Senate votes to fund most of DHS, pay TSA workers

The Senate early Friday approved Homeland Security funds for Transportation Security Administration and most other agencies, but not the immigration operations at the heart of the budget impasse.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he would sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration agents as Congress struggles to reach a deal to end the budget impasse that has jammed airports and left workers without paychecks.

Idaho lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it a crime for transgender people to use bathrooms matching their gender identity, even in private businesses.

Wellness influencer Dr. Casey Means' nomination to become U.S. surgeon general is stalled a month after senators grilled her on vaccines during a tense confirmation hearing.

President Donald Trump says he'll order federal immigration officers to take a role soon in airport security unless Democrats agree on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

The Senate has blocked a proposal that would ban transgender athletes from playing in women’s sports.

A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security has failed to advance in the Senate amid growing concerns about long lines to get through screening at some of the country’s biggest airports.

Lawmakers appear far from ending a funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security.

Paraguay has ratified the Mercosur and European Union free trade deal to complete South America’s approval of a huge new trade zone.

President Donald Trump says he plans to endorse a candidate in the Texas Republican Senate runoff to end the painful primary.

Republicans have launched an unprecedented effort to hold the Senate floor and talk for days about a bill that they know won’t pass — an attempt to capture public attention on legislation requiring stricter voter registration rules as President Donald Trump pressures Congress to act before November’s midterm elections.

The United States’ war with Iran is entering its third week, but Congress has yet to publicly test the Trump administration’s case for the conflict.

President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders that aim to make housing and mortgages more affordable.

Senate Democrats have filed legislation that would prevent the U.S. from attacking Cuba without congressional approval.

Senate Republicans plan to launch a full debate next week on legislation to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements.

In a rare bipartisan effort for a deeply divided Congress, the Senate has passed a broad bill to make U.S. housing more accessible and affordable.

Majority Leader John Thune says that the Senate will consider a bill to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements in elections.

President Donald Trump says he won’t sign any other legislation into law until Congress passes a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill that he says also must end Americans’ ability to vote by mail.

The Republican leader of Arizona’s state Senate says he has complied with a federal grand jury subpoena for records related to the 2020 presidential election.

A judge on has disqualified a trio of prosecutors the Trump administration tapped to oversee federal prosecutions in New Jersey after his former personal attorney was also barred from the role.

Visitors to the Capitol in Washington now have a visible reminder of the siege there on Jan. 6, 2021, and the officers who fought and were injured that day.

Sen. John Cornyn is going on offense against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as they fight for a Republican Senate runoff, and President Donald Trump’s endorsement hangs over it all.

A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security is stalling out again in Congress.

The House has narrowly rejected a resolution that would curb President Donald Trump’s powers in the Iran war.

A man protesting the war in Iran has been arrested after a struggle in a U.S. Senate building.

The Trump administration has formally nominated Kevin Warsh, a former top Federal Reserve official, to be next Fed chair when Jerome Powell’s term ends in two months.

Senate Republicans have voted down an effort to halt President Donald Trump’s war against Iran.

Key members of Congress are demanding a swift vote on a war powers resolution that would restrain President Donald Trump’s military attack on Iran.

ChatGPT maker OpenAI has received $110 billion in investments from Amazon, SoftBank and Nvidia, putting the technology company’s pre-money valuation at $730 billion.

Election-year legislation to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements on voting appears stalled in the Senate, for now, despite President Donald Trump’s call in his State of the Union speech that Republicans in Congress pass the bill “before anything else.”.

Wellness influencer and entrepreneur Dr. Casey Means shared a vision for addressing the root causes of chronic disease instead of what she calls “reactive sick care” during her confirmation hearing to become the next surgeon general.

A shutdown for the Department of Homeland Security appears certain.

House Republicans approved legislation that would impose strict new voter ID requirements ahead of the midterm elections.

Congressional leaders said Tuesday that a deal was still possible with the White House on Homeland Security Department funding before it expires this weekend.

Democrats have begun tentative talks with the White House on their demands for “dramatic” new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Democrats are threatening to block funding for the Homeland Security Department when it expires in two weeks unless there are “dramatic changes” and “real accountability” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies who are carrying out President Donald Trump’s campaign of federal immigration enforcement.

President Donald Trump is imploring the House to end the partial government shutdown.

President Donald Trump acted quickly to negotiate with Democratic senators on a deal to avert a government shutdown.

The Michigan Senate unanimously approved bipartisan bills aimed at combating human trafficking and enhancing protections for survivors.

Houston voters who have gone almost a year without representation in the U.S. House will finally fill the seat in a special runoff election.

The Senate has voted to fund most of the government through the end of September while carving out a temporary extension for Homeland Security funding, giving Congress two weeks to debate new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country.

The Michigan Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety Committee heard passionate testimony Thursday on three bills that would significantly restrict immigration enforcement activities statewide.

The Army general tapped to lead the NSA is promising to follow the law and the Constitution when it comes to using the NSA's powerful surveillance tools.

Anti-tax advocates are pushing to eliminate property taxes for homeowners.

A partial government shutdown is looming at week’s end.

Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of a man in Minnesota.

The shutdown of Wisconsin’s version of C-SPAN amid a shortfall of fundraising has left the state as perhaps the only one in the country where its legislative floor debates are not being broadcast.

The House has barely rejected a Democratic-backed resolution that would have prevented President Donald Trump from sending U.S. military forces to Venezuela.

