Live updates: Senate Democrats issue ultimatum on DHS funding; FBI searches G...

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The FBI executed a search warrant at Fulton County, Georgia's elections office on the Wednesday preceding the article.

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Jessica Corbitt-Dominguez declined to comment further while the search was ongoing.

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Renee Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE officer during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis.

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Chuck Schumer is the Senate's top Democrat.

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Congress is racing to prevent a lapse in federal funding from beginning after Friday.

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On Thursday, the Senate's Republican leaders plan to hold a key procedural vote on the DHS funding bill and five other bills funding several government departments.

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Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis over the weekend.

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John Thune is the Senate majority leader.

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All six spending bills were approved by the House of Representatives last week.

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ICE received tens of billions of dollars from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act earlier this year.

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FEMA is responding to a wide-ranging winter storm that occurred in the past week.

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Any Senate changes to the funding legislation would require the House to pass it again.

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Patty Murray is the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee.

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The five other spending bills authorize funds for departments including labor, defense, and health and human services through September.

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Republicans hold 53 of 100 seats in the U.S. Senate.

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Most legislation requires at least 60 votes in the Senate to clear the filibuster.

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Last September, Senate Democrats refused to vote for government funding bills unless tax credits for Affordable Care Act health plans were extended.

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That September standoff resulted in the longest government shutdown in US history.

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That government shutdown lasted 43 days.

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The shutdown ended when seven Democratic senators joined Republicans to reauthorize government spending.

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Most Democratic senators are publicly supportive of their party's strategy on the DHS appropriations bill.

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Kristi Noem is the homeland security secretary.

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Some Democratic senators have called for Kristi Noem to resign or be fired over Alex Pretti's death.

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John Fetterman represents Pennsylvania in the Senate.

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Fetterman supports Noem's ouster.

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Fetterman has expressed hesitation about the prospect of a government shutdown.

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Republicans criticized the Democrats' warrant-requirement proposal on Tuesday amid negotiations to avoid a government shutdown.

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A partial government shutdown is scheduled to take effect Friday unless legislation is passed.

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a progressive Democrat, introduced a bill called 'Track ICE' targeting Trump administration deportation flights.

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Advancing the funding legislation in the Senate requires reaching the 60-vote filibuster threshold, meaning Republicans need Democratic support since they hold only 53 seats.

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Democrats have set conditions for supporting the legislation to fund the government.

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A deadly confrontation between immigration authorities and protesters occurred over the weekend in Minnesota.

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The weekend confrontation in Minnesota was the second such deadly confrontation there in under a month.

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The Fourth Amendment protects against government searches and seizures.

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Under current law, ICE has some warrant requirements.

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Scott Andrew Fulks runs a private law practice in Minnesota.

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Democrats have raised questions about how loosely ICE is interpreting its current warrant requirements.

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A Democratic-driven DHS funding shutdown would affect FEMA and TSA funding while leaving immigration funding intact.

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Republicans who were asked about the warrant requirements did not address the ongoing negotiations over DHS spending.

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Sen. Rick Scott is a member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs.

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Senate Democrats vowed to block DHS funding unless changes are made to rein in the agency's operations.

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Some Republican lawmakers have called for more oversight of the Department of Homeland Security.

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Alex Pretti was the second U.S. citizen killed by federal agents in Minneapolis/Minnesota during the immigration crackdown.

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Alex Pretti, who was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, was a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse.

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The spending package includes funding for the State Department, the Pentagon, and education, health, labor and transportation agencies.

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Senate Republicans must secure 60 votes to advance the spending measure in the Senate.

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Lawmakers have until midnight Friday to reach a compromise on the spending package.

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Trump is deploying Homan to the Minneapolis region.

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Padilla reiterated his stance hours after Alex Pretti's killing.

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Senate Republicans largely intend to support the Homeland Security funding measure.

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Similar demands for investigation and oversight hearings are being made by House Republicans.

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Rep. Andrew Garbarino is the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.

