President Trump rushed to Kansas on Monday in a bid to head off a Democratic Party surge in the Sunflower State, which hasn't elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 94 years.
The Senate on Friday again failed to get 60 votes needed to override a filibuster on a stopgap spending bill to reopen the government, effectively allowing the shutdown to drag into next week since the chamber has no plans to remain in session this weekend.
President Trump is preparing to cut off funds to Portland, Oregon, after the city's police arrested a conservative news media journalist for disorderly conduct near the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.
The White House provided no firm timetable for layoffs of federal workers as administration officials continue to blame congressional Democrats for the "intentional sabotage" of the government shutdown.
Ian Roberts, the illegal immigrant who had been serving as superintendent of Iowa's largest school system until his arrest on immigration charges, also had an "extensive criminal history," ICE said, pointing to drug, weapons and reckless driving offenses.
The White House says the Food and Drug Administration's approval of a generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone should not be seen as an endorsement of the drug.
Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh led a protest rejecting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, demanding transparency from the Broadview ICE facility.
A federal judge sentenced the defendant to prison for attempting to murder Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the weeks leading up to the Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs decision.
