The House returns Monday for one week before heading back home. At the top of the agenda is a bill to extend government funding past the midterm elections.
President Trump is touting a new deal for the U.S. to access Venezuelan oil fields. Trump says it's a major boon for the American people, but it's unclear when they'll see the benefits.
NPR's A Martínez speaks with Francisco Monaldi, director of the Latin America Energy Program at Rice University, about President Trump's claims of a Venezuelan oil agreement.
Russian forces relentlessly battered Kyiv and cities in the region around the Ukrainian capital for a fifth straight day, leaving some supermarket shelves bare after repeated strikes on warehouses.
U.S. threats erupt into attacks in the Strait of Hormuz; Iran retaliates against U.S. targets in the UAE and Jordan in the first exchange of fire since July 29