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Garbarino formally sought testimony from leaders at ICE, Customs and Border Protection, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

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The Department of Homeland Security has not yet provided public confirmation that it will attend the hearing sought by Garbarino.

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Many Republican lawmakers expressed concern over federal officials' explanation that Alex Pretti's killing was in part because he had a loaded firearm.

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Videos show Alex Pretti holding a cellphone, not brandishing a gun, before officers pushed him to the ground.

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is a Democrat whom Trump had clashed with in recent weeks.

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Rep. Ro Khanna detailed a plan for immigration reform on social media over the weekend.

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, enacted last year, included $75 billion in supplemental funding for ICE.

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The $75 billion allocation roughly tripled the budget for immigration enforcement.

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Federal agents fatally shot a protester in Minneapolis on Saturday.

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Democrats are focusing on removing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

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Rep. Robin Kelly introduced a measure this month to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

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At least 120 House Democrats supported Rep. Robin Kelly's measure to impeach Kristi Noem, according to Kelly's office.

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'Kavanaugh stops' followed a September decision by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo.

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The Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo decision allows ICE agents to stop people based on perceived race or for engaging in activities associated with undocumented people, such as speaking a foreign language.

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Qualified immunity protections shield federal agents from misconduct lawsuits.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar backed the progressive agenda to reverse qualified immunity and end Kavanaugh stops.

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House Republicans are warning the Senate against making changes to the six-bill government funding package that includes DHS funding.

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Congressional Democrats are seeking to insert last-minute federal immigration enforcement reforms into the DHS funding bill.

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Some Republican senators have expressed openness to splitting the DHS funding bill from the six-bill funding package.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune has not ruled out splitting the DHS funding bill from the other bills in the funding package.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune wants to pass the six-bill funding package intact, as originally combined.

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House Republican leadership is skeptical the House would be able to pass a new version of the six-bill funding package.

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Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.) is the chair of the House Appropriations subcommittee that crafts the DHS funding bill.

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Amodei earlier in the week expressed concern about the state of federal immigration enforcement.

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Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) is the moderate ranking member of the House Appropriations subcommittee that crafts the DHS funding bill.

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Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) is a member of the House Freedom Caucus.

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The House sent the six-bill funding package to the Senate last week.

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The House is out of session this week.

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The government funding deadline is January 30.

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The six bills being considered in the Senate account for the majority of discretionary government spending.

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The six-bill funding package covers the Departments of Homeland Security, Defense, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Labor, and Education.

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Any revote on the funding bills would require a separate procedural rule vote setting the terms of debate.

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Procedural rule votes in the House typically fall along party lines.

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An alternative path would be to pass the funding bills under suspension of the rules, which requires a two-thirds vote.

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When asked on Wednesday about moving five of the appropriations bills while covering DHS with a continuing resolution, Thune did not rule out that option.

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The six-bill government funding package needs to pass by Friday to avoid a partial government shutdown.

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A partial government shutdown would affect the Pentagon and other major departments.

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Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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The five appropriations bills other than DHS cover the Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, Labor, Education, Transportation, State, and related agencies.

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The U.S. House of Representatives is on recess this week.

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The Senate was working Wednesday to advance a six-bill spending package.

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Democrats called to separate DHS funding out from the six-bill spending package.

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Kristi Noem retains the confidence of President Trump.

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The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday afternoon.

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The Justice Department is conducting a criminal probe of Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

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President Trump spoke at a Treasury Department event on Wednesday.

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Trump promoted his investment accounts for newborn babies at the summit.

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Duckworth fired back at Vance Wednesday after he criticized her Senate hearing questioning.

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Vance compared Duckworth to the fictional character Forrest Gump.

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Duckworth is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who lost both legs when her helicopter was shot down in Iraq.

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Duckworth's post referred to Trump's medical draft deferments that excused him from Vietnam War service.

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Walz condemned Trump's comments that he will personally oversee the Pretti investigation.

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Alex Pretti was 37 years old.

