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FILE - Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., speaks during a hearing on April 20, 2023, in Washington. Padilla is taking practically every opportunity to put his stamp on the Democratic Party's approach to immigration. The son of Mexican immigrants and the first Latino to represent his state in the Senate, he has emerged as a persistent force at a time when Democrats are increasingly focused on border security and the country's posture toward immigrants is uncertain. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

As border debate shifts right, Sen. Alex Padilla emerges as persistent counterforce for immigrants

Alex Padilla is taking practically every opportunity to put his stamp on the Democratic Party’s approach to immigration.
 
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Report of Special Counsel John Durham, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Democratic congressman who also is running for U.S. Senate had his luggage swiped from his car while it was parked in a downtown San Francisco garage, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

They say don’t leave valuables in parked cars in San Francisco. Rep. Adam Schiff didn’t listen

 
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to the chamber as the Senate prepares to advance the $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan passed by the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

To pass Ukraine aid, ‘Reagan Republican’ leaders in Congress navigated a party transformed by Trump

 
FILE - 155 mm M795 artillery projectiles are stacked during manufacturing process at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pa., Thursday, April 13, 2023. The Pentagon could get weapons moving to Ukraine within days if Congress passes a long-delayed aid bill. That's because it has a network of storage sites in the U.S. and Europe that already hold the ammunition and air defense components that Kyiv desperately needs. The House approved $61 billion in funding for the war-torn country Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

A look at what’s in the $95 billion foreign aid package passed by Congress

 
A TikTok content creator, speaks to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Washington, as Senators prepare to consider legislation that would force TikTok's China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban, a contentious move by U.S. lawmakers. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senate passes bill forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell or face ban, sends to Biden for signature

 

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The American and Ukrainian flags wave in the wind outside of the Capitol on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Washington. The Senate is moving ahead with $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senate overwhelmingly passes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with big bipartisan vote

The bill passed the Senate after the House had approved the package on Saturday. Biden is expected to quickly sign the legislation and start the process of sending the money to Ukraine.
 
Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, left, walks with Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the speaker emerita, as lawmakers arrive to vote on approval of $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A look at what’s in the $95 billion foreign aid package passed by the House

The House’s $95 billion foreign aid package provides military aid to Ukraine and Israel, replenishes U.S. weapons systems and gives humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza.
 
FILE - The TikTok Inc. building is seen in Culver City, Calif., March 17, 2023. The House has passed legislation Saturday, April 20, 2024, to ban TikTok in the U.S. if its China-based owner doesn't sell its stake, sending it to the Senate as part of a larger package of bills that would send aid to Ukraine and Israel. House Republicans' decision to add the TikTok bill to the foreign aid package fast-tracked the legislation after it had stalled in the Senate. The aid bill is a priority for President Joe Biden that has broad congressional support. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

The House votes for possible TikTok ban in the US, but don’t expect the app to go away anytime soon

The House has passed legislation that would ban TikTok in the United States if the popular social media platform’s China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake within a year.
 
A local woman rides a bicycle on April 18, 2024, in front of a building destroyed by a Russian airstrike in the frontline town of Orikhiv, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko, File)

The House passes billions in aid for Ukraine and Israel after months of struggle. Next is the Senate

The U.S. House has finished voting on an aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other US allies and has sent it to the Senate.
 
President Joe Biden salutes as he boards Air Force One as he leaves Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on his way to his Delaware home, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden signs bill extending a key US surveillance program after divisions nearly forced it to lapse

President Joe Biden has signed legislation reauthorizing a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data nearly forced the statute to lapse.
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after lawmakers pushed a $95 billion national security aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies closer to passage, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Seeking ‘the right side of history,’ Speaker Mike Johnson risks his job to deliver aid to Ukraine

Staring down a decision so consequential it could alter the course of history -- but also end his own career -- House Speaker Mike Johnson prayed for guidance.
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after lawmakers pushed a $95 billion national security aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies closer to passage, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ukraine, Israel aid advances in rare House vote as Democrats help Republicans push it forward

The House has pushed a $95 billion national security aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies closer to passage.
 
