Shea Stephens

In a heated exchange with Fox News' Laura Ingraham, Trump suggested the visas are necessary because not enough Americans are qualified for certain jobs.

Trump disagreed with Ingram on whether H-1B visa crackdowns will be a priority for his administration.

In September, ICE agents arrested hundreds of South Korean engineers who came to the United States to build a factory at a Hyundai plant in Georgia.

The U.S.

House is expected to vote Wednesday on a bipartisan bill to end the longest government shutdown in U.S.

history, but ramifications for U.S.

citizens won't wrap up as quickly.

As Cynthia Abrams from member station WPLN reports, many households are struggling.

due to a pause on federal aid for utility payments.

With the government shutdown likely coming to a close, thousands are still grappling with its effects.

Mississippi Public Broadcasting's Elise Gregg spoke with one furloughed federal worker who's been using her free time in order to volunteer.

U.S.

futures are flat in after-hours trading on Wall Street.

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The USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group are now in the Caribbean.

The Navy aircraft carrier group arrived from the Mediterranean and is the Pentagon's latest escalation of U.S.

military might near South America.

The move follows a series of deadly U.S.

military strikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific since September.

NASA says it will try again on Wednesday to launch a pair of spacecrafts to explore the atmosphere and weather conditions on Mars.