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Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a judge to dismiss their cases, arguing prosecutor Lindsay Halligan was illegally appointed.

A new deal to end the government shutdown may briefly restore staff to U.S. Education Department offices that had been gutted by layoffs.

The Transportation Secretary says air traffic controllers will be paid promptly as the government reopens. But after the last shutdown, in 2019, some controllers sued to get paid in full for overtime.

The Smithsonians, National Gallery of Art and other sites that receive federal funding are announcing their reopening plans now that the government shutdown is over. Past closures have been costly.

President Trump signed a bill reopening the government Wednesday night, but it will take more than a day for some things to return to business as usual. We're tracking those here.

Details on the newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein. And, the government shutdown has ended, but health insurance subsidies remain in limbo, with a vote on the matter expected next month.

The House Oversight Committee released more than 20,000 documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including emails from Epstein mentioning President Donald Trump.

The Trump administration says that more than 1.6 million immigrants have self-deported. But there's also evidence of an internal migration from target cities and states and into quieter areas that feel safer.

The first ever disruption to the nation's largest anti-hunger program came as a shock. It's shaken trust in the program for some and stoked concern that it could happen again.

The House could vote next week on the release of the Epstein files, the longest government shutdown in history has ended, with ACA subsidies unaddressed, health insurance shoppers are left in limbo.