Her reason to seek Biden's impeachment?

"Allowing an invasion to take place across our southern border that has compromised the safety and security of the American people," Boebert said.

She said the deal would give time to build "a body of evidence at the committee level."

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said he supports the resolution.

"How many more Americans need to suffer because this President refuses to follow the laws of the United States that he raised his hand and swore an oath to defend," Roy said.

But House Democrats say it's clear the Republican effort is just a waste of time.

"Let's get real here, nothing about this is serious," said Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.).

McGovern said the GOP is ignoring the real issues Americans care about.

"This body has become a place where extreme, outlandish, and nutty issues get debated passionately and important ones not at all," McGovern said.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said advancing the resolution is a sign McCarthy doesn't have control of his party.

"You can't make this stuff up," Jeffries said. "The extreme MAGA Republicans are increasingly dominating the activity that is occurring among the House Republican conference."

Wednesday, Jeffries joined other lawmakers calling for better protections for LGBTQ+ Americans.

"Many live in fear that around the corner could be violence or bigotry or state-sanctioned hate directed at them, just for who they are," said Sen. Jeff Merkley.

They say that's why Congress needs to pass the Equality Act.

"It is not illegal to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people. It's incredible," said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.

Schumer said the bill amends the civil rights act to extend non-discrimination protections to the LGBTQ+ community.

"They deserve peace of mind ... knowing their rights will be protected in this country," Schumer said.

Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy agrees that life should not be harder for those Americans.

"I don't think people ought to be discriminated against because of an immutable characteristic," Kennedy said. "I don't."

However, Kennedy and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham say they worry protections for some can hurt other groups, such as forcing women athletes to compete against transgender athletes.

"And I think biological females have the right to be able to compete fairly in sports," Kennedy said.

"Your rights have to be balanced against other people's rights," Graham said.

Democrats are confident there is a path for both Republicans and Democrats to come together on this bill.

"I was going to have to stop farming altogether," said Susan Mitchell.

For Mitchell, finding farmland was an uphill battle. She spent nearly a decade bouncing from one leased plot of land to another.

"It was incredibly challenging to find something that was affordable for me as a full-time working farmer," Mitchell said.

And she's not alone. Mitchell says many farmers struggle to buy their own land, either because there isn't any available or it's too expensive.

"There are fewer farmers now than there have ever been, so the number population nationwide keeps decreasing," Mitchell said.

To help, some lawmakers are backing bipartisan legislation to help make farmland more affordable, especially for young or underserved farmers.

"Number one, make sure we actually have food production in this country, and number two, it would also give people like Susan an opportunity to pursue their dreams," said Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.).

Courtney says the bill enables the USDA to provide closing costs and down payment assistance for new farmers, and funds to cover the cost of some farmland improvements. Sales between retiring farmers and the next generation will be prioritized.

"For a lot of people who really want to go out and grow crops or milk cows or you know, you name it, they're really not land acquisition experts," Courtney said.

Courtney worries without action like this, the country could lose the next generation of farmers.

The damning report from the Justice Department says that for years the Minneapolis Police Department regularly used excessive force, particularly in Black and Native American communities.

“George Floyd should be alive today,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said. “The patterns and practices we observed made what happened to George Floyd possible.”

On Friday, DOJ officials laid out the troubling pattern they say was entrenched in the department's practices.

“Neck restraints are lethal force and we found MPD officers often use neck restraints without warning on people suspected of only minor offenses and on people who posed no threat,” Assistant Attorney General Kristin Clarke said. “An off-duty officer fired his gun at a car containing six people within three seconds of getting out of his squad car.”

Their investigation also found officers violated residents' First Amendment rights by attempting to prevent them from protesting or filming police.

The Justice Department says the problems will now be addressed through a consent decree including court-ordered reforms.

The mayor of Minneapolis and the city's new chief of police say they're ready to get to work.

“We acknowledge the pain, anger, frustration, fear and sense of vulnerability that many people in our community have endured,” Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said.

This is not the first investigation that's found the Minneapolis Police Department culpable of wrongdoing and discrimination. Last year the results of a state investigation had similar findings.

"We're still working really, really hard with those patients in mind who need access to care," Maryland State Sen. Ariana Kelly said.

Joanna McClinton, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, said it is important to preserve safe and legal access to abortion.

"We need to make sure that in states where it's still available, it's still legal, it's still safe, that we recognize, we're not just servicing women in Pennsylvania, we're servicing our neighbors," McClinton said.

The Biden administration invited them to share potential solutions with each other.

"We really get some great ideas and find better ways to work together to defend people's rights," Michigan Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks said.

