GOP infighting, Democrats’ unmet demands and a CLEAR windfall: Who’s winning the DHS shutdown
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown became the longest funding lapse in history over the weekend, but the standoff could take several more months to fully resolve.
With President Donald Trump giving Republicans a June 1 deadline to fund the entire department, blame is flying between both parties while top Republicans present a unified front after several days of infighting.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of DHS employees are struggling to pay their bills. American travelers, too, are enduring longer-than-usual wait times at major airports.
As the shutdown continues to drag on, here is a glimpse at the biggest winners and losers of the funding lapse so far.
Though Republicans were largely unified during the fall 2025 shutdown, internal divisions have erupted in the current funding fight.
House GOP leadership fiercely rejected a bipartisan Senate deal on Friday that sought to fund most of DHS while punting money for ICE and CBP to a future funding vehicle. GOP lawmakers in the House then approved a rival proposal temporarily funding the whole department, even as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., labeled it “dead on arrival” in the upper chamber.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told GOP colleagues over the weekend that he would not bring lawmakers back to Washington for a “show vote” that is destined to fail.
Johnson, however, continued to insist his conference’s proposal was the best solution to end the stalemate.
“The Senate has to do their job and help us on this heavy lift,” the speaker said on “Fox & Friends” Tuesday, adding that the Senate failing to make sure ICE and CBP are funded was an “outrageous” move.
Trump appeared to break the impasse when he called on Republicans on Wednesday to fund immigration enforcement and border security in a forthcoming budget reconciliation package — a move aligned with Senate Republicans’ preferred approach to end the shutdown.
Johnson and Thune issued a joint statement shortly after, endorsing Trump’s June 1 deadline in a notable display of unity.
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News’ Adam Pack.
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