The fight over ICE funding #politics

Posted on 01/30/2026
|

A Congressional spending package that includes funding for the Department of Homeland Security has become the latest flashpoint in the fight over ICE’s deployment in Minneapolis. Listen as host Sarah Holder and Bloomberg reporters Steven Dennis and Alicia Diaz track the tense Congressional fight and the White House’s shifting position on The Big Take podcast https://trib.al/QPQwd5Y

The US Senate failed to advance a government spending package on Thursday, setting up for a partial government shutdown. At the center of the debate is funding for the Department of Homeland Security. In the wake of federal agents killing two US citizens in Minnesota, the spending package has become the latest flashpoint in the fight over ICE’s deployment in American cities. On today’s Big Take podcast, host Sarah Holder and Bloomberg reporters Steven Dennis and Alicia Diaz track the fight playing out in Washington as tensions continue to flare in Minnesota.