Overview
- Senate Republicans said after a White House meeting they see a path to reopen the Department of Homeland Security by funding most agencies while excluding specific ICE components, though details have not been released.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson plans two votes, including a third attempt at a full‑year DHS funding bill and a separate resolution praising DHS personnel, to put pressure on Senate Democrats.
- TSA staffing shortages tied to the lapse have produced hours‑long screening lines at major airports such as Houston, New Orleans, and New York City, and many officers have now missed two pay periods.
- The administration has sent ICE agents to some airports to help ease security bottlenecks, a step criticized by Democrats in public even as some privately predict the visuals will backfire on the White House, according to reporting.
- Talks remain stuck over Democrats’ push for new guardrails on ICE and CBP operations, Republicans’ refusal to accept those limits, and the president’s call to link any deal to the SAVE America Act, with added context that core ICE deportation funding already runs through 2029.