The US Senate has voted to end a partial 40-day government shutdown, approving funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - with the exception of immigration enforcement. The almost six-week funding lapse has seen knock-on disruption at US airports.

The Senate reached an agreement overnight to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security as TSA wait times surge at US airports. Follow here for the latest.

The partial shutdown began at midnight on February 14 after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement over funding the Department of Homeland Security.

Senate Republicans and Democrats agreed to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, moving to end a standoff in Congress that had led to missed paychecks for airport security workers.

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CNN’s Elex Michaelson reports on the overnight decision by Senate lawmakers to fund the Dept. of Homeland Security without providing money for I.C.E.

A late-night Senate deal to fund DHS without funding for ICE and parts of CBP now heads to the House,

The Senate passed a bill early Friday to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, except for ICE and Border Patrol. For weeks, Republicans had rejected similar offers from Democrats. But with travelers in major airports facing hours-long waits as Transportation Security Administration agents quit or called in sick,