A Small Business Administration policy notice that took effect March 1 bars lawful permanent residents from its 7(a) and 504 loan programs. The fallout is now reaching borrowers.

Hours after signing a $70 billion immigration funding law, the president demanded a third party-line megabill carrying $350 billion for the Pentagon and his election overhaul. McConnell, Collins and Thune are not buying it.

A 198-218 House vote and a standoff over Bill Pulte's installation as acting intelligence chief leave the warrantless surveillance program to expire for the first time since its creation.