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Mississippi officials oppose plan to house migrant children at old Harrah's Tunica hotels

Local officials won't support a proposal to house unaccompanied migrant children at two former casino hotels in northwest Mississippi

The Independent UK

GOPs In Disagreement Over Defense Spending: To Increase Or Not?

GOP legislators have their own battles when it comes to increasing defense spending.

International Business Times

Senator Calls For Generational Investment In Defense Spending

Senator Roger Wicker advocates for a billion boost in defense spending to counter adversarial threats and enhance national security.

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Mississippi’s Ezell, Wicker win Republican primaries easily - Roll Call

Sen. Roger Wicker and Rep. Mike Ezell won Republican primaries in Mississippi after challengers questioned their conservative bona fides.

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Ezell, Wicker facing challengers in Mississippi primary - Roll Call

Rep. Mike Ezell and Sen. Roger Wicker, both Republicans, face challenges in an otherwise sleepy Mississippi primary on Tuesday.

Roll Call

U.S. and U.K. strike Houthi targets in Yemen

The airstrikes on multiple Houthi targets in Yemen follow more than two months of attacks by the Iran-backed militants against cargo ships and U.S. warships in the Red Sea.

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Pressure mounting on Austin as GOP senators launch inquiry - Roll Call

Senators said they would investigate delayed notification about Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III's cancer surgery and hospitalization.

Roll Call

Secrecy surrounding the defense secretary's hospitalization has put the White House on the defensive

President Joe Biden’s administration pledged from day one to restore truth and transparency to the federal government

The Independent UK

Pentagon's handling of Austin hospitalization roils Congress - Roll Call

Lawmakers are demanding answers after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin did not swiftly disclose that he was hospitalized.

Roll Call

The Pentagon adds new details about Austin's secretive hospital stay and the delay in telling Biden

The Pentagon is releasing new details about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s nearly weeklong hospitalization

The Independent UK

US defense secretary says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for secret hospitalisation

Lloyd Austin apologises for lack of disclosure but questions about medical procedure and the secrecy surrounding it remain unanswered

The Guardian - US

Senate passes NDAA, sending bill to House - Roll Call

The Senate voted to pass a final defense policy bill, setting up the sprawling, $886.3 billion measure for House consideration.

Roll Call

Senate Democrats make the case for Puerto Rico self-determination - Roll Call

“These things … seem impossible until they’re not,” says Sen. Martin Heinrich, who introduced a Senate bill this week that would present three options.

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‘Difficult and expensive’: US report raises Aukus doubts after Joe Biden reassures Anthony Albanese at White House

Congressional report says sale of three to five Virginia class submarines would cut the number available to the US navy fleet

Roll Call

Hill worries mount about delays in arming Ukraine - Roll Call

Amid requests for further aid, lawmakers are increasingly alarmed by the slow pace in arming Ukraine with the money appropriated so far.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of military promotions are on hold as Republican senator demands end to abortion policy

Top military officials are voicing their concerns that national security is being harmed by an impasse that has stalled more than 300 top military promotions

Roll Call

Big shoes filled as Senate appropriators spread earmarks wealth - Roll Call

The retirement of several titans of congressional appropriating hasn't slowed down the Senate's appetite for earmarks.

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The Independent UK

Senate passes defense bill with bipartisan support, but clash looms with House over social issues

The Senate has passed a massive annual defense bill that would deliver a 5.2% pay raise for service members and keep the nation’s military operating

The Independent UK

Joint Chiefs nominee wins over lawmakers but faces uncertain fate because of senator's hold

President Joe Biden’s pick to serve as America’s top military officer is warning senators of the difficulties posed by any potential conflict in Asia and describing how he would use lessons learned from the Ukraine war to help the U.S. military prepare

Roll Call

DOD’s top levels feel effects of Tuberville blanket holds - Roll Call

The Marines do not have a Senate-confirmed commandant for the first time in more than a century because of Tuberville's nomination blockade.

Roll Call

Hawks worry about defense caps in debt limit deal - Roll Call

The debt limit deal would cap defense spending despite defense hawks in Congress calling for big increases to the Pentagon's budget.

The Independent UK

Federal officials unveil flood plan for Mississippi Delta

Federal officials have presented a proposal to further control flooding in the Mississippi Delta

Roll Call

Biden pick for Mississippi federal court awaits Senate hearing - Roll Call

A district court nominee from Mississippi apparently has been held up from a confirmation hearing because of a so-called “blue slip.”

Reuters

U.S. lawmakers want terrorist designation for Russia's Wagner Group

A group of Democratic and Republican senators said on Wednesday they would try again to pass legislation that would require the State Department to designate Russian mercenary company Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO).

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