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[ad_1] U.S Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to reporters following the weekly Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2025.Kayla Bartkowski | Getty ImagesSenate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday that lawmakers in his chamber will remain in Washington, D.C., until they pass President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.””Senators return to Washington today and we will remain here until this bill is passed,” he wrote in an op-ed on Fox News.The comments are a sign of the increasing pressure Thune faces to win over Republican holdouts who still oppose the megabill, ahead…

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[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump attends a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ahead of the NATO summit in Watford, in London, Britain, December 3, 2019.Kevin Lamarque | ReutersBefore this week’s annual NATO summit had even begun, allies reportedly agreed on Sunday to hike their defense spending to 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2035. Getting to that target, however is another matter.The 5% figure is made up of 3.5% of GDP that should be spent on “pure” defense, with an extra 1.5% of GDP going to security-related infrastructure, such as cyber warfare capabilities and intelligence.The Western military…

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[ad_1] Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) speaks on stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Chip Somodevilla | Getty ImagesTwo Republican senators are planning to debut a framework on Tuesday for a major bill that would set the rules of the road for digital assets.According to the framework, being introduced by Senate Banking Chairman Tim Scott of South Carolina and Sen. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, who heads the panel’s digital assets committee, the future bill will define when crypto is a commodity or a security, allow crypto exchanges…

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