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Former U.S. Central Command Commander retired Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, who oversaw the 2021 U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal, told House Foreign Affairs Committee members: “I alone bear full milita…

Zalmay Khalilzad, the ambassador who negotiated the U.S.-Taliban deal to withdraw military forces from Afghanistan, testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He said he held the …

Former Homeland Security Department officials from the Trump administration, including former acting Secretary Chad Wolf (2019-21), testified on migration at the southern border before the H…

Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf and Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for the Middle East Dana Stroul testified on U.S. support for Israel amid its war wi…

The House approved a suspension bill condemning the Hamas attack on Israel. The measure also reaffirms U.S. support of Israel and calls on Hamas to release all hostages. Members also began c…

Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin and alleged war crime survivors testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on suspected war crimes by Russia. Topics included alleged bru…

Defense Department Inspector General Robert Storch, Acting Inspector General of the State Department Diana Shaw, and Acting Deputy Inspector General for the U.S. Agency for International Dev…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on his agency’s foreign policy priorities and its fiscal year 2024 budget request. Topics included the …

Witnesses gave first-hand accounts of the withdrawal from Afghanistan and its impact as they emotionally testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. They discussed conditions on th…

Officials from the State Department, USAID, the Development Finance Corporation, and Commerce Department testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on efforts taken by the federal …

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified at House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the agency’s foreign policy priorities and fiscal year 2023 budget request. Secretary Blinken defend…

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman testified at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on U.S. policy in the Indo-Pacific region. Topics included the U.S. competition with China, the…

The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe held a hearing on suspected war crimes and other human rights abuses allegedly committed by Russia during its invasion of Ukraine. Experts wi…

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman told lawmakers the Biden administration supports working with Congress to update the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) that was appr…

The House considered legislation that seeks to expand U.S. production of semiconductors. Most are made abroad, and there was a shortage of semiconductors, resulting in higher prices for auto…

The House voted to increase the debt limit by $2.5 trillion until 2023. Along a party-line vote, members also passed a measure holding former Representative Mark Meadows (R-NY), who was form…

The House debated and voted on a number of bills under suspension of the rules, including measures condemning the abuse of the Uyghur people in China. Members also considered bills involving…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee for more than five hours on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Lawmakers pressed him on several topi…

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield testified on foreign policy and U.S. global leadership before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield answered a…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the department’s fiscal year 2022 budget request and foreign policy priorities. Members asked Secret…