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How will this DHS shutdown end?

It’s Day 40 of the DHS shutdown and the Senate remains at a crippling impasse over a GOP proposal to fund all of the department except for ICE enforc…

4 weeks, 1 day ago

Is the DHS deal falling apart?

It’s Day 39 of the DHS shutdown and Senate leaders are hitting more snags as they try to reach a deal to reopen the massive department. Punchbowl New…

4 weeks, 2 days ago

Inside the deal to open DHS

For the first time in more than a month, there’s optimism that the Senate and the White House can finally find a path to reopening the Department of …

1 month ago

What John Thune offered Donald Trump

With the DHS shutdown now in its 37th day, Senate Majority Leader John Thune approached President Donald Trump with a new proposal on Sunday that he …

1 month ago

Readback: Paul and Mullin clash in DHS hearing

Laura goes behind the scenes of Markwayne Mullin's Senate hearing Wednesday to lead DHS and his bitter clash with Rand Paul. This story was featured …

1 month ago

Who will lead the House GOP if they lose?

We’re now 228 days until Election Day and Republicans are likely to lose their razor-thin majority. 

The big question: Can — and will — Speaker Mike …

1 month ago

Fly Out Day: Indiana Sen. Banks on the Iran war and the SAVE Act

Indiana Sen. Jim Banks stopped by the Punchbowl News townhouse for a wide‑ranging conversation with Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer — from the war with …

1 month ago

The AI Innovators: Education

In this second installment of The AI Innovators, Anna Palmer speaks with Punchbowl News Special Projects Reporter Shania Shelton about how artificial…

1 month ago

Trump drags Congress into war

Congress has sat firmly on the sidelines as President Donald Trump wages an increasingly deadly war on Iran. But that may be about to change. Anna an…

1 month ago

Inside the House GOP's Latino problem

Swing districts with large Latino populations will determine control of the House — yet House Republicans are very aware that the same Latino voters …

1 month ago