Senate launches marathon votes to push immigration-enforcement funding

The Senate kicks off a late-night vote-a-rama to advance a budget blueprint that would pave the way for a GOP package funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol via a party-line reconciliation process, with Democrats promising numerous amendments to spotlight cost-cutting and policy contrasts. The sprawling digest of action that follows covers related Capitol Hill maneuvering—from FISA extensions and gun-sight on environmental legislation to Virginia redistricting fallout, vaccine policy questions, and other high-profile political developments—reflecting a day of intense strategic positioning ahead of DHS funding deadlines and broader partisan battles.