Management

DHS funding bill stalls as House GOP seeks changes to Senate deal

House Republicans’ push to change a Senate funding bill is slowing efforts to end the DHS shutdown and raising the risk of missed paychecks for federal workers.

Management

Senate advances GOP budget blueprint to boost ICE and Border Patrol funding

The measure cleared 50-48 after a marathon amendment session and sets up a reconciliation path for immigration enforcement spending.

Management

U.S. citizens shot by ICE urge Congress to rein in federal immigration agents

Democrats highlight cases of U.S. citizens harmed in immigration enforcement actions during a House hearing that Republicans largely boycotted and key Trump officials skipped.

Pay & Benefits

DHS to again stop paying employees in May if shutdown continues

Republicans took a new step on Tuesday to end the 67-day standoff, but there is still no immediate end in sight.

Workforce

CyberCorps summer internships canceled by cybersecurity agency amid DHS funding lapse

The decision reverses earlier plans to bring on roughly 100 student interns through the federal cyber scholarship program, leaving participants in limbo after months of shifting guidance and adding new uncertainty around job placement requirements tied to the award.

Management

Republicans weigh reconciliation for DHS funding as shutdown strains agencies

Amid an extended funding standoff affecting parts of the Department of Homeland Security, GOP leaders are considering whether the budget reconciliation process could provide a path to advance funding and immigration priorities without Democratic votes.

Management

GOP plan would fund immigration enforcement for 3 years as DHS shutdown drags on

Senate Republicans are preparing a reconciliation push that would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol for three years, a move that could help end the Homeland Security Department shutdown but it faces opposition from Democrats and uncertainty in the House.

Management

DHS plans major intel shake-up, but its intelligence office would still be overseen by the nation’s spy chief

A proposed FY27 overhaul would still leave DHS’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis answerable to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, despite questions about its oversight.

Pay & Benefits

DHS employees to begin receiving paychecks this week

The Homeland Security Department is still shut down but Trump has ordered immediate back pay anyway.

Pay & Benefits

Trump says he’ll pay all DHS workers after House again fails to end 48-day shutdown

The House was expected to pass the Senate’s measure funding most of the Homeland Security Department through September on Thursday morning, but didn’t take action.

Pay & Benefits

TSA workers receive back pay after 4-week delay as DHS shutdown continues

The Homeland Security Department has been shuttered for 45 days as Congress remains at an impasse, making it the longest government shutdown in history.

Management

Shutdown poised to continue for DHS after House, Senate take diverging paths

A breakthrough appeared early Friday morning but House Republicans appeared to quickly kill it.

Management

Trump moves to pay TSA agents as shutdown talks stall in Congress

Emergency order would cover airport screeners who have gone without full pay since mid-February but not other DHS employees, as lawmakers remain deadlocked on funding.

Management

Minnesota kicks off a legal battle with the Trump administration to hold ICE shooters accountable

With the federal government refusing to identify agents or share evidence, the dispute has become a game of constitutional chicken over states’ rights versus federal immunity, with implications for others hoping to hold agents criminally accountable.

Management

After two days of training, TSA says ICE personnel are ready to help at airports

TSA officers themselves typically train for six months before they are placed on the job, but the agency says ICE is already helping with the shutdown-induced crisis.

Management

TSA callouts spike as shutdown drags on, ICE officers sent to airports

Staffing shortages stretch security lines nationwide, with some airports seeing more than 40% of officers miss shifts while federal workers go unpaid.