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Trump’s hostage envoy Adam Boehler calls on Syrian opposition to release American captives to prove they’re not extremists. President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for special envoy for hostage affairs said Monday that Syrian opposition forces that have taken control of the Middle Eastern country should turn over any American hostages held there as a sign of

The House and Senate Armed Services Committees have released an 1,813-page bill, reconciling their differing National Defense Authorization Act proposals. The House of Representatives could vote this week on a compromise version of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with up to $895.2 billion in defense discretionary spending. This latest version of the NDAA,

The two legislators resigned from the House on Dec. 8 and begin serving their terms earlier than other newly elected senators. WASHINGTON—Former Reps. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) were sworn into the Senate on Dec. 9. The two lawmakers were sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris, who serves as president of the

The president has designated a new monument that will be located at the site of a former Indian boarding school in Pennsylvania. WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden on Dec. 9 designated a new national monument to memorialize the federal government’s oppression of thousands of native American children through the boarding school system founded in the late 19th