Friday

17-04-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Capitol agenda: DHS shutdown now in House’s hands

The Senate's overnight agreement — to fund the entire department except ICE and parts of CBP — faces a treacherous path ahead.

Senate agrees to end shutdown for most of DHS

The House could act as soon as Friday to reopen most parts of the sprawling agency.

Airports become political battlegrounds as DHS shutdown drags on

Many members of Congress are making clear they are waiting in TSA lines alongside everyone else.

House Republicans huddle with Johnson to plot party-line package

“We're definitely preparing to move forward," the speaker said Thursday.

Senate rejects voter ID

Senate Democrats rejected a GOP photo ID amendment Thursday, an issue that Republicans are eager to use as a cudgel in the midterms. Senators voted 53-47 on the amendment...

John Thune says he’s aiming to land DHS deal Thursday

“We’re going to know soon,” the Senate majority leader said.

Collins meets the Problem Solvers

Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins joined the House Problem Solvers Caucus lunch Thursday to talk about the stalled Homeland Security funding effort and proposals to overhaul federal immigration enforcement...

Brian Fitzpatrick delivers a warning on GOP reconciliation redo

The swing-seat Pennsylvanian said he’s “never a fan of single-party bills.”

Joe Wilson hospitalized

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) was hospitalized after falling in his home on Wednesday evening. Wilson’s office said on Thursday that the 78-year-old is fine and working remotely. “Last evening,...

Capitol agenda: DHS despair takes hold on the Hill

“I just want to go home,” said one GOP senator granted anonymity to vent amid the funding standoff.