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The Trump administration is mulling a proposal to block General Electric (GE) jet engine sales to China, Reuters reported Saturday.  The U.S. government will consider whether to stop selling GE engines to China for its first large commercial passenger jet, potentially affecting China’s ability to enter the market, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.  […]

A federal judge on Tuesday refused to delay Roger StoneRoger Jason StoneTrump says he has ‘total confidence’ in Barr Judge refuses to delay Stone sentencing In defense of William Barr MORE‘s sentencing amid the fallout over the Trump administration’s decision to intervene in the case against the president’s longtime ally. The sentencing will move forward on […]

Senate Democrats’ bill aimed at lowering prescription drug prices may not apply to the millions of people who get health insurance through their jobs, Senate aides and lobbyists say, prompting alarm from employers and progressive groups. Democrats’ signature drug pricing measure, set to be included in their coming $3.5 trillion package, would allow the secretary […]

More than 150 lawmakers introduced a bill on Tuesday that seeks to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 U.S. service members who were killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan last week. The service members were killed in a suicide bombing, perpetrated by ISIS-K, at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul […]

Democratic Sen. Chris MurphyChristopher (Chris) Scott MurphyDemocratic senator meets with Iranian foreign minister Lawmakers wary as US on cusp of initial deal with Taliban Democratic senators ask FDA to ban device used to shock disabled students MORE (D-Conn.) met with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on the sidelines of this weekend’s Munich Security Conference, the […]

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A federal judge rejected a challenge from 12 states with Republican attorneys general that attempted to block the Biden administration from using certain figures to calculate the climate benefits of rules it puts forward, known as the “social costs” of greenhouse gases. The states sued the Biden administration in March, trying to prevent it from […]

Fourteen Americans evacuated on Sunday from a cruise ship quarantined in Japan tested positive for coronavirus, the State Department and and Department Health and Human Services said in a joint statement on Monday.  The U.S. evacuated more than 300 U.S. citizens from the Diamond Princess cruise ship on two charter flights, one to Travis Air Force base in California and one […]

Click:Bearbrick collection Happy Tuesday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I’m Ellen Mitchell, and here’s your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter.   THE TOPLINE: Democratic Sen. Chris MurphyChristopher (Chris) Scott MurphyDemocratic senator meets with Iranian foreign minister Lawmakers wary as US on cusp of […]

The House Oversight and Reform Committee and the Commerce Department reached a deal on Tuesday that could bring about a settlement of a lawsuit filed in 2019 by the panel against two Trump administration officials involving the 2020 census and an investigation into efforts to add a citizenship question to the survey.  In the proposed […]