The White House is hoping “cooler heads prevail” as Democrats begin pulling their support for the funding measure for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), threatening to derail efforts to avert a partial government shutdown.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem may be facing serious headwinds within the Trump administration, according to Fox News anchor Bret Baier.

Republicans are dangling options that would avoid having to change a massive spending bill. Democrats aren’t biting.

Negotiators in both chambers of Congress have reached an agreement to fund every federal agency in fiscal 2026, with appropriators announcing a final deal on Tuesday, giving lawmakers 10 days to get the remaining bills to President Trump’s desk before a shutdown would occur.

Six annual spending bills for the current budget year are awaiting action in the Senate this week, including a key appropriations package that would fund the Department of Health and Human Services | Legislation that includes funding for HHS and Medicare telehealth extensions is now in peril as Senate Democrats vowed to oppose a sweeping government funding package on the wake of the shooting death of a Minneapolis man by federal immigration agents.

White House officials and congressional aides emerged from talks aimed at ending a partial government shutdown over President Donald Trump's demands for border wall funding without a breakthrough Saturday, though they planned to return to the table the ...