Trump Signs DHS Funding Bill, ICE & Border Patrol Cut

0:00On April 30, President Trump just signed a bipartisan bill funding most of the Department of Homeland Security, but skipping immigration enforcement, like ICE and Border Patrol. This ends the longest shutdown in history, which kicked off back on February 14. The hold-ups stemmed from fights over funding those immigration ops after deadly shootings by federal agents and Minneapolis during protests. The Senate passed the bill without opposition a month ago, but House Republicans balked until they split off immigration cash into a separate track. This week, workers took the biggest hit, with over 260,000 DHS employees facing furloughs and Miss Pagex in May. TSA lines dragged on for hours, and more than 1,000 officers quit since it started, adding to the chaos from last year's shutdown. To break the deadlock, Republicans kicked off budget reconciliation for $70 billion in immigration enforcement through the end of Trump's. Trump in January 2029, the House approved the resolution on a party line vote late Wednesday.

1:03House Speaker Johnson called it, throwing a fit that worked, no Democrat reforms attached. This stabilizes TSA, Coast Guard, and FEMA for now, while the immigration fight rolls on toward a June 1st deadline, I'm Cory with the story. That's your U.S. News Today update, AI powered and always on.