White House clinches funding deal with Democrats ahead of shutdown deadline

Published January 29, 2026 4:34pm ET



The Senate could vote as soon as Thursday night on a White House-brokered deal to fund the government after Democrats agreed to punt a fight over Department of Homeland Security spending for another two weeks.

President Donald Trump called on the Senate to pass a slate of five bills that would fund the vast majority of the federal government, alongside a short-term spending patch for DHS, which has become embroiled in controversy over the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti on Saturday.

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