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Trump locks in ICE funding through end of presidency after House passes $70B package

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Republicans’ sweeping immigration enforcement and border security package cleared the House on Tuesday, ending a months-long standoff with Democrats over funding President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown agenda.  The $70 billion immigration enforcement measure passed 214-212 over the fierce objections of Democrats, who unanimously voted against the package. … Read more

Trump scores victory despite growing GOP divide after Senate passes $70B ICE, Border Patrol funding package

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Senate scraps border and ICE funding vote Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the pushback against President Donald Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization fund’ on ‘The Bottom Line.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Republicans managed to stitch together a unified front to advance President Donald Trump’s roughly $70 billion immigration enforcement … Read more

18 House Republicans defy Trump to pass Ukraine aid package headed for veto fight

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Republican-led House on Thursday passed a sweeping security package providing new military aid to Ukraine and imposing sanctions on Russia, delivering a sharp rebuke to the Trump administration, who opposed the measure.  Eighteen Republicans crossed party lines to support the Democrat-authored legislation in a vote of … Read more

Both parties target Trump’s $2B fund as ICE funding package enters danger zone

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Senate scraps border and ICE funding vote Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the pushback against President Donald Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization fund’ on ‘The Bottom Line.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump’s nearly $70 billion immigration enforcement package has entered uncertain waters as the Senate embarks on a … Read more

GOP advances ICE funding package after forcing Trump’s controversial $2B fund into retreat

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After delays spurred by shock announcements from the Trump administration, Senate Republicans have officially launched their play to fund immigration enforcement.  The upper chamber took the first step in the last leg of the process to advance a roughly $70 billion package to fund Immigration and Customs … Read more

GOP leverages ICE funding package to make Trump’s controversial $2B fund ‘never exist’

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Republicans may need more convincing from the Trump administration that the “anti-weaponization” fund is officially dead, even after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche spelled out its doom on Tuesday.  Many Republicans demanded that the administration make it crystal clear that not only was the nearly $2 … Read more

GOP demands Trump kill controversial $2B fund before reviving ICE funding package

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Republicans want a clear-cut answer on whether the Trump administration’s now-stalled, nearly $2 billion “anti-weaponization” fund is dead before moving forward with a multibillion-dollar immigration enforcement package.  The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday announced that while the administration “disagrees strongly” with a Virginia federal court’s … Read more

Why U.S. allies pushed back on Trump’s bid to make Iran deal a package with Israeli normalization

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TEL AVIV, Israel — It was the kind of sweeping, last-minute demand that would have torpedoed most diplomatic talks: President Donald Trump insisting this week that in exchange for him ending the war with Iran, several Arab and Muslim countries should sign on to his Abraham Accords to normalize their diplomatic relations with Israel. Subscribe … Read more

House Republicans rip into Senate for delaying immigration reconciliation package: ‘I’m very frustrated’

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House Republicans are reportedly frustrated by the Senate GOP’s move to kick the can down the road instead of voting on a budget reconciliation package pertaining to immigration enforcement this week. “The Senate’s demonstrated once again that they don’t even know how to get their work done … Read more

Senate Republican threatens to derail ICE, Border Patrol package over Trump’s billion-dollar request

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An internal dispute could derail Republicans’ goal of funding immigration operations for the remainder of President Donald Trump’s presidency.  Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., told his colleagues that he would not support the GOP’s $72 billion reconciliation package if it included $1 billion in funding for Trump’s ballroom.  … Read more