Said Illinois State Rep. Kelly Cassidy: "Being able to work together to make sure that to the extent possible, we're creating some level playing fields for folks is also critically important."

Many of the state legislators in attendance tell us that having the support of the president will make a big difference in the long fight ahead.

"Their hands are tied on the federal side but it shows that they're aligned and it shows that they trust us to keep fighting at the state level," Michigan State Sen. Erika Geiss said.

These lawmakers say they want to build momentum at the state level and work to prevent additional rights from being lost.

"Tackle the issues as they arise is so incredibly important," said Michigan Speaker Pro Tempore Laurie Pohutsky, "and is really going to continue to require that collaboration from states."

This is the first pause in interest rate hikes after 10 consecutive hikes but the Fed expects more interest rate increases in 2023.

“In light of how far we've come in tightening policy...today, we decided to leave our policy interest rate unchanged,” Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said. "I think it allows the economy a little more time to adapt."

The country had a more robust May jobs report than expected and the economy also cooled with inflation falling to four percent -- a sharp drop compared to the nine percent inflation rate the United States saw last June.

"This is all evidence that the president's economic plan is working to lower costs for families, invest in America,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre said.

But on Capitol Hill, Republicans like Senator John Thune are not impressed – saying Americans are still struggling.

"Nine out of 10 Americans are worried about higher prices, in fact, it's the number one issue for Democrats and Republicans,” Senator John Thune (R-SD) said.

Powell says more rate hikes are likely, adding that “inflation pressures continue to run high and the process of getting inflation back down to two percent has a long way to go.”

According to Powell, the Federal Reserve will continue to raise interest rates in the future and it's possible the U.S. could see two more rate hikes soon. 

A Department of State official said one of the core missions of the trip is to soothe tensions between the U.S. and China to promote better communication and reduce the risk of a global conflict.

The future of Taiwan, trade battles and China's relationship with Russia all loom in the backdrop as Blinken sits down with Chinese leaders Sunday.

"There are a number of issues where we have concerns about actions the (People's Republic of China) has taken, and we will of course be raising those concerns directly with counterparts in the government in Beijing," Matthew Miller, Department of State spokesperson, said.

The department said the high-level talks will focus on managing economic competition between the two countries and soothing global tensions.

"To ensure that the competition does not veer into conflict," Miller said.

The meetings were postponed in January after a suspected Chinese spy balloon was spotted flying over several U.S. states, but lower-level officials have maintained communication.

Republicans called the meeting critical for several reasons.

"China is outpacing our military and modern capabilities," Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said. "The United States, along with our allies and partners, needs to maintain a credible deterrence."

But Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said he has little confidence the Biden administration can stand against China.

"They're going to continue to rip us off and spy on us and steal our jobs," Hawley said.

Another issue likely to come up is China's intelligence collection strategies.

This week, Blinken said he was briefed on China's efforts to expand its spying operations in countries across the globe, including in Cuba.

"Far too often, older workers are being denied employment, passed over for promotions, or even fired just because of their age," Gillibrand said.

Wednesday, the bi-partisan group introduced a bill to cancel agreements that prevent workers from filing lawsuits for age discrimination.

"Forced arbitration is secretive, it's unfair and it strips hardworking Americans of their constitutional rights," Gillibrand said.

"As America ages, this is gonna be a bigger problem," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said.

Graham said older workers need to be treated fairly.

"There are many employers out there looking for ways to replace older workers with younger workers simply because it's cheaper," Graham said.

Both Democrats and Republicans agree that protecting age discrimination isn't the only way forced arbitration hurts workers.

"And it turns out the pairing of Graham and Gillibrand on forced arbitration is not just for sexual misconduct," former FOX anchor and Lift our Voices Co-Founder Gretchen Carlson said.

Carlson championed Congress' last arbitration bill aimed at helping victims of sexual assault and harassment. She said this bill is about accountability.

"The ability for older American workers to decide what's best for them," Carlson said.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is confident more House members will jump on board.

"This is one of the few places where I think you're going to see bicameral, bipartisan support on legislation. This is a place where we can do that," Mace said.

On Tuesday night, Trump delivered a speech to his supporters in New Jersey in which he insisted he is innocent and called the charges fake and fabricated.

“Today, we witnessed the most evil and heinous abuse of power in the history of our country,” Trump said.

Hours after leaving his arraignment for federal criminal charges, former President Trump hurled insults at President Joe Biden and the Justice Department.

Trump forcefully defended himself from the charges he's facing of illegally retaining classified information.

“I had every right to have these documents,” Trump argued.

