Even Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee emerged from the classified briefing urging Pentagon officials to give them more information.

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The two leaders have a history of working well together, but Rutte has a narrow lane to work with between Trump’s demands and the alliance’s fiscal realities.

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The Secretary of Defense initially stated that the waterway would reopen "immediately" after a deal was signed, only to clarify his comment moments later.

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“You’re bombing what to get what at this point?” said a former Trump administration official.

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“They’ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price!!!” Trump posted to social media Wednesday.

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The decision is part of a broader American retrenchment from the NATO alliance.

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The House vote to halt the Iran war, while largely symbolic, further stymies the administration's political priorities during a week where the GOP has already scuttled several of the president’s goals.

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Votes in the House and Senate this week to halt the military campaign would prove a stunning embarrassment for the president.

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