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US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran’s drone procurement network
Four firms allegedly bought equipment, including European-made engines, for the country's drone program.
By Fatima Hussein
US military’s National Media Exploitation Center to refocus on China
“We are reducing the size of NMEC,” the chief of staff said, “and we want what’s left of it to be really hyper-focused on strategic competition.”
Court orders dismissal of challenges to Trump travel ban
The ban, put in place just a week after Trump took office in January 2017, sparked an international outcry from Muslim advocates and others who said it was rooted in religious bias.
Pence accuses Congress of playing politics with military pay
Vice President Mike Pence, weighing in from the Middle East on the shutdown in Washington, accused the U.S. Congress of playing politics with military pay, and told American soldiers stationed near the Syrian border that the Trump administration would demand that lawmakers reopen the government.
Corker touts ‘progress’ to replace war authorizations
Republicans and Democrats have argued for years that the war authorizations Congress passed after 9/11 have since been overstretched by successive presidents and that Congress must reassert its war-making powers.
By Joe Gould