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Bureau: Washington
Day 52 of the DHS shutdown: the House is back from Easter recess, the Senate bill still waits for a vote, and the Problem Solvers Caucus is pitching a compromise nobody has agreed to.
Trump extended the Iran deadline to Tuesday 8 PM ET, threatened to bomb power plants and bridges, floated seizing Iran's oil, and a legal expert called the power plant threat flatly illegal.
The Iran war entered Day 37 today, leaving 23 days until the War Powers Act's 60-day deadline forces a congressional vote -- or the law becomes a dead letter again.
Both crew members of the F-15E shot down over Iran on April 3 have been rescued; total U.S. crewed and uncrewed aircraft losses now stand at seven to ten confirmed, with dozens more damaged.
Robert Mueller, FBI director for twelve years and special counsel in the Russia investigation, died March 20 at 81 -- a man whose career was defined by institutions he believed in and a president...