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Lawmakers in both parties linked arms in an overwhelming vote authorizing an increase in the Pentagon’s budget of roughly $24 billion more than President Biden requested. The bill passed by…
Defense lawyers said the delay cast into doubt whether samples taken from the captives could be considered valid evidence. Military commission proceedings for detainees charged with war crimes are held…
Maggie Astor at The New York Times devotes an article to the egregious lies US politicians share with their constituents, not through social media, but through massive email campaigns. They…
President Biden will visit another disaster area in an effort to offer comfort to victims and highlight the federal government’s response. President Biden will visit Mayfield, Ky., which was devastated…
Members of the Wyoming National Guard at the U.S. Capitol in Washington in February. Governors from five states have written a joint letter to Lloyd J. Austin III, the defense…
An Australian researcher argues that the medical community has enshrined placebos as “mysterious and highly effective” in clinical care on the basis of flawed research. “The idea that we can…
Republican governors who criticized the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill as wasteful are championing state projects funded by the money. Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota speaking in Dallas in…
A conservative Republican accused Ilhan Omar, the sponsor of a House bill to combat anti-Muslim bias, of terrorist sympathies. Representative Scott Perry, Republican of Pennsylvania, is the incoming leader of…
Representative Liz Cheney has embraced a prominent role in the House investigation of the Jan. 6 attack, using her perch to hold up an unsparing mirror to the Republican Party.…
Democrats have a razor-thin margin that could be upended with the loss of a single seat. Most of the competitive races are in states that were fiercely contested in 2020.…