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WATCH: House gavels in as deadline for Homeland Security funding nears

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Whether to ban the masks — or allow the masking to continue — has emerged as a central question in the debate in Congress over funding Homeland Security ahead of Friday’s midnight deadline, when it faces a partial agency shutdown.

WATCH: Ghislaine Maxwell refused to answer questions about Epstein in House deposition, Comer says

By Stephen Groves, Associated Press

Maxwell told lawmakers that if President Trump ended her prison sentence, she would be willing to testify that neither Trump nor former President Clinton were culpable for wrongdoing.

Lee Hamilton, former Indiana congressman and leader of Sept. 11 panel, dies at 94

By Tom Davies, Associated Press

Hamilton, a crewcut-wearing Indiana Democrat who was a leading foreign affairs voice during three decades in Congress and helped oversee investigations of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, died Tuesday.

WATCH: Trump signs bill to end partial government shutdown

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

President Donald Trump signed a roughly $1.2 trillion government funding bill Tuesday that ends the partial federal shutdown that began over the weekend and sets the stage for an intense debate in Congress over Homeland Security funding.

WATCH: Schumer, Jeffries hold news conference as DHS funding negotiations kick off

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press

Here's a look at Democrats’ demands and what Republicans are saying about them.

WATCH: Treasury Secretary Bessent testifies on U.S. financial stability in House hearing

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

A hearing about oversight of the U.S. financial system devolved into insults several times Wednesday as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clashed with Democratic lawmakers over fiscal policy, the business dealings of the Trump family and other issues.

WATCH: Brothers of Renee Good, woman fatally shot by ICE, remember their sister with lawmakers

By Joshua Barajas

Luke Ganger and Brent Ganger spoke about the distress the family has felt since an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot the 37-year-old mother and U.S. citizen.

House passes budget bill to end partial government shutdown

By Associated Press

The measure funds most of the federal government through Sept. 30, while providing the Department of Homeland Security with short-term funding for two weeks. Lawmakers will return to negotiate potential changes for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as Democrats demand…

WATCH: House passes bill on government funding to end partial shutdown

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The vote was 217-214, and wraps up congressional work on 11 of the 12 annual appropriations bills, funding the vast majority of the government for the budget year ending Sept. 30.

Attorney says Gabbard is holding up a complaint about her actions, which her office denies

By David Klepper, Associated Press

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has withheld a complaint made about her conduct from members of Congress for eight months, claiming the delay is needed for a legal review, an attorney for the person making the allegations said Monday.