Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., asked that federal seasonal firefighters be exempt from President Donald Trump's executive order implementing a federal hiring freeze.
Two people were charged in last year's stabbing death of a Fort Campbell soldier in Tennessee, police said, noting that one of the suspects was the victim's husband.
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has directed staff to not issue any new rules and to stop any new investigations.
Authorities are investigating what led a commuter plane carrying 10 people to crash off the coast of Alaska. The victims killed on the turboprop aircraft have been identified.