US House Republicans rejected a bipartisan Senate agreement to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, extending a shutdown that has left 61,000 workers unpaid.The legislative deadlock worsened as lawmakers began a two-week recess while airport security staffing dropped below 50 percent capacity due to missing wages.President
Donald Trump issued an emergency order to pay security agents directly after the
House passed a short-term funding bill that remains stalled in the
Senate.