The Senate took the first steps in a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security early Thursday, voting to adopt a budget plan that would fund ICE and Border Patrol over Democratic objections and sending it to the House.

Filings for unemployment benefits are considered a proxy for U.S. layoffs and are close to a real-time indicator of the health of the job market.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday raised concerns about using government funds to rescue low-cost bankrupt airline Spirit Airlines.

President Trump extended his cease-fire with Iran Tuesday afternoon — after an American negotiating team led by Vice President JD Vance delayed plans to travel to Pakistan for a second round of peace talks.

President Trump criticized former President Barack Obama on Monday, calling the Iran nuclear agreement “one of the worst deals ever made,” as he said his own prospective deal with the Iranian regime would ensure that the leading state sponsor of terrorism is unable to develop a nuclear weapon.

Oil prices jumped more than 5% in Monday trading on fears that a fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran could break down after the U.S. seized an Iranian cargo ship and traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained largely halted.