FILE - Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks with reporters as he walks, Feb. 28, 2024, at the Capitol in Washington. The Senate has advanced legislation that would reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance tool as lawmakers and the Biden administration rushed to tamp down fresh concerns about the program violating Americans' civil liberties. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Senate advances renewal of key US surveillance program as detractors seek changes

The Senate has advanced legislation that would reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance tool as lawmakers and the Biden administration rushed to tamp down fresh concerns about the program violating Americans’ civil liberties.
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks with reporters to discuss his proposal of sending crucial bipartisan support to aid Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after weeks of inaction, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats weigh prospect of helping Johnson save his job as House speaker

Some Democrats are entertaining the prospect of helping House Speaker Mike Johnson save his job should Republican Rep.
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and the House Republican leadership meet with reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session as Johnson pushes towards separate votes on aid for Israel and Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House leaders toil to advance Ukraine and Israel aid. But threats to oust speaker grow

House congressional leaders are toiling on a delicate, bipartisan push towards weekend votes to approve a $95 billion package of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as several other national security policies.
 
Deborah Mayer holds one of the luxury handbags she sells on TikTok, Wednesday, March 21, 2024, in Freehold, N.J. Mayer has sold new and pre-owned handbags and other designer goods out of her New Jersey home for 16 years. Early last year, TikTok recruited her business for the live component of TikTok Shop. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

Legislation that could force a TikTok ban revived as part of House foreign aid package

Legislation that could ban TikTok if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake has won a major boost as House Republicans included it in a package of bills that would send U.S. aid to Ukraine and Israel.
 
FILE - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 16, 2024. Iran's attack against Israel over the weekend has spurned a flurry of bipartisan legislative action in Congress. It has united lawmakers against the country even as the risk of a larger regional war looms. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Congress moving swiftly on bipartisan action to punish Iran after revenge attack on Israel

Iran’s attack against Israel over the weekend has spurred bipartisan legislative action in Congress and sanctions from the Biden administration.
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., right, speaks with reporters to discuss his proposal of sending crucial bipartisan support to aid Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after weeks of inaction on Capitol Hill Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

What’s inside the $95 billion House package focused on aiding Ukraine and Israel

Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled a long-awaited package of bills that will provide military aid to Ukraine and Israel, replenish U.S. weapons systems and give humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza.
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks with reporters to discuss his proposal of sending crucial bipartisan support to aid Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after weeks of inaction, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House’s Ukraine, Israel aid package gains Biden’s support as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job

President Joe Biden says that he strongly supports a proposal from Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
 
In this image from video from Senate Television, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., presiding over the Senate acting as a court of impeachment, announces the results of the vote to adjourn the court of impeachment, at the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Washington. (Senate Television via AP)

Senate rejects impeachment articles against Mayorkas, ending trial against Cabinet secretary

The Senate has dismissed all impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, ending the House Republican push to remove the Cabinet secretary from office over his handling of the U.S.
 
FILE - Then Attorney General William Barr appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 1, 2019. A congressional committee is accusing China of fueling the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. A report released Tuesday by a House select committee says China is directly subsidizing the manufacturing of materials used by drug traffickers to make fentanyl outside the country. Barr says the committee’s report “uncovered persuasive evidence” that China’s government is “knee deep” in sponsoring and facilitating the export of fentanyl precursors. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House panel says China subsidizes fentanyl production to fuel crisis in the United States

A congressional committee is accusing China of fueling the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. A report released Tuesday by a House select committee says China is directly subsidizing the manufacturing of materials used by drug traffickers to make fentanyl outside the country.
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and the House Republican leadership meet with reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session as Johnson pushes towards separate votes on aid for Israel and Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Facing a Republican revolt, House Speaker Johnson’s plan for US aid to Ukraine, allies uncertain

House Speaker Mike Johnson has pushed back against mounting Republican anger over his proposed U.S. aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies.
 
House Impeachment Managers from left, Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., walk cross the Capitol Rotunda to the Senate chamber to deliver Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' Impeachment Articles at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House Republicans send Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate, forcing a trial

House impeachment managers have walked two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas across the Capitol to the Senate, forcing senators to convene a trial.
 
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., left, arrives for a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 15, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Speaker Mike Johnson pushes towards a vote on aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan

House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing for a vote on aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan this week. He has unveiled a plan to contort the package to squeeze it through the House’s political divides on foreign policy.
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump listens during a news conference, Friday, April 12, 2024, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

House Speaker Mike Johnson says he will push for aid to Israel and Ukraine this week

House Speaker Mike Johnson says he will try to advance wartime aid for Israel this week. Johnson is attempting the difficult task of winning House approval for a national security package that also includes funding for Ukraine and allies in Asia.
 

House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with White House to advance Ukraine aid

House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House.
 
