Senate Republicans on Thursday will give Democrats one final chance to quickly advance some of President Trump's nominees before they change the chamber's rules to remove the need for the minority party's cooperation.

Charlie Kirk, the well-known Trump ally and founder of Turning Point USA who was shot to death Wednesday, was a conservative icon for high school and college-age conservatives.

The U.S. hasn't had troops in Afghanistan for four years, yet nearly a quarter century after Al Qaeda's September 11 sneak attack on America, Congress' authorization for the president to conduct a retaliatory global war on terror remains in full force.

President Trump will mark the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks by participating in an annual remembrance ceremony at the Pentagon and will then travel to New York to attend a Yankees game in the evening.