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• Senate Democrat fires back after VP Vance makes Forrest Gump comparison - Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois fired back at Vice President JD Vance after he likened her sparring session with Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing about America's Venezuela p
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to federal pay dates to watch if there’s a partial government shutdown - Government shutdown looms Saturday as Congress faces weekend deadline. Federal workers' pay schedules offer important clues about potential duration.
• Schumer rolls out list of ICE demands as White House says Dems 'blocked' deal-making session - Senate Democrats unveiled their ICE accountability demands, including body cameras, warrant restrictions, coordination with local police after fatal immigration operation shooting.
• Top Dem lambasted for demanding Congress ban ICE from polling places: ‘Wait, why...?’ - Jay Inslee faces backlash after demanding Congress ban ICE agents from polling places, with critics saying the move reveals Democrats' true stance.
• Senate committee holds hearing on controversial surveillance tool set to expire unless Congress reauthorizes - The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Wednesday regarding FISA Section 702 surveillance power, which is set to expire unless Congress acts.
• Capitol police arrest Rubio hearing disruptor, as Republican senator says ‘off to jail’ - The U.S. Capitol Police told Fox News Digital it arrested a person on Wednesday after Secretary of State Marco Rubio's Senate testimony was interrupted.
• Senate GOP critics say Noem ‘needs to go’ amid fallout from Minneapolis shootings - Both Senate Republicans have been notable critics of Trump administration officials, and are the first to break from the GOP in their demands that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem be punished.
• Top DHS immigration officials agree to publicly testify before Senate Homeland panel - The heads of ICE, CBP and USCIS agreed to publicly testify before Sen. Rand Paul's, R-Ky., Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Feb. 12
• Dems' DHS shutdown threat would hit FEMA, TSA while immigration funding remains intact - Senate Democrats' demands could lead to a shutdown, but DHS' immigration operations would be protected thanks to billions dumped into the agency by the 'big, beautiful bill' last year.
• Thune steamrolls Dems' DHS revolt as Fetterman defects, Schumer under pressure - Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his caucus want the DHS funding bill stripped from the broader package, teeing up a partial government shutdown in the process.