EXCLUSIVE — Republican lawmakers in the House are seeking to continue paychecks for Border Patrol employees and ICE agents in the event of a government shutdown, looking to ensure the federal workers are still paid as the government braces to run out of money on Sunday.
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced it temporarily suspended Metrorail service on the blue and yellow lines between two stations following a train derailment.
The House voted to begin debate on a stopgap spending measure that would temporarily fund the government for 31 days, buying Congress time to pass its 12 appropriations bills for the next fiscal year.
China's government has invested billions of dollars across the world to wage a "propaganda, disinformation, and censorship" campaign "to exert control over the narratives in the global information space," the State Department said in a new report.
The news of Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) death prompted immediate speculation about what will happen to her now vacant seat in the closely split Senate as Congress barrels toward a government shutdown.
House Republicans are demanding answers by the end of Friday from the Department of Health and Human Services regarding its lack of response to their investigation into the origins of COVID-19, threatening to begin issuing subpoenas if the Biden administration does not comply with voluntary requests.
White House press secretary Karine Jean Pierre and Shalanda Young, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, will hold a press briefing on Friday ahead of a possible government shutdown this weekend.