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Castro visited a 5-year-old boy and his father at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

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The boy and father Castro visited were held following their arrests in Minnesota.

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Blumenthal called on Trump Wednesday to authorize $34 billion in FEMA aid for Palisades Fire recovery.

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The Palisades Fire struck California communities more than a year before this Wednesday.

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Blumenthal, Johnson, Scott, and Moreno held a hearing focused on the Palisades Fire.

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Rubio's remarks came during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing.

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The hearing was Rubio's first appearance before lawmakers since Maduro's capture that month.

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The Trump administration's operation resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

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The pipe bombs did not detonate five years earlier.

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Judge Amir Ali is weighing whether to reverse a magistrate judge's decision to keep Cole in custody before trial.

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Judge Amir Ali is an appointee of former President Biden.

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Potassium chlorate is a component in explosives.

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Senior officials from Denmark, Greenland, and the U.S. met Wednesday.

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Trump is pushing to acquire Greenland, the world's largest island.

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Rand Paul criticized Rubio's assertion that capturing Maduro was not an act of war.

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Rand Paul frequently criticized the administration's Venezuela posture before and after Maduro's capture.

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The FBI is taking over the investigation into the attack on Omar at her Tuesday town hall.

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Omar was calling for Noem to resign or face impeachment when a man sprayed an unknown substance toward her.

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The man who sprayed the substance at Omar was tackled to the ground.

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Trump's National Guard deployment has cost taxpayers nearly $500 million through end of 2025, per CBO.

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The administration has deployed National Guard personnel to six cities since June: LA, Memphis, Portland, Chicago, D.C., and New Orleans.

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The CBO said the deployment cost about $496 million through the end of last year, in a report to Sen. Merkley.

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The FBI is led by Director Kash Patel.

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Bruce Springsteen released an anti-ICE song titled “Streets of Minneapolis.”

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Alex Pretti and Renee Good were fatally shot in Minneapolis by federal immigration authorities in January.

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Alex Pretti was fatally shot by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis.

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A DHS/CBP review of the Pretti shooting does not mention Pretti brandishing a weapon, contrary to an official's initial claim.

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The FOMC voted 10 to 2 Wednesday to keep the baseline rate unchanged at 3.5 to 3.75 percent.

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Fed board members Waller and Miran voted for a 0.25 percentage point rate cut.

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Anthony Kazmierczak, 55, is the man accused of spraying Omar.

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Kazmierczak was arrested and booked into Hennepin County Jail on a third-degree assault charge.

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Minnesota court records show Kazmierczak has been arrested repeatedly over three decades, back to a 1989 felony motor vehicle theft conviction.

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Collins has declined to join GOP colleagues calling for Noem to step down or be fired.

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Collins is chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Trump's “losers” comment followed the senators' calls for Noem to step down after the fatal Minneapolis shooting.

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Trump touted his administration's new “Trump accounts” investment accounts for children Wednesday.

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Trump accounts are tax-free accounts established under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law the prior July.

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Rubio's explanation contradicted an earlier one from Press Secretary Leavitt.

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A federal judge temporarily blocked removal of a detained 5-year-old boy and his father.

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Judge Fred Biery issued the ruling Monday, barring transfer of the boy and father outside the judicial district.

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The ruling was directed to DHS Secretary Noem, Attorney General Bondi, and other officials.

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Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, and his father Adrian Conejo Arias are held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

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Schatz raised concerns about Trump's Board of Peace.

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Jeffries and other House Democratic leaders threatened Tuesday to launch impeachment proceedings against Noem if Trump doesn't fire her.

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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) laid out three major reforms to immigration enforcement operations under the Trump administration on Wednesday.

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Schumer held a lengthy caucus meeting with Senate Democrats on Wednesday afternoon.

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Schumer unveiled the Senate Democrats' list of demands for avoiding a partial government shutdown after that caucus meeting.

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The six-bill government funding package was scheduled for a vote on the Senate floor on Thursday.

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The White House invited rank-and-file Senate Democrats to discuss government funding options.

