Congress has about a week to pass the debt-limit agreement, and avoid default

The White House and House Republican negotiators have agreed in principle to raise the U.S. debt limit and avoid default. The agreement must still pass Congress.
The White House and House Republican negotiators have agreed in principle to raise the U.S. debt limit and avoid default. The agreement must still pass Congress.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is working with House Republicans to advance a budget bill that would allow Republicans to pass many of Trump's top policy priorities without threat of a Senate filibuster.
President Trump signed a series of executive actions that would limit transgender and nonbinary people's rights by focusing on "gender ideology." But the term is loaded, without a universal definition.
An attempt to identify and explain some of the biggest things that happened each week, and draw attention to some that have been overlooked.
An attempt to identify and explain some of the biggest things that happened each week, and draw attention to some that have been overlooked.
Trump has long felt that Japan and other wealthy allies take advantage of the U.S., racking up big trade surpluses, while paying too little for the cost of American military protection.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is working with House Republicans to advance a budget bill that would allow Republicans to pass many of Trump's top policy priorities without threat of a Senate filibuster.
An attempt to identify and explain some of the biggest things that happened each week, and draw attention to some that have been overlooked.
Two letters from different groups of senators call for answers from the Trump administration about pauses in scientific communications and funding.
Marko Elez had recently been given special access by a federal judge to highly sensitive payment systems in the Department of Treasury.