The killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis has sparked anger and dominated political thought since it happened Saturday.

Senate Democrats say they are unwilling to fund the Department of Homeland Security without major reforms, raising the likelihood of a partial government shutdown at the end of this week.

The resolutions now head to the House for a full vote.

Capitol Police said it investigated 14,938 cases last year, up from 9,474 cases in 2024.

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Major U.S. airlines on Thursday urged Congress to pay air traffic controllers in the event of a partial government shutdown after the industry suffered a major disruption during a 43-day standoff last year.

A federal judge has refused to temporarily block the Trump administration from enforcing a new policy requiring members of Congress to give a week’s notice before they can visit immigration detention facilities.

In a rebuff of the Trump administration’s proposal to drastically cut funding for federal science agencies, the Senate voted on Thursday to provide billions more to NOAA, NASA and the National Science Foundation than the president had asked for.

Mars Sample Return would have turbo-charged Rocket Lab's revenue and added a feather to its cap.

Republicans on the committee have been seeking to question the Clintons as part of a probe into the government's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. The vote sends the matter to the full House.

By Richard Cowan, Nolan D. McCaskill and David Morgan WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in Congress and at least two Republicans called for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to lose her job on Tuesday,

Senate leaders were scrambling to save a bipartisan spending deal and avert a partial government shutdown at midnight Friday as Democrats have demanded new restrictions on federal immigration