House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) has scheduled a hearing to consider a resolution holding U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress for not turning over documents detailing the August 2021 military withdrawal and civilian evacuation from Afghanistan. For months, Mr. McCaul has been seeking a variety of State Department
After a four year battle over the district lines, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a new congressional map into law. After days of speculation, New York lawmakers on Feb. 28 approved a new congressional map, ending a three-year legal battle over the district lines—or, perhaps, kicking off another round of litigation. The new
Several Republican senators are demanding Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas turn over files on an illegal immigrant murder suspect.
President Joe Biden expressed doubt on Thursday that a ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict is just days away, tempering his own prior predictions amid recent diplomatic complications. Speaking with reporters while visiting an ice cream shop in New York on Monday, the president expressed high hopes for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, saying,
President Biden on Thursday criticized climate change deniers while speaking about the border crisis during a speech in Brownsville, Texas.
The bill is the fourth continuing resolution of this fiscal year, angering some Republicans who believe more should be done to curb government spending. The U.S. Senate passed a stopgap funding bill Thursday night and sent it to the desk of President Joe Biden for signing, narrowly averting another potential government shutdown that would have
The Senate passed a stopgap bill Thursday evening to fund the government an additional week before the first appropriations deadline, averting a government shutdown.