US Senate fails for seventh time to advance bill to partly fund DHS

Vote came after Trump said he would sign an order directing agency’s new secretary to pay TSA agents Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The Senate again failed to advance a bill to fund part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which has now been shut down for almost six weeks. The latest vote came just hours after Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order instructing Markwayne Mullin, the DHS secretary, to immediately pay Transportati