Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas was questioned by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Sen. James Lankford (R) of Oklahoma grilled Mayorkas on specific numbers concerning Afghan refugees.

A Tik-Tok video that went viral showed a group of Marines in full dress uniform pushing a woman's car out of flood waters in Washington. Last week's rescue occurred when six Marine Corps body bearers who finished performing a funeral ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, spotted Virginia Waller-Torres in distress.

Joe Biden addressed the U.N. as he said preventing further nuclear proliferation was a top priority for the U.S. At his speech in New York on Tuesday, he said the U.S. was ready to support any nation in the world that strived for peaceful resolutions to conflict.

Measures to prevent a government shutdown passed in the House and are now headed to the Senate. In a party line vote Tuesday, all House Democrats supported a bill to fund the government through the beginning of December. The bill also suspends the debt ceiling until the end of 2022.

GOP Sen. John Barrasso (Wyo.) said Joe Biden "has displayed complete incompetence on issue after issue," as he strongly condemned the Democrat. During a recent speech on the Senate floor, Barrasso blasted Biden over the Afghanistan withdrawal saying our enemies have become emboldened, allies are furious and the Taliban is now in possession of thousands of U.S. weapons.

Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley criticized Joe Biden's speech at the UN General Assembly, saying the world knew where the U.S. stood under 45th President Trump. Haley said on Tuesday, under the Biden administration allies don't trust the U.S., while enemies rejoice.

House GOP leaders held a press conference to address the Democrats' push to try and pass several trillion-dollar spending plans. On Tuesday, Reps. Mike Johnson (R-La.), Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.), Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) discussed the myriad of issues brought on by the Democrats and Joe Biden.

The Senate Homeland Security Committee held a hearing to evaluate U.S. security 20 years since the 9/11 attacks. FBI Director Christopher Wray testified on Tuesday and said the number of domestic terrorism cases in the U.S. has more than doubled since spring of last year.