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Senate Democrats declined the White House's invitation to discuss government funding options.

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Senate Democrats unveiled a list of demands to rein in ICE/DHS immigration operations in exchange for their support to avert a government shutdown.

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Senate Democrats have been quietly formulating a list of legislative demands to pressure Republicans to rein in DHS and ICE.

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Alex Pretti was fatally shot during an immigration operation in Minneapolis over the weekend.

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The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents spurred Senate Democrats to oppose or reject the government funding package.

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., laid out three requirements for Democrats regarding government funding.

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The Senate faces a Friday deadline to fund the government.

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Senate Republicans have signaled willingness to negotiate ICE reforms beyond those in the existing DHS funding bill.

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The six-bill funding package includes funding for the Pentagon, among other items.

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Bipartisan rank-and-file conversations about the funding dispute are ongoing.

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House members are not scheduled to return until next week.

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During a previous government shutdown, Republicans offered to split a bill off from a broader funding package in a similar manner.

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During the previous shutdown, Schumer and Senate Democrats demanded a clean, three-year extension of expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies.

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A partial U.S. government shutdown began after a funding deadline passed over the weekend before February 2, 2026.

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As of Monday, February 2, 2026 ET, the U.S. federal government had not fully reopened.

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Some U.S. federal agencies are without appropriations while most federal operations continue under funding lawmakers advanced separately.

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Lawmakers have tried to advance funding for most of the government while giving Homeland Security a shorter, separate funding extension.

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A fatal incident occurred during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis in the days before February 2, 2026.

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The 2026 shutdown dispute centers on immigration enforcement practices and oversight tied to the fatal Minneapolis incident.

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House Republican leadership has a narrow margin that limits how many votes it can afford to lose to pass legislation.

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If the House passes the funding package without changes to the Senate-passed language, the bill can go directly to the president.

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If the House changes the Senate-passed language, the bill must return to the Senate for another vote.

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Federal workers and contractors in agencies affected by the February 2026 shutdown face delayed pay or work interruptions.

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Government funding lapses on Friday, Jan. 30, unless further measures pass.

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Lawmakers in both parties and chambers spent weeks working to pass individual funding measures before the deadline.

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Six of the 12 appropriations bills have already cleared both chambers and been signed into law.

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The remaining six funding measures passed the House earlier this month.

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The six remaining funding bills were grouped together to secure swifter passage through the Senate.

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The remaining six bills fund the Departments of Defense; Labor, HHS and Education; Transportation and HUD; State; and Treasury and related agencies.

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Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is part of the six-bill package.

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The Department of Homeland Security includes ICE and Border Patrol.

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The grouping of the funding measures created complications for their passage in the Senate.

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Angus King is an independent senator from Maine who caucuses with Democrats.

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King was among a trio of senators who negotiated a deal with Republicans that reopened the government during last year's shutdown, the longest in history.

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A number of other Senate Democrats joined King in advocating for the approach.

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Stripping the DHS bill from the broader package would require unanimous consent.

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The DHS bill was considered separately from the other funding bills in the House last week.

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The shooting of Alex Pretti was the first deadly shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis.

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The DHS measure ultimately picked up support from seven House Democrats.

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House and Senate appropriators released the text of the DHS measure and three other measures last week.

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, enacted last year, allocated funding to ICE.

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DeLauro voted against the bill that she had negotiated.

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Ricketts, McCormick and Husted later joined the calls for an investigation into the incident.

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A winter storm in Washington is adding to the Senate's difficulties this week.

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The Senate had been set to return Monday for votes.

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Senators are now set to return Tuesday afternoon due to the weather, shortening the timeline to avert a shutdown.

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A previous shutdown stretched through October and into November.

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Funding for military construction and VA, Agriculture and FDA, and the legislative branch passed as part of the November deal and was signed into law.

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Funding for Commerce and Justice, Interior and EPA, and energy and water development also passed both chambers and was signed into law last week.

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