#dhs-funding

#dhs-funding

President Trump stated that the U.S. had 'very good and productive conversations' over the past two days, leading to a postponement of strikes on Iranian power plants for five days, subject to ongoing discussions.

In a post on X, Karoline Leavitt, the White House spokeswoman, praised the Secret Service's action: "In the middle of the night while most Americans were asleep, the United States Secret Service acted quickly and decisively to neutralize a crazy person, armed with a gun and a gas canister, who intruded President Trump's home." "Federal law enforcement are working 24/7 to keep our country safe and protect all Americans," she wrote. "It's shameful and reckless that Democrats have chosen to shut down their Department." Democrats are negotiating with the White House on a deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Secret Service, and has been without funding for more than a week, in exchange for changes to immigration enforcement operations.

The impasse comes as Trump's Democratic rivals demand reforms to immigration operations after deadly shootings in Minnesota. The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) which includes agencies that oversee immigration enforcement and disaster response is expected to run out of funds after legislators failed to avert a partial government shutdown. The Senate adjourned on Friday without reaching a deal to pass budget legislation for DHS.

On Thursday, Tom Homan, the corrupt, fascist, "border czar" the media insists on treating as respectable, announced an end to "Operation Metro Surge," which is the Trump administration's name for its unconstitutional invasion of Minnesota. Homan declared "success," shared some data on the numbers of immigrants who've been deported or sent to concentration camps, didn't list the numbers of people his goons have assaulted, injured, or murdered, and scuttled off.

This is like any other surge operation. L.A., it ended. Los Angeles, it ended. Charlotte, it ended. New Orleans, it ended. This is ending the surge, but we're not going away, he said. And let me say this, over 800 flights a day land in St. Paul, Minnesota. If we need to come back, we'll come back.

Senator McConnell was discharged from the hospital [Tuesday] and is grateful for the outstanding care he received. He is feeling better and will be working from home this week on the advice of his doctors, spokesman David Popp said in a statement.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) voted against a $1.2 trillion 5-bill minibus to reopen the government after a nearly four-day partial shutdown. Boebert said the minibus included $1.3 billion for "child transgender surgeries." The minibus package, which also included a continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) until February 13, narrowly passed the U.S. House in a 217-214 vote. Trump signed it into law on February 3.

On Jan. 29, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate reached an agreement to remove funding for DHS from a package of six spending bills. The deal approves funding for the treasury, the federal court system, the Health Department, the War Department (previously the Department of Defense) and other agencies until Sept. 30. DHS funding will continue at its current level for two weeks while both sides work out a new deal to fund the agency.

The interchamber tensions between Democrats are becoming a regular feature of funding fights in the second Trump term. Lawmakers, strategists and voters alike exploded in anger last March when Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and a handful of colleagues allowed a spending package to move forward amid the Elon Musk-led DOGE assault on federal agencies. In November, tempers again flared when a handful of Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to end a record 43-day shutdown.

Late last week, the Senate voted to pass the final bundle of appropriations bills, but separated legislation that funds the DHS, amid widespread backlash over the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. While the House prepares to vote, a partial shutdown is under way. Instead, lawmakers in the upper chamber voted to pass a stopgap measure to keep the DHS operating for two weeks while Democrats hammer out negotiations with the Trump administration over the future of federal immigration enforcement.

Several lawmakers expressed firm opposition to voting for the funding measure, saying they are a "hell no," sources told Axios. But another group of top Democrats also offered points in favor of the bill, including two former top party leaders, sources said. Driving the news: On the call, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) recounted to members how he told Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Saturday not to rely on Democratic votes to pass the bill, sources said.

Politics The two sides have agreed to separate homeland security funding from the rest of the legislation and fund DHS for two weeks while they debate Democratic demands for curbs on ICE. WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats and White House have struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security as they negotiate new restrictions for President Donald Trump's surge of immigration enforcement.