DHS Shutdown Nears End as House Approves Republican Budget Plan
Transportation Security Administration agents screen travelers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in January.
Photographer: Valerie Plesch/BloombergThe record-breaking 74-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security is nearing an end after House Speaker Mike Johnson united his fractious Republicans behind a two-part budget plan aimed at fully funding the department.
The progress came as the White House told Congress it’ll be unable to pay most DHS workers starting in May after a fund it tapped to make April payments runs dry. That could prompt delays at airports because of screeners calling in sick, the administration warned in a memo this week.