Dave Mattingly

The House and Senate are in recess this week.

Democratic lawmakers are pressing for changes to how DHS conducts immigration enforcement before agreeing to additional funding.

Republican Congressman Andrew Garbarino of New York chairs the House Homeland Security Committee.

He notes U.S.

immigration and customs enforcement, as well as U.S.

customs and border protection, remain funded.

He was speaking to ABC News.

Early voting begins this week in Texas, where veteran Republican Senator John Cornyn is seeking the party's nomination for a fifth term in Congress.

Andrew Schneider with Houston Public Media says Cornyn is facing a couple of the state's well-known GOP challengers in next month's party primary.

The man accused of killing 15 people on Australia's Bondi Beach in December made his first court appearance today since being released from a hospital.

The 24-year-old is facing charges that include terrorism and murder.

Prosecutors say he opened fire on crowds attending a Jewish festival, as Christina Kukula reports from Melbourne.

This is NPR News from Washington.

The U.S.

and Iran are scheduled to resume indirect talks this week in Geneva over Tehran's nuclear program.

This follows recent negotiations in Oman, which President Trump and Iran's foreign minister both described afterwards as being productive.

Oman is expected to mediate this latest round of discussions as well.

Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner are expected to lead the U.S.

delegation as they did in Oman.

President Trump has directed a buildup of U.S.