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Senate Democrats on Tuesday defeated a motion to proceed to the $1.15 trillion annual defense authorization bill, legislation that usually enjoys strong bipartisan support but this year has become snarled in a partisan fight over defense spending levels. The motion to advance the annual defense bill failed by a vote of 50 to 46. It…
England, Argentina World Cup game ignites old tensions over Falkland Islands
The upcoming World Cup semi-final between England and Argentina on Wednesday is stirring up some old tensions over the Falkland Islands, a British territory that is a small archipelago in the south Atlantic Ocean near the Argentinian coast which both countries maintain claims to. The islands, which areofficially a British Overseas Territory, are also claimed by Argentina as…
Live updates: Trump drops Strait of Hormuz toll as US blockade nears; Kagan, Barrett share justices’ security issues
President Trump hosted Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi at the White House as the conflict with Iran has returned to near-daily strikes by both sides and a fight over the Strait of Hormuz. The president on Tuesday said he was dropping a 20 percent fee in favor of investment from countries in the region. “I…
House Democrat shouts at Mullin over shootings: ‘You’re back on the godd— front page now’
Democratic Rep. Seth Magaziner (R.I.) on Tuesday took Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to task over federal immigration officers fatally shooting two individuals in the last week. “When will this madness stop? When he took his position, Secretary Mulin said that his goal was to get the department off the front page of the news,”…
Green groups sue over Trump rollback of habitat protections for endangered species
Environmental advocacy groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its move last week to roll back protections for endangered species’ habitats. The Center for Biological Diversity, Columbia Riverkeeper, Conservation Law Foundation, Conservation Northwest, Friends of the Wild Swan, Oregon Wild, Sierra Club, Swan View Coalition and WildEarth Guardians filed the lawsuit. They argue that the Trump…
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