The Michigan Senate approved Senate Bill 495 and House Bill 4141, aiming to limit student cell phone use during instructional time in schools.

Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema allegedly had a romantic relationship with a member of her security detail, leading to the breakup of his marriage.

Congress is halfway home in approving government funding for the current budget year that began Oct. 1 after the Senate overwhelmingly passed a three-bill package on Thursday.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he expects President Donald Trump to interfere with the midterm elections.

Senate Democrats are expressing optimism they'll be able to flip the chamber this year after it looked all but impossible last year.

Georgia lawmakers are moving to void a Savannah ordinance that fines or jails people for leaving guns in unlocked cars.

The Senate has agreed to display a plaque honoring the police who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack.

The House has passed a bipartisan package of three spending bills that would fund parts of the federal government through September.

The House has passed legislation that extends expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act.

The Senate has advanced a resolution that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela.

In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House has passed legislation that would extend expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act.

President Donald Trump is now officially on board with a sanctions package aimed at Russia, according to a top GOP senator.

The House is pushing ahead with legislation to renew subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans.

Georgia is the latest state to consider eliminating its personal income tax, with Republican leaders in the Senate backing a proposal to phase it out by 2032.

As of Jan. 1, 2026, Michigan residents and businesses are now seeing a wave of new laws and policy changes take effect — from paychecks to cannabis sales, education to consumer protections.

Michigan residents and businesses will see a wave of new laws and policy changes take effect to ring in the new year— from paychecks to cannabis sales, education to consumer protections.

As the calendar turns to 2026, Michigan residents and businesses will see a wave of new laws and policy changes take effect — from paychecks to cannabis sales, education to consumer protections.

Democrat Renee Hardman has been elected to the Iowa state Senate in a holiday-week special election, denying Republicans’ bid to reclaim two-thirds control of the chamber.

Voters in a Democratic-leaning West Des Moines-area district will pick a new state senator Tuesday in a special election that could allow Iowa Republicans to regain a supermajority in the chamber.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently signed dozens of bills into law, including child care safety legislation and the Taylor Swift bills. Here's a list.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently signed dozens of bills into law, including child care safety legislation and the Taylor Swift bills. Here's a list.

A new Michigan law allows child care centers in Michigan to install temporary door locks to keep children safe in the event of a shooting.

A judge has scolded Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell for including confidential victim names in court papers seeking to set aside her 2021 sex trafficking conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence.

The House has approved bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up permitting reviews for new energy and infrastructure projects and limiting judicial review.

A U.S. senator says she's pausing the nomination for the top Coast Guard job because leaders appeared to have “backtracked” on a commitment to ensure that swastikas and nooses are considered hate symbols and prohibited from being displayed.

The Senate has moved quickly to close a loophole that could allow military aircraft to fly without broadcasting their locations, just like an Army helicopter was doing last January before it collided with an airliner over Washington, D.C., killing 67 people.

The Senate has given final passage to an annual military policy bill that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs.

Michigan’s top legislative leaders agree the state’s budget was finished late this year, and that the delay created real uncertainty, especially for schools.

House Republican leaders are determined to push ahead with a health care bill that excludes efforts to address the soaring monthly premiums for Affordable Care Act recipients.

The final three days of the Michigan legislature are underway and the fight is intense. The Michigan House just slashed $645 million in state spending without the Senate’s approval.

State officials engaged in unusual mid-decade redistricting are pushing a new definition of what it means to have “fair maps” for Congress.

The Senate failed to get anywhere on health care this week.

Indiana’s Republican-led Senate has decisively rejected a redrawn congressional map that would have favored their party, defying months of pressure from President Donald Trump and delivering a stark setback to the White House ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

Senators from both parties are pushing to change a defense bill after crash investigators and victims' families warned it could undo key safety reforms.

The Senate has rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.

In a resounding rejection of a pressure campaign from the White House, Indiana Republican Senators voted down a new congressional map created to give the GOP an advantage in the upcoming 2026 election.

The House votes to pass a sweeping defense policy bill that authorizes $900 billion in military programs.

The Senate is heading toward dueling partisan votes on health care this week.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is set to testify on Dec. 17 before a special Georgia Senate committee.

Initial new federal data shows the number of Americans signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance for 2026 is moderately higher than it was at a similar time last year.

An Indiana state Senate committee took the first step toward enacting a new congressional map.

Indiana state House lawmakers have passed a new congressional map that could net Republicans two seats.

The controversy surrounding the vice president of Campbell Soup Company has led a Michigan lawmaker to call for lab-grown meat labeling on products.

OpenAI has awarded $40.5 million to more than 200 nonprofits in the first round of grants it has made since it rebranded its nonprofit as the OpenAI Foundation in October.

A progressive group is targeting two Senate Democrats and an independent senator who voted to confirm some of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees.

Hopes for an extension of health care subsidies are dwindling in Congress.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says three of his New York offices were targeted with emailed bomb threats from an email address alleging the “2020 election was rigged.”.

Two senators who lead a bipartisan antisemitism task force say they want more information from the U.S. Coast Guard about its policy regarding displays of swastikas, nooses or other hate symbols.

The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as “potentially divisive” — a term that prompted outcry from lawmakers and advocates.

The House has voted to repeal part of a new law that lets senators sue the federal government for millions of dollars if their personal or office data is accessed without their knowledge.

President Donald Trump continues to call on Indiana lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional boundaries, even as state senators do not have enough votes to do so.