NEWSNATIONNOW (Sophie Brams) - Trump directs DHS to pay employees during shutdown
A majority of DHS’s nearly 272,000 employees are deemed essential and must continue working when the government shuts down.
A majority of DHS’s nearly 272,000 employees are deemed essential and must continue working when the government shuts down.
At least 120,000 law enforcement officers who work for the agency have continued to collect paychecks throughout the funding lapse. But tens of thousands of workers have gone without pay.
"It’s time for Democrats to end these political games, pay our TSA officers, and reopen DHS," the agency wrote on X
State of the Union: Democrats are denying funds to the agency unless new restrictions are placed on DHS officers. The post DHS Shuts Down in Funding Spat Over ICE Reforms appeared first on The American Conservative .
The Department of Homeland Security shut down this weekend after lawmakers failed to reach a funding agreement, leaving thousands of employees facing missed paychecks. While Congress approved full-year fiscal 2026 funding on February 3 for every other federal agency, Democrats withheld support for DHS, demanding reforms to President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement crackdown following fatal shootings involving department personnel. Roughly 92 percent of DHS employees are still working, but about 23,000 of nearly 250,000 are expected to be furloughed. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection can draw on funding from last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, so the shutdown will not affect the Trump…Open
The risk of a partial government shutdown is growing as a Friday funding deadline approaches and Democratic leaders push for rigorous Immigration and Customs Enforcement […] Source
Funding is set to run out Saturday unless Congress can agree on guardrails on federal immigration enforcement agents.
The risk of a partial government shutdown is growing as a Friday funding deadline approaches and Democratic leaders push for rigorous Immigration and Customs Enforcement […] Source
More than 10,000 Federal Aviation Administration workers are furloughed.
AI:The federal government has entered its third day of a partial shutdown following the Senate's inability to pass essential spending measures, resulting in the furlough of over 10,000 FAA workers and various other disruptions to federal operations. This latest impasse follows recent legislative deadlock regarding DHS funding and general budgetary disagreements that have left critical agencies operating with limited resources while lawmakers scramble to finalize a deal.Open