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The killing of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents upended a federal spending deal at the last minute, virtually guaranteeing a partial shutdown.
Government shutdown looms as Senate battles over DHS funding package, with a test vote scheduled for Thursday.
About half of the federal government would cease full operations if Congress cannot come up with a plan by Friday night.
The threat of another government shutdown looms over ICE funding. How will Oklahoma be impacted?
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Newsweek that ICE officers are now facing "a 1,300 percent increase in assaults."
The federal courts may not be able to fully maintain paid operations beyond February 4 if Congress fails to prevent a partial government shutdown by passing funding legislation for the judicial branch and federal agencies,
Senate Democrats came out against a funding package in the wake of the deadly shooting of a Minneapolis man by federal agents, with just days until the deadline to fund the government.
Republicans are dangling options that would avoid having to change a massive spending bill. Democrats aren’t biting.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the two parties are in talks with the White House over US government funding as Democrats threaten to force a partial US government shutdown following a mounting public backlash over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota.