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Sen. Schumer discusses trade, fentanyl crisis with China on 1st day of congressional visit to Asia

By Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and five other senators arrived in Shanghai on a three-country tour Saturday that will also take them to South Korea and Japan.

WATCH: Biden delivers remarks after signing stopgap government funding bill passed by Congress

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Stephen Groves, Associated Press

The threat of a federal government shutdown suddenly lifted late Saturday as President Joe Biden signed a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open with little time to spare after Congress rushed to approve the bipartisan deal.

Inside McCarthy’s deal with House Democrats to pass 11th-hour funding plan

By John Yang, Lisa Desjardins, Harry Zahn

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are down to the wire with efforts to avoid a government shutdown at midnight. The House overwhelmingly passed a temporary spending bill Saturday after Speaker McCarthy turned to Democrats for help. But the Senate has to…

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WATCH: Senate convenes as the House passes funding bill to avoid government shutdown

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Stephen Groves, Associated Press

With hours to go before the midnight deadline to fund the government, the House on Saturday swiftly approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open. The measure now goes to the Senate, which also is meeting Saturday.

Congressional lawmakers break for August with no clear path to government funding

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Lawmakers broke for their August recess this week with work on funding the government largely incomplete, fueling worries about whether Congress will be able to avoid a partial government shutdown this fall.

What Tuberville’s blockade of military promotions means for the Pentagon

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is waging an unprecedented campaign to try to change Pentagon abortion policy by holding up hundreds of military nominations and promotions. Here's what to know about the clash.

North Carolina GOP votes to censure Sen. Tillis for support of LGBTQ+ rights, gun policies

By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

As Sen. Tillis has gained influence in Congress for his willingness to work across the aisle, his record on LGBTQ+ rights, immigration and gun violence has raised concerns among some state Republicans that the senator has strayed from conservative values.

Bipartisan senators urge Biden to step up seizures of Iranian oil amid sanctions

By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press

A dozen senators are making a bipartisan appeal to President Joe Biden to reinvigorate the power of U.S. authorities to seize Iranian oil assets under an enforcement program they say has been allowed to languish.

Feinstein requests Judiciary Committee replacement amid health absence

By Michael R. Blood, Associated Press

Feinstein said complications have delayed her recovery and she provided no date for her return to Washington.

Biden’s nominee for FAA chief withdraws amid dubious Senate support

By David Koenig, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press

President Joe Biden’s choice to run the Federal Aviation Administration has withdrawn his nomination, a setback for the administration that comes after Denver International Airport CEO Phillip Washington appeared to lack enough support in the closely divided Senate.