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Spirit Airlines Prepares to Shut Down After Bailout Talks Collapse
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Top NewsHouse Passes DHS Funding Bill After Republicans Use Special Maneuver to End Shutdown
GOP leadership forced to rely on Democratic votes as party opposition threatens critical homeland security funding. The measure speeds through after procedural workaround.
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Senate Republicans Block DHS Funding as Homeland Security Shutdown Enters Second Month
With Congress in recess, much of the Department of Homeland Security remains unfunded despite escalating security concerns amid the Iran conflict.
Top NewsHouse Republicans Pass Rival DHS Bill, Prolonging Shutdown and Airport Crisis
Republicans revolted over a Senate measure and passed their own bill, dimming chances for quick end to crisis crippling airports nationwide.
Top NewsHouse Republicans Pass Rival DHS Funding Bill, Dimming Hopes for Quick End to Airport Crisis
Republicans revolted over a Senate measure and passed their own version, prolonging the shutdown that has crippled airport operations nationwide.
Top NewsTrump Administration Racing to Pay TSA Workers After Airport Security Crisis Reaches Breaking Point
President directs Homeland Security Department to compensate thousands of unpaid airport security officers as travel delays mount nationwide during partial government shutdown.
PoliticsSenate Votes at 2 a.m. to Fund TSA but Excludes ICE — House Immediately Rejects the Deal
A bipartisan Senate vote to restore DHS funding collapsed within hours when the House passed its own rival bill, leaving the 42-day shutdown without resolution as senators begin a two-week recess.
PoliticsSenate Votes to Fund Most of DHS in Bid to End Partial Shutdown
Bipartisan measure excludes ICE and Border Patrol funding but restores pay for federal airport security workers after 40-day standoff.
PoliticsSenate Republicans Near Deal to End Five-Week DHS Shutdown as Airport Chaos Escalates
A GOP proposal would fund 94% of DHS while leaving ICE deportation operations in a separate bill, as TSA shortages push airport wait times past two hours at major hubs.
PoliticsSenate Closes In on Deal to End Six-Week DHS Shutdown After Republicans Meet Trump at White House
A bipartisan framework would fund TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard while carving out ICE deportation funding for separate reconciliation — potentially ending the longest aviation-security shutdown in U.S. history.
WatchPoliticsSenate Confirms Markwayne Mullin as DHS Secretary as Bipartisan Shutdown Deal Takes Shape
The Oklahoma Republican was sworn in at the White House Monday as the department he will lead enters its 39th day of a partial shutdown, with senators saying a funding deal could come as early as this week.
PoliticsSenate Confirms Markwayne Mullin as Homeland Security Secretary Amid Ongoing Shutdown
Oklahoma Republican takes helm of DHS as 100,000 employees work without pay during unprecedented agency crisis.
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Trump Blocks DHS Deal Unless Congress Passes Voter ID Bill First, Prolonging Six-Week Shutdown
The president declared no funding agreement should be reached until the SAVE Act requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration clears the Senate — a demand that Democrats say is a poison pill designed to torpedo talks.
PoliticsSenator Mullin's DHS Confirmation Advances Despite Bipartisan Immigration Deal Controversy
Trump's pick for Homeland Security secretary survives key committee vote after Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman provides crucial support, despite Mullin's private discussions about softening immigration crackdown.
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DHS Has Been Shut Down for 5 Weeks — and Congress Is Going on Vacation With No Deal in Sight
The Department of Homeland Security shutdown, now the longest partial agency funding lapse in modern American history, has snarled airport security lines, blocked immigration oversight, and stalled ICE operations — as Senate negotiators failed again Saturday to bridge the gap on ICE body camera and warrant requirements.
