Partial government shutdown began Saturday, January 31, 2026, after House failed to vote on Senate-approved funding deal before leaving town until Monday Dispute centers on immigration enforcement tactics following two deadly shootings of U.

The funding provided to DHS was significantly higher than the agency's typical budget.

Minnesota remained in national headlines with the continuation of Operation Metro Surge immigration enforcement, which is said to have brought thousands of federal officers to the state. During the crackdown, ICE has detained people from the Rochester area.

The past, as the saying goes, is a foreign country. Turn back the dial to the 1970s and American politics become almost unrecognizable. California leaned Republican. Texas was run by Democrats — a not-so-distant history that former Harris County Judge Ed ...

Lawmakers are responding to troubling videos of immigration enforcement by considering legislation to rein in agents' behavior, which could lead to a government shutdown if a Department of Homeland Security funding bill is not passed.

Congress may be headed toward a partial government shutdown. After a federal immigration officer fatally shot Alex Pretti last weekend in Minneapolis, Senate Democrats say they won’t vote to fund the Department of Homeland Security without changes to how the federal government enforces immigration laws.