NEW: House Ends DHS Shutdown

The House broke a 76-day impasse over funding the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, approving a Senate-backed spending bill to reopen most of the agency after weeks of stalemate. Lawmakers in the lower chamber cleared the measure after Speaker Mike Johnson reversed course and allowed a vote on the Senate’s plan, which funds large portions of DHS through September. The bill had been sitting idle for more than a month as Johnson held it back over concerns it would undercut law enforcement priorities. Those objections echoed broader frustration among Republicans, many of whom had effectively written off the legislation after it sailed through the Senate unanimously in March. The turnaround came after signals from the White House supporting the Senate version and pushing for quick p