US debt ceiling, gov shutdown and Speaker of the House fight

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DHS funding negotiations turn to stalemate in Senate

Senate Republicans immediately rejected a new offer Wednesday from Democrats to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, in a troubling sign for negotiations as lawmakers scramble to reach a deal before a scheduled two-week recess begins Friday. The stalemate is throwing the upcoming recess...
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Senate passes bill to fund most of Homeland Security Department

The Senate broke a logjam in the wee hours of Friday morning to pass a funding bill by voice vote that would effectively end a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. After a late night of negotiations, the Senate agreed to a modified version of a bill that would fund all of the […]
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searcher said:

These photos reveal what ICE agents are actually doing inside airports​

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...-inside-airports/ar-AA1Zf4Nf?ocid=socialshare

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That's actually good news! If all they are doing is standing around marking time, they might as well be in an airport as opposed to, say, standing around holding a shovel watching one guy fill a pothole. We get a lot of that in Virginia - five guys holding shovels watching one guy hot patch a hole that will last for maybe two weeks.

Based on these photographs, I see no reason why they cannot be marking time in, oh - say, polling places, emergency rooms, and DMVs. Doesn't look like they are stirring up trouble. They don't seem to be making a nuisance of themselves.
 

Partial US government shutdown ends after Congress votes to fund DHS​

The US House of Representatives has voted to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security – excluding immigration enforcement operations – and end the longest government agency shutdown in history.

The deal struck on Thursday aims to draw a line under a 75-day impasse that had threatened airport chaos and exposed fresh strains within the Republican party.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...otes-to-fund-dhs/ar-AA2279us?ocid=socialshare
 
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