DHS Shutdown Persists as Democrats Reject Trump-Backed Offer (2)

Senate Democrats have rejected the latest offer from President Donald Trump and Republicans to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security and end a lengthy shutdown that has snarled airport security checkpoints and threatened to ripple through an economy already roiled by the Iran war.

The Republican plan does not include any of the policy proposals Democrats have insisted on in their fight to overhaul Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactics following the killings of two protesters in Minneapolis by agents earlier this year.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters his party would send a counter-offer to Republicans, which ...