Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs demanded in a letter Friday to President Biden that the federal government reimburse her state $512 million for the security "failure" at the southern border.
The Department of Education opened investigations into an additional six schools across the country over discrimination as the war between Israel and Hamas continues.
The House's most conservative faction has promised to derail plans to approve the annual Pentagon policy bill before Christmas if the legislation includes an extension of the government's chief spying powers.
A federal judge on Friday prohibited the separation of families at the border for purposes of deterring immigration for eight years, preemptively blocking resumption of a lightning-rod, Trump-era policy that the former president hasn't ruled out if voters return him to the White House next year.