The Senate cleared a temporary spending measure to keep the government funded, setting aside a fight over the SAVE America Act that President Trump had pressed as a priority.

The United Arab Emirates said one of its tankers was targeted by an Iranian missile in the Strait of Hormuz, an incident that came as Iran signaled that an arrangement to keep the strategic waterway open was drawing closer.

President Trump has renewed his effort to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors. Cook has said she does not intend to step down and has contested the effort.

President Donald Trump has signed executive orders aimed at restricting birthright citizenship and what his administration describes as birth tourism.

Berkshire Hathaway reported higher quarterly profit as new chief executive Greg Abel began deploying the company's large cash reserves.