The House has voted to reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief after adding pro-life protections, teeing up a showdown with the Senate as Republicans accuse the Biden administration of seeking to expand the program's mission to allow promoting abortion.

The death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein at age 90 prompted a cascade of tributes for the trailblazing California Democrat. But it also triggered a bitter fight within the party over who should fill her Senate seat.

Federal prosecutors announced charges Friday against Charles Littlejohn, an IRS contractor they accused of leaking the secret tax information of a major government official and thousands of wealthy Americans to the news media.

Former President Donald Trump has added a nickname to his repertoire of those that he gives out to people he's not fond of, christening fellow Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley as Birdbrain.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy brushed off any concerns that Republican lawmakers are gunning for his job, but the looming government shutdown is haunting the California Republican.