Christmas Vacation and Congress: ‘We’re all in misery’ amid the ongoing DHS shutdown
[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! If you thought the Congressional appropriations process couldn’t get any worse, I present you with 2026. And perhaps beyond. The Department of Homeland Security remains shut down, running on pocket lint, nickels lost between the couch cushions and faded S&H Green Stamps (look ‘em up, kids). […]
A de facto pro forma: Why Washington fixated these sessions as the DHS shutdown dragged on through recess
[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Carpe diem. If you’ve wondered why all of Washington buzzed so much this week about “pro forma” sessions in the House and Senate, here’s your chance to find out why. Come on now. Tempus fugit. There’s no time like the present. Hopefully, when you finish reading […]
Senate passes bill to fund most of DHS after House GOP caves
[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The 48-day Department of Homeland Security shutdown is one step closer to ending after the Senate moved to fund most of the department Thursday morning. The Senate agreed via voice vote to send a bipartisan deal funding the whole department except for President Donald Trump’s immigration […]
Dem lawmaker to host ‘Real Housewives’ viewing party as DHS shutdown leaves thousands unpaid
[ad_1] Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-R.I.) is hosting a watch party on Thursday night for the premiere of “The Real Housewives of Rhode Island,” feting the franchise as the Department of Homeland Security is shut down. “Bring a friend, bring the drama,” reads the invite, which he posted to social media. The event, being co-hosted by […]
House GOP rams through new DHS funding plan with shutdown far from over
[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The House of Representatives passed a stopgap measure that would temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security late Friday, but the 43-day shutdown could drag on for several more weeks. The two-month funding extension approved by the House is likely dead on arrival in the Senate, […]
House Republicans pass rival DHS plan, setting up Senate fight as shutdown set to become longest in history
[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House Republicans passed a short-term funding patch for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over the fierce objections of Democratic lawmakers late Friday evening. But the 42-day shutdown that has snarled air travel and left tens of thousands of federal employees without pay is far from […]
DHS shutdown breakthrough comes at cost for Republicans as funding fights nears end
[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Congress is one step closer to ending the Homeland Security shutdown after the Senate advanced a new, last-minute deal, but it came at the price of Republicans ceding ground, temporarily, to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. The Senate unanimously advanced a deal to reopen most […]
Schumer, Dems block DHS funding again as Trump intervenes to pay TSA agents
[ad_1] DHS funding talks stall as airport chaos worsens Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joins ‘America’s Newsroom’ to discuss the ongoing partial government shutdown as DHS remains without funding. Democrats continue to push for ICE reform as airports lose more workers. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Senate was again unable […]
Flashback: Jeffries called failing to fully fund DHS an ‘abdication of responsibility’
[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., once said that failing to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was “legislative malpractice” — a position he is now rejecting in the current funding standoff with Republicans. “We are here today to do a single job, and […]
TSA warns shutdown is forcing some workers to draw blood to pay for gas
[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Some Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents are selling their blood plasma to make ends meet as the 38-day Department of Homeland Security shutdown drags on, acting Deputy TSA Administrator Adam Stahl told reporters Tuesday. “We got folks sleeping in cars,” Stahl told reporters at Washington’s Reagan […]