Trump considers ending Congress’s two-week recess for a rare special session to end DHS shutdown

Ana Maria Rus

WASHINGTON — President Trump told The Post that he’s considering forcing Congress to return for a rare special session to resolve the 45-day funding lapse for the Department of Homeland Security. “It’s something that’s under consideration,” Trump told The Post. Congress currently is on recess until April 14 — a date that would mark two full months of DHS workers going without pay. Trump said that such a decision is unlikely to come before Easter on April 5. “Maybe we’ll let them have Easter,”

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