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The Army would grow the most under a Heritage Foundation plan, adding 8,500 active-duty soldiers for a total strength of 492,000. Another 1,000 soldiers would be added to the Guard and Reserve. (iStock)
National Security

Heritage, Trump’s favorite think tank, calls for $17 billion defense boost and 26,500 more troops in 2019

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At the stroke of midnight Thursday night, the U.S. government entered its second partial shutdown of 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
News

Government enters second partial shutdown of 2018

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According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, unlike the federal government, only 22 states partially shut down without a budget agreement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Op-Eds

Congress can and should end government shutdowns for good

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House Republicans, led by Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, need political cover from President Trump, an immigration hawk beloved by the GOP base, if they're to risk crossing their most committed voters and supporting legislation that could provide amnesty to around 2 million people. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Economy

Paul Ryan, cornered on immigration, defers to Trump

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The Tea Party had one tangible achievement to show for all of the havoc it caused: The enactment of spending caps that resulted from the 2011 standoff over raising the debt ceiling. Those caps are now under threat. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)
Columnists

Republicans repeal the Tea Party

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The Office of Management and Budget is currently preparing for a lapse in appropriations come midnight Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Immigration

OMB warns government agencies to prepare for government shutdown

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In his fiscal 2017 budget, then-President Barack Obama sought to increase the spending cap on defense spending by $35 billion. Two years later, a deal hashed out by congressional leaders would increase that cap by $80 billion to $629 billion. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Economy

Bipartisan budget deal would lift caps even more than Obama asked for

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On Thursday, leaders from the House and Senate were on track to reaching a spending deal that would fund the government continuously for two years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Economy

Congress on track for Thursday vote to avoid government shutdown, lay groundwork for budget deal

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Republican leaders said Wednesday they support the deal as a way to ensure more defense spending, and note it would also create a bipartisan committee that will try to recommend new budgeting reforms. (iStock photo)
Economy

Conservatives accuse GOP of ditching fiscal restraint with new spending deal

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Last July 14, President Trump visited Paris and witnessed the city's Bastille Day military parade. Since then, reports say the president has been keen on having a military parade of his own. (Etienne Laurent, Pool via AP)
Opinion

Military parades? Leave the ostentatious flexing to the French

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