House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said it's not believable that the military action in Venezuela has anything to do with stopping the flow of drugs into the United States after President Trump pardoned a former Honduran president of his drug crimes.

Rep. Ro Khanna is set to take over as the top Democrat on the House select committee on China.

The House will vote this week on a bipartisan three-bill spending package negotiated by top appropriators in both chambers.

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Conservative Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Monday pointed the finger directly at his colleague, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-Ky.), as the primary instigator behind President Trump’s surprise mission to send U.S. special operators into Caracas to seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Paul lamented what he sees as a reversal from Trump’s previous staunch opposition to nation-building...

The House Ethics Committee announced Monday that it’s extending a review of allegations against Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) and Brandon Phillips, Collins’s chief of staff who transitioned to the congressman’s Senate campaign, releasing a report from the Office of Congressional Conduct (OCC) that raised allegations over the hiring of a past intern in the congressman’s office....