Senators expressed newfound optimism Monday night that they were on the cusp of a deal to end a month-old partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
After a White House meeting with President Donald Trump earlier in the evening, GOP senators appeared convinced a deal was at hand on a plan that would allow tens of thousands of DHS workers to begin receiving paychecks — including Transportation Security Administration airport security workers who’ve been staying home in droves.
The tentative arrangement would split off a large chunk of regular fiscal 2026 funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement from the earlier full-year funding bill for DHS that stalled in the Senate after the second fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by immigration enforcement officers.
