Democrats on Friday blocked a motion that would have advanced legislation to fund Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is in Day 35 of a shutdown. A procedural vote failed by a vote of 47-37.

The move reversed earlier efforts to impose “maximum pressure” on the country and reflected how little success the Trump administration has achieved in calming global markets.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has imbued U.S. military actions with a Christian moral underpinning that suggests they are ...