House conservatives are drawing battle lines in the burgeoning showdown over President Donald Trump's spending cuts request.

A drama-filled week in DC saw Democrats accuse Republicans ceding Congress' power to Trump and a curveball involving Jeffrey Epstein.

The Senate burns the midnight oil hoping to pass Trump’s spending agenda, the man accused of fatally stabbing four college students in Idaho appears to have accepted a plea deal, and the city of Los Angeles is again engrossed in a legal battle over immigration.

Congress approves a $9 billion spending cut targeting public broadcasting and foreign aid, overcoming GOP divisions despite the cuts making up a small share of the budget.

Elon Musk criticized Trump's revised spending bill, especially its impact on clean energy production, in multiple X posts over the weekend.

Congress had until the end of day on Friday to pass the rescissions request, or the funding would have had to be spent as originally intended.