“If Speaker Johnson drives House Republicans down this highly partisan path, the odds of a shutdown go way up, and Americans will know that the responsibility of a shutdown will be on the House Republicans’ hands,” Schumer and Murray said in a joint statement.
A judge has temporarily blocked the removal of a 5-year-old and his father who were detained as part of the government's ongoing immigration crackdown in Minnesota. ...
The New York City Ferry suspended its service Tuesday afternoon and warned it may be closed "for several days" due to thick layers of ice blanketing the rivers....