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EPISODE · Mar 27, 2026 · 22 MIN

The latest from Congress: DHS funding, the SAVE Act and more

from Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast · host WNYC Studios

The Senate voted overnight to fund key parts of the Department of Homeland Security, including TSA.  On Today's Show:Evan McMorris-Santoro, national politics reporter at NOTUS and co-author of the NOTUS daily newsletter, and Mary Clare Jalonick, congressional reporter for The Associated Press and the author of Storm at the Capitol: An Oral History of January 6th (PublicAffairs, 2026), talk about what has to happen next to end the crisis at airports, the status of the SAVE Act and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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