US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on January 29, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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President Donald Trump on Thursday backed a Senate deal that funds much of the federal government through the remainder of the fiscal year.
President Trump’s support is likely to make it much easier to pass the six-bill funding package the Senate is considering with just over a day left before a partial government shutdown. Senators reached a deal shortly before Trump’s announcement, agreeing to remove funding for the Department of Homeland Security from the package, pass the remaining five bills, and provide stopgap funding to DHS.
“Republicans and Democrats in Congress have come together to secure the bulk of government funding through September, while providing for expansion of the Department of Homeland Security, including the vitally important Coast Guard, which is expanding and rebuilding like never before,” President Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
“I hope both Republicans and Democrats will give us the much-needed bipartisan ‘yes’ vote,” he said.
The Senate is scheduled to begin consideration Thursday night of an amended bill that would provide funding to the Departments of Defense, Treasury, State, Health and Human Services, Labor, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation and Education. Democrats called for stripping the DHS portion of the bill after two Americans were shot and killed by federal immigration agents in Minnesota this month.
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