The House is primed to end the record-breaking Homeland Security shutdown, but Republicans are still fuming over a «s— sandwich» deal from the Senate. 

The Senate again advanced its partial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill on Thursday after being derailed by a House GOP rebellion. The frustration among House Republicans hasn’t gone anywhere, however, with lawmakers railing against House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., during a members-only call on Thursday afternoon.

The simmering anger comes after Johnson made a swift reversal, spurred by President Donald Trump, and backed Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s, R-S.D., on a two-track approach Wednesday that would pass the Senate’s partial DHS bill while funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a forthcoming party-line reconciliation package.

A senior GOP aide told Fox News Digital that House Republicans wanted to see action from their Senate counterparts on reconciliation and were frustrated with how the upper chamber handled the DHS deal, which the source said amounted to a «s— sandwich.»

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House Republicans are incensed at the Senate plan, which carves out funding for ICE and CBP. Still, the bill is expected to pass with bipartisan support.

«People are mad at Johnson,» one source familiar with the call told Fox News.

But for now, House Republicans are in no hurry to return to Washington, D.C., to end the 48-day shutdown. The House is next scheduled to return on April 14. A source familiar with the call told Fox News Digital that leadership is not expected to ask members to return to Washington early to vote on the measure. 

A source told Fox News that there was «a lot of frustration» with the situation.

«Does feel like whiplash,» the source said.

«Not happy,» another person familiar with the call said. «Not willing to vote for anything that defunds law enforcement absent tangible action from Senate. Thune should call Senate back today.»

Some House Republicans argued the chamber must fund the president’s immigration and border security efforts through reconciliation before considering the Senate bill — despite the budget reconciliation process expected to take months.

This viewpoint was expressed by a broad group within the conference, not just the conservative flank, according to a source familiar with the call.

If Johnson proceeded first with the Senate bill, conservative opposition could determine how he brings the legislation to the floor. In the event he lacks conference-wide support for the upper chamber’s partial DHS bill, he could be forced to call up the Senate bill under suspension of House rules.

That strategy — requiring a two-thirds majority to pass — risks upsetting conservatives if the DHS bill relies on Democratic votes to clear the chamber.

Some House members voiced frustration with House Speaker Mike Johnson’s, R-La., DHS shutdown strategy during a private call Thursday, sources told Fox News Digital.  (Getty Images)

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House lawmakers could have used the same fast-track process Thursday to pass the DHS bill that was done in the Senate, but opted not to. 

Thune said Thursday that he didn’t know when the House would move on the bill, but noted that when they did, Republicans would begin a sprint to complete the budget reconciliation process.

«My assumption is, at some point, hopefully they’ll move it,» Thune said. «And you know, [with] the understanding that we’re going to come behind it with the Recon bill. I mean, I think this whole — where we are is just a regrettable place.» 

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s, D-N.Y., demanded that the House GOP immediately take up the bill and accused them of now owning «the longest government shutdown in history.» 

«The deep division and dysfunction among House Republicans is needlessly extending the DHS shutdown and hurting federal workers who are missing another paycheck,» Schumer said. «The Senate did its work twice to fund key parts of DHS without funding the lawlessness of ICE and Border Patrol.»

President Donald Trump moved to pay all DHS employees who were reporting to work without pay during the shutdown, despite Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., vowing that Republicans would get the blame for a prolonged funding lapse. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)

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But Trump has already teed up a counter, and plans to pay DHS employees through an executive order.

«Because the Democrats are fully and 100% committed to the Radical Left Policy of Open Borders and Zero Immigration Enforcement (which will hopefully cost them dearly in the Midterms!), allowing Murderers and Criminals of all types into our Country, totally unchecked and unvetted, I will soon sign an order to pay ALL of the incredible employees at the Department of Homeland Security,» Trump said on Truth Social.

Un accidente de tránsito registrado la mañana de este jueves 2 de abril sobre la carretera CA-4, en el municipio de Quimistán, departamento de Santa Bárbara, dejó al menos catorce personas heridas, según informaron autoridades municipales y medios locales. El hecho involucró a un autobús tipo “rapidito” que, de acuerdo con el alcalde de Quimistán, Rubén Darío Pacheco, perdió el control y terminó fuera de la vía, provocando el siniestro. Entre las personas lesionadas se encuentra el conductor del vehículo, aunque hasta el momento no se ha emitido un informe oficial sobre el estado de salud de todos los afectados.

De acuerdo con los reportes de los medios hondureños Hondudiario y La Tribuna, el accidente ocurrió en un tramo de la carretera caracterizado por curvas pronunciadas y vegetación densa a los costados. Personal de emergencia, incluidos miembros de la Policía Nacional, militares y bomberos, acudió al lugar para asistir a los heridos, quienes inicialmente recibieron atención en el sitio y posteriormente fueron trasladados a la clínica periférica de Quimistán. Sin embargo, la falta de ambulancias en el municipio complicó el traslado, por lo que fue necesario movilizar siete unidades provenientes de localidades vecinas para atender la emergencia y facilitar el traslado de los lesionados al Hospital Mario Catarino Rivas de San Pedro Sula, el centro asistencial más cercano y con capacidad para atención especializada.

Entre los heridos, se identificaron personas de diversas edades, incluidos menores y adultos mayores. La Tribuna publicó una lista preliminar de los lesionados, entre quienes figuran Josué Arita (9 años), Erick Roberto Padilla (14 años), Julia Jessenia Gómez (24 años), Melvin Diaz (40 años), Alba Luz Carbajal (62 años), José Roberto Padilla (59 años), Orlando Perdomo Granados (65 años, sargento del Cuerpo de Bomberos), Estiven Julián López (21 años), José Noé Rodríguez Lara (45 años), Geiny Xiomara Díaz Enríquez (50 años), Graciana Jamileth Castellanos (43 años) y Nelsa Gereli Arita (33 años), entre otros. La presencia de un menor de edad y de un miembro del Cuerpo de Bomberos entre los afectados resalta la gravedad y el impacto del hecho en la comunidad.

