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House Democrat hits GOP funding fight

Courtesy of Lockheed Martin — The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee called the fight over the Republican stopgap budget “violence between fanatics” and criticized his colleagues for not being able to agree on two extreme views. {beacon} Defense andNational Security Defense andNational Security Full text   Hawley optimistic about radiation compensation deal […]

Schumer coins ‘Trump shutdown,’ slamming GOP amid spending fight

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., blamed former President Trump and Republicans for a possible partial government shutdown after the House failed to pass a stopgap spending bill on Wednesday. He filed for adjournment on Thursday as a procedural step to act as soon as possible once the House passes a continuing resolution (CR), a […]

House GOP torpedoes Speaker Johnson’s funding bill

A diverse House Republican caucus on Wednesday rejected Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-Louisiana) budget plan, dealing an embarrassing blow to GOP leadership and undermining a strategy to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month. Fourteen Republicans joined nearly all Democrats in voting against the spending plan, which combined a six-month stopgap measure with […]

One hundred more former GOP officials endorse Harris

More than 100 former Republican officials, mostly who served in national security roles or in Republican presidential administrations, penned a letter supporting Vice President Harris and warning about the dangers of a second Trump administration. “We understand that many Republicans prefer Donald Trump to Kamala Harris for a variety of reasons, and we acknowledge and […]

GOP lawmakers wrestle with emergency Secret Service funding amid government shutdown fight

House Republicans are considering adding additional funding for the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) as part of a short-term spending plan aimed at averting a partial government shutdown on October 1. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, is preparing to vote Wednesday night on a plan to avert a government shutdown, a six-month spending supplement known as […]