Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday that he was “optimistic” the Senate could vote to reopen the government by the end of the week if lawmakers make progress over the next couple days.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The 22-year-old Utah man charged with killing Charlie Kirk can appear in court wearing street clothes but must be physically restrained due to security concerns, a judge ruled Monday. A Senate subcommittee hearing on political violence is scheduled for 2:45 p.m. ET. Watch in the player above.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is set to address reporters on Monday morning after the Senate voted 60-40 late Sunday to proceed to a House-passed continuing

Ghislaine Maxwell, the co-conspirator of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, plans to ask Trump for a commutation of her 20-year sentence, a whistleblower said.

Most of the 20 voters on the panel are among the two-fifths of Americans who, according to recent Reuters-Ipsos polling, blame the shutdown on Democratic lawmakers because they ar