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30-Second Senate Session Leaves Shutdown in Place

Senate Republicans didn't attempt to pass House-backed funding extension

(Newser) - Senate Republicans had a brief shot Monday to try to break the Department of Homeland Security funding stalemate; they let it pass. During a 30-second pro forma session, GOP leaders opted not to attempt a House-backed eight-week funding extension, which Democrats had vowed to block. Republican Sen. John Hoeven of...

DHS Funding Standoff Now the Longest Partial Shutdown Ever

Partisan standoff over immigration funding leaves DHS shuttered for weeks

(Newser) - The fight over immigration policy just produced a new kind of record in Washington, and not the bragging kind. The Department of Homeland Security's funding lapse hit day 44 on Sunday, making it the longest partial government shutdown the US has seen, NBC News reports. It broke the previous...

ICE Could Remain at Airports, Homan Says

It depends on TSA staffing levels, border czar suggests

(Newser) - White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday it is unclear whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers will remain at airports once Transportation Security Administration workers receive back pay. Appearing on CNN's State of the Union, Homan said ICE's airport presence will depend on how many TSA officers...

After Noem's Departure, Lewandowski Is Out at DHS
Lewandowski Is Out at DHS
Mar 29, 2026 9:40 AM CDT

Lewandowski Is Out at DHS

'Special government employee' had far exceeded the legal tenure

(Newser) - Corey Lewandowski is out at the Department of Homeland Security, days after his longtime ally Kristi Noem was removed as head of the agency. Lewandowski, who had been an unpaid adviser to Noem, "no longer has a role at DHS," a department spokesperson confirmed Saturday without elaborating, USA ...

Travelers Turn to Professionals to Stand in Line at Airports

Travelers turn to stand-ins during TSA staffing shortage

(Newser) - TSA agents at airports haven't been paid a dime during the partial government shutdown that's led to a staffing shortage, but everybody around them seems to be making money. The ICE agents deployed to check IDs alongside them and watch exits are still on the payroll. And a...

House Republicans Reject Deal to Fund DHS
House Republicans Reject
Deal to Fund DHS
UPDATED
Mar 27, 2026 2:09 PM CDT

House Republicans Reject Deal to Fund DHS

Conservatives angry that Senate package doesn't include money for immigration enforcement

(Newser) - A late-night Senate deal to get most of the Department of Homeland Security back up and running has run into a wall in the House. Speaker Mike Johnson called the Senate bill a "joke" on Friday afternoon and said the House would vote as soon as possible on a...

Senate Approves Funds for Homeland Security, Minus ICE

Deal is 'exactly what we wanted,' Schumer says

(Newser) - The Senate early Friday morning approved Homeland Security funds to pay Transportation Security Administration agents and most other agencies, but not the immigration enforcement operations at the heart of the budget impasse that has jammed airports, disrupted travel, and imposed financial hardship on workers. The deal, which the Senate approved...

Musk Offers to Cover TSA Pay During DHS Standoff
Musk's Offer to Pay
TSA Agents Turned Down
UPDATED
Mar 25, 2026 6:20 PM CDT

Musk's Offer to Pay TSA Agents Turned Down

White House says it would 'pose great legal challenges' due to his federal contracts

(Newser) - The White House says it appreciates the world's richest man's offer to cover paychecks for TSA workers during the partial government shutdown, but there are legal obstacles in the way. "We greatly appreciate Elon's generous offer. This would pose great legal challenges due to his involvement...

Delta Cuts Special Perks for Congress Amid Shutdown

Move follows unpaid TSA officers and growing shutdown-related airport chaos

(Newser) - Congress members just got bumped a bit closer to the back of the line. Delta Air Lines said Tuesday it is putting a pause on most of its special perks for lawmakers, pointing to the prolonged partial government shutdown that's snarling air travel nationwide, the New York Times reports....

Minnesota Just Sued the Trump Administration

State seeks withheld evidence on shootings tied to immigration crackdown

(Newser) - Minnesota just took an extraordinary step in three controversial police shootings: It sued the Trump administration to get evidence, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune . In a federal lawsuit filed in Washington, state Attorney General Keith Ellison, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, and the state's top criminal investigator accuse the...

