Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) defended the rollout of a four-bill package on Wednesday that has come under fire from the conservative wing of the House GOP, appearing to lower expectations for Republicans given the party’s razor-thin majority. A trio of foreign aid bills will include military assistance to Ukraine, Israel and allies in the Indo-Pacific...

House Judiciary Committee Republicans subpoenaed Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas shortly before the Senate dismissed articles of impeachment against him. The subpoena issued by Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) asks the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to turn over a breakdown of how many “illegal aliens” have been permitted to enter the country during...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon}   Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Whistleblower details alleged retaliation from Boeing A Boeing whistleblower told a Senate committee Wednesday that he was silenced and threatened after raising concerns with the airline giant’s manufacturing process. © Greg Nash Sam Salehpour, a...

U.S. naval forces have spent nearly $1 billion in the Middle East, including on efforts to fend off drone and missile attacks from the Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro said this week. Del Toro told lawmakers on the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday that Navy sailors deployed...

This is turning out to be quite the year for skywatchers.

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story House panel approves ChatGPT use for some staff The House Administration Committee approved the use of ChatGPT, the popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, for some staffers, the panel revealed in a new report. © AP Photo/Richard Drew The committee approved the use of...

Senators quickly decided Wednesday not to hold a trial on the two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The Senate voted to dismiss the charges by sustaining two points of order raised by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) asserting that they did not rise “to the level of a high crime or...

The White House on Wednesday praised the Senate for dismissing two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, reiterating its stance that the effort was baseless. “Once and for all, the Senate has rightly voted down this baseless impeachment that even conservative legal scholars said was unconstitutional,” said Ian Sams, White House spokesperson...

The Senate voted Wednesday to dismiss two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, shutting down the possibility of a lengthy Senate trial, which Republicans had demanded to bring attention to the Biden administration’s record on immigration and border security. It marked the first time in 225 years the Senate voted to immediately...

United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Wednesday that Israel has decided to respond to the attacks Iran launched against Israel over the weekend. Cameron's remarks come as the foreign secretary traveled to Israel on Wednesday, just days after Iran launched a missile and drone attack on the U.S. ally. Cameron told reporters he traveled...