Congress tries to avert shutdown after ICE shootings scramble politics

Congress is trying to avoid a partial government shutdown as lawmakers react to the fatal shootings in Minneapolis by ICE agents. The Senate needs to pass a package of six spending bills by Friday to avert a shutdown. But one of those bills funds Homeland Security, including ICE operations, and Democrats say they won’t support that bill unless changes are made to rein in the immigration enforcement agency. At the White House, President Trump has shifted his posture and held positive phone calls with Minnesota officials. He also removed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from overseeing the ICE operation in Minneapolis.