GOP Border Fund Collapse

House Republicans are back in Washington with inflation, the border and a pile of deadlines colliding at once, as Speaker Mike Johnson blasts Democrats for refusing to fund ICE and CBP while a stalled Trump-era maneuver has blown up GOP plans to steer roughly $72 billion toward immigration enforcement. The fallout is bigger than one fight: the setback is now threatening a larger conservative agenda, from a critical spy law reauthorization to a massive defense bill and an affordability package, all while internal Republican divisions widen and the midterm clock keeps ticking.