Todd Blanche speaking at the Capitol last month.

President Trump seems even less inhibited by the rules, written or unwritten, that governed his predecessors.

Senate Republicans are muscling through legislation to provide more than $70 billion by employing a special budget exemption that was never intended to be used this way.

On Pam Bondi’s first day as attorney general in February 2025, she signed a directive that appeared to prohibit the kind of fund the Trump administration established this week.

A trade group that represents low-cost carriers including Frontier Airlines is seeking $2.5 billion from the Trump administration to offset some fuel costs.

Representative Chip Roy, Republican of Texas, center, with other members of the House Freedom Caucus at the Capitol on Friday.

A Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago last week on the first day of the government shutdown.

President Trump speaking to reporters this week. He has reveled in a threat to target what he called “Democrat Agencies” for temporary and permanent cuts.

A government shutdown started at midnight on Wednesday.

To keep the government open past Oct. 1, lawmakers in Congress have to agree on a spending bill.

Legislation being advanced by Republicans in Congress would substantially increase the tax bills for many foreign companies that operate in the United States, raising more than $100 billion over a decade.

President Trump’s budget proposes deep reductions for nearly ever major federal agency, reserving its steepest cuts for foreign aid, medical research, tax enforcement and a slew of anti-poverty programs.

President Trump showed support for Elon Musk during the news conference.

Gabe Evans during a campaign stop in Greeley, Colo., in October. He wound up winning his seat by less than one percentage point.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border this month. He named military operations at the border as an exception to the proposed cuts.

Funding for the federal government will lapse at 12:01 a.m. Saturday if no deal is reached.

The deal, initially floated by Speaker Mike Johnson, would extend funding for some government agencies for a week, through March 8, and the rest for another two weeks, until March 22.

The agreement includes an increase in Pentagon spending to $886.3 billion and holds nondefense funding essentially flat at $772.7 billion