Trump's renewed Iran strikes put Republicans in a bind
“He’s screwing us into political oblivion,” said one House member.

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“He’s screwing us into political oblivion,” said one House member.
The president’s comments that the U.S. ceasefire with Iran had ended only cemented the sense among NATO members that they can no longer rely on America.
The president started his visit to Ankara berating the NATO alliance. Something changed before he left.
Ukraine has urgently sought more interceptors as Kyiv tries to defend its cities against Russian missile barrages.
The former GOP leader has been absent as the bipartisan appropriations process he helps oversee has run aground.
But the president praised Turkey and again floated the idea of selling Ankara advanced fighter jets, even as he aired old complaints about Greenland, Ukraine and European energy policy.
The U.S. president has refashioned the alliance into something far different from its original intention.
Even Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee emerged from the classified briefing urging Pentagon officials to give them more information.
It’s the latest legal victory for The New York Times against the Defense Department’s press crackdown.
The annual defense policy legislation, one of the few measures almost guaranteed to pass each year, is held hostage by a Republican battle over an elections overhaul.
Mark Rutte's visit to Washington foreshadows the upcoming alliance summit, which will likely try to paper over U.S. antagonisms.
The House Appropriations Committee became the third committee to endorse the Pentagon rebrand.
Some of the president’s biggest supporters in Congress expressed concern about the impact of increased military spending on the national debt.
The two leaders have a history of working well together, but Rutte has a narrow lane to work with between Trump’s demands and the alliance’s fiscal realities.
Major defense legislation approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee freezes three quarters of the Defense Secretary’s travel budget until Congress gets what it wants.
The Secretary of Defense initially stated that the waterway would reopen "immediately" after a deal was signed, only to clarify his comment moments later.
Battlefield gains and drone deals with Europe have given Kyiv rare leverage heading into the G7 world leaders’ summit, even as Washington's attention is elsewhere.
“You’re bombing what to get what at this point?” said a former Trump administration official.
The Hazardous Materials Team from the Arlington, Virginia, Fire Department was on the scene to assist Pentagon officials, the department wrote on X.
The Hazardous Materials Team from the Arlington, Virginia, Fire Department was on the scene to assist Pentagon officials, the department wrote on X.
The Hazardous Materials Team from the Arlington, Virginia, Fire Department was on the scene to assist Pentagon officials, the department wrote on X.
“They’ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price!!!” Trump posted to social media Wednesday.