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Clashes between the Trump administration and congressional Republicans upended progress on one of their party’s biggest priorities this week – a reconciliation bill that would fund immigration enforcement. Congress left town Thursday for a weeklong recess after failing to pass the bill, which had been part of Republicans’ strategy to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown. President…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of Pope Leo XIV, potentially complicating a fence-mending visit that Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to make this week to the Vatican. In an interview with conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt, Trump said the first American-born pontiff is helping Iran and also making the world less safe with his comments about the importance of…

Washington — Rep. Kevin Kiley of California said Monday he was immediately leaving the Republican Party to become an independent.   “I’m also today asking the clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives to have that reflected in the official roster,” Kiley said in a call with reporters.  The move complicates House Speaker Mike Johnson’s narrow majority, though Kiley said he plans to caucus with…