President Trump extracted two "yes" votes from a pair of GOP holdouts on Monday, bringing House Speaker Mike Johnson closer to ushering a spending bill to the floor and ending the government shutdown . Why it matters: After meeting with Trump at the White House, Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) returned to the House to say they're leaning toward voting "yes" on the "rule" to allow the funding bills to come to the floor. In exchange, they said they received a promise that the Senate would vote on the SAVE Act , which would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. - "There is something called a standing filibuster that would effectively allow [Senate Majority Leader John Thune]…
Authorities have announced that they have shut down three Indian call centers linked to a gold bar scam that stole millions of dollars from American consumers.
The move represents a consolidation of the authority of the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, in bringing Mr. Martin’s operation inside his office.
More than 500,000 Haitian refugees living under temporary residency in the U.S. can remain and continue working in the country, a federal judge ruled Monday evening. Why it matters: Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which provides short-term refuge to people fleeing crisis, was set to expire for Haitian immigrants Tuesday — despite ongoing violence and instability in the Caribbean island nation. - Haitians are among many immigrant groups whose protected status was not renewed or was eliminated this year as part of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. What we're watching: Representatives for the White House, Justice Department, State Department and Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to Axios'…
A judge will hold a hearing on Wednesday after attorneys for victims in the Epstein case said the recent batch of documents released by the government included their names.
The ruling pauses the Trump administration’s plan to end a program that has allowed more than 330,000 people from Haiti to remain in the United States.