House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republican leaders will speak with reporters Tuesday morning, as the lower chamber of Congress is looking to avoid another potential shutdown. GOP lawmakers are preparing to vote later Tuesday on a stopgap measure that would keep federal agencies funded through Dec. 4, kicking off a high-stakes effort to avert a lapse in funding before the end of the fiscal year. The House has passed three out of 12 appropriations bills for fiscal year 2027 so far. Just last week, the House passed a bill funding national security, the State Department and other relevant programs. #mikejohnson #housegop #congress
Academics, city leaders and congressional lawmakers number among the thousands to urge the Trump administration to reconsider a plan to assert more control over grants.
The White House is warning lawmakers that funding used to pay personnel at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is close to being depleted, sounding […] Source
With no federal funding, DHS agencies – including TSA, the Coast Guard, the Secret Service, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – have ceased nonessential operations and faced worker shortages, even as homeland security risks have heightened.
As the partial government shutdown continues, Democrats have sent their Department of Homeland Security funding counteroffer to Republicans and the White House.
Senate Democrats threaten a partial government shutdown over DHS funding. And, the Fed defies President Trump's pressure and holds rates steady to fight inflation.
Senate Democrats threaten a partial government shutdown over DHS funding. And, the Fed defies President Trump's pressure and holds rates steady to fight inflation.Open
The White House is hoping “cooler heads prevail” as Democrats begin pulling their support for the funding measure for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), threatening to derail efforts to avert a partial government shutdown. Drew Petrimoulx joins Sunrise on The Hill to break down the latest.
The DHS bill is likely to prove a point of contention in the upper chamber and could lead to a government shutdown, which would mark the second such occurrence of Trump's second term.
