House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday he won’t be rushed to consider the Senate’s stripped-down $95 billion version of a foreign aid package that includes funding for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan because it lacks any mention of U.S. border security. Instead, Johnson said he has been requesting for nearly a month to meet with President […]

The House Oversight Committee launched an investigation Wednesday over alleged meetings between climate envoy John Kerry and environmental activists. Oversight Chair James Comer, R-Ky., sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken asking him to provide unredacted documents and communications related to Kerry’s “collusion with leftist environmental groups,” as well as information on the makeup and payroll of his […]

In his first floor speech after being elected House leader, Speaker Mike Johnson addressed colleagues Wednesday, accusing President Joe Biden of deliberately opening the southern border, causing record-high immigration numbers. “We have a catastrophe at the southern border. It is because the border has been deliberately opened wide that we see the terrific horrors that are taking place,” […]

House Republicans scheduled a first vote for Tuesday on articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.  GOP lawmakers have been particularly offput by Mayorkas’ demeanor in testimony to congressional panels, where he has responded to questions by telling committee members they don’t understand the complexities of the immigration system. He has also labeled […]

Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., on Monday accused Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., former chairman of the now-dissolved Jan. 6 committee, of improperly archiving committee data, saying some items were missing, deleted, or encrypted. Loudermilk chairs a House subcommittee that’s been investigating the Democratic-led committee since Republicans took over the House majority last year.  Loudermilk said committee members “excluded evidence […]