GOP points to Iran and terror threats to break DHS deadlock

[struggle4progress]

GOP points to Iran and terror threats to break DHS deadlock. Democrats aren’t convinced.
Republicans say the Iran strikes should prompt Democrats to drop their demands for changes at the Department of Homeland Security. The argument isn’t working.

Mar. 5, 2026, 5:00 AM EST
By Jack Fitzpatrick and Syedah Asghar

The U.S. military strikes in Iran have given Republicans a new argument in the nearly three-week shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, with GOP negotiators warning that a hampered DHS could increase the risk of a terrorist attack.

Democrats aren’t buying it.

For one, Democrats have offered to fund the Transportation Security Administration, Coast Guard, Secret Service and other DHS agencies while continuing to negotiate immigration enforcement changes, after federal agents shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota ...

https://www.ms.now/news/gop-iran-terror-threats-dhs-deadlock-democrats

[struggle4progress]

1. White House Reportedly Blocking Intelligence Report Warning of Homeland Security Threats

Jennifer Bowers Bahney
Sat, March 7, 2026 at 2:41 PM EST

The Trump White House is allegedly blocking U.S. intelligence agencies from warning Americans about rising terrorist threats at home, according to a report by The Daily Mail.

The Daily Mail quoted a senior Department of Homeland Security official saying, “The FBI, Homeland Security, and the National Counterterrorism Center were preparing to put out a joint intelligence statement on Friday to state and local authorities alerting them of a heightened threat due to the ongoing war in Iran” ...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-white-house-reportedly-blocking-194144725.html

[JustAnotherGen]

2. No

I don't care how long lines are at the airport.

[Takket]

3. can always depend on the GOP to hold the American people hostage