President Donald Trump is planning a “gold card” visa with a potential pathway to U.S. citizenship for $5 million.

The moment that local officials in our nation’s capital have been dreading for months is finally here.

It's been nearly a month in office for President Donald Trump, and he's acted with dizzying speed to reorder the American economy and global diplomacy.

Four years ago, then-President Donald Trump rallied his supporters to march to the U.S. Capitol and urged his vice president to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden's victory.

A new report by a congressional subcommittee accused former top Coast Guard officials of hiding a yearslong investigation into sexual assault and harassment at the service’s academy in Connecticut from both Congress and the public.

The archivist and deputy archivist of the United States have issued a rare joint statement to say that the 1970s-era Equal Rights Amendment cannot be certified without further action by Congress or the courts.

President Joe Biden is requesting nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid after Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and other natural disasters.

The U.S. surgeon general has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes.

Argentina’s lower house has voted to approve a dramatically downsized version of President Javier Milei’s economic overhaul package, known as the omnibus bill.

President Joe Biden has signed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills that Congress just passed, ending the threat of a potential partial government shutdown.

A panel charged with reviewing the Olympic structure in the U.S. is calling for Congress to consider wide-ranging changes.

Build more border wall.

Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on overall spending levels for the current fiscal year that could help avoid a partial government shutdown later this month.

Democratic Rep. Anna Eshoo is not running for reelection next year.

President Joe Biden says American aid to Ukraine will keep flowing for now as he tries to reassure allies of continued U.S. financial support for the war effort.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy is suggesting that an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden is becoming more likely.

With just two days to spare, President Joe Biden has signed legislation that lifts the nation’s debt ceiling.

President Joe Biden is blasting Republican demands for federal spending cuts as “devastating."

Pandemic-era rules on COVID-19 testing for White House journalists are being loosened as the public health emergency declaration expires Thursday.

Since the drama of Kevin McCarthy's election as House speaker, there's been some movement toward opening the chamber to more public view.

The toll of police brutality in America was on painful display as family members of Black men and women killed in custody sit alongside lawmakers in the House to hear the president’s State of the Union address.

President Joe Biden has informed Congress that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared.

A U.S. congressional delegation headed by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has arrived in Armenia.

The House has approved a resolution that will pave the way for letting congressional staff join a union and engage in collective bargaining.

Congressional leaders have reached a bipartisan deal to provide $13.6 billion to help Ukraine fend off its invasion by Russia and assist European allies coping with the continent's worst refugee crisis since World War II.

The Biden administration wants Congress to provide $6.4 billion for an initial U.S. response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Sen. Joe Manchin says he can't back his party’s signature $2 trillion social and environment bill.

A panel of judges on Tuesday questioned whether they had the authority to grant former President Donald Trump’s demands to stop Congress from gaining access to documents related to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

A Democratic senator vital to the fate of President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion plan for social and environmental spending says he won’t support even half that amount or the ambitious timetable envisioned for passing it.

U.S. soldiers were fighting in Korea when President Harry Truman signed a congressional resolution calling for an annual National Day of Prayer.

Millions tuned in to President Joe Biden’s congressional address Wednesday night as he marks his 100th day in office.

Lawmakers from both parties have decried the fencing as unsightly, expensive and beyond what is necessary, even though security fears remain high. The security perimeter extends far beyond the Capitol itself through neighboring parks and office buildings. AdBlodgett said.the outer perimeter fencing will be removed in the latter part of March and Independence and Constitution avenues, the two major thoroughfares that flank the Capitol, will be opened for traffic. An inner perimeter will be moved closer to the Capitol building this week, providing reopened access to nearby streets and some sidewalks. The political pressure to remove the security fencing has been building.

In this Jan. 19, 2021 photo, riot fencing and razor wire reinforce the security zone on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Capitol Police say they are stepping up security at Washington-area transportation hubs and taking other steps to bolster travel security for lawmakers. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON – That foreboding black fence erected around the U.S. Capitol building has had an unintentional side effect: walling off the local government’s ability to enact new laws. Last Friday, they did the same with a member of Vice President Kamala Harris' staff; Harris, as vice president, presides over the Senate. Only three D.C. bills have been directly overturned since 1975, but members of Congress do sometimes seek to alter or influence D.C. laws by attaching budget riders to certain bills.

