Senior US immigration officials told House lawmakers that officers involved in federal operations in Minnesota were trained on constitutional limits, crowd control and the use of force, as Congress scrutinizes two fatal shootings that occurred during enforcement actions earlier this year.
Rodney Scott, from left, Joseph Edlow, and Todd Lyons arrive for a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in Washington on Feb. 10. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
House Republicans on Monday advanced a procedural motion to block a vote on President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda, potentially delaying a politically uncomfortable vote on his most prominent economic policy until at least July.
US House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. A Democratic-led bill that would extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years is set for a House vote in early January, as Congress leaves Washington until the new year.
Republicans are increasingly nervous that President Donald Trump’s slipping support on immigration and the economy — two key issues that helped him win in 2024 — could cost them the midterm elections. The Super Bowl halftime show won’t help their anxiety.
Bad Bunny during the 68th GRAMMY Awards on Feb. 1 in Los Angeles.
The US renewed a trade preference program with African nations for one year though the step has little immediate impact because of global tariffs President Donald Trump imposed.
A container ship docked at the Port of Cape Town, operated by Transnet National Ports Authority, in Cape Town, South Africa, on Monday, May 13, 2024. The chaos that's enveloped Transnet — beset by corruption, theft and dilapidated equipment — is the biggest threat to the continued export of citrus fruits, a rare economic success story in South Africa's ailing economy.
The partial US government shutdown ended late Tuesday after President Donald Trump signed into law a funding deal he negotiated with Senate Democrats, overcoming opposition from both ends of the political spectrum amid a standoff over his administration’s immigration crackdown.
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. Political turmoil in the US House over President Donald Trump's immigration raids risks prolonging a partial government shutdown that began Saturday.
Some Republicans are expressing second thoughts on the immigration crackdown.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, arrives for a news conference following the weekly Senate Democrat policy luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington on Jan. 28. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor of Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, traveled to Minneapolis Tuesday to visit the site of nurse Alex Pretti’s killing by a Border Patrol agent amid a national outcry over the shooting.
House Democrats are kicking off 2026 with the political winds blowing in their favor: advantageous polling, voters underwhelmed with President Donald Trump’s second term and a history of opposition gains in midterm elections.
Representative Suzan DelBene, a Democrat from Washington, during a rally for healthcare funding outside the US Capitol on Sept. 30.
Former President Bill Clinton defied a House Republican committee’s subpoena Tuesday in an escalating battle over Congress’s handling of an investigation of disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The Republican-controlled House voted to sustain Donald Trump’s vetoes of two pieces of legislation despite concerns among some lawmakers from both parties that the president’s actions amounted to acts of retribution.
President Donald Trump’s iron grip on the House GOP will be tested Thursday in a series of votes focusing on health care, government spending and an attempt to override vetoes he issued late last month.
President Donald Trump implored Republicans to turn around their political fortunes ahead of November’s midterm elections, warning that if Democrats retake control of Congress, he would be impeached for a third time.
President Donald Trump addresses a House Republican retreat at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Jan. 6.
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer indicated that he supports keeping the US in the trade accord with Canada and Mexico, acknowledging in closed-door briefings with lawmakers that issues with both nations remain.
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a visit to a Dana Inc. manufacturing facility in Warren, Michigan, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. Trump is traveling Thursday to Michigan and Iowa -- where he's expected to tout the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade pact just as Democrats try to win over voters in next weeks Iowa caucuses.
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer indicated that he supports keeping the US in the trade accord with Canada and Mexico, acknowledging in closed-door briefings with lawmakers that issues with both nations remain.
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a visit to a Dana Inc. manufacturing facility in Warren, Michigan, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. Trump is traveling Thursday to Michigan and Iowa -- where he's expected to tout the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade pact just as Democrats try to win over voters in next weeks Iowa caucuses.
The deal Trump negotiated in his first term comes up for review in 2026 and a contentious debate is under way
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, right, and Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister, during a joint press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. Sheinbaum said she will discuss the USMCA deal, trade, investment and work visas for Mexicans with Carney during his visit to the Latin American nation on Thursday. Photographer: Luis Antonio Rojas/Bloomberg
Republican lawmakers are resisting President Donald Trump’s proposal to send $2,000 checks to working-class households next year ahead of a midterm election cycle dominated by voters’ concerns about the cost of living and the US economy.
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