Michigan Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin is now at the center of a rapidly escalating political and legal confrontation that’s drawing in the Justice Department, the FBI, the Pentagon and the White House. What started as a 90-second video message directed at U.S. service members has turned into a full-scale federal standoff. Slotkin has formally refused a voluntary interview request from the Department of Justice and rejected direct cooperation with federal investigators, signaling a hardline legal strategy that challenges the authority of the federal government itself. WATCH 

Washington is racing against the clock as the white house and senate leaders negotiate a last-minute deal to prevent a government shutdown. Senate democrats are threatening to block the spending bill unless new restrictions on ice operations are written directly into law. The talks center on splitting homeland security funding and forcing changes to immigration enforcement tactics after growing public backlash. With the deadline hours away and the house in recess, lawmakers face mounting pressure to compromise or trigger a partial shutdown.