Republican leaders in the US Congress said Wednesday they had reached a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security and end a weeks-long partial government shutdown that has brought chaos to airports.
The agreement, brokered by House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, would restore funding for most of the agency while deferring the most contentious immigration enforcement spending to a separate measure.
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