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.
Britain's King Charles III called on the United States and the United Kingdom to support victims of sex trafficking during a historic address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, drawing a standing ovation from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
The Department of Defense submitted a formal legislative proposal to Congress this month asking lawmakers to change its statutory name to the "Department of War," a move that would require amending roughly 7,600 provisions of federal law.
Every adjutant general commanding an Air National Guard unit in the United States has signed a letter to Congress warning that the Air Force is in the worst shape of its 78-year existence, and demanding an immediate surge in fighter jet procurement.
The House returns from a two-week recess Tuesday with a scandal-packed agenda: at least four sitting members could face expulsion resolutions before the week is out.
