The Senate is readying to pass a three-bill funding package, but time is fast running out to avoid another government shutdown, and there are tricky, political issues with the DHS funding bill.

Democratic former Representative Mary Peltola narrowly leads Republican Senator Dan Sullivan in Alaska’s 2026 U.S. Senate race, a potential shakeup in the fairly red state, according to a new poll. Newsweek has reached out to press teams for Peltola and Sullivan for comment via email on Wednesday.

Many digital-asset companies would continue to be able to offer rewards to customers who hold stablecoins under a new proposal tied to hotly-anticipated crypto market structure legislation.

The bill would allow victims to sue, tee up fines of up to $250,000, allow courts to order takedowns, deletions and injunctions against deepfakes, and set up a 10-year statute of limitations.

The state Senate on Tuesday passed a measure that would ban cities from requiring gun owners to lock their firearms in cars. It was state Sen. Colton Moore's first bill.

Health insurer UnitedHealth Group used aggressive risk-adjustment coding tactics to increase U.S. government reimbursement for patients enrolled in its Medicare Advantage healthcare plans, a U.S. Senate committee report said on Monday.

Government shutdown looms as Senate passes first funding hurdle but faces Jan. 30 deadline. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., says continuing resolution likely needed.