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White House budget chief Russ Vought warns DHS ‘disintegrating’ amid partial government shutdown

Nypost · · 328 words · By Victor Nava
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White House budget chief Russ Vought warns DHS ‘disintegrating’ amid partial government shutdown The Department of Homeland Security is “disintegrating” as the partial government shutdown continues with no end in sight, White House Office of Management and…

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What happened

White House budget chief Russ Vought warns DHS ‘disintegrating’ amid partial government shutdown The Department of Homeland Security is “disintegrating” as the partial government shutdown continues with no end in sight, White House Office of Management and…

Why it matters

Vought explained during a Senate Budget Committee hearing that the department has struggled to retain workers amid the lapse in federal funding, which began more than two months ago on Feb.

Common ground

“As of right now, the Department of Homeland Security is disintegrating because [DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin] and I are having to figure out ways to temporarily fund people’s paychecks so we don’t have people quit and embark on new careers,” Vought…

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Claim 1: “Republican congressional leaders announced an agreement to fund all of DHS except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol.”
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Claim 2: “The House of Representatives has not yet scheduled a vote on the agreed-upon measure.”
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Claim 3: “Hundreds of TSA employees, who had been working without pay, quit the DHS subagency, resulting in massive lines at airports across the country.”
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Claim 4: “White House budget chief Russ Vought warns DHS ‘disintegrating’ amid partial government shutdown”
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Claim 5: “More than 35,000 DHS employees have begun receiving paychecks because of Trump’s order.”
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Claim 6: “President Trump signed an emergency order on April 3 to compensate every DHS employee who lost pay amid the shutdown.”
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Claim 7: “The Department of Homeland Security has struggled to retain workers amid the lapse in federal funding, which began more than two months ago on Feb. 14.”
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Claim 8: “DHS did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.”
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