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Capitol Hill is locked in a standoff over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with funding set to run out at the end of the week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

▪ Dems, GOP at impasse on DHS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is signaling that he is taking a different approach to his immigration enforcement plan amid backlash to his policies and with the midterm elections on the horizon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The battle over the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) funding and the Trump administration’s immigration agenda has taken center stage after the shutdown affecting other parts of the government ended. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) are trying to keep House Republicans in line to bring an end to the partial government shutdown Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hopes that the House could end the partial government shutdown on its first day back in session appear dim as Democrats are opposing attempts to fast-track a funding package. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Senate will reconvene Friday in an attempt to advance a deal to avoid a partial government shutdown after a late objection from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) threw a curveball in the push to quickly pass the agreement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Democrats and Republicans are wrestling over a potential funding solution that is unlikely to prevent at least part of the government shutting down for several days but could provide a way forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lawmakers are struggling to find a path forward to avoid a partial government shutdown, with neither side budging from its respective stance on the bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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▪ Dems vow to oppose DHS funding Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The standoff between the Trump administration and officials and protesters in Minnesota is intensifying with new arrests and a statewide economic strike planned for today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

International leaders are breathing a bit easier after President Trump and NATO reached a tentative deal on the future of Greenland, easing tensions that had been escalating in recent weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump has much on his agenda as he meets with world leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is taking a broad view of executive authority and showing no signs of slowing down on testing his own power as he enters his second year back in office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump’s name will soon be attached to several miles of Sunshine Boulevard in Palm Beach, Fla. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump has seemingly pulled back on conducting airstrikes on Iran, after days of mounting tensions between Washington and Tehran –– and repeated vows that “help is on the way” for protesters –– brought the U.S. to the brink of direct military action in the Middle East country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U.S. policy on Venezuela will be front and center Thursday as President Trump welcomes Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado to the White House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PRESIDENT TRUMP appears to be shifting away from diplomacy with Iran while leaving stronger measures on the table to boost protests rocking the Middle Eastern country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Trump administration’s criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has landed with a thud in Washington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tensions between President Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell have reached a fever pitch after Powell confirmed the Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened a criminal inquiry into him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Divisions within the Republican Party were on display Thursday as five members of the G-O-P conference broke ranks to back a resolution limiting the Trump administration's military authority in Venezuela. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tensions over the role of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are spiking after an officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, with President Trump forcefully defending the agency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Trump administration is stepping up its rhetoric about potentially seizing Greenland following the U-S military action in Venezuela and capture of the country's leader, Nicolas Maduro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is signaling the U-S plans to be much more aggressive spreading its influence in the western half of the world following the operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump said Sunday night that the U.S. is “in charge” of Venezuela, renewing questions around the United States’ involvement in the country following the stunning weekend operation to remove its leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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President Trump entered 2025 and the White House intending to disrupt the way things had been done in Washington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A fraud scandal plaguing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) has drawn the ire of many Republicans and those in the Trumpadministration, The Hill’s Sarah Fortinsky reports. The state and its governor are facing national backlash following a viral video that made headlines showing a day care facility that appeared inactive despite receiving significant funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lawmakers are hoping they can reassert their role after a year of President Trump amassing more power than ever before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump has pushed to expand the power of the chief executive to new heights throughout twenty twenty five, setting up legal battles carrying into next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Democratic Party is wrestling over whether it should look in the rearview mirror or keep its eyes on the horizon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Republicans are divided on whether President Trump should increase military pressure to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, with some pointing to the U-S.'s poor experience with regime change in recent decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Trump administration is facing rising pushback from advocates and members of both parties after disclosing only some of its files on Jeffrey Epsteen by the deadline ordered by law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Trump administration is poised to release the highly anticipated Jeffrey Epsteen files today, a major milestone after months of debate and speculation that caused a split within the president's base. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump will leverage the bully pulpit Wednesday in a speech to the nation to promote the successes of his first year back in office and look ahead to 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump responded to several incidents of violence that took place in the U.S. and around the world over the weekend and lamented the lives lost. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump relayed to a crowd of supporters in Pennsylvania earlier this week that chief of staff Susie Wiles told him to “start campaigning,” an apparent nudge following a stretch of defeats for the Republican Party and backlash over his handling of Americans’ affordability concerns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump relayed to a crowd of supporters in Pennsylvania earlier this week that chief of staff Susie Wiles told him to “start campaigning,” an apparent nudge following a stretch of defeats for the Republican Party and backlash over his handling of Americans’ affordability concerns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Trump administration's seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela is the most significant escalation yet in the increasingly tense relationship between the U-S and the South American country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The prospects of an imminent peace agreement to end the fighting between Russia and Ukraine seem dim as tensions rise between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump will try to change the narrative on affordability Tuesday when he makes a speech in Pennsylvania amid rising economic dissatisfaction among the public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The battle over the extension of critical health care subsidies may come to a head this week as time is running out before prices are set to spike for millions of Americans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump scored a major win in the national redistricting battle on Thursday, as the Supreme Court restored a new congressional map that Texas lawmakers passed earlier this year that aims to give the GOP up to five additional seats in next year’s midterm elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The vaccine advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is set to kick off a highly anticipated two-day meeting that could reshape U.S. childhood vaccine guidelines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing bipartisan scrutiny over his reported order to strike a boat in the Caribbean a second time, killing two survivors who were clinging to the ship’s wreckage on Sept. 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump’spick for the next Federal Reserve chief could be revealed just in time for Christmas, with National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett the reported frontrunner heading into the holidays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) scored big victories Monday when a federal judge dismissed the indictments against them, but their legal saga likely isn’t over yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices