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Seasonal retail company Spirit Halloween reopens stores across the U.S. as Halloween approaches each year. If they seem to be everywhere, that's because they are.

The immigration bill now under consideration by the Senate calls for drones to patrol the U.S. border 24/7. Supporters say that means more drones are needed. But critics argue there's no evidence the drones already flying are cost-effective.

With no fanfare, Congress moved to undo large parts of the popular law known as the STOCK Act, and President Obama has signed the watered-down measure into law. Insider trading is still illegal, but disclosures of large stock trades by staffers will be harder to get than under the original law.

The House Homeland Security Committee holds a hearing Wednesday examining terrorist recruitment inside the walls of American jails and prisons. Experts say the number of criminals who turn to extremism behind bars is small but worrisome. Civil rights groups argue there's not enough evidence to hold a congressional hearing.

Attorney General Merrick Garland told lawmakers he's working to keep the Justice Department out of politics after four years of chaos during the Trump presidency.

Rep.-elect George Santos won a House seat on Long Island in November but now much of his biography and resume appear to have been invented.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy's proposal would lift the nation's credit limit for one year in exchange for spending cuts.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine struck lines prohibiting cities from banning flavored tobacco and on mandatory vaccine bans at universities. But the income tax cut and the exemption to the state's main business tax stay in, though he did veto provisions related to those items.

Nine artists including T-Pain, Demi Lovato and Charlie Puth have granted Google permission to use their singing voices for the new tool, Dream Track.

Aid for Israel became more urgent after the weekend's attack, House Speaker Mike Johnson said. After months of delays, he is also putting forward a bill that provide additional aid to Ukraine.