- The president offered few details in his post on Truth Social, other than to say the money would pay for his “Dream Military.”
- “This is a topic that should be dropped," said Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker.
- A closed-door Senate briefing with national security leaders about the capture of Nicolás Maduro did little to sway the entrenched positions of each party.
- His betrayals were blamed for the deaths of Western agents.
- From Venezuela to Greenland, Trump is exerting his global influence.
- The capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro underscored the administration’s pivot toward the Western Hemisphere, further unraveling decades of bipartisan consensus that prioritized Beijing as America’s top global threat.
- The Pentagon has been investigating the retired Navy captain after he and other Democrats publicly called for troops to disobey illegal orders.
- Republican national security leaders framed the unprecedented seizure of a sitting foreign leader as a lawful arrest rather than regime change.
- "We’ve entered the 250th year of American democracy and cannot allow it to devolve into the tyranny that our founders fought to escape,” Sen. Tim Kaine said.
- Ricky Buria had been doing the chief of staff job in an acting capacity for much of the previous year.
- The president wants to outfit new surface ships with weapons that haven't been deployed since the Cold War.
- The attack, meant to hobble ISIS in the country, is in response to the killing of U.S. troops.
- The White House’s plans for a “warrior dividend” to reward troops this holiday season are actually housing assistance funds approved this summer.
- The president is still expected to sign the legislation, which now heads to his desk.
- The Pentagon chief also sidestepped a request for the House and Senate to view the Sept. 2 "double-tap" attack.
- The designation could have sweeping impacts on U.S. policy toward China as well as the Trump administration’s military buildup in the Western Hemisphere.
- Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker said he would “listen to his colleagues.”
- The must-pass legislation also restricts the Trump administration from significantly reducing U.S. troop levels in Europe
- The president told POLITICO on Monday that he wouldn’t rule out a ground invasion of the South American country.
- Republicans are facing intense pressure to clamp down on any programs that benefit Afghan refugees in the wake of the Nov. 26 shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members.
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