Border czar Tom Homan reveals when TSA will start getting paid again following Trump’s executive order

WASHINGTON — TSA airport screeners could be paid as soon as Monday — after President Trump signed an executive order, border czar Tom Homan revealed. It’s been 43 days since TSA workers — who make an average of $49,000 per year — have been fully paid, thanks to a Democrat-led partial government shutdown. “There is a plan to get these TSA agents paid, hopefully by tomorrow or Tuesday,” Homan told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “It’s good news, because these TSA officers are struggling. They can’t feed their families or pay the rent,” he added. “They’re sitting there…

UCLA women want to end a Cinderella story by beating Duke

SACRAMENTO – Cori Close hasn’t seen many shots – much less game-winners – like it. The ball circling the rim, one revolution and then another, before finally falling through the net after the buzzer. “Wow,” Close said Saturday, a day after Duke’s Ashlon Jackson made the shot of a lifetime…

What would happen to Earth if the sun suddenly vanished?

The sun has been Earth’s constant companion ever since our planet emerged. But if the sun were to suddenly disappear, what would happen to our home planet?To understand the fate of a sunless Earth, it’s important to know how both arose. The sun formed about 4.6 billion years ago, when…

Mets undergoing expected defense learning curve at first, third base

In the second game of the season, it became obvious that the Mets are starting a third baseman with virtually no experience at third base and a first baseman with virtually no experience at first base. Bo Bichette committed an error and Jorge Polanco flirted with two (but was charged…

Will Smith’s late home run lifts Dodgers to season-opening sweep

The Dodgers have shown one thing in their opening three games of the season. They have no problem erasing early deficits. For a third-straight night against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Dodgers found themselves in a two-run hole at the start of the game. But for a third-straight night, they managed…

Mayor Mamdani’s budget mess is creating chaos in the NYC bond market

New York City’s bonds have suddenly become a hot topic on Wall Street — and you can thank socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani for this certifiably ­bizarre development. This past week, the Big Apple went to investors to sell billions of dollars in municipal debt. With Mamdani doing his best imitation…

Giants’ bats awaken, but not enough to avoid sweep vs. Yankees

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants are officially on the scoreboard. Now, how about the win column? One step at time: They can try holding a lead first. The Giants pushed across their first run of the season Saturday. They needed to do it at least three more times to avoid…

Inside the Ruffles Celebrity All-Star Game at the Forum

The ghosts still live in the rafters of the Forum. You can feel them the moment you walk through those circular corridors in Inglewood — the echoes of Magic’s no-look passes, Kareem’s skyhook carving air like a sculptor’s blade, the bass line of the Showtime Lakers pulsing through a building…

3 dead after US strikes another alleged drug boat in Caribbean

The U.S. military said Friday that it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the Caribbean Sea. U.S. Southern Command said on social media that the boat “was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.” It…

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