How a Mask and a Limp Exposed Student's Alleged Killer

Apartment building engineer saw Jose Medina on surveillance footage, alerted police

(Newser) - A security camera and a noticeable limp helped Chicago police zero in on the man they say killed Sheridan Gorman , an 18-year-old college student, near Loyola University's campus. An arrest report reviewed by Fox News says 25-year-old Venezuelan national Jose Medina was seen on video leaving the shooting scene...

Senate Sets Up Quick Vote on Mullin
Senate Confirms Mullin
as Next DHS Secretary
UPDATED
Mar 23, 2026 9:52 PM CDT

Senate Confirms Mullin as Next DHS Secretary

With a 54-45 vote largely along party lines

(Newser) - The Senate on Monday night voted 54-45 to confirm Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the next Department of Homeland Security secretary, a job he'll take after Kristi Noem, removed from the post by President Trump, leaves at the end of the month. The Oklahoma Republican, perhaps not surprisingly, voted for...

DHS Attributes Teen's Murder to 'Open Border Policies'

Suspect in Loyola University student's killing is a Venezuelan migrant with prior arrests

(Newser) - The shooting death of an 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student during a dawn walk to see the skyline has become the latest flashpoint in the national fight over immigration and "sanctuary" laws. Chicago police on Sunday charged Jose Medina-Medina, 25, a Venezuelan migrant, with first-degree murder, attempted murder, and...

Trump Sending ICE Agents to Airports to Help TSA

He says they will arrive Monday amid the partial government shutdown

(Newser) - ICE is headed to US airports. President Trump said Sunday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers will start helping Transportation Security Administration staff at airports on Monday as TSA struggles with staffing during the ongoing partial government shutdown and a spike in spring break traffic, reports USA Today . The move...

Fetterman Under Fire From Fellow Democrats Again

His vote in favor of DHS nominee Mullin brings out the critics

(Newser) - Sen. John Fetterman is back in a familiar place: under fire from fellow Democrats . In the latest case, the Pennsylvania senator broke with his party and cast the deciding vote to advance the nomination of GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin's to run Homeland Security. As a result, Axios reports that...

At One Airport, 40% of TSA Agents Called Out

It's fueling long security lines, portending possible airport closures amid government shutdown

(Newser) - Travelers at several major US airports are facing a new kind of turbulence: The screeners aren't showing up. More than 40% of Transportation Security Administration officers at Houston's William P. Hobby Airport skipped work on Tuesday, with similarly high no-show rates in New Orleans (about 36%) and Atlanta...

Senate Panel Votes 8-7 on Mullin Nomination

Fetterman's vote swung it for DHS nominee

(Newser) - A nominee who publicly called a Senate committee chair a "snake" just cleared that chair's panel. Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination to run the Department of Homeland Security squeaked out of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on an 8–7 vote Thursday, surviving only because...

Feds Fast-Track Deportation of Boy, 5, and Family

Lawyers appeal expedited removal as Trump officials bypass asylum hearing

(Newser) - The 5-year-old Minneapolis boy whose arrest in a bunny hat drew global attention is again at the center of a high-stakes immigration fight, with his family now facing fast-tracked deportation. Federal officials are moving to expel Liam Conejos Ramos and his relatives to Ecuador by using an "expedited removal"...

Rand Paul Grills Mullin Over 'Anger Issues'

He says Mullin's temperament might make him unfit to lead Homeland Security

(Newser) - Sen. Rand Paul turned a high-profile Homeland Security confirmation hearing into a personal confrontation Wednesday, accusing nominee Markwayne Mullin of celebrating political violence and questioning his fitness to run the department.
  • Mullin, a Republican senator from Oklahoma tapped by President Trump to succeed Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary, faced
...

After Year in ICE Custody, Columbia Protester Is 'Free! I'm Free!'

Leqaa Kordia was never charged, is freed on bond after contested detention

(Newser) - A former Columbia University protester is out of federal immigration custody in Texas after spending more than a year detained without criminal charges. Immigration Judge Tara Naselow-Nahas on Friday ordered the release of 33-year-old Palestinian Leqaa Kordia on $100,000 bond—her third such order for Kordia's release—after...

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