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Trump signs bill, ends record 76-day DHS shutdown

5/3/2026

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Center

Trump Ends Shutdown

The 76-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security set a record as the longest department-wide closure in U.S. history.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Senate-passed funding bill, ending the shutdown after the House approved it by voice vote.
Secretary Markwayne Mullin warned emergency funds for agency employees could be exhausted by early May.
Republicans will fund ICE and Border Patrol through a separate reconciliation bill.

Left

House Ends Shutdown

TSA union leader warned that weeks of unpaid work will discourage future airport security recruits.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved the Senate-passed DHS funding measure by voice vote, ending the 76-day partial shutdown.
Democrats blocked ICE and Border Patrol funding until Congress addressed reforms demanded after Minneapolis shootings.
The final bill restored TSA and FEMA funding, excluded ICE, and represented a Democratic win.

Blindspot

Blindspot

Center coverage included the fact that President Donald Trump signed the DHS funding bill, a key executive action absent from Left coverage.
Center coverage noted Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s warning that emergency funds would run out by early May, a detail not emphasized in Left coverage.

History

Historical Context

The 21-day federal shutdown of November-December 1995, sparked by President Bill Clinton and Speaker Newt Gingrich over spending cuts, cost the Treasury $1.5 billion and halted training for 30,000 troops. Decades later, the 76-day DHS shutdown of 2018-19 under the Trump administration echoed the same partisan funding deadlock, prompting the 1996 Budget Enforcement Act’s spending caps.

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Trump Ends Shutdown

The 76-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security set a record as the longest department-wide closure in U.S. history.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Senate-passed funding bill, ending the shutdown after the House approved it by voice vote.
Secretary Markwayne Mullin warned emergency funds for agency employees could be exhausted by early May.
Republicans will fund ICE and Border Patrol through a separate reconciliation bill.

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