The proposed $54 billion increase is roughly the size of the entire annual military budget of the United Kingdom, the fifth-largest spending country.
The War on Immigrants
A dozen federal agents lay in wait outside the Rising Hope United Methodist Church as homeless people emerged from the overnight shelter, and seized several Latino men.
Trump's recent comments fly in the face of decades of U.S. efforts to negotiate cautious, mutual reductions in nuclear arsenals around the world.
“The big problem I see here is that you have an American citizen who had his phone calls recorded," said Rep. Devin Nunes, who has defended the program that does just that.
Making a Killing
It's hard to imagine Donald Trump making the situation worse in Yemen, but he did.
The lawsuit accuses Barrett Brown's prosecutors of abusing their power by monitoring anonymous political contributions to his legal defense fund.
It was Houthi rebels who attacked a Saudi frigate. This is how wars start.
Gorsuch has a 10-year record of legal opinions, some of which disturbingly echo Trump’s aversion to limits on law enforcement power.
They were Sens. Mark Warner of Virginia, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, and Angus King of Maine, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats.
What is entirely unprecedented is his willingness to use the word “torture” — a crime by definition — while openly defending it.
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