Travis J. Tritten

Declines in spending in recent years have left the military too small, over-worked, and saddled with aging aircraft that cannot fly, House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Immigration

Paul Ryan: ‘We have simply pushed our military past the breaking point’

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January 18, 2018 1:45 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is one of the few senators who appears to have forged a close relationship with President Trump and he has also been a key defender. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Does Trump know terror leaders’ names? Lindsey Graham says it doesn’t matter

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January 17, 2018 4:54 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said the Olympic talks may lead North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to believe his pursuit of nuclear weapons capable of striking the U.S. is not so unacceptable, and could ratchet up military tensions. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

National Security

South Korea is undercutting Trump on North’s nuclear program, Lindsey Graham says

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January 17, 2018 3:45 pm

Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology has been incubating for years and other countries around the world have been quick to see the potential. But Americans — and the U.S. regulatory and national security system — have been much slower to understand and react to the rise of the new currency. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

National Security

The dark side of bitcoin: Terror financing and sanctions evasion

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January 16, 2018 11:55 pm

Rep. Mac Thornberry blamed Democrats for playing political games with concerns over military funding and children of illegal immigrants who are losing protections under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Immigration

Mac Thornberry says a budget deal is ‘very possible’ — if Democrats want it

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January 16, 2018 4:36 pm

News

Mac Thornberry says real Hawaii missile strike ‘not far-fetched’

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January 16, 2018 3:19 pm

Immigration

Trump says a shutdown would hurt the military ‘very badly.’ Here’s what would happen

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January 16, 2018 5:01 am

Foreign Policy

Counting bombers: Passion for politics leads to military assistant job for Vicky Hartzler aide

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January 16, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump arrives to sign the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Dec. 12. But the NDAA provides no actual money to the Pentagon and analysts believe lawmakers will eventually settle on deal to fund at least the 10 percent increase in base defense spending requested by the president. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Foreign Policy

Defense industry poised for boost by ‘Trump tailwind’

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January 16, 2018 5:01 am

A group of 106 members, mostly Democrats, sent the critique in a letter to President Trump on Thursday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Energy and Environment

House members: Trump leaving climate change out of security strategy discredits ‘those who deal in scientific fact’

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January 12, 2018 5:20 pm

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Paul Ryan: ‘We have simply pushed our military past the breaking point’

Does Trump know terror leaders’ names? Lindsey Graham says it doesn’t matter

South Korea is undercutting Trump on North’s nuclear program, Lindsey Graham says

The dark side of bitcoin: Terror financing and sanctions evasion

Mac Thornberry says a budget deal is ‘very possible’ — if Democrats want it

Mac Thornberry says real Hawaii missile strike ‘not far-fetched’

Trump says a shutdown would hurt the military ‘very badly.’ Here’s what would happen

Counting bombers: Passion for politics leads to military assistant job for Vicky Hartzler aide

Defense industry poised for boost by ‘Trump tailwind’

House members: Trump leaving climate change out of security strategy discredits ‘those who deal in scientific fact’

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