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President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the Department of Homeland Security to find a way to pay tens of thousands of employees who have gone without paychecks during an ongoing shutdown tied to a congressional funding impasse. In a memo, Trump directed DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Office of Management …

The U.S. Senate approved legislation Thursday that would end the shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security, sending the same bill it passed last week to the House, which didn’t take any action during a brief session. But it appeared the shutdown also could be affected by executive action. President …