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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, joined from left by Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., chair of the House Republican Conference, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., meets with reporters ahead of a key procedural vote to end the partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House gives final approval to spending package to end partial shutdown, sends it to Trump’s desk

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

In a striking change from the last shutdown fight, Trump moved fast to cut a funding deal

By Joey Cappelletti and Stephen Groves - Associated Press

The Capitol is seen from the Russell Senate Office Building as lawmakers argue on whether to move forward with the spending legislation that funds the Department of Homeland Security, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate passes ‘26 spending package, except for Homeland Security funding

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., waits to speak to reporters following a closed-door meeting with fellow Democrats at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats poised to trigger government shutdown if White House will not meet demands for ICE reform

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Kevin Freking and Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

A federal immigration officer knocks on the door of a residence Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Murderers, kidnappers, rapists caught by ICE, but so are refugees

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., waits to speak to reporters following a closed-door meeting with fellow Democrats on spending legislation that funds the Department of Homeland Security and a swath of other government agencies as the country reels from the deaths of two people at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Senate blocks spending vote as lawmakers negotiate DHS stopgap to avert shutdown

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

With a partial government shutdown looming by week's end, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined at right by Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., confers with an aide following a closed-door meeting with fellow Democrats on spending legislation that funds the Department of Homeland Security and other government agencies as the country, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Senate nears deal that avoids major shutdown, revisits Homeland Security funding

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, sits at left as Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., center, talks with Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., during a round table discussion on the high cost of housing, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

ICE fight starts another shutdown showdown with Democrats demanding reworking of DHS funding bill

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Workers clear the Capitol grounds after a snowstorm Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

The shootings in Minneapolis are upending the politics of immigration in Congress

By Lisa Mascaro and Joey Cappelletti and Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Architect of the Capitol workers clear snow outside the U.S. Capitol, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Democrats vow to oppose homeland security funding bill. That increases the chance of a shutdown

By Kevin Freking and Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during the Senate Democrat policy luncheon news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Senate Democrats vow to oppose DHS funding in aftermath of ICE’s fatal shooting of Alex Pretti

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, is detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers after arriving home from preschool, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, in a Minneapolis suburb. (Ali Daniels via AP)

DHS refutes public school official’s claim that ICE agents used immigrant’s 5-year-old son as ‘bait’

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Federal law enforcement officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) conduct a traffic stop and detain people, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

House spending bill would fund ICE over Democrats’ objections

By Stephen Dinan and Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Rep. Kelly Morrison D-Minn., center, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., second from the right, and Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., far right, at the Bishop Whipple Federal Building, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Judge refuses to block new DHS policy limiting Congress members’ access to ICE facilities

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

A pro-immigration protester lifts up Jake Lang's vest after an altercation at the March Against Minnesota Fraud rally near Minneapolis City Hall, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Counterprotesters chase off conservative influencer during Minneapolis immigration crackdown

By Jack Brook - Associated Press

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his wife, Gwen Walz, attend a vigil honoring Renee Good on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn., outside the Minnesota State Capitol. (Kerem Yücel/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

Justice Department investigating whether Minnesota’s Walz and Frey impeded immigration enforcement

By Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker and Jack Brook - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem sits atop a horse with Border Patrol agents near the Rio Grande river on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in Brownsville, Texas. (AP Photo/Gabriel V. Cardenas)

DHS closes out first year under Trump with record-low border numbers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A person looks out of their vehicle as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents walk away, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Richfield, Minn. (AP Photo/Adam Gray) ** FILE **

Democrats bent on destruction pivot from ‘defund police’ to ‘defund ICE’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Protesters shout at law enforcement officers after a shooting on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Homeland Security Secretary Noem calls latest Minnesota attack on ICE ‘an attempted murder’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Rev. Athanasius Abanulo, from Nigeria, celebrates Mass at Holy Family Catholic Church in Lanett, Ala., on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021. He is one of numerous international clergy helping ease a U.S. priest shortage by serving in Catholic dioceses across the country. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski, File)

New DHS rule aims to shorten visa wait times abroad for religious workers serving U.S. congregations

By Tiffany Stanley and Giovanna Dell'Orto - Associated Press