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In a rare Saturday session, the House of Representatives debated and passed four foreign aid bills. Three of those bills provide aid to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, and the fourth is a packa…

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 …

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified on the Fed’s semiannual monetary policy report before the House Financial Services Committee. He said that economic activity expanded at a stron…

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…

State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development officials testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee for Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia on the Biden …

Financial technology stakeholders debated the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) proposed rule to regulate payment apps and digital wallets. Proponents of the rule argued big tech…

Representative Brad Sherman (D-CA), a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, talked about President Biden’s State of the Union Address, government funding deadlines, and conflicts in Gaza …

The House approved a $467.5 billion six-bill spending package funding part of the government until the end of the fiscal year on September 30. The measure would next go to the Senate, which …

Representatives Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Dan Goldman (D-NY), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), and others held a news conference with families of American hostages in Gaza to call for the return of the hos…

Former CIA, Pentagon, and State Department officials testified on Houthi threats to U.S. interests during a public hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, N…

“I absolutely believe it’s headed in the right direction,” said Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen when asked about the U.S. economic outlook before the House Financial Services Committee. The …

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Sandra Thompson testified before the House Financial Services Committee on rule changes within the agency and the mortgage fees it charges. She discus…

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…

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra testified on a semi-annual report of his agency before the House Financial Services Committee. Several members of the Republican ma…

A House Financial Services subcommittee held a public hearing to examine the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) oversight and regulatory enforcement of U.S. capital markets. Witnesse…

John Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR), said Afghans who worked with the U.S. during the war and remain in the country are being sought out and murdered…

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…

Family members of hostages held captive in Gaza spoke to the press about their experiences pertaining to the attacks in Israel and advocated for help locating the hundreds of hostages in Gaz…

The House worked on fiscal year 2024 spending legislation for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and related agencies. Members also passed legislation provi…

The House considered several bills under suspension of the rules in response to the Hamas attacks on Israel, including to sanction all financial supporters of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic …