This is Brian Lairr's Daily Politics podcast from WNYC Studios.

It's Thursday, January 29th.

I'm Amina Cerna, a producer for the Brian Laird show, filling in for Brian today.

Who is off taking care of a family member.

Senate Democrats are threatening not to vote for a spending package that would fund the government

passed Friday at midnight, unless Republicans agree to limit funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

This latest move after two American citizens were killed by U.S. federal agents in

Minneapolis this month. Last year, Republicans pushed President Donald Trump's signature

domestic policy bill through Congress, which allocated $190 billion over four years to DHS, including

$75 billion for ICE.

The Trump administration has shaken up its operations in Minneapolis

after the high-profile shooting of Alex Preti by federal agents over the weekend.

And U.S. Customs and Border Protection says two agents involved have been placed on administrative leave.

President Trump has sent his border czar, Tom Homan, to Minneapolis, to replace U.S. Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino.

Bovino, along with Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noem, have been facing the brunt of the

criticism from the public and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for their

handling of immigration operations in Minneapolis. But while the Senate Democrats are attempting

to use a partial government shutdown as leverage, it may have been the response from Republican

lawmakers that swayed the president to rethink his administration's actions in Minnesota.

Joining us now to discuss that response and how it's played out in the White House over the

week is Russell Berman, a staff writer for the Atlantic.

Russell, welcome back to WMIC.

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