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Thune Stalls DHS Funding Bill Again, Sending Congress Home
The long-stalled Department of Homeland Security immigration funding bill unexpectedly stalled again Thursday afternoon. Senate Majority Leader John Thune delayed the vote until after the long weekend and the even longer recess, missing President Donald Trump’s June 1 deadline. On Tuesday, Thune told the press that senators were going to vote this week on the… -
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Hawley, Tim Tebow Win Child Protection in Senate DHS Funding Bill, Reconciliation 2.0
The Senate GOP is taking the next steps to pass legislation to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security this week. Thanks to pro-family GOP senators, key legislation to protect children will be included in the long-awaited Reconciliation 2.0. Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced that the Secure America Act will “hopefully” be voted on… -
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Trump Signs Bill to Fund DHS
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, ending a record 76-day shutdown. Agencies within the department that do not deal with immigration enforcement are now funded, including the Coast Guard, Transportation Security Administration, Secret Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Congress has… -
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Moreno Demands Answers Over Deadly Truck Crash Involving Illegal Immigrant
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, is looking to do something about deadly truck crashes involving foreigners. This week, Moreno sent a letter to Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, demanding answers regarding Modou Ngom, an illegal immigrant alleged to be responsible for a deadly incident earlier this month in… -
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Senate Advances Massive Border Funding Plan. Will It Survive?
The Senate is rapidly pursuing a plan to inject funds into Department of Homeland Security immigration agencies that Democrats have denied funding. Congressional leaders will have the potentially difficult task of uniting their slim majorities around the plan and settling disagreements on how ambitious it should be ahead of midterms that could strip Republicans of… -
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22-Term Democrat in Danger of Losing Seat in Ohio
Of all the House races to watch in the Buckeye State for the midterms, Ohio’s 9th Congressional District tops the list. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, has held the seat since 1983, but newly redrawn maps in Ohio make this the year she could lose it. The prospect of a GOP flip in an election cycle… -
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DHS Shutdown Grinds on With Capitol Empty
After the House rejected the Senate’s attempt to partially fund the Department of Homeland Security, Congress is at a loss for how to resolve the ongoing shutdown. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday pushed Congress to work expeditiously to fund the department. “It is the job of Congress to fund these agencies,” said… -
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Jonathan Karl Confronts Chris Van Hollen Over ‘Holding Up’ DHS Funding
THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—ABC News anchor Jonathan Karl pressed Democratic Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Sunday over his party’s role in the ongoing partial government shutdown leaving the Department of Homeland Security largely without funding. Democrats have voted against funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as part of their opposition to Immigration… -
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Shutdown Drags On: House Votes to Fully Fund DHS After ‘Inappropriate’ Senate Deal
The House of Representatives on Friday rejected the Senate’s deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security without funding border security, instead voting to fully fund the department until May 22. The House passed a continuing resolution to fully fund DHS for 60 days on a mostly party-line vote with three Democrats defecting to join… -
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DHS Orders Payment of 50,000 US Airport Workers in Emergency Action
REUTERS—The Homeland Security Department said on Friday it was taking emergency action to pay 50,000 airport security officers who have gone unpaid since mid-February, after work absences brought chaos and long security lines to U.S. airports. “[The Transportation Security Administration] has immediately begun the process of paying its workforce. TSA officers should begin seeing paychecks… -
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‘ABSURD’: House GOP Leaders Dismiss Senate DHS Bill
House Republican leadership and the party’s hardline conservative faction rejected the Senate’s homeland security funding deal, which omits funding for border security. “The Republicans are not going to be any part of any effort to reopen our borders or to stop immigration enforcement,” Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., said Friday afternoon as he… -
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Senate Jams House With DHS Funding Bill in Dead of Night
In the early hours of Friday morning, the Senate voted to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security while excluding funding for immigration law enforcement agencies. The deal, which passed by unanimous consent at around 2:30 a.m., could put an end to chaos at airports across the nation but may upset hardliners in both… -
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Federal Appeals Court Holds That DHS Can Detain Illegal Alien Without Bond
Earlier this week, a federal appeals court held that the Department of Homeland Security could detain an illegal alien without bond pending his removal proceedings after he was arrested in Minneapolis in 2025. In journeyman fashion, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals interpreted the applicable immigration laws as written and applied common sense to reach its decision. That law, 8 U.S.C. § 1225, a nearly three-decade-old statute, requires detention without bond for “an alien who… -
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Why Can’t the Senate Come to a Deal on DHS?
In the sixth week of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, the Senate still cannot come to a deal to fund the agency, despite both sides having presented a wide spectrum of proposals. On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., announced he had sent Democrats “what I think is our last and final [offer],… -
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Noem and Lewandowski Reportedly Under Investigation
Kristi Noem, the former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, and Corey Lewandowski, her former top adviser, are reportedly facing a criminal investigation. The homeland security inspector general has launched an investigation into Noem and Lewandowski over allegations that the agency awarded billions of dollars in no-bid contracts, the Daily Mail reports. Sources told… -
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White House Gives Message to Democrats as TSA Officers Work Without Pay
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt had a message for Democrats who voted against reopening the Department of Homeland Security during a 40-day shutdown. “For the Democrats in Congress, the cruelty of this shutdown is the point,” Leavitt said. At Wednesday’s White House press briefing, she told the story of a father of three who… -
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2 Democrats Side With Republicans to Confirm Mullin for DHS Secretary
The Senate has voted to confirm Markwayne Mullin, the senator from Oklahoma, as the new secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. The upper chamber voted to confirm Mullin 54 to 45 on Monday evening. Two Democrats, Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., joined 52 Republicans by voting in favor of President Donald… -
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Markwayne Mullin a Step Closer to DHS Confirmation After Hearing
With his Wednesday confirmation hearing, Sen. Markwayne Mullin got one step closer to leading the Department of Homeland Security. Mullin, R-Okla., engaged in a difficult balancing act in the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, attempting to cool tensions with fellow senators while refusing to yield ground to Democrats’ demands. “I don’t get… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Can Mullin Help the GOP End the DHS Shutdown?
As President Donald Trump’s new nominee for secretary of homeland security, Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., prepares to appear before the Senate, Democrats continue to keep the Department of Homeland Security shut down. “It’s extremely disappointing that Democrats are once again putting petty politics over the safety and security of our nation,” Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, told… -
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EXCLUSIVE: DHS Reacts to Illegal Alien Allegedly Groping Female Students
Multiple parents in Fairfax County, Virginia, say a man groped their daughters in crowded school hallways. Now, the Department of Homeland Security is asking “Virginia sanctuary politicians” to not allow the alleged perpetrator, who is an illegal alien, back into the community. Israel Christopher Flores-Ortiz is from El Salvador. He illegally entered the United States…