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Lawmakers warn that Biden must seek authorization before further strikes on Yemen's Houthi rebels
Read full article: Lawmakers warn that Biden must seek authorization before further strikes on Yemen's Houthi rebelsA bipartisan group of lawmakers is raising concerns over a series of recent U.S. military strikes against Yemen's Houthi rebels.
Speaker Johnson is facing conservative pushback over the spending deal he struck with Democrats
Read full article: Speaker Johnson is facing conservative pushback over the spending deal he struck with DemocratsHouse Republicans are off to a raucous start in their first week back in Washington after an extended holiday break.
Congress' anger at FBI shapes surveillance program's future
Read full article: Congress' anger at FBI shapes surveillance program's futureGrowing anger at the FBI from both parties in Congress has become a major hurdle for U.S. intelligence agencies fighting to keep vast powers to collect foreign communications.
Pelosi slams Trump's arm sales, troop deployments
Read full article: Pelosi slams Trump's arm sales, troop deployments"Americans are weary of war, and have no interest in entering another Middle East conflict, particularly on behalf of Saudi Arabia," Pelosi argued. Saudi Arabia is a sovereign nation perfectly capable of defending their own sovereignty." Now, he insists on sending young Americans to Saudi Arabia and the UAE," Amash tweeted. Pelosi noted that both chambers voted to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE earlier this summer. In July, Trump vetoed three joint resolutions prohibiting arms sales to the two countries.