The Biden administration plans to begin this month evacuating interpreters and other Afghans who face deadly retaliation for helping U.S. troops during the 20-year war, according to the White House. Published July 14, 2021
The House Appropriations Committee approved an amendment Tuesday tied to next year's defense spending bill that would repeal the 2001 war authorization that has provided the domestic legal authority to execute the global war on terror following the attacks on 9/11. Published July 13, 2021
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez said Monday that he will move forward on a committee vote to repeal two Iraq War authorizations after a closed-door hearing on the matter. Published July 13, 2021
Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Richard Shelby introduced an emergency funding bill Monday that would reimburse the National Guard for their Capitol deployment in response to the Jan. 6 attack. Published July 12, 2021
America's dwindling domestic shipbuilding industry has lawmakers worried about the Navy's ability to keep up with China and Russia. Published July 12, 2021
Former President Donald Trump railed at Facebook, Google and Twitter on Sunday in his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, claiming the tech companies unduly influenced the 2020 presidential election and continue to silence conservative speech. Published July 11, 2021
U.S. Capitol Police will begin fielding military surveillance equipment as part of sweeping security upgrades as the force starts becoming "an intelligence-based protective agency" after the Jan. 6 attack. Published July 10, 2021
Some lawmakers were skeptical, others cautiously optimistic, when President Biden announced Thursday plans to begin evacuating Afghan interpreters and other allies as the U.S. military complete a pullout by the end of next month. Published July 8, 2021
The House Sergeant at Arms has announced the U.S. Capitol Police will begin removing the fence surrounding the Capitol since the Jan. 6 attack as early as Friday. Published July 7, 2021
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene compared the Biden administration's COVID-19 policy to Nazi-era practices Tuesday, just weeks after publicly apologizing for statements equating mask mandates to labeling Jews with the Star of David. Published July 7, 2021
House Democrats have put the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, back on the chopping block. Published July 6, 2021
Violence spiked in Chicago with 104 people shot over the long Fourth of July weekend leaving 19 dead and 13 children wounded, according to reports. Published July 6, 2021
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday that he intends to lift most government-mandated COVID-19 restrictions later this month, despite a rise in case counts attributed to the emergence of the Delta variant of the virus. Published July 5, 2021
President Biden invoked Americans' love of country to increase vaccination rates in his Independence Day remarks, saying that getting vaccinated against COVID-19 is "the most patriotic thing you can do." Published July 5, 2021
The U.S. delegate to the United Nations hinted Monday at additional sanctions against Belarus, telling the U.N. Human Rights Council that the Belarusian "regime's oppression knows no bounds." Published July 5, 2021
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos officially stepped down Monday as the company's CEO, handing the reins to Amazon Web Services executive Andy Jassy. Published July 5, 2021
Republicans in Pennsylvania's Senate are discussing launching a privately funded audit of the 2020 election. Published July 5, 2021
Lawmakers are growing frustrated with the Biden administration's silence on key details about the proposed evacuation for Afghan interpreters and others whose lives will be in jeopardy after U.S. troops leave the war-torn country at the end of the summer. Published July 2, 2021
President Biden bucked reporters' questions about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan on Friday, saying he wanted to talk about "happy things" instead as Independence Day approaches. Published July 2, 2021
House Judiciary Committee ranking Republican Rep. Jim Jordan joined fellow GOP lawmakers Thursday in calling for the National Security Agency's inspector general to investigate claims by Fox News host Tucker Carlson that the NSA monitored his electronic communications. Published July 1, 2021
