Good Morning! On this day in 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies and one of the official acts that led to the Revolutionary War. The tax was repealed a year later.
Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox found TV chemistry in 1977 in NBC’s CHiPs, a family-friendly series centered on California Highway Patrol officers Ponch and Jon. Eventually the show hit the skids following professional and personal tensions between the stars, as seen in “Whatever Happened To…”
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Dems Block DHS Funding Bill
Democrats blocked a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday for the fifth time since funding for the department expired on Feb. 14.
Democrats have dug in their heels against any bill that would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection without implementing reforms to immigration enforcement operations.
The vote comes as many federal workers continue to go unpaid, including Transportation Security Administration workers. American travelers across the nation are facing hours-long airport security lines.
President Trump on Saturday said that he would consider deploying ICE agents to oversee airport security if Democrats continue blocking the bill funding DHS.
LaGuardia Airport in New York City, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, and many other airports have had wait times of more than 2.5 hours.
The waiver will bring 140 million barrels of oil to global markets, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. He said Iran will have difficulty accessing any revenue generated, and the U.S. will continue to maintain maximum pressure on Iran and its ability to access the international financial system.
Iranian counterstrikes in the Strait of Hormuz have effectively halted the flow of oil through the major trading passage, resulting in a shortage in global energy supplies.
The average price of regular gas in the U.S. on Friday was up by nearly a dollar from a month ago, according to AAA.
Rounding out the top five cities with the highest pay and lowest cost of living were Fort Wayne, Indiana; Toledo, Ohio; El Paso, Texas; and Wichita, Kansas. The top 25 included eight cities in Texas.
Located along the southern border with Mexico, Laredo is dotted with parks and has a reputation for good public schools.
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Whatever happened to CHiPs?
CHiPs arrived in 1977 at just the right moment for television. Airing on NBC, the show followed two California Highway Patrol officers, Ponch and Jon, as they cruised sunlit freeways on motorcycles. Watch the theme song here. It blended action, humor, and a relaxed, family-friendly tone that stood apart from grittier cop dramas of the era.
Audiences tuned in for spectacular crashes and stayed for the easy chemistry between Erik Estrada’s charming Ponch and Larry Wilcox’s steady Jon Baker. By the late 1970s, Estrada had become a full-fledged pop culture star.
But the same partnership that powered the show also helped undo it. Behind the scenes, Estrada and Wilcox clashed over salaries, status, and personality differences. Tensions grew as the series wore on.
Wilcox left after the fifth season in 1982, removing half of the show’s central dynamic. Ratings slipped, budgets tightened, and NBC canceled CHiPs in 1983.
In syndication, however, the series found a long afterlife, cementing its place as a nostalgic staple of late-1970s television. A 1999 reunion movie brought Estrada and Wilcox back together for longtime fans, but a 2017 big-screen comedy reboot with a new cast failed to capture the original’s tone or audience.
Estrada’s career cooled after the show but never disappeared. He found renewed fame in Spanish-language television and later leaned into his on-screen persona by becoming a real-life reserve police officer. He remains active on the convention circuit and in occasional roles.
Wilcox took a different path, stepping away from acting to pursue business ventures, and later facing legal trouble tied to a securities fraud case. Today, he lives largely out of the spotlight.
Decades later, the two men have reconciled, much like their characters once did, leaving behind a show remembered for its sunshine, sirens, and a partnership that defined its time.
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“If the Radical Left Democrats don’t immediately sign an agreement to let our Country, in particular, our Airports, be FREE and SAFE again, I will move our brilliant and patriotic ICE Agents to the Airports where they will do Security like no one has ever seen before.”
Dems Block DHS Funding Bill
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