Immigration agents over the weekend arrested more than 130 immigrants accused of being in the country illegally, the Department of Homeland Security said Monday.

This week, the Lumbee Tribe stood forward with near total support from U.S. leaders, including President Donald Trump, who made it his Native American Heritage month priority to usher along federal tribal sovereignty that the Lumbee have sought since at least Civil War-reconstruction.

With data center projects increasing demand on the power grid in Pennsylvania, GOP lawmakers on Tuesday touted changes in environmental policies they scored in this year's budget process as potentially keeping electric bills down for consumers.

The House on Wednesday evening is debating the Senate-passed funding bill to end the government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history, before moving to a vote. President Donald Trump has signaled he will sign it.

The word “filibuster,” which derives from a Dutch term for pirates and plunderers, somehow came to describe those who disrupt legislative business. The practice is much older — Cato the Younger was known speak until nightfall on the floor of the Roman Senate to frustrate the plans of Julius Caesar.

Another late night is expected Thursday at the State Capitol as the Senate votes on four bills that the House advanced Wednesday night.

Senate Democrats advanced legislation Thursday to revamp oversight of the Cannabis Control Commission, stripping the state treasurer of the power to appoint commissioners to the agency overseeing an $8 billion industry.

By Adrian H. Halili, Reporter THE SENATE started plenary debates on the proposed P6.793-trillion national spending plan for 2026, slashing Public Works budget while significantly increasing allocation for the education,