Inside the deal to open DHS

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🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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For the first time in more than a month, there’s optimism that the Senate and the White House can finally find a path to reopening the Department of Homeland Security. Anna and Jake discuss the latest. Plus, the Mullin era arrives at DHS. Watch this episode on YouTube here! Punchbowl News is on YouTube⁠. ⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our channel today to see all the new ways⁠⁠ ⁠we’re investing in video.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at punchbowl.news.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.2	It's morning.
0:49.2	I'm Anna Palmer.
0:50.1	And I'm Jake Sherman.
0:51.0	And welcome to The Daily Punch,
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0:53.3	It's Tuesday, March 24th, 2026. Let's get in the mix. Here are your Washington Hemans of the day. Number one,
0:59.7	set of Republicans close in on a DHS deal. Number two, Mark Wayne Mullen to DHS. And number three,
1:05.2	we've got some news, King Charles III's upcoming state visit. All right, Jake, let's get into it.
1:10.6	Man, what a difference a day makes.
1:13.4	We broke the news yesterday that Senate Majority Leader John Thune had gone to President
1:18.2	Donald Trump and said, hey, we think we've got a deal here to get DHS funded ahead of
1:24.1	all of this spring break travel.
1:26.2	Trump said he was having none of it, but after a visit to the White House, it looks like
1:30.2	they may be singing a different tune.
1:31.5	Yeah, so what this deal would do is it would fund all of DHS except for ICE's migrant removal
1:38.2	and enforcement operations, and it would likely include some of the low-hanging fruit reforms that Democrats had been seeking.
1:45.9	I would assume body cameras and maybe some other measures.
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