Will record TSA wait times spur a DHS funding deal?

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  Water is abundant.

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  We take showers, fill our glasses, and flush our toilets with it.

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  But what if one morning you try to turn on the tap and nothing comes out?

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  That is a reality that many people already face.

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  For much of the world, normal is gone.

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  What happens when our most vital resource runs out?

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  Find out on Shortwave, listen in the NPR app, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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  Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

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  I'm Miles Parks.

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  I cover voting.

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  I'm Sam Greenglass.

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  I cover Congress.

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  And I'm Domenico Montanaro, Senior Political Editor and Correspondent.

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  And we are recording this at 12.38 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 26th.

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  And as of today, the Department of Homeland Security has been without funding for 41 days.

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  Sam, there was talk earlier this week that Congress might be close to a new funding deal for DHS.

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  Where does that stand now?

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  So before we get into any of this, I just want to put out a little disclaimer that the state of play in this moment

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  that we are talking could be totally different a few hours from now,

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  because that has been pretty much how this week has played out.

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