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The departures of the head of the Agriculture Department’s Food and Nutrition Service and a senior policy adviser spurred worries on Capitol Hill as food aid benefits could halt. Read full article

The Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency, was established by Congress to advise the president on urban planning and historical preservation. Read full article

Judges in the Ninth Circuit voted to have a larger panel reconsider a decision that could have allowed President Trump to use soldiers at the Portland, Ore., immigration building. Read full article

A handful of Republicans crossed party lines to side with Democrats in the first of several votes this week aimed at challenging the president’s trade war. Read full article

The funding was part of a bipartisan measure that Congress approved in response to school shootings, but the Trump administration argued that the grants violated civil rights law. Read full article

Michele Beckwith was ousted by President Trump less than six hours after instructing a top immigration official to abide by the Constitution in his immigration raids. Read full article

Senate Republicans cited a call by the American Federation of Government Employees to pass a funding extension in an attempt to pressure Democrats to relent. The effort fell flat. Read full article

Senate Republicans cited a call by the American Federation of Government Employees to pass a funding extension in an attempt to pressure Democrats to relent. The effort fell flat. Read full article

The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general who worked closely with slave-owning Native American tribes, is the only monument of its kind in the nation’s capital. Read full article

In a closed-door meeting with the vice president, Republicans vented about a White House plan for Argentine beef they said would hurt ranchers in their states. Read full article