” issue in favor of separating youth athletes by sex.

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Kauffman added that Democrats will eventually have to confront the issue because the state Senate is advancing its own transgender sports bill, which will be taken up by the House.

“It’s a mom and dad issue. It’s a biological fact issue. So we’re going to keep at it,” he said, adding that critics are catering to the far-progressive fringe of their party and “generally don’t care what the people want.”

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Fox News Digital reached out to Briggs for a response to the situation.

A representative for the King of Prussia Democrat said he was “regrettably unavailable” for comment.

The clash came just weeks after a Republican lawmaker’s attempt to define “woman” in a Women’s Month resolution led Democrats to pull the commemoration.

Fox News Digital’s Kiera McDonald contributed to this report.

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俄军空袭乌克兰南部港口基础设施

2026年4月29日 16:25 / 联合早报

俄军连夜对乌克兰南部港口城市发动无人机袭击，导致住宅区发生大火，消防人员在现场奋力灌救。 （路透社）

乌克兰官员称，俄罗斯连夜对乌克兰南部敖德萨州的港口基础设施发动无人机袭击，造成住宅大楼和一家医院受损，以及两人受伤。

路透社报道， 敖德萨州州长基佩尔星期三（4月29日）在Telegram平台发文说，针对敖德萨州南部的袭击，摧毁了当地一家医院的挂号处，医院其他部分也严重受损。

他说，空袭发生时，医护人员和患者都在防空壕内，随后被转移到另一家医疗机构。

敖德萨州检察官则称，港口基础设施遭到袭击，但未透露具体细节。

当地消防部门说，住宅区发生火灾造成两人受伤。当局发布了建筑物被大火吞噬以及消防员努力灌救的现场照片。

乌克兰空军称，自星期一（27日）晚以来，俄军已向乌克兰发射了171架无人机，防空部队击落或摧毁了其中154架。

Fed likely to hold rates steady at what may be last meeting of Powell era

2026-04-29 10:04:52 UTC / Reuters

By Howard Schneider

April 29, 2026 10:04 AM UTC Updated 16 mins ago

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• Summary

• Fed officials ponder economic fallout from high oil prices
• Warsh expected to be confirmed as next Fed chief by Senate
• Powell may address whether he plans to remain a Fed governor

WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady on ​Wednesday as officials debate whether to flag risks of rising inflation in a policy statement issued after what ‌may be Jerome Powell’s final meeting as head of the U.S. central bank.

With oil prices high and rising again due to the U.S.-led war with Iran, policymakers ahead of the Fed’s latest two-day session said they were increasingly concerned that elevated energy costs could evolve from a one-off shock into higher underlying inflation, with interest rates needing ​to stay on hold longer than expected or, in the extreme, to move up.

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Stalemated negotiations and the continued closure of the ​strategic Strait of Hormuz have pushed the global benchmark oil price again above $110 a barrel compared to ⁠about $70 before the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran started on February 28. The Fed’s preferred measure of inflation is about a percentage point ​above the central bank’s 2% target, and the March numbers due to be issued later this week are expected to rise even higher.

Traders see little ​chance the Fed will lower rates before the middle of next year, in effect a bet against incoming Fed leader Kevin Warsh’s ability to convince his colleagues that rising U.S. productivity will translate into lower inflation and allow for looser monetary policy.

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“The news since the last meeting in March – better labor market ​data but no change in disappointingly high inflation data – may shade the discussion a bit more hawkish,” but not so much ​that the Fed will hint at the possible need for rate hikes in its statement, said Michael Feroli, chief U.S. economist at JPMorgan. Surprisingly strong job ​growth ⁠in March pushed the unemployment rate lower to 4.3%.

POWELL ERA COMING TO AN END

The Fed’s interest rate decision and new policy statement will be released at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT). Powell is scheduled to hold a press conference half an hour later.

Along with elaborating on the results of the meeting and answering questions about the economic outlook, Powell may well say more about his plans now that Warsh is ​expected to be confirmed as Fed ​chief by the Senate in ⁠time for the central bank’s June 16-17 meeting.

Warsh’s nomination began moving forward last week after the U.S. Department of Justice dropped a criminal investigation into a Fed building project that key Republican senators saw as a groundless ​attack on Powell and the central bank’s independence. The Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to vote ​on Wednesday to ⁠recommend Warsh be confirmed by the full Republican-controlled Senate.

Powell’s tenure as Fed chief ends on May 15, but his separate term as a member of the central bank’s Washington-based Board of Governors extends to January of 2028.

At a press conference in March, Powell said he would not leave ⁠the board “until ​the investigation is well and truly over,” but left open whether he might continue ​serving as a governor even if the probe was ended.

“I have not made that decision yet. And I will make that decision based on what I think is ​best for the institution and for the people we serve,” Powell said at the time.

Reporting by Howard Schneider; Editing by Paul Simao

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