The Senate Armed Services Committee voted 18-9 Wednesday to advance its version of the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, with language formally renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is set to introduce legislation Thursday that would require federal review of farmland purchases near military bases and critical infrastructure, targeting foreign adversaries including China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
Tennessee Republican lawmakers unveiled new congressional maps Wednesday that would eliminate the state's only Democratic-held seat, acting days after a Supreme Court ruling cleared the path for partisan redistricting.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith sent letters Monday to three U.S. nonprofits tied to an alleged "foreign-aligned influence network," demanding internal documents as Congress expands its investigation into the groups that helped organize May Day demonstrations across the country last week.
President Donald Trump signed legislation Thursday restoring full funding to the Department of Homeland Security, ending a 75-day funding lapse that set a record as the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. History.
House Republicans passed a budget blueprint Wednesday to begin unlocking federal funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, on day 74 of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, before leaving Washington for a two-week recess.
The House voted Wednesday to extend the federal government's warrantless surveillance program through the rest of President Donald Trump's term, passing the measure 235-191 and leaving the Senate a narrow window to act before a Friday midnight deadline.
Congress is showing little urgency to open a formal investigation into the third assassination attempt against President Donald Trump, even as some Republicans push for hearings and questions mount about how a gunman breached security at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner last Saturday.
