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Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Roger Wicker, R-Miss., meets with reporters during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 11, 2024. The top Republican on a Senate committee that oversees the U.S. military is making an argument for aggressively increasing defense spending over negotiated spending caps. Sen. Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, is releasing a plan for a “generational investment” that seeks to deter coordinated threats from U.S. adversaries like Russia, Iran and China. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Key Republican calls for 'generational' increase in defense spending to counter US adversaries
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Wed,05/29/24-4:02AM , 177 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top-ranking Republican on a Senate committee that oversees the military is calling for a “generational investment” in America's defense, saying aggressive and significant spending increases are necessary to deter coordinated threats from U.S. adversaries such as Russia, Iran and China.
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at the National Harbor, Feb. 23, 2024, in Oxon Hill, Md. Noem claims in a new book to have met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during her time in Congress, but her office has said the publisher will be addressing “conflated" names in the book as further scrutiny was put on the Republican governor's life story. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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South Dakota Gov. Noem admits error of describing meeting North Korea's Kim Jong Un in new book
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Fri,05/03/24-12:37PM , 96 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Dakota Gov.
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Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., speaks during a hearing on April 20, 2023, in Washington. Padilla is taking practically every opportunity to put his stamp on the Democratic Party's approach to immigration. The son of Mexican immigrants and the first Latino to represent his state in the Senate, he has emerged as a persistent force at a time when Democrats are increasingly focused on border security and the country's posture toward immigrants is uncertain. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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As border debate shifts right, Sen. Alex Padilla emerges as persistent counterforce for immigrants
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Fri,04/26/24-11:04PM , 98 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden had a question.
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump listens during a news conference, Friday, April 12, 2024, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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House Speaker Mike Johnson says he will push for aid to Israel and Ukraine this week
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Sun,04/14/24-11:44AM , 143 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he will try to advance wartime aid for Israel this week as he attempts the difficult task of winning House approval for a national security package that also includes funding f
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