Trump shifts on DHS deal as GOP pressure intensifies with airport delays

Trump reversed his hard-line stance on a Democrats’ DHS funding deal, signaling openness to reopening most of the Department of Homeland Security while funding ICE through a budget reconciliation path, prompted by nationwide airport delays and unpaid TSA staff. Democrats offered to reopen DHS excluding ICE, aiming to end the shutdown without fully caving on immigration enforcement—a move that critics have dubbed a GOP compromise under pressure. The flip-flop injects new political maneuvering as travelers suffer hours-long lines and a looming deadline, with Republicans and Democrats recalibrating their leverage amid the DHS funding fight.