Senate strikes two-week DHS funding deal as Dems push ICE reforms

Senators reached a deal to move a package of spending bills that would avert a partial federal shutdown by splitting DHS funding from the rest and funding DHS for two weeks at current levels, though any DHS changes require House approval; Democrats are pressing for immigration-enforcement reforms including an ICE code of conduct and independent investigations. The briefing also notes Trump suing the Treasury/IRS over leaked tax returns, Iran seeking talks to avert a US attack, a DOJ case against the man who attacked Ilhan Omar, Klobuchar’s gubernatorial bid, and other brief items on Venezuela, a potentially habitable exoplanet, and anti-ICE craft activism.