Congress returns after recess as threat of government shutdown looms – US politics live

<p>Republicans and Democrats are at loggerheads over funding, while Donald Trump is to make a mystery announcement from the Oval Office later today </p><p><strong>The arrest of a US army veteran who protested against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has raised alarms among legal experts and fellow veterans familiar with his service in Afghanistan.</strong></p><p>Bajun Mavalwalla II – a former army sergeant who survived a roadside bomb blast on a special operations mission<strong> </strong>in Afghanistan – was <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwa/pr/defendants-charged-assaulting-federal-law-enforcement-officers-other-offenses-during">charged</a> in July with “conspiracy to impede or injure officers” after joining a demonstration against federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) in Spokane, Washington.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/sep/02/congress-returns-government-shutdown-funding-trump-announcement-us-politics-live-latest-updates">Continue reading...</a>