Hasta el cierre de los reportes, las autoridades no han confirmado las causas exactas del accidente. El alcalde Pacheco mencionó que el percance fue originado por un despiste del autobús, pero se mantienen abiertas las investigaciones a cargo de la Dirección Nacional de Vialidad y Transporte y la Policía Nacional. El estado de salud de los heridos no ha sido detallado por las autoridades médicas, aunque se sabe que algunos presentan lesiones de consideración que motivaron su referencia a un hospital de mayor capacidad.

Este accidente se suma a una serie de incidentes viales registrados en Honduras durante la Semana Santa de 2026. Según datos oficiales publicados en días recientes, el país ha experimentado un incremento en la cantidad de accidentes de tránsito durante este periodo vacacional, en comparación con años anteriores. Solo entre el sábado 28 de marzo y el miércoles 1 de abril, se reportaron más de 130 accidentes en diferentes puntos del territorio nacional, con un saldo de al menos 35 personas fallecidas y más de 180 lesionadas, de acuerdo con informes de la Dirección Nacional de Vialidad y Transporte. La mayoría de estos hechos se atribuyen a exceso de velocidad, distracción al volante y fallas mecánicas, aunque también se han documentado casos de conductores bajo efectos del alcohol.

Las autoridades hondureñas han intensificado los operativos de control vehicular y campañas de prevención durante la Semana Santa, desplegando retenes en carreteras principales y zonas turísticas. Pese a estos esfuerzos, los accidentes continúan siendo uno de los principales riesgos durante la temporada, afectando tanto a familias locales como a visitantes. Organizaciones civiles y cuerpos de socorro han reiterado el llamado a la conducción responsable y al respeto de las normas de tránsito para evitar nuevas tragedias en lo que resta del periodo vacacional.

El accidente en Quimistán evidencia los retos persistentes en Honduras, como la falta de ambulancias en municipios rurales, sumada a la saturación de hospitales en zonas urbanas, que complica la atención oportuna a las víctimas y pone en evidencia la necesidad de fortalecer los sistemas de prevención y respuesta ante este tipo de emergencias.

An investigation has exposed a nearly $20 million insurance scam in Nepal involving guides who allegedly fake or induce mountainside rescues, including by lacing the food of some hikers near Mt. Everest, according to a report by The Kathmandu Post.

Kathmandu is the capital of Nepal, where some adventurous individuals go to climb Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak. 

The mountain sits on the border of Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

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The Kathmandu Post reported that after it highlighted the fraud in 2018, the government established a fact-finding committee, issued a 700-page report and declared reforms. 

But last year, the Nepal Police’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) reopened the matter and discovered that the fraud was increasing.

The outlet indicated that the CIB probe points out two main fraudulent scenarios.

One involves guides suggesting to tired adventurers who do not want to walk back that if they feign illness, a chopper will pick them up, according to The Kathmandu Post.

The outlet reported that, in the other scenario, guides and hotel staff, according to the CIB probe, have been coached to scare trekkers at high altitude, where altitude sickness can occur. They allegedly claim that the trekkers are in danger of dying and that only immediate evacuation will spare them. 

In some instances, investigators discovered that Diamox (acetazolamide) tablets, utilized to prevent altitude sickness, were given in conjunction with excessive water intake to cause the symptoms that would give grounds for a rescue, the outlet reported. 

In at least one instance noted in the investigation, guides allegedly laced food with baking powder to cause people to be unwell, the outlet stated.

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Tents of mountaineers are pictured at Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district April 18, 2024, on the tenth anniversary of an avalanche that killed 16 Nepali guides.  (Purnima Shrestha/AFP via Getty Images)

Police recorded a case in which four individuals were picked up on one chopper flight, but insurance claims were filed as more than one separate rescue, the report noted.

The framework tying the system of mass fraud together was detailed in police interrogations, according to the outlet, which reported that hospitals shell out 20% to 25% of the insurance money to trekking businesses and 20% to 25% to chopper rescue operators in return for patient referrals. 

Trekking guides and their businesses get a boost from inflated invoices, the outlet suggested. In some instances, tourists are offered money to join in the scam, The Kathmandu Post added.

In the period between 2022 and 2025, investigators found a whopping 4,782 foreign patients serviced at implicated hospitals, with 171 cases verified as fraudulent rescues, the outlet reported. During that span, Era International Hospital raked in deposits of over $15.87 million for such activities and Shreedhi International Hospital got more than $1.22 million, the outlet reported.

Mountain Rescue Service carried out 171 fake rescues from an overall 1,248 charter flights, scoring around $10.31 million from insurers, the outlet reported, adding that Nepal Charter Service executed 75 fake rescues out of 471 flights, claiming $8.2 million. Everest Experience and Assistance was allegedly tied to 71 suspicious rescues out of 601 flights, with claims of $11.04 million.

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This photograph taken May 12, 2021, shows mountaineers as they climb during their ascent to the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal. (Pemba Dorje Sherpa/AFP via Getty Images)

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CIB charged 32 people last month with offenses against the state and organized crime, the outlet reported, noting that nine individuals were arrested while others were said to be absconding.

Individuals from Mountain Helicopters, Altitude Air and Manang Air, which was rebranded as Basecamp Helicopters, as well as physicians and administrators with Swacon International Hospital, Shreedhi International Hospital and Era International Hospital were among the individuals who have been charged, the outlet indicated.