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"A breaking point": Inside the 68-day DHS shutdown

More than 780 TSA officers have resigned and 18,000 merchant mariner credentials are backlogged as unpaid bills and furloughs strain DHS operations.

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In a department built to respond to catastrophic threats, employees have been reduced to bartering for office supplies.

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The partial closure of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is 67 days without resolution in sight, becoming the longest in U.S. history. On Tuesday, the Senate voted 52-46 to start a process of budgetary reconciliation that seeks to finance ICE and Border Patrol with a $70 billion package for the next three years. The maneuver allows Republicans to advance without Democratic votes, but the process is slow and complex. Senate majority leade…

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Providence Journal broke the news in Providence, United States on Tuesday, April 21, 2026.
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