There's new optimism on Capitol Hill that a deal to end the nearly six-week-long shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security may be in reach before Congress goes on spring break, potentially ending widespread airport tumult as millions of Americans gear up to travel.

Travel disruptions have deepened as senators are racing to salvage a proposal to end the Homeland Security shutdown

Senators are discussing a proposal to end the Homeland Security budget stalemate by funding much of the department, including the Transportation Security Administration airport workers going without pay,

Conservative Republicans are pushing back on a GOP plan to reopen the Department of Homeland Security. By HuffPost Video. HuffPost Video

Momentum toward reopening DHS evaporated Tuesday as Democrats drew a hard line on reforms to ICE, swiftly rejecting a proposal that GOP senators had only just persuaded President Trump to entertain. Why it matters: The Department of Homeland Security has been shut down for more than five weeks — and the resistance from Democrats,

The Department of Homeland Security has been shut down since February over Democratic concerns about its immigration enforcement policies.

Republican Senators indicated Tuesday they will present Democrats with their most promising deal yet to end the 38-day partial government shutdown that has left the security agents without pay. If passed,

The momentum to end the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown picked up Monday evening. Key Republican senators reportedly