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DHS shutdown surpasses record set in fall's government-wide lapse, with no end in sight

Mar 30, 2026Center Right

With Congress at a stalemate again, lawmakers left Washington for the Easter and Passover holidays and are not set to return until the week of April 13.

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DHS shutdown set to stretch on with Congress on 2-week break

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The shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security is set to stretch on after House Republicans rejected a Senate-passed solution to the standoff late last week.

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Thune under pressure to end two-week vacation amid record-long DHS shutdown

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Mar 30, 2026

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Lawmakers have left Washington during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, leaving the Department of Homeland Security unfunded as pressure mounts on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to bring senators back. With both the Senate and the House on a two-week recess to observe Passover and Easter, the partial government shutdown has become…

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GOP falls into disarray as some reps already regret newly proposed DHS shutdown bill

The Republican Party has been left in disarray over a recently proposed bill to finally end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) has warned that some GOP Senate lawmakers are unhappy with the recently proposed bill, outlining what could be a future regret for the party. Speaking on ABC's This Week,…

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