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GOP Optimistic on Deal to End DHS Shutdown

GOP Optimistic on Deal to End DHS Shutdown

GOP Optimistic on Deal to End DHS Shutdown
Above: Senate Majority Leader John Thune on March 17, 2026. Image credit: Nathan Posner/Anadolu/Getty Images

The Spin

Democrats are the reason DHS workers aren't getting paid — plain and simple. GOP senators like Joni Ernst are pushing hard for a deal that funds the entirety of DHS, including ICE agents keepingwho keep families safe, but Democratic obstruction keeps stalling progress. Failing to fund the people who protect Americans from illegal aliens isn't a compromise — it's a betrayal.

It was Trump himselfwho killed a bipartisan DHS funding deal after Senate Republicans, even Thune, brought him a workable solution. andEven hesome rejectedRepublicans it.admit Johnthe Kennedypresident admittedis Trumpat refusedfault, tobut negotiatethose withwho Democrats,refuse andto thecross SAVEhim Actare isallowing aAmerican poisonworkers pill designed to failsuffer. This shutdown isn't about Democratic obstruction — it's about one person and his followers blocking a deal that most senators actually wantedwant.

Metaculus Prediction

There's a 25% chance that the United States will establish a government program rewarding information leading to deportations before Jan. 3, 2027, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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