DHS Partial Shutdown Delays FEMA Relief to Nobles, Rock Counties

DHS partial shutdown delays FEMA relief to Nobles, Rock counties

WORTHINGTON — The record breaking 76-day partial shutdown of the federal Department of Homeland Security has delayed a $900,000 Federal Emergency Management Agency payment to Rock and Nobles counties. The money is a reimbursement for damages to their jointly owned railroad that occurred due to flooding in 2024. “After last fall’s government shutdown, our appeal process — and now the DHS partial shutdown — patience becomes the name of the game,” …

Here’s How ICE and Border Patrol Get Funded

With the stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump ended a Department of Homeland Security shutdown that dragged on for more than two months. Now Republicans are scrambling to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol, both of which were left out of the deal to reopen DHS. Here’s what’s happened so far and what comes next. ...

Bill funding DHS but not ICE and CBP passes

The House of Representatives on April 30 passed a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which President Trump signed to end the record 76-day partial government shutdown.Most of the DHS had been shut down since February, after congressional…

CitiesSpeak Podcast on the Department of Homeland Security Funding Deal and What It Means for Local Governments

Washington, D.C. — A new episode of the CitiesSpeak podcast from the National League of Cities (NLC) features Yucel Ors, Legislative Director for Public Safety and Crime Prevention for NLC, in conversation with NLC Senior Executive Irma Esparza Diggs about the recent Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown and its impact on local governments across the country. The episode explores how the 76-day shutdown disrupted disaster […] Source

Do You Support DHS Funding Without Accountability?

QUICK SUMMARY: After federal agents killed two citizens in Minneapolis, Democrats vowed to block DHS funding until Republicans agreed to operational conditions. Instead, the GOP rejected those conditions, split the funding vote, and used budget reconciliation to fund ICE and CBP anyway. Did Congress just remove one party’s only real oversight tool? After federal agents killed two U.S. citizens during immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, Democ…

Trump signs bill into law funding most of DHS, ending 76-day partial shutdown – The American Israelite Newspaper

Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Graeme Sloan/Getty ImagesU.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks to reporters after passage of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security funding bill at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2026 (JNS) — U.S. President Donald Trump signed H.R. 7147 into law on Thursday, funding most of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security through Sept. 30 and ending a 76-day partial shutdown of the agenc…