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22 minutes ago Carl Hulse Reporting from Capitol Hill

Senate and House Republicans revived a deal that Trump and the House G.O.P. rejected last week.

Senate and House Republicans announced an agreement on Wednesday to move ahead as early as Thursday morning with legislation to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, resurrecting a bipartisan deal that President Trump and the House G.O.P. angrily rejected last week.

Congress Jets Off as D.H.S. Shuts Down

Despite a deadlock over funding for the agency, lawmakers left town and left Democratic and White House negotiators to try to work out a deal in their absence.

By Carl Hulse

Carl Hulse, who reported from Capitol Hill, has covered numerous government shutdowns.

Feb. 13, 2026

Updated 3:01 p.m. ET

When a disruptive government shutdown nears, the Capitol is usually occupied by tense lawmakers struggling to avoid an embarrassing halt in government services and the accompanying political fallout. Even if a lapse in funding is a certainty, members of Congress typically want to look like they are trying to avert it.

Partial government shutdown looms as ICE negotiations stall

Large swaths of the Department of Homeland Security are set to shut down Saturday unless lawmakers and the White House strike a last-minute deal.

February 12, 2026 at 5:30 a.m. ESTToday at 5:30 a.m. EST

Senate passes massive government funding package, sending it to House

BY ALEXANDER BOLTON - 01/30/26 6:44 PM ET

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Friday to pass a major funding package consisting of five regular appropriations bills and a two-week stopgap measure for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) but the legislation won’t become law before parts of the government shut down at midnight.