WASHINGTON—The Justice Department sued the state of California on Tuesday over three state laws that protect illegal immigrants from deportation. Trump administration officials argued the three laws, all passed by the state legislature last year, promote sanctuary policies to circumvent federal immigration law—violating the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy clause.

WASHINGTON—Two top House Republicans on Tuesday penned a letter to the Justice Department requesting a special counsel be appointed to investigate decisions made during the 2016 election. Reps. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., and Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., the House Oversight and Judiciary committee chiefs respectively, said widespread abuses at the FBI and Justice Department require an outside counsel to investigate.

WASHINGTON—White House chief economic advisor Gary Cohn submitted his resignation letter on Tuesday. The former Goldman Sachs president decided to leave the Trump administration after clashing with the president on new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. “It has been an honor to serve my country and enact pro-growth economic policies to benefit the American people, in particular the passage of historic tax reform,” Cohn said in a statement.

WASHINGTON—The Senate voted Tuesday to proceed on a bill that would loosen some of the banking regulations imposed after the 2008 financial crisis. Senators voted 67-32 on the motion, sending the bill to the floor for further deliberation and a final vote. If passed through Congress, the measure would rewrite parts of the financial regulations imposed under the landmark Dodd-Frank bill of 2010. This year’s bill, sponsored by Senate Banking Committee chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, would raise the threshold at which banks must adhere to strict financial regulations.

WASHINGTON—House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said Tuesday he’s advising President Donald Trump to rethink new tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum. Ryan told reporters he and House Ways and Means Committee chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, have had multiple conversations with the White House and the administration knows their concerns. Trump announced last week he would impose a 20 percent tax on imported steel and a 10 percent tax on aluminum imports. The president claims U.S. trading partners are abusing the system, hurting domestic steel and aluminum workers.

WASHINGTON—A federal judge in Maryland sided with the Trump administration Monday, striking down a legal challenge to the president’s order to end the program protecting young undocumented immigrants from deportation. The ruling came on the same day President Donald Trump had planned for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to end. But nearly 700,000 immigrants remain protected under DACA and can still renew their status in the program while litigation against Trump’s action continues.

WASHINGTON—Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., announced Monday he would resign from office after this month, citing health concerns. Cochran, 80, first won election in 1978, and after nearly 40 years in the Senate, he said Monday he can no longer carry out his duties. “I regret my health has become an ongoing challenge,” Cochran said in a statement.