The bipartisan funding deal President Donald Trump struck with Democrats to prevent a partial government shutdown this weekend appears back on track. Key Republicans pushed back on the agreement Trump struck with Democrats who are demanding new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country. Under the deal, funding for the Department of Homeland Security would be separated from a broad government spending bill and give Congress two weeks to debate the issue. But GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham and others warned that their party was yielding too much to Democrats. Even if the Senate wraps up its work Friday, the House is not due back until Monday, meaning there could be a temporary shutdown over the weekend.

Democrats voted to block legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday as they continued to negotiate with Republicans and the White House on new restrictions for President Donald Trump's surge of immigration enforcement. Thursday's test vote came as Democrats have threatened a partial government shutdown when money runs out on Friday. But Trump said just ahead of the vote that "we don't want a shutdown" and the two sides were discussing a possible agreement to separate Homeland Security funding from the rest of the legislation and fund it for a short time.

A groundswell of voices have come to the same conclusion: Kristi Noem must go. Democratic Party leaders, top advocacy organizations and even some of the most centrist lawmakers in Congress are calling for the Homeland Security secretary to step aside after the shooting deaths in Minneapolis of two people who protested deportation policy. It's a defining moment in her tenure at the department. Few Republicans are rising to Noem's defense. House Democratic leaders said she should be fired or face impeachment proceedings. But President Donald Trump gave no indication Noem's job is in jeopardy. He praised Noem for helping close the U.S. border to illegal entries.

A partial government shutdown is looming at week's end. And now Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has laid out a list of demands for the Department of Homeland Security as the Senate heads toward a crucial Thursday vote on whether to move forward with the spending legislation that funds DHS and a swath of other government agencies. Schumer says Democrats are asking the White House for an enforceable code of conduct for federal agents conducting immigration arrests and a requirement that they identify themselves to the public. Republicans will need Democratic votes to keep the government open when funding runs out at midnight Friday.

Conservatives have blocked President Donald Trump's big tax breaks and spending cuts bill. House Republicans failed Friday to push it out of the Budget Committee. Four GOP conservatives initially voted against it, demanding further cuts to Medicaid and green energy tax breaks. A fifth switched his vote in a procedural step so it could be reconsidered later and says he's confident they'll "get this done." Tallying a whopping 1,116 pages, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is teetering at a critical moment. At the same time, lawmakers from high-tax states including New York are demanding a deeper local tax deduction. Democrats call the package "bad economics." The Budget Committee plans to try again Sunday.

House Republicans have narrowly approved their budget framework. The 216-214 tally was a turnaround for Speaker Mike Johnson after abruptly postponing Wednesday's vote. Johnson worked into the night to satisfy conservative lawmakers who refused to support the plan. He and Senate Majority Leader John Thune assured conservatives they were on track seeking at least $1.5 trillion in cuts. President Donald Trump had admonished the holdouts to "stop grandstanding." The bill is central to President Donald Trump's agenda of tax breaks, spending cuts and mass deportations. There are still more votes ahead as lawmakers draft a final package in the weeks to come.

The House has voted to censure Al Green, a Democratic congressman from Texas, for disrupting President Donald Trump's address to Congress earlier in the week. Green offered no regrets when he explained his actions on the House floor and said he'd do it again. The resolution against Green was approved in a mostly party-line vote of 224-198 on Thursday. Green was joined in the well of the House by more than 20 fellow Democrats as Speaker Mike Johnson read the resolution. Green and some of his colleagues began singing "We Shall Overcome" as Johnson spoke. Republicans yelled "order" as the singing continued. Eventually, Johnson declared the House in recess.

Republican Mike Johnson has barely won reelection to the House speakership on dramatic first-round voting. He pushed past GOP holdout and got a boost from President-elect Donald Trump. Upon taking the gavel, Johnson vowed to slash the size and scope of the federal government. It all brought an ominous start to the new Congress. Johnson's weak grip on the gavel threatens not only his own survival as speaker but Trump's ambitious agenda. Tax cuts and mass deportations are all at stake as Republicans sweep to power in Washington. A flop by Johnson could have thrown Monday's congressional certification of Trump's 2024 election victory into turmoil without a House speaker.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has teed up a vote this week on a bill that would keep the federal government funded for six more months. But the measure would also require Americans to provide proof of citizenship when they register to vote. Congress needs to approve a stop-gap spending bill before the end of September to avoid a partial government shutdown just a few weeks before voters go the polls. Johnson's decision to combine the proof of citizenship mandate with government funding complicates prospects for getting that task done. The bill isn't expected to go anywhere in the Democratic-controlled Senate, if it even makes it that far.