A closed-door meeting with border czar Tom Homan signals possible movement in the 35-day DHS shutdown, even as Senate Democrats blocked another funding vote Friday.

Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated a motion to proceed to a House-passed bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the 27-day shutdown that has hampered the functions of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and other critical agencies.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eight Republicans joined every Senate Democrat to block sweeping government funding legislation from advancing Thursday amid ongoing negotiations around a potential offramp to avert a ...

A federal appeals court has largely upheld a lower court order blocking a nationwide freeze on federal funding to states. The ruling affirms a preliminary injunction that stopped the policy, which had paused disbursement of federal financial assistance across multiple agencies.