The House of Representatives is preparing a rare weekend meeting as congressional leaders race against the clock on a partial government shutdown.

Protesters across the U.S. are calling for a nationwide strike on Friday to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis

The Senate has reached a deal to avert a government shutdown but it wasn't enough to avert a partial government shutdown that began early Saturday morning and is set to least at least a few days.

The Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives narrowed further this week after Democrat Christian Menefee won a special election in Texas’s 18th Congressional District, reducing the GOP’s slim margin in the chamber.

Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state Senate on Saturday, flipping a reliably Republican district that Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin called it “a warning sign to Republicans across the country.”