FILE - An FBI seal is seen on a wall on Aug. 10, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. The House was holding a key test vote Wednesday, April 10, 2024, on whether to consider a bill that would reauthorize a crucial national security surveillance program, but the prospects were uncertain amid intense Republican opposition as well as an edict earlier in the day from former President Donald Trump to “kill" the measure. Johnson has called the program “critically important” but has struggled to find a path forward on the issue, which has been plagued by partisan bickering for years. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

House passes reauthorization of key US surveillance program after days of upheaval over changes

The U.S. House has passed a bill to reauthorize and reform a key U.S. government surveillance tool without including broad restrictions on how the FBI uses this crucial program to search for Americans’ data.
 
FILE - Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 9, 2021. To educate themselves on Artificial Intelligence, lawmakers have created a task force and invited experts to explain how AI could transform our lives. Beyer is taking it even further by enrolling in college to get a Master's degree in machine learning. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

A congressman wanted to understand AI. So he went back to a college classroom to learn

A Virginia congressman has gone back to college to study artificial intelligence so he can help regulate it.
 
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber, Thursday, April 11, 2024, at the Capitol in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., look on. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses Congress amid skepticism about US role abroad

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has addressed U.S. lawmakers at the Capitol. He was urging them to consider the importance of global commitments at a time of tension in the Asia-Pacific and deep skepticism in Congress about U.S. involvement abroad.
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Speaker Johnson to meet with Trump, offers Marjorie Taylor Greene advisory role as own job teeters

With his job on the line, House Speaker Mike Johnson is dashing to Florida to meet with Donald Trump this week. He has also offered far-right Rep.
 
FILE - An FBI seal is seen on a wall on Aug. 10, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. The House was holding a key test vote Wednesday, April 10, 2024, on whether to consider a bill that would reauthorize a crucial national security surveillance program, but the prospects were uncertain amid intense Republican opposition as well as an edict earlier in the day from former President Donald Trump to “kill" the measure. Johnson has called the program “critically important” but has struggled to find a path forward on the issue, which has been plagued by partisan bickering for years. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Conservative revolt in the House blocks effort to reauthorize a key US spy tool

A bill that would reauthorize a crucial national security surveillance program has been blocked by a conservative revolt, pushing the prospects of final passage into uncertainty amid a looming deadline.
 
FILE - Boeing employees walk the new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner down towards the delivery ramp area at the company's facility after conducting its first test flight at Charleston International Airport, Friday, March 31, 2017, in North Charleston, S.C. A Senate subcommittee has opened an investigation into the safety of Boeing jetliners, intensifying safety concerns about the company’s aircraft. The panel has summoned Boeing's CEO, Dave Calhoun, to a hearing next week where a company engineer, Sam Salehpour, is expected to detail safety concerns about the manufacture and assembly of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner. (AP Photo/Mic Smith, File)

Congress summons Boeing’s CEO to testify on its jetliner safety following new whistleblower charges

A Senate subcommittee has opened an investigation into the safety of Boeing jetliners, intensifying concerns about the airworthiness of the company’s aircraft.
 
FILE - Bakersfield Assemblyman Vince Fong addresses supporters March 9, 2024, in Bakersfield, Calif. In a decision that could leave voters doing a double take, a California appeals court ruled that a state legislator can appear as a candidate in two races on the November ballot. The unusual dual candidacies stem from the fight over the now-vacant seat of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the state's Central Valley. The ruling marked a victory for state Assembly member Fong, a Republican who is McCarthy's preferred successor in the 20th Congressional District. (John Donegan/The Bakersfield Californian via AP, File)

California court affirms Kevin McCarthy protege’s dual candidacies on state ballot

In a decision that could leave voters doing a double take, a California appeals court ruled that a state legislator can appear as a candidate in two races on the November ballot.
 
FILE - Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas takes part in a joint news conference with the Guatemalan president, at the National Palace in Guatemala City, March 21, 2024. Speaker Mike Johnson will delay sending the House’s articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate this week as planned. Republican senators requested more time Tuesday to build a case for a full trial.(AP Photo/Santiago Billy)

House to delay sending Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate

Speaker Mike Johnson will not send the House’s articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate this week as previously planned.
 
Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., left, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., and James Roscoe, Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Washington, listen as Evgenia Kara-Murza, human rights advocate and wife of Vladimir Kara-Murza, right, speaks about her husband during an event calling for the immediate release of Kara-Murza, who is a Russian opposition leader and journalist imprisoned by the Russian government, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

US lawmakers urge release of Russia critic Kara-Murza on the anniversary of his imprisonment

Members of Congress on Tuesday are calling for the immediate release of Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr.
 
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