He said the shutdown could be an opportunity to "clear out dead wood", giving no hint of concessions to Democrats.

Capitol Hill will most likely remain quiet on Thursday as Congress takes a day off in observance of Yom Kippur.

Democratic Rep. Madeleine Dean confronted House Speaker Mike Johnson on Capitol Hill this week, pleading with him to denounce President Donald Trump following racist social media posts and his 'unhinged' remarks to top military leaders.

Trump makes his 11th visit to the county in his White House second term still triumphantly basking in a ceasefire he brokered to end Israel-Gaza war.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Monday that President Trump hasn’t granted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republicans “permission” to negotiate about the

Democrats say they are not intimidated or cowed by President Donald Trump’s efforts to fire thousands of federal workers or by his threats of more firings to come.

The Knesset, the Israeli parliament, greeted Trump with a standing ovation when he spoke there. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sissi gave Trump his country’s highest civilian honor later in the day. “This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East,” Trump said in his remarks.