Headline Roundup • February 3rd, 2026
Partial Government Shutdown Ends, DHS Funding in Limbo
Politics,Government Funding,Federal Spending,US Congress,Spending Bills,Government Shutdown,DHS,Immigration Reform
Summary from the AllSides News Team
President Donald Trump approved a $1.2 trillion spending package on Tuesday, ending the partial government shutdown that began on Saturday.
The Details: The spending package, which passed 71-29 in the Senate and then 217-214 in the House, funds most government expenditures until Sept. 30 – the end of the 2026 fiscal year. However, funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is set to expire on Feb. 13., as the DHS' leadership of immigration enforcement remains a major point of contention among lawmakers. While House Speaker Mike Johnson (R) said, "This is no time to play games with that funding," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D) said, "We need dramatic change."
For Context: The partial shutdown began on Jan. 30 after Congressional Democrats blocked a $64.4 billion spending package for DHS, requesting safety reforms to Trump's recent immigration enforcement policies. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Monday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, will begin wearing body cameras, amid ongoing protests against ICE's controversial tactics in the city. The last full government shutdown ended on Nov. 12, 2025, lasting a record total of 43 days.
How The Media Covered It: News media across the political spectrum promptly highlighted the looming DHS funding deadline and its surrounding uncertainties. Associated Press (Left bias) said, "Passage of the legislation marked the end point for one funding fight, but the start of another." Similarly, Fox News (Right) said, "Republicans and Democrats will be forced to work together to secure a longer-term funding plan for the agency."
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Featured Coverage of this Story
President Donald Trump has signed legislation ending the partial government shutdown that started Friday at midnight.
The legislation Trump signed funds agencies, including the Departments of State, Treasury and War and others, through the end of September and the end of the fiscal year.
However, it only funds the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through Feb. 13, meaning Republicans and Democrats will be forced to work together to secure a longer-term funding plan for the agency...
The House of Representatives has approved a government funding package in a 217 to 214 bipartisan vote on Tuesday, bringing the four-day partial government shutdown to an end. The bill will now go to President Donald Trump's desk for signature into law. Today's vote came after Trump held a last-minute meeting with several Republican hold-outs including Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who later dropped her demand to attach the SAVE Act. The package includes multiple bills to fund the government through until September, which two weeks of temporary funding for the...
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
President Donald Trump signed a roughly $1.2 trillion government funding bill Tuesday that ends the partial federal shutdown that began over the weekend and sets the stage for an intense debate in Congress over Homeland Security funding.
The president moved quickly to sign the bill after the House approved it with a 217-214 vote.
"This bill is a great victory for the American people," Trump said...
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