Lindsey McPherson

DHS shutdown surpasses record set in fall’s government-wide lapse, with no end in sight

With Congress at a stalemate again, lawmakers left Washington for the Easter and Passover holidays and are not set to return until the week of April 13.

March 29, 2026

House GOP passes 8-week Homeland Security funding; shutdown continues with rejection of Senate bill

The six-week Department of Homeland Security shutdown will continue until at least mid-April after House Republicans rejected a Senate-passed partial funding bill in favor of a stopgap measure that lacks the Democratic support needed to become law.

March 28, 2026

GOP Sen. Rand Paul says there is a ‘50-50’ chance he’ll run for president

Sen. Rand Paul said there is a "50-50" chance he runs for president in 2028, but that he will not make a decision until after November's midterm elections.

March 27, 2026

House Republicans object to Senate’s partial DHS funding bill, push 8-week stopgap

House Republicans opposed to the Senate-passed partial Department of Homeland Security funding bill are going to try to pass an eight-week stopgap measure that would fund the entire department.

March 27, 2026

Senate approves partial Homeland Security funding bill, with no money for ICE or border patrol

The Senate early Friday passed a partial Department of Homeland Security funding bill, as Republicans caved to Democrats' refusal to fund ICE and border patrol.

March 27, 2026

Trump orders DHS Secretary Mullin to pay TSA agents amid shutdown

President Trump on Thursday directed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration officers amid the ongoing partial government shutdown.

March 26, 2026

Senate in standstill after Republicans present their final offer on DHS funding

Senate Republicans gave their "last and final" offer on a compromise to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown on Thursday, but a test vote showed Democrats were not ready to accept the deal.

March 26, 2026

Senate Democrats reject federal voter ID requirement

Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked a Republican proposal to institute a national voter ID requirement.

March 26, 2026

Republicans give Democrats ‘last and final’ offer on DHS funding as threat of canceling recess looms

Senate Republicans have given their "last and final" offer on a compromise to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday.

March 26, 2026

Record airport security lines among long list of DHS shutdown impacts

With the current partial shutdown and the record 43-day governmentwide shutdown last fall, most DHS employees have gone without pay for half the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.

March 25, 2026

Republicans, Democrats spar on status of DHS negotiations as hope fades for ending shutdown

Democrats are still demanding that immigration enforcement agents stop wearing masks and obtain judicial warrants to enter private property as part of a counteroffer on Department of Homeland Security funding they sent Republicans on Wednesday.

March 25, 2026

TSA warns that smaller airports could close amid marathon security wait times

U.S. airports have experienced the highest security wait times in history over the past 40 days while the Department of Homeland Security has been shut down, with some line delays stretching beyond 4 1/2 hours, the head of the Transportation Security Administration told lawmakers on Wednesday.

March 25, 2026

GOP plan to reopen DHS falters with Trump ‘unhappy,’ Democrats still demanding big changes for ICE

A Republican-led plan to reopen the Department of Homeland Security without funding ICE's detention and deportation operations is teetering as President Trump said he is "not happy" with it and Democrats said they cannot vote for it without additional changes.

March 24, 2026

Trump says he’d be ‘unhappy’ with GOP deal to end partial shutdown

President Trump said Tuesday that he's willing to take a "good, hard look" at the Republican plan to end the partial government shutdown and fund the Department of Homeland Security, but he didn't say he'd support it.

March 24, 2026

Trump reverses course on SAVE Act demand, open to GOP deal to end DHS shutdown

President Trump is willing to back the Republican plan to end the partial government shutdown and fund the Department of Homeland Security without money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement removal, a White House official told The Washington Times.

March 24, 2026

Trump’s demand to tie voting to DHS funding complicates slow going shutdown talks

President Trump is rebuffing suggestions from Republican lawmakers and his own aides about how to end the Homeland Security Department shutdown and instead adding a demand that likely will extend the six-week-long stalemate.

March 23, 2026

‘We ain’t doing it’: Schumer rejects Trump demand to tie SAVE America Act to DHS funding

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Monday said Democrats are not going to give in to President Trump's demand to tie the GOP's election legislation to funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

March 23, 2026

Senate debate on SAVE America Act continues into second week as Democrats block GOP amendment

Republicans have begun putting Democrats on the record on President Trump's top legislative priorities as the Senate heads into its second week debating the SAVE America Act.

March 22, 2026

White House deploys ICE agents to airports as DHS shutdown talks stall

President Trump is sending ICE agents to airports starting Monday to help relieve security lines despite sharp criticism from Democrats and the union representing Transportation Security Administration workers.

March 22, 2026

Senate Democrats again block DHS funding as talks with White House grind on

Senate Democrats voted for the fifth time on Friday to block a Department of Homeland Security funding bill from advancing as they continue to push for immigration enforcement policy changes.

March 20, 2026