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The secretary of Veterans Affairs testified before a house committee today for just the second time during the Trump administration, to explain a national plan to drastically streamline VA bureaucracy. …

NPR’s Scott Detrow talks with Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., about current congressional negotiations regarding funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

A contentious House hearing with senior immigration leaders did little to bring lawmakers closer on a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

Anna Kwok speaks during an event commemorating China’s June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy movement in Washington D.C., on June 3, 2024. Didi Tang/AP hide caption toggle caption …

An FBI employee stands inside the Fulton County election hub, near Atlanta, as the FBI executes a search warrant for 2020 election materials, on Jan. 28. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption …

Analilia Mejia, co-executive director of Center for Popular Democracy, speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on April 19, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption …

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FILE – The Saginaw passes construction on the Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting on the Detroit River connecting Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Oct. 25, 2023. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption toggle …

NPR’s Leila Fadel talks to House Oversight Committee member Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., about the deposition Jeffrey Epstein accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. LEILA FADEL, HOST: We turn now to one of …

Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell will sit Monday for closed-door, virtual testimony with lawmakers on the Republican-led House Oversight Committee. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year …