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McCain warns Trump to watch his words after North Korea ‘fire and fury’
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain said Tuesday that President Donald Trump has to watch his words after the president threatened North Korea in a potential nuclear standoff.
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Fact-checking Trump’s tweet on the US nuclear arsenal
Amid nuclear tensions with North Korea, the president boasted America’s nuclear arsenal is “far stronger and more powerful than ever before.” But is it?
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Thorny fiscal deadlines await Congress’ return
The Trump administration and Congress face a trio of high-priority budget items when lawmakers return from recess in September. And if they stumble, it could lead to a partial government shutdown.
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US House approves security spending bill with $1.6B for Trump border wall
The House on Thursday passed a four-bill, $789.6 billion federal spending package that sets up a showdown in the Senate over its inclusion of border wall funding and because it tops defense budget caps by $63.5 billion.
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Congress’ defense budgeting headed toward ‘colossal crackup’
The U.S. House on Wednesday took up a defense appropriations bill that proposes tens of billion of dollars in new spending for the Pentagon. The problem is that it breaks budget caps set in law.
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McCain returns, but DoD’s policy bill faces health care road block
After a dramatic return to the Senate to cast a vote on the GOP’s Obamacare overhaul Tuesday, Sen. John McCain said he hoped to soon shepherd through the chamber’s 2018 defense policy bill. But there are more questions than answers about when and how.
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McCain diagnosed with brain tumor
Sen. John McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, who fought in the Vietnam War and against tough political adversaries, is facing the fight of his life against cancer.
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Ryan squashed war authorization repeal, congresswoman says
A proposal to end the 2001 authorization of the use of military force and any operations conducted under it was stripped from a House measure to fund the Pentagon in 2018.
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Why has this Trump pick for the DoD been blocked for 11 weeks?
Senate Republican leaders are decrying Democratic obstruction of Pentagon nominees, but at least one is being blocked by Senate Armed Services Committee Chair John McCain himself.
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US Senate confirms Shanahan, but Democrats still slowing Trump picks
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the Pentagon’s new No. 2, Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan, 92-7, but Democrats say they will continue to delay Trump administration nominees.
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McCain warns Trump to watch his words after North Korea ‘fire and fury’
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain said Tuesday that President Donald Trump has to watch his words after the president threatened North Korea in a potential nuclear standoff.
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Fact-checking Trump’s tweet on the US nuclear arsenal
Amid nuclear tensions with North Korea, the president boasted America’s nuclear arsenal is “far stronger and more powerful than ever before.” But is it?
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Thorny fiscal deadlines await Congress’ return
The Trump administration and Congress face a trio of high-priority budget items when lawmakers return from recess in September. And if they stumble, it could lead to a partial government shutdown.
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US House approves security spending bill with $1.6B for Trump border wall
The House on Thursday passed a four-bill, $789.6 billion federal spending package that sets up a showdown in the Senate over its inclusion of border wall funding and because it tops defense budget caps by $63.5 billion.
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Congress’ defense budgeting headed toward ‘colossal crackup’
The U.S. House on Wednesday took up a defense appropriations bill that proposes tens of billion of dollars in new spending for the Pentagon. The problem is that it breaks budget caps set in law.
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McCain returns, but DoD’s policy bill faces health care road block
After a dramatic return to the Senate to cast a vote on the GOP’s Obamacare overhaul Tuesday, Sen. John McCain said he hoped to soon shepherd through the chamber’s 2018 defense policy bill. But there are more questions than answers about when and how.
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McCain diagnosed with brain tumor
Sen. John McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, who fought in the Vietnam War and against tough political adversaries, is facing the fight of his life against cancer.
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Ryan squashed war authorization repeal, congresswoman says
A proposal to end the 2001 authorization of the use of military force and any operations conducted under it was stripped from a House measure to fund the Pentagon in 2018.
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Why has this Trump pick for the DoD been blocked for 11 weeks?
Senate Republican leaders are decrying Democratic obstruction of Pentagon nominees, but at least one is being blocked by Senate Armed Services Committee Chair John McCain himself.
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US Senate confirms Shanahan, but Democrats still slowing Trump picks
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the Pentagon’s new No. 2, Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan, 92-7, but Democrats say they will continue to delay Trump administration nominees.
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McCain warns Trump to watch his words after North Korea ‘fire and fury’
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain said Tuesday that President Donald Trump has to watch his words after the president threatened North Korea in a potential nuclear standoff.
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Fact-checking Trump’s tweet on the US nuclear arsenal
Amid nuclear tensions with North Korea, the president boasted America’s nuclear arsenal is “far stronger and more powerful than ever before.” But is it?
-
Thorny fiscal deadlines await Congress’ return
The Trump administration and Congress face a trio of high-priority budget items when lawmakers return from recess in September. And if they stumble, it could lead to a partial government shutdown.
-
US House approves security spending bill with $1.6B for Trump border wall
The House on Thursday passed a four-bill, $789.6 billion federal spending package that sets up a showdown in the Senate over its inclusion of border wall funding and because it tops defense budget caps by $63.5 billion.
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Congress’ defense budgeting headed toward ‘colossal crackup’
The U.S. House on Wednesday took up a defense appropriations bill that proposes tens of billion of dollars in new spending for the Pentagon. The problem is that it breaks budget caps set in law.
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McCain returns, but DoD’s policy bill faces health care road block
After a dramatic return to the Senate to cast a vote on the GOP’s Obamacare overhaul Tuesday, Sen. John McCain said he hoped to soon shepherd through the chamber’s 2018 defense policy bill. But there are more questions than answers about when and how.
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McCain diagnosed with brain tumor
Sen. John McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, who fought in the Vietnam War and against tough political adversaries, is facing the fight of his life against cancer.
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Ryan squashed war authorization repeal, congresswoman says
A proposal to end the 2001 authorization of the use of military force and any operations conducted under it was stripped from a House measure to fund the Pentagon in 2018.
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Why has this Trump pick for the DoD been blocked for 11 weeks?
Senate Republican leaders are decrying Democratic obstruction of Pentagon nominees, but at least one is being blocked by Senate Armed Services Committee Chair John McCain himself.
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US Senate confirms Shanahan, but Democrats still slowing Trump picks
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the Pentagon’s new No. 2, Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan, 92-7, but Democrats say they will continue to delay Trump administration nominees.
