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In the Washington region, the Capital Area Food Bank is providing food distribution specifically for federal workers and contractors who are going without pay.

It is not clear how far the gift will go toward covering the salaries of the nation's 1.3 million troops.

The administration announced its trade investigation on Friday, ahead of a summit between U.S. and Chinese leaders.

The proposal was the latest twist in a byzantine saga that has transformed the Salvadoran migrant into one of the best-known symbols of President Trump's aggressive deportation agenda.

From the first day of his second term, President Trump has taken an ends-justify-the-means approach to his presidency.

The president said he wouldn't seek congressional approval for his expanding military offensive against cartels, but some in his party believe Congress should weigh in.

The Trump administration announced another attack, its 10th, in its campaign against what it said were vessels smuggling drugs headed for the United States.

The anti-tariff ad, which Trump pointed to in cutting off trade talks with Canada, uses several sound bytes from an April 1987 speech, though not in the order President Ronald Reagan said them.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during a visit to Israel that the State Department would increase its presence at a center set up to monitor the peace deal.

There are many questions about whether the idea is feasible or doomed from the outset.