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UPDATED 5:20 p.m. | A 45-year-old Peoria Heights woman was found dead after a house fire late Wednesday, authorities said.

Peter Alexander of NBC News tweeted that a mouse fell out of the White House ceiling onto his lap. Reporters posted videos online showing a mouse and many distracted reporters.

A key figure in the dispute over FBI files collected by the White House has taken the Fifth Amendment, rather than testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Anthony Marceca (mar-SEE-suh) had testified on the same subject before a House committee on Wednesday. The Senate committee chairman says Marceca might not be allowed to invoke the Fifth Amendment since he has already answered the House panel's questions. A White House spokesman says Marceca has the right to avoid self-incrimination, but the White House is disappointed because it claims the public needs to know all the facts. NPR's Jon Greenberg reports.

The fires destroyed more than 2,000 structures. About 1,500 were residential, worsening a housing shortage that’s been years in the making.

A driver died after a vehicle crashed into a gate at the White House Saturday night, but the fatal collision is being investigated "only as a traffic crash", law enforcement authorities said.

President Trump has proposed scaling back federal funding for low-income renters.

The White House is urging Republican-led states to crack down on immigration in new ways, like reporting undocumented immigrants who enroll in public schools, visit hospitals, or apply for benefits.

Former White House spokesman Scott McClellan told the House Judiciary Committee Friday the White House could have avoided a lot of criticism and loss of faith by being more open about its reasons for invading Iraq.

Now that the Senate has passed its own version of a tax bill, lawmakers have to iron out differences with the House bill. The final product could then be sent to the president to be signed into law.

President Trump is adding one of his personal attorneys to the team of White House lawyers defending him in the impeachment trial. Here's why.