#House, Senate GOP set for internal fight over Ukraine 

#House, Senate GOP set for internal fight over Ukraine 

Senate and House Republicans are girding themselves for an internal battle over President Biden’s request for another $24 billion to continue funding the war and humanitarian assistance in Ukraine.   The GOP’s divisions over the war were on full display at last week’s presidential debate.  Republicans with traditional national security views — former U.S. Ambassador…

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#Musk, tech CEOs to attend Schumer’s AI Senate forum

#Musk, tech CEOs to attend Schumer’s AI Senate forum

The top executives at tech companies, including the world’s richest man Elon Musk, are among the confirmed guests at Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) first scheduled “Insight Forum” about artificial intelligence (AI), the senator’s office said Monday.  The AI Insight Forum, scheduled for Sept. 13, will also include Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI CEO…

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#The Hill’s Morning Report — DOJ alleges Trump criminally conspired to cling to power

#The Hill’s Morning Report — DOJ alleges Trump criminally conspired to cling to power

Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into Washington’s agenda. To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below. A federal grand jury indicted former President Trump on Tuesday alleging he was a participant in criminal conspiracies to try to subvert the results of the last presidential election, which he falsely and repeatedly…

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#GOP leaders strike out on getting Tuberville to bend

#GOP leaders strike out on getting Tuberville to bend

Senate GOP leaders didn’t want it to get to this point. They tried and tried to get Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) to lift the holds he’s placed on hundreds of military promotions — which have opened Republicans up to attacks from the Biden administration.  But their efforts have failed, and they are now in a…

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#Senate takes up controversial defense bill after House brawl

#Senate takes up controversial defense bill after House brawl

Senate lawmakers are taking up their version of the annual defense policy bill, less than a week after their colleagues in the House pushed through a highly controversial and partisan version of the must-pass legislation. The Senate must reconcile its fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with the House’s by the end of September…

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#House, Senate take starkly different approaches with funding bills

#House, Senate take starkly different approaches with funding bills

Congressional negotiators are fast at work in advancing 12 annual government funding bills out of committee, but the chambers are moving in very different directions. For weeks, House Democratic negotiators have bemoaned the partisan bills the GOP-led spending committee has advanced without bipartisan support, as Republicans seek to cut funding beyond the spending limits set in a budget cap deal negotiated…

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