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The House on Thursday passed a Senate bill to end the record-long DHS shutdown.Alex Wroblewski / Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Record-long Department of Homeland Security shutdown ends​

By Scott Wong, Melanie Zanona and Kyle Stewart

WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday approved a Senate-passed bill that would fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, ending the record 75-day shutdown of the sprawling federal agency.

President Donald Trump, who had urged lawmakers to pass the bill, signed the measure into law Thursday afternoon, funding DHS agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration and the Secret Service through the end of September.

The bill does not provide new funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Border Patrol, however, as Democrats demand changes to immigration enforcement. Both ICE and border enforcement had funding during the shutdown, and Republicans will attempt in the coming weeks to keep them funded for the rest of Trump’s term.

The House's action came right against a critical deadline. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin had warned lawmakers that if they did not pass funding by Thursday, emergency funding would run out and thousands of workers would not be paid.

The bill passed “by voice,” with members shouting their approval without recording individual votes. ...

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Federal court won't rehear Trump's appeal of E. Jean Carroll's $83 million defamation verdict against him

The ruling clears the way for Trump to ask the Supreme Court to hear his appeal.
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Iran war's true cost closer to $50 billion, not $25 billion, U.S. officials say

A Pentagon official publicly placed the Department of Defense's cost for Operation Epic Fury at $25 billion.
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Trump signs bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, ending record shutdown

President Donald Trump has signed a bill funding much of the Department of Homeland Security and ending the longest agency shutdown in history.
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Live updates: Trump signs bill to end DHS shutdown; Pete Hegseth faces questions from Senate Armed Services Committee

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine are set to testify before the Senate about the Iran war and the Pentagon's budget request.
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Supreme Court hollows out a landmark law that had protected minority voting rights for 6 decades

The Voting Rights Act over its six decades became one of the most consequential laws in the nation’s history, preventing discrimination against minorities at the ballot box and helping to elect thousands of Black and Hispanic representatives at all levels of government.
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Trump pulls Dr. Casey Means' nomination for surgeon general, announces replacement

President Trump's new nominee is Dr. Nicole Saphier, a radiologist who regularly appeared on Fox News.
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President Trump nominates Fox News contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier as US surgeon general

President Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Nicole Saphier as the next U.S. surgeon general after the confirmation of his previous pick stalled.
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Hegseth clashes for a second day with Democrats in Congress over the Iran war

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth clashed with Democratic lawmakers in Congress for a second day. At the start of a hearing Thursday in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Hegseth rejected senators’ accusations that the Iran war was launched without evidence of an imminent threat and waged wi
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Supreme Court sharply limits use of race in redistricting; House votes to renew foreign spy program

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine testified to House lawmakers about the Iran war and the Pentagon's budget request.
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Oil price hits highest since 2022 after report Trump to be briefed on new Iran options

Axios reported that US Central Command has prepared a plan for a wave of "short and powerful" strikes on Iran.
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Trump administration defers $91M more in Minnesota Medicaid funding citing fraud vulnerabilities

The Trump administration has deferred an additional $91 million in Medicaid funding to Minnesota, citing concerns about fraud in state-run programs. Dr.
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Hegseth doubles down on attacking dissenters on Iran war as 'biggest adversary'

Hegseth criticizes "defeatists from the cheap seats" in Congress in hearing.
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DeSantis' redistricting fight gets major boost from his potential GOP successor: 'Doing the right thing'

Rep. Byron Donalds backs Gov. Ron DeSantis' new Florida redistricting map while blasting Hakeem Jeffries and Gavin Newsom over Democratic criticism.
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Louisiana congressional primaries are suspended as a result of the Supreme Court's ruling

Louisiana’s congressional primaries won’t be going forward as scheduled in May as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Republican Gov.
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Trump says Tennessee will redraw House maps after Supreme Court ruling

President Trump said Tennessee Republicans have committed to redistricting to eliminate the state's only Democratic seat.
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Oil price hits highest since 2022 after report Trump to be briefed on new Iran options

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