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Attacks on US troops in Middle East spike amid military buildup

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Sunday was a particularly violent day, with five rocket and one-way drone attacks near Al-Asad Airbase, Iraq, and in two locations in Syria,...
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House GOP calls for changing rules to boot a speaker — and some who ousted McCarthy may help

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There’s a very different mood lately among the hardliners who joined Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to oust McCarthy — or the “evil eight,”...
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Zelenskyy: War with Russia is not a stalemate

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“There will most likely be no deep and beautiful breakthrough,” Gen. Valery Zaluzhnyy said. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations...
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Mike Johnson defends House GOP’s Israel aid plan

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson talks with reporters at the Capitol, Nov. 2, 2023. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Newly minted Speaker Mike Johnson...
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US asks Israel for ‘explanation’ of strike on Gaza refugee camp

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“The U.S. asked for an explanation of the first on Jabalia,” said the official, adding that the conversation was in the context...
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Republicans, fed up with Tuberville, plot ways to bust his military blockade

Carl Westwood -
The deadlock reached a dramatic and very public phase when a cadre of GOP senators confronted Tuberville on the Senate floor Wednesday night,...
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Santos says he’d run again if expelled

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“Could I have won the general election last time? Nobody said I could. But I survived,” Santos told CNN in an interview set...
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‘Watch your back’: Speaker Johnson squares off with Schumer

Carl Westwood -
By muscling through the Israel bill that slashed a key Democratic priority, Johnson sent a clear message to the Senate leader he’ll have...
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Top Ukrainian general’s gloomy view of Russia war fuels military aid debate

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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a skeptic of more aid to Kyiv, said that Zaluzhnyy’s candor blew a major hole in the administration’s Ukraine...
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Senate confirms top Navy pick as Tuberville feud intensifies

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Franchetti’s approval, along with Gen. David Allvin’s expected confirmation as Air Force chief of staff, would give the Joint Chiefs a full slate...
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