The House of Representatives voted on Tuesday night to punt the threat of another government shutdown until after the November midterm elections. House lawmakers passed a bill to extend the current fiscal year’s funding levels until Dec. 4 via a measure called a continuing resolution (CR). It would extend several weeks into fiscal year (FY) 2027, which begins on Oct. 1. The legislation passed in a 220 to...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani acknowledged Tuesday that he can’t have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested despite promising to do so during his mayoral campaign. But he called on the federal government to execute an International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant if the Israeli leader visits New York. In a video posted on X, Mamdani called Netanyahu a “war criminal” while conceding that New York City could...

Democratic Rep. Cleo Fields of Louisiana announced Tuesday he will not seek re-election to Congress after a Supreme Court ruling and new Louisiana congressional map reshaped his district in Republicans’ favor. Fields said in a statement announcing his plans he will instead run to fill the unexpired term for the state Senate in Louisiana’s 14th District, saying he feels his “calling to serve the people is better put...