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Trump is vacationing with his family at his beach club in Mar-a-Lago for Thanksgiving and is set to return to Washington on Monday. Trump will huddle with congressional leaders after he returns next week. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)
Economy

Trump to huddle with congressional leaders next week

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Energy and Environment

Climate change is a ‘direct threat to national security,’ the defense bill says. And Trump is expected to sign it

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The defense budget is big. The only thing more costly than spending $700 billion on national security is to not provide that funding. (iStock)
Beltway Confidential

Congress’ budgetary uncertainty is harming the troops

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Military leaders have made it crystal clear for months that they want Congress to lift a Budget Control Act spending cap for defense and pass a 2018 budget that allows the services to start new programs, buy spare parts and contract for fighter jets and other hardware. (iStock photo)
National Security

Pentagon headed for another stopgap budget in December

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The spending would overstep legal limits set on defense spending for the coming year by more than $80 billion. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
National Security

Senate sends $700 billion budget cap-busting defense bill to Trump

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Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, left, and Gen. David L. Goldfein, right, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, have raised concerns about retaining people as many pilots leave for better pay in the civilian sector. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais )
Foreign Policy

Empty Cockpit Syndrome: Air Force struggles to pull pilot plunge out of tailspin

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From left, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, President Donald Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speak at a news conference as work gets underway on the Senate's version of the GOP tax reform bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Economy

Next week: House, Senate move on tax reform

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Defense Bill Reauthorizes Lethal Defensive Aid for Ukraine
Magazine

Defense Bill Reauthorizes Lethal Defensive Aid for Ukraine

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On Wednesday, members from the House and the Senate struck an agreement on a bill that proposes a major hike in defense spending and a raft of Pentagon reforms. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Foreign Policy

Here’s a look at what did (and didn’t) make it into the $700 billion defense policy bill

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The National Defense Authorization Act negotiated by the two armed services committees includes $634.2 billion in base spending priorities versus $603 billion requested by President Trump this spring. It also sets aside $65.7 billion for overseas military operations. (U.S. Navy photo)
National Security

House and Senate reach deal on budget cap-busting $700 billion defense bill

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