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TSA bomb-sniffing dogs, Musk repost & Black Medal of Honor recipient

Plus: Yes, this photo shows NYC from space shortly after 9/11

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Izz LaMagdeleine
March 18, 2025

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A person wearing a blue button down that says TSA K9 on it stands next to a wall. They hold a leash that is attached to a yellow dog. People are seen walking on the right side of the wall with suitcases and other luggage.

DOGE allegedly froze spending on care, feeding of TSA bomb-sniffing dogs. Here's what we know

Last Thursday, Fox News' Jennifer Griffin posted a screenshot showing what she said was an internal Transportation Security Administration email informing employees that the Department of Government Efficiency, President Donald Trump's cost-cutting initiative, had frozen all payment requests associated with the care and feeding of dogs in the TSA's bomb-sniffing units.

Over email, a spokesperson for the TSA appeared to confirm the freeze — but also claimed, without providing specific details, that it was temporary and had not resulted in any interruptions to the care of the animals. The spokesperson also didn't directly confirm that the screenshot Griffin shared in her post authentically showed a real TSA email. Snopes reporter Caroline Wazer has the details.

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Musk reposted X post that said, 'Stalin, Mao and Hitler didn't murder millions of people'

The post, originally shared by another user, read, "Stalin, Mao and Hitler didn't murder millions of people. Their public sector workers did."

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A brown sign says SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.

Social Security falsely declared 82-year-old man dead, stopped benefits

Ned Johnson and his wife, Pam, confirmed the details of the story in a telephone interview and provided an update.

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Trump didn't say he would annex Alaska and Greenland on Truth Social

The president has, however, repeatedly said he would like to make Greenland a U.S. state.

A black and white photo shows a Black man wearing an uniform smiling towards the camera.

Black Medal of Honor recipient deleted from Pentagon website, then restored

Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Richard Nixon in 1970 for actions during the Vietnam War.

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A photo shows an aerial image of a fire near a large body of water.

Yes, this photo shows NYC from space shortly after 9/11

"We were looking at NY around the time of, or shortly after, the collapse of the second tower," an astronaut wrote in his journal.