Cruz led the first challenge to Joe Biden’s defeat of President Donald Trump by objecting to Arizona’s results. President Donald Trump has falsely said since his defeat that there was widespread fraud in the election. Earlier Wednesday, supporters of President Donald Trump breached the U.S. Capitol, forcing a lockdown of the lawmakers and staff inside. ___6:30 p.m.Republican Sen. Mitt Romney is blaming President Donald Trump for inciting a violent “insurrection” at the Capitol. President Trump lost.″___6:25 p.m.President Donald Trump has appeared to justify the violent occupation of the U.S. Capitol by his supporters.

Under federal law, Congress must meet Jan. 6 to open sealed certificates from each state that contain a record of their electoral votes. The Constitution requires Congress to meet and count the electoral votes. The presiding officer opens and presents the certificates of the electoral votes in alphabetical order of the states. At the end, the presiding officer announces who has won the majority votes for both president and vice president. If they do not both agree, the original electoral votes are counted with no changes.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., waves the gavel on the opening day of the 117th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. “She's had one finger in the dike and one finger in the eye of Donald Trump," said Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-Va. Rep. Conor Lamb, D-Pa., voted for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who is seen as a strong contender to succeed Pelosi whenever she steps down. Democrats gave Pelosi a standing ovation as the final tally was announced, while the Republican side of the chamber was nearly empty. Ocasio-Cortez said she and other progressives “have been in conversations and negotiations” with Pelosi, but did not describe what they accomplished.

(Greg Nash/Pool via AP)WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urged Congress to approve COVID-19 relief funds without further delay, though Democrats continued to attack a decision by Mnuchin to allow five Fed lending programs to expire during the pandemic. In his most direct comments so far, Powell told the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday that it's “very important” for Congress to provide economic support. Without more assistance, Powell said, people will lose their homes and small businesses will fail. “We are hearing from all over that small businesses are really under pressure," Powell told lawmakers. “There is no justifiable reason for taking these tools away,” Rep. Maxine Waters, chair of the House panel, told Mnuchin.

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Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., became the latest members of Congress to test positive for the virus that has killed more than 205,000 Americans. All three attended the White House Rose Garden introduction Saturday of Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett. Nationally and on Capitol Hill, there are no comprehensive plans requiring testing or wearing masks. House members can vote by proxy through their colleagues, to cut down on the number of people milling around. Lee, Tillis and other Republican members of the panel were among those who attended the Rose Garden event on Saturday.

Wall Street is rallying Wednesday with rising hope that Washington may break through its partisanship to deliver more aid for the economy. (Courtney Crow/New York Stock Exchange via AP)U.S. stocks rallied on Wednesday, but only after zooming up, down and back up again in a fitting end to what was a wild month and quarter for Wall Street. By the end of trading, momentum had returned, and the S&P 500 rose 27.53 points, or 0.8%, to 3,363.00. It was the last day of a strong quarter for the market, where the S&P 500 rallied 8.5% to follow up on its 20% surge in the spring. On Wednesday, the S&P 500 careened between a gain of 0.1% and 1.7% for a total spread of 1.6 percentage points.

Asian shares advanced Friday, cheered by a modest rally on Wall Street and rising hopes for fresh stimulus for the U.S. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)Asian shares advanced Friday, cheered by a modest rally on Wall Street and rising hopes for fresh stimulus for the U.S. economy. Despite signs of a global economic rebound in the third quarter, worries remain the upturn may be running out of steam. House Democrats said they are paring back their proposal for a new stimulus package in an attempt to jump-start negotiations with the Trump administration. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 rose 0.3% to 3,246.59 after swinging between a loss of 0.9% and a gain of 1.3%.

