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A Democratic U.S. congressman was caught connected camera sneaking successful done the broadside entranceway of a premiere ticker enactment for the Real Housewives of Rhode Island arsenic the national government's partial shutdown creeps towards 50 days.

Fox News Digital was connected manus Thursday nighttime erstwhile Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., attempted to stealthily marque his mode into the event, wherever helium rubbed elbows with the formed of the caller show. The archetypal occurrence of Bravo's Ocean State-centered play of the massively palmy "Real Housewives" franchise aired astatine 9:00 p.m.

Seth Magaziner talking astatine a Real Housewives of Rhode Island event.

Congressman Seth Magaziner attends a Premiere ticker enactment of the "Real Housewives of Rhode Island" astatine The Elliotte connected Park successful Cranston, RI, April 4, 2025. (Matthew Symons for Fox News Digital)

Magaziner co-hosted the lawsuit with Democrat authorities lawmakers Rep. Jackie Baginski and Sen. Hanna Gallo.

He was spotted successful a bluish overgarment and achromatic collared garment hobnobbing and posing for photos with formed members and different lawsuit attendees.

Gallo posted an unfastened invitation to the posh enactment connected her Facebook leafage connected March 21. The lawsuit began astatine 7:30 p.m. astatine the upscale Elliotte connected Park successful the municipality of Cranston, featuring hors d'Oeuvres, specialty cocktails and doorway prizes.

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"I can't hold to spot our authorities successful the spotlight, and retrieve ... bring a friend, bring the drama!" Gallo's invitation said.

Democrat Rhode Island State Sen. Hanna Gallo posted this invitation to a Real Housewives of Rhode Island premier ticker enactment to her authoritative Facebook leafage connected March 21, 2026. (State Sen. Hanna Gallo via Facebook)

At the clip of the invite, Congress was furiously bickering implicit a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) backing bill, arsenic Democrats refused to allocate backing for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Ultimately, the legislature agreed to partially money DHS a week ago, and members of some parties hastily jetted disconnected for a outpouring recess. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was deed hard by the shutdown, and consequently, American travelers were saddled with hours-long lines astatine airports nationwide.

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Some TSA employees received their archetypal paychecks successful a month-and-a-half connected Thursday, portion Americans hole to question en masse for the Easter and Passover holidays.

Massive lines astatine LaGuardia Airport persisted connected Thursday.

"Representative Magaziner believes it is outrageous that Speaker Johnson continues to garbage to telephone the location backmost from recess," Magaziner's bureau told Fox News Digital connected Friday. "In the meantime, helium volition proceed to clasp events successful meetings successful his territory with his constituents."

The national migration enforcement agencies, on with the Coast Guard, Secret Service and different DHS entities stay unfunded portion lawmakers galavant nationwide.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. was spotted astatine Disney World earlier this week, and Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the apical Democrat connected the influential House Oversight Committee, astatine a casino barroom successful Las Vegas.

The White House has urged Congress to instrumentality from recess to decorativeness the backing process.

"Nothing volition beryllium genuinely mean again until Democrats bash the close happening to money this bureau afloat again," White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said astatine Monday's regular property briefing. "The president has stepped successful — successful the meantime to bash what's close to extremity this situation that we've had astatine aerial travel, astatine airports crossed the state successful the meantime.

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"But again, Congress needs to travel back. Democrats request to money the Department of Homeland Security truthful we tin formally and afloat get these large employees paid agelong into the future."

Fox News' Eric Mack contributed to this report.

Peter D'Abrosca is simply a newsman astatine Fox News Digital covering transgression and field extremism successful higher education.

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