The Defense secretary belligerently defended the firing of top military leaders and Trump’s Iran war, which has cost the U.S. $25 billion so far.

For more than two hours on the chamber's floor, the speaker and fellow Republican leaders cajoled holdouts on that bill and others on DHS funding and farm policy.

Watch live coverage as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan Caine testify at a House Armed Services Committee hearing. The two are expected to face questions on the ongoing war with Iran and the Pentagon's budget request for the upcoming year.

The House has approved a three year extension of the surveillance program known as FISA Section 702. The bill now heads to the Senate, where it faces a difficult path to final passage.

House Speaker Mike Johnson argued the Senate’s bill includes “problematic language” that would “orphan” the agency’s immigration operations.

House Republicans are pushing ahead with a three-year extension of a key U.S. surveillance program after weeks of infighting.

The White House is warning Congress that funding to pay Department of Homeland Security personnel will “soon run out,” sparking new threats of airport disruptions and national security concerns as the House slow-walks legislation to end what has been the longest-ever lapse in agency funding.

The House voted to extend the FISA 702 surveillance program, sending it to the Senate with little time before the Friday midnight expiration deadline.