Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate, along with the White House, reached a bipartisan funding agreement that will prevent another shutdown of the federal government starting at midnight on Friday, according to legislative sources and national media.

The agreement, publicly backed by President Donald Trump, divides The budget package has two prongs: on the one hand, it ensures funding for most of the federal government until the end of the fiscal year, September 30, 2026; on the other, it establishes a two-week temporary extension for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the main point of contention between the two parties. The decision to separate funding for the DHS—which oversees agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Border Patrol (CBP), and the Coast Guard—responds to pressure from Democrats, who are seeking urgent changes to the government's immigration tactics after two deaths at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis earlier this month. Pressure for Immigration Reforms: The continuity resolution for the DHS will extend until February 13, a shorter period than initially proposed by the White House, reflecting the Democrats' intention to maintain pressure to force reforms. Among the demands raised are the requirement that agents obtain warrants before making arrests, clearer identification rules during operations, mandatory use of body cameras, and a ban on balaclavas that conceal agents' faces. The disagreement was evident hours before the announcement, when the Senate blocked a procedural vote to move forward with the full budget package. All Democrats and a group of Republicans opposed it as a pressure tactic to exclude DHS funding from the main package. “The message is clear:“We cannot continue to unconditionally fund an agency embroiled in tactics that have generated national outrage,” said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, who even called this week for the removal of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

Trump backs the deal

From his social media network Truth Social, President Donald Trump asserted that he is working “hard” to ensure government operations. “Republicans and Democrats in Congress have come together to fund most of the government through September,” the president stated, emphasizing that a prolonged shutdown is “the only thing that can stop” the country’s progress.

The package includes funding for key departments such as Defense, Health and Human Services, Treasury, and the federal judicial system, which would prevent an immediate impact on most government operations.

However, having been amended, the bill must return to the House of Representatives for a new vote, scheduled for next week.

The United States recently experienced the longest government shutdown in its history history, which extended over 43 days between October and November 2025, affecting approximately 1.4 million federal employees and causing disruptions to essential services.

With this agreement, Congress buys time and avoids another shutdown, although it leaves open a key political battle over the future of the DHS and the direction of the Trump administration's immigration policy.