Trump Cabinet, DHS Funding, CPAC, Trump and Iran
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🗓️ 27 March 2026
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(02:20) Trump Cabinet
(06:22) DHS Funding
(10:18) CPAC, Trump and Iran
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, were you at the meeting where I talked about the NCAA bracket from 1693? |
| 0:05.1 | No. |
| 0:05.9 | Oh. |
| 0:06.4 | From 1690. |
| 0:07.5 | This was on social media the other day. |
| 0:08.9 | This showed the NCAA tournament bracket from 1693. |
| 0:12.1 | And there's just two teams, Harvard and William and Mary, each on their little line, |
| 0:17.9 | and then it goes forward to the one line where you would write the winner. |
| 0:20.7 | That's pretty funny. |
| 0:24.2 | The Senate reached a late-night agreement to reopen most of the Department of Homeland Security. |
| 0:28.8 | A 42-day standoff ended without changing the rules for immigration enforcement. |
| 0:33.1 | Airport security agents have a chance at a paycheck. |
| 0:35.7 | Howie Ortiz. That is Steve In Steve Inskeep, and this is up first |
| 0:39.2 | from NPR News. President Trump threatened to blow up power plants if Iran didn't obey by a |
| 0:47.4 | deadline he said. Now, he's extended that deadline twice. I'm the opposite of this one. I don't care. |
| 0:54.8 | U.S. stocks had their worst one-day plunge since the start of the war. |
| 0:58.2 | How does the president find an exit? |
| 0:59.7 | Also, it's time for the annual conservative political action conference or CPAC. |
| 1:03.6 | In recent years, it was all about Trump. |
| 1:05.6 | This time, the president will skip the event as some loyalists oppose the war in Iran. |
| 1:10.7 | Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:17.9 | The Senate has voted to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security. If the House follows, it would end a 42-day standoff over immigration |
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