President Trump on Tuesday directed the Treasury Department and other financial regulators to issue guidance on banking services to illegal immigrants, a move that could severely restrict their access to the financial system.

Congressional Republicans are navigating tricky political and procedural obstacles to funding security components at the new White House ballroom in a spending package for immigration enforcement that is moving through the Senate this week.

Vice President JD Vance 's decision to extend his fight against Medicaid fraud beyond Democratic states to his red home state of Ohio has set off a scramble among the state's Republicans - including his close ally Vivek Ramaswamy, the party's nominee for governor.