WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are buzzing with optimism that they’ve found a viable path to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, four sources familiar with negotiations between the White House and Congress told NBC News. Republicans believe the framework could gain the support of President Donald Trump and secure enough Democratic support to quickly fund … Read more
Travelers at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport are standing for hours in security lines that may cause more risks for travelers — amid a DHS funding fight that’s resulted in TSA staff shortages at major U.S. airports. The disarray was on full display Tuesday as our CBS News team stood in a screening line. After … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! This is cobbled together talking to senior Senate Republican sources. Senate Republicans are developing a plan to fund most aspects of DHS — leaving out controversial programs like certain ICE operations — to end the five-and-a-half week partial government shutdown. This emerged after a meeting at the … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Senate quietly passed legislation that would require lawmakers to join the general public in airport security lines, ending a long-held privilege, as the Homeland Security shutdown continues. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, pushed the End Special Treatment for Congress at Airports Act, which unanimously passed the upper … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new House bill would ensure members of Congress feel the pain of the ongoing partial government shutdown the same way as many Americans across the country. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, is introducing the End Special Treatment for Congress at Airports Act, which is a House counterpart … Read more
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As congressional Democrats continue to vote to defund the Department of Homeland Security, the agency is calling out the “dangerous derangement” of sanctuary state leaders who it says are “putting American lives at risk” by releasing illegal immigrant pedophiles, murderers and gang members. A spokesperson for DHS … Read more
Last month, Democratic lawmakers blocked federal funding for the Department of Homeland Security over the public conduct of immigration enforcement officials. Six weeks into that stalemate, the president has placed those officers and agents squarely back in public view – at the country’s busiest airports. As Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel arrived at their new … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Senate confirmed Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., as the ninth Homeland Security secretary, capping a sprint to replace embattled outgoing Secretary Kristi Noem. It also caps off a 13-year career in Congress that began in the House and saw Mullin score a seat in the Senate in … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Monday to confirm Markwayne Mullin to lead the Department of Homeland Security as the shutdown of the sprawling agency dragged into its sixth week with no end in sight. The vote to confirm Mullin, a Republican senator from Oklahoma, as the head of DHS was 54-45, with Sens. John Fetterman, … Read more