Before his speech, Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 charges related to his alleged mishandling of classified documents.

Most Republicans in Congress continue to defend Trump as well.

“When the president's main opponent for his reelection seems to be treated in a very different way than anyone else, including Joe Biden himself or Hillary Clinton or others, that's what people can't get beyond,” Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) said.

But the Senate's top Democrat, Leader Chuck Schumer, says the Justice Department is and should remain independent.

“We don't need political interference. We need strong law enforcement. And Donald Trump's not above the law. Plain and simple,” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said.

This is the second criminal case Trump is facing. In New York, Trump is accused of falsifying business records related to hush-money payments during the 2016 presidential race.

"That's good news for American families," Council of Economic Advisers member Heather Boushey said.

Boushey says lower inflation helps working-class Americans.

"Families are both seeing, you know slightly lower prices," Boushey said. "Prices are still too high. They're coming down now, and in real wage gains."

The smaller-than-expected rise in the consumer price index was driven by a decrease in the cost of products and services like energy and groceries.

"They're going to the pump, they're seeing a lower price…the egg prices are down nearly 30% since January," Boushey said.

Economists and experts say the slowdown may give the federal reserve reason to skip an interest rate hike.

"We're seeing kind of confirmation that April wasn't just a one-off at least, with the May data," Bank of America senior economist Stephen Juneau said.

Juneau says despite the positive report, the price of used vehicles and rent still went up.

"Which are increasing too aggressively and that's a huge cost to consumer households and we need to see some easing pressures," Juneau said.

Sen. John Thune says the economy is still not in a great spot and the administration needs to be honest with the American people.

"Inflation crisis the President helped create is costing American families $880 this month," Thune said.

But economists say this isn't a process the country can rush through and expect it to take nearly a year or more to reach the 2% goal.

Over the weekend, former president and leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addressed the 37 felony charges he's facing -- arguing that the case against him is a political one.

“They've launched witch hunt after witch hunt,” Trump said. “They want to do anything they can to thwart the will of the American people. It's called ‘election interference.’”

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, another Republican White House hopeful, also questioned the charges against Trump, asking why other politicians like Hillary Clinton didn't face charges for having classified documents.

“Is there a different standard for a Democrat secretary of state versus a former Republican president? I think there needs to be one standard of justice in this country,” Gov. DeSantis said.

The special counsel leading the case against Trump says the Justice Department is applying the laws fairly.

“We have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone,” Special Counsel Jack Smith said.

The charges against Trump aren't due to possession of the classified documents. Instead, Trump was charged for refusing to return the files.

“Our laws that protect national defense information are critical for the safety and security of the United States and they must be enforced,” Smith added.

Authorities say some of the classified information Trump was in possession of includes nuclear secrets and photos show many the documents were stored in bathrooms, ballrooms and other unsecure locations.

Authorities also say Trump shared the documents and classified military information with people who don't have security clearances.

Trump is scheduled to appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday.

Lawmakers want to know how consolidation in the healthcare industry is impacting quality and prices and want “to examine whether these practices are hot wiring our healthcare system to favor mega-corporations at the expense of patients,” Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) said.

Doctors and other experts from around the country told senators that mergers and consolidation of hospitals, pharmacies and other healthcare facilities is a problem.

“I'm concerned. Over the last two decades, insurance premiums in the U.S. have gone up over 215%,” Dr. Zack Cooper of Yale University said during a Congressional hearing. “About 20% of hospital mergers have lessened competition and led to price increases.”

Experts also say that profit-driven private investors are driving prices up while decreasing pay for nurses and other professionals. Additionally, they say all of that makes patient outcomes worse.

“Those acquisitions are associated with decreased staffing and worse health outcomes, including higher rates of emergency department visits and mortality,” Dr. Karen Joynt Maddox of Washington State University said.

Lawmakers say the problems will require complex solutions including, “comprehensive and carefully tailored policies that prioritize patients from all walks of life,” Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) said.

Dr. Cooper says it's critical to hold healthcare conglomerates accountable by implementing systems to track patient outcomes.

Cooper added, “What really is going to underpin the function of health care markets in the U.S. is ability to measure providers quality.”

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said that the suicide rate for Americans age 10 to 19 jumped by 40% from 2001 to 2019.

"The bottom line is our kids can't afford to wait longer," he said.

He said that Congress must do more to help a surge of youth people battling loneliness, anxiety and depression. He said kids need more access to resources like psychiatrists and more protections online.

"I talk to parents all over the country and to kids as well who say that they're exposed to content that's violent and sexual in nature, that they're often bullied and harassed online," Murthy said.

