The Trump administration uncovered what it says is $8 billion in suspicious cross-border wire payments directed by foreign agents during its fraud investigation in Minnesota.
The Senate has rejected competing proposals from Republicans and Democrats to keep the government open into the new fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, and left town for one week in the midst of the shutdown stalemate.
President Trump took the transgender fight back to the Supreme Court on Friday, asking the justices to block lower court rulings that would force him to issue passports conforming to applicants' own gender identity, saying it's at odds with "scientific reality."
Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna and Republican Rep. Don Bacon are pushing legislation that would eliminate any tariffs that President Trump imposed on coffee.
The number of illegal immigrants detected crossing the southern border rose in August, though the numbers are still far below any month under President Biden.
The House voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution honoring slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Point USA, and condemning "all forms of political violence."
The House on Friday passed a short-term bill to keep the government open into the new fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, but it's likely to be rejected in the Senate as Democrats push an alternative plan.
President Trump took a jab at J.B. Pritzker by posting a news article of a man accused of murder and burglary posing with the Illinois governor in a photo from a week earlier.
Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika, declares "the movement my husband built will not die" in emotional White House tribute video following his Sept. 10 killing.
Senate Democrats blocked Republicans' short-term government funding extension as lawmakers face Sept. 30 deadline with only two working days remaining.
Republicans torpedo Senate Democrats' continuing resolution filled with partisan priorities, including extended healthcare subsidies and restored public broadcasting funds.
President Donald Trump's security faces heightened scrutiny after Charlie Kirk's assassination, with Secret Service operating at the highest protection measures.
