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Senate Takes Early Action to Avoid Another Shutdown

Senate leaders reach funding deal to avoid shutdown during campaign season

(Newser) - Key senators unveiled a short-term spending bill on Sunday that would keep federal agencies funded past the midterm elections and into early December as they look to avoid a government shutdown during the middle of campaign season, the AP reports. The Senate is likely to vote on the measure before...

House Makes Sure Shutdown Won't Mar Midterms

GOP passes continuing resolution months early

(Newser) - The House moved Tuesday to head-off a potential government shutdown before this fall's critical midterm elections by passing a bill to fund the federal government through Dec. 4. The deadline for action is more than two months away, but House GOP leaders are not leaving to chance another possible...

In Senate, a Rare Unanimous Vote on Their Own Pay

Senators agree to forgo paychecks during government shutdowns

(Newser) - It's unanimous: Senators won't collect paychecks during government shutdowns under a resolution that passed without a single nay vote on Thursday, reports CBS News . No paychecks will be issued if one or more federal agency is shut down under the change, which takes effect after the midterm elections.

House Finally Passes Bill to End Shutdown
Trump Signs Bill
to End DHS Shutdown
UPDATED
Apr 30, 2026 4:53 PM CDT

Trump Signs Bill to End DHS Shutdown

Bipartisan bill funds Homeland Security through September, apart from ICE and Border Patrol

(Newser) - Congress has brought the longest-ever funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security to a close, without resolving the immigration fight that sparked it. On Thursday, Day 76 of the shutdown, the House cleared a bipartisan bill—already passed by the Senate more than a month ago—to restart money...

Coast Guard Has to Beg to Get Water, Power Restored

Utility bills are going unpaid as shutdown drags on

(Newser) - The Coast Guard is still patrolling the seas, but at some bases, the water and lights are getting cut. Seventy-five days into a Department of Homeland Security funding lapse, the service says it has racked up more than $300 million in unpaid bills, including some 6,000 delinquent utility invoices...

House Takes Big Step Toward Funding Homeland Security

White House warns money will 'soon run out'

(Newser) - The House took a crucial step Wednesday toward funding the Department of Homeland Security, as the Trump administration warned that money to pay Transportation Security Administration and other agency personnel will "soon run out," sparking new threats of airport disruptions and national security concerns. House Republicans adopted a...

TSA Officers Are Quitting in Droves
TSA Officers Are
Quitting in Droves
Apr 28, 2026 11:40 AM CDT

TSA Officers Are Quitting in Droves

Wave of departures raises fears of summer airport security bottlenecks

(Newser) - Airport security is quietly bleeding staff as Washington's latest funding fight drags on. More than 1,110 TSA officers have left their jobs since the partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown began Feb. 14, a TSA spokesperson tells Politico , marking a sharp increase from the 830 departures reported at the...

Air Traffic Controllers Are Suffering in Silence

Fear that their mental health issues could disqualify them from work keeps many controllers quiet

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal is pulling back the curtain on a job that demands perfection—and, some say, punishes honesty about mental health. Its latest piece is centered on 38-year-old Seattle-area air traffic controller Joshua Adams, who died by suicide last fall after years of hiding his depression from the...

Trump: I'll Bypass Congress to Pay All DHS Employees

Executive order follows weeks-long DHS funding lapse amid partisan immigration fight

(Newser) - President Trump says he's ready to go around Congress—again—to make sure Homeland Security workers get paid. In a Thursday social media post , he announced he will "soon sign an order" to cover paychecks for all Department of Homeland Security employees, arguing their families "have suffered far too long"...

House GOP Stalls Senate Plan to Reopen DHS

Shutdown set to continue until at least Monday

(Newser) - The Senate thought it had found a way to flip the lights back on at the Department of Homeland Security; the House hit pause instead. In a brief Thursday session, House Republicans declined to advance a funding bill that could have quickly ended the record DHS shutdown, despite GOP leaders...

