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GOP debate’s Ukraine rift previews Congress’ upcoming aid fight
The GOP presidential debate spotlighted the party's Ukraine rift, foreshadowing an upcoming congressional showdown on Biden's latest aid request for Kyiv.
Can Trump ‘emergency’ turn border wall into military construction project?
Declaring a national emergency would be an abuse of power, national security experts say.
By Jill Colvin, The Associated Press
Pence: White House considers declaring national emergency over border wall
The president plans to speak to the nation about the "crisis" on Tuesday.
Mueller: FBI is not to blame for Flynn’s false statements
The filing from special counsel Robert Mueller comes four days before Flynn gets sentenced on a charge of lying to the FBI about his conversations with the then-Russian ambassador to the United States.
By Chad Day, The Associated Press
Beijing accuses U.S. of weaving accusations ‘made out of thin air’ against arrested Chinese spy
Yanjun Xu, an operative of China’s Ministry of State Security, was charged Wednesday in Cincinnati, Ohio, after being extradited to the U.S. from Belgium.
McCain honored at US Capitol as a patriot and a national inspiration
The Navy veteran turned Arizona senator was the 31st person to lay in state at the Capitol Building -- an honor reserved for American heroes.
Failure to launch? Trump’s Space Force faces Senate skeptics
If President Donald Trump wants his proposed Space Force to have a life beyond a campaign rally applause line, his administration will have to win over skeptics of both parties, especially in the U.S. Senate.
By Joe Gould
Space Force and midterms share stage as Trump signs Pentagon policy bill
President Donald Trump signed the annual defense policy bill at the Army’s Fort Drum, turning the $716 billion budget package into law.
By Joe Gould
Here’s the full text of Mike Pence’s cybersecurity speech
At the first-ever National Cybersecurity Summit in New York City on July 31, Vice President Mike Pence gave an in-depth speech about what the Trump administration is doing, and what it says past administrations didn’t do, to address cybersecurity. The text below is from the official speech posted on the White House website.
By Staff report
Robert Wilkie sworn in as Trump’s Veterans Affairs secretary
Robert Wilkie has been sworn in as the next secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Trump and Kim to hold summit June 12 in Singapore
President Donald Trump will meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, Trump announced Thursday, hours after suggesting that the release of three Americans held in the North heralded a potential breakthrough toward denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press