FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The United States Senate confirmed both Nicholas Chase and Kristen Baesler on Tuesday.

A vote to end the government shutdown failed as Senate Democrats demand funding for health care subsidies that President Donald Trump and Republicans refuse to provide.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, asked her about the Justice Department’s decision to drop the investigation into Tom Homan, the Trump administration’s border czar, who was recorded in September 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover F.B.I. investigation. “What became of the $50,000?” Mr. Whitehouse asked.

Attorney General Pam Bondi will face lawmakers at a congressional hearing Tuesday amid growing questions about political influence over a Justice Department that has already criminally charged one of President Donald Trump’s longtime foes and is facing intense White House pressure to prosecute others.

Follow news on the government shutdown after Congress fails to pass a federal budget plan. Trump has threatened mass layoffs in the coming days for federal workers.

White House memo suggests 750,000 furloughed federal workers may not get back pay despite 2019 law, sparking bipartisan concern among lawmakers.