On Friday afternoon, 5th district Congressional candidate Dr. Cameron Webb spoke with voters in Southside. The Democrat held a meet-and-greet with leaders in Danville’s Dan Daniel Park and afterwards, spoke at the Danville Unity event. “This pandemic has hit a lot of places hard, it certainly has hit Danville hard. Mayor Jones is working hard, but folks still need some relief and that’s what I want to be a part of,” said Webb. The Democrat is up against Republican Bob Good for the 5th district.

WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned Wednesday that the viral epidemic is endangering the modest economic recovery that followed a collapse in hiring and spending this spring. As a result, he said, the Fed plans to keep interest rates pinned near zero well into the future. That observation was an acknowledgement that uncertainty about when the health crisis might be solved has complicated the Feds ability to set interest rate policy. Few investors expect the Fed to hike interest rates for years to come. Some Fed watchers expect no rate increase until 2024 at the earliest given the bleak outlook for the economy and expectations of continued ultra-low inflation.

That's how funding is shared with private schools under other federal rules that Congress referenced in the legislation creating the relief aid. In Louisiana, for example, private schools are estimated to get at least 267% more under DeVos' formula. DeVos said urgent action was needed after dozens of private schools permanently closed as a result of the pandemic. Any private school can request support from their local district, but the new rule urges wealthier schools to reject it. DeVos has been accused of bending the formula to benefit the private schools she has long championed.

Attorney General William Barr confers with Congressional leaders as they await guidance on what sort of gun control measures the president would be willing to support. (CNN) - President Donald Trump asked that Attorney General William Barr hold a news conference clearing him of legal wrongdoing with regard to his phone call pressuring the Ukrainian President to investigate Democrats -- but Barr refused, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The Justice Department did not comment when reached by CNN on Wednesday. Even without a news conference from the attorney general, the Justice Department gave the President nearly everything he wanted. People close to Barr told the paper that the attorney general, though a backer of presidential power, has acknowledged the possibility of having to assert his department's autonomy.

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(CNN) - Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced she won't run for reelection to Congress in 2020, focusing her efforts on continuing her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. "I will not be seeking re-election to Congress in 2020, and I humbly ask you for your support for my candidacy for President of the United States," Gabbard said in a campaign video released late Thursday. Gabbard thanked Hawaii for electing her to Congress and argued that she "can best serve the people of Hawaii and our country as your President and Commander-in-Chief. " Though she has met the donor threshold set by the Democratic National Committee, Gabbard has not reached the polling threshold. "I wholly respect and appreciate Congresswoman Gabbard's decision not to pursue re-election for her Congressional seat as she pursues the Presidency.

(CNN) - Congressional Democratic leaders offered a remarkable readout of a meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying that the President called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a "third-rate politician" in what they described as a "meltdown." She kept her cool completely, but he called her a third-rate politician," Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer told reporters, describing the interaction. Pelosi added, "What we witnessed on the part of the President was a meltdown, sad to say." The Democratic leaders were at the White House for a meeting on Syria. The meeting came shortly after the House overwhelmingly passed on a bipartisan vote a resolution opposing the Trump administration's Syria troop withdrawal.

Here's a look at some of the stories we'll be following today as they make headlines across the country and Southwest Virginia. If you would like to give your input, the meeting runs from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Bonner Middle School. The trial is expected to begin today for the father of a missing Roanoke infant. Her father, Andrew Terry, says Arienna's mother gave the baby to him, while she was clinging to life. Drive Smart Virginia holds its annual Distracted Driving Summit in Roanoke starting today.

The nation is watching to see which way the final Congressional race of 2018 will go after it was delayed by allegations of voter fraud.

(CNN) - A funeral for first responder Luis Alvarez was held Wednesday, just weeks after his powerful congressional testimony on compensating individuals with health problems related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Alvarez, 53, died Saturday from complications of cancer linked to the time he spent with other first responders at ground zero. NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill recalled Alvarez's tireless advocacy for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. "Detective Alvarez lost his fight against cancer, but his fight for 9/11 responders and survivors continues. The fund Alvarez and other responders fought for was created months after the 2001 terrorist attacks.