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Trump sidelines allies in Ukraine-Russia negotiations
Welcome to Blue Light News’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump sidelines allies in opening Ukraine-Russia gambit European leaders are scrambling to respond to President Trump’s first moves to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, shocked to find themselves on the outside of high-stakes talks…
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Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday gave his most candid assessment yet of billionaire Elon Musk’s influence in Congress and the potential threat he poses to legislative dealmaking: “He can blow the whole thing up.” Johnson, during a fireside chat at Georgetown University’s Psaros Center, described his work as speaker as managing a “giant control panel” with dials for his GOP members…
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Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune met on Tuesday and discussed the sweeping domestic policy legislation at the top of their 2025 agenda. The closed-door conversation came as the House and Senate struggle to quickly get on the same page as they try to pass President Donald Trump’s tax…
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The House officially appointed members to the Ethics Committee on Tuesday — months into the new Congress and with unresolved baggage still lingering. The committee will once again be chaired by Rep. Michael Guest, the Mississippi Republican who oversaw the fraught release of the report that detailed the panel’s investigation into embattled former Rep…
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- Mike Johnson gets candid about Elon Musk
- Johnson and Thune hash out future of GOP agenda
- House revives Ethics Committee after Gaetz blowup
- Jordan lays out timeline for tackling high-skilled tech visas, immigration overhaul efforts
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- Judge declines to block DOGE from taking over African development agency
- Lutnick says Trump tariffs ‘worth it’ even if they lead to recession
- Democrat wins special election for Minnesota state House seat
- GOP Rep. Mark Harris says Trump has done ‘tremendous job’ making case against Education Department
- Sununu on possible Senate bid: ‘I have not ruled it out completely’
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