The Senate has passed a short-term measure to keep federal agencies funded into early December and avoid a government shutdown during campaign season.
Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., are set to introduce legislation Thursday that aims to prevent the Pentagon from resetting a war's casualty count by reclassifying the dead and wounded under new operational labels.
Authorities have defused a drone with explosives found at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport.
Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress.
The Senate voted on Wednesday to confirm Dr. Erica Schwartz as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
U.S. President Donald Trump said a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come as early as Wednesday, as Iran and Oman inched toward an agreement on the critical waterway that could ease pressure on the global economy and potentially help bring an end to the war.