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This week: Senate tries to break the SAVE standstill
President Donald Trump and House members threatened to hold up bills if the Senate doesn’t take on what’s known as a talking filibuster.
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Lawmakers’ concerns grow about Americans left stranded in Mideast
Lawmakers from both parties aired worries Tuesday about Americans unable to leave the war-torn Middle East, with Democrats more pointedly outraged that the Trump administration provided tardy warnings
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Kristi Noem set to face lawmakers amid immigration funding clash
↵↵The start of U.S. military operations in Iran over the weekend has raised new questions about the potential for retaliatory attacks in the United States, including a mass shooting Sunday in Austin, Texas
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War powers votes unlikely to rein in Trump after Iran strikes
But after a pressure campaign from the Trump administration, two of those five Republicans flipped in a subsequent procedural vote, enough to quash the measure.Â
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Trump defends policies, attacks Democrats during State of the Union address
↵↵Meantime, lawmakers from both parties have been leery of Trump's massive military build up around Iran, with war drums pounding anew over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.
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House passes second spending package with more bills in pipeline
↵↵Negotiations on the Labor-HHS-Education bill appeared to suffer a setback after the Trump administration quietly rolled back about $2 billion in mental health and substance use funding late Tuesday,
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Exploring the legality questions about Venezuela military strike
↵↵And that is what Trump administration officials are arguing. Trump administration defense↵↵In an interview with Fox News on Jan. 4, U.N.
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Defense policy law takes aim at the politics of security details
↵↵In the cases of at least Bolton and Esper, both men had previously been granted security details, paid for by the government, due to ongoing security threats from Iran.Â
Senate panel faults Secret Service over Trump shooting attempt
"It was a cascade of preventable failures that nearly cost President Trump his life."
‘Obliterated’: How one word has clouded success of Trump’s Iran strikes
"This achievement can continue indefinitely if Iran does not get access to nuclear material, which it won’t." No longer reading, Trump added, "It’s so, so sad that that whole thing had to go."
Senate blocks war powers resolution in near party-line vote
The Senate on Friday evening narrowly rejected along mostly party lines an effort by Democrats to force a floor vote on a measure to restrict President Donald Trump from launching future attacks on Iran
Takeaways: Defiant Team Trump defends Iran strikes at NATO summit
President Donald Trump contended Wednesday that weekend U.S. military strikes on Iran had "ended the war" between Israel and the Islamic republic, pushing back on reports of an early Pentagon assessment
Democrats seek Iran intel as doubts grow over strikes’ effectiveness
Tim Kaine, D-Va., that would prohibit any offensive U.S. military attacks against Iran if Congress has not issued a declaration of war or a new authorization for use of military force.
Fact-checking Trump, Gabbard comments on Iran nuclear capability
By Robert Farley and Lori Robertson President Donald Trump and Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, appeared to be at odds over whether Iran was close to having a nuclear weapon, but Gabbard
Covert actions key to Israel’s strikes on Iran: Mossad
-Iran nuclear talks. In the aftermath of the Israeli strikes, President Donald Trump urged Iran to reach a nuclear deal with the U.S.
Members vexed by Cyber Command turmoil
A bipartisan chorus of House Armed Services Committee members expressed profound unease Friday about the Trump administration’s management of the military’s cyber operations.
Rubio by declaring foreign policy ‘belongs’ to Trump
Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, that would have set up and funded an "Iranian Sanctions Enforcement Fund" to oversee and enforce U.S. sanctions on Iran and its proxies, among other proposed functions; it also never
Fact check: Trump’s address to Congress
Dome, along with its Arrow 3 system — an air defense system that can intercept ballistic missiles — and with help from the U.S. and others, shot down nearly 300 drones and missiles launched at Israel by Iran
CISA funding at center of tough talk on countering China
Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., countered that several Republicans and supporters of President Donald Trump are seeking to slash funding for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the country’
Burgum promises energy dominance at Interior
Trump has criticized wind turbines repeatedly, posting on his Truth Social account a day before the hearing that "I don’t want even one built during my Administration."