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.

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.

U.N. Secretary Antonio Guterres warned people around the world have been losing faith in governments and state institutions, which could lead to a collapse of the world order. In his state of the world address at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, Guterres highlighted risks posed by COVID-19 and so-called global warming.

A new book has revealed the controversies around Hunter Biden's laptops are legitimate as it sheds light on Joe Biden's activities in China and Ukraine. The book, written by Politico reporter Ben Schreckinger, cites that the emails about Joe Biden's 10 percent cut in foreign business deals are real.