House Funds DHS, Ends Shutdown

0:00It's April 30th. Welcome to Canada News Today, powered by AI. After weeks of drama, the House finally voted Thursday to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security but left out immigration enforcement. They passed the bipartisan bill by voice vote and sent it straight to President Trump, ending the longest agency shutdown in history. The Senate had approved it unanimously a month ago, but it stalled in the House under Speaker Mike Johnson's narrow Republican majority, tangled in, internal party beef over multiple issues. DHS lost routine funding back on February 14th, causing real pain for workers who went without paychecks, even as Trump's core immigration plans, stayed funded through other channels. White House officials warned that temporary cash, Trump redirected for transportation security administration staff, and others is about to run dry, sparking fresh threats of airport headaches. With the bill now on Trump's desk, this saga looks set to close without more chaos, at least for the funded part of the agency.