Trump, Democrats Hurtle Toward Shutdown After Minnesota Killing

President Donald Trump and Senate Democrats are hurtling toward another government shutdown and a defining election-year clash after federal agents killed a US citizen in Minneapolis this weekend.

The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents on Saturday quickly led to a Senate Democratic revolt against funding the Department of Homeland Security without new safeguards. Funding for several other agencies, including Defense, Health and Human Services, Labor, Treasury and Education, could become a casualty of the dispute as a Jan. 30 funding deadline nears.

Democrats are fueled by anger over what they see as another unjustified killing — ...