Trump Signs Order to Pay Unpaid DHS Workers

0:00President Donald Trump just announced he'll sign an executive order to pay all Department of Homeland Security workers who gone unpaid for 48 days in this partial government shutdown. He's blaming Democrats for the deadlock, but shouting out Republican leaders for pushing forward this week. This move mirrors what he did for transportation security administration staff who got backpay after causing those massive airport lines. These brave folks think federal emergency management agency teams, Coast Guard members, and support crews have kept showing up without checks, and their families have taken a real hit. GOP Chiefs in Congress are now sinking up on a two-step plan, fund most of DHS right away, be a Senate bill to house once next, then tackle. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, later through separate spending. Conservatives might still push back hard on skipping full border enforcement now, and Democrats are calling out Republican infighting, but with Trump. On board and talks heating up, this shutdown could finally crack open soon.

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