recess

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TMZ is turning its celebrity lens on Congress, tracking lawmakers on recess as a nearly six-week Department of Homeland Security shutdown drags on.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Congress is in recess this week after failing to fund the TSA.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Second, senators badly wanted to go home for their two-week Easter recess.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026

But with no hearing date set, the appeal keeping Tillis’s blockade in place, and the Senate set to go on recess from March 30 through April 10, that window is narrowing.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

“Very well. The whole class will stay in during recess for extra vocabulary words,” she announced.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney