WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:

ABC’s “This Week” — Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn; Gov. Phil Murphy, D-N.J.; Walgreens Senior Vice...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former federal prosecutor has been confirmed by the Senate as a new federal judge for the Western District of Louisiana.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's political, government and university leaders have temporarily decamped to the nation's capitol for the Carnival season party called Washington Mardi Gras....

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to visit with community and faith leaders near Opelousas, Louisiana, where three black churches were destroyed by an...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's U.S. senators said they received a commitment Tuesday from the Trump administration to decide in two weeks whether to change regulations that have kept...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's U.S. senators have stalled Trump administration nominees for jobs at the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, trying to force the agency to...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivanka Trump has met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to discuss paid family leave.

The White House says the president's daughter and senior adviser met Wednesday with Republican senators Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Joni Ernst of Iowa, Marco Rubio of Florida and Mike Lee of Utah.

In a news release from Cassidy's office, Ivanka Trump called it a "productive" session.

President Donald Trump's administration on Friday reversed new guidance issued by the Department of Homeland Security that prevented the Federal Emergency Management Agency from writing or renewing National Flood Insurance Program policies during the current government shutdown.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is receiving $25 million in federal transportation money to make improvements on Interstate 12 near the site of a four-person fatality earlier this year.

U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy announced the financing Thursday.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's Republican elected officials are rallying behind GOP secretary of state candidate Kyle Ardoin in the Dec. 8 runoff.

Many top Republican leaders avoided endorsements in this month's primary because six GOP candidates were on the ballot. With the race whittled to Ardoin and Democrat Gwen Collins-Greenup, GOP officials announced their backing of Ardoin.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Federal officials say Louisiana leaders must take the lead in addressing mental health care for their own communities.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — President Donald Trump has tapped a Louisiana man to lead the U.S. Marshal Service.

Donald Washington, a former U.S. attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, has been nominated for the Marshal Service director's job.

Louisiana's two U.S. senators, Republicans Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy, praised the pick in a joint statement Wednesday. The U.S. Senate must confirm Washington before he can take the job.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Legislation headed to President Donald Trump's desk could help thousands of Louisiana flood victims.

The U.S. Senate gave final passage Wednesday to a package of federal disaster policy changes, included in a bill authorizing spending for federal aviation programs.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Members of Louisiana's congressional delegation are seeking to rename a veteran's clinic in Lake Charles after a Medal of Honor winner who died in Vietnam.

U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy and Rep. Clay Higgins announced their legislation Monday in a news release. They hope to have the Lake Charles Community-Based Outpatient Clinic named after Douglas Fournet.

JENNINGS, La. (AP) — A $7.2 million federal grant is set to create a new veterans' cemetery in southwest Louisiana.

State Sen. Dan Morrish says the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs will provide another $1 million. Jennings Mayor Henry Guinn tells the American Press that people are eager to begin construction.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has a new federal district court judge in its Western District.

Robert Summerhays was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday, becoming the first new federal judge in Lafayette in more than 25 years.

That's according to Louisiana's U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy, Republicans who congratulated Summerhays on his appointment in a statement.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Lake Charles attorney has been nominated for a federal judgeship.

Sens. Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy said Monday that James D. Cain Jr. was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as a U.S. district judge for the Western District of Louisiana in Lake Charles.

Cain is a Deridder native and the son of former state Sen. James David Cain.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy was part of a recent congressional trip to Guatemala and Mexico that the Louisiana Republican said involved discussions of border security, drug trafficking and trade.

Back in the United States on Tuesday, Cassidy said the group met with Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales and members of his cabinet and visited U.S. Marines working on a humanitarian mission in the country.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Democrats Maggie Hassan and Annie Kuster are part of a bipartisan group sponsoring a bill that targets counterfeit pill makers.

The bill allows the U.S. attorney general to create a registry of machines that are used to manufacture pills. This would ensure that the machines are not used for illicit purposes.

Hassan said members of both parties, and President Donald Trump's own opioid commission, agree on the importance of regulating the machines.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans lawyer has been nominated as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana by President Donald Trump.

News outlets report Peter Strasser was nominated Wednesday. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate he would fill the position that Kenneth Polite resigned from last year. Duane Evans holds the position on an interim basis.

Louisiana's U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy say in statements that they support Strasser's nomination.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's governor and two U.S. senators are attending the White House state dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards and Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy are on the guest list for Tuesday's glitzy event at the invitation of President Donald Trump.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal lawmakers from Louisiana and Washington have submitted legislation to award former New Orleans Saints and Washington State football player Steve Gleason the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor awarded by Congress.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican and doctor who helped sponsor the legislation, seeks to honor Gleason for his work as an advocate for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

MONROE, La. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has confirmed a state court judge, Terry Doughty, to serve as a federal judge in Louisiana.

The Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to confirm Doughty as a district court judge for the Western District of Louisiana. President Donald Trump nominated him for the seat in August.

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, said in a statement Tuesday that Doughty is "highly qualified" and was confirmed with "strong bipartisan support."

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Donald Trump has nominated the wife of former U.S. Sen. David Vitter to serve as a federal judge in New Orleans.

The White House on Tuesday announced Wendy Vitter's nomination for a seat on the bench in the Eastern District of Louisiana. Trump also nominated Robert Summerhays to serve as a federal judge in the Western District of Louisiana.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The tax bill that won passage this week in Congress has provisions that members of Louisiana's congressional delegation say specifically benefit Louisiana.

"Disaster tax relief is huge," Sen. Bill Cassidy said Thursday in an interview.

That relief includes a provision allowing victims of the 2016 south Louisiana floods to amend their tax return for that year to deduct their losses.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana man detained by Guatemalan authorities since March while on a church mission trip returned Wednesday to the United States.

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy and U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson helped secure Zachary Wilson's release. Johnson told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that more than 100 friends and family greeted Wilson as he arrived at Shreveport Regional Airport.

"It's been quite a day," Johnson, R-Shreveport, said. "It was just a great affirmation of faith."