Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who has no children, was spotted spending his Spring break at Disney World over the weekend, as the government remains in a partial shutdown and Department of Homeland Security employees go without paychecks.

Graham was seemingly visiting the theme park alone, and he was photographed several times, having brunch at Chef Mickey’s and walking around the park.

In one photograph, he was seen strutting around while carrying a toy bubble wand for children.

Lindsey Graham lives it up at Disney World during the partial government shutdown!

Take a look: https://t.co/MuKOLhjQX4 pic.twitter.com/RKX665BPCt

— TMZ (@TMZ) March 30, 2026

TMZ reports that Graham was holding the bubble wand for a little girl while she was in the bathroom, according to an eyewitness.

This comes after the Senate passed a garbage funding bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, but without funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and ditched town for vacation.

Graham claims he was meeting with Trump officials in Florida and went to the resort afterward to meet with friends.

“I voted 7 times to fully fund the government. Call a Democrat,” Graham told TMZ.

President Trump on Sunday called the Senate’s funding measure “a shame” and said the Senate Republicans need to stop “playing it too soft” and terminate the filibuster while speaking to reporters on Air Force One.

Of Senate Leader Thune, Trump said, “I like him so much. He’s a high-quality person,” but added that he needs to step it up and lead in order to pass the SAVE America Act and reopen the government with full funding for DHS.

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Other Senators are also living lavishly while the government remains partially closed, and they face calls to return to session.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, TMZ also obtained a photo of Bernie Sanders living large in First Class while he forces Americans to go without pay.

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will deliver a press briefing this afternoon as the war in Iran enters its fifth week. 

This comes as President Trump says he is close to a deal with Iran and that the war could be over “soon.”

Trump on Sunday said Iran is “agreeing with us” on his 15-point plan and that some oil is being allowed to flow through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran closed to shipping after Operation Epic Fury began.

“It’s really a new regime. It’s a group of people, people that we’ve never dealt with before, that are acting very reasonable. It is truly regime change,” he said.

On Monday, Trump threatened to escalate the war by targeting Iran’s energy and warer infrastructure “if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached.”

President Trump Pauses Iranian Energy Plant Destruction, Announces New Deadline

Trump is also reportedly weighing the option of a ground invasion as thousands of additional troops are deployed to the Middle East.

When asked about ground troops on Sunday, Trump said, “I just have lots of alternatives,” also noting, “we have tremendous numbers of ships over there.”

The press briefing is scheduled to begin at 1 pm ET.

Watch live below:

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The dysfunction in Washington reached a new low Monday morning.

The U.S. Senate briefly came to order and just as quickly gaveled out in a matter of seconds, adjourning until 7 a.m. Thursday without taking action on the House-passed bill to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security.

It can be recalled that the House of Representatives on Friday approved a Republican-led measure to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for eight weeks.

The bill passed by a vote of 213–203, with all Republicans voting in favor and three Democrats.

The late-night vote capped a turbulent day on Capitol Hill after House leadership rejected a Senate deal that would have funded most DHS operations while withholding money from key enforcement agencies, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border Patrol.

But instead of engaging, the Senate effectively ignored the legislation altogether.

The “pro forma” session was presided over by Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND), who brought the chamber to order and then adjourned it almost immediately, effectively shelving the House GOP bill that would fund all of DHS for the next two months.

WATCH:

JUST IN: The Senate is about to gavel in to a PRO FORMA SESSION while senators are on paid vacation

Pass the House DHS funding bill that includes ICE with unanimous consent!

There is absolutely NO reason we should give in to Chuck Schumer. We have a GOP trifecta, ACT LIKE IT pic.twitter.com/XJjadfEWp4

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 30, 2026

Sen. Mike Lee blasted this political theater in an X post, stating:

This is the Senate’s *second* recess since the DHS shutdown began

The Senate shouldn’t have taken the last one (right after the impasse began) either, but it certainly shouldn’t take this one—a two-week recess 40 days into the crisis

This is insane

And inhumane

The Senate should convene immediately and debate funding proposals until DHS is fully funded

This is the Senate’s *second* recess since the DHS shutdown began

The Senate shouldn’t have taken the last one (right after the impasse began) either, but it certainly shouldn’t take this one—a two-week recess 40 days into the crisis

This is insane

And inhumane

The Senate… https://t.co/AjaSsq7Nkr

— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) March 30, 2026

The Senate just completed a pro forma session

No attempt was made to pass DHS funding by unanimous consent

The Senate must convene now https://t.co/YJvmXpCGJ5

— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) March 30, 2026

According to Fox News reporter Bill Melugin, Democrat Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware attended the pro forma session.

BREAKING: The Senate just held a quick pro forma session & adjourned until Thursday. GOP did not introduce the House passed DHS funding bill via unanimous consent, but if they did, Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) was here and told us he planned to object/kill it. DHS shutdown continues.

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) March 30, 2026

Chris Coons openly admitted he was physically present in the chamber for one reason: To block any attempt to pass the House bill.

“Just in case a Republican member showed up and said, ‘I ask unanimous consent that we fund ICE and Border Patrol,’ or that ‘we adopt the House bill,’ I was there to object,” Coons said.

“I was here just in case there were some shenanigans, and there was a Democrat needed to block an attempt at taking up and passing the Save act, which would disenfranchise millions of Americans, or full funding for DHS with no reforms for ICE or Border Patrol,” Coons said.

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President Trump said on Monday that he is in serious discussions and close to a deal with Iran, while threatening to escalate “if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached.”

Trump has given Iran until Monday, April 6, to stop blocking oil shipping in the Strait of Hormuz amid negotiations.

On Sunday night, Trump told reporters on Air Force One that a deal with Iran “could be soon,” adding that the US is “weeks ahead of schedule.”

On the potential deployment of ground troops, Trump said, “I just have lots of alternatives,” also noting, “we have tremendous numbers of ships over there.”

“It’s really a new regime. It’s a group of people, people that we’ve never dealt with before, that are acting very reasonable. It is truly regime change,” he said. Khamenei’s son, “may be alive, but he’s obviously very seriously in trouble” and “seriously wounded,” Trump added.

Meanwhile, he says, Iran is “agreeing with us” on the 15-point plan proposed by Trump. “And just to prove that they’re serious,” Trump continued, Iran agreed to allow 20 boats of oil to travel through the Strait of Hormuz.

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Early on Monday, the President issued a similar statement, writing, “The United States of America is in serious discussions with A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME to end our Military Operations in Iran,” threatening the destruction of Iranian infrastructure if a deal is not reached.

“Great progress has been made but, if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately ‘Open for Business,’ we will conclude our lovely ‘stay’ in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!), which we have purposefully not yet “’ouched,’” he added.

“This will be in retribution for our many soldiers, and others, that Iran has butchered and killed over the old Regime’s 47 year ‘Reign of Terror.”

This comes after thousands of additional troops arrived in the Middle East over the weekend, and reports suggest that up to 10,000 additional troops will be deployed.

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President Trump Pauses Iranian Energy Plant Destruction, Announces New Deadline

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