Johnson, Thune Unveil 2-Step Plan to End Shutdown

The first stage involves passing partial funding measure that House rejected last week

(Newser) - Republican leaders say they've found an off-ramp from the Homeland Security shutdown — now they just have to get their own party to take it. In a joint statement on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson rolled out a two-step strategy: first, pass a...

TMZ's Unusual New Focus: Lawmakers on Vacation

Tabloid outlet finds Lindsey Graham at Disney World amid prolonged shutdown

(Newser) - TMZ is now chasing senators with the same zeal it once reserved for Britney and Tiger. As a partial government shutdown enters week seven, the celebrity gossip outlet has turned its cameras on lawmakers' getaways, posting shots of Sen. Lindsey Graham at Disney World and Rep. Robert Garcia at a...

As Paychecks Begin to Roll, So Do TSA Lines

Back pay reduces agents' absences but financial strain on staff persists

(Newser) - TSA security lines that were crawling recently are suddenly moving again, thanks to something simple: paychecks. After weeks of four-hour queues at some airports, CNN reports that wait times dropped to minutes at several major hubs Monday as tens of thousands of Transportation Security Administration employees began receiving the back...

DHS Funding Standoff Now the Longest Partial Shutdown Ever

Partisan standoff over immigration funding leaves DHS shuttered for weeks

(Newser) - The fight over immigration policy just produced a new kind of record in Washington, and not the bragging kind. The Department of Homeland Security's funding lapse hit day 44 on Sunday, making it the longest partial government shutdown the US has seen, NBC News reports. It broke the previous...

Travelers Turn to Professionals to Stand in Line at Airports

Travelers turn to stand-ins during TSA staffing shortage

(Newser) - TSA agents at airports haven't been paid a dime during the partial government shutdown that's led to a staffing shortage, but everybody around them seems to be making money. The ICE agents deployed to check IDs alongside them and watch exits are still on the payroll. And a...

Musk Offers to Cover TSA Pay During DHS Standoff
Musk's Offer to Pay
TSA Agents Turned Down
UPDATED
Mar 25, 2026 6:20 PM CDT

Musk's Offer to Pay TSA Agents Turned Down

White House says it would 'pose great legal challenges' due to his federal contracts

(Newser) - The White House says it appreciates the world's richest man's offer to cover paychecks for TSA workers during the partial government shutdown, but there are legal obstacles in the way. "We greatly appreciate Elon's generous offer. This would pose great legal challenges due to his involvement...

Delta Cuts Special Perks for Congress Amid Shutdown

Move follows unpaid TSA officers and growing shutdown-related airport chaos

(Newser) - Congress members just got bumped a bit closer to the back of the line. Delta Air Lines said Tuesday it is putting a pause on most of its special perks for lawmakers, pointing to the prolonged partial government shutdown that's snarling air travel nationwide, the New York Times reports....

ICE Agents Sent to 14 Airports
ICE Agents Sent to 14 Airports
Mar 23, 2026 4:55 PM CDT

ICE Agents Sent to 14 Airports

They're there to assist TSA, though they don't have the training for most tasks

(Newser) - Air travelers stuck in epic security lines are now seeing a different kind of badge at the checkpoint. As a partial government shutdown drains airport security staffing, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been dispatched to 14 major US airports to back up the Transportation Security Administration, according to White...

Chatter About Replacing Schumer as Leader Heats Up

Wall Street Journal reports that left-leaning senators are contemplating alternatives

(Newser) - Chuck Schumer may not be on the ballot this fall, but the Wall Street Journal reports that his political future is very much in play. Behind closed doors, a growing bloc of Senate Democrats and progressive activists is venting about the 75-year-old minority leader and quietly gaming out what it...

Trump Sending ICE Agents to Airports to Help TSA

He says they will arrive Monday amid the partial government shutdown

(Newser) - ICE is headed to US airports. President Trump said Sunday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers will start helping Transportation Security Administration staff at airports on Monday as TSA struggles with staffing during the ongoing partial government shutdown and a spike in spring break traffic, reports USA Today . The move...

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