Finding common ground as another funding deadline looms

Congress is approaching yet another Friday funding deadline. So how can the parties find any common ground before DHS runs ...

DHS funding set to expire as talks over immigration enforcement reforms stall

Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to expire at the end of the day Friday, after congressional leaders’ negotiations over reforms to immigration enforcement operations stalled. We ...

How ICE grew to be the highest-funded U.S. law enforcement agency

ICE's budget hovered around $10 billion for years. But President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are taking the ...

DHS shuts down after a funding lapse. And, why athletes get the 'yips' at the Olympics

Congress is out on recess as a partial shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security is underway. And, why some superstar athletes have been getting the "yips" at the Winter Olympics in Italy.

With funding deadline days away, lawmakers debate reforms to immigration enforcement

The clock is ticking for the Department of Homeland Security. The agency is days away from running out of funding, but Democrats and Republicans remain far apart on changes to immigration enforcement.

Illinois child care providers on edge amid ongoing uncertainty around federal funding

Illinois is one of five Democrat-led states fighting the Trump administration's freeze on child care funding. Child care ...

A familiar move with a new twist: Trump tries to cut CDC funds he just signed into law

A federal judge in Illinois quickly issued a restraining order after the Trump administration slashed more than $600 million ...

DHS faces funding deadline. And, courts fast-track Somali asylum seeker hearings

Congress has until Friday to reach a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security. And, several asylum cases filed by Somali migrants in immigration courts were suddenly fast-tracked.