White House haggles over homeland security funding with shutdown deal in sight

The Senate could vote as soon as Thursday night on a White House-brokered deal to fund the government as Democrats haggle with President Donald Trump over how long to give separate negotiations over Department of Homeland Security spending.

Under an emerging agreement to keep the government open past a Friday night shutdown deadline, the Senate would pass five bills that cover the vast majority of federal spending and punt a decision on DHS, which has become embroiled in controversy over the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti on Saturday.

Instead, the Senate would send the House a funding patch of at least two weeks for DHS, a move designed to give Democrats and the White House space to reach a compromise on how to curtail the conduct of immigration agents.