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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Bangladesh executes Islamist leader, deadly clashes on streets
By Serajul Quadir and Ruma Paul, ReutersDHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh executed Islamist opposition leader Abdul Quader Mollah on Thursday for war crimes he committed in 1971, in a move likely to spark more violent protests less than a month...
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Syrian opposition seeks Islamists' protection against al Qaeda
By Dasha Afanasieva and Dominic Evans, ReutersISTANBUL/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's Western-backed opposition said on Thursday its military arm had invited Islamist fighters to secure its weapons depots on the Turkish frontier after an attack by...
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Catalonia sets referendum date next year, Spain says no
By Elisabeth O'Leary and Teresa Larraz Mora, ReutersMADRID (Reuters) - Separatist parties in Spain's Catalonia region set November 9 next year as the date for a proposed independence referendum on Thursday and agreed the wording, but the Spanish...
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Venezuela says murder rate plunges under Maduro
By Andrew Cawthorne and Patricia Velez, ReutersCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's murder rate has fallen by about a quarter this year, the government says, dismissing opponents' talk of ever-rising crime as propaganda. Violent crime has been...
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South Africa admits mistake over 'schizophrenic' Mandela signer
By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo, ReutersJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African sign language interpreter accused of miming nonsense as world leaders paid tribute to Nelson Mandela defended himself as a "champion" signer on Thursday, but...