Shutdown risk grows with GOP’s border fury

The risk of a shutdown is growing as Senate and House conservatives threaten to defund the government unless President Biden and Senate Democrats agree to secure the southern border.

The border fight already has hopelessly delayed a supplemental funding bill that includes aid to Ukraine and Israel.

Now conservatives in both chambers are shifting their attention to regular spending bills, which they see as their greatest leverage to get Biden to crack down on the flow of migrants into the country.  

“There’s going to be a big effort to make sure...