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DHS Funding Passed, Gas Prices Rise, Farewell to the Royals and more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

A record partial government shutdown may finally be coming to an end. President Donald Trump weighs in on rising prices at the pump. Louisiana makes changes to its midterm election schedule a day after a Supreme Court ruling. A Texas camp facing multiple investigations walks back its reopening plans. Plus, how King Charles and Queen Camilla wrapped up their four-day state visit to the US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey from CNN. I'm AfomaDK with the five things you need to know for Thursday, April 30th.

0:07.0

President Donald Trump has signed a bill to reopen key parts of the Department of Homeland Security, including critical agencies like TSA.

0:15.0

DHS has been shut down since mid-February, but today the House ended the standoff by passing the Senate's funding package,

0:21.7

which includes no money for federal immigration enforcement, a major win for Democrats.

0:26.5

Today's move caps weeks of drama on Capitol Hill, with Republicans choosing not to take a recorded

0:31.6

vote on the measure that has sharply divided their party. Here's how Speaker Mike Johnson

0:36.1

responded when asked why the House didn't pass the bill sooner.

0:39.3

You heard me trashed the bill when it came over the first time because it literally was drafted in the middle of the night.

0:44.3

It was about 2 o'clock in the morning when they came up with the final language and it was haphazardly drafted.

0:49.3

And what it would do is, of course, orphan and leave out immigration enforcement and border patrol.

0:56.2

Republicans will try to fund immigration enforcement without Democratic votes using a complex budget maneuver.

1:02.6

More news coming up, including another heated Capitol Hill debate over the Iran war.

1:10.9

The gas will go down.

1:12.8

As soon as the war's over, it'll drop like Iraq.

1:15.1

There's so much of it.

1:16.1

It's all over the place, sitting all over the oceans of the world.

1:20.6

And it'll go down.

1:22.6

President Trump spoke to reporters in the Oval Office today about a variety of topics,

1:27.1

including U.S. gas prices,

1:29.0

which is now $4.30 for a gallon of regular, the highest since 2022, according to data from AAA.

1:35.9

Brent crude oil prices surpassed $126 a barrel, its highest price in four years before falling to

1:42.0

nearly $116 a barrel earlier today.

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