The House passed an appropriations bill slashing the Environmental Protection Agency's budget and expanding energy production on federal lands and waters.
House Democratic leadership is signaling it will stick by its anti-Israel incumbents. "I think House Democrats are going to continue to support each other," Hakeem Jeffries said.
President Joe Biden said Thursday that 74 U.S. citizens with dual citizenship have left the Gaza Strip, announcing the development as he dispatched his top diplomat to the Middle East for consultation with Israeli and Jordanian leaders concerning the Israel-Hamas war.
Republican senators announced legislation to double the potential prison sentence for anyone caught leaking sensitive taxpayer information, saying the current law is woefully weak.