Despite North Korea threat, US defense funding bill could get ‘kicked down the road’ again

Indeed, getting a 2018 defense spending bill that both congressional chambers can agree on remains a challenge because there’s disagreement over how to pay for it. There’s also the hurdle of the current statutory budget caps set by the 2011 Budget Control...

Trump-backed candidate fails to win majority in Alabama GOP primary for US senate, faces runoff

Strange was forced into a runoff with the firebrand jurist despite an endorsement from President Donald Trump and heavy investment by a super political action committee tied to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The winner will face Democratic nominee Doug Jones...

John McCain: ‘No moral equivalency between racists and Americans standing up to defy hate’

Senator John McCain took to Twitter on Tuesday evening to criticize President Donald Trump’s response to the deadly white nationalist rally in Virginia. At a news conference earlier in the day, Trump defended the protest that led to the violence and contended...