Lisa Mascaro

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives at his office as the Senate returns at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Partial federal shutdown seems increasingly likely as Democrats demand major changes to ICE

January 28, 2026 at 3:31 p.m.

As a partial government shutdown looms at week’s end, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has laid out a list of demands for the Department of Homeland Security.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

House approves final spending bills as Democrats denounce ICE funding

January 22, 2026 at 8:30 p.m.

The House has passed this year's final batch of spending bills.

Federal officers stand outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building during a protest on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Trump’s ICE force is sweeping America. Billions in his tax and spending cuts bill are paying for it

January 20, 2026 at 8:59 a.m.

President Donald Trump promised the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, but achieving his goal wouldn’t have been possible without funding from the big tax and spending cuts bill...

The U.S. Capitol is photographed, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Congress is debating possible consequences for ICE and even Kristi Noem in the wake of Renee Good’s killing

January 10, 2026 at 2:08 p.m.

The killing of a Minnesota woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer is reverberating across Capitol Hill where Democrats, and certain Republicans, are vowing an assertive response.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

House passes bill to extend health care subsidies in defiance of Republican leaders

January 8, 2026 at 4:24 p.m.

The House has passed legislation that extends expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act.

FILE – Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack brings fresh division to the Capitol

January 6, 2026 at 12:04 p.m.

Five years ago outside the White House, outgoing President Donald Trump told a crowd of supporters to head to the Capitol — “and I’ll be there with you” — in...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pete Hegseth says he won’t publicly release video of boat that killed survivors in the Caribbean

December 16, 2025 at 1:22 p.m.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike that killed two survivors of an initial attack on a boat allegedly...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., prepares to speak to reporters following a strategy session with House Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Mike Johnson scrambles to find a health care plan as Republicans remain divided

December 12, 2025 at 5:26 p.m.

The Senate failed to get anywhere on the health care issue this week. Now it’s the House’s turn to show what it can do.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth smiles as he walks to a secure room in the basement of the Capitol to brief lawmakers on how he handled a military strike on a suspected drug smuggling boat and its crew in the Caribbean near Venezuela Sept. 2, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tells congressional leaders he is weighing release of boat strike video

December 10, 2025 at 8:42 a.m.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told congressional leaders Tuesday that he was still weighing whether to release the full video of an attack on an alleged drug boat that killed two...

U.S. Navy Adm. Frank M. Bradley, right, accompanied by Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, walks to a meeting with senators on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

What to know as lawmakers disclose vivid new details of US boat strikes in international waters

December 5, 2025 at 10:02 p.m.

Members of Congress now know that the U.S. military fired upon two people clinging to the wreckage of a boat allegedly carrying drugs — and they want answers.

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