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Despite the president's pledge to embark on a massive campaign to rebuild the U.S. military after five years of congressionally-imposed spending limits, and Trump's oft-repeated claim that him initiatives already producing tangible results, gridlock on Capital Hill means so far the Pentagon has yet to see the $52 billion in new money. (Mark Wilson / Pool via CNP)
Foreign Policy

Why not everyone is convinced the military has a readiness crisis

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Sen. Ted Cruz praised the new bipartisan effort as a fulfillment of former President Ronald Reagan's vision. The plan comes as Russia calls for expanding its space-based missile defense efforts.
Healthcare

Ted Cruz’s healthcare proposal faces cost concerns

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Insurers, doctor and hospital groups have teamed up with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to ask Congress to continue paying Obamacare subsidies amid reports that President Trump wants to do away with them. The organizations said the uncertainty is creating turmoil on the individual insurance market. The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Beltway Confidential

The paid-leave compromise dreamed up by two think tanks goes in the wrong direction

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National Security

Trump’s $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia is ‘fake news,’ defense expert says

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Speaking in his office in the Old Executive Office Building, Mulvaney described the CBO's scoring of the House Republican healthcare bill as
Healthcare

Mick Mulvaney: The day of the CBO ‘has probably come and gone’

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Deaths of despair aren't just for Appalachia anymore. They occur outside of small rustbelt towns now. (iStock)
Beltway Confidential

Paper: Social liberalization is to blame for those ‘deaths of despair’

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News

Bush ethics lawyer: Trump ‘will be in violation’ of the law if he doesn’t divest by Jan. 20

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Participants in the second Million Youth March for minority youths listen to speeches Saturday, Sept. 4, 1999, at the rally in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. Some 20 years later, minorities 18 and younger are to outnumber whites. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett)
Washington Secrets

Census: Minority youth over take whites in 2020, 50% under 18

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The U.S. population growth rate has hit an 80-year low, and is expected to drop further. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)
Washington Secrets

Baby Bust: U.S. population growth crashes to 80-year low

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Although the federal government doesn't directly subsidize stadium construction, it loses revenue when stadiums are financed with tax-exempt municipal bonds because the interest income that bond-buyers earn is tax-free at the federal level. Above, os are lightweight EFTE roof panels on July 16, 2015 at the construction site of the Minnesota Vikings NFL football stadium. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Beltway Confidential

Study: Taxpayers lose billions on federal stadium subsidies

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