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Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus gather at a news conference to denounce the spending package being voted on for the current budget year, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Old fights resurface while lawmakers await foreign aid plan from Speaker Johnson

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

An airplane flies over a sign on Boeing's 737 delivery center, Oct. 19, 2015, at Boeing Field in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Boeing put under Senate scrutiny during back-to-back hearings on aircraft maker’s safety culture

By David Koenig - Associated Press

Congress supporting Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Congress must act now to preserve peace, defend liberty in Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan

By Dave Donaldson

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talks withreporters to discuss efforts to pass the final set of spending bills to avoid a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, March 20, 2024. The race is on for Congress to pass the final spending package for the current budget year and push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall. With spending set to expire for several key federal agencies at midnight Friday, the House and Senate are expected to take up a $1.2 trillion measure that combines six annual spending bills into one package.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Schumer offers limited debate on Mayorkas impeachment before Senate dismisses charges

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security during a hearing on "A Review of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Mayorkas impeachment articles delivered to Senate as Democrats eye swift dismissal

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is sworn-in before the House Committee on Homeland Security during a hearing on "A Review of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Mayorkas feuds with GOP as Senate begins long-delayed impeachment

By Ramsey Touchberry and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

An installation and maintenance technician uses a fusion splicer to install fiber optic cable that is being run to a home, in Concord, Vt., Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)

Senators balk at surveillance law expansion that could loop in cable providers

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., gives remarks during a presentation at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley) ** FILE **

McConnell warns dismissing Mayorkas impeachment will defy history as Senate awaits articles

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas appears before the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Capitol Hill, on April 10, 2024, in Washington. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-la., says he is sending impeachment charges against Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, April 16, forcing senators to convene a trial on the allegations that Mayorkas has "willfully and systematically" refused to enforce existing immigration laws. While the Senate is obligated to convene a trial under the rules of impeachment, Democrats are expected to dismiss or table the charges before any of the arguments are even underway. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Homeland Security chief Mayorkas refuses to tell Congress if terror attack is imminent

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., reacts to his conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and chides Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for his critical remarks last week criticizing the Israeli leader for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell sides with national security hawks in showdown over FISA spy program

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, center, talks with patrons of DePaola's Bagel and Brunch in Stevensville, Md., Friday, April 12, 2024, as he campaigns for the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Larry Hogan confident split-ticket voters will break Democrats’ hold on Maryland’s U.S. Senate seat

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talks withreporters to discuss efforts to pass the final set of spending bills to avoid a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, March 20, 2024. The race is on for Congress to pass the final spending package for the current budget year and push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall. With spending set to expire for several key federal agencies at midnight Friday, the House and Senate are expected to take up a $1.2 trillion measure that combines six annual spending bills into one package.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate GOP stage floor mutiny to protest Democrats’ plans to kill Mayorkas impeachment trial

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., speaks during a town hall hosted by the Democratic lawmaker at Montana Technological University, Nov. 10, 2023, in Butte, Mont. The lawmaker is seeking reelection to a fourth term. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

GOP pressuring vulnerable Senate Democrats on Mayorkas impeachment trial

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer is shown in this undated file photo. (Associated Press/File) **FILE**

Schumer vows to crush Mayorkas impeachment trial

By Ramsey Touchberry and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Tennessee Capitol is seen, Jan. 8, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Republicans in the Tennessee House and Senate both plan to offer businesses new tax help worth upward of $1 billion, Friday, March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Tennessee Senate advances bill to arm teachers a year after deadly Nashville school shooting

By Jonathan Mattise and Kimberlee Kruesi - Associated Press

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 GOP delays delivery of Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate

By Ramsey Touchberry and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the border illegal immigration crisis illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

To save America, Mayorkas must be tried and convicted

By Rep. Harriet Hageman

FILE - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., gives remarks during a presentation at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, April 2, 2024. With his days as Republican leader now numbered, the Kentuckian is talking more freely about his priorities once he's no longer calling the shots for his party. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

McConnell, back in Kentucky, talks about life in the Senate after leaving longtime leadership post

By Bruce Schreiner - Associated Press

Arkansas lawmakers gather in the House of Representatives chamber at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. Arkansas lawmakers are convening at the Capitol and their top agenda item is taking up Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' $6.3 billion proposed budget for the coming year. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo, File)

Things to know when the Arkansas Legislature convenes to take up a budget and other issues

By Andrew DeMillo - Associated Press

President Joe Biden talks with the U.S. Border Patrol and local officials as he looks over the southern border, Feb. 29, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas, along the Rio Grande. Democrats are trying to outflank Republicans and convince voters they can address problems at the U.S. border with Mexico as immigration likely becomes a major issue in elections that will decide control of Congress. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Democrats lean into border security as it shapes contest for control of Congress

By Stephen Groves - Associated Press