Scoop: Inside Schatz's donor retreat

• Democrats — including centrists who are sometimes quick to compromise — are united in demanding substantive changes to the agency, Schatz told guests, according to multiple people familiar with his comments. A breakthrough on DHS funding is not imminent, he said.
• Republicans, Schatz said, are living in their own information silo and don't fully appreciate the public's outrage over the killing of two unarmed Americans at ICE protests in Minnesota.

Zoom in: Some 130 donors flocked to Schatz's annual fundraising weekend at The Kahala Hotel & Resort in Honolulu to get to know the party's presumptive No. 2 in the Senate next year.

• His event, which bookends a week of destination fundraisers in Hawaii that starts with an event held by Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), typically draws around three dozen donors.
• But the strong turnout this year reflected lobbyists' desire to improve their relationship with Schatz and growing Democratic optimism that a Senate majority is within reach in November.
• With Schatz all but guaranteed to be the next Senate Democratic whip, he's on the short list of lawmakers who could at some point succeed Chuck Schumer as Democratic leader.

Zoom out: DHS has been shut down for 10 days, and negotiations between the White House and Senate Democrats have yielded no tangible progress over the Presidents Day recess.

• There is little immediate pressure on each side to rush to end the stalemate. But the longer the shutdown drags on, the more government services will be affected.
• On Sunday morning, DHS announced TSA PreCheck lanes and Global Entry would be suspended, then quickly reversed course and said PreCheck would remain operational for now.
• The department is also pausing courtesy escorts for members of Congress at airports.