The standoff – which comes with particularly high stakes in a year in which the entire House and around a third of the Senate are up for reelection in the midterms – was triggered by an incendiary row over immigration enforcement.

WASHINGTON: Senate Democrats are threatening to block legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday, potentially bringing the…

Senate Democrats are demanding ICE agents remove their masks and end roving patrols in exchange for their votes to keep the government open.