Overview
- Republican leaders in Congress announced an agreement that would end the partial shutdown by funding most of the Department of Homeland Security for the rest of the fiscal year.
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol would draw on previously approved money, with multi‑year enforcement funding pursued through reconciliation, a budget process that can pass with only the majority party’s votes.
- House Republicans reversed course after rejecting a similar proposal days earlier, in a shift that reporting linked to pressure from President Donald Trump.
- Democrats said the deal includes no new limits on enforcement tactics sought after two protesters were killed in Minneapolis, and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called the outcome a political win for his caucus.
- Travel disruptions helped force action as tens of thousands of TSA workers went unpaid for weeks, airport lines grew long, and the administration even reassigned ICE staff to checkpoints despite their lack of screening training; Trump later said he would sign an order to ensure DHS employees are paid.