The Daily Rundown - March 27, 2026
✈️ President Trump said Thursday he would sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration agents as Congress struggled to reach a deal to end a budget impasse that has jammed airports and left workers without paychecks. Trump announced his decision in a social media post, saying he wanted to quickly stop the “chaos at the airports.”
“It is not an easy thing to do, but I am going to do it!” the president posted. With pressure mounting, the White House had floated the extraordinary move of invoking a national emergency to pay TSA agents, while senators were reviewing a “last and final” offer from Republicans to Democrats to end the funding impasse at the Department of Homeland Security.
Details of the president’s plan were not immediately available, but a national emergency declaration would be politically fraught and almost certain to face legal challenges. Instead, the president may simply be shifting money from other sources. Read the full story here.
⚖️ The Nevada Supreme Court blocked the release of documents related to a CCSD police officer kneeling on a student in 2023. Lower courts previously ruled the specific records are confidential. State law prevents officers from seeing their own files without pending punishment.
The justices decided the public cannot access documents that the officer himself cannot see. The school district expressed satisfaction with the decision. The ACLU plans to ask for a full review from the entire court and wants a redacted version released.
🎰 February showed a slight increase in the number of visitors to Southern Nevada compared with February of last year, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. There were about 3 million visitors, up about 2%. Hotel occupancy rates were around 80%, down slightly, even as room rates were up slightly. Convention attendance was slightly lower.
Meanwhile, Nevada’s gaming win in February was up about 1.5% from February of last year, according to figures from the Nevada Gaming Control Board. The total was nearly $1.25 billion, with the Las Vegas Strip accounting for about $700 million, up about 1%.
All gaming areas reported increases except Downtown Las Vegas, Laughlin and North Lake Tahoe. Nevada collected nearly $73 million in percentage fees based on the taxable revenue generated in February.
🧹 Henderson residents can safely dispose of hazardous waste at the Henderson Shines Community Cleanup on April 11. It will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Whitney Ranch Recreation Center. The city will accept paint, oil, batteries and electronics for disposal at no cost. Televisions will not be accepted. The city says last year’s event took in 2,000 pounds of e-waste and 17 tons of paint, oil and batteries.
🏈 Tom Brady revealed in an interview released Thursday that he considered coming out of retirement, but the National Football League wasn’t particularly receptive to the idea. Brady, a seven-time Super Bowl champion and minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, was asked in a recent interview with CNBC whether he had looked into the rules regarding a minority owner returning to NFL play.
“I actually have inquired, and they (the NFL) don’t like that idea very much, so I’m going to leave it at that,” Brady said. “We explored a lot of different things, and I’m very happily retired. Let me say that, too.”
It wouldn’t have been Brady’s first time coming out of retirement. The three-time league MVP briefly retired during the 2022 offseason after two seasons with the Buccaneers. He had a change of heart 40 days later and went on to play for one more year before retiring “for good” in February 2023.
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