António Costa, president of the European Council, said in a recent interview that he expects NATO members’ new 5 percent defense spending pledge to help pave the way for a trade agreement between the United States and the European Union. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Costa said European countries will be buying…
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Pennsylvania freshman Sen. John Fetterman (D) made it crystal clear Monday morning that he was not feeling enthusiastic about trudging through a marathon series of votes on President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” grumbling that the exercise was costing him time on the beach when the bill is likely to pass, anyway. “Oh my God, I…
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Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration -- and singer Bono held back tears as he recited a poem -- in an emotional video farewell on Monday with staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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Arizona voters will decide next November whether to designate drug cartels operating across the southern border as terrorist organizations after the initiative cleared the state’s Senate Friday. An effort to put the initiative on the ballot last year stalled in the state’s Senate last year due to a slim Republican majority. “Arizona is on the…
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) needs to nail down the support of several Republican senators, including at least two moderates and three conservatives, who haven’t yet said they will vote for final passage of President Trump’s megabill after a marathon series of amendment votes. Senate Republicans are feeling mostly confident about passing Trump’s “big,…
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