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House Democrats have indicated privately that they do not plan to support the plan, leaving Republicans to go it alone.

The Democratic Party on the national level has a mere fraction of what Republicans have heading into the 2026 midterms. Big donors like Elon Musk are back, too.

The investment, worth a reported $500 million, gave Emirati-backed investors a 49 percent stake in World Liberty Financial, a Trump crypto company.

Speaker Mike Johnson says hes prepared to pass funding measures, already approved by the Senate, with the sole support of House Republicans.

In a frenetic presidency marked by jarring contrasts, he added another Saturday night: suiting up in black-tie regalia amid mass immigration protests and telling jokes about invading Greenland.

Interviews with a dozen from both parties show dissatisfaction with the Trump administrations immigration crackdowns and dismay with the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal agents.

As family detentions spike, the Trump administration is increasingly ensnaring the youngest, and most vulnerable, lawyers and advocates say.

Demands that state and local authorities turn over the worst of the worst could set a killer free, a family worries.

After Christian Menefee is sworn in, Democrats will have 214 House seats. Republicans currently hold 218, giving House Speaker Mike Johnson a razor-thin majority.

Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg of D.C. was accused of bias by the Justice Department, which then failed to provide evidence against him.

Minnesota officials had said the immigration crackdown was endangering public safety in their state.

The Democratic National Committee plans to select up to five states to hold the first primaries or caucuses to nominate its candidate in the 2028 cycle.

After last years 43-day shutdown, GOP senators sought to eliminate as much risk as possible for federal funding.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was stripped of his royal titles over ties to Jeffrey Epstein, seems to be in images released by the Justice Department.

Democrats, quiet on immigration for most of the last year, are suddenly campaigning on it. But there is worry about overreach.

The president is eying a plot of land near Memorial Bridge. The art critic who proposed the idea called for a smaller arch or for Trump to pick a new site.

The House is expected to take up a measure Monday to reopen agencies. Congress still has a fight ahead over new restrictions on immigration enforcement.

Luigi Mangione will not face the death penalty on charges of stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in late 2024, a federal judge ruled Friday.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanches announcement signals an apparent shift from its handling so far of shootings involving agents.

The Justice Department says it is releasing the latest batch of files related to the federal investigations of convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

Venezuelan officials welcomed the announcement, which followed the U.S. capture this month of their president, Nicols Maduro.

Former CNN host Don Lemon was arrested by federal officials and charged in connection with a church protest in Minneapolis that he had covered.

The president accused Canada of blocking the sale of U.S.-made Gulfstream aircraft and said he would raise tariffs in the latest dispute to rock the once-chummy relationship.

Trump asked Putin to hold off hitting power facilities in Kyiv and other towns but the Kremlin says the pause on strikes expires on Sunday.

Lawmakers called for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to explain the presence of the nations top spy at a domestic law enforcement action in Georgia.

Republicans and Democrats in the Senate reached an agreement late Thursday but are still working to tee up a vote.

The case means Trump has again filed a claim for a large amount of money against the government he oversees, putting him on both sides of the potential negotiating table.

Most of the federal government is expected to shut down beginning Saturday as Republicans and Democrats scramble to strike a deal on DHS funding.

He faces a count alleging that he forcibly assaulted, opposed, impeded, intimidated, and interfered with ... an officer and employee of the United States as Omar was performing her official duties as a member of Congress.

Follow President Trumps progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.

Federal prosecutors in Minneapolis, deeply frustrated by the response to the shootings of Rene Good and Alex Pretti, have suggested they could resign en masse.

Russias foreign minister shot down the security guarantees demanded by Ukraine for any deal, once again saying the current regime in Kyiv should end.

The administration may prefer reliability over democracy in Caracas, worrying advocates for opposition leader Mara Corina Machado.

The presidents response to widespread public dismay over the shooting death of another Minnesotan has put him in a bind with his own base.

The Center for American Progress wants Democrats on their front foot talking about crime, an issue where Republicans have long held the advantage.

Employees at the Minneapolis VA hospital were initially told they could not hold a memorial for Pretti, though that decision was later reversed.

A federal judge cited a list of 96 orders he said Immigration and Customs Enforcement had ignored in more than 70 cases since the agency launched its immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

A new estimate from Congresss nonpartisan bookkeeper tallied up last years expenses.

The FBI executed a search warrant in Fulton County, Georgia, for 2020 election ballots, as President Donald Trump seeks to find already debunked voter fraud.

The buildings tower, offering sweeping city views, is closed to the public as the effort to shrink the federal footprint in D.C. is underway.

After federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Senate Democrats say theyll block a massive government funding package without policy changes.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio would not rule out the possibility of another U.S. attack in Venezuela, but he said the Trump administration does not intend to order one.

Visual evidence has repeatedly contradicted the administrations efforts to vilify Alex Pretti and frame the perception of his killing during an immigration raid.

Most still favor strong immigration enforcement, but they feel the Trump administration is focusing resources on the wrong targets, and on the wrong border.

A year ago, Greg Bovino was the little-known head of a Border Patrol office in California. He rose quickly to become the face of Trumps immigration policy.

How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will has spent 15 weeks on the New York Times hardcover nonfiction bestseller list, including several weeks at No. 1.

The killing of Alex Pretti on Saturday, coming just two weeks after the shooting death of Rene Good, represents a crisis moment for Trumps immigration policy.

In a video from the event, a man walks up and sprays what appears to be a liquid at the Minnesota Democrat before he is taken away by security.

The process Virginia Democrats used in an effort to create more blue-leaning congressional seats was invalid, a judge said. Democrats vowed to appeal.

The wrongful-death lawsuit is the first filed in federal court in response to lethal strikes conducted on what the government has said are drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.