{beacon} View Online Evening Report © AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite House to vote on plan B bill as Congress nears shutdown deadline IT'S HIGH DRAMA ON CAPITOL HILL, as Republicans race to meet a Friday deadline to pass a funding bill and avoid a government shutdown. Shortly before 3 p.m. EDT, House Republicans emerged...

President-elect Trump on Thursday backed a new spending deal brokered by House Republicans to avert a shutdown after a previous proposal was torpedoed amid opposition from Trump and several of his allies. The plan now includes a two-year suspension of the debt ceiling in what became an unexpected sticking point by Trump and Vice President-elect...

House Democrats are balking at the latest iteration of a spending plan that was released on Thursday by Speaker Mike Johnson.

The reason for the absence of a White House Christmas tree during Theodore Roosevelt's presidency is unknown. Sources have various theories for why a Christmas tree was not displayed.

Texas Gov. Abbott announced a new billboard campaign warning about the “horrific" reality of the human trafficking, violence and danger facing migrants if they attempt to illegally enter the U.S.

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Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against former aide Charlotte Bennett, who recently dropped a sexual harassment lawsuit against him.

House Republicans have reached an agreement on funding the government.

Baltimore ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officials arrested eight criminal illegal immigrants in suburban Maryland, including four convicted of child molestation and one murderer.

Attorneys at the Department of Justice are urging federal judges to reject petitions from at least two Jan. 6 defendants who are asking that they be allowed to come back to the nation's capital for President-elect Trump's inauguration.