Live updates: Senate votes on DHS funding; Iranian leader vows Strait of Hormuz will stay closed

The Senate will again tackle Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding at nearly the one-month mark of a shutdown. Voting on the measure has kicked off. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) on Wednesday blocked a Democratic effort to fund agencies within DHS that do not conduct immigration enforcement. Meanwhile, in his first statement, Iran’s new supreme…