Senate Truce Shattered After Border Agent Killing, Shutdown Threat Returns

A fragile agreement on government funding has collapsed. This increases the risk of a partial federal shutdown by the end of this week. Senate Democrats have withdrawn their support for a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill. They acted after a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a man in Minneapolis. The man was identified as Alex Pretti. The circumstances of the shooting are under investigation. The broken agreement directly impacts DHS, the agency responsible for border security. Without new funding, parts of the department will run out of money after Friday. Democrats and Republicans had a temporary truce to keep the government open. The sudden revolt over the DHS bill ends that truce. Lawmakers now have only days to find a new solution or see key government functions stop.