The top House Republican was making a low-key — but high-stakes — visit to the House Budget Committee before the panel’s second meeting on President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill." The first meeting on May 16 had blown up without resolution when four fiscal hawks balked at the legislation and voted against advancing it to the full House.

Arizona could be reimbursed for money the state spent on border security during the Biden administration under a Republican-backed spending bill that just passed the U.S. House.

Now, he worries about the future of his children, especially his girls, if they are forced to return to Afghanistan.