The budget blueprint is the first step in Republicans' two-pronged plan to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.

Congressional Republicans agreed to the Senate’s plan to fund U.S. immigration enforcement agencies through the end of the Trump administration and rose above intra-party concerns about renewing government surveillance powers.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday quashed a rebellion over the farm bill to allow the House to adopt a budget blueprint for a second reconciliation bill that would fund immigration enforcement.

Senate Republicans voted early Thursday morning to approve a budget measure to unlock the path to fund ICE and Border Patrol without any Democratic votes.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House is moving forward with a three-year reauthorization of a divisive U.S. surveillance program ahead of its expiration on Friday, adding new oversight measures but stopping short of the warrant requirement that critics have demanded.

President Trump is facing opposition to his ballroom from within his own party. Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida doesn’t think taxpayers should foot the hefty bill for the White House addition,

Republicans in Congress have launched new efforts to approve and pay for President Donald Trump’s proposed ballroom at the White House