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This is Squawk Pod, and I'm CNBC producer Cameron Costa.

On today's episode, on Capitol Hill, a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security has stumbled,

as Democrats draw a hard line on ice, and TSA lines at the airports keep building up.

Two lawmakers join us. First, Republican Senator John Curtis of Utah.

The false narrative is that you can't have rule of law and compassion.

And I think that's what our country is built on. I know those are Utah values.

And Democrat Senator Adam Schiff of California.

Before we fund, for example, ICE agents or customs and border protection,

we should insist on certain safeguards, namely that they operate with the same standards.

We ask of a local police department.

We're asking neither more nor less than a local police department.

Then the first stand-alone case by a state against a social media giant, and the state won.

New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torres on the victory against META,

which was found liable for misleading consumers about the safety of its platform,

and endangering children.

We want accountability, we want safety, and what we want fundamentally is a safer space and safer experience for our kids online.

Plus, Washington's push to regulate prediction markets.

Open AI, shutting down its video app, SORA, and President Trump says the U.S. and Iran are indeed in talks.

Though Iran denies it.

We know about the fog of war.

There's been a fog of diplomacy.

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