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Jun 12
The U.S. and Iran have tentatively agreed to a deal to end the war, per a senior administration official. It is not yet final.
Iran’s enriched nuclear material would be removed and destroyed, its nuclear weapons program dismantled and the Strait of Hormuz reopened to commercial shipping traffic.
In return, U.S. would release funds to the Iranians on a rolling basis to ensure Tehran complies with the agreement and makes good on its promise not to procure or produce nuclear weapons in the future.
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Floor consideration of the House NDAA expected the week of June 29th, per Rules Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx.
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Nine votes against the NDAA is off the charts for the Senate Armed Services Committee.
In recent years, three no votes is about the ceiling. That includes two years ago, when Jack Reed *voted against his own bill* as chairman because he got outvoted on the budget.
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Jack Reed, top Democrat on Armed Services, predicts significant casualties if President Trump sent troops to take Iran's Kharg Island.
"You'd have significant casualties going ashore, and it also is within a range of all their shore batteries, so as you occupy the island, they would still keep shelling you, so you'd have forces not only losing people going ashore or taking on them, but under a constant, or at least frequent barrage."
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Jun 11
Sen. Chris Murphy says the Senate should not move forward with an NDAA until there is an authorization for the Iran war.
Comes as U.S. has ramped up strikes and Trump is threatening to take Kharg Island.
“The NDAA is the means by which they are going to pay for this war, and if you oppose the war, how do you vote to fund it without a debate on authorization?” said Murphy.
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Senate Armed Services Committee just released a summary of its fiscal 2027 NDAA.
On Europe/Ukraine:
>Prohibitions on removing troops/hardware from Europe
>Increases the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative to $750 million through fiscal 2029
> Directs DOD to lend intelligence support to Ukrainian Armed Forces
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Jun 11
SecDef Hegseth yesterday: "We're not in the business of revealing what we're gonna do or not gonna do."
President Trump:
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Jun 10
BREAKING: The Senate Armed Services Committee just completed its closed-door markup of the #fy27NDAA, @SenTuberville tells me. Details soon on CQ.com.
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Jun 10
🚨Trump on Iran: "We'll we're going to be attacking them. Attacking them very hard."
Speaker Mike Johnson, who yesterday said the US was only conducting "targeted" and "defensive" strikes, is looking on as Trump speaks in the Oval Office
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This was only way to get a Ukrainian military aid and a Russian Sanctions bill passed by the House because of the Speaker’s opposition. 70% of America support Ukraine and after a year and a half of “doing nothing” we demanded House action.
Jun 9
the frustration by House R leadership at discharges is really misguided. the reason people feel like they need to file/sign discharge petitions is because they do not feel like the leadership is representing their interests well enough.
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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers told reporters just now he “doesn’t agree” with this, and that a defense reconciliation bill “will have to happen.”
🚨🚨 @SenMcConnell at an Air Force appropriations hearing:
"I think it's safe to conclude there will not be another reconciliation bill. So it's really not an option."
Senate Appropriations Chair @SenatorCollins: "I agree with that assessment."
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President Trump says U.S. will retaliate over Iranian downing of Army helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz.
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🚨🚨 @SenMcConnell at an Air Force appropriations hearing:
"I think it's safe to conclude there will not be another reconciliation bill. So it's really not an option."
Senate Appropriations Chair @SenatorCollins: "I agree with that assessment."
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Trump Administration Killed Criminal Investigation of GOP Senator’s Coal Companies propublica.org/article/trump…
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Comes hours after the Senate couldn't muster enough votes to move forward on a long-term reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, fueled partly by by President Donald Trump’s pick of Bill Pulte to be the acting director of national intelligence
Jun 5
SCOOP: President Trump in an exclusive interview tells me he expects and has made clear to Bill Pulte, his new acting Director of National Intelligence, he wants him to make sweeping personnel cuts and major changes to the U.S. intelligence community, in particular taking aim at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
“You're less shackled,” Trump told me about Pulte’s temporary role. “It sort of gives you more power.”
wsj.com/politics/national-se…
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Jun 5
My colleague @JuliaGledhill explains how Congress would relinquish more control over how the military spends taxpayer dollars with two amendments in the #NDAA. This is Julia's debut piece in @Forbes where she is now a regular contributor. @StimsonCenter forbes.com/sites/juliagledhi…
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Jun 5
NEW: The House Armed Services Committee approved an amendment by @PatRyanUC that would require Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provide a copy of the official investigation into the deadly attack on Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, on March 1, 2026, and a briefing to defense cmtes.
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New: House lawmakers on Thursday passed, 226-195, a Russia sanctions and Ukraine aid bill over the objections of GOP leadership and the Trump administration.
18 Republicans and one Independent joined Democrats in supporting the bill.
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