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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks as Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026.
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Senate Democrats are threatening to block legislation Thursday to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies, potentially bringing the government a step closer to a partial shutdown Friday if Republicans and the White House don't agree to restrict President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement. As the country reels from the killings of two protesters by federal agents in Minneapolis, irate Senate Democrats are demanding that officers take off their masks, identify themselves and obtain judicial warrants showing probable cause for arrests.
