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Another government shutdown this week? See odds, predictions as Congress remains at war over a DHS spending bill for ICE, Border Patrol, FEMA, TSA.
Democrats have insisted that the federal government place meaningful new limits on immigration officers — including an end to wearing masks — before they vote to fund D.H.S. They point to polls that show broad disapproval of ICE’s tactics, and some of their voters are demanding that they not back down.
Lawmakers in both parties say the shutdown is likely to end early next week.
"Fort Bliss is currently in a partial government shutdown. The garrisons' operations, services, and support will continue in support of operational readiness, life, and safety of our community. We anticipate minimal impact to installation services," the military post stated.
As the Trump administration seeks to sweep away obstacles to developing artificial intelligence, the president’s team has brought its zeal for the new technology to the federal government itself.
Newsweek's live coverage of the partial government shutdown and funding package vote has ended.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The partial government shutdown is vastly different from the record closure in the fall. That is mostly because this shutdown, which started Saturday, does not include the whole of government and may not last long, even as it now drags into the new week.
President Trump on Tuesday signed a five-bill minibus and two-week continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) into law, ending the partial government shutdown. Twenty-one House Democrats voted with 196 of their Republican colleagues to greenlight the measure.
The Senate will return to a fast-approaching government funding deadline, but this time both sides appear ready to avoid another shutdown. When lawmakers in the upper chamber return Monday, they will have three working weeks to fund the government.
President Trump announced this afternoon that he was officially erasing the scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life by warming the planet. The move largely cuts off the federal government’s legal authority to address climate change through regulation.