White House calls on Congress to return to ​​Washington from spring break to fund DHS

Published March 30, 2026 2:45pm ET



President Donald Trump wants Congress to cancel the rest of its two-week recess and return to Washington to pass a funding deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday.

Leavitt said during a press briefing that the president is “encouraging” lawmakers to “come back to Washington to permanently fix this problem and to fund and reopen the Department of Homeland Security entirely.”

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