Budget Battles
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Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
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Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
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Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
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Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker
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Factbox: What happens in a U.S. government shutdown?
By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker and Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker, ReutersIn shutdowns, nonessential government employees are furloughed, or placed on temporary unpaid leave. Workers deemed essential, including those dealing with public safety and national security, keep...
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The Mysterious Threat to Pilots That the Pentagon Can’t Solve
By Ciro ScottiEpisodes of oxygen deprivation affecting the pilots of F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet — and other military aircraft including the F-35 — are on the rise and remain an unsolved mystery.
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What Game Theory Tells Us About Trump’s ‘Madman’ Approach to North Korea
By Rob GarverIs Donald Trump out of his mind? Maybe he wants North Korea to think so.
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Does the Army’s $580 Million Handgun Have a Fatal Flaw?
By Ciro ScottiLast January, the Army made a $580 million decision: It would replace its longstanding sidearm, the M9 Beretta, with a new modular handgun made by the U.S. arm of the German-controlled gunsmith Sig...
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Why the Escalating Threats Between Trump and Kim Won’t End in War
The supercharged threats volleyed between President Trump and Kim Jong Un this week bring us closer to war with the North Korea than at any time since Pyongyang tested its first nuclear device in...
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Here’s the Real State of the $1 Trillion U.S. Nuclear Upgrade
The American nuclear arsenal is just about the same as it was when Trump took office.
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Here’s Why North Korea Put Guam in Its Crosshairs
Hours after President Donald Trump threatened North Korea with fire and fury like the world has never known, Pyongyang announced it is "examining the operational plan" to attack Guam, a tiny U.S...
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Why the Price of the F-35 Keeps Soaring
By Ciro ScottiThe most costly fighter ever built is getting even more expensive. A new General Accounting Office report says the Pentagon will spend an additional $3.9 billion over the next five years on “...
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The Media Has to Stop Provoking Trump’s Worst Instincts
By Rob GarverFor a man constantly boasting about his extraordinary negotiating prowess, President Trump made a pretty obvious rookie mistake on Tuesday, with his apocalyptic-sounding promise to deliver “fire and...
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Five Things You Need to Know About Plans to Privatize the Afghan War
The White House is actively considering a plan to turn a big chunk of the war in Afghanistan over to private contractors. That’s according to Erik Prince, founder of the Blackwater security firm, who...
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Thai protesters seek to win over disgruntled rice farmers
By Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat and Panarat Thepgumpanat, ReutersBANGKOK (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters in Thailand's capital collected money for farmers on Friday, seeking to capitalize on discontent in rural areas at the state's failure to pay for rice...
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Swatch chief executive ticked off about NSA spying scandal
By Edward Krudy, ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The eccentric chief executive officer of Swatch Group, one of the world's top watchmakers, was so incensed by recent allegations of mass U.S. spying that he chastised a top New...
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Leaked audio reveals embarrassing U.S. exchange on Ukraine, EU
By Doina Chiacu and Arshad Mohammed, ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A conversation between a State Department official and the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine that was posted on YouTube revealed an embarrassing exchange on U.S. strategy for a...
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Syria chemical delays unintentional, acceleration vital: envoy
By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols, ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The head of an international chemical weapons mission in Syria said on Thursday she did not believe the Syrian government was intentionally delaying the removal of its...
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U.S. diplomat plays down leaked call; Germany's Merkel angry
By Richard Balmforth and Natalia Zinets, ReutersKIEV (Reuters) - A top U.S. diplomat tried to play down the damage to Washington's diplomacy in Ukraine from a leaked telephone call on Friday, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel called an obscene...