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Fly me to the moon … before China does
A new space race is on, and this time it’s the U.S. versus China rather than the former Soviet Union.
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Armed Services panel to huddle on three top Pentagon nominees
The panel is also expected to send to the floor the nomination of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley to be the next Joint Chiefs chairman. But the nomination of Air Force Gen.
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Democrats appear stymied on a top priority: climate legislation
A comprehensive climate change package has yet to emerge, and a bill reintroduced by the chairman of the main committee of jurisdiction over Clean Air Act issues hasn’t had a committee vote.
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Esper approval likely, but sexual assault allegations slow Joint Chiefs vice chair pick
The panel is also expected to send to the floor the nomination of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley to be the next Joint Chiefs chairman. But the nomination of Air Force Gen.
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Democrats respond with relief to Trump calling off Iran attack
“And I didn’t like it,” Trump said Friday in an interview slated to air Sunday. “I didn’t think it was proportionate.”
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Schumer pushes for vote to make clear Trump needs congressional approval for Iran War
“This is a dangerous, high-tension situation that requires a strong, smart and strategic, not reckless, approach.”
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Military bases unprepared for gathering climate change storm
And beyond that wreckage and other detritus, about 300 of this Air Force base’s nearly 500 damaged buildings are slated to be razed.
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Panel approves pilot program to take military sexual assault cases outside chain of command
Don Bacon who was a wing and group commander in the Air Force before he was elected to Congress, also voiced reservations.
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House Armed Services strikes agreement on Trump’s Space Force
This is largely the same plan the committee endorsed in the House’s version of the 2018 NDAA, he said.
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Sponsor drops baseball team over video calling AOC ‘enemy of freedom’
I‘ve had mornings where I wake up & the 1st thing I do w/ my coffee is review photos of the men (it’s always men) who want to kill me. https://t.co/hiYbPghad7 — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May
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Mueller departs with warning: Don’t forget Russia’s election meddling
“I will close by reiterating the central allegation of our indictments — that there were multiple, systematic efforts to interfere in our election,” Mueller said Wednesday at the Justice Department
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Democratic Caucus oversight discussion does little to resolve impeachment divisions
Trump then went out to the Rose Garden to hold a press conference to publicly air his grievances against the Democrat-led investigations.
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Americans may vote in 2020 using old, unsecured machines
The consequence is “if something happens in one county in a close state or in one state, the entire presidential election could be up in the air,” Klobuchar said.
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In Pennsylvania’s Trump country, relief that he’s restoring ‘the old ways’
Hours before Air Force One touched down at Williamsport International Airport in neighboring Montoursville, Terri Bruner of Geneva, Ohio, had set up her traveling roadside merchandise stand at the
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Disaster bill negotiators drop divisive harbor fund provision
“This is crunch time. It will be an awful conclusion to this work period if we leave without passing a relief package,” Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said on the floor Monday.
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Air Force secretary: send disaster money ASAP
“It’s really important that we do that, because we have borrowed money from all the rest of the Air Force to minimally recover at Tyndall. Our insurance company is the United States Congress.”
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FAA Nominee Faces Questions Over Boeing at Confirmation Hearing
is the subject of multiple investigations after an Ethiopian Air Lines crash in March and Lions Air accident in Indonesia in October.
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Trump drags feet on climate treaty, and Republicans aren’t happy
But the Kigali Amendment, a global treaty to limit hydrofluorocarbons — highly potent greenhouse gases found in air conditioners, refrigerators, insulation and foam — is stuck.
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Road ahead: House health care week again, as Senate tackles contentious nominations
But the health care package won’t be the only marquee legislation on the floor this week.
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House passes plus-upped disaster aid package
“I’ve spoken to the president, I’ve spoken to the leader on the Senate side, I believe we can solve this all next week,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said during floor debate Friday