Good evening. I'm Amna Nawaz. Jeff Bennett is on assignment. On the news hour tonight, President Trump's limits are tested after some Republicans in Congress push back with immigration enforcement funding on the line.

A new proposal could give Trump officials more control over scientific research grants if they don't align with the president's agenda.

I do not want a political appointee making the decisions as to not only what science will we pursue, but what that scientific outcome is.

And college graduates begin their job search in a world being transformed by artificial

intelligence.

Welcome to the NewsHour.

The Senate is in the midst of voting on $72 billion of fresh funding for Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The package has been held up for months since federal agents killed two U.S. citizens protesting immigration crackdowns in Minnesota.

It stalled again when the Trump administration

proposed nearly $2 billion for his so-called anti-weaponization fund, which could compensate January 6th rioters.

Amendment votes are expected to run well into the night, but it's still unclear at this hour

whether Republican leaders will ultimately be able to wrangle enough votes

to pass the measure. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardin is here with the latest on that

measure and the other Capitol Hill debates driving a wedge between legislative leaders and

President Donald Trump. Lisa, it's good to see you. Good to see you. So where do things stand right now

when it comes to funding for ICE and this anti-weaponization fund?

After eight months, it does look like the ICE funding is lumbering perhaps toward passage

tonight on the Senate floor, but the process is tedious.

As you can see, this is that process called Vodorama.

It is definitely not as fun as that indicates.

It is really more of a stare down, a process of exhausting

senators through an endless series of amendments. But I am told it could end as soon as tonight

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