Former President Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail Saturday, lending his political clout to Democratic candidates in Virginia and New Jersey as part of a final push to energize voters ahead of Tuesday's off-year elections.

Police in a Chicago suburb are collecting videos and other evidence to send to the Illinois attorney general's office after a car crash involving a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle led to a violent arrest caught on video showing an agent repeatedly punching a man in the head while pinned to the ground.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday accused the Trump administration of choosing to "weaponize hunger" during the ongoing government shutdown, citing the dispute over payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which serves tens of millions of low-income Americans.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson defended the Trump administration's recent military strikes in the Caribbean, citing "exquisite intelligence" as justification for targeting alleged drug traffickers.