Senate Republicans demanded Tuesday that the national security spending bill now making its way through Congress must include policy changes that could head off the flow of illegal immigrants at the border.

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Jacob Lew as U.S. ambassador to Israel, filling a key diplomatic post during the war with Hamas.

Rep. Nancy Mace said the possibility of being former President Donald Trump's vice president is "intriguing" and "interesting."

The threats posed by China, Russia, Iran and the Palestinian militant group Hamas are all part of "one fight" that the U.S. and its allies must win, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told lawmakers Tuesday as the Biden administration mounted a full-court press to push through Congress a comprehensive $106 billion aid package that would reach all corners of the globe.