Republican leaders in Congress announce plan to ending Homeland Security shutdown

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune have announced a plan to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security and try to end a record partial government shutdown. According to the plan, most of the department could be funded through an agreement with Democratic senators, with the exception of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Border Patrol. Republicans would then later try to fund those agencies through party-line spending legislation. Neither outcome is guaranteed, and the strategy could potentially still face opposition from the GOP’s own ranks.