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are already pushing legislation that would enact age requirements for social media and block websites from collecting data about and targeting ads to minors.

"This is the No. 1 threat to our children's health right now," Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., said.

He also suggested the surgeon general add an electronic warning label for parents. Murthy agreed that "would be appropriate," but also said Congress would need to pass legislation to make it happen.

Last year, Congress approved millions in new funding to expand mental health resources at schools. Now, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said, the focus should be on social media.

"Unless you get at the root causes of unhappiness and isolation and loneliness, there is almost no amount of money that can make up for that inattention," he said.

On Wednesday, members of Congress announced the new Renter’s Caucus. Congressmen Jimmy Gomez and Dan Goldman say they’ll focus on finding solutions to the crisis.

Gomez noted that unaffordable rents ultimately hurt the U.S. economy and productivity. 

“For the first time since data started being recorded 20 years ago, the average American renter is now considered rent burdened, meaning they pay more than 30% of their income to rent,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez (R-CA) said.

“We can make sure that we have very robust renter protections so that landlords cannot dramatically increase the rents and ultimately kick renters out,” Rep. Danny Goldman (D-NY) added.

Advocates and lawmakers want to tackle issues like rental housing discrimination and affordability.

“This caucus is launching in the midst of an ongoing affordable housing crisis,” said Kim Johnson with the National Low Income Housing Coalition. “Nationally, there's a shortage of over seven million rental units affordable and available to people with the lowest incomes."

Rep. Goldman also wants to expand the low-income housing tax credit but so far, only Democrats are part of the caucus, and the idea will need bipartisan support.

The founding members still say they're confident they can get Republicans to join the caucus since all states face challenges meeting the demand for affordable housing.

Natalie Mebane of Green Peace said the deal, which was signed over the weekend, undercuts historic investments that President Joe Biden signed into law last year.

"This was a bad deal for the American people," she said. "(It) very much undoes a lot of the progress that he's made as president towards clean energy. … Two steps forward, three steps back."

The bill cuts red tape for both clean and traditional energy projects, which would allow them to move forward more quickly. Mebane called it a gift to polluters.

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., who got a controversial pipeline included in the deal, called it a fair compromise.

"Now what we can do is basically make sure that we're able to get the pipelines and the delivery system we need for clean fossil all over this country," Manchin said on CBS's "Face the Nation" over the weekend.

Republicans agree.

"This is going to help us increase the affordable, reliable and safe access to American energy," Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., said.

But Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., who leads Democrats' Climate Solutions Caucus, said the deal is disappointing.

"It's a significant concern and I voiced that concern to the White House," he said.

He said the deal does little to speed up the construction of transmission lines, which are essential for expanding wind and solar energy. A study (PDF) out of Princeton University said failing to speed up transmission expansion from the current rate of 1% yearly will increase the nation's greenhouse gas emissions by 800 million tons annually through 2030.

The debt ceiling deal requires only more research on expanding transmission.

"(It) would spend the next three years studying a problem we already know the answer to," Casten said. "We don't have three years to wait to decarbonize. The folks who would love to stop paying for electric for their solar panel or would love to get their community access to cheaper geothermal, those people don't want to wait three years in higher energy bills."

Casten said he will promote separate legislation to bridge the gap.

Mark Gaston Pearce, the executive director of the Workers Rights Institute at Georgetown Law, agreed with the lone Supreme Court dissenter, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

"Now unions have to be concerned that employers are going to be bringing these little suits in local jurisdictions," Pearce said. "The mystery is going to be, what constitutes reasonable precautions? What constitutes the kind of harm that unions could potentially be liable for?"

Pearce said he expects this ruling to have a chilling effect on unions, making them less likely to strike because they fear getting sued.

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a West Virginia Republican, said the Supreme Court got it right.

"Certainly the right to strike is not under question here," Capito said. "If unions are going to strike, they shouldn't be engaging in destruction of property."

Courts in the State of Washington will decide the outcome of this lawsuit.

In May, the U.S. added another 339,000 jobs to the economy, defying expectations.

"Folks have been underestimating the number of jobs for like 10 months at this point," said Bharat Ramamurti, White House economist. "We're in the middle of a really great economic recovery."

Ramamurti said the American people should be confident about the economy's direction.

"Jobs are becoming better-paying, and that for 10 or 11 straight months now, inflation is moving downwards," Ramamurti said.

But outside economists, like Ethan Harris with Bank of America, warned the winning streak won't last.

Harris said robust job gains only add pressure on the Federal Reserve to keep raising interest rates, something that could force American families and businesses to cut back.

