Live updates: DHS funding uproar snarls Senate; Minnesota judge threatens ICE head with contempt

The Senate heads back to Washington on Tuesday as a partial government shutdown looms. But Democrats are eyeing funding for ...

Senate Dems demand immigration enforcement reforms before funding DHS

Congress may be headed toward a partial government shutdown. After a federal immigration officer fatally shot Alex Pretti ...

Republicans reject calls to change DHS funding bill

Republicans are rejecting calls from Democrats to make changes to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations ...

Senate GOP critics say Noem ‘needs to go’ amid fallout from Minneapolis shootings

Both Senate Republicans have been notable critics of Trump administration officials, and are the first to break from the GOP ...

Will the government shutdown? New England senators against DHS funding

New England senators had been insisting that they wouldn't risk another shutdown. But the shooting of Alex Pretti seems to ...

ICE and CBP would keep operating during shutdown, despite DHS funding fight

A partial government shutdown would likely have little impact on immigration enforcement operations, since ICE and CBP got ...

Tammy Baldwin won't vote for DHS funding, says Kristi Noem 'has to go'

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is joining other Democrats pushing to separate DHS from other bills that face a Jan. 30 deadline to ...

The government is barreling toward a partial shutdown over DHS funding. Here's what to expect

The U.S. government may partially shutdown on Saturday months after a record 43-day closure in 2025.

Peters eyes DHS reforms to hold federal agents to same standards as local police

Sen. Gary Peters is drawing up a list of "critical" reforms for DHS that could involve requiring a warrant for arrests and ...

Two Republican senators call for Kristi Noem to resign as DHS secretary

Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis are the first GOP members of Congress to call for Noem to step down as secretary of the ...

Republicans scramble to avoid shutdown amid public ICE backlash

Senate Republicans are scrambling to save a funding package that needs to pass by Friday to avoid a partial government shutdown, but they are meeting strong resistance from Democrats who are furious ...