Sen. Graham: We'll 'Press on,' 'Try to Have a Better Process'
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., promised Monday night to "press on" with efforts to pass what appears to be a doomed Obamacare replacement bill, saying if the legislation fails this time, "we'll try to have a better process." In a televised debate on CNN, Graham and fellow Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana — co-authors of a bill to use Obamacare spending to fund block grants to states — faced off against Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. The GOP bill suffered what could be a death blow earlier Monday when Maine GOP Sen. Susan Collins joined Sens. John McCain ... Read More
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US Sees 'Four or Five' Ways to Resolve North Korean Crisis
The U.S. has gamed out four or five different scenarios for how the crisis with North Korea will be resolved, and "some are uglier than others," National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said as tensions remain high between the two countries. While McMaster said the threat from Pyongyang is "much further advanced" than anticipated and the Pentagon said the president has a "deep arsenal" to draw upon if needed, U.S. officials dismissed North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho's comment that President Donald Trump's warnings to Pyongyang at the United Nations amounted to a declaration of war. "We've not declared war on North Korea," White House ... Read More
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US to Curb Russian Military Flights over American Territory
U.S. officials are preparing to announce restrictions to Russian military flights over American territory under the Treaty on Open Skies in the latest sign of strain in U.S.-Russia relations. The treaty, part of a suite of arms-control, transparency and confidence-building agreements that proliferated in the late stages of the Cold War, permits its 34 ratified member states to conduct observation flights over each other’s territory while capturing aerial imagery of military personnel and materiel. Treaty-related tensions intensified over two days in August, when a Russian plane operating under Open Skies flew over U.S. cities including Washington as well as Bedminster, N.J., while President Trump was ... Read More
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Feds Rush Aid to Puerto Rico Amid Growing Pleas for Help
The U.S. ramped up its response Monday to the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico while the Trump administration sought to blunt criticism that its response to Hurricane Maria has fallen short of it efforts in Texas and Florida after the recent hurricanes there. Five days after the Category 4 storm slammed into Puerto Rico, many of the more than 3.4 million U.S. citizens in the territory were still without adequate food, water and fuel. Flights off the island were infrequent, communications were spotty and roads were clogged with debris. Officials said electrical power may not be fully restored for more than a month. In Washington, officials said no ... Read More
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Trump Prepares for Charges that his Tax Reform Plan will Explode Deficit
President Trump is preparing to beat back charges that his tax reform plan will explode the deficit, White House officials said Monday, as the president and Republican leaders give up their longtime fury over skyrocketing national debt in favor of massive tax cuts. Democrats laid down a marker early on that increasing the budget deficit would be reason enough to oppose the first major overhaul of the tax code in more than 30 years, and the criticism will hit close to home for Mr. Trump and conservative lawmakers who fashioned themselves as deficit hawks. “We’re definitely prepared for that line of attack,” a ... Read More
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