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DHS Shutdown Ends After Record-Shattering 76 Days — 1,000+ TSA Officers Quit, ICE Still Unfunded
Congress finally funded most of DHS after a record 76-day shutdown that left 260,000 workers in limbo. Over 1,000 TSA officers quit. Airline security lines hit historic waits. The bill funds TSA, Coast Guard, FEMA, and Secret Service through September — but deliberately excludes ICE and CBP, which remain a separate political fight.
20 Republicans Revolt at 2 AM: Trump's FISA Surveillance Push Collapses
Speaker Johnson tried to ram through Trump's "clean" 18-month FISA renewal at 2 AM with no privacy reforms. 20 Republicans joined Democrats to kill it, 197–228. A five-year reform package had already failed the same night. The result: a humiliating 10-day punt. The Freedom Caucus and civil libertarians from both parties demanded a warrant requirement for surveilling Americans.
"Meltdown": House GOP Rejects Senate DHS Deal, Prolonging 42-Day Shutdown
Day 42 of the DHS shutdown: House Republicans rejected the bipartisan Senate deal and passed an 8-week punt that can't pass the Senate. 61,000 TSA workers have missed $1B+ in pay. 510 have quit. Johnson called the Senate deal "a joke."
Trump Pressured Republicans for Months to Block Epstein File Release
Trump personally called lawmakers, the White House summoned Boebert to the Situation Room, and Speaker Johnson shut down the House early — all to block the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Trump only flipped the night before the vote when defeat was certain.
World Leaders Caught Mocking Trump at NATO Summit
At a NATO reception at Buckingham Palace, Trudeau, Macron, Johnson, and Rutte were caught on camera laughing about Trump's behavior. An embarrassed Trump called Trudeau "two-faced" and left the summit early.