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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street after meeting Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Partial government shutdown will extend into the week as House Speaker Johnson says it will be a few days before vote on funding

By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press

FILE—Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., waits to speak to reporters following a closed-door meeting with fellow Democrats on spending legislation that funds the Department of Homeland Security and a swath of other government agencies as the country reels from the deaths of two people at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Federal government heads for weekend shutdown after Trump makes rare deal with Senate Democrats over DHS funding

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, and others

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Even some Republicans say Kristi Noem’s time is up after ICE carnage: ‘What she’s done in Minnesota should be disqualifying’

By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press

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Democrats see a ‘moral moment’ over ICE as GOP defends masked, armed feds in the streets with shutdown looming

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Kevin Freking, and others

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How you, the American taxpayer, funded an army-scale supersizing of ICE: ‘Trump is militarizing immigration enforcement’

By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press

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Congress debates what to do about ICE after giving Trump billions of funding to expand the program

By Matt Brown, Lisa Mascaro, and others

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Vulnerable Republican blasts choice to send health insurance spiking as ‘political malpractice’

By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro, and others

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., prepares to speak to reporters following a strategy session with House Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

With just days to go before ACA subsidies expire, Congress is about to wrap up its work with no consensus solution in sight

By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro, and others

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As Democrats cry ‘war crimes,’ Hegseth claims ‘fog of war’ over Latin America boat strikes

By Stephen Groves, Nick Lichtenberg, and others

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Coast Guard revises policy on ‘a noose, a swastika, and any symbols or flags co-opted or adopted by hate-based groups’

By Konstantin Toropin, Lisa Mascaro, and others

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

MAGA stalwart Marjorie Taylor Greene, who defied Trump on Epstein files, will resign from Congress to avoid ‘hurtful and hateful primary’

By Michelle L. Price, Lisa Mascaro, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 8: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) walks to the Senate Chamber on November 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. Today marks Day 39th day of the government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)

Senate takes first step to end shutdown as Bernie Sanders says moderate Democrats voting with GOP are making a ‘horrific mistake’

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, and others

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Nancy Pelosi retires from legendary career as Obama hails ‘one of the best speakers the House of Representatives has ever had’

By The Associated Press and Lisa Mascaro

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House speaker Mike Johnson sees no endgame in sight to government shutdown

By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., talk to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

During a White House meeting, Hakeem Jeffries spotted a ‘Trump 2028’ hat and asked JD Vance ‘Hey, bro, you got a problem with this?’

By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press