A $1.8 billion fund to compensate Trump's allies who claim they have been unjustly investigated and prosecuted proved politically toxic and was scrapped from the bill.
The Supreme Court has rejected Virginia's bid to restore a congressional map that would have given Democrats a chance to pick up four seats in the closely divided House of Representatives.
This week's major action came in Southern states, with a significant state court ruling in Virginia and continued fallout from a U.S. Supreme Court decision last month.
President Donald Trump is defending the cost increase of his massive White House ballroom construction project.
As Pres. Trump continues to keep a military presence in the Middle East, the 60-day deadline for the administration to seek congressional authorization is up on Friday.
The Supreme Court has weakened a landmark Civil Rights-era law that has increased minority representation in Congress and elsewhere.