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Senate Appropriators Stall Fiscal 2027 Spending Bills Ahead of Election Recess

The Senate Appropriations Committee has yet to advance any of its 12 regular fiscal 2027 spending bills, leaving lawmakers with a compressed timetable for negotiations after the election.
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Pentagon Faces Criticism Over Television Segment on U.S. Airman’s Iran Rescue Mission
Kennedy Center Board Weighs Trump Tribute as Institution Faces Financial Crisis
House Speaker Rejects Calls for Pause on Advanced AI Development
DHS Watchdog Finds Serious Failures at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Immigration Facility
Former CIA Director John Brennan Subpoenaed in Justice Department Investigation
U.S. Defense Bill and Supplemental Military Funding Remain Stalled Amid Iran Conflict
Trump Urges Ukraine to Stop Strikes on Russian Diesel Refineries
House Passes Stopgap Funding Bill to Avert U.S. Government Shutdown
Washington Groups Protest Large-Scale Tree Removal at East Potomac Golf Course
Wisconsin Lawmaker Survives Emergency Water Landing After Small-Aircraft Failure
Trump Urges Republican Activists to Mobilize Ahead of Midterm Elections
Pennsylvania Reports Probable Measles Death of Unvaccinated Adult
U.S. Jewish Institutions Spend More Than $1 Billion a Year on Security
Trump Presses Britain to Expand North Sea Oil and Gas Drilling
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White House Adviser David Sacks Pushes Back Against Calls for Federal AI Regulation
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