Jill Nadeau

The Congressional Budget Office says the price tag to put troops in several American cities in 2025 is about $496 million.

The CBO looked at things like the cost to activate, deploy and compensate National Guard personnel, as well as the logistical costs of maintaining those deployments.

The president has sent National Guard or active duty Marine Corps troops to L.A., Washington, Chicago.

Portland, Oregon, Memphis, and New Orleans, all as a way to fight crime.

The CBO report was done at the request of Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, the ranking member on the Senate Budget Committee.

In Washington, Jill Nadeau, Fox News.

President Trump said the White House and Senate Democrats have agreed to a deal to keep most of the government open through September.

Five remaining funding bills have gotten the okay from senators.

plus a two-week stopgap funding bill for the controversial Department of Homeland Security.

DHS and its full funding have been under scrutiny since the shooting of VA nurse and anti-ICE activist Alex Preddy this past weekend.

Several lawmakers on both sides of the aisle had said they could no longer support funding for DHS and ICE as long as ICE continues to use what some are calling heavy-handed illegal tactics against migrants.

In Washington, Jill Nadeau, Fox News.

Senate Democrats were already angry about Homeland Security, ICE and the tactics being used to remove migrants.

But after Saturday's shooting, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.

That means they're opposing legislation needed to avoid a government shutdown by the end of the week.

Republicans need some Democratic support to get a spending package passed by Friday when temporary funding for the majority of the federal government runs out.

In Washington, Jill Nadeau, Fox News.

Senate Democrats were already angry about Homeland Security, ICE, and the tactics being used to remove migrants.

But after Saturday's shooting, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill anymore.

if the DHS funding bill is included.