The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries. 

• President Trump claims the U.S. is in "productive" negotiations with a "most respected" figure in Iran to end the 26-day war. However, Iran's military has dismissed these claims, calling them "negotiating with itself" and vowing to continue fighting 
• The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) remains in a six-week partial government shutdown, though a potential breakthrough in funding negotiations is emerging in the Senate 
•  Investigation into the Sunday night collision at LaGuardia Airport between an Air Canada Express jet and a Port Authority fire truck has revealed a series of technical and procedural failures