Saturday

06-06-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

No off-ramp in sight for DHS-fueled shutdown

Republicans are dangling options that would avoid having to change a massive spending bill. Democrats aren’t biting.

Susan Collins speaks with Noem about immigration enforcement

GOP Sen. Susan Collins said she spoke Monday to embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after the administration launched an immigration enforcement campaign in her home state. Collins declined...

Kristi Noem to testify before Senate Judiciary

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will testify March 3 before the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to an aide for Chair Chuck Grassley. Grassley has been haggling for weeks to...

Rand Paul summons Trump immigration officials to testify after Minneapolis shooting

Sen. Rand Paul, chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, called on three top immigration enforcement officials to testify before his panel in the wake of Saturday’s...

White House backs appropriations package with DHS funding

The White House on Monday urged the Senate to pass the six-bill appropriations package to avert a partial government shutdown and signaled it doesn’t want Department of Homeland Security...

More Hill Democrats want Kristi Noem out as DHS secretary

A growing number of Hill Democrats are calling for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to step aside or be impeached following the shooting of a Minneapolis man by DHS...

Suozzi: ‘I failed’ when voting to pass DHS funding bill

Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) on Monday said he regretted his vote last week for a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, amid intense backlash surrounding the Trump...

Republicans offer early support for Trump’s Minnesota pivot

Some Republicans on Capitol Hill expressed relief after President Donald Trump announced Monday he would send border czar Tom Homan to handle immigration enforcement in Minnesota after Department of...

Trump says Justice Department is investigating Ilhan Omar

President Donald Trump on Monday said the Justice Department is investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Trump made the announcement on Truth Social, writing: “the DOJ and Congress are looking...

Capitol agenda: Shutdown odds spike after Minnesota killing

The killing of Alex Pretti at the hands of federal agents is hitting hard on Capitol Hill, ratcheting up the odds of a partial government shutdown and spurring Republican...