AP Government & Politics

The White House and the Department of Homeland Security were caught off guard by Friday’s defeat of a House bill to fund the agency for three weeks — and they spent several hours scrambling to figure out how to prevent a shutdown. Until late afternoon, it looked fairly clear that the House would pass a three-week continuing resolution,...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is now willing to vote on a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security free of controversial provisions unraveling President Barack Obama’s actions on immigration — bending to Democratic demands for a so-called clean funding measure.But Democrats aren’t agreeing to that plan just yet.On...

The House voted late Friday to stave off a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security for another week, narrowly averting a funding lapse for the agency that has become the battleground over President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration. The vote was 357-60. The Senate approved the stopgap measure earlier Friday evening and it...

A Texas judge’s rejection of President Barack Obama’s immigration actions has strengthened conservatives’ resolve to use the Department of Homeland Security funding bill to oppose his moves — potentially complicating efforts for a quick end to the partisan standoff just 10 days before the clock runs out. Rather than defusing...