"I'd be surprised if there aren't more layoffs," Harris said.

This could trigger a mild recession, according to Harris.

"People need to be aware that it's going to be a bit of a bumpy ride in the next year for the economy," he said.

To avoid this, the Federal Reserve is expected to pause interest rate hikes when it meets in two weeks, after raising them for 10 straight months.

"I think it's too close to call," Harris said. "If they don't hike (interest rates) in June, they'll hike in July."

The White House does not think a recession is on the horizon.

"There is nothing in the data we're getting that would suggest that," Ramamurti said.

The White House believes inflation will continue to come down.

“I fear we are going to have blackouts and I’m afraid we're going to see (a) significant number of lives lost,” said David Tudor, with Associated Electric Cooperative.

On Thursday, experts on the nation's power grid told senators the country will not be ready to transition to clean energy before more coal power plants start shutting down in 2028.

“We've got this push for all these new renewables, and we've got this push to shut down all these plants that work and there's nothing there in the middle to save us,” Tudor explained.

West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin says there are challenges created by switching to clean and renewable energy.

"If we don't have storage and we can't store it, and it has to be either used or lost," he said.

Energy producers blame United States Environmental Protection Agency regulations for the planned shutdowns, but Senator John Hickenlooper says that's not the full picture.

“The pressure that's coming to make these changes more rapidly really is coming from the public,” Sen. Hickenlooper (D-CO) said.

Hickenlooper says the public wants clean energy because climate change is making wildfires and storms worse, is impacting people's lives and threatens the existing power grid.

“How do we balance reliability with the urgency to address climate change before the extreme weather accelerates to a point where we really can't deal with it?” Hickenlooper added.

One idea would keep coal-fired power plants operating until 2035 to give clean energy technology more time to advance. 

"We're talking about paying people 13, 14 dollars an hour," Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said.

Wednesday, lawmakers including Sanders asked experts how to both increase pay for childcare workers and lower the cost for parents.

"Why is childcare so expensive?" Sanders asked.

Sanders said child care often costs more than $15,000 per year.

"Can families afford in many cases, middle-class, working-class families afford childcare?" Sanders asked.

"Families cannot afford it," National Association for Education of Young Children Managing Director Lauren Hogan said.

Sanders said the childcare system in New Mexico is an example other states could follow.

"We raised everybody's wages $3 an hour," New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department Cabinet Secretary Elizabeth Groginsky said.

That change came after more than 70% of New Mexico voters supported dedicating nearly $150 million per year to early childhood education.

"Non-profit, for-profit, faith-based, there are lots of options for families and it's important that we invest in all of those options," Groginsky said.

However, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said there are too many regulations in the way to establish childcare facilities and the federal government shouldn't be involved.

"It makes it almost cost prohibitive and so if we really want to fix costs, we should start looking at ourselves and seeing another way to soften the amount of regulations and still keep our kids safe," Mullin said.

Despite these concerns, Republicans agreed childcare costs need to be reined in before it gets worse.

After some deliberation this afternoon, Rep. Cori Bush, D-MO, said she cannot, in good conscience, vote to take food out of people’s mouths. Her “no” vote adds to a growing list of Democrats and Republicans opposing the bill.

"This is not about people who are lazy,” said Bush.

She is refusing to support expanded work requirements for food stamps in the debt ceiling deal, saying the federal program was lifeline when she was pregnant.

"For me, that would have meant I would not have been able to receive any — not a dollar, of food stamps … because I could not work," said Bush.

Wednesday, Bush tried to remove the new standards from the bill but Republicans blocked that effort.

"We're talking about $6 per day,” Bush said.

If it passes, adults 54 and under without dependents must work at least 80 hours a month to receive food stamps. That's up from the current age cap of 49.

But Democrats like congressional Black caucus chair Steven Harsford said there is a silver lining.

"It increases SNAP benefits for about 78,000 people a month,” said Rep. Steven Horsford, D-NV.

Horsford is among the Democrats reluctantly supporting the package because it expands benefits for groups like foster youth and veterans.

"Republicans started with wanting to kick a million people off and in fact we’re going to be able to add about 900,000 people on," said Horsford.

 But that's exactly why Republicans like Byron Donalds, R-FL, aim to tank the deal.

"Basically, it's a wash fiscally. Work requirements, the purpose of that is twofold. One, it’s yeah, it’s to help federal spending but also it’s to help get people back into the workforce,” said Donalds.

Bush says she is grateful the White House protected other programs, but wants to put the focus on people.

"We also have to think about who we're hurting. They see numbers, they don't see people,” said Bush.