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Two Republicans joined Democrats to vote for the war powers resolution, but the motion failed in a 215-215 vote. -
The House has approved the final set of spending bills to avoid a government shutdown, despite objections from Democrats to the funding levels set for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -
A prominent civil rights attorney and at least two other people involved in a protest that disrupted a church service have been arrested, Trump administration officials said, even as a judge rebuffed related charges against journalist Don Lemon. -
The lawsuit escalates a series of confrontations between the president and the leader of the country's biggest bank. -
An annual report from the American Heart Association shows deaths from heart disease and stroke are down, encouraging news after the rate went up in the early years of the pandemic. -
The signing ceremony marked the most concrete step yet in Trump's effort to establish the board, whose final composition has yet to be confirmed.
