US Senate scrambles to reach funding deal as partial shutdown deadline looms

Killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good prompted Democrats to block passage of a measure funding DHSUS politics live – latest updatesThe US Senate on Friday was scrambling to find agreement on a government funding package as a partial shutdown loomed at midnight, after the killings of two US citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis upended spending talks and gave Democrats rare leverage over Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.The deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, both US citizens shot dead amid a surge of immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis, prompted Senate Democrats to block passage of a measure funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). That jeopardized a broader legislative package intended to continue funding through September for a slew of government departments. Continue reading...