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Senior House Republican demands Biden declassify Afghanistan intel

The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee is calling on President Biden to declassify intelligence assessments amid a standoff between lawmakers and the administration over facts behind the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.

September 24, 2021

Al Sharpton’s border visit derailed by protesters who accused him of ‘race-baiting’

Civil rights activist and MSNBC host Al Sharpton encountered protesters and accusations he was "stoking racism" when he held a press conference at the makeshift encampment for Haitian migrants in Del Rio, Texas.

September 24, 2021

House Democrats back $25 billion Pentagon funding boost

House Democrats passed a $25 billion boost to the Pentagon budget, attaching it to the annual defense policy bill in a loud rebuke of President Biden's proposal to increase defense spending by less than the inflation rate.

September 23, 2021

Rashida Tlaib denounces Israel as apartheid state while opposing Iron Dome bill

Rep. Rashida Tlaib called Israel an apartheid state guilty of war crimes in an impassioned speech on the House floor in opposition to a measure to replenish Israel's Iron Dome missile-defense system.

September 23, 2021

Schiff: Proposal to check presidential power will apply to Biden, family

Rep. Adam Schiff offered assurances Thursday that his proposal to bolster Congress' check on the executive branch will apply to presidents of both parties, when he was asked about concerns over the Biden family capitalizing on the president's name.

September 23, 2021

House Democrats introduce stand-alone bill to fund Iron Dome

House Democrats introduced a stand-alone bill Wednesday that would fund Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system after progressives pulled the funding from Tuesday's stopgap bill to fund the government.

September 22, 2021

Lawmakers call for civilian reserve corps to bolster federal cyber defense

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is proposing a civilian reserve corps to serve as a backstop against cyber and ransomware attacks targeting federal agencies.

September 22, 2021

Space Force’s new uniforms face Twitter deluge of sci-fi comparisons

The U.S. Space Force has released prototypes of the uniforms to be worn by its Guardians, reigniting sci-fi comparisons on Twitter and questions about why the service exists in the first place.

September 22, 2021

Congress commits to helping victims of mysterious attacks causing Havana syndrome

The House unanimously passed legislation Tuesday to provide financial support to victims of suspected directed energy attacks, which have targeted U.S. officials around the globe, including on American soil.

September 21, 2021

Conservative caucus opposition to defense bill threatens to sink Pentagon budget boost

A group of firebrand House Republicans said Tuesday that they will oppose the annual defense policy bill because it fails to hold President Biden accountable for the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.

September 21, 2021

House Republican wants lists of U.S. military gear in Afghanistan back online

House Republican Rep. Ted Budd is taking aim at the Biden administration's move last month to scrub government websites of reports which detail the equipment that the U.S. military provided to the Afghan security forces throughout the 20-year war, some of which has been seized by the Taliban.

September 21, 2021

Dems’ bid to cut military spending bolstered by government auditor’s report

The Government Accountability Office on Monday faulted the Pentagon for not doing enough to root out fraud in defense contracts that are vulnerable to ripoffs and accounted for $420 billion of federal spending in 2020.

September 20, 2021

France recalls ambassadors to U.S., Australia over Biden sub deal

France on Friday recalled its ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia over President Biden's nuclear-powered submarine deal with Australia, undercutting their previous submarine deal with the French.

September 17, 2021

FAA bans drone flights over Texas bridge sheltering mass of migrants

The Federal Aviation Administration has placed a temporary flight restriction over the Texas bridge sheltering a swelling mass of migrants along the southern border.

September 17, 2021

Gen. Milley’s calls with China to be needled by Jan. 6 commission

The top lawmakers on the House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 riot pledged Thursday to review the actions taken by senior Pentagon officials in the aftermath of the attack amid the fallout from new reporting detailing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley's backchannel calls to his Chinese counterpart days after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol.

September 17, 2021

CIA director allays Sen. Marco Rubio’s TikTok fears

CIA Director William Burns on Thursday eased Sen. Marco Rubio's fears that the spy agency would establish a presence on TikTok, a social media platform tied to the Chinese Communist Party.

September 16, 2021

House lawmakers seek to ensure continuity of government amid disaster

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers on Thursday called for creating a system or agency that would ensure the continuity of government's legislative, executive and judicial branches in the event of a catastrophe.

September 16, 2021

China’s foreign minister blasts Five Eyes intel-sharing pact

A little-reported proposal by U.S. lawmakers to consider expanding the number of foreign nations allowed to participate in a sensitive intelligence-sharing program known as "Five Eyes" is causing a stir among American allies in Asia and pre-emptive pushback from China.

September 15, 2021

Senate Republicans urge Blinken to designate Taliban as a foreign terrorist organization

Senate Republicans are calling on the Biden administration to designate the Taliban as a foreign terrorist organization.

September 15, 2021

Top U.S. general in Afghanistan contradicts Biden, told chain of command not to pull out

The top U.S. general on the ground in Afghanistan told top Pentagon officials that he opposed the total withdrawal of troops before President Biden made the final decision.

September 14, 2021