Trump issues order declaring all DHS staff get paid amid partial shutdown
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“Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday that declares all Department of Homeland Security employees will receive pay and benefits during the agency’s partial shutdown.”
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— The following is a timeline of the second presidency of Donald Trump during the first quarter of 2026, from January 1, 2026, to March 31, 2026. To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Donald…
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— Tricia McLaughlin (born 1994 or 1995) is an American spokeswoman who served as assistant secretary for public affairs in the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) during the first year o…
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“The 'Liberating the Department of Homeland Security From the Democrat-Caused Shutdown' memo is similar to Trump’s executive order from last week which called for issuing pay to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents during the shutdown.”
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— Two shutdowns of the U.S. federal government have occurred in 2026, both arising from disputes in Congress about reforms to federal immigration enforcement after the killing of Alex Pretti by Customs …
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— The Screening Partnership Program (SPP), instituted in 2004 by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the United States, is a program that allows airports to employ private security agenc…
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— The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that has authority over the security of transportation systems within and conne…
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“In the order, Trump directed the homeland security secretary, Markwayne Mullin, to 'use funds that have a reasonable and logical nexus to the functions of DHS' to pay 'each and every employee of DHS'.”
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— Two shutdowns of the U.S. federal government have occurred in 2026, both arising from disputes in Congress about reforms to federal immigration enforcement after the killing of Alex Pretti by Customs …
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— Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term as president on January 20, 2025, with one of his key campaign promises being to crack down on illegal immigration. That evening, Trump signed several …
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— The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior, home, or public security ministrie…
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“The partial shutdown, now in its 49th day, is the longest in US history.”
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“Democrats have refused to back a proposed funding bill for the DHS that would give money to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) without imposing new guardrails on the federal agents’ immigration operations.”
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“House Republicans rejected a compromise last week that would have funded DHS while excluding funds for ICE and other offices focused on immigration enforcement.”
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“House and Senate Republicans appeared to have reached a deal this week, but House Republicans took no action to pass the legislation when they convened on Thursday. It is unclear when they will take up the bill.”
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“Trump first announced his intention to pay DHS workers on Thursday.”
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“The vast majority of DHS employees have reported to work during the shutdown, but many thousands have gone without pay.”
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“About 10,000 Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) workers are being paid because their wages come out of the non-lapsing Disaster Relief Fund.”
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“At least 4,000 Fema employees are furloughed or currently working without pay.”
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