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CongressHouse GOP Details $14.3 Billion Israel Aid Bill, Receives Pushback For IRS Cuts
House Republicans have detailed their standalone bill to provide $14.3 billion in emergency aid for Israel, with GOP leadership aiming to hold a vote on the legislation this week. The […]
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CongressAmong Top Donors to Speaker Johnson’s 2021-22 Campaign Were Northrop Grumman and L3Harris PACs
The Political Action Committees (PACs) of Northrop Grumman [NOC] and L3Harris Technologies [LHX] were among the top 20 donors to Rep. Mike Johnson’s [R-La.] campaign committee for the 2021-22 election […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Officials Argue AUKUS Legislation Needed Now To Stay On Schedule
Several Navy officials on Wednesday told a House panel why several legislative proposals to enact the tripartite AUKUS agreement are needed this year, or parts of the submarine cooperation plan […]
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CongressHASC Member Johnson Elected As Next House Speaker
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), a member of the Armed Services Committee, was elected as the new speaker of the House on Wednesday. In a letter to his GOP colleagues earlier […]
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InternationalWhite House’s Aid Request For Israel, Ukraine Includes $50 Billion In Defense Industrial Base Investments
The Biden administration has detailed a new $106 billion emergency spending package with weapons aid for Israel and continued security assistance for Ukraine, of which $50 billion would be invested […]
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Homeland SecurityWhite House Supplemental Request Includes $849 Million For NII Systems At Border
President Joe Biden last Friday sent Congress a $106 billion supplemental funding request largely in support of Ukraine and Israel but that also includes $849 million for Customs and Border […]
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CongressHASC CITI Chair Cites Concern DoD’s Replicator Plan May Move Funds Away From Munitions
A lead House Armed Services Committee lawmaker on Thursday cited concern that the Pentagon’s new Replicator initiative to field thousands of attritable autonomous systems over the next two years could […]
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Homeland SecurityNew Algorithm To Lower False Alarms In Body Scanners Is Effective, TSA Official Says
A new algorithm deployed earlier this year to on body scanners at airport security checkpoints is improving security and lowering false alarms, a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) official said on […]
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CongressWith McCarthy Out, Next Speaker To Have Large Role In Fate Of Future Ukraine Aid
The next speaker of the House, after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was forced out on Tuesday, is set to have a significant role in the fate of future security assistance […]
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PentagonPentagon Details ‘Deep Concern’ With Stopgap Funding Measure’s Lack Of Ukraine Aid
The Pentagon has “deep concern” over the lack of Ukraine aid in the stopgap funding measure passed to avert a government shutdown, the department’s comptroller has said, adding it may […]