Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tried and failed in sudden action to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, her long-shot effort swiftly and resoundingly rejected by Democrats and Republicans tired of the political chaos.

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Hungary late Wednesday, the final stop on his five-day European tour, where he’s expected to finalize a number of agreements with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán that will deepen China’s economic footprint in the region.

Students at Yale University and on dozens of other college campuses across the country have called for their universities to divest from defense contractors they say are contributing to — and profiting from — civilian deaths in Gaza.

President Joe Biden’s administration will propose a new rule that would allow the U.S. to more quickly designate individuals as national security or public safety risks and speed deportation compared to the current system.

The White House’s request for an $895 billion defense budget sticks to a spending cap mandated by law last year, but lawmakers on the Senate Appropriations Committee indicated they will attempt to find a way around it to boost the Pentagon’s coffers.

NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps and Navy test pilot Matthew Dominick answered a wide range of questions about adjusting to life in space, the possibility of human travel to Mars, and the vital importance of space exploration.

A soldier assigned to Fort Cavazos was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit murder for his role in helping his incarcerated brother plot to kill a woman, her two children and her boyfriend, according to Connecticut state police.

The newest fleet replenishment oiler, the USNS Earl Warren, was delivered Tuesday to Military Sealift Command during a ceremony in San Diego.

Britain will expel Russia’s defense attaché over spying allegations as part of several measures the government announced Wednesday to target Moscow’s intelligence gathering operations in the U.K.