WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers appear far from ending a funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security even as the president’s nominee to run the department, Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, pleaded with colleagues Wednesday to resolve the impasse.

A month into the congressional budget battle over the Department of Homeland Security, thousands of other federal workers are still operating without pay.

The Department of Homeland Security has been ensnared by a partial government shutdown as Congress did not act to fund the agency by the end of Friday. But nearly all DHS workers will remain on the job — even if many won’t get paid until the lapse ends — and the public probably won’t notice much of a change.

The CEOs of the nation’s top airline companies, including American, Delta, Southwest and JetBlue, are imploring Congress to restore funding to the Department of Homeland Security and embrace a

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Records show the Department of Homeland Security completed the multi-million dollar purchase of a Salt Lake City warehouse this week, although it's not clear what it will be used for.

White House negotiators are reviewing a Democratic proposal to fund and reopen the Department of Homeland Security, but the talks are inching along and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Democrats aren’t serious about getting a deal soon.

Democratic senator John Fetterman breaks with party in support of reopening department but vote fails 51-46