WASHINGTON—Members of the general public lined up before sunrise Tuesday to pay their respects to former President George H.W. Bush, whose body lies in state in the U.S. Capitol rotunda with an honor guard standing watch. On Monday, congressional leaders gathered in the rotunda for a memorial ceremony for the former 41st president, who died Friday night at age 94. His casket will remain at the Capitol until his state funeral, set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Washington National Cathedral.

U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended more than two dozen migrants who tried to squeeze through or climb over the border fence near Tijuana, Mexico, on Monday night. Some attempted to evade capture, but others turned themselves in to claim asylum, Reuters reported.

No criminal charges will be filed against the 42 people arrested Sunday in a clash with Central American migrants at the U.S. southern border, Customs and Border Protection authorities said Thursday. During a march Sunday in Tijuana, Mexico, to protest long waits for caravan migrants to file asylum claims with the United States, some protesters pushed past Mexican police and attempted to illegally cross the border. U.S. authorities said migrants were throwing rocks at Border Patrol agents, who fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. U.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto signed the United States–Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on trade Friday in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The deal replaces the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the 1990s pact that Trump vowed to dismantle. The Trump administration is celebrating the signing as a win for all three countries, but the deal still needs ratification from Congress to take effect.

WASHINGTON—The triple punch of a new filing, a news report, and a guilty plea has thrust special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation back into the spotlight, raising questions about whether the probe is accelerating toward the finish line.

Since May 2017, Mueller has led an investigation into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election and whether the president obstructed the probe. The inquiry has led to charges against 33 people, most notably 26 Russians.

WASHINGTON—In a closed caucus session Wednesday, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., won her party’s nomination for speaker of the House of Representatives for the next congressional session. Democrats voted 203-32 for Pelosi, who ran unopposed. She called her selection “a vote of confidence,” but the 78-year-old will probably have to flip 15 votes to secure the seat on Jan. 3 since the entire House will vote on her nomination. Pelosi previously served as speaker from 2007 to 2011.

WASHINGTON—Ivanka Trump defended her use of a personal email account for White House business in an interview with ABC News on Tuesday.