Trump says he'll sign order to resume pay for Homeland Security

Key Points:

• President Donald Trump announced he will soon sign an order to pay Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees who have gone without pay during the 48-day partial government shutdown, following a similar move for TSA workers.
• The House is considering passing a Senate plan to fund most of DHS, excluding immigration enforcement agencies like ICE and Border Patrol, with Republicans planning to fund those agencies separately through party-line legislation.
• Speaker Mike Johnson reversed his earlier opposition to the Senate plan, now supporting the two-step funding approach, though some conservative House Republicans remain opposed to excluding ICE and Border Patrol from immediate funding.
• Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Republican leadership have aligned with Trump on the plan, but Democrats blame House Republicans for the ongoing shutdown and lack of action on the Senate’s bipartisan funding proposal.
• About 10,000 FEMA workers continue to be paid from the Disaster Relief Fund, while thousands of other DHS employees remain unpaid, with ongoing concerns about staffing shortages and operational impacts at agencies like TSA.