US EditionAnother Shutdown in February? Predictions, Odds as DHS Bill Looms
Senate Democrats link DHS funding extension to immigration reforms following two deaths by federal agents, with a Feb. 13 deadline and over 700 agents redeployed in Minnesota.
- With nine days until Feb. 13, 2026, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries said they won't extend DHS funding without major reforms.
- Democrats say the impasse stems from reforms advertised last week and planned for reveal Thursday, including ending roving patrols, tightening warrants, use-of-force changes, and banning detaining U.S. citizens.
- Amid the list of reforms, Senate Republicans say Sen. Katie Britt will lead talks, and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said body cameras will be instituted nationwide; Jeffries called mask removal a 'hard red line' on Tuesday.
- Lawmakers warn that a lapse would disrupt Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Border Patrol, the Coast Guard, and could trigger TSA and FEMA furloughs amid severe winter weather, while House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole said a short-term DHS extension is likely and Democrats hold some leverage.
- With the Feb. 13, 2026 deadline looming, Kalshi gives a 38% chance of a DHS vote before March 1, 2026, and Polymarket shows $222,000 in trades as shutdown odds rise.
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Lawmakers Grapple With Tight Timeline for DHS Funding Deal
WASHINGTON—When President Donald Trump signed the funding package that ended a partial government shutdown on Feb. 3, another clock started ticking. Republicans and Democrats have a Feb. 13 deadline to strike a new deal on appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), now covered by a very brief continuing resolution. The department’s components include Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Patrol, the Tra…
Lawmakers work to reach deal on immigration enforcement, avert DHS shutdown
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The February 13th deadline looms for Congress to reach an agreement on potential reforms for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection and fund the Department of Homeland Security.
Thune spars with Hakeem Jeffries over 'impossible' DHS funding
Negotiations over government funding are devolving into taunts and partisan posturing as Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and his Democratic counterpart in the House, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), assign early blame for an imminent shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. Thune told the Washington Examiner on Wednesday morning that Jeffries, who has drawn a series of red lines in funding talks, was not a “good faith” pa…
Lawmakers Are Nowhere Near a Deal on DHS Funding
Democrats say they need major reforms in order to support longer-term funding for DHS. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP ImagesLawmakers have just nine days to negotiate Department of Homeland Security reforms or risk a department-wide funding lapse. Talks are tense, they are nowhere close to a deal and it doesn’t seem right now that they can achieve one.Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, alongside a group of senior Democrats and…
Thune blasts Jeffries, Schumer as 'afraid of their shadows' as DHS funding fight heats up
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., questioned Democrats' commitment to Homeland Security funding, accusing both Democratic leaders of being afraid of their left wing.
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