House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune proposed a plan to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, but the effort faces internal Republican opposition and previous collapse. The DHS shutdown has entered its 47th day, with ongoing political and legislative challenges.
The DHS shutdown began in mid-February after disagreements over funding for immigration enforcement agencies. Previous efforts to resolve the impasse failed, leading to the current 47-day shutdown. The political landscape is complicated by internal GOP divisions and the influence of President Trump’s policies.
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Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (born January 17, 1954), also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving as the 26th United States secretary of health and human
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a national public health institute in the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Jayanta Bhattacharya (born 1968) is an American health economist, trained as a physician, who has served as the 18th director of the National Institutes of Health since 2025. Bhattacharya additional served as the acting director of the Centers for Disease
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Paula Casey Means (born September 24, 1987), known as Casey Means, is an American wellness influencer, author, and former physician.
Means graduated from the Stanford University School of Medicine in 2014. She pursued an ENT surgical residency at Oregon..
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Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
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Susan Margaret Collins is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Maine. A Republican, Collins has served in the Senate since 1997.
Born in Caribou, Maine, Collins is a graduate of St. Lawrence University.
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William Morgan Cassidy is an American physician and politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Louisiana, a seat he was elected to in 2014.
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Lisa Ann Murkowski is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Alaska, having held that seat since 2002. She is a member of the Republican Party, and is the second most senior Republican woman in the Senate.
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The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800 when the national...
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John Randolph Thune is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from South Dakota, a seat he was first elected to in 2004. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the U.S. Representative for South Dakota's at-la
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Charles Ellis Schumer is an American and Israeli politician serving as the senior United States Senator from New York, a seat to which he was first elected in 1998. A member of the Democratic Party, he has also been the Senate Minority Leader since 2017.