U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed into law legislation funding Department of Homeland Security agencies including the Secret Service and Transportation Security Administration, ending a partial shutdown that has gripped DHS
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed into law legislation funding Department of Homeland Security agencies including the Secret Service and Transportation Security Administration, ending a partial shutdown that has gripped DHS operations for nearly 11 weeks.
The logjam was broken when the Republican-controlled House of Representatives unanimously passed a Senate-approved bill that conservatives had refused to consider over the past month.
The House signed off on the legislation as officials warned that current funding was about to run dry, threatening chaos at airports and posing potential vulnerabilities to national security. It represented a victory for Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who had pressed House Republicans to pass the bill without modifications.
The legislation, which the Senate passed unanimously twice on March 27 and April 2, will fund DHS agencies that are not involved in Trump's immigration crackdown through September 30, the end of fiscal year 2026. Those agencies include FEMA, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Calls for action on the broader DHS bill had intensified after Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, where prosecutors say a man tried to assassinate Trump. The White House budget office
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