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14 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: April 17, 2026.
The record-long funding lapse has left tens of thousands of DHS employees in financial limbo, with Republicans now pursuing a reconciliation bill to end the standoff.
Senate Majority Leader Thune and Speaker Johnson announced a deal to separately fund DHS and ICE — with Trump backing the framework and demanding border agency funding by June 1.
With 3,450 TSA officers calling out on a single day and airports in chaos, Trump signed an executive order to pay workers using unspent funds — but Congress remains deadlocked over how to reopen the department.
After 42 days without paychecks, 61,000 TSA workers are set to receive back pay by Monday after Trump invoked nexus funding authority — but with the Senate in recess and the House and Senate bills incompatible, the underlying shutdown crisis remains unresolved.
WatchWith no deal in sight after the House passed a bill the Senate calls dead on arrival, the standoff over immigration agency funding has shattered the record for the longest government shutdown in American history, leaving airports reeling.
Speaker Johnson rejected the Senate's partial DHS deal and moved to a procedural vote on a full-agency, two-month funding bill that includes ICE, CBP, and a voter ID requirement Senate Democrats have vowed to block.
WatchSpeaker Mike Johnson proposed a 60-day stopgap to fund ICE and border patrol — a plan Senate Democrats declared dead on arrival — as TSA call-outs hit a record 11.83% and 510 officers have quit.
WatchSenators approved funding for TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard at 2:20 a.m. by voice vote, but excluded ICE and border patrol; the bill now heads to the House for final passage.
Following a Monday evening meeting at the White House, Senate Republicans expressed new confidence that an agreement was within reach — contingent on a plan to split off ICE funding from the broader DHS budget package that has stalled for weeks.
The Oklahoma Republican and former MMA fighter was confirmed on party lines with two Democratic defections, inheriting a department in crisis: TSA workers remain unpaid and airport security lines have stretched for hours.
WatchThe president rebuffed a Senate Republican compromise that would have reopened the Department of Homeland Security, insisting no deal moves forward without passage of his voter ID legislation — extending a shutdown now in its seventh week.
Bipartisan negotiations over Department of Homeland Security funding intensified Monday as Senate Majority Leader John Thune threatened to cancel the Easter break unless negotiators can close the gap — with airport security chaos worsening during spring break.
A bipartisan attempt to end the six-week DHS shutdown collapsed in the Senate, with Democrats demanding warrant requirements for ICE agents and Republicans offering body cameras but refusing to budge on judicial oversight.
With the TSA callout rate topping 55% at some airports and wait times stretching past two hours, President Trump ordered ICE agents to take up positions at airport entrances — a plan aviation security unions say 'creates a gap, not fills one.'