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WATCH: As Michael Cohen hearing opens, House GOP object to late night release of evidence

By Associated Press

Rep. Mark Meadows, a top Trump ally, said Cohen was showing "disdain" for the committee process by failing to submit his prepared remarks ahead of time.

One of these states could ratify the Equal Rights Amendment

By Alison Thoet

Over the years, the debate over the Equal Rights Amendment has turned into a broader culture war clash over gender equality and issues like abortion.

11 GOP senators to watch in the fight over Trump’s emergency declaration

By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press

No president wants a rebuke from his own party, and more than four have voiced significant discomfort with Trump's move.

Trump plans to spend $8 billion on border barriers

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump plans to spend about $8 billion on border barriers, far more than Congress has given him for that purpose.

WATCH: Senate approves border security and funding bill

President Donald Trump will sign Congress' border security compromise, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday.

House votes to withdraw U.S. involvement in Yemen fight

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Passage would mark the first time Congress has relied on the decades-old War Powers Resolution to halt military intervention. It also would set up a potential confrontation with the White House, which has threatened a veto.

Senate approves largest public lands bill in a decade

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

The major public lands bill revives a popular conservation program, adds 1.3 million acres of new wilderness, expands several national parks and creates four new national monuments.

Lawmakers announce ‘agreement in principle’ to avoid shutdown

By Andrew Taylor, Alan Fram, Associated Press

Congressional negotiators announced an agreement late Monday to prevent a government shutdown and finance construction of new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, overcoming a late-stage hang-up over immigration enforcement issues that had threatened to scuttle the talks.

After longest shutdown, House OKs pay raise for civilian federal workers

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

The 2.6 percent raise matches the raise given to the military last year and would override a pay freeze imposed by President Donald Trump. The measure, passed by a 259-161 vote, goes to the Senate, where its prospects are unclear.

House passes shutdown bill, sending it to Trump

By Associated Press

Trump is expected to sign the measure Friday, ending a five-week partial government shutdown sparked by his demands for billions of dollars to build a border wall with Mexico.