Members of the National Guard stand by an escalator at the Farragut North Metro station in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 13. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images A federal judge on Thursday ordered an end to the monthslong National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C.
House lawmakers force a vote on bill to restore federal workers' bargaining rights House lawmakers have collected enough signatures to force a vote on a bill that would nullify President Trump's executive order terminating collective bargaining rights for most federal workers.
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A person shops for produce, which is covered by the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), at a grocery store Monday in Baltimore.
President Donald Trump shows the signed bill package to re-open the federal government in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 12, 2025.
Members of the National Guard patrol along Beale Street, Oct. 24, in Memphis, Tenn. Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe recently authorized members of his state National Guard to assist immigration agents with clerical and logistical tasks.
President Trump's name appears in convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's correspondence released Wednesday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee.
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An employee walks past pallets of nonperishable food at a warehouse of the Capital Area Food Bank, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in Washington.
The U.S. Capitol is shown on Tuesday, the morning after the Senate passed legislation to reopen the federal government. The House could vote on the plan as early as Wednesday.
The US Senate late on Monday passed legislation to reopen the government and end the longest-running government shutdown on record. Lawmakers passed the bill 60-40 after agreeing late Sunday to allow the bill to proceed to a vote and expedite its approval process.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, capping an extraordinary period for the 42-year-old rebel-turned-ruler. Little under a year ago, al-Sharaa led Islamist fighters from Syria's northwest in a lightning offensive that toppled Bashar Assad after 14 years of civil war.