Live updates and the latest news as the government shutdown enters day 6, the National Guard are blocked from Portland, and Israel and Hamas start peace talks.

Chicago Police hold a press conference after officers were reportedly told not to assist ICE agents amid violent protests over the weekend.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is scheduled to address reporters on Monday afternoon as the government shutdown enters its sixth day. President Trump has stayed out of the fray on

I.R.S. chief: Frank Bisignano, the head of the Social Security Administration, will also oversee the Internal Revenue Service in a new “chief executive officer” position. The tax agency has had seven leaders this year and lost about a quarter of its workers. Read more ›

France's new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and his government resigned, just hours after appointing his new cabinet.

Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, a former state representative and lawyer, is on trial in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport more than a year after his arrest for what federal prosecutors say was his solicitation of bribes from companies in exchange for helping the companies obtain contracts for work on state-funded school construction projects.