Trump, Democrats reach last-minute deal to avert shutdown…Homeland Security funding extended by just two weeks

US President Donald Trump and Democrats have struck a dramatic agreement on a budget package to avert a federal government shutdown. With tensions peaking over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency following the deaths of two US citizens in Minneapolis, the two sides opted for a compromise: lock in funding for the rest of the government while temporarily extending only the contested DHS budget.

According to NBC News on the 29th (local time), President Trump and the Senate Democratic leadership agreed to fund most federal government agencies through September 30 (the end of the fiscal year). However, for DHS—at the center of the standoff between the parties—they decided to apply a two-week continuing resolution (CR) that would fund the department only through the 13th of next month.

Earlier, after the deaths of two US citizens in Minneapolis, Democrats had blocked passage of the bill while sharply criticizing what they described as excessive enforcement by ICE. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said, “What was witnessed on the streets of Minneapolis is morally abhorrent,” adding that “ICE’s actions are state-sanctioned violence outside the law.”

Immediately after the agreement, President Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social that “the only thing that can slow the nation’s progress is a long and harmful shutdown,” urging Congress to deliver bipartisan votes in favor. He stressed that “Republicans and Democrats worked together to secure funding for most of the government while agreeing to extend DHS funding.”

The deal is expected to go to a Senate vote later tonight. The House is set to return to Washington on the 2nd of next month to take up the legislation. As a result, a technical shutdown would begin at 12:01 a.m. on the 31st as funding for major departments such as the Pentagon and the State Department lapses, but because it falls over the weekend, any actual disruption or confusion is expected to be minimal.

Previously, the Senate voted down a $1.2 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by the House last week, 45–55. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said “short-term funding for DHS cannot go on indefinitely,” signaling that Democrats will continue to press for measures such as ICE reform in future negotiations.