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By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Tens of thousands of staffers at the Department of Homeland Security received back pay this month after President Donald Trump ordered the agency to compensate employees using a special fund amid the partial government shutdown. But now that fund is running out of money. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Thieves in Europe have been busy. Paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse were stolen from an Italian museum in a bold heist that took just three minutes. In another incident, a seemingly hungry crew pilfered 12 tons of KitKat bars. Here’s what else you might

By Cindy Von Quednow, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The attack earlier this month on a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, was “a Hezbollah-inspired act of terrorism purposely targeting the Jewish community and the largest Jewish temple in Michigan,” the FBI said in a news conference Monday. The assailant, Ayman Ghazali, a naturalized US citizen

CNN By Holly Yan, Chris Youd, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Abysmal wait times at airports started to ease Monday morning as tens of thousands of Transportation Security Administration workers began receiving back pay after more than a month without a paycheck. Some TSA employees started seeing part of their overdue income hit their bank

By Holly Yan, Tami Luhby, Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — Abysmal wait times at airports dwindled Monday as Transportation Security Administration workers got their first paychecks in more than a month — apparently prompting fewer agents to call out. Four-hour wait times that plagued some airports last week dropped to mere minutes as some TSA

By Alexandra Banner, CNN The rise in oil prices is rippling through the US economy and driving up costs for many small business owners. Some American truckers told CNN they’re feeling the strain as diesel — their largest day-to-day expense — has jumped 41% since the start of the war to over $5 a gallon.