Homeland Security Dept shutdown likely at midnight

Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to expire at midnight. Lawmakers have left town after failing to pass a homeland security funding bill. Democrats and the White House traded offers this week, but the Senate fell short of the votes needed to advance a bill. The expected result is a partial –or mini– government shutdown affecting the DHS, which employs more than a quarter million workers. A shutdown could drag on a while with Congress now on a 10-day break.