Senate Democrats are threatening to block legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday, potentially bringing the government a step closer to a partial shutdown if Republicans and the White House do not agree to new restrictions on President Donald Trump's surge of immigration enforcement.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will testify Wednesday morning before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Trump administration’s operations in Venezuela, and the capture and ouster

The Senate will vote on whether to advance the remaining six spending bills funding major parts of the government including the Homeland Security Dept. through September 30 to avert a shutdown on Friday at midnight.

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) is holding a hearing Wednesday morning focused on mifepristone, one of two abortion pills approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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