Republican lawmakers Sen. John Kennedy and Rep. Steve Scalise blame Chuck Schumer and Democrats for prolonging the government shutdown into its third week.

Governor Abbott says the troops from Texas will help “safeguard” officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), who’ve been sent to some cities, now in Chicago, to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants. Johnson called the move outrageous.

Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation.

BOSTON, Sept. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "The ideals of civil debate and the non-violent exchange of ideas are — or should be — central to our nation's political system. Yet once again, we confront another seeming act of horrific political violence.