Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told Democrats during an extended meeting ending around 1:25 a.m. UTC on Jan. 26, 2026, that they could pass four other spending bills but not the Department of Homeland Security bill, with a vote on the full funding package not scheduled until Thursday, according to a source cited by Stephen Neukam of Axios. The Senate Democratic conference held the meeting starting around 6 p.m. UTC the previous evening and ending about 20 minutes before Neukam's report during the reporting window from 12:46 a.m. to 1:45 a.m. UTC on Jan. 26. Schumer stressed party unity ahead of what he described as a big week on Capitol Hill for Democrats, per the source. This position follows senior Senate Republican leaders' statements over the prior hour ending at 12:45 a.m. UTC on Jan. 26 that they will advance the six-bill package including DHS funding to avert a government shutdown at week's end, as reported by Fox News' Chad Pergram and others. In related Capitol Hill developments, House Armed Services Committee Chair Mike Rogers set a timeline for marking up the next National Defense Authorization Act before President Trump's military budget release, according to Punchbowl News reporting by Anthony Adragna and Briana Reilly during the reporting window. Separately, footage of Alex Pretti's fatal shooting by a federal officer during immigration enforcement in Minneapolis this weekend has galvanized social media users who do not normally engage in politics, with videos spreading widely on Reddit, Instagram, and Facebook, as noted by The Atlantic's Charlie Warzel in an article highlighted by CNN's Brian Stelter over the past hour.
