Corruption
- Speaker Johnson: 'Confident' government shutdown will end by Tuesday - The government shut down on Saturday after Senate Democrats demanded changes to a spending package following the killings of U.S. citizens in Minnesota.
- Partial government shutdown on track for Saturday after Senate vote on funding deal stalled - The deal would address concerns Democrats have had about funding the Department of Homeland Security because of enforcement actions in Minnesota.
- After second Minneapolis shooting, Congress hurtles toward a partial government shutdown over DHS funding - Senate Minority Leader Schumer said he will vote against a package to fund DHS and a wide swath of the government after federal agents killed a U.S. citizen.
- Fed Chair Powell under criminal probe by federal prosecutors: Report - President Donald Trump has criticized Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell for not cutting interest rates as much and as quickly as the president wants.
- U.S. indictment against Venezuela President Maduro, wife is unsealed - The indictment was unsealed hours after U.S. forces launched an attack on Venezuela and captured its president Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
- What to know about the long-running corruption case of former South African president Zuma - Former South African President Jacob Zuma and his co-accused, the French arms manufacturer Thales, returned to court on Thursday to appeal for the dismissal of the long-running corruption case against them. Zuma, one of the key figures of