Homeland Security shutdown ends hours before workers would have gone without pay again
The 76-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security has ended after President Trump signed a bill funding most of its agencies, just before employees would have missed paychecks. The legislation excluded U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and parts of Customs and Border Protection, which remained operational through alternative funding. The shutdown, the longest in U.S. history, largely affected agencies like TSA, FEMA, and cybersecurity operations, with essential workers previously paid via emergency funds.
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The 76-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, the longest funding lapse in U.S. history, is over. President Trump signed a bill Thursday to fund most of the department’s agencies after the House passed it by voice vote. The two agencies that did not receive annual appropriations in the bill — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the border security functions of Customs and Border Protection — have a separate stream of funding that has kept them operational throughout the shutdown. The bill was signed just in time to prevent department employees from losing their paychecks again.
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