Senate Funding Deal, Border Czar Homan In Minnesota, Georgia Election Ballots Seized

Senators cut a deal to fund most government agencies. The agreement likely came too late to avoid a brief government shutdown. The idea is to keep the government open while lawmakers negotiate new restrictions for immigration agents. I'm Leila Fauldil with Stevens Keep, and this is Up First from NPR News. The president's border czar, Tom Homan, suggested some immigration agents could leave Minnesota. Trump didn't seem to know about it when asked if agents are pulling back. No. No. Not at all. So what is the plan for Minneapolis? Also, we try to answer questions about an FBI raid in Georgia. The agency seized thousands of ballots from the twenty twenty election that president Trump lost. What does this imply for future elections? Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day. Support for this podcast and the following message come from strawberry.me. If you could go back and talk to your younger self, would you tell yourself that you have a job that truly makes you happy? Many people are stuck in jobs they've outgrown or never really wanted. A career coach from strawberry.me can help you move on to something you actually love. Benefit from having a dedicated coach in your corner and get 50% off your first coaching session at strawberry.me/npr. This message comes from Adobe. You need to make a huge presentation in an hour. Luckily, Adobe Acrobat Studio uses AI and Adobe Express to take your files and generate a presentation in a few clicks. Need a last minute pitch deck? Do that with Acrobat. Need to level up your presentation design? Do that with Acrobat. Have 30 plus documents that need to be simplified into a proposal? Do that with Acrobat. Learn more at adobe.com slash do that with Acrobat. The federal government is on the brink of a partial shutdown. Again The hope is that it won't last long because senators did reach a deal. Democrats declined to approve funding for the Department of Homeland Security. They've now agreed with president Trump on a two week extension to allow time to negotiate reforms after federal agents killed two Americans. They'll make an effort to fund other agencies as well. NPR's Ximena Bustillo has been tracking it all. Ximena, good morning. Good morning. Okay. So what is the what's in the deal? The plan senators have would allow them to approve the five bipartisan bills that fund other agencies and take Homeland Security Department's funding part out and essentially temporarily strip it out. Got it. It would give them two weeks to keep negotiating just that part. However, the way Congress works is that if one chamber makes any change, it has to go back to the other chamber. So, you know, the senate still needs to vote on it, and then the measure would need to be revoted on in the house, which is out this week. So that means that a short term shutdown is all but …