Senate leaders were scrambling to save a bipartisan spending deal and avert a partial government shutdown at midnight Friday.
‘Long overdue’: Fourth Ward residents still waiting on unfinished sidewalk construction tied to redevelopment projectSuspect on the loose after shooting at officers in RichmondPresident Donald Trump arrives for the premiere of first lady Melania Trump 's movie"Melania" at The John F.
Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive for the premiere of her movie"Melania" at The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington. President Donald Trump arrives for the premiere of first lady Melania Trump's movie"Melania" at The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington. Senate leaders were scrambling to save a bipartisan spending deal and avert a partial government shutdown at midnight Friday. Democrats have demanded new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country. Democrats struck a rare deal with President Donald Trump Thursday to separate funding for the Homeland Security Department from a broad government spending bill and fund it for two weeks while Congress debates curbs on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.Senate Majority Leader John Thune said late Thursday there were “snags on both sides” as he and Democratic leader Chuck Schumer tried to work through any objections that could delay passage past the Friday deadline.Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he entered a Minnesota church and recorded anti-immigration enforcement protesters who disrupted a service in an incident that increased tensions between residents and the Trump administration, his lawyer said Friday. It was not immediately clear what charge or charges Lemon was facing in the Jan. 18 protest. The arrest came after a magistrate judge last week rejected prosecutors’ initial bid to charge the journalist.Friday’s pick is likely to result in sharp changes to the powerful agency that could bring it closer to the White House and reduce its longtime independence from day-to-day politics. Warsh would replace Jerome Powell when his term expires in May. Trump chose Powell to lead the Fed in 2017 but recently has assailed him for not cutting interest rates quickly enough. Warsh’s appointment requires Senate confirmation. Warsh was on the Fed’s board from 2006 to 2011. He’s a fellow at the right-leaning Hoover Institution and a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.Trump has signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her government had at least temporarily stopped oil shipments to Cuba. She says it was a “sovereign decision” not made under pressure from the U.S. Trump has squeezed Mexico to distance itself from the Cuban government. In the wake of the U.S. military operation to oust former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Trump has said the Cuban government is ready to fall.is suing the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion, as he accuses the federal agencies of a failure to prevent aMelania Trump’s documentary premieres at the Kennedy CenterA private person, Melania Trump remains a bit of a mystery to the public in her husband’s second term.Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Do You Feel Safe Riding METRO? We Asked Houston RidersDeadly shooting inside East End home leaves man dead; family seeks answersMayor Whitmire: Houston ‘not Minneapolis’ amid immigration fears after heated council meetingAnother Artic Blast moving into Houston this weekAfter nearly 3 decades, Houston convicted killer Charles Thompson ischeduled for executionTxDOT inicia la demolición del puente de Alabama Street cerca del centro de HoustonSuspect arrested in Katy double murder is biological father of couple’s daughterHouston-based friends of victims in Maine private plane crash speak out
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