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The House approved a bipartisan plan to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security through September, ending the longest U.S. government shutdown for the bulk of DHS after nearly 11 weeks of emergency funding. Immigration and Border Patrol funding would be addressed separately. President Trump urged lawmakers to act before emergency funds ran dry, and the measure passed largely without fanfare.
Health Secretary RFK Jr. will be grilled in a marathon congressional hearing over his vaccine policies, leadership changes at the agency, and the department’s budget, as vaccines debates and midterm politics shape the questions.
With broader funding talks collapsing, Republicans are pushing a separate Homeland Security funding plan, signaling a tougher budgeting approach while negotiations continue.
The White House is weighing unilateral action to pay TSA officers if Congress cannot quickly pass a DHS funding package, a tactic previously used to fund favored agencies during government shutdowns. With Senate Republicans and Democrats deadlocked over immigration policy, Trump has urged Republicans to hold out until Democrats back his proposals, leaving airport security operations in flux as negotiations continue.
The House voted to block Washington, D.C., from decoupling its local tax code from President Trump’s federal tax cuts, a move city officials say would cost hundreds of millions in revenue and require a months-long suspension of the local tax filing season; if approved by the Senate, the disruption could extend to the city’s tax system.
The House plans to pass a short-term funding package to end the partial government shutdown and buy about 10 days for bipartisan negotiations over immigration enforcement, funding the Department of Homeland Security through Feb. 13 while talks proceed.
Senate Democrats released a formal list of changes they want attached to funding for the Department of Homeland Security after federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, signaling they will block a broad DHS funding package as a partial government shutdown looms.
Senate Democrats plan to block a sweeping government funding package after a Border Patrol shooting in Minneapolis, signaling a possible partial government shutdown next weekend; lawmakers may consider separating Homeland Security funding from other agencies to avert a broader impasse.
The Trump administration directed federal agencies to compile and publish data detailing how much federal money has been distributed to Democratic-leaning states, aiming to provide a state-by-state view of federal funding as part of political messaging.
The House narrowly approved a $1.2 trillion government funding bill, overcoming Democratic objections to funding ICE as the agency expands operations in Minneapolis and other cities, a move aimed at preventing a possible government shutdown.
The Trump administration has directed Cabinet agencies to review federal funding for a group of Democratic-controlled states as part of a broader push to cut resources to sanctuary jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement.
Lawmakers reached a bipartisan 1.2 trillion funding package to keep most federal departments funded—including Defense, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, HUD, Transportation, and Education—avoiding a shutdown past the January 31 deadline.