Reporter’s Notebook: GOP eyes DHS deal funding ICE probes, but not removals, as shutdown drags

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

Johnson turns up heat on Schumer as DHS shutdown drags on, airport delays mount

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is ratcheting up pressure on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Democrats in the upper chamber as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown creeps into a sixth week with no end in sight. House GOP leaders are poised to hold votes … Read more

ICE agents spotted at airports assisting TSA as partial shutdown drags on

Travelers in America’s overstressed airports on Monday spotted Department of Homeland Security personnel, including ICE agents, who have been tasked with assisting Transportation Security Administration workers as they entered another week without pay due to a partial government shutdown. NBC News confirmed that ICE and DHS officers and agents were at several major airports, including … Read more

Nonprofits, unions and airports rally to feed TSA officers as shutdown drags

Across the country, collections are popping up to help Transportation Security Administration officers who have been without full pay for more than a month due to the partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security. The charity World Central Kitchen, more accustomed to feeding those in war zones and disaster areas, started providing meals … Read more

Bipartisan talks to end Homeland Security standoff get serious as shutdown drags on

WASHINGTON — Top Republicans and Democrats trying to end the monthlong Homeland Security Department shutdown huddled with White House border czar Tom Homan in the Capitol on Thursday. The in-person talks come as Senate Majority Leader John Thune threatened to nix the upcoming two-week Easter recess unless negotiators can strike a deal. Since DHS funding … Read more

Kristi Noem’s firing fails to sway Democrats as DHS shutdown drags on

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democrats may be celebrating Kristi Noem’s ouster from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), but they are still digging their heels in against ending the agency’s weekslong shutdown. “It’s not like Kristi Noem was the one who was involved in negotiating anything. She was a corrupt lackey. … Read more

In Texas, Democrats coalesce around a Senate candidate while GOP fight drags on

Three states held the first primary elections of the 2026 midterm on Tuesday, kicking off an election year that will determine who controls Congress for the next two years, and shape the direction of the two parties in the final years of Donald Trump’s presidency. The big winner of the night was James Talarico, a … Read more

Agency that nabbed El Chapo, Diddy threatened as Democrats’ DHS shutdown drags on

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The ongoing standoff over Homeland Security funding is raising concerns about the potential impact on Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the agency that has helped bring cases against high-profile figures, including Sean “Diddy” Combs and Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. HSI is one of several agencies … Read more

Department of Homeland Security suspends Global Entry as the partial government shutdown drags on

DALLAS — The Department of Homeland Security said Sunday that the Global Entry program would be shut down as long as the partial government shutdown remains in effect. The announcement comes after the department said Saturday night that it planned to shut down both Global Entry and the Transportation Security Administration’s PreCheck program as well, … Read more