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Trump wants to charge allies extra money for the privilege of hosting US troops: report
Stationing U.S. troops overseas would bring in extra revenue for the U.S. government under a reported White House plan to make allies cover the full cost of U.S. troops overseas, plus pay an extra premium.
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Senator: Pentagon may tap leftover military pay, pension accounts for border wall
A top Senate Democrat says the Pentagon is planning to tap $1 billion in leftover funds from military pay and pensions accounts to help President Donald Trump pay for his long-sought border wall.
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Trump still hopes for North Korea deal after ominous report
Satellite photos showing new activity at a North Korean rocket launch site raised fresh doubts Wednesday that Kim Jong Un will ever give up his drive for nuclear weapons, yet talks continue and President Donald Trump said he was still hoping for the agreement that eluded the leaders at last week’s summit.
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Looking inward: Congress’s effort to improve itself
Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., chairs the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, where both politicians and the public will have the chance to weigh in on how to make Congress better.
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Homeland Security secretary insists border crisis is ‘real’
Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson said he wanted to use the hearing in part to give Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen the opportunity to start a “serious discussion,” rather than echoing President Donald Trump’s claims of a security crisis at the border, and to say what she knew about the family separations last year.
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US lawmakers back tough stance on North Korea after Trump-Kim summit
“No normalization without denuclearization,” says Sen. Corey Gardner.
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Top US general in Europe seeks more troops, warships to counter Russia
The EUCOM commander says he’s “not comfortable yet with the deterrent posture” of America’s military presence.
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House Judiciary panel launches sweeping Trump probe
Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said that the document requests, with responses to most due by March 18, are a way to “begin building the public record” and that the committee has the responsibility to investigate and hold public hearings.
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Border wall casts long shadow over FY20 defense budget — and that’s not all
Even before it arrives, the defense budget proposal is already taking flak from lawmakers over the bookkeeping gimmickry that’s likely to accompany it.
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4 senators push resolution to halt Trump’s border emergency
The new legislation gives the Senate and the four centrist sponsors — two Republicans and two Democrats — a chance to put their stamp on congressional opposition to Trump’s move.
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Trump wants to charge allies extra money for the privilege of hosting US troops: report
Stationing U.S. troops overseas would bring in extra revenue for the U.S. government under a reported White House plan to make allies cover the full cost of U.S. troops overseas, plus pay an extra premium.
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Senator: Pentagon may tap leftover military pay, pension accounts for border wall
A top Senate Democrat says the Pentagon is planning to tap $1 billion in leftover funds from military pay and pensions accounts to help President Donald Trump pay for his long-sought border wall.
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Trump still hopes for North Korea deal after ominous report
Satellite photos showing new activity at a North Korean rocket launch site raised fresh doubts Wednesday that Kim Jong Un will ever give up his drive for nuclear weapons, yet talks continue and President Donald Trump said he was still hoping for the agreement that eluded the leaders at last week’s summit.
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Looking inward: Congress’s effort to improve itself
Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., chairs the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, where both politicians and the public will have the chance to weigh in on how to make Congress better.
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Homeland Security secretary insists border crisis is ‘real’
Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson said he wanted to use the hearing in part to give Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen the opportunity to start a “serious discussion,” rather than echoing President Donald Trump’s claims of a security crisis at the border, and to say what she knew about the family separations last year.
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US lawmakers back tough stance on North Korea after Trump-Kim summit
“No normalization without denuclearization,” says Sen. Corey Gardner.
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Top US general in Europe seeks more troops, warships to counter Russia
The EUCOM commander says he’s “not comfortable yet with the deterrent posture” of America’s military presence.
-
House Judiciary panel launches sweeping Trump probe
Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said that the document requests, with responses to most due by March 18, are a way to “begin building the public record” and that the committee has the responsibility to investigate and hold public hearings.
-
Border wall casts long shadow over FY20 defense budget — and that’s not all
Even before it arrives, the defense budget proposal is already taking flak from lawmakers over the bookkeeping gimmickry that’s likely to accompany it.
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4 senators push resolution to halt Trump’s border emergency
The new legislation gives the Senate and the four centrist sponsors — two Republicans and two Democrats — a chance to put their stamp on congressional opposition to Trump’s move.
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Trump wants to charge allies extra money for the privilege of hosting US troops: report
Stationing U.S. troops overseas would bring in extra revenue for the U.S. government under a reported White House plan to make allies cover the full cost of U.S. troops overseas, plus pay an extra premium.
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Senator: Pentagon may tap leftover military pay, pension accounts for border wall
A top Senate Democrat says the Pentagon is planning to tap $1 billion in leftover funds from military pay and pensions accounts to help President Donald Trump pay for his long-sought border wall.
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Trump still hopes for North Korea deal after ominous report
Satellite photos showing new activity at a North Korean rocket launch site raised fresh doubts Wednesday that Kim Jong Un will ever give up his drive for nuclear weapons, yet talks continue and President Donald Trump said he was still hoping for the agreement that eluded the leaders at last week’s summit.
-
Looking inward: Congress’s effort to improve itself
Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., chairs the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, where both politicians and the public will have the chance to weigh in on how to make Congress better.
-
Homeland Security secretary insists border crisis is ‘real’
Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson said he wanted to use the hearing in part to give Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen the opportunity to start a “serious discussion,” rather than echoing President Donald Trump’s claims of a security crisis at the border, and to say what she knew about the family separations last year.
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US lawmakers back tough stance on North Korea after Trump-Kim summit
“No normalization without denuclearization,” says Sen. Corey Gardner.
-
Top US general in Europe seeks more troops, warships to counter Russia
The EUCOM commander says he’s “not comfortable yet with the deterrent posture” of America’s military presence.
-
House Judiciary panel launches sweeping Trump probe
Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said that the document requests, with responses to most due by March 18, are a way to “begin building the public record” and that the committee has the responsibility to investigate and hold public hearings.
-
Border wall casts long shadow over FY20 defense budget — and that’s not all
Even before it arrives, the defense budget proposal is already taking flak from lawmakers over the bookkeeping gimmickry that’s likely to accompany it.
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4 senators push resolution to halt Trump’s border emergency
The new legislation gives the Senate and the four centrist sponsors — two Republicans and two Democrats — a chance to put their stamp on congressional opposition to Trump’s move.
